# Letterbeg, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Leitir Beag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 734,869 m² (73.49 ha, 181.59 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,923 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmore, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilmore.md
- Barony: Erris
- Electoral division: An Geata Mór Theas, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 881 people lived in 329 households in the An Geata M�r Theas electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35284
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152361
- Centre: latitude 54.106779, longitude -10.121642 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Letterbeg, from 692 m² to 175,152 m² (17.52 ha, 43.28 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1000203: 175,152 m² (17.52 ha, 43.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000203.md
- Parcel 891423: 45,707 m² (4.57 ha, 11.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891423.md
- Parcel 911385: 33,298 m² (3.33 ha, 8.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911385.md
- Parcel 873347: 30,500 m² (3.05 ha, 7.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873347.md
- Parcel 942777: 24,235 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942777.md
- Parcel 975281: 21,760 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975281.md
- Parcel 5398532: 19,731 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5398532.md
- Parcel 992035: 19,701 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992035.md
- Parcel 882409: 19,022 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882409.md
- Parcel 906843: 18,913 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906843.md
- Parcel 894726: 18,334 m² (1.83 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894726.md
- Parcel 875726: 18,296 m² (1.83 ha, 4.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875726.md
- Parcel 880431: 17,571 m² (1.76 ha, 4.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/880431.md
- Parcel 905770: 16,160 m² (1.62 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905770.md
- Parcel 967118: 14,217 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967118.md
- Parcel 888362: 13,333 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888362.md
- Parcel 4687260: 13,244 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4687260.md
- Parcel 940980: 11,924 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940980.md
- Parcel 871366: 11,637 m² (1.16 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871366.md
- Parcel 934048: 11,278 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/934048.md
- Parcel 904079: 11,107 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904079.md
- Parcel 5361381: 10,809 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5361381.md
- Parcel 963005: 10,606 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963005.md
- Parcel 969317: 10,398 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969317.md
- Parcel 938081: 10,294 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938081.md
- Parcel 1008116: 8,545 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008116.md
- Parcel 943622: 8,204 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943622.md
- Parcel 5353506: 7,770 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5353506.md
- Parcel 980818: 7,387 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980818.md
- Parcel 4924364: 7,126 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4924364.md
- Parcel 5406537: 5,923 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5406537.md
- Parcel 4654316: 5,443 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654316.md
- Parcel 1007454: 5,327 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007454.md
- Parcel 4647106: 4,281 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4647106.md
- Parcel 914480: 4,250 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914480.md
- Parcel 3464968: 4,201 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464968.md
- Parcel 5438098: 3,596 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5438098.md
- Parcel 920518: 3,417 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920518.md
- Parcel 1009706: 3,299 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009706.md
- Parcel 951868: 3,253 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/951868.md
- Parcel 1008863: 3,233 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008863.md
- Parcel 4654383: 3,026 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654383.md
- Parcel 926323: 3,022 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926323.md
- Parcel 915792: 2,754 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915792.md
- Parcel 4667061: 2,691 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4667061.md
- Parcel 915332: 2,631 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915332.md
- Parcel 956104: 2,400 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956104.md
- Parcel 952190: 2,161 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/952190.md
- Parcel 956103: 1,873 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/956103.md
- Parcel 999774: 1,859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/999774.md
- Parcel 914162: 1,789 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914162.md
- Parcel 1001097: 1,608 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001097.md
- Parcel 1005754: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005754.md
- Parcel 1002130: 1,318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002130.md
- Parcel 3464967: 1,279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3464967.md
- Parcel 914160: 1,242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914160.md
- Parcel 993768: 1,111 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/993768.md
- Parcel 1006074: 1,099 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006074.md
- Parcel 914161: 1,067 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914161.md
- Parcel 4654387: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654387.md
- Parcel 965196: 692 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/965196.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Letterbeg in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

10 applications, newest first.

- 22 Sept 2026, Mayo County Council 2660745: N/a. Permission. Alteration to Existing House to include demolition of existing extensions and shed and construction of new extensions and shed, replacement of existing septic tank with a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660745/0
- 26 Feb 2026, Mayo County Council 2643: Conditional. Permission. construction of a boat and fishing equipment storage shed together with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2643/0
- 5 Jun 2024, Mayo County Council 24202: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: Demolish part of previous extension, construct new extension to rear of original dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24202/0
- 14 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21624: Conditional. Permission. ALTERATION TO EXISTING HOUSE TO INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EXTENSIONS AND SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXTENSIONS AND SHED, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A NEW PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21624/0
- 30 Jul 2020, Mayo County Council 20522: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION, A DETACHED STORAGE OUTHOUSE, DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING EXTENSION OF THE DWELLING AND THE EXISTING DETACHED STORAGE OUTHOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20522/0
- 7 Jan 2019, Mayo County Council 194: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN ALTERATIONS MADE TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/194/0
- 31 Aug 2018, Mayo County Council 18666: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO AN EXISTING DWELLINHOUSE, INSTALLATION OF TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/18666/0
- 8 Aug 2017, Mayo County Council 17639: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17639/0
- 12 Jul 2017, Mayo County Council 17555: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH NEW SITE ACCESS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17555/0
- 14 Mar 2017, Mayo County Council 17172: Refused. Permission. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS. THE WORK WILL INCLUDE THE DEMOLISHING OF THE OLD EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17172/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC, site code 000470, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000470
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex, site code 000470

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA024-013001: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-013001-. Situated near the southern tip of the Mullet peninsula in an area of fertile pasture. It is overlooked by higher ground to the N and E. Low cliffs lie to the N and W of the W-facing headland, and a gully lies along the southern edge. Sea rocks lie exposed above the water 200m to the W and a freshwater stream runs along the southern part of the site. A broad headland measuring 190m wide by 85m long shows traces of having been enclosed by a large curving earthen bank. This bank is 2m high and 10m wide and runs for a distance of 100m from the northern edge. It is reduced to a scarp for the next 60m and then becomes a low 1m high, 1m wide stone wall. A 4m wide fosse outside this bank has disturbed by cultivation ridges and a modern field bank. The interior of the site undulates and contains a faint platform (MA024-013003-) rising above the ground level, a small possibly artificial knoll and one circular hut site 8m in diameter (MA024-013004-, MA024-013002-). A wire fence runs around the perimeter and a short length of earthen bank suggests the interior was divided up at one time. An area marked as 'Doon, (site of)' on the second edition of the OS map lies to the south of the gully south of the site, but only vague undulations in the ground level suggest that there may have been anything there. These descriptions are derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. Date of upload: 5 December 2018
- MA024-013002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-013002-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA024-013003: Platform, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-013003-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA024-013004: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-013004-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA024-014: Stone circle, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-014----. Situated in a sandy field at the S end of Portglash Bay. Circular area (diam. 8.3m) defined by a series of 28 granite stones set on edge. There are breaks in the circle at E, SE and SSE. A number of small and medium sized stones protrude from the internal ground surface. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 7 June 2017
- MA024-015: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA024-015----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- House, 1922–1950, Regional interest, registry number 31302404, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31302404. Detached four-bay single-storey lobby entry Congested Districts Board or Irish Land Commission house, post-1922, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced windbreak. Now disused. Tar-covered pitched roof on an L-shaped plan with tar-covered pitched (gabled) roof to windbreak, ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping, concrete rounded coping to gables with decorative timber bargeboards to gable to windbreak, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from road in unkempt grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having domed pyramidal capping supporting timber gate.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Letterbeg, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Letterbeg.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/letterbeg.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/letterbeg.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/letterbeg.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Letterbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Fallmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/fallmore.md
- Nakil or Surgeview: https://everytownland.com/mayo/nakil-or-surgeview.md
- Termon: https://everytownland.com/mayo/termon.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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