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

Townland in the civil parish of Moorgagagh, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Múr Gágach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 414,819 m² (41.48 ha, 102.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,839 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moorgagagh, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/moorgagagh.md
- Barony: Kilmaine
- Electoral division: Dalgan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,169 people lived in 437 households in the Dalgan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34919
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152552
- Centre: latitude 53.538357, longitude -9.115041 (WGS 84)

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

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moorgagagh, from 68 m² to 134,185 m² (13.42 ha, 33.16 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 890578: 134,185 m² (13.42 ha, 33.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890578.md
- Parcel 911303: 118,819 m² (11.88 ha, 29.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911303.md
- Parcel 975998: 67,564 m² (6.76 ha, 16.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975998.md
- Parcel 979946: 43,228 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/979946.md
- Parcel 984672: 34,459 m² (3.45 ha, 8.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984672.md
- Parcel 5240225: 9,839 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240225.md
- Parcel 4670249: 2,310 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4670249.md
- Parcel 5215181: 2,007 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5215181.md
- Parcel 3649699: 1,955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3649699.md
- Parcel 1002825: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002825.md
- Parcel 5240238: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5240238.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moorgagagh 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Moorgagagh in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Shrule Turlough SAC, site code 000525, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000525
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Shrule Turlough, site code 000525

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

- MA121-126: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-126----. In pasture, located on a rise with a fall of ground to S and W; crossed by a field/property boundary which is engulfed in hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles. The remains of a circular mound (diam. c. 8m N−S) of earth and stones, with a gently domed top and broadly sloping sides. The N−S field wall which overlies the mound appears to cross it slightly to W of centre. The E half of the mound (i.e. on the E side of the field wall) is well preserved, surviving as a compact D-shaped mound (7-8m N−S; 5m E−W to fence; H 0.7m); it is covered in long grass. The condition of the W half (to W of the field wall) is uncertain; a low rise can be glimpsed beneath dense blackthorn, and it seems that the mound may have been damaged/partly levelled on this side. Attached image: MA121-126----_01.JPG Viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2022
- MA121-170: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-170----. In pasture, 120m W of abbey (MA121-154001-). Much-ruined subrectangular church (8m N-S; 18m E-W), defined for most part by collapsed sod-covered walls (H 0.8m; Wth 0.9m). Short portion of S wall, containing window (0.66m x 0.7m), reaches a height of 3.1m. Low stone wall, N to S, divides interior in two, larger part to E. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 626. Attached images: MA121-170----_01.JPG Viewed from E MA121-170----_02.JPG Viewed from SE MA121-170----_03.JPG S wall, exterior viewed from S MA121-170----_04.JPG S wall, interior viewed from N MA121-170----_05.JPG Viewed from W Date of upload: 16 January 2015
- MA121-200: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA121-200----. In NW corner of a modern rectangular pasture field, located on gently elevated ground in undulating fertile limestone terrain. Views are good not extensive to S. This enclosure, which was levelled at an unknown date in the past, is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps; it is visible in satellite aerial imagery and Lidar imagery. A circular area (38m N−S; 40.5m E−W) is barely discernible at ground level, defined on the perimeter by a low rise/undulation, representing a levelled bank. The W arc is overlain by a field wall, which preserves the curve of the enclosure. The interior is level and featureless, with a slight slope down from centre to S. There is a mound (MA121-126----) 100m to W. Attached images: MA121-200----_01.JPG Viewed from ESE MA121-200----_02.JPG Viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2022

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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moorgagagh.

## 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 Moorgagagh, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moorgagagh.
- 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/moorgagagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/moorgagagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/moorgagagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Moorgagagh 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)

- Brodullagh North: https://everytownland.com/mayo/brodullagh-north.md
- Cahermaculick: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cahermaculick.md
- Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowmore-150704.md
- Cregnanagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cregnanagh-151235.md
- Kill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kill-152023.md
- Ramolin: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ramolin.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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