Muingaghel
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Moing an Ghaill
- Area
- 864.1 ha
- 2,135 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 1,094,945 m² (109.49 ha, 270.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Muingaghel, from 1,094,945 m² (109.49 ha, 270.57 acres) to 1,094,945 m² (109.49 ha, 270.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Muingaghel in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Apr 2024N/a
The development will consist of: 1. The erection of a temporary 120m high lattice type meteorological mast for a period of 5 years which will be fixed to ground anchors by guy wires and will include instruments for measuring local climate conditions, services and associated equipment. 2. An Infra-Red LED autonomous powered (solar) aviation light will be fitted near the top of the lattice section of the proposed meteorological mast. 3. Bird Flight deterrent discs will be fitted to each guy wire at approximately 10m intervals. 4. Tree felling will be required for a distance of 100m in length, and 6m in width, for each of the 3 no. guy wire lanes. 5. The proposed works also include temporary staff welfare facilities and all ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies the planning application.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460220
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Owenduff/Nephin Complex SAC 000534
- Special Area of Conservation: Bellacorick Bog Complex SAC 001922
- Special Protection Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex SPA 004098
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bellacorick Bog Complex 001922
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex 000534
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Muingaghel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Muingaghel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Muingaghel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Muingaghel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Muingaghel · Moing an Ghaill
- Area
- 8,640,831 m² (864.08 ha, 2,135.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Glenco, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Altnabrocky, Bellacorick, Derry Lower, Derry Upper, Kilsallagh, Moneynierin, Tarsaghaun More, Uggool
- Placenames
- Muingaghel on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.