Muingnabo
Muingnabo is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Moing na Bó.
- Area
- 1,209.9 ha
- 2,990 acres
- Land parcels
- 101
- registered freehold, median 10,284 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muingnabo, from 26 m² to 6,412,318 m² (641.23 ha, 1,584.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Muingnabo 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
29 Oct 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for the change or use of a derelict house into an agricultural building and associated site development works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560760
19 May 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for the extension of the current dwelling house by means of a front porch regularisation of the front elevation, and an extension to the rear of the property and associated site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560305
11 May 2022Conditional
RETAIN THE DWELLING HOUSE, RETAIN DOMESTIC SHEDS AND TO UPGRADE SEPTIC TANK TO PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22360
28 Jan 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH ELEMENTS OF EXISTING DWELLING, CONSTRUCT 2 NO. EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING, CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING, CARRY OUT ANY OTHER WORKS AS NECESSARY
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2242
16 Jun 2021Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EXTENSION TO THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF THE GROUND FLOOR AND TO DEMOLISH EXISTING FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT EXTENSION TO THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF THE GROUND FLOOR AND REPLACEMENT OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21649
28 Apr 2020Conditional
The development shall consist of planning permission for the demolition of an existing porch to the front of the existing dwelling house and for the demolition of a flat roofed shed section to the rear of the development site. Permission is also sought for a storey and a half style extension to the existing dwelling with an annex link to connect the existing dwelling to the proposed extension. Permission is also sought for internal and external modifications to the existing dwelling with the construction of roof dormer elements to both the front and rear roof planes and to include all other ancillary elements as per the application documents extending to site services and development works associated with this permission
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20286
29 Jan 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT AGRICULTURAL STORAGE UNIT (DRY GOODS, LIVESTOCK, FEED, FARM MACHINERY) TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN 42SQM GROSS FLOOR AREA TO AN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2040
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: Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC 000500
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex 000500
Recorded monuments
- MA004-008 Crannog
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Muingnabo.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Muingnabo, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Muingnabo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Muingnabo · Moing na Bó
- Area
- 12,098,562 m² (1,209.86 ha, 2,989.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Muingnabo, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 249 people lived in 111 households in the Muingnabo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellagelly North, Curraunboy, Porturlin, Rosdoagh, Srahataggle
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Muingnabo 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.