Murrevagh
Murrevagh is a townland in the civil parish of Burrishoole, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Muirbheach.
- Area
- 435.7 ha
- 1,077 acres
- Land parcels
- 329
- registered freehold, median 4,059 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
329 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Murrevagh, from 18 m² to 347,686 m² (34.77 ha, 85.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Sept 2026N/a
Construction of a private dwelling house and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660717
5 Sept 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration:remove 3 dormer windows and replace with 3 velux windows
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25365
21 Mar 2025Conditional
(1) Demolition of existing domestic garage, (2) Construction of a new 2 storey extension, (3.) alterations to existing roof structure to incorporate additional habitable areas, all of the above, together with connection to services and all associated site works at, Murrevagh Td., Mulranny, Westport, Co. Mayo
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560160
24 Sept 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: establish a temporary boundary fenceline and access gate to reduce the current grazing pressure on the degraded wet heath habitat through stock exclusiong and to adopt conservation grazing techniques. The fenceline will be in place for 5 years
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24408
11 Apr 2024Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and domestic Garage with connection to public services
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460205
24 Jan 2024Conditional
Construction of a Dwelling House and Domestic Garage Murrevagh Mallaranny
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460021
17 Jan 2024Conditional
The development will consist of alterations to the existing house to include the construction of new front and side extensions, the application of external wall insulation and all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460006
26 Jun 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to construct an annex/ granny flat with connection to associated public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360246
12 Dec 2022Conditional
retain the existing conservatory, kitchen extensions and detached shed together with all ancillary site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 221111
9 Dec 2022Conditional
construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, connections to public sewer and watermains together with ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221098
29 Nov 2022Conditional
retention planning of the existing dwelling, sewage treatment systems and ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221055
29 Nov 2021Conditional
RETAIN REAR EXTENSION, MINOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING VEHICULAR SITE ACCESS ONTO THE PROPERTY AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Retention · Mayo County Council, 211250
16 Jun 2021Conditional
REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING, CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE PORCH AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21646
24 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21534
27 Jan 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2141
7 Apr 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE STOREY MODULAR STUDIO TO THE REAR OF THE OLD IRISH GOAT CENTRE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20237
30 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT 6 SELF CONTAINED ECO PODS, WTIH AMENITY AND SHOWER FACILITY BUILDING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19768
3 Nov 2017Conditional
ESSENTIAL REPAIRS TO EXISTING 38KV LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT STATION AND ACHILL STATION. WORKS WILL INCLUDE REPLACING EXISTING DOUBLE WOOD POLES, STAYS AND HEADGEAR IN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARRICKANEADY, CLOONESHIL, DRUMLONG, CAMCLOON, DERRYLOUGHAN, DERRINTAGGART, KILTARNAGH, SHANVALLYHUGH, DERRADA, DERRYCOOLDRIM, CARROWSALLAGH, KNOCKBREAGA, TIERNAUR, ROSSGALIV, ROSSTUR, BUNNAHOWN, MURREVAGH, MALLARANNY, COIS LEICE, AN ABHAINN DUBH, TON RE GAOTH, POLL RAITHNI
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17872
10 Apr 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT SHEEP SHED AND ANCILLARY WORKS (I.E. CONCRETE YARD/SHEEP HANDLING AREAS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY IN A NEW FARMYARD UTILISING EXISTING ENTRANCE TO FIELD)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17261
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: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
- Special Protection Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex SPA 004098
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Owenduff/Nephin Complex 000534
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Corraun Plateau 000485
Recorded monuments
- MA066-003 Enclosure
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 Murrevagh.
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 Murrevagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Murrevagh.
- 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 Murrevagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Murrevagh · Muirbheach
- Area
- 4,356,849 m² (435.68 ha, 1,076.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Burrishoole, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Newport West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 799 people lived in 290 households in the Newport West electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bunnahowna, Clagganmountain, Dooghill, Mallaranny
- Placenames
- Murrevagh 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.