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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Port an Chlóidh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,011,218 m² (401.12 ha, 991.19 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,473 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-belmullet-ra.md
- Barony: Erris
- Electoral division: Knockadaff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 314 people lived in 126 households in the Knockadaff electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% 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/35407
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152678
- Centre: latitude 54.327018, longitude -9.772113 (WGS 84)

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

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portacloy, from 250 m² to 3,429,886 m² (342.99 ha, 847.54 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2706020: 3,429,886 m² (342.99 ha, 847.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2706020.md
- Parcel 952919: 75,584 m² (7.56 ha, 18.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/952919.md
- Parcel 910209: 73,337 m² (7.33 ha, 18.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910209.md
- Parcel 3619098: 51,706 m² (5.17 ha, 12.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3619098.md
- Parcel 944807: 43,631 m² (4.36 ha, 10.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944807.md
- Parcel 958654: 24,487 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958654.md
- Parcel 944810: 21,293 m² (2.13 ha, 5.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944810.md
- Parcel 958656: 17,614 m² (1.76 ha, 4.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958656.md
- Parcel 914760: 17,433 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914760.md
- Parcel 1003994: 17,339 m² (1.73 ha, 4.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003994.md
- Parcel 944811: 14,506 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944811.md
- Parcel 926786: 13,592 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926786.md
- Parcel 914287: 10,617 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914287.md
- Parcel 914286: 10,555 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914286.md
- Parcel 890503: 8,549 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890503.md
- Parcel 926787: 7,683 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926787.md
- Parcel 958629: 6,710 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958629.md
- Parcel 926785: 6,547 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926785.md
- Parcel 958490: 6,234 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958490.md
- Parcel 5237316: 6,135 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5237316.md
- Parcel 914288: 6,106 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914288.md
- Parcel 958653: 5,638 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958653.md
- Parcel 944808: 5,574 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944808.md
- Parcel 914353: 5,475 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914353.md
- Parcel 914761: 5,473 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914761.md
- Parcel 5284074: 5,391 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5284074.md
- Parcel 930475: 4,747 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930475.md
- Parcel 914352: 4,459 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914352.md
- Parcel 5652323: 4,038 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5652323.md
- Parcel 933251: 3,960 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933251.md
- Parcel 943539: 3,800 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943539.md
- Parcel 923329: 3,718 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/923329.md
- Parcel 965117: 3,466 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965117.md
- Parcel 958627: 3,165 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958627.md
- Parcel 914557: 3,098 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914557.md
- Parcel 919709: 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/919709.md
- Parcel 920345: 2,561 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920345.md
- Parcel 969357: 2,245 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969357.md
- Parcel 967131: 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967131.md
- Parcel 914354: 1,546 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914354.md
- Parcel 914220: 1,416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914220.md
- Parcel 914355: 1,278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914355.md
- Parcel 923328: 772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/923328.md
- Parcel 873881: 695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/873881.md
- Parcel 958630: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/958630.md
- Parcel 958628: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/958628.md
- Parcel 985796: 520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/985796.md
- Parcel 909765: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/909765.md
- Parcel 5364590: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5364590.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Portacloy 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)

7 applications, newest first.

- 29 Sept 2026, Mayo County Council 2660763: N/a. Permission. The development shall consist of planning permission for the erection of a dwelling house, installation of a proprietary treatment unit including a percolation/tertiary area, upgrade of the existing entrance and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this permission as per the application documentation.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660763/0
- 19 Aug 2026, Mayo County Council 2660661: N/a. Permission. The development will consist of: 1. The installation of approximately 1km of 90mm OD water trunk main, which will extend from the junction of Portacloy road and the R314 into the village of Portacloy. 2. The installation of approximately 6.2km of 90mm OD water trunk main, which will extend from the Porturlin road and the L5246 road junction into the village of Porturlin and continue to the village of Sraghataggle. 3. The installation of approximately 13.8Km of 63mm OD water distribution mains to supply water to Carrownaglogh, Carrowteige, Portacloy, Purtarlin and Srahataggle. 4. All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging; and 5. Other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed watermain, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings. The proposed watermain pipeline is located in the townlands of Carrowglogh, Carrowteige, Portacloy, Curraunboy, Purtarlin, Srahataggle in County Mayo.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660661/0
- 29 Jul 2026, Mayo County Council 2660611: N/a. Permission. The development will consist of: 1. The installation of approximately 1km of 90mm OD water trunk main, which will extend from the junction of Portacloy road and the R314 into the village of Portacloy. 2. The installation of approximately 6.2km of 90mm OD water trunk main, which will extend from the Porturlin road and the L5246 road junction into the village of Porturlin and continue to the village of Sraghataggle. 3. The installation of approximately 13.8Km of 63mm OD water distribution mains to supply water to Carrownaglogh, Carrowteige, Portacloy, Purtarlin and Srahataggle. 4. All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging; and 5. Other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed watermain, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660611/0
- 15 Mar 2024, Mayo County Council 2460145: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Full Planning Permission for Renovation and extension of existing cottage to include: (1) Extension to existing cottage and (2) proposed effluent treatment system and percolation area with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460145/0
- 1 Sept 2022, Mayo County Council 22747: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLISH EXISTING GARAGE/SHED ON SITE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GARAGE. INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22747/0
- 2 Jan 2019, Mayo County Council 192: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, INCLUDING A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/192/0
- 21 Dec 2017, Mayo County Council 171027: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCT A DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/171027/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC, site code 000500, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000500
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex, site code 000500

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Portacloy.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Portacloy, 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 Portacloy.
- 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/portacloy.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/portacloy.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/portacloy.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Portacloy 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)

- Carrownaglogh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrownaglogh-150723.md
- Curraunboy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/curraunboy.md
- Garterhill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/garterhill.md
- Porturlin: https://everytownland.com/mayo/porturlin.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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