Portroyal

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portroyal, from 50 m² to 677,545 m² (67.75 ha, 167.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Portroyal 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.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  Change of house type from that previously granted under Planning Reference P24/60366, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660720

• 15 Oct 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426

• 16 Jun 2024Conditional

  Construct a detached 2-storey dwellinghouse, tertiary treatment system and infiltration /treatment area, including all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460366

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: construct an extension to the rear of existing dwelling

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23669

• 16 Jun 2021Conditional

  RETENTION OF A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED, CONSTRUCT A 6 BAY SLATTED SHED WITH SLURRY STORAGE TANK, MANURE PIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21641

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
• Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA 004051
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments

• MA099-021001 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.

• MA099-021002 Castle - unclassified
  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.

• MA099-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Atop rise, with extensive view all round. Circular area (29.5m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m), gap in the NW. Stone field fence overlies bank SE to SW. Trees in interior. 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. 199. Date of upload: 22 January 2013

• MA099-038 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On Cloon Island, in Cloon Lough. Circular area (diam. 35m), enclosed by remains of stone wall, W to NE. Interpretation difficult due to dense vegetation. Rectangular stone structure (4m N-S; 10m E-W) in interior. 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. 295. Date of upload: 22 January 2013

• MA099-038001 Building
  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 Portroyal.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Portroyal, 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 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 Portroyal.

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.

No address of the register names Portroyal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Portroyal · Partraí

Area

1,803,811 m² (180.38 ha, 445.73 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyovey, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Portroyal, the unit of the census

Census 2022

603 people lived in 220 households in the Portroyal electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaslee, Gallagh, Kilfaul, Kilkeeran, Newtown

Placenames

Portroyal 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.