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

Townland in the civil parish of Ballyovey, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Partraí.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,803,811 m² (180.38 ha, 445.73 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,329 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballyovey, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballyovey.md
- Barony: Carra
- Electoral division: Portroyal, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35205
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152680
- Centre: latitude 53.70716, longitude -9.277451 (WGS 84)

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

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portroyal, from 50 m² to 677,545 m² (67.75 ha, 167.43 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1531648: 677,545 m² (67.75 ha, 167.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531648.md
- Parcel 900496: 339,540 m² (33.95 ha, 83.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900496.md
- Parcel 890795: 244,345 m² (24.43 ha, 60.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890795.md
- Parcel 1532767: 180,152 m² (18.02 ha, 44.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532767.md
- Parcel 1532768: 171,953 m² (17.2 ha, 42.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532768.md
- Parcel 911122: 92,557 m² (9.26 ha, 22.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911122.md
- Parcel 912799: 56,529 m² (5.65 ha, 13.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912799.md
- Parcel 871933: 49,391 m² (4.94 ha, 12.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871933.md
- Parcel 921688: 48,431 m² (4.84 ha, 11.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921688.md
- Parcel 5155411: 47,798 m² (4.78 ha, 11.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5155411.md
- Parcel 969972: 46,012 m² (4.6 ha, 11.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969972.md
- Parcel 1004420: 38,344 m² (3.83 ha, 9.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004420.md
- Parcel 1004190: 36,175 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004190.md
- Parcel 1009330: 33,639 m² (3.36 ha, 8.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009330.md
- Parcel 3466419: 33,021 m² (3.3 ha, 8.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3466419.md
- Parcel 881970: 29,818 m² (2.98 ha, 7.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/881970.md
- Parcel 5829149: 26,316 m² (2.63 ha, 6.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5829149.md
- Parcel 994555: 24,231 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994555.md
- Parcel 2529401: 22,620 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2529401.md
- Parcel 874103: 19,658 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874103.md
- Parcel 1006272: 18,927 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006272.md
- Parcel 1008598: 18,351 m² (1.84 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008598.md
- Parcel 994008: 11,177 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994008.md
- Parcel 974114: 10,482 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974114.md
- Parcel 904703: 10,160 m² (1.02 ha, 2.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904703.md
- Parcel 1007756: 9,531 m² (0.95 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007756.md
- Parcel 927334: 9,494 m² (0.95 ha, 2.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927334.md
- Parcel 995233: 9,489 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995233.md
- Parcel 897970: 9,191 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/897970.md
- Parcel 938683: 8,915 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938683.md
- Parcel 992349: 8,278 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992349.md
- Parcel 1532436: 7,690 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532436.md
- Parcel 1532435: 7,672 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532435.md
- Parcel 973451: 7,637 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973451.md
- Parcel 945416: 7,329 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945416.md
- Parcel 967748: 7,183 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967748.md
- Parcel 965808: 7,008 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965808.md
- Parcel 906105: 6,808 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906105.md
- Parcel 878415: 6,043 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878415.md
- Parcel 3466420: 5,742 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3466420.md
- Parcel 6192399: 4,657 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6192399.md
- Parcel 907235: 4,554 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/907235.md
- Parcel 1010164: 4,382 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010164.md
- Parcel 5177729: 4,293 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5177729.md
- Parcel 2570320: 4,180 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2570320.md
- Parcel 2715782: 4,094 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2715782.md
- Parcel 955589: 4,093 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/955589.md
- Parcel 2529406: 4,002 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2529406.md
- Parcel 2694300: 3,892 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694300.md
- Parcel 1531778: 3,541 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531778.md
- Parcel 897000: 3,095 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/897000.md
- Parcel 953836: 2,970 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953836.md
- Parcel 4730481: 2,647 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4730481.md
- Parcel 917253: 2,580 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/917253.md
- Parcel 953876: 2,564 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953876.md
- Parcel 2486074: 2,513 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486074.md
- Parcel 990711: 2,417 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/990711.md
- Parcel 4025724: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025724.md
- Parcel 2486068: 2,188 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486068.md
- Parcel 921575: 2,115 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921575.md
- Parcel 5883009: 2,046 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5883009.md
- Parcel 988021: 1,771 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/988021.md
- Parcel 2694303: 1,720 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694303.md
- Parcel 896354: 1,599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896354.md
- Parcel 989266: 1,490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/989266.md
- Parcel 2715779: 927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2715779.md
- Parcel 908209: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/908209.md
- Parcel 5515870: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5515870.md
- Parcel 5829155: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5829155.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 11 Sept 2026, Mayo County Council 2660720: N/a. Permission. Change of house type from that previously granted under Planning Reference P24/60366, together with all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660720/0
- 15 Oct 2024, Mayo County Council 24426: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24426/0
- 16 Jun 2024, Mayo County Council 2460366: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construct a detached 2-storey dwellinghouse, tertiary treatment system and infiltration /treatment area, including all ancillary site works and services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460366/0
- 19 Dec 2023, Mayo County Council 23669: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: construct an extension to the rear of existing dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23669/0
- 16 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21641: Conditional. Permission. RETENTION OF A MACHINERY STORAGE SHED, CONSTRUCT A 6 BAY SLATTED SHED WITH SLURRY STORAGE TANK, MANURE PIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21641/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC, site code 001774, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001774
- Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA, site code 004051, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004051
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex, site code 001774

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

- MA099-021001: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-021001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-021002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-024----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-038----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-038001-. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Portroyal 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)

- Ballynaslee: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballynaslee.md
- Gallagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gallagh.md
- Kilfaul: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilfaul.md
- Kilkeeran: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilkeeran-152014.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/mayo/newtown-152620.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/portroyal
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