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

Townland in the civil parish of Ballynahaglish, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Na Rathanna.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 728,564 m² (72.86 ha, 180.03 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 408 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballynahaglish, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballynahaglish.md
- Barony: Tirawley
- Electoral division: Ballina Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,199 people lived in 1,095 households in the Ballina Rural electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34188
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152695
- Centre: latitude 54.096427, longitude -9.158986 (WGS 84)

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

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahans, from 53 m² to 135,395 m² (13.54 ha, 33.46 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 940085: 135,395 m² (13.54 ha, 33.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/940085.md
- Parcel 1008044: 122,315 m² (12.23 ha, 30.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008044.md
- Parcel 976772: 65,172 m² (6.52 ha, 16.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976772.md
- Parcel 5301598: 49,564 m² (4.96 ha, 12.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5301598.md
- Parcel 1007379: 46,849 m² (4.68 ha, 11.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007379.md
- Parcel 873333: 40,252 m² (4.03 ha, 9.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873333.md
- Parcel 1012177: 30,360 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012177.md
- Parcel 938054: 23,228 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938054.md
- Parcel 985495: 16,360 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985495.md
- Parcel 901809: 4,489 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/901809.md
- Parcel 978789: 4,419 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/978789.md
- Parcel 993689: 2,917 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993689.md
- Parcel 918228: 2,887 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918228.md
- Parcel 4406850: 2,857 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4406850.md
- Parcel 1006759: 2,852 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006759.md
- Parcel 905005: 2,528 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905005.md
- Parcel 998548: 2,476 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998548.md
- Parcel 872322: 2,190 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872322.md
- Parcel 895750: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895750.md
- Parcel 896153: 1,931 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896153.md
- Parcel 877666: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/877666.md
- Parcel 1002322: 1,791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002322.md
- Parcel 979382: 1,717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/979382.md
- Parcel 4737962: 1,666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737962.md
- Parcel 991005: 1,562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/991005.md
- Parcel 920835: 1,518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/920835.md
- Parcel 896641: 1,459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896641.md
- Parcel 896906: 1,404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/896906.md
- Parcel 2592836: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2592836.md
- Parcel 884411: 1,153 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/884411.md
- Parcel 906873: 1,096 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/906873.md
- Parcel 941017: 1,091 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/941017.md
- Parcel 1010443: 1,048 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010443.md
- Parcel 886418: 1,033 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/886418.md
- Parcel 963163: 1,009 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/963163.md
- Parcel 971583: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/971583.md
- Parcel 900834: 926 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/900834.md
- Parcel 4555174: 897 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4555174.md
- Parcel 918073: 825 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/918073.md
- Parcel 2555632: 704 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555632.md
- Parcel 2555633: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555633.md
- Parcel 954302: 552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/954302.md
- Parcel 878812: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/878812.md
- Parcel 2555627: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555627.md
- Parcel 2556131: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556131.md
- Parcel 2556140: 507 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556140.md
- Parcel 2555631: 492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555631.md
- Parcel 2556111: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556111.md
- Parcel 2556146: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556146.md
- Parcel 2556130: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556130.md
- Parcel 2555634: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555634.md
- Parcel 2556152: 425 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556152.md
- Parcel 2536072: 416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2536072.md
- Parcel 2556107: 401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556107.md
- Parcel 2556132: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556132.md
- Parcel 2555645: 384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555645.md
- Parcel 2556110: 377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556110.md
- Parcel 2555636: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555636.md
- Parcel 2555628: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555628.md
- Parcel 2556153: 353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556153.md
- Parcel 2555630: 352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555630.md
- Parcel 2555638: 349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555638.md
- Parcel 2556133: 348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556133.md
- Parcel 2556114: 347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556114.md
- Parcel 2556147: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556147.md
- Parcel 3465509: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465509.md
- Parcel 2555635: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555635.md
- Parcel 2556108: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556108.md
- Parcel 2556123: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556123.md
- Parcel 2556148: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556148.md
- Parcel 2556160: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556160.md
- Parcel 2556124: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556124.md
- Parcel 2556121: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556121.md
- Parcel 2556134: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556134.md
- Parcel 2556117: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556117.md
- Parcel 2556120: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556120.md
- Parcel 2556119: 308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556119.md
- Parcel 2556118: 307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556118.md
- Parcel 2556115: 303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556115.md
- Parcel 2556138: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556138.md
- Parcel 2556136: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556136.md
- Parcel 2556155: 298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556155.md
- Parcel 2556149: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556149.md
- Parcel 2556135: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556135.md
- Parcel 935275: 294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/935275.md
- Parcel 2556157: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556157.md
- Parcel 2556137: 292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556137.md
- Parcel 2555644: 292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555644.md
- Parcel 2556139: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556139.md
- Parcel 2555642: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555642.md
- Parcel 2556154: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556154.md
- Parcel 2556158: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556158.md
- Parcel 2555639: 286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555639.md
- Parcel 2556156: 286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556156.md
- Parcel 2556159: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556159.md
- Parcel 2556150: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2556150.md
- Parcel 2555643: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555643.md
- Parcel 2555641: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555641.md
- Parcel 3465508: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465508.md
- Parcel 905070: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/905070.md
- Parcel 897885: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/897885.md
- Parcel 935094: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/935094.md
- Parcel 2536083: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2536083.md
- Parcel 871407: 133 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/871407.md
- Parcel 4627224: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627224.md
- Parcel 2536067: 53 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2536067.md

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

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Ballina Local Area Plan, Mayo; 80 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/planning/development-plans-and-strategies/local-area-plan/ballina-local-area-plan-2024-2030
- P1 Agriculture: Ballina Local Area Plan, Mayo; 51 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/planning/development-plans-and-strategies/local-area-plan/ballina-local-area-plan-2024-2030
- G1 Open Space (Open space, park): Ballina Local Area Plan, Mayo; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/planning/development-plans-and-strategies/local-area-plan/ballina-local-area-plan-2024-2030
- C2.1 Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Ballina Local Area Plan, Mayo; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.mayo.ie/en-ie/your-council/services/planning/development-plans-and-strategies/local-area-plan/ballina-local-area-plan-2024-2030

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

11 applications, newest first.

- 21 Apr 2026, Mayo County Council 2660318: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing building together with internal layout and upgrade works and associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660318/0
- 12 Feb 2025, Mayo County Council 2550: Conditional. Retention. retain dwelling house, domestic sheds, front boundary wall and detached granny flat including all existing site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2550/0
- 5 Feb 2025, Mayo County Council 2560059: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development will consist of: I. Installation of new 5,000lt Aboveground Self Bunded Fuel Storage Tank with Integrated Dispenser, II. Associated signage, III. All associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560059/0
- 19 Dec 2024, Mayo County Council 2460789: N/a. Permission. The proposed development will consist of: I. Installation of new 5,000lt Aboveground Self Bunded Fuel Storage Tank with Integrated Dispenser, II. Associated signage, III. All associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460789/0
- 21 Sept 2023, Mayo County Council 23537: Conditional. Permission. construct dwelling house, propreitary effluent treatment unit, percolation area including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23537/0
- 30 Jun 2023, Mayo County Council 23370: Conditional. Permission. A 75.1 sqm extension to the side and rear of the existing service station retail building, bringing it to a total of 164.9sqm, internal modifications and additions including an area for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises (i.e. off-licence use) of 11.8sqm, which is ancillary to the primary retail use and results in an increase in net retail floor area of 30.3sqm (to bring it to a total of 69sqm), a deli area which will include the sale of hot and cold food for consumption off the premises and staff facilities and customer toilets, the extension of forecourt fuel area incorporating an extended forecourt canopy and 1 no. additional fuel pump island, the provision of new car parking spaces, relocation of overground tanks, new signage, a new access exit arrangement and all other associated drainage and site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23370/0
- 16 Sept 2022, Mayo County Council 22799: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERGROUND STEEL DIESEL TANK, MEASURING 8M X 2.9M WITH A 55000 LITRE CAPACITY, NEW ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND PIPEWORK CONNECTING TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22799/0
- 29 Aug 2022, Mayo County Council 22727: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO THE NORTH BUILDING, INCLUDING LINK CORRIDOR TO ACCOMMODATE AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING LABORATORY AND ADDITIONAL STORAGE FACILITY AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22727/0
- 20 Aug 2021, Mayo County Council 21906: Conditional. Permission. PLACEMENT OF A PAY-TO-USE PORTABLE WASTE COMPACTOR FOR RESIDUAL WASTE AND FOOD WASTE AND A PAY-TO-USE PORTABLE WASTE COMPACTOR FOR DRY RECYCLABLES. THIS ACTIVITY REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS TO POSSESS A WASTE COLLECTION PERMIT/CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21906/0
- 26 Jul 2021, Mayo County Council 21803: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONSTRUCT PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR SAME, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE OFF THE PUBLIC ROAD AND CONNECT TO ALL SERVICES, CARRY OUT ALL REQUIRED ANCILLARY WORKS ON SITE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21803/0
- 21 Mar 2019, Mayo County Council 19215: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A LIGHT WAREHOUSE TYPE EXTENSION 590SQM TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING LIGHT COMMERCIAL TYPE UNIT ALONG WITH AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE EXISTING SWINGING TYPE ENTRANCE GATES TO A SLIDING TYPE ENTRANCE GATE, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING LEAN TO TYPE BUILDING TO THE REAR OF THE MAIN WAREHOUSE BUILDING ALONG WITH ANY OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED P97/465 AND P98/1770. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19215/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC, site code 002298, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002298

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

- MA039-023: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA039-023----. 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.
- MA039-024: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA039-024----. In pasture, located close to break of slope on E side of a ridge, overlooking an expanse of damp, low-lying pasture, which stretches 500m E to the banks of the River Moy. Raised circular area (27m E-W; 29m N-S) defined NW–NE by an earthen bank (Wth 4.9m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.9m at NNW), and elsewhere by a scarp (H 1m at S) with a broad external slope (Wth slope 5m). Outside the bank at N-NE there is a depression (Wth 3.5m; D 0.6m), which may be an original fosse, but there is no evidence for its continuation elsewhere around the circuit. There is a broad break (Wth c. 6m) in the bank at W. The interior is level; brambles cover much of the north half. The rath perimeter is ringed with ash and hawthorn trees. There is an enclosure (MA039-023----) 250m downslope to NNE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 27 January 2020

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 Rahans.

## 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 Rahans, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_391, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_391.zip (ZIP).
- 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/rahans.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rahans.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rahans.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rahans 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)

- Behybaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/behybaun.md
- Carrowcushlaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowcushlaun.md
- Commons: https://everytownland.com/mayo/commons-151080.md
- Mullauns: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mullauns-152592.md
- Rathnaconeen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathnaconeen.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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