Rahard

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahard, from 41 m² to 108,038 m² (10.8 ha, 26.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 5 May 2026Conditional

  for Planning permission to construct an Astro Turf Pitch with associated lighting as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660351

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  The development will consist of: the construction of a new private dwelling house, domestic garage along with all associated site development, external works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660096

• 19 Jan 2026Conditional

  Full Planning permission for the following: 1. Retention of Dwelling house 2. Retention of Domestic Garage 3. Retention of Storage shed 4. Retention of Site Layout/boundaries including revised site entrance all above as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660052

• 12 Mar 2024Conditional

  construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2464

• 15 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE AS SHOWN ON PLANS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENTS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211197

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rahard.

Recorded monuments

• MA110-031 Standing stone - pair
  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.

• MA110-032 Enclosure
  Description

  Shown on OS map (1838) as oval-shaped area enclosed by bank. Levelled; no visible surface traces. 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. 385. Date of upload: 28 October 2013

• MA118-018 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, on high ground on E-facing slope. According to local tradition, site of levelled ringfort. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. No visible surface traces. 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. 386. Date of upload: 14 November 2013

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, gates/railings/walls, 1765–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar octagonal piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on rosette-detailed panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar outer piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting arrow head-detailed cast-iron railings. Installed, 1962. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rahard.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Rahard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Rahard · An Ráth Ard

Area

1,852,226 m² (185.22 ha, 457.7 acres)

Civil parish

Robeen, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Hollymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Hollymount electoral division: 867 people in 303 households; 87% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Coolaghbaun, Cuillaun, Kiltrone, Kilvindoney, Lisnamoyle, Mweelis, Rathmalikeen, Robeen, Robeenard, Skeheen and Lisseveleen

Placenames

Rahard 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.