Rappacastle

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rappacastle, from 59 m² to 119,819 m² (11.98 ha, 29.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Rappacastle 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.

• 15 Oct 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 211105

• 13 Dec 2019Conditional

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE DWELLING HOUSE, RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED (PREVIOUS PERMISSION P07/1445) AND TO CONSTRUCT PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19973

• 18 Oct 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A NEW 6 BAY CATTLE SHED, TO INCLUDE SLATTED AREA, UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANKS, CUBICLE LYING AREA, UNDERGROUND SLATTED TANKS, CUBICLE LYING AREA AND MILKING PARLOUR, A NEW DIARY AND PLANT ROOM AND NEW MEAL STORAGE BIN

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19823

• 13 Apr 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF AN ONSITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION/POLISHING FILTER, POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18255

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 Rappacastle.

Recorded monuments

• MA030-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise in undulating terrain. Shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort-sized enclosure, and on the 1930 edition as an oval enclosure, planted with trees. No visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

• MA030-019 House - 16th/17th century
  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.

• MA030-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, located on a rise with a fall of ground to SW, overlooking an expanse of lowlying grassland. Shown on the 1838 and 1930 edition OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (c. 50m N−S; c. 40m E−W), covered with trees. The hachuring on the 1930 edition depicts an enclosing fosse. This enclosure has been levelled; the faint contours of a broadly oval rise (c. 24m E-W; c. 30m N-S), sloping slightly to SE, can be discerned at ground level. In current aerial views, a vegetation mark can be seen defining a roughly circular area (diam. 40-45m), truncated on the W side by a N−S field fence. It is located on the former demesne land of Rappa Castle (MA030-019----). There is a burial ground (MA030-021----) 260m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

• MA030-021 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of an oval knoll in an area of rolling grassland, providing excellent views, especially to SW towards Nephin and the Nephin Beg Range. The flat top (22.6m N–S; 16.5m E–W) of the knoll was used as a burial plot by the Knox family of Rappa Castle. Twenty six graves were noted, which all appear to date to the 19th-century. The overall dimensions of the knoll are c. 60-70m N-S by c. 45-50m with broadly slumped sides at E–SW. It is c. 2.5m in height at N and c. 4.5m at S. A low bank or scarp defines the base of the knoll, clearly seen at the S, but less distinct at W and N. The E side of the knoll has been partly quarried away. The knoll is grass covered, with beech trees planted on its slopes. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 April 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rappacastle, about 1 in 5 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 low, low.

Terrain model

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

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 Rappacastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Rappacastle · Caisleán na Ropaí

Area

1,929,683 m² (192.97 ha, 476.84 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Fortland, the unit of the census

Census 2022

556 people lived in 192 households in the Fortland electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaboll, Bunaneraghtish, Cloonapisha, Cloonkee, Knockaskeehaun, Rathbal

Placenames

Rappacastle 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.