Rathbal

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbal, from 11 m² to 270,213 m² (27.02 ha, 66.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 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 Rathbal 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.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission for: A) Demolition of existing derelict house and outbuildings B) Construction of an agricultural building to consist of milking parlour, dairy, cubicle accommodation, straw bedded area, bale storage, ancillary rooms and underground slatted slurry and soiled water storage tanks C) Construction of a storage shed D) Construction of a machinery shed E) Construction of 4 no. silage pits and a dungstead F) Construction of feed bunker shed adjacent to proposed silage pits G) Construction of a new farm entrance, lay-by areas and access road H) Installation of an attenuation tank and rainwater harvesting tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660642

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House and Wastewater Treatment System with Raised Soil Polishing Filter including all other ancillary site work and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560704

• 16 Jun 2025N/a

  Permission for: A) Demolition of existing derelict house and outbuildings B) Construction of an agricultural building to consist of milking parlour, dairy, cubicle accommodation, straw bedded area, bale storage, ancillary rooms and underground slatted slurry and soiled water storage tanks C) Construction of a storage shed D) Construction of a machinery shed E) Construction of 4 no. silage pits and a dungstead F) Construction of feed bunker shed adjacent to proposed silage pits G) Construction of a new farm entrance, lay-by areas and access road H) Installation of an attenuation tank and rainwater harvesting tanks I) Boring of 4 no. wells and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560385

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House & Wastewater Treatment System with Raised Soil Polishing Filter. Including all other ancillary site work and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560379

• 16 Dec 2023Conditional

  The application will consist of planning permission for (1) Construct New Dwelling House, (2) Construct New domestic Garage, (3) Construct new Effluent Treatment System with all associated works, (4) Construct new Domestic Entrance off the public road, and (5) Carry out all required ancillary works on site.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360542

• 16 Oct 2023Conditional

  erection of dwelling house, domestic shed and proprietary effleunt treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23579

• 27 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE & WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER. INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 21811

• 17 Jun 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21652

• 25 Jan 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALL SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND TO CARRY OUT ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1836

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  RETENTION OF GARAGE, EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ACCESS AND BOUNDARIES, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 1723

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonagh Lough (Mayo) 001485

Recorded monuments

• MA030-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Adjacent to a farmstead. This enclosure is shown on the on the 1837 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. 20-25m). On the 1930 edition it is shown incorporated into later field boundaries at SW and N, with farm buildings immediately adjacent at NE and SE. The enclosure has been levelled. The location is grassed over and partly engulfed in overgrowth on the W side, which is bordered by a N–S field boundary. A farm track clips the E side of the location, leading to a cluster of farm sheds immediately to NE. There is a modern dwelling to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

• MA030-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low ridge. This enclosure is shown as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. 20-25m) on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled, and there is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

• MA030-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, located on top of a narrow N–S ridge, which provides extensive views in all directions. The E-facing slope of the ridge falls into a small valley with a stream that skirts the ridge at E−SW. Slightly raised, circular area (30m N–S; c. 30m E–W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8m at N, 4.6m at S; int. H 0.75m at N, 0.4m at S; ext. H 1.6m at N, 1.4m at S). A section of the bank at NE–SE has been levelled and is now evident as a slight scarp or undulation. It seems likely that the original entrance was on this side. There are numerous narrow breaks, eroded by farm stock, around the circuit, with the largest break (Wth 2m) at SSW. The interior is level. There is a field fence, on an E–W axis, immediately to N of the rath. The bank is ringed with hawthorn bushes. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 April 2018

• MA030-092001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  This is the location of a spring well, now infilled. According to local tradition, it once consisted of a small pool (diam. c. 2-3m) enclosed by a low wall, and was known as a holy well, where prayers were said. According to one source, rags were tied to an adjacent bush. Tradition also said that there were burials (MA030-092002-)in the surrounding field. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 June 2018

Architectural heritage

• Thornfield, house, 1840–1878 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey pedimented dower house, extant 1878, on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay single-storey pedimented projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) roofs including pitched (gabled) roof (porch), central chimney stack having cut-limestone stepped capping supporting crested terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered, ruled and lined monolithic "pilasters" to corners supporting lichen-covered "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" pediment. Square-headed window opening (porch) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings with hood moulding framing two-over-two timber sash window. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing two-over-two timber sash (ground floor) or replacement uPVC casement (first floor) windows. Set in unkempt landscaped grounds with wrought iron "estate railings" centred on cast-iron colonette piers supporting looped wrought iron double gates.

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 Rathbal, 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 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 Rathbal.

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

Name

Rathbal · Ráth Bhalla

Area

2,878,861 m² (287.89 ha, 711.38 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysakeery, 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, Cloonagh More, Greenaun, Knockduff, Rappacastle, Rathglass West, Tooreenphilip

Placenames

Rathbal 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.