Rathbaun
Townland in the civil parish of Aglish, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Ráth Bán
- Area
- 47.2 ha
- 117 acres
- Land parcels
- 167
- registered freehold, median 302 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
167 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbaun, from 22 m² to 142,897 m² (14.29 ha, 35.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 153 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 May 2026Conditional
Application is being made to Mayo County Council on behalf of C & B Gavin for planning permission to construct a single-storey dwellinghouse over part basement with a total floor area of 264.5 sq.m, at Rathbaun, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.. The application also includes all ancillary site works and services, including connections to the existing foul and storm drainage systems
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2660361
13 Mar 2026Conditional
Development of Office Space and Ambulance center by 1. change of use of existing Garage and 2. Extension and modifications to the existing structure at Rathbaun, Castlebar, Co Mayo
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660198
19 Nov 2025Conditional
PROVISION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH VEHICLE ACCESS / EGRESS & LANDSCAPING, COMPLETE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & SERVICES.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560831
16 Sept 2025N/a
Extend Existing Dwelling with associated site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560640
10 Jun 2025N/a
extend existing dwelling house on family lands with associated site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25236
8 Apr 2025Refused
PROVISION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH VEHICLE ACCESS / EGRESS & LANDSCAPING, COMPLETE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560206
8 Nov 2024Refused
construct dwelling house together with all ancillary siteworks
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24474
17 Sept 2024Conditional
retain extension as constructed to rear of dwelling house, porch as constructed including front elevation fenestrational changes to dwelling house
Retention · Mayo County Council, 24384
21 Dec 2022Conditional
construction of a ground floor extension/granny flat to an existing house, making all necessary connections to public services together with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221133
12 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY FRONT, SIDE AND REAR EXTENSION WITH PITCHED ROOF AND ROOF WINDOWS, COMPRISING OF A PLAYROOM AND DINING ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22775
31 Oct 2019Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19875
12 Feb 2019Conditional
EXTEND AND RENOVATE EXISTING HABITABLE HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 1985
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathbaun.
Recorded monuments
- MA078-001 Ringfort - rath
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathbaun.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_341 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Rathbaun · An Ráth Bán
- Area
- 472,368 m² (47.24 ha, 116.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aglish, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlebar Rural electoral division: 7,935 people in 2,987 households; 68% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowncurry, Coarsepark, Derreenmanus, Garryduff, Newantrim, Snugborough
- Placenames
- Rathbaun 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.