Rathnamagh
Rathnamagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfian, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Ráth na Mach.
- Area
- 304.8 ha
- 753 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 17,311 m² (1.73 ha, 4.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathnamagh, from 91 m² to 125,897 m² (12.59 ha, 31.11 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathnamagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Nov 2025Conditional
I, Michael McHale, am applying to Mayo County Council, for Retention permission for the following: (1) Existing Site Entrance, (2) Existing Garage to the rear of the dwelling, along with all associated site works at Rathnamagh, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo F26 YW24.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560783
3 Dec 2024Conditional
Retention of the existing domestic garage. Including all other associated works & services.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460739
7 Oct 2022Conditional
Retention permission for separate garage at rear of existing dwelling house, change of boundaries from that granted under P02/1040, revised position of driveway and percolation area from that granted under P02/1040, complete with all ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22868
23 Jun 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22518
17 Feb 2021Conditional
ALTERATIONS OF THE EXISTING DWELLING WITH REVISED ELEVATION TOGETHER WTIH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE, A FIRST FLOOR ROOF EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE, 2 NO. BEDROOMS, A SHOWER ROOM AND STORAGE. ALSO TO RETAIN EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE/STORAGE BUILDING
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21117
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
- MA029-023 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 Rathnamagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Rathnamagh, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_336 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathnamagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Rathnamagh · Ráth na Mach
- Area
- 3,048,381 m² (304.84 ha, 753.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfian, 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
- Ballyneety, Carrowgarve North, Fairfield Lower, Fairfield Upper, Greenwoodpark, Rathmoyle, Treangarrow, Woodville
- Placenames
- Rathnamagh 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.