# Rathroe, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilfian, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Ráth Rua.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 740,809 m² (74.08 ha, 183.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 22,648 m² (2.26 ha, 5.6 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilfian, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilfian.md
- Barony: Tirawley
- Electoral division: Kilfian East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 242 people lived in 89 households in the Kilfian East electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34452
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152760
- Centre: latitude 54.191728, longitude -9.327906 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathroe, from 203 m² to 172,430 m² (17.24 ha, 42.61 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1012181: 172,430 m² (17.24 ha, 42.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012181.md
- Parcel 976887: 84,310 m² (8.43 ha, 20.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976887.md
- Parcel 882400: 81,657 m² (8.17 ha, 20.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882400.md
- Parcel 924650: 69,302 m² (6.93 ha, 17.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924650.md
- Parcel 973652: 51,994 m² (5.2 ha, 12.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973652.md
- Parcel 924651: 43,931 m² (4.39 ha, 10.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924651.md
- Parcel 927854: 43,579 m² (4.36 ha, 10.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927854.md
- Parcel 891508: 36,504 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891508.md
- Parcel 888352: 26,620 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888352.md
- Parcel 937975: 23,625 m² (2.36 ha, 5.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937975.md
- Parcel 890472: 22,648 m² (2.26 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890472.md
- Parcel 930338: 16,941 m² (1.69 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930338.md
- Parcel 873434: 16,133 m² (1.61 ha, 3.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873434.md
- Parcel 878863: 12,611 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878863.md
- Parcel 894803: 10,710 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894803.md
- Parcel 1003782: 6,587 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003782.md
- Parcel 969406: 6,481 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969406.md
- Parcel 924652: 5,611 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924652.md
- Parcel 925136: 3,834 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925136.md
- Parcel 886551: 3,534 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/886551.md
- Parcel 946595: 203 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/946595.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Rathroe in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Rathroe in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA021-098: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-098----. In pasture, located in an area of gently undulating terrain. The rath utilises a low natural knoll, which forms a small N-projecting spur on a low E−W ridge. The location provides good views, especially to N and E along the meandering valley of the Rathroe River. The rath encompasses a roughly oval, level area (c. 25m N−S; c. 30m E−W) on the top of the knoll. It is defined at W−NNE by the steep natural slope of the knoll (H c. 2m at W; H c. 3.5m at N). The base of this steep slope has been incorporated into a later field bank, now disused and partly eroded. At NE a short stretch of scarp (H 1.45m) is evident which peters out at E. At E−SE, where the knoll merges with a lower part of the ridge extending to E, there is slight slope down but no clearly defined enclosing element. This side of the knoll is bordered by a NNE−SSW property fence. At SE−SW, a slight scarp (H 0.3m) appears to indicate the curving S perimeter of the rath. The interior area is level and featureless. It is known in local tradition as a ‘fort’ (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016); it would appear to be the rath from which the townland derives its name. Rathroe Castle, a tower house (MA021-033----) is located on the E bank of the river c. 200m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 May 2015
- MA021-099001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-099001-. In pasture, located on the summit of a hill, with excellent views NW-SE over the valley of the Rathroe River, and to S of Nephin Mountain, which dominates the far horizon. This monument is evident as a low-profile, subrectangular flat-topped mound or platform (11m N−S; 15m E−W; H 0.5-0.6) defined by an eroded, irregular scarp. The grass-covered platform appears to be of earthen construction. The surface is uneven, with low hollows and undulations, probably the result of past disturbance. There is an E−W field fence 6m to S of the platform. According to local information, when the field fence was being constructed, human bones were unearthed on, or in the vicinity of, the platform (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016). A smaller mound, known locally as a burial (MA021-099002-), is located 6m to N. There is a rath (MA021-098----) c. 200m to NNW, and a tower house (MA021-033----) c. 160m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2016
- MA021-099002: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-099002-. In pasture, located on the summit of a hill, close to the break of slope on the N side where there are excellent views NW−SE over the valley of the Rathroe River. To S, Nephin Mountain is visible, dominating the far horizon. This monument is evident as a sod-covered, linear mound (6m N−S; 1.75m E−W; H 0.5m). The mound appears to be predominantly earthen but incorporates small and medium-sized stones which protrude from the sod. A boulder (1.8m E−W; 1.3m N−S; H 0.6m) rests on top of the mound, towards its N end. The boulder is roughly rounded in cross-section, and has a flat top. According to local tradition, this is a grave, and is known by the name of ‘Máire’s Sow Mhór’ (phonetic spelling) (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016). The origin of this tradition is unknown. A low, subrectangular mound or possible burial ground (MA021-099001-) is located 6m to S. There is a rath (MA021-098----) c. 200m to NNW, a tower house (MA021-033----) c. 160m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2016

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Rathroe, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathroe.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathroe.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathroe.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathroe.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rathroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cartronrathroe: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cartronrathroe.md
- Cloonskeagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloonskeagh.md
- Cloonsnaghta: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloonsnaghta.md
- Cloyrawer: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloyrawer.md
- Drinaghan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drinaghan.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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