Rathrowan

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathrowan, from 22 m² to 94,919 m² (9.49 ha, 23.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathrowan 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 Jul 2026N/a

  The development consists of the following: 1. Retention of a detached, low-intensity specialist agricultural machinery diagnostics, telematics support and training building ancillary to the applicant’s established agricultural machinery business, comprising approximately 199 sq.m gross floor area over two floors, together with an external covered store of approximately 23.60 sq.m. 2. Retention of an agricultural dry storage shed for machinery storage, comprising approximately 531 sq.m gross floor area. 3. Retention of an existing agricultural entrance, entrance walls and associated access arrangements. 4. Retention of a retaining wall and associated site level works. 5. Retention of associated hardstanding, drainage, rainwater soakaway arrangements and all ancillary site development works.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660570

• 8 Jul 2026N/a

  The development consists of the following: 1. Retention of a detached, low-intensity specialist agricultural machinery diagnostics, telematics support and training building ancillary to the applicant’s established agricultural machinery business, comprising approximately 199 sq.m gross floor area over two floors, together with an external covered store of approximately 23.60 sq.m. 2. Retention of an agricultural dry storage shed for machinery storage, comprising approximately 531 sq.m gross floor area. 3. Retention of an existing agricultural entrance, entrance walls and associated access arrangements. 4. Retention of a retaining wall and associated site level works. 5. Retention of associated hardstanding, drainage, rainwater soakaway arrangements and all ancillary site development works.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660551

• 24 Feb 2026N/a

  This development will consist of demolitions and removals of the rear flat roof extension, rear pitched roof part of the house, chimneys and existing shed. It is proposed to modify the existing house, to construct a rear mono-pitched extension with a new flat roof link together with associated site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660143

• 20 Nov 2025N/a

  This development will consist of demolitions and removals of the rear flat roof extension, rear pitched roof part of the house, chimneys and existing shed. It is proposed to modify the existing house, to construct a rear mono-pitched extension with a new flat roof link together with associated site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560838

• 8 Sept 2025N/a

  demolitions and removals of the rear flat roof extension, rear pitched roof part of the house, chimneys and existing shed. It is proposed to modify the existing house, to construct a rear mono-pitched extension with a new flat roof link together with associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25376

• 9 Jun 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17444

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 Rathrowan.

Recorded monuments

• MA071-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located at the break of slope on the W side of a ridge, overlooking a broad sweep of lowlying, gently undulating terrain to W−NW. There is a stream 200m to W. Roughly circular platform (39m N−S; 36.5m E−W) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at E, 2.7m at W), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3m) with an external bank (Wth c. 6; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 2.7m), which survive at SW−NW but cannot be traced elsewhere. A section of the scarp (Wth 10m) at N−NNE has been levelled, and the SE arc has been incorporated into a field fence. The fosse and bank survive where they coincide with the natural break of the ridge slope: they are cut into the slope so that the fosse takes the form of a terrace and the external bank has a broad external slope, enhanced by the natural slope. Interior is level and featureless. There is no clearly defined entrance. The rath interior is grassy, with hawthorn, blackthorn trees and brambles around the scarp and external bank. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• MA071-117 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located at the break of slope on the W side of a N–S ridge, overlooking a broad, flat stream valley. Raised roughly circular area (35m NNW–SSE; 31.7m ENE–WSW) defined by a bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.2m) at NW, reduced elsewhere to a scarp (H 2.3m; W slope 2.5m). Outside the bank/scarp at W−N are remnants of a possible fosse and possible external bank. The fosse is evident as a terrace (Wth 3.7m) and is defined on its outer edge by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8–3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m). This bank serves as a field fence and is topped with a hawthorn hedgerow, and remains of a possible limekiln are incorporated into it at N; it respects the curve of the rath but extends beyond the rath in a straight line to NE. The rath interior slopes down gently from centre to E–SE. The entrance may have been to SE where the scarp is lowest. There is a local tradition of a souterrain (MA071-117001-) in the W half of the interior. A property fence, on a WNW–ESE axis, crosses the S edge of the interior; to S of the fence, the SE arc of the scarp and part of the rath interior were quarried away during the construction of a slatted shed which stands immediately to SE. The rath perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and blackthorn bushes; the interior is grassy. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• MA071-117001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA071-117----). According to local tradition, there is a souterrain in the rath, which was accessed through an opening in the W half of the rath. A stone-built passage led to a chamber, and there may have been a second passage opening off the chamber. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• MA071-147 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture in undulating hilly terrain, located on a rise with a fall of ground to W towards a basin of wet pasture, through which a stream flows. Roughly circular platform (estimated diam. 35-40m) defined by a scarp (H 2m at E, 3.5m at W; Wth slope c. 4m at E, c. 5–6m at W), enhanced by the natural fall of ground to W. At the external foot of the scarp, it is enclosed by a fosse. Large stones are visible set in or on the scarp, and stone tumble is evident on the slope. Remnants of stone facing and stone tumble on the scarp at N–SE appear to be largely the result of its incorporation into a later field boundary. The fosse is visible as a slight depression at NE−E and takes the form of a terrace (Wth 5m at S, 4m at W) at S–W, defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.7-0.8m) on its outer edge which utilises and merges with the natural slope. It is overlain at N by a field wall on a roughly E–W axis. According to local information, there is a souterrain (MA071-147001-) in the centre of the rath interior. The rath is engulfed in a dense thicket of blackthorn and hawthorn, except for a small, grassy area in E–SE sector. A shallow grassed-over quarry pit abuts the rath at E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2021

• MA071-147001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a rath (MA071-147----). According to local information, a large stone located roughly in the centre of the rath interior marks the blocked up entrance to a souterrain. The entrance opens into a narrow passage or creepway, which led to a chamber. The chamber is roughly square in plan and roofed with overlapping slabs, and is large enough to stand up in. Another passage/creepway, which is blocked up, opens off the chamber. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2021

• MA071-209 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located in undulating hilly landscape, with a fall of ground to W towards a stream. A shallow SSW−NNW arc of earthen bank (L c. 15-20m N–S; Wth c. 3.5m; H c. 2m at W; H 1.2m at E) is incorporated into a straight N−S field wall. It is depicted as a kink in the field boundary on the 1931 OS 6-inch map. An irregular heap of field clearance stones projects 6m to E from its S end. Immediately to the E of this, are two smaller heaps (max. dim. 2-3m) of stone and a stony hollow (max. dim. 2m). According to local tradition, there was a ‘fort’ or possible burial place at this location. It is engulfed in a small stand of blackthorn bushes. There is a rath (MA071-147----) c. 100m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 27 September 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Rathrowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Rathrowan · Ráth Ruáin

Area

1,186,694 m² (118.67 ha, 293.24 acres)

Civil parish

Bohola, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Bohola, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bohola electoral division: 325 people in 127 households; 81% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 24% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boleyard, Carroward, Carrowgowan, Knockatemple, Lisgormin

Placenames

Rathrowan 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.