Rostoohy
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeena, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ros Tuaithe
- Area
- 25.1 ha
- 62 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 25,971 m² (2.6 ha, 6.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rostoohy, from 1,032 m² to 79,863 m² (7.99 ha, 19.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 1 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
No zone of a development plan covers Rostoohy 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
26 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22831
9 Jun 2021Conditional
A NEW ROOF INCLUDING THE RAISING OF THE EXISTING EAVES HEIGHTS AND THE PROVISION OF NEW ROOFLIGHTS AND NEW DORMER WINDOWS, A NEW SINGLE STOREY SIDE PORCH EXTENSION, A NEW SINGLE STOREY FRONT EXTENSION, PROVISION OF A NEW BALCONY TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS TO ALL ELEVATIONS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21602
16 Sept 2020Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING FIRST FLOOR AREA PREVIOUSLY ADDED TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Mayo County Council, 20663
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: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482
Recorded monuments
- MA076-006 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.
- MA076-006001 Souterrain
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 Rostoohy.
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 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 Rostoohy.
- 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 Rostoohy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Rostoohy · Ros Tuaithe
- Area
- 250,598 m² (25.06 ha, 61.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeena, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Kilmeena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmeena electoral division: 1,616 people in 558 households; 88% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cushalogurt, Rosnakilly
- Placenames
- Rostoohy 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.