Shanaghmoyle

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanaghmoyle, from 1,254 m² to 99,219 m² (9.92 ha, 24.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Shanaghmoyle 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.

• 30 Nov 2020Conditional

  RETENTION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, EXISTING UTILITY AND STORE, EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION SYSTEM, AND PERMISSION TO ERECT BOUNDARY FENCE TO THE REAR OF THE SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20926

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 Shanaghmoyle.

Recorded monuments

• MA081-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a thicket of blackthorn, encompassing a natural rise, with very good views. This rath is named ‘Lisnaheemoy’ on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Raised oval area (c. 22m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.9m at NE, 1.5m at SW). The bank has a substantial external scarp, enhanced by the natural fall of ground, and a very low internal rim incorporating much stone. At S−SW it survives mainly as a scarp with a hint of an internal rim. The interior is covered by blackthorn and brambles, and is difficult to examine. Low moss-covered stones, some of which appear to be set upright, can be glimpsed beneath the overgrowth. The original entrance is likely to be at SE where there is a gap (Wth 1.4-2m) which opens onto a spine of raised ground (Wth c. 12-15m) with a drop of 1.5-2m on either side. This appears to be a natural ridge that has been utilised as a causeway or routeway. It extends for c. 40m to SE and is largely engulfed in blackthorn and gorse, heaps of field clearance debris and is disturbed in parts by quarrying. According to local tradition, the ringfort was used as a children’s burial ground (MA081-025001-). Another rath (MA081-026---) is located 225m to SSW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021

• MA081-025001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (MA081-025----). According to local tradition, unbaptized babies were buried in the rath. Low moss-covered stones, some of which appear to be set upright, are visible beneath dense overgrowth in the rath interior; these may be gravemarkers. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021

• MA081-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a low elevation with good views over gently undulating grassland intermixed with bog. This rath is named ‘Lisnalee’ on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Raised circular area (29.5m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m at S, 3.4m at N; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.2m at S, 2m at N) reduced to scarp at E−SE. The platform is built up on its N half to compensate for the natural fall of ground and create a level interior. The bank has a compact appearance with a near vertical external face that suggests it was modified in the recent past. The original entrance may be at the SW where there is a gap (Wth 2m) at the lowest point in the bank. Another rath (MA081-025---) is located on higher ground 225m to NNE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021

• MA081-039 Earthwork
  Description

  In lowlying rough, wet pasture, with rising ground to E. An oval rise (35m E-W; 42m N-S; H 1.3m at E, 1.7m at W), domed in profile, with a slightly flattened top merging seamlessly with broadly sloping sides. It is boxed into the W end of a modern rectangular field so that the S, W and N edges of the rise are truncated by straight field fences flanked by field drains. Cultivation ridges traverse the rise, and there is a slight surface depression (diam. c. 3m) on the E side of the rise. This appears to be a natural feature, however, its regular shape and location in boggy pasture leaves open the possibility that it is a wetland habitation site. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Shanaghmoyle.

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 Shanaghmoyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Shanaghmoyle · Sonnach Maol

Area

652,284 m² (65.23 ha, 161.18 acres)

Civil parish

Knock, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Knock North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knock North electoral division: 1,004 people in 422 households; 61% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Addergoole, Derragh, Eden, Sallyhernaun, Shanvaghera

Placenames

Shanaghmoyle 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.