Sheean
Townland in the civil parish of Islandeady, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Sián
- Area
- 154.2 ha
- 381 acres
- Land parcels
- 138
- registered freehold, median 2,711 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
138 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheean, from 4 m² to 107,269 m² (10.73 ha, 26.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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 Sheean 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
17 Apr 2026Refused
Replacement dwelling house in lieu of existing bungalow dwelling house and to build a new additional dwelling house on a half acre site adjacent with connection of both houses to the public sewer and public water supply with all ancillary site works and landscaping works
Outline permission · Mayo County Council, 2660310
26 Feb 2026N/a
(1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROOF COMPRISING OF ATTIC ROOM AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EAST GABLE WITH CONNECTION TO ADJACENT STUDIO, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT FAIRLAWNS, SHEEAUN, WESTPORT, CO. MAYO. F28 KX48
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660149
27 Jan 2026N/a
(1) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROOF COMPRISING OF ATTIC ROOM AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EAST GABLE WITH CONNECTION TO ADJACENT CABIN STRUCTURE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT FAIRLAWNS, SHEEAUN, WESTPORT, CO. MAYO. F28 KX48
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660073
11 Jun 2025Conditional
Alterations to front (West) elevation of an existing property, incl. new window layout and front door to existing porch.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560370
10 Jun 2024Conditional
retain dwelling house and studio as constructed and permission to upgrade existing septic tank to proprietary effluent treatment system together with associated site services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24227
9 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19704
29 Jul 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CARPORT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19591
14 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18340
4 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA (P07/2219 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18314
16 Nov 2017Refused
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17913
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Sheean.
Recorded monuments
- MA088-017 Barrow - pond barrow
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.
- MA088-018 Cairn - unclassified
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 Sheean.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_268 (ZIP).
- 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 Sheean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Sheean · An Sián
- Area
- 1,542,088 m² (154.21 ha, 381.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Islandeady, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Clogher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clogher electoral division: 948 people in 330 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrownaclea, Cogaula, Derrygorman, Doon, Dooncastle, Drummindoo
- Placenames
- Sheean 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.