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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Stréic.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,866,209 m² (286.62 ha, 708.26 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 21,285 m² (2.13 ha, 5.26 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilgeever, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilgeever.md
- Barony: Murrisk
- Electoral division: Clare Island, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 194 people lived in 71 households in the Clare Island electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36994
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152986
- Centre: latitude 53.794559, longitude -10.007088 (WGS 84)

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

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Strake, from 81 m² to 279,372 m² (27.94 ha, 69.03 acres); 4 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 910877: 279,372 m² (27.94 ha, 69.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910877.md
- Parcel 895257: 226,391 m² (22.64 ha, 55.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895257.md
- Parcel 900362: 210,001 m² (21 ha, 51.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900362.md
- Parcel 882084: 106,481 m² (10.65 ha, 26.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882084.md
- Parcel 941428: 96,454 m² (9.65 ha, 23.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941428.md
- Parcel 875541: 94,632 m² (9.46 ha, 23.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875541.md
- Parcel 994606: 94,251 m² (9.43 ha, 23.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994606.md
- Parcel 932722: 89,187 m² (8.92 ha, 22.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932722.md
- Parcel 874433: 86,749 m² (8.67 ha, 21.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874433.md
- Parcel 991568: 84,275 m² (8.43 ha, 20.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991568.md
- Parcel 5262077: 80,990 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262077.md
- Parcel 995285: 80,418 m² (8.04 ha, 19.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995285.md
- Parcel 904481: 78,567 m² (7.86 ha, 19.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904481.md
- Parcel 996629: 77,924 m² (7.79 ha, 19.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996629.md
- Parcel 1007917: 75,190 m² (7.52 ha, 18.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007917.md
- Parcel 927413: 72,953 m² (7.3 ha, 18.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927413.md
- Parcel 872046: 72,813 m² (7.28 ha, 17.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872046.md
- Parcel 973921: 70,104 m² (7.01 ha, 17.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973921.md
- Parcel 878535: 64,423 m² (6.44 ha, 15.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878535.md
- Parcel 963532: 63,776 m² (6.38 ha, 15.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963532.md
- Parcel 925554: 62,223 m² (6.22 ha, 15.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925554.md
- Parcel 998100: 62,017 m² (6.2 ha, 15.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998100.md
- Parcel 884046: 59,737 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/884046.md
- Parcel 912644: 54,489 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912644.md
- Parcel 877376: 48,806 m² (4.88 ha, 12.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877376.md
- Parcel 962563: 47,058 m² (4.71 ha, 11.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962563.md
- Parcel 989752: 44,125 m² (4.41 ha, 10.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989752.md
- Parcel 876321: 40,556 m² (4.06 ha, 10.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876321.md
- Parcel 965694: 39,732 m² (3.97 ha, 9.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965694.md
- Parcel 967626: 30,980 m² (3.1 ha, 7.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967626.md
- Parcel 946576: 29,471 m² (2.95 ha, 7.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946576.md
- Parcel 921297: 28,461 m² (2.85 ha, 7.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921297.md
- Parcel 4857938: 23,144 m² (2.31 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4857938.md
- Parcel 947528: 23,023 m² (2.3 ha, 5.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947528.md
- Parcel 920497: 22,007 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920497.md
- Parcel 1000920: 21,285 m² (2.13 ha, 5.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000920.md
- Parcel 925397: 18,694 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925397.md
- Parcel 874693: 17,705 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874693.md
- Parcel 920498: 9,301 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920498.md
- Parcel 994065: 7,548 m² (0.75 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994065.md
- Parcel 5297737: 5,974 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297737.md
- Parcel 2738726: 5,254 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2738726.md
- Parcel 5297675: 5,062 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297675.md
- Parcel 5609726: 4,330 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5609726.md
- Parcel 4857960: 3,971 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4857960.md
- Parcel 958440: 3,345 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958440.md
- Parcel 4935382: 3,262 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4935382.md
- Parcel 6201282: 3,140 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6201282.md
- Parcel 5297727: 3,009 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297727.md
- Parcel 993849: 2,717 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993849.md
- Parcel 914559: 2,497 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/914559.md
- Parcel 4758526: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758526.md
- Parcel 4758535: 2,276 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758535.md
- Parcel 4758530: 2,276 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4758530.md
- Parcel 5297676: 2,221 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297676.md
- Parcel 958338: 2,150 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958338.md
- Parcel 956785: 1,961 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/956785.md
- Parcel 4914992: 1,532 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4914992.md
- Parcel 951842: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/951842.md
- Parcel 921112: 1,336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/921112.md
- Parcel 1009365: 1,298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009365.md
- Parcel 914880: 1,275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914880.md
- Parcel 915669: 1,261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/915669.md
- Parcel 5876104: 1,206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5876104.md
- Parcel 2694022: 1,142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2694022.md
- Parcel 993599: 871 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/993599.md
- Parcel 5297728: 827 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297728.md
- Parcel 990221: 721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/990221.md
- Parcel 4990584: 668 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990584.md
- Parcel 2696901: 665 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696901.md
- Parcel 5262108: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262108.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Strake 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)

8 applications, newest first.

- 2 Jul 2026, Mayo County Council 2660523: Conditional. Permission. 1.) the extension and renovation of the existing cottage 2.) install new septic tank and percolation area together with all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660523/0
- 13 Mar 2024, Mayo County Council 2460136: Conditional. Retention. retention permission for alterations and extensions to an existing house and for all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460136/0
- 5 Dec 2023, Mayo County Council 2360517: Conditional. Permission. Construction of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling with connection to public services and associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360517/0
- 18 Sept 2023, Mayo County Council 2360379: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, and connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared as part of this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360379/0
- 9 Nov 2022, Mayo County Council 221000: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construct a private dwelling house including garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/221000/0
- 10 Sept 2021, Mayo County Council 21977: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLISH EXISTING FRONT PORCH (4M2) AND REPLACE WITH NEW FRONT PORCH (6.5M2) AND REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (37M2) AND RENOVATE EXISTING COTTAGE, LANDSCAPING WORKS TO INCLUDE WIDENING ACCESS GATE AND PARKING SPACE, REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A NEW PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND FOUR NO. NEW ROOF-LIGHTS TO FRONT ELEVATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21977/0
- 14 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21631: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21631/0
- 14 Aug 2020, Mayo County Council 20566: N/a. Permission. DEMOLISH EXISTING COTTAGE RUIN, CONSTRUCT A NEW COTTAGE STYLE DWELLING ON ITS FOOTPRINT AND CONNECT TO THE EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20566/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: West Connacht Coast SAC, site code 002998, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002998
- Special Area of Conservation: Clare Island Cliffs SAC, site code 002243, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002243
- Special Protection Area: Clare Island SPA, site code 004136, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004136
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clare Island, site code 000477

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

- MA084-005001: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA084-005001-. Situated on a stretch of cliff-bound coast on the southern shore of the island, 2.1km W of the Abbey to SE of Toormore. A notably long narrow sea promontory (L c. 200 × Wth c. 70m max. at sea level), its long axis lying NE–SW, that is defined by sheer cliffs up to 25m high on either side. Of particular note is the deep, narrow, precipitous cove—labelled ‘Ooghaniska’ on Ordnance Survey maps—along its eastern side. The cliffs on the opposite side of this cove overlook the promontory itself. The promontory fort is named but not clearly indicated on first and third editions of the Ordnance Survey maps (1840; 1920): the name is recorded by Mac Neill (1913, no. 105, 24) and by Ó Muraíle (1999, 109, 112, 121). The fort occupies the long narrow summit of the promontory and is defined at its north- eastern or landward end by a bank and what Westropp (1911a, 24) eloquently labels as ‘the skilful adaptation of natural features’. He described and drew it in some detail (1911a, 17, 24–5; 1914, 328–9), identifying five or six defensive elements (1911a, pl. III, labelled a–e and A). This account will follow his labelling (see Pl. III),, beginning at the outer, northern end of the promontory and working inwards (southwards). At its landward end, a substantial and slightly curved grassy earthen bank (L 20m × Wth c. 3.9m) crosses the promontory on a rough E–W axis. Labelled by ‘the clay bank’ Westropp (1911a, 24, pl. III, a), it is up to 2m high on its southern (internal) side but only 0.7m high externally. A number of large boulders protrude from the external face, suggesting that it may have been revetted originally. Its broad summit is uneven but slopes generally towards S. No trace of the ‘slight indications of an external fosse’ (Casey 1999, 154–5, Mayo 62) were noted. A very narrow gap (Wth c. 0.75m) in the bank towards its W end may mark the site of the original entrance. Immediately inside this bank, are two possibly natural features that Westropp (1911a, pl. III, 24) describes as a ‘terrace 6 feet [1.8m] wide’ and ‘a partly formed fosse 9 feet [2.75m] wide ... [running] E.N.E. and W.S.W.’, respectively. Although they do resemble a berm and fosse, the latter in particular is only fosse-like towards the eastern side of the promontory (Wth c. 5.8m, D c. 1m): towards the western side it fades out into a natural S-facing slope. Beyond this to S, he acknowledges that the ‘next platform’ (Westropp 1911a, pl. III, 24) is ‘mainly natural’ (Pl. III, c). This culminates in a jagged rock along the eastern side of the promontory, beyond which is a second fosse-like feature (Wth c. 4m), Westropp’s ‘d’ and ‘another fosse’ (1911a, 24). This too is limited in its extent to E side of the promontory, the western side at this point being occupied by a large grassy hollow that falls away westwards to the cliff edge. Access to the interior of the fort entails crossing this hollow beyond which a steep narrow path along the western edge of the promontory leads to the summit, skirting a large natural rock outcrop: Westropp’s ‘tower of rock’ (1911a, pl. III, A). The occupation area appears to have coincided with the grassy summit of the promontory (L c. 59.4m × Wth c. 20.1m max.). This is now mantled with a lush sward, uneven under- foot and up to 0.3m deep at time of visit. Traces of a grassed-over perimeter bank are present in many places, albeit much degraded externally since Westropp’s day. He describes it variously as the ‘east rampart’, ‘the wall’ and ‘the bank’ (Westropp 1911a, 24–5). It is now best preserved along the eastern side (Wth 2m × H 0.75m max. along the north-eastern side) and is least discernible at the southern side. The northern end of the summit is generally flat and is occupied by two well-preserved houses and a possible hut (MA084-005002-, MA084-005003-, MA084-005004-). However, beyond them, the interior slopes gradually downwards to S before terminating at a high grassy scarp (H c. 2.2m) that falls to the exposed rocky end of the promontory. No trace was found of the ‘straight traverse’ mentioned by Westropp and shown by him as a broad bank running N–S across the interior immediately N of the oval house (MA084-005003-) (1911a, pl. III). Furthermore, the ‘three terraces or rather ledges, each a foot [0.3] high’ shown in the southern part of the interior (1911a), are now only intermittently visible: they are best defined along the western side where they are up to 0.5m in height. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA084-005002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA084-005002-. Within ‘Doon’ promontory fort (MA084-005001-): on the summit of the natural outcrop of rock at the extreme western the end of the platform (Pl. III, labelled ‘e’). There are also two other houses (MA084-005003- , MA084-005004-) on the platform. On the detailed drawings of this fort, Westropp employs the letter ‘e’ to identify a small semicircular feature that he labels ‘hut’ on his plan (Pl. III). However, he does not expressly refer to it as a hut in his descriptions. Rather, he treats it and the outcrop on which it sits as some kind of a lookout post dominating the access path that skirts its W side. This is most clearly stated in his 1914 description, where he refers to the artificial shaping of the ‘rock turret’, noting that ‘the bastion so-formed was fenced by a loop of wall 3 or 4 feet [0.9–1.2m] thick’ (1914, 328). No definite surface trace of this ‘loop of wall’ survives today on the grassy summit of the outcrop. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA084-005003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA084-005003-. Situated within ‘Doon’ promontory fort (MA084-005001-). The house is situated about midway along the platform and only 3m N of another house (MA084-005004-). Described variously by Westropp as ‘an oval house’ (1911a, 24) and ‘an early hut with rounded corners’ (1914, 328). It consists of the poorly defined foundations of an oval house (NNE–SSW c. 5.1m, WNW–ESE 5.7m). The line of its delimiting bank (H 0.35m max.) is much obscured by the deep grassy sward that mantles the whole interior of the fort. However, a number of gaps in its line are discernible at WNW, SSW and ESE, the latter probably marking the site of the original entrance (Wth c. 1.5m). The interior is uneven underfoot. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA084-005004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA084-005004-. Situated within ‘Doon’ promontory fort (MA084-005001-). The house is situated about midway along the platform and only 3m S of another house (MA084-005003-). Identified simply by Westropp as ‘another house’ (1911a, 24; 1914, 328). It consists of the grass-mantled foundation lines of a roughly rectangular structure (7.55 WNW–ESE, 4.8m NNW–SSE) with notably rounded external corners. The enclosing bank is well defined (H 0.5m max.), its line accentuated by a mane-like ridge of grass along its summit. The bank is, however, uneven in profile, with notable gaps close to north-western and south-western corners. The original entrance (Wth 0.8m) appears to have been at the east-south-eastern end. The interior is uneven underfoot. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-013001: Religious house - Cistercian monks, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013001-. Located in the E half of a graveyard (MA085-013002-), roughly in the middle of the S side of the Clare Island, 250m N of the rocky shoreline. Clare Island Abbey is a National Monument (No. 97) in state guardianship. A full survey and historical assessment of the abbey and its extraordinary wall paintings can be found in: Conleth Manning, Paul Gosling and John Waddell (eds.) 2005 New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 4: The Abbey. And a detailed summary account (No. 148, p. 171-176) is included in the ‘catalogue of monuments’ in: Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell (eds.) New Survey of Clare Island Volume 5: The Archaeology. The summary description below is based on both these publications. Indicated on the 1840 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps as ‘Abbey’, and habitually referred to as such, this religious foundation did not in fact have the full status of an abbey, but was a ‘cell’ of the Cistercian abbey of Knockmoy (GA058-004001-), Co. Galway (Manning, in Manning et al. 2005, 7). Written documentation from this period of Clare Island’s history is scant, and the nature of the small religious community that existed here is uncertain. The abbey is strongly associated with the Uí Máille (O’Malley) family, Gaelic chiefs of the island, who played the role of patrons over several centuries, and used it as a burial place. It consists of a stone-built nave and chancel church, with a small, narrow domestic building attached to the N side of the chancel. It was built in three phases: The nave was the primary structure, most likely built in the early 13th century. This simple church remained relatively unchanged until the 15th century, when the more elaborate two-storey chancel was added, followed sometime later in the same century, by the addition of the two-storey north wing to the chancel (ibid. 22-25). The first floor chambers of the chancel and the N wing provided accommodation for the priest or monks who served at the church. The chancel contains two outstanding features: an ornate canopied wall tomb (MA085-013003-) and mural paintings. The nave (int. dims. 11.15m E-W; 5.8m N-S) is rectangular in plan, with the main doorway located in the W gable. This doorway has a segmental pointed head with a hollow chamfer and triangular stop chamfers at the base. A later doorway, towards the W end of the S wall, is now blocked up. There is a damaged window at the E end of the S wall. Two doorways, close together in the E half of the N wall, the easternmost of which retains its moulded chamfer surround, are both late inserts; they gave access to a building attached to the N side of the nave, of which there is now no trace. A roughly square-shaped stoup (Wth 0.21m), carved from serpentine, projects from the internal face of the N wall, towards its E end, probably inserted there by the Office of Public Works c. 1880. Carved in flat relief on the front (S face) are two stylised, four-legged animals (quadrupeds), back to back, with their heads at the upper corners and their back feet at the lower corners. The sides of the stoup each have a similar quadruped, with head at the upper corner, meeting the head of its mirror image on the front face of the stone. The chancel arch dominates the E wall of the nave, spanning almost its entire width. The bluntly pointed arch has four plain orders: The outer order is built of roughly cut voussoirs, but the three inner orders are of well-cut serpentine or soapstone, quarried locally. A small rectangular slot at the springing of the arch on each side of the outer order was designed to hold a rood screen. Tucked into the SE corner of the E wall of the nave, a doorway opens to mural stairs which lead to the upper storey of the chancel. The chancel is a tall, two-storey, tower-like structure. The ground floor (int. dims. 5.8m E-W; 4.05m N-S) is roofed by a barrel vault, and lit by a two-light window, with twin ogee heads and external hood moulding, in the E wall, and a single-light, ogee-headed window, in a deep embrasure, in the S wall. The walls and vaulted ceiling are embellished with wall paintings (described in more detail below). The original stone altar (H 1.1m), which stands beneath the E window, is faced with squared serpentine blocks, and the top (2.02m N-S; 0.67m E-W) is formed of four pieces of serpentine, moulded on the outer edges. There is a piscina immediately to S of the altar, set in the inner E corner of the deep window embrasure in the S wall, and a sedile is located to W of the window, roughly in the centre of the S wall. Immediately to W of the sedile is a secondary doorway, inserted to allow access from the chancel to the mural stairs. Two small carved stone human heads are visible in the S wall, one projecting from the wall between the doorway and the sedile, and the other in the E jamb of the sedile. The elaborate canopied wall tomb (MA085-013003-) is set centrally in the N wall. There was originally an aumbry or recess immediately to E of the tomb, but this was partly destroyed by a doorway, which was later inserted into the wall to provide direct access from the chancel to the N wing. This doorway caused structural weakness to the tomb canopy, and was blocked up in recent years as a conservation measure. A 17th-century armorial plaque (MA085-013011-), bearing the O'Malley coat of arms, is set in the wall to W of the tomb. The straight mural stairs (Wth 0.54m) in the S chancel wall lead to the first floor chamber (6.15m E-W; 4.8m N-S), which is lit by a cusped, ogee-headed window in the E wall and two plainer windows, one at the E end of the N wall and one at the W end of the S wall. A plain opening in the centre of the W wall looks out into the roof space of the nave. It is flanked to the S by a wall cupboard, and to N by a narrow doorway which allowed access to the parapets of the nave. A tiny doorway in the N wall opens onto a short cramped flight of stairs leading down to the first floor of the N wing, which is at a lower level. The N wing, a narrow, two-storey building, is attached to the N wall of the chancel, with its E wall in line with the E wall of the chancel. It is more ruinous than the nave and chancel, and much of the N wall and the N end of the E wall is modern rebuild. As well as direct access from the chancel, there was access from outside. This was through a doorway at the S end of the W wall, which opens into a tiny lobby in the thickness of the wall. From the lobby an inner doorway opens into the ground floor. The latter doorway has a hanging eye and a spud stone on the S side, which held a wooden door, and on the N side a projecting stone with a hole for a bolt. The ground floor (int. dims. 5.75m N-S; 2.55m E-W) appears to have served as a sacristy. It was roofed with a stone vault, now largely collapsed. The tiny entrance lobby also gives direct access to narrow, straight mural stairs (Wth 0.56m) leading to the first floor, but little now remains of that level; it was lit by a two-light, plainly chamfered window, with a serpentine sill, in the E wall, and furnished with a latrine, as evidenced by a gardrobe shute in the N end of the W wall. The chancel wall paintings, which had been subject to severe damage and loss over several centuries, were a focus of a major conservation project between 1990-2000 (Morton and Oldenburg 2005, 47-60; 61-95; Morton 2005, 97-121). The project revealed two phases of paintings, both 15th-century in date: the first scheme was plastered over some decades after it was painted, and a second scheme of paintings applied. The designs were first lightly incised in outline on plaster, and then painted in using a colour palate of yellow, red, white and black. Very little survives of the Phase 1 paintings: The main images include a mounted Gaelic soldier or chief sporting a conical helmet and a raised spear, visible on the southern wall above the doorway to the stairs, and a large hound chasing a graceful deer on the eastern half of the northern wall. The canop
- MA085-013002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013002-. This graveyard encompassing a natural S-facing terrace, 250m N of the rocky shoreline, roughly midway along the S side of Clare Island. It consists of a rectilinear area (54m E-W; 31.5m N-S) enclosed by a mortared stone wall, and is bordered on the W side by a Roman Catholic church, which was built in 1861. Dominating the centre of the graveyard is the medieval abbey (MA085-013001-) consisting of a nave and chancel church with a domestic N wing. Grave plots surround the abbey buildings, with a notably lower density on the N side of the church. The inscribed headstones and graveslabs range in date from late 18th to the 20th century, with the majority being 19th-century in date. A tall, cross-inscribed pillar stone (MA085-013005-) stands in the E half of the graveyard. A holy well (MA085-), named ‘Toberfelamurry’, is located 125m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 August 2018
- MA085-013003: Wall monument, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013003-. In the chancel of Clare Island Abbey (MA085-013001-). This ornate 15th-century canopied wall tomb is set centrally in the N wall of the chancel. The tomb niche (D 0.75m) is framed by a tall, ogee-headed arch (Wth 2.35m) with an openwork tracery screen flanked by tall upright pinnacles, all carved in limestone. Beneath the arch is a low, plain-topped mensa or tomb chest (Wth 1.98m; H 0.56m) of serpentine, with a carved front panel consisting of six deeply cut, cusped ogee-headed arches. An interesting anomaly in the design is that the canopy is too wide for the mensa, and does not rest on its outer edges, as would be the norm. Instead, there are a number of rather roughly-cut stones at either end of the mensa, which clearly had to be inserted to support the canopy. The serpentine used in the chest is locally available, but the limestone for the canopy had to be imported from the mainland, and this may account for the discrepancy in the measurements (Manning et al. 2005, 175). The results of a 1999-2000 conservation project revealed traces of a painting of Christ on the cross on the wall face within the tomb niche, and it was discovered that the carved stone canopy had originally been embellished with red paint, integrating it with the overall decorative scheme of wall paintings in the chancel (Morton and Oldenburg 2005, 63-5). There is no identifying inscription on the tomb, but its elaborate form and prominent position within the chancel suggest that it was reserved for a major benefactor of the church, presumably one of the O’Malley chiefs of the island (Stalley 2005, 139). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 October 2018
- MA085-013004: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013004-. Situated within the complex of ecclesiastical remains at Kill: it lies within an enclosure (MA085-013008-) 125m NW of the ‘Abbey’ (MA085-013001-). The dedication of this well to the Blessed Virgin Mary is possibly related to the Cistercian connection with the nearby Abbey (for details of this dedication see Ó Muraíle 1999, no. 215, 126: Mac Neill 1913, 30). What is visible is a loose cairn of stones and slabs (WSW–ENE 4.6m, NNW–SSE 4.6m overall; H 0.75m max.), partially overgrown with briar. This is comparable with Westropp’s laconic account of the well (1911a, 28, also 17, 25), which noted that ‘it is covered by a shapeless heap of slabs’. Within the jumble of briars and stones, however, a number of fragmentary drystone-built wall faces are discernible, indicating that it was originally a rectangular structure. These are best preserved at SSE (L c. 0.7m) and WSW (L 2.25m): the latter survives to a height of five courses (H 0.6m). Within the mass of stones that make up the cairn a small stone-built cavity (L>1.5m × Wth 0.45m at the south-south-east end, H >0.3m) is also visible; probably the remnants of the well chamber. Its long axis runs SSE–NNW, and it is faced on both sides with drystone and roofed by at least two lintels. It is unclear where the entrance to this chamber was located, but an indentation on north-north-western side of the cairn possibly marks its location. That it was accessible in Westropp’s time is indicated by his comment (1911a, 28) that there was no water in it on the two occasions that he visited it. Two inscribed grave slabs lie on the cairn surface at NE (see Cantwell and Gosling 2005, nos 2 and 10) and there is a small neatly dressed and chamfered jamb stone of serpentinite (H 0.16m × Wth 0.28m × T. 0.16m) at NW. It and a number of other well- dressed blocks at the base of the cairn at NW are probably derived from the ‘Abbey’. See also Browne (1900, 68), O’Flanagan (1927b, 418), Corlett (2001,140) and Cullen and Gill (1992d, 5–6). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-013005: Cross-inscribed pillar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013005-. Situated 16m E of the Abbey (MA085-013001-) in the eastern part of the graveyard. However, on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1840), its location is shown c. 45m W of it. By the time of the original Clare Island Survey (1909–11) (Westropp 1911a, 25, 37, also 17), it had been incorporated into the southern boundary wall of the adjoining National School, which had been built in 1887. Photographs of it that were taken c. 1910 show that its decorated side faced S (Westropp 1911a, pl. II: Gosling 2005, pl. II). It is unclear when exactly it was re-erected in its present spot, but it was certainly there by 1952, when a photograph of it was taken (Photographic Section). It may have been moved to allow for the construction of the present bell cot, which stands close to its original location. Known as ‘Stáca na Cille’ (Mac Neill 1913, 31, MA085-020----), it comprises a tall, slender, parallel-sided pillar of stone (H 2.65m) of subrectangular section (Wth 0.45m × T. 0.25m at mid-point). Its top, which is distinctively sloped at a rough 45° angle, contains a small socket-like depression (dia. 0.1m × D 0.12m). Incised on its broader, E-facing side are two parallel lines (0.15m apart on average) that delineate a plain cross. These incised lines are U-shaped in profile and are, on average, 8mm wide × 3mm deep. The lines forming the shaft begin just above the sod at the foot of the pillar, rising vertically to the cross arms that spring from the shaft three quarters of the way up its length. While the top of the cross is squared off by a horizontal line 0.35m below the top of the pillar, the ends of the arms simply terminate at the pillar edges. The suggestion by Cullen and Gill (1992d, 2–3) that the cross was added to a pre-existing standing stone is unlikely. See also Crawford (1913, 158), Ó Muraíle (1999, no. 216, 126; Corlett 2001, 40). The striking sloping head of this pillar is matched almost exactly by that on another cross- inscribed pillar (H 1.9m) at Dadreen, near the Silver Strand, in SW Mayo (Corlett 2001, 52, pl. 54). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-013007: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013007-. 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.
- MA085-013008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013008-. Situated within the complex of ecclesiastical remains at Kill: it lies 125m to NW of the Abbey (MA085-013001-) in flat, marshy enclosed land that is mantled by rushes and flags. There is a holy well (MA085-013004-) in the interior. An altar (MA085-013003-) and an unclassified mound (MA085-013010-) lie immediately outside it to SW and SSE, respectively. The enclosure is described by Westropp (1911, 29) as ‘a levelled enclosure’. What is visible is the faint outline of a small enclosure of irregular plan. From N, through E to SE, it is defined by an arc of grassed-over but stony bank (Wth 1.4–2.0m, H 0.2m max.) visible as a band of dryer ground amidst the rushes. This bank is overlain at N by a tangential field boundary which can be traced for c. 32m running roughly E–W: possible the field boundary shown on the OS maps to N of the well and altar. While it extends well beyond the limits of the enclosure, the central portion of this boundary appears to preserve/incorporate the enclosure’s northern sector. This central portion consists of a dilapidated stretch of double-faced drystone wall (L 14.3m, Wth c. 0.75m, H 0.6m max.) with a slight dog-leg appearance on plan. The longer part of the dog-leg (L 9.2m) follows a WSW–ENE axis before bending slightly to take up NW–SE axis (L 5m). Though no trace of curving banks/walls is visible elsewhere, a right-angled segment of drystone wall now forms the enclo- sure’s limits along its S (L 7m) and W (L 5.3m) sides. Only its foundations (Wth 1m, H 0.25m) now survive, but it appears to have been a well- built double-faced wall that again appears as a grassy band in the rushes. These discrete earthen and stone elements may represent a number of phases of demarcation. In their present combined form, they form an irregularly-shaped enclosure with overall dimensions of 12.6m N–S by 11m E–W which closely match the dimensions given by Westropp (1911). Roughly centrally placed within it is the holy well, but there are two gaps in its line, one at SE (Wth 0.8m) and a larger one (Wth 3.9m) at NW. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-013010: Penitential station, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013010-. Situated within the complex of ecclesiastical remains at Kill: it lies 9.6m to SSE of the holy well (MA085-013004-) just outside the line of the enclosure (MA085-013008-). It consists of a small low amorphous grassed-over mound (H 0.3m max.), roughly egg- shaped in plan (NE–SW 3.8m, NW–SE 2.2m). At its wider, south-western end, a number of small stones and one large slab (0.95m max. dim.) protrude from the sward. Though it bears a superficial resemblance to the island’s many fulachtaí fia, the morphology of this mound marks it off from the latter. Possibly a penitential monument related to the ecclesiastical remains. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-013011: Wall monument, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-013011-. Set in the N wall in the chancel of Clare Island Abbey (MA085-013001-). This armorial plaque bears the coat of arms of the O'Malley family. It consists of a rectangular limestone slab which is set in a moulded frame (H 1.1m; Wth 0.79m) formed of four narrow limestone pieces. The O’Malley arms, carved in shallow relief, fill almost the entire face of the slab. The main heraldic motifs are a boar, a ship, and longbows charged with arrows, and the crest is a horse in full gallop. Carved beneath the arms are the family motto ‘Terra marique potens’ [powerful on land and sea] and name ‘O Maille’. Gillespie and Ó Comáin (2005, 41-44) record the plaque in detail and assess its heraldic significance: the boar may allude to Irish sovereignty myths, and the ship is a symbol of the family’s maritime power. They suggest a late 17th century date for the plaque. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 August 2018
- MA085-015001: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-015001-. 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.
- MA085-015002: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-015002-. 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.

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)

- Farm house, 1840–1915, Regional interest, registry number 31308402, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31308402. Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1915. Now disused. Fishnet-covered pitched thatch roof with dwarf chimney stack, and squared limestone crow stepped coping to gables. Limewashed rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings framing remains of one-over-one timber sash windows[?]. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber boarded doors. Set in unkempt grounds perpendicular to road.
- Farm house, 1700–1838, Regional interest, registry number 31308403, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31308403. Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838. Fishnet-covered pitched thatch roof with limewashed dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and exposed steel stretchers to eaves tied on timber pegs. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with limewashed sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber boarded doors. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site.
- Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1860–1865, Regional interest, registry number 31308501, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31308501. Detached four-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, designed 1861; built 1862; dated 1862; extant 1911, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front. Renovated, 1936-7, with interior "improved". Renovated, 1964-5, with sanctuary reordered. Renovated, 1988. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch with clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables with Cross finial to apex (west), and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cement rendered eaves. Replacement cement rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" piers to corners. Lancet window openings with concrete sills[?], and moulded rendered surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Segmental-headed opposing door openings to porch with concrete step thresholds, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Interior including vestibule (west) with wall monument (ob. 1864); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors; full-height interior with carpeted central aisle between timber pews, stained glass memorial windows (????; 1953), and herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1964-5, with stepped "predella" supporting replacement altar table. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Saint Brigid's Abbey (founded 1224; rebuilt 1460).

## 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 Strake, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Strake.
- 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/strake.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/strake.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/strake.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Strake 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)

- Bunnamohaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/bunnamohaun.md
- Kill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kill-152022.md
- Lecarrow: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lecarrow-152321.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/strake
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/strake