Toorard
Townland in the civil parish of Shrule, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Tuar Ard
- Area
- 165.1 ha
- 408 acres
- Land parcels
- 119
- registered freehold, median 9,067 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toorard, from 32 m² to 79,560 m² (7.96 ha, 19.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Toorard 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
20 Jan 2025Conditional
construct serviced dwelling with effluent treatment system
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560025
23 May 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, SEPARATE GARAGE, NEW ENTRANCE, NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONNECTIONS TO SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19380
4 Jan 2017Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING EXTENSION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION TO A PETU AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 175
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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- MA123-039 Enclosure
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.
- MA123-040 Enclosure
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.
- MA123-066 Cross
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.
- MA123-067001 Fulacht fia
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.
- MA123-067002 Burnt mound
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.
- MA123-067004 Burnt mound
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.
- MA123-067005 Burnt mound
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.
- MA123-067006 Burnt mound
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.
- MA123-067007 Burnt mound
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.
- MA123-067008 Burnt mound
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
- Farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, originally four-bay single-storey. Extended, pre-1894, producing present composition. Reroofed, 2000/6. Pitched roof with part chicken wire-covered replacement reed thatch, pressed iron ridge above exposed steel lattice stretchers to decorative raised ridge having blind scallops, limewashed dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and rendered coping to gables. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with hammered or rough hewn limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with rough hewn limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed lintels framing replacement glazed timber panelled doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth, timber boarded opposing door openings, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set perpendicular to road with limewashed piers to perimeter having concrete capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
- Holly Cottage, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house with dormer attic, extant 1838. Disused, 1999. Extensively renovated, 2000. Pitched roof with replacement reed thatch, exposed steel lattice stretchers to decorative raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and concrete or rendered coping to gables. Roughcast battered walls with rendered strips to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth, timber boarded opposing doors, loft ladder with reeded timber balusters supporting timber banister terminating in timber newel, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling; and loft bedroom (south-east) with stencilled timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set back from line of road in landscaped grounds.
- Farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch. Reroofed, 2004. Pitched roof with part mesh-covered replacement reed or rye straw thatch, rope twist above exposed hazel or sally lattice stretchers to raised ridge having exposed scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, concrete or rendered coping to gables, and exposed hazel or sally stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Roughcast battered walls with rendered strips to ends supporting rendered band to eaves. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth with rusticated surround, timber boarded opposing doors, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds perpendicular to road with rendered piers to perimeter supporting wrought iron gate.
- Water pump, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, ----. Now disused. Road fronted on concrete plinth on grass verge.disused. Road fronted on concrete plinth on grass verge.
- Farm house, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1894. Now disused. Part mesh-covered pitched reed or rye straw thatch roof on collared timber construction with remains of exposed stretchers to degraded ridge having exposed scallops, rendered dwarf chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, concrete or rendered coping to gables, and remains of exposed stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed rendered battered walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills[?], and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn limestone lintels framing timber boarded doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth with rusticated surround, opposing doors now missing, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling; parlour (south-west) retaining timber surrounds to window openings framing timber boarded splayed reveals, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling; and bedroom (north-east) retaining hearth with rough hewn lintel. Set in unkempt grounds perpendicular to road with rendered piers to perimeter having segmental capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toorard.
- 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 Toorard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Toorard · An Tuar Ard
- Area
- 1,651,260 m² (165.13 ha, 408.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Shrule, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Shrule, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Shrule electoral division: 1,211 people in 419 households; 89% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnaboy (Co. Galway), Carrowoughteragh, Cloghmoyne, Kinlough, Moyne, Rooaunalaghta
- Placenames
- Toorard 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.