Toorglass
Toorglass is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Tuar Glas.
- Area
- 155.9 ha
- 385 acres
- Land parcels
- 107
- registered freehold, median 3,237 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toorglass, from 19 m² to 93,518 m² (9.35 ha, 23.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Toorglass 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
19 Jan 2026Conditional
construction of new dwelling with detached domestic shed, installation of new sewage treatment system, new site access and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 265
10 Nov 2025Conditional
For full planning permission for the construction of a new detached single storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage, together with proprietary wastewater treatment system, connections to services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560796
4 Nov 2025Conditional
The development shall consist of planning permission for the demolition of part of the existing dwelling house structure located to the rear, modifications to the façade of the existing dwelling house, erection of an extension to the existing dwelling house and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this permission as per the application documentation.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560780
12 Mar 2025Conditional
decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new sewage treatment unit and percolation area together with all required ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2594
30 Sept 2024Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works at the above site
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460609
10 May 2024Conditional
demolish existing uninhabitable dwelling and construct new dwelling with sewage treatment system and percolation area together with upgrade of site entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 24164
31 Jan 2024Conditional
full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached two-story dwelling house, together with all associated site works at White House, Toorglass West, (An Tuar Glas), Belmullett, Co. Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460029
23 May 2022Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING UNINHABITABLE DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH UPGRADE OF SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22395
8 Apr 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SHEDS, CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONSTRUCT NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE OFF PUBLIC ROAD, AND CARRY OUT ALL REQUIRED ANCILLARY WORKS ON SITE
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22279
4 Jul 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC SHED AND ASSOCIATED WORK
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19511
25 Jun 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19492
5 Jun 2019N/a
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19429
20 May 2019N/a
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19374
5 Feb 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1860
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: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC 000470
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex 000470
Recorded monuments
- MA017-003 Barrow - 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.
- MA017-004 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.
- MA017-005001 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.
- MA017-005002 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.
- MA017-005003 Bullaun stone
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.
- MA017-016 Standing stone
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 Toorglass.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Toorglass, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toorglass.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Toorglass with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Toorglass · An Tuar Glas
- Area
- 1,559,112 m² (155.91 ha, 385.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Belmullet, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,143 people lived in 809 households in the Belmullet electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Atticonaun, Corclogh, Derrycorrib
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Toorglass 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.