Knockaskibbole

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockaskibbole, from 80 m² to 319,176 m² (31.92 ha, 78.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockaskibbole 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.

• 27 Sept 2026N/a

  Mayo County Council: Knocknaskibbole Castlebar Co>Mayo We, Kenneth & Aisling McDonnell intend to apply for permission for retention of development at Knocknaskibbole, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 XN96. The development to be retained consists of: (1) Modifications to previously permitted Garage (Ref: P17/523) to North of dwelling curtilage including: a) revised position on site; b) revised position of roller shutter doors (2 no.); c) revised window and door configuration; and, d) extension to rear (including additional roller shutter door) measuring 87 sqm. (2) Modification to previously permitted Garage (Ref: P09/685) to centre of dwelling curtilage, namely the provision of a first-floor window to the front elevation. (3) All associated and ancillary site development works including repositioned steel container to front / west of northern Garage. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee, not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed Kenneth & Aisling McDonnell.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660758

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  Mayo County Council: Knocknaskibbole Castlebar Co>Mayo We, Kenneth & Aisling McDonnell intend to apply for permission for retention of development at Knocknaskibbole, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, F23 XN96. The development to be retained consists of: (1) Modifications to previously permitted Garage (Ref: P17/523) to North of dwelling curtilage including: a) revised position on site; b) revised position of roller shutter doors (2 no.); c) revised window and door configuration; and, d) extension to rear (including additional roller shutter door) measuring 87 sqm. (2) Modification to previously permitted Garage (Ref: P09/685) to centre of dwelling curtilage, namely the provision of a first-floor window to the front elevation. (3) All associated and ancillary site development works including repositioned steel container to front / west of northern Garage. This planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee, not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission. Signed Kenneth & Aisling McDonnell.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660699

• 26 May 2026N/a

  land reclamation including raising of land to a proposed level using inert soil and stone, levelling and reseeding and all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26114

• 15 May 2026N/a

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house, septic tank/sewerage treatment system and associated siteworks and services.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660382

• 15 May 2026Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house, septic tank/sewerage treatment system and associated siteworks and services.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660385

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES, PREVIOUS PLANNING P09/415

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211366

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  CHANGES TO THE DESIGN OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AS PER PLANNING PERMISSION P09/415 AND P09/4150

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18614

• 30 Jun 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE TO FACILITATE THE STORAGE OF A CAMPERVAN, BOAT AND VINTAGE CARS, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17523

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  1 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEAD AND SECURITY BARRIER

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17201

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 Knockaskibbole.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockaskibbole.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Knockaskibbole, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_340 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Knockaskibbole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Knockaskibbole · Cnoc an Sciobóil

Area

1,941,140 m² (194.11 ha, 479.67 acres)

Civil parish

Aglish, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

7,935 people lived in 2,987 households in the Castlebar Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardvarney, Ballynacarriga, Bellanierin, Cappagh, Newantrim, Sarnaght

Placenames

Knockaskibbole 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.