Killaghoor

269 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killaghoor, from 4 m² to 111,624 m² (11.16 ha, 27.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 118 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre Outer (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killaghoor.

Recorded monuments

• MA088-034 Children's burial ground
  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.

• MA088-090 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

• Westport Railway Station, railway station, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey railway station, opened 1866; extant 1897, on a rectangular plan originally four-bay single-storey with three-bay single-storey platform (south) elevation[?]. Renovated. Replacement pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills[?], and drag edged rock faced cut-granite[?] block-and-start surrounds framing replacement timber casement windows. Set back from line of road.

• Westport Railway Station, foot bridge, 1878–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span cast-iron footbridge over railway line, extant 1897. Set in grounds shared with Westport Railway Station spanning railway line.

• Westport Railway Station, building misc, 1878–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey passenger shelter, extant 1897, on a rectangular plan. "Restored", 2003. Pitched slate roof with moss-covered clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered coping to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed kneelers, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves. Dragged cut-limestone banded red brick English Garden Wall bond walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush piers to corners. Square-headed opening with chamfered timber beam on timber spandrels on drag edged dragged cut-limestone corbels. Paired camber-headed window openings to side elevations with cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement fixed-pane fittings. Set on platform in grounds shared with Westport Railway Station.

• Westport Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1860–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height goods store, extant 1897, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting breakfront. Now disused. Part bitumen-covered pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on lean-to slate roof with clay ridge tiles, drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar central chimney stack on drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar base having cut-limestone stringcourse below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pot, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and rock faced cut-limestone lintels framing six-over-six timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Pair of segmental-headed openings with tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs framing cement rendered infill. Camber-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on rock faced cut-limestone keystone framing fixed-pane timber fittings behind wrought iron bars. Set in grounds shared with Westport Railway Station.

• Westport Railway Station, train shed, 1860–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay (five-bay deep) double-height gable-fronted engine shed, extant 1897. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof on strutted Queen post timber construction with clay ridge tiles, timber bargeboards to gables on "Cavetto"-detailed timber purlins, and remains of replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with rock faced hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Paired segmental-headed openings with rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Roundel to gable with yellow brick header bond voussoir surround. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing five-over-fixe timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Westport Railway Station.

• Westport Railway Station, post box, 1910–1922 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1910-22, with "GR [Georgius Rex]" royal cipher. Set in coursed or snecked limestone boundary wall.

• The Railway Tavern, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to ground floor. In alternative use, 1897. For sale, 2008. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with bull nose-detailed rendered panelled quoins to ends. Timber shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan centred on timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with concrete (ground floor) or cut-limestone (first floor) sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with flagged footpath to front having cut-limestone kerbing.

• Water pump, 1840–1893 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1893. Now disused. Set in alcove in snecked limestone surround.

• House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1838, on a cruciform plan originally three-bay single-storey on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch with single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (south). "Improved", pre-1897, producing present composition. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan including gablets to window openings to dormer attic centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof, clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having rendered capping supporting terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls. Hipped square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement (ground floor) or two-over-two timber sash (dormer attic) windows. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Bridge, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch railway bridge over road, opened 1866; extant 1897. Repaired. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered piers with replacement mild steel railings on concrete block parapets. Single segmental arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning road on a corner site with unkempt embankments to road.

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 Killaghoor, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_244 (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 Killaghoor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Killaghoor · Coill an Chúir

Area

1,071,720 m² (107.17 ha, 264.83 acres)

Civil parish

Oughaval, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Westport Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,252 people lived in 2,285 households in the Westport Urban electoral division. 53% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahernamart, Carrowbaun, Knockranny, Moyhastin, Tonranny

Placenames

Killaghoor 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.