Mullafarry

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullafarry, from 152 m² to 209,167 m² (20.92 ha, 51.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Mullafarry 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.

• 19 Jun 2026Conditional

  The Application will replace the previous consented (but unbuilt) BESS facility granted under planning ref (25/60108). The development will consist of the following elements: • BESS facility including battery containers with integrated HVAC (heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) units, transformers, inverters, underground cabling, internal access roads, lighting, CCTV and perimeter fencing; • Associated Electrical Compound consisting of a Low Voltage Operations Independent Power Producer (IPP) Compound including a single storey control and operations building, switchgear room, storage container, car parking, welfare/office facilities; • High voltage electrical yard and Eirgrid 110kV substation building; • 264 meters long 110kV single circuit underground grid connection (UGC) within SSE lands and 119 meters within the existing ESB 110kV Substation lands to facilitate the grid connection to the existing adjacent Tawnaghmore substation; • Proposed internal access tracks to BESS facility, including 4 no. new gate entrances • Reinforced concrete and retaining walls; • A temporary construction compound and associated temporary infrastructure to facilitate the development; • Associated landscaping, drainage, decommissioning of existing septic tank and ancillary works. A 10-year permission is sought in respect of the development. Certain details of the proposed development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details accompanies the application. The Tawnaghmore Power Station has an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Reg, No. P0566-02).

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660480

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the following elements: • Battery Energy Storage System facility, consisting of battery containers with integrated HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) units, transformers, inverters, underground cabling, associated control rooms, internal access routes, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts, fencing; • Associated Electrical Compound consisting of: Low voltage operations compound including one (1) single storey control and operational building, electrical plant, cabling, lighting, CCTV, lightning masts, diesel generator and diesel tank, operations and maintenance containers and stores; • High voltage electrical yard comprising outdoor electrical plant and associated compound; • Underground high voltage electrical cable to facilitate a connection to the existing adjacent 110kV Tawnaghmore substation; • Associated landscaping, drainage, decommissioning of existing septic tank and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development A 10-year permission is sought in respect of the development. Certain details of the proposed development are unconfirmed in the planning application, and an opinion on unconfirmed details accompanies the application. The Tawnaghmore Power Station has an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence (Reg, No. P0566-02).

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560108

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  The construction of a single data centre building located to the north of the site, with an overall gross floor area of c. 29,076 sq.m across two levels and an overall maximum height of c. 22.764m at parapet level. The data centre building includes data halls and associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms (c. 23,908 sq.m), an administrative and staff services block (c. 5,052 sq.m) and circulation and stairs (c. 116 sq.m). 2 no. external terraces are proposed to the east of the building (c. 309 sq.m) and an external generator yard to the south of the building (c. 5,205 sq.m) accommodating 25. no. backup / dispatchable generators and associated flues (to a height of c. 21.164m) within an enclosed compound. The construction of a sprinkler tank and pump house to the northeast of the site, the sprinkler tank is an overall height of c. 7.2 m and the pump house is a single storey building with an overall height of c. 4.15m and area GFA of c. 40.23 sq.m. The construction of an entrance hut at the main access to the south of the site, the hut is an overall height of c. 3.225m and area GFA of c. 11.6 sq.m. Construction of 2 no. site access points from the south and internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, cyclist infrastructure, the provision of 56 no. car parking spaces (including 12 EV charging spaces and 7 disabled spaces, 3 of them EV), 20 no. cycle parking spaces, hard and soft landscaping and planting, site lighting, PV panels and plant at roof level, foul water connection connecting to existing WWTP in Killala Business Park, boundary treatments, green walls and all associated and ancillary works including underground foul and storm water drainage network and utility cables and all ancillary works and services. An EPA-Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR and NIS will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460708

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of an Inert Waste Recovery Facility within an application area of c. 1.8 Ha.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360182

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  A nominal 50 megawatt electricity generating station, combusting woody biomass chips (domestic and imported) as well as a small proportion of fuel oil for boiler start-up. The total site area is 19.0 ha of which approximately 7 ha will be developed. The elements of the station are: weighbridges (2 no.), scale house, roundwood storage area, log deck, enclosed wood chipper, wood chip truck dump, wood chip receiving hopper, wood chip screen, wood chip hog, wood chip bins (2 no.), wood chip storage building, wood chip reclaimer, wood chip conveyors with associated magnetic separators, fuel oil storage tank and associated pumps, fuel oil generator, boiler house, baghouse, ash silo, induced draft fan room, boiler stack, combustion air and flue gas fans, boiler additive material receiving hoppers (3 no.), boiler additive conveyors with associated magnetic separators, boiler additive silos (3 no.), boiler water treatment tanks and associated pumps, ammonia tank and associated pumps, turbine hall (existing), control room (existing), cooling tower and associated pumps, water treatment building, waste water storage tank, fire water storage tank and associated pumps, compressed air system, high voltage transfer lines (3 no.), low voltage transfer lines (3 no.), GSU transformer, switchyard, switchyard MCC room (existing), storage and maintenance building (existing), garage, car park, HGV parking, flagpoles (3 no.), external lighting, CCTV cameras, internal road system, signage, construction compound, landscaping, foul and storm water disposal systems, storm water attenuation, wheel washes, gatehouses (2 no.), entrance gates, security fencing, and all associated site works and services. (See attached Description of Proposed Development document for more details.)

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360134

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONTINUED USE AND OPERATION OF THE EXISTING LIMESTONE QUARRY (C. 3.97 HA) INCLUDING WHEELWASH, SETTLEMENT LAGOONS, PORTABLE OFFICE, WORKSHOP AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES, PERMITTED UNDER PLAN REG. REF. NO. 02/1931 AND 08/1563; INSTALLTION OF A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21708

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA INCLUDING ALL ANCILALRY SITE WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20644

• 15 Apr 2019Conditional

  25 year permission for a single electricity generating wind turbine with an overall maximum height of up to 125m. The development will also consist of a turbine hardstand, access track of c.394m, internal cable trench of c.1,775m and ancillary site works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19260

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  A BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 1.18ha, TO INCLUDE 55 NO. SELF CONTAINED BATTERY CONTAINER UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED HVAC COOLING UNITS, 15 CONVERTER AND 15 SET UP TRANSFORMER CONTAINER UNITS, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND CABLING AND DUCTING, A GRID TRANSFORMER, A SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION/CONTROL BUILDING WITH WELFARE FACILITIES, A CABLE ROUTE GRID CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION BUILDING, MAINTENANCE LIGHTING, SECURITY FENCING, A CCTV MONITORING SYSTEM, LANDSCAPING WORKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE ON LANDS WITHIN THE TAWNAGHMORE GENERATION STATION. A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18358

• 31 Jul 2017Conditional

  10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR 5 TURBINE WIND FARM. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF MAGHERABRACK, MULLAFARRY, TAWNAGHMORE LOWER, MEELICK AND TAWNAGHMORE UPPER, KILLALA APPROX 1.3KM SOUTH OF KILLALA. DEVELOPMENT IS AN UPDATED APPLICATION TO THE CONSENTED 6 TURBINE WIND FARM P09/780. PROPOSAL IS FOR A WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING 5 ELECTRICITY GENERATING WIND TURBINES, EACH WITH A ROTOR DIAMETER NOT EXCEEDING 103.2M A HUB HEIGHT NOT EXCEEDING 73.5M AND A BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF NOT EXCEEDING 126M. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A METEOROLOGICAL MAST NOT EXCEED 82M IN HEIGHT, INTERNAL UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLING, A SUBSTATION BUILDING, AN EXTERNAL UNDERGROUND GRID CONNECTION CABLE AND DUCTING TO THE EXISTING 110KV TAWNAGHMORE SUBSTATION, ASSOCIATED GRID SUBSTATION WORKS, ASSOCIATED SITE ACCESS ROADS AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING UPGRADES TO EXISTING SITE ACCESS, A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND HAULAGE ROUTE WORKS. THE MAX OUTPUT CAPACITY OF THE WIND FARM WILL BE UP TO 18MW AND HAS AN INTENDED OPERATION LIFE OF 25 YEARS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17619

• 19 Jul 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A CATTLE UNDERPASS AND EFFLUENT TANK UNDER THE PUBLIC ROAD AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17579

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 Mullafarry.

Recorded monuments

• MA022-029 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, in a thicket of hawthorn and brambles, located at the base of natural rock outcropping on a N-facing slope. This well is named ‘Tobercashleen’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It is mentioned in the 1838 OS Letters, but is not described as a holy well: '..there is a well in Mullafarry called Tobar Caislín (Tobarcashleen).' (O’Flanagan 1927, 176-7 (93-4)). A spring emerging from two small clefts at the base of a rock face. The water merges into a small stream that flows to W for a few meters, before changing course downslope to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 April 2019

• MA022-030 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at the junction of two field boundaries, located on a slight rise with ground rising gently and gradually to S. This monument is shown on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps as a sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), incorporated into an E-W field boundary on its N side, and with a N-S field boundary immediately adjacent on the E side. It has been levelled. The E-W field boundary is extant and may incorporate remnants of the original N arc of the enclosing bank, but otherwise there is no visible trace of the enclosure at ground level. According to local information, it was enclosed by an earthen bank. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 April 2019

• MA022-031 Enclosure
  Description

  In average pasture, located on a slight rise with extensive views to N and NE. This possible enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1929 edition as a semi-circular area (c. 25m N–S; c. 15m E–W) bordered on the straight side to W by a N–S field boundary. On the map the semicircle is depicted with hachuring which are oriented to represent a sunken interior. There are no remains visible that correspond to the feature depicted on the OS map. According to local information, there was a small, roughly circular mound, ‘about 5 feet high [c. 1.5m]’ with a narrow top, at this location. A slight rise (diam. c. 12-14m N-S) in ground level is evident adjacent to the N-S field boundary, but no other trace of a mound. A farm track now skirts the W edge of the location. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 April 2019

• MA022-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating average pasture, located on a slight rise. Views are extensive to W and N, but restricted somewhat by rising ground to S. Slightly raised circular area (29.3m N–S; 28.8m E–W) defined by an earthen bank with an external fosse, outside which at SE–WNW are remnants of a second bank. The inner bank (Wth 4m at NE, 4.5m at WSW; int. H 1m at NE, 0.5m at WSW; ext. H 1.6m at NE, 1.5m at WSW) is compact and well defined, with small areas of erosion at S and N. The fosse (Wth 4.5-4.8m; D 0.2m) survives as a broad, very shallow depression, most clearly traced at W, and marked by a growth of rushes. Traces of the levelled outer bank are evident only as a broad, flat band (Wth c. 3-4m) of hard, rough ground, very slightly raised at W, distinguished by differential vegetation growth. There are a number of narrow eroded gaps (Wth 0.6-1.4m) and low areas in inner bank at NW and at S. The inner bank is ringed with hawthorn, gorse and brambles, with grasses and rushes in the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 April 2019

Architectural heritage

• Mullafarry Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Presbyterian church, dated 1824; "unfinished" 1826; complete 1829, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to entrance (west) front abutting single-bay two-storey vestry. Pitched slate roofs including pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered coping to gables including rendered red brick coping to gable (porch), and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Pointed-arch window openings with rendered red brick sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over three-over-nine timber sash windows without horns having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Paired lancet window openings (east) with rendered red brick sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded glazing bars. Full-height interior with tessellated terracotta tiled central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting supporting carved timber dado rail, cut-white marble Classical-style wall monument (----), and carpeted stepped dais (east) with paired stained glass windows centred on trefoil-perforated Gothic-style timber panelled pulpit on an octagonal plan. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having gabled cruciform capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.

• Manse, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey manse, "secured" 1872, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roofs including pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof (porch) with ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves. Rendered walls with rusticated rendered quoins to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from road in landscaped grounds.

• Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey split-level over part raised basement Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, designed 1815; built 1820, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (west) or two-bay (east) full-height side elevations. "Improved", 186-, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1933. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles centred on limestone ashlar chimney stack having lichen-spotted cut-limestone stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves on cut-limestone consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered coursed or snecked limestone walls on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered base with concealed cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central window opening in round-headed recess (porch) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash window. Central door opening into glebe house. Square-headed window openings in round-headed recesses (ground floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; hall retaining moulded surrounds to door openings with fittings now missing, staircase with balustrade now missing, and moulded surrounds to door openings to landing with fittings now missing. Set in unkempt grounds.

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 Mullafarry, 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 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 Mullafarry.

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 Mullafarry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Mullafarry · Mullach Faraidh

Area

1,204,469 m² (120.45 ha, 297.63 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysakeery, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Ballysakeery, the unit of the census

Census 2022

620 people lived in 222 households in the Ballysakeery electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonawillin, Lisglennon, Magherabrack, Tawnaghmore Lower, Tawnaghmore Upper

Placenames

Mullafarry 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.