Carrowbeg
Carrowbeg is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmeena, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Cheathrú Bheag.
Parcel 4437838
- Area
- 2,355 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 217 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Carrowbeg
Planning applications on this parcel
26 Jul 2017Conditional
RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS, REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND A PROPRIETY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, P05/372 REFERS
Retention · Mayo County Council, 17594
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 5 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 55.8 ha
- 138 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 2,355 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbeg, from 79 m² to 97,853 m² (9.79 ha, 24.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrowbeg 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
28 Aug 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration; Exempt livestock shed (Type 1)
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25354
24 Apr 2025Conditional
construct a private dwelling house domestic garage, a proprietary effluent treatment system, and ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25156
2 Dec 2024Refused
construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage, a proprietary effluent treatment system and ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24505
11 Jul 2024Conditional
Refurbishment of the existing bungalow to include revised window and door locations to all elevations, external insulation, selected cladding to part of front and side elevation, external porch to rear, extended terrace to front and side, replacement of roof finishes, rooflights to rear, removal of chimneys, internal modifications, tertiary treatment system and all ancillary works to facilitate the development at Myna Strand, Carrowbeg, Kilmeena, Westport, Co. Mayo. F28 X2C8.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460433
10 May 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: refurbishment of the existing bungalow to include revised window and door locations to all elevations, external insulation, selected horizontal cladding to part of front and side elevation, external porch to rear, replacement of roof finishes to match existing, rooflights to rear, remove chimneys, internal modifications and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24152
16 Mar 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DORMER DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22213
6 Dec 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211275
20 Jan 2020N/a
CONSTRUCT A MACHINERY/STORAGE SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2016
26 Jul 2017Conditional
RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, INCLUDING MINOR ALTERATIONS, REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND A PROPRIETY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, P05/372 REFERS
Retention · Mayo County Council, 17594
23 Jun 2017Conditional
CHANGE OF DESIGN OF ART STUDIO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P09/602 ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17485
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: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482
Recorded monuments
- MA076-014 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrowbeg.
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
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrowbeg.
- 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 Carrowbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrowbeg · An Cheathrú Bheag
- Area
- 558,409 m² (55.84 ha, 137.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeena, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Kilmeena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,616 people lived in 558 households in the Kilmeena electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clooneen, Cushalogurt, Knockysprickaun, Moyna
- Placenames
- Carrowbeg 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.