Bunowen

148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunowen, from 0 m² to 77,454 m² (7.75 ha, 19.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

• M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  Retention of house and all associated site works.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560274

• 14 Apr 2025Conditional

  Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560217

• 9 Apr 2025N/a

  Construction of a private dwelling house, domestic garage and effluent treatment system together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560209

• 30 May 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: convert the garage into a utility and a snug room and do minor alterations to the existing dwelling house

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24199

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary effluent treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23621

• 5 May 2023Conditional

  Revisions to a previously approved application (Ref. P22/579 granted 2nd October 2022) for extension and alteration of the existing single-storey dwelling including: demolition of the existing rear extension; construction of a new single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling comprising living, bedroom and bathroom accommodation; internal alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling. The proposed revisions comprise demolition and reconstruction of the existing cottage structure and shed as well as a new extension to the rear as previously approved (total floor area - 226m2); minor revisions to the position of the proposed dwelling within the site whilst retaining footprint and appearance of original cottage; minor alterations to the approved internal layout of the proposed dwelling; replacement (as approved) of the existing septic tank with a new proprietary effluent treatment system discharging to an on-site polishing filter; associated site works and landscaping not impacting on the house, its setting or entry from the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23247

• 2 Nov 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22944

• 14 Jul 2022Conditional

  EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS OF THE EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY DWELLING INCLUDING: DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING REAR EXTENSION (73 SQ M), CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION (156 SQ M) THE THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING COMPRISING LIVING, BEDROOM AND BATHROOM ACCOMMODATION; INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING (79 SQ M). THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING NOT IMPACTING ON THE HOUSE, ITS SETTING OR ENTRY FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK INSTALLATION WITH A NEW PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM DISCHARGING TO AN ON-SITE POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22579

• 20 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TO REPLACE EXISTING MOBILE HOME TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22300

• 9 Nov 2021Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING GARAGE AND TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211177

• 18 Oct 2021Conditional

  RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 211119

• 15 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT TWO GROUND FLOOR EXTENSIONS, A BEDROOM AND ENSUITE BATHROOM AND AN EXTENSION TO THE DINING AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21760

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  New site extension (west side) and internal alterations to existing house with all associated site works, services and landscaping

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21252

• 9 Sept 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT 2 NO. NEW BEDROOMS, SITTING ROOM AND CHANGE OF USE OF GARAGE TO STUDY ROOM

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20649

• 7 Nov 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19888

• 30 Oct 2019Refused

  CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19867

• 21 Aug 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17679

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloghmoyle Dunes 001483

Recorded monuments

• MA086-021 Slab-lined burial
  Description

  Located in the eroding, NW-facing land-edge, bordering the mouth of the Bunowen River, c. 500m N of Louisberg village. The land-edge consists of a low cliff (H c. 3m) which drops from a pasture field to a sand and cobble beach. The slab-lined burial is located at a depth of c. 1.2m below the field surface/top of the cliff, and at a height of c. 2m above the beach. The E end of the grave remains in situ within the cliff face but the W end was destroyed by erosion during the winter of 2014/15. A concave area (c. 1m E–W; H 1m) in the cliff face immediately to W of the intact portion of the grave indicates where a pocket of soil containing part of the grave has collapsed/eroded out. A lintelled opening in the cliff face reveals the surviving portion of the grave which extends E into the body of the cliff. It consists of a roughly rectangular, stone-lined cavity (L 0.8m E–W; Wth 0.18m N–S at E, c. 0.46m N–S at W; max H. 0.33m). The E end is faced with a single upright stone. The N and S sides are partly faced with upright stones, one stone towards the E end of the N side, and two close-set uprights mid-way along the S side. The roof consists of two thin, flat overlapping slabs. Loose, grey-brown sandy soil (D c. 0.15) filled the grave to a level 0.2m below the capstones and overlay a floor paved with two slabs. A rescue excavation (16E0470) funded by the National Monuments Service was carried out on 29th August-5th September 2016 (Crumlish 2018). Due to concerns about the stability of the cliff face, the structural remnants of the grave were not removed, but the sandy layer in the interior was excavated. The collapsed soil at the base of the cliff was also excavated and sieved. Fragments of human bones were retrieved from within the grave and also from the collapsed soil. Stone slabs, which may have formed part of the destroyed W end of the grave, were also found at the base of the cliff. The skeletal remains are very incomplete and in a fragmentary condition. They comprise two skull fragments, part of the right jaw bone, a fragment of collar bone, a fragment of shoulder blade, rib fragments, the left humerus (upper arm), and fragments of finger and toe bones. Only the toe bones were found in situ within the grave; all other bones were recovered from the displaced soil at the cliff base. The osteoarchaeological analysis concluded that the bones are most likely those of a young adult male, aged between 20-30 years at time of death. It is likely that he was buried in an extended position, on an E−W axis, with the head to W; thus conforming to the traditional norms for a Christian burial. The slab-lined grave appears to have been at least 1.46m E-W in length. Radiocarbon analysis of a sample taken from the humerus returned a date of 1451±37 BP (UBA-36132), which calibrates (2 sigma) to the period 549-653 AD. (Crumlish 2018) Attached images: MA086-021----_01.JPG Shoreline cliff face, viewed from NW MA086-021----_02.JPG Location of burial in cliff face; heap of displaced soil at base of cliff MA086-021----_03.JPG Opening to surviving portion of the grave (pre-excavation) The two images below are provided courtesy of the excavating archaeologist, Richard Crumlish. They show the remaining E end of the grave, post-excavation. MA086-021----_04.JPG MA086-021----_05.JPG Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Revised upload: 4 December 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

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, low (inferred).

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_84 (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 Bunowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Bunowen · Bun Abhann

Area

706,960 m² (70.7 ha, 174.69 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgeever, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Louisburgh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,117 people lived in 446 households in the Louisburgh electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Calla, Carrowclaggan, Clooncarrabaun, Derrylahan

Placenames

Bunowen 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.