Gortnafolla

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnafolla, from 63 m² to 292,520 m² (29.25 ha, 72.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortnafolla 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  (1) the retention of 2 No. vehicle maintenance garages as constructed, (2) the retention of an existing gravel yard area used for the parking of motor vehicles, plant, and machinery, along with all associated site development works at the above address

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660559

• 13 Mar 2025Conditional

  The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland (OPW) intend to apply for permission for development at this site, The Museum of Country Life, Turlough Park, Gortnafolla, Turlough, County Mayo. The development will consist of works to the exhibition galleries to the north of Turlough House and will incorporate the following: (a) Extension to the existing building at the public entrance level to create a public entrance lobby. New entrance/exit doors and associated glazed screens. Internal alterations to enlarge and re-order the public entrance area. (B) Associated site works, services and landscaping. The development is located within the curtilage of Turlough House, which is a protected structure - RPS No. 0011 - as listed in the Record of Protected Structures of the Mayo County Council, County Development Plan 2014-2020.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560141

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  minor lateral extension to the existing permitted quarry development (Plan File Ref. No. P14/375 and ABP PL16.245417) within an application area of 0.55 Ha.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 221045

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  FILLING OF LANDS WITH INERT WASTE MATERAL CONSISTING OF SOIL AND STONE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS WITHIN THE EXISTING QUARRY COMPLEX.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18177

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 Gortnafolla.

Recorded monuments

• MA070-184 Enclosure
  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.

• MA070-185 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• MA070-186 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA070-186001 Hut site
  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.

• MA070-186002 Hut site
  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.

• MA070-186003 Souterrain
  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.

• MA070-187 Stone row
  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.

• MA070-188 Ringfort - unclassified
  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.

• MA070-188001 Hut site
  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.

• MA070-188002 Hut site
  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.

• MA070-189 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA070-192 Enclosure
  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

• Bridge, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1838. Part creeper- or ivy-covered repointed coursed or semi-coursed rubble limestone walls with lichen-covered rounded coping to parapets. Series of three segmental arches between flat iron "Serpentine" tie bars with cut-limestone voussoirs. Sited spanning Castlebar River with unkempt grass banks to river.

• Turlough Park, country house, 1860–1870 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey double-pile country house with dormer attic, built 1863-7; dated 1865, on a square plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting open porch to ground floor; four-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Vacant, 1923-36. Sold, 1991. Restored, 1999-2001, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof centred on gablets to window openings to dormer attic with rolled lead ridges, tuck pointed snecked limestone chamfered chimney stacks having lichen-covered cut-limestone capping, trefoil-detail decorative timber bargeboards to gablets on consoles with cast-iron "Fleur-de-Lys" finials to apexes, and embedded rainwater goods in dragged cut-limestone chamfered "cornice" on dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron ogee hoppers and square profile downpipes with trefoil-detailed straps. Dragged limestone ashlar-banded tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered plinth with bull nose-detailed drag edged dragged hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of three cut-Portland Stone steps with drag edged dragged cut-limestone surround having bull nose-detailed reveals framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Cusped flanking window openings on dragged cut-limestone chamfered sill course with drag edged dragged cut-limestone surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on lattice glazing bars. Cusped window opening in tripartite arrangement (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone chamfered sill, and polished pink marble Corinthian colonette mullions supporting drag edged dragged cut-limestone voussoirs having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with dragged cut-limestone chamfered sill course, and drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone chamfered sill course, dragged cut-limestone Corinthian colonette mullions, and drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having engaged colonette-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement to rear (north) elevation with dragged cut-limestone chamfered sill courses, dragged cut-limestone Corinthian colonette mullions, and drag edged dragged hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals (ground floor) or engaged colonette-detailed reveals (first floor) framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior restored, 1999-2001, including (ground floor): double-height hall on a square plan with polished Portland Stone flagged floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with wrought iron-detailed cast-iron balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volutes, stained glass window to half-landing, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled door, and diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice; library (south-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals on panelled risers, foliate-detailed timber bookcases centred on cut-veined black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on foliate-detailed cornice; drawing room (north-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and diagonal timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber framing on nail head-detailed carved timber cornice; dining room (north-east) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; study (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.

• Turlough Park, stables, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Stable complex, built 1863-7, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard including (west): Attached three-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic on a symmetrical plan. Renovated, 1999-2001, to accommodate alternative use. Pitched slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, lichen-covered "slated" coping to gables with limestone ashlar chamfered chimney stacks to apexes having cut-limestone capping, and embedded rainwater goods in dragged cut-limestone chamfered cornice on dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked limestone wall (west) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; repointed coursed or snecked limestone wall to courtyard (east) elevation with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed central carriageway below reclaimed cut-limestone date stone ("1722") with drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded double doors having flat iron hinges. Square-headed flanking window openings (half-attic) with dragged cut-limestone chamfered sills, and drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber casement windows. Triangular-headed door openings to courtyard (east) elevation with cut-limestone step thresholds, and cement rendered block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors; (east): Attached two-bay single-storey coach house with half-attic on a symmetrical plan. Renovated, 1999-2001, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls. Pair of camber-headed carriageways with red brick voussoirs having stepped reveals framing replacement fittings. Oculus (half-attic) with red brick voussoir surround framing replacement pivot fitting. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Turlough Park.

• Turlough Park, country house, 1720–1725 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey over basement country house with half-dormer attic; built 1722; extant 1777, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on a bowed plan. Abandoned, 1786. Disused, 1837. In ruins, 1895. Roof now missing with no rainwater goods surviving on cut-limestone eaves. Coursed rubble limestone walls with cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with lichen-covered cut-limestone voussoirs framing rubble stone infill. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone voussoirs framing rubble stone infill. Outline of square-headed window openings with rubble stone infill. Set in landscaped grounds shared with Turlough Park.

• Turlough Park, walled garden, 1720–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1838, on a trapezoidal plan with boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping. Now disused. Set in grounds originally shared with Turlough Park.

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

The EPA radon map did not answer.

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_368 (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 Gortnafolla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Gortnafolla · Gort na Fola

Area

1,724,590 m² (172.46 ha, 426.16 acres)

Civil parish

Turlough, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Turlough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,560 people lived in 531 households in the Turlough electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogher, Drumdaff, Erriff, Knockanour, Leckneen, Lugganashlere, Monumentpark, Turlough

Placenames

Gortnafolla 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.