Ballinafad

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballinafad, from 408 m² to 658,912 m² (65.89 ha, 162.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballinafad 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.

• 17 Oct 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: provide emergency accommodation for persons seeking international protecton utilising the existing layout and facilities

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24431

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
• Special Area of Conservation: Ballinafad SAC 002081
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinafad 002081

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballinafad.

Architectural heritage

• Ballinafad House, country house, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey over part raised basement country house, built 1827; dated 1827, on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting glazed porch to ground floor; five-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901. Vacated, 1908. "Improved", 1911; 1919, to accommodate alternative use. Extended, 1932; 1954, producing present composition. Adapted to accommodate alternative use, 1967. Closed, 1975. For sale, 1976. Adapted to accommodate alternative use, 1982. Closed, 1989. Sold, 2002. Disused, 2010. For sale, 2012. Flat-topped hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan behind parapet with pressed or rolled lead ridges, limestone ashlar chimney stack on axis with ridge having lichen-spotted stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Drag edged dragged limestone ashlar walls on lichen-spotted dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on drag edged dragged limestone ashlar channelled base with drag edged dragged cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting dragged cut-limestone beaded cornice on blind frieze below parapet. Square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement with drag edged cut-limestone panelled pilasters on padstones supporting beaded cornice on blind frieze on fluted consoles framing fixed-pane fitting on panelled riser having sidelights on panelled risers. Square-headed opposing door openings approached by "perron" of eleven drag edged dragged cut-limestone steps between "Lotus"-detailed cast-iron railings with timber panelled double doors having overlights. Segmental-headed door opening into country house with fluted or reeded panelled pilasters supporting "Cavetto"-detailed shallow cornice on fluted or reeded panelled frieze, and beaded surround framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing three-over-three (basement), six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation centred on segmental-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (half-landing) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash window having two-over-two sidelights below fanlight. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and "Acanthus"-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose; groin vaulted antechambers on square plans with moulded plasterwork ribs on fluted ogee corbels; round-headed openings into staircase hall with egg-and-dart-detailed surrounds; double-height staircase hall (north) on a square plan retaining cantilevered staircase with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting remains of carved timber banister, "Greek Key"-detailed carved timber Classical-style surround to window opening to half-landing framing panelled splayed reveals, and "Greek Key"-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose in tied reed frame; reception room retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork garland; reception room retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed ceiling rose in decorative plasterwork frame; (basement): groin vaulted spinal corridor opening into limewashed groin vaulted kitchens; (first floor): shallow segmental vaulted spinal corridor with carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; 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 own grounds.

• Ballinafad House, farmyard complex, 1825–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1838, including: Detached nine-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding with half-attic on a symmetrical plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on collared timber construction behind parapet with clay or terracotta ridge tiles centred on paired limestone ashlar chimney stacks having stringcourses below lichen-covered capping supporting terracotta pots, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls originally rendered centred on rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (breakfront) with lichen-spotted drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting dragged cut-limestone coping. Paired segmental-headed central carriageways with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones. Square-headed flanking door openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing remains of timber doors. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing remains of one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in grounds shared with Ballinafad House with lichen-covered cut-limestone monolithic piers to perimeter.

• Ballinafad House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1894, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of tuck pointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar piers having lichen-covered cut-limestone shallow pyramidal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed wrought iron double gates. Now disused. Road fronted on a corner site at entrance to grounds of Ballinafad House.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballinafad.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballinafad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Ballinafad · Béal an Átha Fada

Area

1,241,932 m² (124.19 ha, 306.89 acres)

Civil parish

Drum, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Ballinafad, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballinafad electoral division: 621 people in 221 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghanlucas North, Cloghannageeragh, Cloonflyn, Cornamonaster, Corvickremon, Hollowpark, Lecarrow, Loona More, Walshpool

Placenames

Ballinafad 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.