Ballynacarragh

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacarragh, from 208 m² to 125,107 m² (12.51 ha, 30.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacarragh 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.

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  The development will consist of: the construction of a new private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660485

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  The development will consist of: the construction of a new private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660223

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER, INCLUDING NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND LANDSCAPING WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22217

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: Clyard Kettle-Holes 000480

Recorded monuments

• MA121-022 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating pasture, at W end of ridge. Circular area (32.5m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by substantial cashel wall (H 2.2m; Wth 2.5m); inner earthen bank, deep fosse and external earthen bank. Inner bank (H 0.3m) scarped on exterior, slopes sharply to fosse base (D 3.3m). Outer bank (ext. H 10m; circ. 202m) has steep terracing SSE to NW as it descends to ground level. Entrance with causeway (Wth 4.4m) interrupts fosse on ESE. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 104. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-057 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure and indicated on 1929 ed. as roughly oval area (43m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW). Site has been cleared, no visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 403. Date of upload: 23 December 2014

• MA121-060 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, atop low hill. Shown as rectangular earthwork on OS map (1929). No visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 316. Date of upload: 24 December 2014

• MA121-061 Earthwork
  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 Ballynacarragh.

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 Ballynacarragh, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballynacarragh · Baile na Caithreach

Area

701,566 m² (70.16 ha, 173.36 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainemore, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilmaine, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,014 people lived in 375 households in the Kilmaine electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clyard, Creevaroddaun, Frenchbrook North, Frenchbrook South, Kilkeeran

Placenames

Ballynacarragh 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.