Garrycloonagh

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrycloonagh, from 148 m² to 106,167 m² (10.62 ha, 26.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Garrycloonagh 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.

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  Construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage with effluent treatment system and for all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2338

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 Garrycloonagh.

Recorded monuments

• MA039-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise in gently undulating terrain, with excellent views in all directions. This possible rath is shown on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as a circular ringfort-like enclosure. It has been levelled; it is evident as a slightly raised subcircular area (c. 34m N–S; c. 31.5m E–W) defined on its perimeter by a broad low rise/scarp, which represents a levelled bank. It is most clearly defined on the S half, where the bank/scarp (Wth slope c. 7m; ext H 1.4m at S) is enhanced by the natural fall of ground. A rath (MA039-012----) is located 125m to S, and there is a megalithic structure (MA039-131----) 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 September 2019

• MA039-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on the gentle E-facing slope of a low rise, with good views. Slightly raised circular area (31m E–W; 32m N–S) defined on the E half by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 5.7m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.1m), which is reduced on the W half to a scarp (ext. H 0.7m) with a slightly raised internal rim. Small stones protrude from the inner face of the bank at NE–E. The hachuring depicted on the 1930 OS 6-inch map indicates an external fosse. The fosse is not now evident, but when the rath was inspected in 1996 a band of soft earth (Wth 2m at E; 8m at W) was noted encircling the rath, suggesting that the fosse had been recently infilled. In the interior, slightly W of centre, an irregular N–S stony scarp marks a difference in height of c. 1m between the W and E parts of the interior. The lower E half has a level surface, strewn with stones. An E–W row of stones, barely protruding from the surface, extends from the bank at W to the central N–S dividing scarp, marking out an internal division in W half of the interior. A gap (Wth 2m), now blocked with boulders, in the bank at E may mark the location of the entrance. Another gap (Wth 1.4m) at NW is similarly blocked. The perimeter is ringed with ash and hawthorn, with holly, ash and brambles in the interior. Heaps of field clearance boulders are piled along the line of the bank at S. A possible rath (MA039-011----) is located 120m to N, and there is a rath (MA039-013----) 230m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2019

• MA039-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, prominently sited on a rise, with a gradual fall of ground to W, and a steeper fall to E. The location provides good views, especially eastwards over lowlying, damp pastures. Slightly raised broadly oval area (33.2m N–S; 37-38m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m at S, at least 2m at E) with an external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.7m at S). The fosse is most clearly defined at SW–NW, where its outer edge is bordered by a later field fence; elsewhere around the circuit it is evident as a very shallow depression. There are narrow, eroded breaks in the bank at S (Wth 0.7m), NNW, and NE (Wth 1.4m). A broader gap (Wth 3m) at SE may indicate the original entrance. Two boulders are located in the interior immediately adjacent to the N side of this gap, and another very large boulder is located against the inner face of the bank at W. The interior has a very slight slope down from centre to SE. The rath is ringed with blackthorn and brambles. There is a rath (MA039-012----) c. 230m to W, and a possible rath (MA039-011----) c. 290m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2019

• MA039-014 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low N–S ridge, close to the break of slope on the E side, with extensive views over gently undulating grassland. This monument is depicted on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure. It has been levelled. A slight circular undulation (diam. c. 18-20m) can still be discerned. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 September 2019

• MA039-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located a low rise. This enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort-like embanked enclosure, and on the 1930 edition as a raised circular enclosure (diam. 23m). It has been levelled; there is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 February 2020

• MA039-131 Megalithic structure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise. A large split boulder (L; 2.8m N−S; Wth 1.6m; T 0.8m), roughly D-shaped in profile, rests with its flat side downwards on three smaller stones. Two of the support stones lie parallel at N (L 1.2m N−S; Wth c. 0.5m; H 0.75m) and S (L 1.45m N−S; Wth 0.9m; H 0.3-0.5m), and the third, much smaller support stone ( L c. 0.6m; H 0.25m) is at E. The unequal height of the support stones gives the large boulder a pronounced tilt downwards to S and E. In the space beneath, there is a low earthen rise, topped with small stones. A number of loose, large stones, probably field clearance, lie close to the structure. This arrangement of stones, rather haphazard in appearance, is of uncertain antiquity. It was assessed by the Megalithic Survey of Ireland as an 'artifical megalithic structure -remains insufficient to classify it as a meglaithic tomb.' There is a rath (MA039-011----) c. 100m to NW and another (MA039-012----) c. 100m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 April 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Garrycloonagh, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_359 (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 Garrycloonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Garrycloonagh · Garbhchluanach

Area

699,205 m² (69.92 ha, 172.78 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbelfad, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Carrowmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

896 people lived in 323 households in the Carrowmore electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardagh, Cloonacauna, Cloonyarigaun, Knockfree, Rathbaun, Scotchfort

Placenames

Garrycloonagh 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.