Carrownamaddoo
Carrownamaddoo is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Madadh.
Parcel 735764
- Area
- 30,534 m² (3.05 ha, 7.55 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 761 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Carrownamaddoo
Planning applications on this parcel
18 Aug 2017Conditional
construction of ancillary accommodation and associated site works to existing playing pitches including the following: (a) two storey ancillary accommodation comprising of storage & treatment room floor area 63.5msq, (b) ball stop comprising of two 9m tall poles with netting suspended between, 30m apart, located centrally behind the southern Goalmouth only
Extension of duration · Sligo County Council, 12192
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- SL020-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gently elevated ground, in undulating terrain. Raised, roughly circular area (26m E–W; 23.5m N–S) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.2m at W; ext. H 1.6m at E). At SE–SW the scarp is incorporated into a field fence/property boundary which respects the curve of the rath. At W the scarp is topped with a low stony rim (Wth 1m), possibly wall footings. Elsewhere along the top of the scarp, a few stones are visible, barely protruding above the sod. Stones also protrude randomly in parts on the external slope of the scarp. The SW quadrant of the interior is slightly raised above the rest of the interior. In the E half of the interior, there is a slight slope down to E mirroring the contours of the low rise on which the rath is sited. There is a low stony rise (max. dim. c. 1.3m) slightly NE of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 July 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1101 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 174.1 ha
- 430 acres
- Land parcels
- 91
- registered freehold, median 6,829 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownamaddoo, from 128 m² to 69,247 m² (6.92 ha, 17.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownamaddoo 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Aug 2025Conditional
Albert Higgins chairman, on behalf of Carraroe Community Development Association intend to apply for planning permission for (1) the construction of a new Astro Turf Pitch (2) all associated Floodlights and fencing (3) all associated site works, all at St Johns Park Cuilbeg & Carrownamddoo, Carraroe, County Sligo.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560348
3 Mar 2025Conditional
(1) construct a one storey building, including changing rooms, a recreation space and ancillary spaces; (2) replace the existing wastewater system with a new tertiary waste water treatment system; and (3) conduct all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560080
3 Dec 2021Refused
Development consisting of the filling of lands consisting of an area of 1.0 hectares with 100,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste material, comprising of inert soil and stone, together with screening berms, weighbridge and associated ancillary works. The Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21475
23 Jun 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the construction of dwelling house with proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, construction of garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21243
17 Jun 2021Refused
development consisting of the recommencement of quarry operations within previously permitted quarry extraction area (c. 10.9ha), deepening of the previously permitted quarry area by 2 no. extractive benches from c. - 21m OD to -50m OD, recommencement of aggregate processing (crushing and screening) within the existing processing area, located to the east of the local road that bisects the site, provision of a settlement lagoon (c. 2,830m2), provision of a 2 no. wheelwashes , provision of a double stacked portacabin office; provision of a wastewater treatment system, additional stockproof/trespass proof boundary fencing, all within an application area of c. 22.5 hectares. The Planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21236
19 Feb 2021N/a
development consisting of the following (1) to construct a new two storey multi-purpose community facility with a link on first floor only, forming an extension to existing clubhouse building/changing rooms. Ground floor extension to comprise of a gymnasium, WCs, plant/store room, & elevator. First floor extension to comprise of WCs, meeting room, treatment room, store, mutli-purpose social room with kitchen, viewing gallery & balcony (2) construct a new window to first floor of existing western gable. (3) demolish existing lean-to covered shelter on the existing western elevation and to construct a new balcony to existing western gable which will form a new covered seating area on the ground level. (4) construct an enclosed playground area to southern gable of two storey proposal (approximately 135m2) with a 1.2 m high PVC coated weld mesh fence (5) reconnection to existing site services. (6) all associated site develoment works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2146
22 Jan 2021N/a
development consisting of the following; the filling of lands consisting of an area of 1.3 hectares with 100,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste material, comprising of inert soil and stone, together with screening berms and all associated ancillary works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Sligo County Council, 219
4 Dec 2020Conditional
development consisting of the demolition of existing dwelling house & out houses. Permission to decommission the existing septic tank system and to construct a new dwelling house with sewage treatment system domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20410
4 Sept 2020Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house with sewage treatment system and separate domestic garage and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20295
8 Jul 2020N/a
development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house with sewage treatment system and seperate domestic garage and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20211
8 Jul 2020N/a
development consisting of the demolition of the existing dwelling house & out houses. Permission to decommission the existing septic tank system and permission to construct a new dwelling house with sewage treatment system, domestic garage and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20212
13 May 2020Conditional
development consisting of (1) the construction of a new Astro Turf Pitch (2) all associated floodlights and fencing (3) all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 20143
2 Jul 2019N/a
development consisting of erection of a single storey dwelling and domestic garage, along with on-site wastewater treatment system, and all other associated site works and services.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19264
26 Oct 2018Conditional
Development consisting of the filling of land with inert soil/subsoil and construction and demolition waste (Application Area= 0.5 hectares. Approximate volume of fill = 12000 cubic metres (20,000 tonnes)) including associated ancillary site works and landscaping
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18424
17 Sept 2018N/a
Development consisting of the filling of land with inert soil/subsoil and construction and demolition waste (Application Area= 0.5 hectares. Approximate volume of fill = 12000 cubic metres (20,000 tonnes)) including associated ancillary site works and landscaping
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18374
30 Aug 2018Conditional
for development consisting of the continued use and operation of the existing permitted quarry (Planning Reg. Ref. 02/271), the deepening of the quarry area by a further bench, from -34.5m OD to -50m OD, within an extraction area of c. 10.9ha and the provision of a settlement lagoon (c. 2,830m2), all within an overall application area of c. 18 hectares . The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS). Significant Further Information has been furnished to the Planning Authority in respect of this proposed development
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18345
14 May 2018Conditional
Development consisting of Retention Permission for the extension to a storage yard previously granted Planning under reference PL11/251, screening berms and all associated ancillary works.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 18175
30 Apr 2018N/a
PP - for development comprising of the filling of lands with inert soil/subsoil and construction and demolition waste (Application Area = 0.5 Hectares. Approximate volume of fill = 15000 cubic metres) including asociated ancillary site works and landscaping.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18152
23 Feb 2018Conditional
Development consisting of the filling of lands with construction and demolition waste (application area = 1.0 Ha, volume = 24,950 tonnes) together with screening berms and all associated ancillary works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 1849
6 Feb 2018Conditional
for development consisting of the erection of a single storey extension to North East of existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1830
24 Jan 2018N/a
for development consisting of permission to erect single storey extension to North East of existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1816
18 Aug 2017Conditional
construction of ancillary accommodation and associated site works to existing playing pitches including the following: (a) two storey ancillary accommodation comprising of storage & treatment room floor area 63.5msq, (b) ball stop comprising of two 9m tall poles with netting suspended between, 30m apart, located centrally behind the southern Goalmouth only
Extension of duration · Sligo County Council, 12192
1 Aug 2017Conditional
for development consisting of 1. Demolish existing hosue on site. 2. Construct a replacement dwelling 3. Construct a new septic tank and percolation area. 4. Carry out all associated site development works deemed necessary
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17296
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrownamaddoo.
Recorded monuments
- SL020-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gently elevated ground, in undulating terrain. Raised, roughly circular area (26m E–W; 23.5m N–S) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.2m at W; ext. H 1.6m at E). At SE–SW the scarp is incorporated into a field fence/property boundary which respects the curve of the rath. At W the scarp is topped with a low stony rim (Wth 1m), possibly wall footings. Elsewhere along the top of the scarp, a few stones are visible, barely protruding above the sod. Stones also protrude randomly in parts on the external slope of the scarp. The SW quadrant of the interior is slightly raised above the rest of the interior. In the E half of the interior, there is a slight slope down to E mirroring the contours of the low rise on which the rath is sited. There is a low stony rise (max. dim. c. 1.3m) slightly NE of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 July 2014
- SL020-089 Ringfort - rath
Description
Oval raised area, heavily overgrown, and enclosed by a bank and external ditch. There is an entrance gap in the NE. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013
- SL020-090 Children's burial ground
Description
Identified as 'Caltragh' on the Current OS 6-inch map. Comprises a rectangular platform (int. dims. 25m by 25m, H 2.35-3m) composed of earth and stone and internally sloping. This is defined by a rectangular stone and earth field boundary at ground level. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013
- SL020-091 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Identified as 'Tobernacaltragh' on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map. Located along the course of a stream bed. There are no visible surface remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013
- SL020-092 Ringfort - rath
Description
Indicated as a roughly circular hachured area on the current OS 6-inch map. Comprises a circular, heavily overgrown area, enclosed by a bank. There are no indications of a ditch. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013
- SL020-129 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Description
See linked document (SL020-129----_01.pdf) with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Attached photos: SL020-129----_01.JPG Central chamber protruding from heather-covered cairn SL020-129----_02.JPG Central chamber protruding from heather-covered cairn SL020-129----_03.JPG Tomb chamber Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownamaddoo.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Carrownamaddoo, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownamaddoo.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrownamaddoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownamaddoo · Ceathrú na Madadh
- Area
- 1,740,738 m² (174.07 ha, 430.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Ballintogher West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 457 people lived in 148 households in the Ballintogher West electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghamore Far, Aghamore Near, Ballydawley, Castledargan, Cuilbeg, Drumaskibbole, Tullynagracken South
- Placenames
- Carrownamaddoo 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.