Bellahy

262 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellahy, from 4 m² to 24,048 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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.

• P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 142 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 61 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Feb 2026Conditional

  the construction of 18 no. of dwelling units, comprising of 2 no. of 4 bed detached units, 1 no. of 3 bed semi-detached unit, 1 no. of 3 bed terrace unit, 2 no .of 2 bed terrace units & 1 no. of 4 unit 1 bed apartments, together with hard & soft landscaping, access road, parking, footpaths, play area, green space and connection to existing public sewer together with all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660080

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  i) Construction of 34 no. residential units comprising of: a) 18 no. dwellings ( 8 no. 2 storey, semi-detached 4-beds, 4 no. 2 storey, semi-detached 3-beds, 3 no. 2 storey terrace, 3 beds, and 3 no. 1 storey bungalow 2-beds) b) 16 no. duplex units (2 no. 1-bed simplex units, 6 no. 2-bed simplex units, and 6 no. 3-bed duplex units and 2 no. 2-bed duplex units) ii) Provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access to the site from the adjoining Knoxville Manor estate iii) Provision of new pedestrian access to the site from Main Street iv) Provision of car and bicycle parking v) Provision of public open space, private open space, site landscaping, public lighting, bin stores and site services vi) Provision of an ESB Substation vii) All ancillary and associated site and development works Development on this site was previously granted under PL.06/1022 A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted as part of this application

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460366

• 12 Jul 2024Refused

  Planning Permission to demolish existing sheds and permission to construct a residential housing development consisting of 17 number dwelling house units (2no. Detached houses, 12no. semi Detached houses and 3no. Terraced houses), construct new site entrance and connect to public sewer all as per drawing documents submitted together with all ancillary site works and service

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460234

• 2 Jul 2019Conditional

  development consisting of change of use from office use to residential use to first and second floor units with consequential changes to the elevations together with ancillary and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19261

• 29 Apr 2019N/a

  for development consisting of change of use from office use to residential use to first and second floor units with consequential changes to the elevations together with ancillary and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19163

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

Recorded monuments

• SL042-029 Bastioned fort
  Description

  In flat dry land, on the E side of Bellahy village and c. 200m N of the Sligo-Mayo border at Charlestown. The fortification is depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a square enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) with an angled bastion at each corner, all enclosed by an external fosse (see plan in Kerrigan 1995, fig. 51). The NE bastion survives as a D-shaped mound (straight side 19m NNE-SSW, projecting 11m to ESE; H 1.55m) with a flat rectangular top (12m NNE-SSW; 5m ESE-WNW) and an external fosse (Wth 9.4m; max. D 0.6m). A field boundary respects the mound on the N and W sides and extends SSW apparently on the line of the E rampart. The faint outline of the outer edge of the fosse extends SSW for c. 35m, on the E side of the field boundary and beyond. During a previous inspection in 1994 (SMR (1989) file) it was recorded that the northern part of the fort was fairly intact with the NW and NE angled bastions clearly visible and standing 1.5-2m above the ground; this area has since been levelled by intensive horticultural activity and roadworks. This fort was under construction in 1655-6, under the supervision of the engineer William Webb, and was known as 'Fort Cromwell' (O'Dowd 1991, 131). It was built to house a garrison of 100 men (Kerrigan 1995, 102). It was constructed 'of earthworks faced with masonry walls' inside which were 'timber-framed houses' (Kerrigan 1980, 147; Kerrigan 1995, 97-8). On the E side of the area formerly the interior of the fort are the grass-covered foundations of a rectangular stone-built structure (14m NNE-SSW; 7m WNW-ESE; wall T c. 0.4-1m) (SL042-029001-), which according to local information is the remains of a church and is likely to date from the 18th century. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL042-029001 Church
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). Indicated on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure in the E side of a bastioned fort (SL042-029----). Grass-covered foundations remain of a rectangular stone-walled structure (14m NNE-SSW; 7m WNW-ESE). The walls are c. 0.4-1m in width and 0.2-0.3m in height. According to local information, this was the post-Penal church of Bellahy. The depiction on the 1911 map suggests an apse on the ESE end- wall. This is post-1700 AD in date but it is mentioned in the record for the bastioned fort (SL042-029----). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 10 January 2012

Architectural heritage

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1890, now derelict. Integral shopfront to north, two-storey return to rear. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, straight V-jointed quoins to north. Square-headed window openings, moulded architraves to ground floor window, painted masonry sills, painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Painted timber shopfront (boarded-up), blank sign fascia with cornice terminating in profiled consoles with ogee finials. Round-headed entrance door opening, painted timber half-glazed panelled door c. 1970. Street fronted, similar property to south, modern two-storey residential terrace to north set back from street line, rubble stone roofless outbuildings to rear.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey rendered house and shop, built c. 1880, now derelict. Two-storey pitched roof return to rear. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, straight V-jointed quoins to south, unpainted smooth-rendered gable-end and rear walls. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted one-over-one timber sash windows. Painted timber shopfront, blank sign fascia with dentilled cornice terminating in profiled carved consoles with pedimented caps, fluted pilasters, plain-glazed display windows on stall risers returning to central recessed entrance with pole-moulded corner mullions, painted timber quadrants at heads, painted timber double doors with panelled bottom panels and segmental-headed glazed upper panels, plain-glazed overlight, painted carved timber cartouche over. Street fronted, similar building to north, gap site to south, rubble stone boundary wall to rear.

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 Bellahy, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_823 (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.

• Bellahy, Charlestown6 sales

Name

Bellahy · Béal Lathaí

Area

793,519 m² (79.35 ha, 196.08 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Achonry West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

810 people lived in 311 households in the Achonry West electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonlaughil, Lavy Beg (Co. Mayo), Lavy More (Co. Mayo), Lowpark (Co. Mayo), Sandyhill

Placenames

Bellahy 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.