Toomour

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toomour, from 291 m² to 203,147 m² (20.31 ha, 50.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Toomour 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 Dec 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance by boundary wall and install an on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560555

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new single storey extension to the side and front of my existing dwelling house (2) renovations and alterations to the existing dwelling house (3) the construction of a new wastewater treatment system and associated percolation area (4) formation of a new site entrance (5) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460190

• 27 Jan 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of amending application site boundaries from that granted planning permission under PL19/279

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2112

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance by boundary wall and installation of a on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19279

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 Toomour.

Recorded monuments

• SL040-075 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At the head of a stream, at the base of a slope. A spring well covered by a concrete hood and accessed by concrete steps. Mentioned by Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1) as 'formerly held in estimation as "holy"'. Another holy well called 'Tobernamulla' (SL040-133----) is c. 750m to SE. 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

• SL040-133 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Named 'Tobernamulla' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. There are no visible remains of this well. According to Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1), it was 'formerly held in estimation as "holy"'. 'Toberacoll' holy well (SL040-134----) is c. 200m to SE, 'Tobernacarta' (SL040-075----) c. 750m to NW and 'Kingstown Well' (SL040-138----) c. 420m to SE. A stretch of the road known as Bothar an Corann (SL033-145----) is c. 50m to the SW. 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

• SL040-136 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a hill at the break of slope. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a mound. The remains consist of a low roughly circular ill-defined rise (diam. c. 12m) into which a semicircular quarry pit (diam. 7m; D 1.4m) has been dug. A low rim (Wth c. 2m; H 0.55m) on the perimeter of the quarry NW-N may be the result of upcast material. The size and location of this monument suggest a barrow. 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

• SL040-137 Earthwork
  Description

  In undulating pasture. An oval flat-topped knoll (c. 60m NE-SW; c. 80m NW-SE; H c. 6m) with a terraced profile. The terracing appears to be natural, determined to some extent by rock outcrops. The knoll is an extension of a broader ridge that stretches to NW and it projects from the ridge into an expanse of flat, poorly drained ground. The flat top (29m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW) is defined by a natural limestone scarp (H 2m). From this platform, the knoll drops in a series of terraces to the base. The terraces are narrow (Wth 6m) at NE and SW but expand to 16m at SE side. A small roughly circular sod-covered stony rise (diam. 10m) is evident on the broad lower terrace (16m NW-SE) at SE. A flat-topped spine (Wth 4.5m NE-SW) of elevated ground extending for 21m to NW from the NW end of the knoll, forms a causeway-like link to the higher main ridge. It appears to be naturally raised but with sides (H 0.7-1.2m) that may be artificially scarped. A scarp along the base of the knoll SE-W may be recent and associated with remnants of a field boundary wall that skirts the knoll. Kingstown well (SL040-138----) lies c. 100m to E. 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

• SL040-140001 Church
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low rise c. 40m NE of a road; in the E side of Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-). The ruin of a rectangular church (ext. 20.1m E-W; 7.16m N-S), the W end of which has been reduced to low sod-covered foundations. The standing walls are built of random-rubble limestone with dressed-stone quoins. In the centre of the E gable is a splayed and lintelled window embrasure, the single light of which has a pointed arch and is rebated and chamfered on its external edge. The upper portion of the internal face of this wall is beginning to collapse. Near the centre of the S wall (L 11.78m) is a small lintelled window embrasure with a square-headed light. A gap (Wth 1.8m) near the E end of this wall may mark the position of a window ope. The W wall (L 9.9m) contains no window or doorway opes. According to M. A. Timoney (2002b, 57), the W end of the church contained a room to house the resident cleric. The interior is covered by scrub overgrowth. These are the remains of the medieval parish church of Toomour. A section of Bóthar an Corann (SL033-145----) lies c. 400m to SW. There is a local tradition that St Patrick threw a stone from here and a spring rose from where it fell at the holy well (SL040-138----) (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). 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

• SL040-140003 Leacht
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of a graveyard (SL040-140004-), recessed into a low E-facing slope. A low sod-covered cairn (5m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.7m) with a roughly constructed E-facing drystone facade (H 0.8m) flanked by collapsed walls (Wth 0.6m; H 0.6m) that project to E for c. 3m. Immediately to the E of the facade is a slight depression (3.3m E-W; 3m N-S) containing a saint's stone (SL040-14008-). Along the top of the facade are eleven holy stones (SL040-140006-) and a perforated stone as well as two of the three cross-inscribed slabs (SL040-140005-; SL040-140009-; SL040-140010-) associated with the leacht. The leacht is known locally as the 'Grave of the Kings' (see photograph in Kilgannon 1926, 264) as it is said that following the battle of Ceis Corran in 971, all the chiefs were interred here. Some human bones were found underneath one of the cross-inscribed slabs (SL040-140009-), known as the 'Altar-table', during an exploration of the leacht, instigated by Terence O'Rorke prior to 1889 (O'Rorke [1889] vol. 2, 214). 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

• SL040-140004 Graveyard
  Description

  A raised subrectangular area (45m E-W; 26m N-S at W end; 39m N-S at E end) defined by a poorly constructed drystone wall (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m; T c. 1m). The ruin of the medieval parish church of Toomour (SL040-140001-) is located on the E side; its E wall is incorporated into the graveyard wall. The interior is grass-covered and generally level but S of the centre it slopes gently to the S. A leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-), holy stones (SL040-140006-), three cross-inscribed stones (SL040-140005-; SL040-140009-; SL040-140010-) and a saint's stone (SL040-140008-) are in the SW quadrant. There are no visible remains of headstones or other grave-markers. The graveyard has recently been enclosed by a post-and-wire fence (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). A bishop of 'Tuaim-fobhair' [Toomour] was ordained by St Kevin of Glendalough in the 6th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 407). There are no visible remains of any ecclesiastical enclosure around the graveyard. 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

• SL040-140005 Cross-slab
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-). One of three cross-inscribed slabs (SL040-140009-; SL040-140010-) associated with the leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-). A fragment of a sandstone slab (0.23m x 0.2m; T 0.06m), with a cross incised on one face, lies on top of the leacht cuimhne. The cross consists of two close-set parallel grooves, crossed at right angles by a single groove. 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

• SL040-140006 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  Description

  On top of a leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-) within the SW quadrant of Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-). Arranged in a row along the top of the E facade of the leacht cuimhne are eleven water-rolled stones (max. dim. 0.25m). Wood-Martin (1892, 366) noted seventeen of these stones and recorded that they were known locally as the 'dicket stones'. Also on top of the leacht is a sandstone block (0.3m x 0.19m; T 0.18m) with a small circular perforation (diam. 0.1m) close to one edge. The perforation has an hour-glass cross section through the thickness of the stone. 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

• SL040-140007 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  A bishop of 'Tuaim-fobhair' [Toomour] was ordained by St Kevin of Glendalough in the 6th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 407). The outline of the N arc of this enclosure is visible on the OSI 1995 aerial photograph and it is possible that its footprint is represeneted by the field boundaries to the S of the road. Within the possible enclosure are the graveyard (SL040-140004-) and the medieval parish church of Toomour (SL040-140001-), a leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-), on top of which is a set of holy stones (SL040-140006-), and three cross inscribed stones (SL040-140005-; SL040-140009-; SL040-040010-). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-140008 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  Description

  In Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-), immediately to the W of a leacht cuimhne (SL040-14003-), is a large flat slab (min. dims. 1.1m x 1.1m) embedded in the ground. On its exposed surface are three, and possibly a fourth, shallow circular depressions (diam.: 0.14m; 0.16m; 0.19m; 0.3m), said to be the imprints of 'the knees of the saint of the place [probably St Luidhigh] in his constant prayers at the Altar' (O'Rorke [1889] vol. 2, 213). Also incised on this stone, close to the S edge, are three simple equal-armed crosses (dims: 0.16 x 0.15m; 0.16m x 0.14m; 0.13m x 0.14m), all 2-3cm wide, though a sketch of the stone in O'Rorke (ibid., 212) shows six crosses. 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

• SL040-140009 Cross-slab
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-). One of three cross-inscribed slabs (SL040-140005-; SL040-140010-) associated with the leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-). A rectangular slab (0.47m x 0.32m; T 0.05m), on top of the leacht cuimhne, is incised with a double rectangular frame (there is a third line on one side) within which is a pattern of crossed lines described by Crawford (1913b, 165) as a 'combined cross and saltire'. O'Rorke ([1889] vol. 2, 213) recorded that this slab is known locally as the 'Altar-table' and some human bones were found under it following an exploration of the leacht cuimhne, instigated by Terence O'Rorke prior to 1889 (ibid., 214). 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

• SL040-140010 Cross-slab
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of Toomour graveyard (SL040-140004-). One of three cross-inscribed slabs (SL040-140005-; SL040-140009-) associated with the leacht cuimhne (SL040-140003-). A cross-inscribed slab (H 0.66m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.1m), which was incorporated into the W face of the leacht cuimhne, has been removed as it cracked when the leacht collapsed prior to 1889 and is now in temporary storage locally (see SL039-163----) having been repaired (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). The top right-hand corner of the stone had been broken off in antiquity. A single continuous line (Wth 2cm; D 0.8cm) forms the outline of a Latin cross which occupies the top two thirds of the stone and extends onto the top and right and left sides of the stone. Below the base of the cross are two further lines, that on the right hand side is straight and that on the left side forms a U shape. 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). Revised: 21 December 2009

• SL040-239 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In pasture. A flat-topped circular mound (diam. 26m; H 2.1m) with gently sloping sides (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Toomour, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Toomour with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Toomour · Tuaim Fhobhair

Area

2,214,692 m² (221.47 ha, 547.26 acres)

Civil parish

Toomour, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Toomour, the unit of the census

Census 2022

227 people lived in 95 households in the Toomour electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Battlefield, Carrowreagh, Corradoo, Daghloonagh, Dernaskeagh, Greenan, Knockoconor, Murhy, Sralea

Placenames

Toomour 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.