Rathmurphy

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmurphy, from 67 m² to 83,889 m² (8.39 ha, 20.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Rathmurphy 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.

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  retention of original dwelling house built under Planning Permission ref. no. PL9968, and to retain entrance gate as constructed previously granted under Planning Permission PL07/273, retain balcony & minor alterations on western elevation (change of windows to patio doors (all other relevant works carried out on this site are covered by the following Planning Permissions PL06/353, & PL07/794)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2443

• 24 Oct 2024N/a

  The development will consist of retention of original dwelling house built under Planning Permission Ref. No. PL9968, and to retain entrance gate as constructed previously granted under Planning Permission PL.07/273, retain balcony & minor alterations on western elevation (change of window to patio doors) (all other relevant works carried out on this site are covered under the following- Planning Permission PL06/353 & PL07/794) at above address.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2442

• 6 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the retention of existing dwelling house, boundary walls, access & to upgrade existing septic tank with soak pit system previously granted under PL 77/6906. Including retention of all other associated works and services

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17422

• 25 Jan 2017Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, demolition of existing shed, connection to proposed treatment unit and to carry out ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 11303

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: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC 000458
• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 000458

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmurphy.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathmurphy, 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_414 (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 Rathmurphy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Rathmurphy · Ráth Uí Mhurchú

Area

433,723 m² (43.37 ha, 107.18 acres)

Civil parish

Castleconor, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Castleconor West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,095 people lived in 379 households in the Castleconor West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castleconor (Co. Mayo), Killanly, Newtown

Placenames

Rathmurphy 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.