Carrowkeel

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkeel, from 292 m² to 115,926 m² (11.59 ha, 28.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Carrowkeel 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.

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE AS SHOWN ON PLANS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21723

• 30 Oct 2018Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF AS-BUILT DOMESTIC GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18848

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 Carrowkeel.

Recorded monuments

• MA101-048 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1917–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, post-1917, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return (east). Renovated. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having "Cavetto"-detailed corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on consoles. Part creeper-covered rendered walls (ground floor) on rendered plinth; gritdashed roughcast surface finish (first floor) with rendered strips to corners supporting indented rendered band to eaves. Segmental-headed central door opening with moulded rendered surround framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing replacement one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having capping supporting wrought iron gate.

• Saint Michael's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1950–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, rebuilt 1955, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height shallow chancel to crossing (east). Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables with lichen-covered Celtic Cross finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered box eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners. Lancet window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Lancet "Trinity Windows" to transepts with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front with concealed dressings framing timber panelled double doors having overlight centred on leaded stained glass "lozenge". Lancet "Trinity Window" to gable with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Interior including vestibule (west) with terracotta tiled floor; square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; full-height interior with timber panelled choir gallery (west) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1955), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, printed stations between stained glass memorial windows (1955) with stained glass memorial "Trinity Windows" (1955) to transepts, and stained glass windows (undated) centred on carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) reordered, ----, with cut-veined white marble panelled altar. Set in landscaped grounds including priest's burial plot with cut-limestone grave cover, ob. 1960.

• House, 1917–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, post-1917, on a symmetrical plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber boarded box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Segmental-headed central open internal porch with moulded archivolt on monolithic label stops. Square-headed door opening into house with timber mullions on step threshold framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with thumbnail beaded concrete or rendered sill courses, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed stepped capping supporting mild steel double gates.

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 Carrowkeel, 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

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

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 Carrowkeel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Carrowkeel · An Cheathrú Chaol

Area

591,662 m² (59.17 ha, 146.2 acres)

Civil parish

Tagheen, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmorris

Electoral division

Tagheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

187 people lived in 69 households in the Tagheen electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmore, Currantawy, Derrymore, Garravlagh, Lenanaboll, Tagheen East

Placenames

Carrowkeel 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.