Caherduff

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherduff, from 208 m² to 369,944 m² (36.99 ha, 91.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Caherduff 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 Mar 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage and install a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560128

• 19 Aug 2022Refused

  RETAIN THE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE USE OF A HAIRDRESSING SALON ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 22704

• 30 Jun 2021Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING EXTENSIONS AND MINOR ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE. PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, PERMISSION TO BUILD NEW LARGER EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, INSTALL NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21692

• 4 Mar 2021Conditional

  RETAIN TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 21185

• 11 Jul 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SLATTED SHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF HOUSING LIVESTOCK WITH INCORPORATED CUBICLES, FEEDING AREAS AND SLURRY STORAGE FACILITIES AND AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17551

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 Caherduff.

Recorded monuments

• MA121-037 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Outline of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) shown on OS map (1838). Levelled; no visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 322. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-038 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, with rock outcrop. Site shown intact on OS map (1838); arc of sod-covered cashel wall (L 47m; H 1.2m; Wth 2.3m) survives WSW to NNW. Interior dug into and contains much karst. Closed souterrain (MA121-038001-) in NW, adjoining bank. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 256. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-038001 Souterrain
  Description

  In NW of cashel (MA121-038----), adjoining bank. Stone-built chamber (L 6.8m); infilled, recognised by three capstones above ground level, resting on large corbels. Inaccessible at time of survey. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 500. Date of upload: 22 December 2014

• MA121-084001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  n undulating pasture. Circular area (diam. 41m N-S), enclosed by bank (H 1.1m) of earth and stone, heavily overgrown. Bank overlain by clearance material. Stone field fence bisects site's interior E-W. Souterrain (MA121-084003-) in interior. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 120. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

• MA121-084002 Souterrain
  Description

  In centre of ringfort (MA121-084001-). Two chambered, dry-stone souterrains [see also MA121-084003-], largely collapsed and infilled. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 501. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

• MA121-084003 Souterrain
  Description

  In centre of ringfort (MA121-084001-). Two chambered, dry-stone souterrains [see also MA121-084002-], largely collapsed and infilled. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 501. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

• MA121-088 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On S edge of extensive area of scrub, built on rock outcrop. This tower house is a national monument (no. 244) in state care. Two-storey remains of rectangular tower (8m N-S; 9.6m E-W). Entered through rebuilt ground-floor door in E wall. Lobby gives access to guard room to S; main chamber to W; doorway to N leading to spiral stairs. Main chamber contains three deep embrasures, with narrow windows. Little remains of 1st-floor. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 707. Date of upload: 7 January 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 Caherduff, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Caherduff · An Chathair Dhubh

Area

1,531,869 m² (153.19 ha, 378.53 acres)

Civil parish

Cong, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Cong, the unit of the census

Census 2022

994 people lived in 325 households in the Cong electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Creevagh Middle, Creevagh South, Glebe, Kildun Beg, Knock North, Lecarrowkilleen, Muckrussaun, Tonaleeaun

Placenames

Caherduff 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.