Knockaunakill

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockaunakill, from 750 m² to 101,096 m² (10.11 ha, 24.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockaunakill 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.

• 20 May 2026Refused

  We, Cunlaghfadda Green Energy Limited, intend to apply for a ten-year planning permission for development in the townlands of Knockroe, Cunlaghfadda, Harefield, Cloonbaul and Knockaunakill, County Mayo. The development will comprise the provision of a renewable energy development consisting of the following: i. 7 no. wind turbines with a top of foundation to blade tip height of 160 metres; a rotor blade diameter of 136 metres; and hub height of 92 metres,1 no. meteorological mast with a height of 92 metres and subsequent decommissioning of the wind turbines and meteorological mast following a thirty five-year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines; ii. Turbine and meteorological mast foundations and associated temporary and permanent hard-standing areas; iii. All associated underground electrical and communications cabling and subsequent decommissioning of all underground cabling within the site connecting the turbines to a proposed 110kV substation following a thirty five year operational life from the date of full commissioning of the wind turbines; iv. 1 no. temporary construction compound; v. Upgrade and widening of existing internal tracks and provision of new permanent and temporary site access tracks and all associated site drainage; vi. Upgrade and temporary road widening works along the L15053 and provision of 1 no. passing bay; vii. 1 no. new temporary site entrance off the L1505 in the townland of Knockroe to accommodate the delivery of abnormal loads and construction phase traffic; viii. 1 no. new permanent site entrance in the townlands of Cunlaghfadda and Cloonbaul; ix. 1 no. borrow pit; x. 10 no. peat and spoil management areas; xi. 2 no. temporary security cabins; xii. Tree felling and vegetation removal; xiii. Biodiversity enhancement areas; xiv. Site drainage; xv. Site fencing, gates and signage; and xvi. All related site works above and below ground and all ancillary development.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660398

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  Planning application for the restoration and extension of an existing derelict cottage; construction of a new garage; new on-site wastewater system together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560358

• 10 Apr 2024Conditional

  construction of a slatted house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24102

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  WORKS TO REFURBISH THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR-CLOON 110kV OVERHEAD LINE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 57KM LONG, AND COMPRISES 252 NO. WOODEN POLESETS AND 40 NO. STEEL ANGLE MASTS BETWEEN THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF AGHALUSKY, AND THE EXISTING CLOON 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CLOONASCRAGH, CO. GALWAY. APPROXIMATELY 20KM OF THE EXISTING CIRCUIT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL AND APPROXIMATELY 37KM IN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22780

• 8 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE INCLUDING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22272

• 23 Oct 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE, NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLINGHOUSE AND GARAGE, UPGRADING EXISTING ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19840

• 19 Aug 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT SILAGE SLAB WITH ANCILLARY CONCRETE YARDS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19644

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK/FOUL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19603

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 Knockaunakill.

Recorded monuments

• MA091-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in pasture, straddling the top of a rise with good views. Ground falls to NE in a short step and then levels out towards the banks of a stream, which is c. 70m from the rath. On the opposite side of the stream a flat expanse of wet, boggy ground stretches N and E. Circular platform (40.6m N–S; 39m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m at N; 0.6m at S), outside which it is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.8m at N, 2.9m at S) and remnants of an external bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.5m at NE). The rath is boxed into the SW end of a rectilinear field with the NNE−SSW field walls clipping the W and E−SE sides of the rath. The scarp is best preserved on the E half of the rath but is rather low and degraded on the W half. The fosse is clearly defined N–E but is evident elsewhere as a slight surface depression, partly truncated at SE by a field fence. The external bank survives N–E as a low and degraded rise; it is truncated at E–SE by later field fences, and is evident SW−NW as an ephemeral undulation, incorporating large stones in parts at SW; at NNW–N it is truncated by a straight NE–SW field fence. A causeway (Wth 4m) across the fosse at SSW allows tractor access to the interior and may be a late feature. The N half of the interior is level but there is a slope down from centre to SE–S. A slight surface depression (diam. c. 2m) is evident in the N of the interior, close to the scarp. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

• MA091-019 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In pasture, prominently located on a limestone knoll in undulating grassland broken by rocky outcrops. Named ‘Knockaunakill Castle’ on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps; the 1838 edition shows a square building abutted at N and S by field boundaries; by the time of the 1920 edition only the N part of the castle is shown. A fragment of the E wall (L 4m NNW–SSE; T 0.8m; int. H 2m; ext. H 3m) still stands. It is in poor condition, largely denuded of its stone facing but retains a hint of a base batter. At its N end there is a short return (L 3.3) to WSW. The upstanding remains appear to represent the NE angle of the rectangular building (c. 7-8m ENE–WSW; c. 5m NNW–SSE), the remainder of which is outlined by a stony scarp. A field wall on a roughly N–S axis crosses the centre of the structure. A displaced lump of wall masonry has tumbled downslope c. 10m to SW. A fragment of punch-dressed stone, probably from a centred door arch, suggests that the castle was most likely a tower house of 15th-century date. At NE 3-4m from the castle wall, the knoll slope (H 3-4m) falls steeply. On the W–NW side of the castle, a gentler slope drops to a level terrace from the W edge of which there is another steep fall of ground. The terrace is enclosed by wall footings, suggesting that it served as a bawn (MA091-0190011), with the castle located in the SE corner. A rath (MA091-018----) located c. 350m to NNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

• MA091-019001 Bawn
  Description

  In pasture, located on terrace on the W side of a limestone knoll on which a castle (MA091-019----) is located. Wall footings, evident as a low sod-covered stony rise, define the S, W and N sides of a square enclosure (22.5m N–S; c. 20m E–W) encompassing a terrace on the W side of the knoll. This may be the remains of a bawn associated with Knockaunakill Castle (MA091-019----), a possible tower house, the remnants of which are located on a rocky rise in the SE angle of the enclosure/bawn. It should be noted that the walls of the castle are on a slightly different alignment (NNW−SSE and WSW−ENE) to those of the enclosure/possible bawn. The E side of the enclosure is now defined by a modern N−S property wall, which cuts across the remains of the castle. The exact position of the original E wall of the enclosure, and its relationship to the castle, is unclear. There is a hint of an E–W internal division in the S half of the bawn/enclosure, and another rectangular enclosure or field plot (c. 16-18m N−S; c. 14m E−W), outlined by slight wall footings, is appended to it at N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

• MA091-041 Field system
  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.

• MA091-043 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, located on the SE bank of a NW-flowing stream. The stream borders a broad expanse of bog which stretches to N and E. Ground rising gently to W and SW. A subsircular mound (15.2m NW–SE; 12m NE–SW; H 0.6m) composed of shattered limestone fragments in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. The mound is slightly indented on the SW side, and has a shallow central depression (diam. c. 3m), probably indicating the position of the trough. It is bordered on the NE side by the scarp of the stream gully, with a drop of c. 1.4-1.5m from top of the mound to the base of the stream. There is a rath (MA091-018----) c. 100m to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

• MA091-044 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough, damp pasture, located adjacent to a stream. Compact, kidney-shaped mound (15.2m NW–SE; 10m NE–SW; H 0.6m at N, 1m at S) with the trough area indicated by a depression (Wth 2m) between the ‘arms’ of the mound opening onto the edge of the rivulet at the SW. Two hawthorn bushes are growing in the trough hollow. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 February 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockaunakill, 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 Knockaunakill.

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

Name

Knockaunakill · Cnocán an Choill

Area

2,056,668 m² (205.67 ha, 508.21 acres)

Civil parish

Mayo, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmorris

Electoral division

Mayo, the unit of the census

Census 2022

437 people lived in 168 households in the Mayo electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymullavil, Barnagreggaun, Cloonbaul, Corskeagh, Cunlaghfadda, Harefield, Kilbride, Mossbrook

Placenames

Knockaunakill 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.