Carrowbeg

277 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbeg, from 2 m² to 48,429 m² (4.84 ha, 11.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 176 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 48 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre Outer (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Education
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Services Facilities (Community facilities)
  Westport Local Area Plan, Mayo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Carrowbeg in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Carrowbeg.

Recorded monuments

• MA088-013 Burial ground
  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

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1874–2008 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cemetery, opened 1874. Set in landscaped grounds with cast-iron railings to perimeter centred on tuck pointed rock faced limestone ashlar piers having lichen-covered shallow pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.

• Ashlawn, almshouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey almshouse, extant 1845, on a rectangular plan; three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. For sale, 2011. Now disused. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof with ridge tiles, lichen-spotted concrete coping to gables with drag edged tooled cut-limestone chimney stacks to apexes having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed walls with repointed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch central door opening with overgrown threshold, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight with interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Pointed-arch flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing three-over-three timber sash windows having interlocking Y-tracery glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing three-over-three timber sash windows. Set back from street in unkempt grounds.

• Holy Trinity National School, school, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey gable-fronted Church of Ireland free school, dated 1831; extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with single-bay double-height gabled projecting lower porch. Renovated to accommodate continued alternative use. Replacement pitched (gable-fronted) artificial slate roofs including pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof to porch with ridge tiles, and uPVC rainwater goods on roughcast cut-limestone eaves. Replacement roughcast walls bellcast over rendered battered plinth. Pointed-arch window opening, drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing replacement timber fitting. Pointed-arch opposing door openings to "cheeks" below drag edged dragged cut-limestone shield panels with limestone flagged thresholds, and benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing replacement timber panelled doors having overpanels. Square-headed window openings originally in tripartite arrangement with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber fittings. Street fronted with wrought iron railings to perimeter supporting wrought iron gates.

• House, 1890–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey townhouse, extant 1897, on a symmetrical plan. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with courses of fish scale-profile artificial slate, ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining some cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with bull nose-detailed rendered panelled quoins to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by two concrete steps with moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having overlight. Round-headed flanking window openings with moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings centred on paired round-headed window openings (first floor) with sill courses, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1767–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey townhouse, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, slightly sproketed or swept eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on cut-limestone eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with bull nose-detailed rendered panelled quoins to ends. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of four slate-covered steps with moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows to front (north-west) elevation having part exposed sash boxes with six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows (remainder). Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1767–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered strips to ends supporting rendered band to eaves. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1767–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838. Renovated. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron conical hopper and downpipe. Roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Segmental-headed door opening with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having fanlight. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• Canal (section of), 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal, under construction 1813; extant 1818, with coursed or snecked limestone battered retaining walls having repointed rock faced hammered limestone rounded coping.

• Bridge, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1838. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls centred on submerged triangular cutwaters to piers having pyramidal capping with repointed tooled cut-limestone rounded coping to parapets. Series of three segmental arches with drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start voussoirs centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning canalised Westport or Carrowbeg River.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1840–1897 · Regional interest
  Description

  Section of cut-limestone kerbing, extant 1897.

• Water pump, 1900–1924 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1924. Now disused. Street fronted on concrete footpath.

• Hotel, 1799–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay three-storey hotel, extant 1815, on a T-shaped plan centred on (single-storey) prostyle distyle Doric portico to ground floor with six-bay two-storey "bas-relief" recessed wings. Closed, 2006. For sale, 2010. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks having shallow stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls to front (south) elevation on drag edged tooled cut-limestone plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Segmental-headed central door opening behind (single-storey) prostyle distyle Doric portico with dragged cut-limestone columns having responsive pilasters supporting iron-covered cornice on encased frieze, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on consoles framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows. Series of six segmental-headed openings (wings) with shallow sills, and drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start archivolts centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones framing replacement three-over-three timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with balusters supporting banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors, and decorative plasterwork cornices to ceilings; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• North River House, house, 1799–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, extant 1838, originally with shopfront to ground floor. Renovated with openings to ground floor remodelled. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having shallow stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to ends. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement (first floor) or three-over-three timber sash (top floor) windows. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• O'Donnell's, house, 1799–1801 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey "double-fronted" house, completed 1801, on a cranked L-shaped plan with pair of shopfronts to ground floor; five-bay two-storey elevation (east) with pair of shopfronts to ground floor. Renovated. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof on a cranked L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having shallow stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on cement rendered plinth. Pair of segmental-headed central door openings with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on drag edged rusticated cut-limestone keystones framing timber panelled doors having fanlights. Flanking shopfronts. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows with replacement one-over-one timber sash windows (east) replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• M. Kelly, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced single-bay two-storey house, extant 1838[?], with "shopfront" to ground floor. Reroofed. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stepped capping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered walls. "Shopfront" to ground floor. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-limestone sill[?], and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1950[?], originally detached on an L-shaped plan with single-bay full-height gabled projecting end bay. Reroofed. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on an L-shaped plan with ridge tiles, timber bargeboards to gable, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on roughcast eaves. Roughcast walls on rendered base. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights centred on four-over-four timber sash window (first floor). Set back from line of street in landscaped grounds with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron gate.

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 Carrowbeg, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_243 (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 Carrowbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Carrowbeg · An Cheathrú Bheag

Area

481,785 m² (48.18 ha, 119.05 acres)

Civil parish

Oughaval, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Westport Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

6,252 people lived in 2,285 households in the Westport Urban electoral division. 53% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attireesh, Cahernamart, Deerpark East, Drummindoo, Gortaroe, Knockranny, Monamore, Sheeroe, Westport Demesne

Placenames

Carrowbeg 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.