Johnsfort

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Johnsfort, from 415 m² to 68,777 m² (6.88 ha, 17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Johnsfort 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.

• 14 Sept 2026N/a

  construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system and percolation area along with ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26220

• 15 Jul 2026Conditional

  renovation and extension of existing dwelling, single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, effluent treatment system and new percolation area, and all associated ancillary site development works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26163

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  renovation and extension of existing dwelling, single story extension to rear of existing dwelling, effluent treatment system and new percolation area, all associated ancillary site development works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25316

• 31 Jan 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2050

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 Johnsfort.

Recorded monuments

• MA071-115 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, in gently undulating terrain. Ground rises slightly to S. Overlooked to SW by a low ridge. There is a farmyard immediately to NW. This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1931 edition as a D-shaped hachured area, with the straight side at NW. The remains consist of a slightly raised semicircular area (28.7m NE–SW; 11.4m NW-SE. It is defined on the curving side at NE−E arc by a scarp (H 1.6m) adapted to serve as a field fence, at E–S by a cropmark and at SW by a slight undulation. It is bordered on straight side to NW by a scarp created by quarrying in the modern era. According to local information, the enclosing element originally consisted of a ‘sod fence’ with no stones. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 August 2021

• MA072-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on top of a ridge, with very good views. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20m), clipped on the outer edge of the bank at W by a NE−SW field boundary; shown on the 1930 edition as a subrectangular enclosure incorporated into a system of field boundaries. According to local information, this rath was of earthen construction and contained a souterrain (MA072-036001-); it was destroyed in the 1980’s. There is no visible trace at ground level. The outline of the rath is visible in current aerial views as a circular cropmark with a possible fosse and outer bank on the S arc. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 March 2021

• MA072-036001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a rath (MA072-036----), which was levelled in the 1980’s. According to local information, there is a souterrain in the rath interior: It was described as a passage of drystone walls and lintel roofing, which extended for ‘15-20 yards’ [14-18m] and ended in an area of collapse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 March 2021

• MA072-037 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

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

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 Johnsfort, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Johnsfort · Lios Seáin Rua

Area

639,822 m² (63.98 ha, 158.1 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconduff, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Brackloon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

655 people lived in 236 households in the Brackloon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardlee, Brackloon, Carrownaculla, Tullanacorra

Placenames

Johnsfort 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.