Hollymount Demesne

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hollymount Demesne, from 287 m² to 203,232 m² (20.32 ha, 50.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  Planning permission for the installation of four new floodlight columns to existing pitch with associated floodlights on each column as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560422

• 26 May 2025Conditional

  Planning permission for the following: 1. Renovations to existing dwelling house 2. Construction of extension to existing dwelling house as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments at Hollymount Demesne, Hollymount, Co Mayo

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560328

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to construct an Astro Turf Pitch and Walking track. Permission to include associated lighting & Car parking as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560013

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  relocating the fuel forecourt area, construction of delivery area and installation of fuel tanks, including forecourt canopy, dispensing pumps islands and interceptor together with all associated works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24297

• 19 Jul 2024Conditional

  retain a single storey extension constructed to the rear of the existing public house along with all associated services

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 24288

• 8 Oct 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, SOIL POLISHING FILTER, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211076

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 Hollymount Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• MA110-049 Castle - unclassified
  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.

• MA110-077001 Church
  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.

• MA110-077002 Graveyard
  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.

• MA110-087 Sheela-na-gig (present location)
  Description

  Located at the N end of the main street in Hollymount village. A full figure sheela-na-gig is evident on the broad, vertical face of a roughly rectangular limestone block (H c. 0.5m; Wth 0.37m; max. T 0.25m). The stone has been cut back and roughly punch-dressed to leave a flat prepared surface on which the sheela-na-gig is portrayed in relief. The figure (H 0.34m) takes up over half the available space, with her head 0.15m below the top of the stone, and her legs just a few centimetres above the base of the stone. Her body is centrally placed and her splayed legs span almost the full width of the stone. The disproportionately large head (H 0.15m) is carved in pronounced or high relief, which contrasts with the lower relief of the torso and limbs. The head is roughly cone-shaped, with the broad end of the cone defining the top of the head, and the narrow end representing a sharply cut, flat chin. The flat top of the head appears to be carved to represent some form of headdress or formal arrangement of the hair. The face is elongated in appearance, with incised grooves outlining rudimentary features: the inner corners of almond shaped eyes merge with two vertical lines which define either side of the nose, and a short incised horizontal line represents the mouth. Two tiny, circular indentations on either side of the head, more or less in line with the eyes, appear to represent ears. Beneath the chin, a broad neck merges seamlessly with a poorly defined torso with no evidence of breasts. The arms, with sharply bent elbows, curve inwards so that the hands are positioned on either side of the genital area. The fingers are delineated and hold her deeply indented genitalia open in blatant display. The legs are widely splayed, with triangular-shaped feet pointing sharply upwards. An inscription, cut into the concrete at the base of the stone, indicates that the carving was moved to this location in 1993. According to local information, the original location (MA111-110----) of the carving is in Lehinch Demesne where it was found amongst old farm buildings. The Strafford Inquisition of Co. Mayo lists '…the moiety of the castle town and lands of Lehinch…' (O' Sullivan 1954, 70). However, the exact location of this castle (MA111-072001-) and deserted settlement (MA111-072002-) are unknown. A castle (MA111-018----), shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as ‘Castle (ruin)’ and on the 1930 edition as ‘Castle (site of)’, is located in Knockalegan townland which borders the E side of Lehinch Demesne. A castle in Lehinch Demesne townland or the castle in Knockalegan is a likely provenance for the carving. See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPF9 Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 April 2016

Architectural heritage

• Hollymount House, country house, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of detached seven-bay two-storey over part raised basement country house with dormer attic, rebuilt 1834; extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan centred on three-bay full-height pedimented breakfront with single-bay single-storey advanced porch to ground floor. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1915. Vacated, 1922. Derelict, 1948. In ruins, 1976. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Hollymount House, walled garden, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, extant 1838, with coursed rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Hollymount House.

• Hollymount House, foot bridge, 1841–1853 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch footbridge over river, extant 1853[?]. Now disused. Creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls centred on lichen-covered tooled limestone ashlar triangular cutwaters to piers on drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar bases having overgrown capping with rough hewn limestone "battlemented" coping to parapets. Series of five segmental arches with tooled limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on tooled cut-limestone keystones. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Hollymount House spanning Robe River with grass banks to river.

• Church of Saint Charles the Martyr (Kilcommon), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1816; dated 1816, on a cruciform plan comprising single-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east); single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan supporting octagonal spire. Deconsecrated, 1959. Dismantled, 1963. In ruins, 1976. Pitched roof on a cruciform plan now missing, lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" coping to gables, and no rainwater goods surviving on dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" cornice retaining some cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed drag edged tooled cut-limestone banded drag edged tooled limestone ashlar walls with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone diagonal stepped buttresses to corners having lichen-covered cut-limestone coping; part ivy-covered tuck pointed drag edged tooled cut-limestone banded drag edged tooled limestone ashlar surface finish (tower) with drag edged tooled limestone ashlar piers to corners (bell stage) framing drag edged tooled limestone ashlar battlemented parapet having lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone coping. Pointed-arch window openings, drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings. Pointed-arch window opening (east) with fittings now missing. Square-headed opening (tower) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals framing remains of timber fitting. Roundels (second stage) with tooled cut-limestone surrounds framing cement rendered infill. Pointed-arch openings (bell stage), drag edged tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings framing applied timber Y-mullions on louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west); interior in ruins with remains of plastered slate hung surface finish. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Hollymount House with limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having dragged cut-limestone "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices below ball finial-topped capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Church of Saint Charles the Martyr (Kilcommon), mausoleum, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone ashlar mausoleum or monument, dated 1821, on a square plan on cut-limestone stepped base. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Church of Saint Charles the Martyr (Kilcommon) with spear head-detailed cast-iron railings to perimeter.

• Church of Saint Charles the Martyr (Kilcommon), mausoleum, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone ashlar funerary mausoleum or monument, dated 1824, on a square plan on cut-limestone stepped base. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Church of Saint Charles the Martyr (Kilcommon) with spear head-detailed cast-iron railings to perimeter.

• Hollymount Bridge, bridge, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch road bridge over river, dated 1840. "Underpinned", 1852. Tuck pointed coursed or snecked tooled limestone battered walls centred on tooled limestone ashlar rounded cutwaters to piers having domed capping with drag edged tooled cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having lichen-covered cut-limestone rounded coping centred on benchmark-inscribed drag edged cut-limestone date stone-cum-mile stone ("1840"). Series of three segmental arches between tooled limestone ashlar panelled "pilasters" with repointed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar radiating voussoirs centred on drag edged tooled cut-limestone keystones. Sited spanning Robe River with unkempt grass banks to river.

• Water pump, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, extant 1894. In use, 1945. Now disused. Street fronted on concrete brick cobbled footpath.

• Handball alley, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Handball alley, built 1936; extant 1945, with roughcast boundary wall to perimeter over shuttered mass-concrete construction. Now disused. Set in shared grounds.

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 Hollymount Demesne, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Hollymount Demesne · Maolla

Area

1,614,749 m² (161.47 ha, 399.01 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Hollymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

867 people lived in 303 households in the Hollymount electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bloomfield, Clooncormick, Gortnashammer, Kilrush, Lehinch Demesne

Placenames

Hollymount Demesne 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.