Rathroe

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathroe, from 203 m² to 172,430 m² (17.24 ha, 42.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Rathroe 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Rathroe 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 Rathroe.

Recorded monuments

• MA021-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located in an area of gently undulating terrain. The rath utilises a low natural knoll, which forms a small N-projecting spur on a low E−W ridge. The location provides good views, especially to N and E along the meandering valley of the Rathroe River. The rath encompasses a roughly oval, level area (c. 25m N−S; c. 30m E−W) on the top of the knoll. It is defined at W−NNE by the steep natural slope of the knoll (H c. 2m at W; H c. 3.5m at N). The base of this steep slope has been incorporated into a later field bank, now disused and partly eroded. At NE a short stretch of scarp (H 1.45m) is evident which peters out at E. At E−SE, where the knoll merges with a lower part of the ridge extending to E, there is slight slope down but no clearly defined enclosing element. This side of the knoll is bordered by a NNE−SSW property fence. At SE−SW, a slight scarp (H 0.3m) appears to indicate the curving S perimeter of the rath. The interior area is level and featureless. It is known in local tradition as a ‘fort’ (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016); it would appear to be the rath from which the townland derives its name. Rathroe Castle, a tower house (MA021-033----) is located on the E bank of the river c. 200m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 May 2015

• MA021-099001 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture, located on the summit of a hill, with excellent views NW-SE over the valley of the Rathroe River, and to S of Nephin Mountain, which dominates the far horizon. This monument is evident as a low-profile, subrectangular flat-topped mound or platform (11m N−S; 15m E−W; H 0.5-0.6) defined by an eroded, irregular scarp. The grass-covered platform appears to be of earthen construction. The surface is uneven, with low hollows and undulations, probably the result of past disturbance. There is an E−W field fence 6m to S of the platform. According to local information, when the field fence was being constructed, human bones were unearthed on, or in the vicinity of, the platform (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016). A smaller mound, known locally as a burial (MA021-099002-), is located 6m to N. There is a rath (MA021-098----) c. 200m to NNW, and a tower house (MA021-033----) c. 160m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2016

• MA021-099002 Burial
  Description

  In pasture, located on the summit of a hill, close to the break of slope on the N side where there are excellent views NW−SE over the valley of the Rathroe River. To S, Nephin Mountain is visible, dominating the far horizon. This monument is evident as a sod-covered, linear mound (6m N−S; 1.75m E−W; H 0.5m). The mound appears to be predominantly earthen but incorporates small and medium-sized stones which protrude from the sod. A boulder (1.8m E−W; 1.3m N−S; H 0.6m) rests on top of the mound, towards its N end. The boulder is roughly rounded in cross-section, and has a flat top. According to local tradition, this is a grave, and is known by the name of ‘Máire’s Sow Mhór’ (phonetic spelling) (pers. comm. Mr. Seán Gilvarry, Rathroe, May 2016). The origin of this tradition is unknown. A low, subrectangular mound or possible burial ground (MA021-099001-) is located 6m to S. There is a rath (MA021-098----) c. 200m to NNW, a tower house (MA021-033----) c. 160m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathroe, about 1 in 10 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 Rathroe.

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

Name

Rathroe · An Ráth Rua

Area

740,809 m² (74.08 ha, 183.06 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfian, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Kilfian East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

242 people lived in 89 households in the Kilfian East electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cartronrathroe, Cloonskeagh, Cloonsnaghta, Cloyrawer, Drinaghan

Placenames

Rathroe 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.