Carrowkibbock Upper

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkibbock Upper, from 5 m² to 378,698 m² (37.87 ha, 93.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 82 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  The application will consist of planning permission to construct new dwelling house, construct new domestic garage, construct new site entrance, connect to all public services & utilities and to carry out all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560791

• 30 Sept 2024Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of attaching three no. antennas on top of the existing 18m monopole (previously granted permission under planning reference 2185), to give an overall height (monopole with proposed antennas) of 21.3m, together with GPS, cabinet, cable management and all associated site development works for use by the Emergency Services (Garda, Ambulance, Fire Brigade).

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460604

• 7 Mar 2024Conditional

  single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling house, additional window to front elevation of dwelling (utility) including all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2458

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, together with all associated site works at Tigh an Clog, Carrowkibbock Upper, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360456

• 21 Jun 2023N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: Self contained flat

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23343

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  RETENTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, ON REDUCED SITE SIZE, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P98/1410

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21938

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A 18 METRE HIGH FREE STANDING COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE WITH ITS ASSOCIATED ANTENNAE, COMMUNICATION DISHES, GROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2185

• 25 Aug 2020Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF AN ATM MACHINE TO THE EXISTING FRONT (NORTH) ELEVATION.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20599

• 4 Mar 2020Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHEDS INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P79/813)

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 20156

• 12 May 2017Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, FRONT BOUNDARY WALL, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL EXISTING SITE WORKS

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 17359

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 Carrowkibbock Upper.

Recorded monuments

• MA007-050 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA014-002001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in rough mountainous terrain, on a steep NNE facing slope affording panoramic views over Downpatrick Head and the Atlantic Ocean. Raised circular platform (diam. 18.1m) defined remnants of a bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9m) of peat, earth and stone. At the outer foot of the bank is a shallow fosse (Wth 2.3m) with the remains of a low counterscarp bank (Wth 2.25m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m), levelled from N-SSE. At NNE a break (Wth 2.25m) in the bank, with traces of an accompanying causeway,represents the original entrance. Projecting into the interior from the internal face of the bank at NNW is a rectangular house (MA014-002009-). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 February 2015

• MA014-002002 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  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.

• MA014-002003 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.

• MA014-002004 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA014-002009 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (MA014-002001-). This house consists of a rectangular area (4.5m ENE-WSW; 3.2m NNW-SSE) defined by a low heather-clad, bank of peat, earth and stone, with a possible entrance at WSW. It projects into the rath interior from the inner face of enclosing bank at NNW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 February 2015

Architectural heritage

• House, 1797–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan originally terraced. In alternative use [BANK], 1943. Reroofed, ----. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on part ivy-covered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Part ivy-covered roughcast walls. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Street fronted with tarmacadam footpath to front.

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 Carrowkibbock Upper, 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 high, 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 Carrowkibbock Upper.

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

Name

Carrowkibbock Upper · Ceathrú Mhic Giobac Uachtarach

Area

1,339,497 m² (133.95 ha, 331 acres)

Civil parish

Doonfeeny, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Ballycastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

585 people lived in 256 households in the Ballycastle electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinglen, Ballycastle, Carrowkibbock Lower, Carrownisky, Rathoonagh

Placenames

Carrowkibbock Upper 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.