Castleconor
Castleconor is a townland in the civil parish of Castleconor, barony of Tireragh, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Caisleán Mhic Conchúir.
Parcel 892629
- Area
- 97,527 m² (9.75 ha, 24.1 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Castleconor
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Oct 2025Conditional
retain dwelling house and domestic shed and upgrade septic tank to proprietary effluent treatment system and all ancillary site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 25418
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_415 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 99.3 ha
- 245 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 16,319 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleconor, from 1,714 m² to 135,053 m² (13.51 ha, 33.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Castleconor 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Oct 2025Conditional
retain dwelling house and domestic shed and upgrade septic tank to proprietary effluent treatment system and all ancillary site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 25418
7 Nov 2024Conditional
retention of original dwelling house built under Planning Permission ref. no. PL9968, and to retain entrance gate as constructed previously granted under Planning Permission PL07/273, retain balcony & minor alterations on western elevation (change of windows to patio doors (all other relevant works carried out on this site are covered by the following Planning Permissions PL06/353, & PL07/794)
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2443
24 Oct 2024N/a
The development will consist of retention of original dwelling house built under Planning Permission Ref. No. PL9968, and to retain entrance gate as constructed previously granted under Planning Permission PL.07/273, retain balcony & minor alterations on western elevation (change of window to patio doors) (all other relevant works carried out on this site are covered under the following- Planning Permission PL06/353 & PL07/794) at above address.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2442
23 Aug 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, garage, install a septic tank and infiltration system, and to carry out all ancillary site works at Bellanira or Iceford Td., Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460525
15 Oct 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT AND PERCOLATION AREA INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211103
22 Jul 2019Conditional
Development consisting of the 1. Changing house type, 2. Changing garage type, 3. Altering location of driveway from that as previously granted under 13/223 and thereafter further extended.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19295
23 Aug 2018Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, workshop, proprietary effluent treatment system with tertiary percolation treatment system, vehicular entrance, connection to all required services and all ancillary services
Extension of duration, 3 homes · Sligo County Council, 13223
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC 000458
- Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 000458
Recorded monuments
- MA022-085001 Promontory fort - inland
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.
- MA022-085002 Gatehouse
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.
- MA022-085003 Castle - hall-house
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.
- MA022-085004 Earthwork
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.
- MA022-085005 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castleconor.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Castleconor, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_415 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Castleconor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Castleconor · Caisleán Mhic Conchúir
- Area
- 993,406 m² (99.34 ha, 245.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleconor, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Ardnaree North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 954 people lived in 336 households in the Ardnaree North electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardvally, Bellanira or Iceford, Carraun (Co. Sligo), Lugnamannow, Newtown (Co. Sligo), Rathmurphy (Co. Sligo)
- Placenames
- Castleconor 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.