Leckneen
Leckneen is a townland in the civil parish of Turlough, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is An Leicnín.
Parcel 895102
- Area
- 96,894 m² (9.69 ha, 23.94 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 781 m².
- Zoning
- M4 Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Leckneen
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Feb 2023Conditional
construction of an extension to the rear of the dwelling and the conversion of the existing detached domestic garage for use as part of the residence together with ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2398
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
- Mill (water), 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Site Inaccessible
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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
- 53.2 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 144
- registered freehold, median 373 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
144 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leckneen, from 5 m² to 125,807 m² (12.58 ha, 31.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Jul 2026Conditional
Retention permission for the conversion of the attic space to habitable accommodation, the conversion of the rear lower ground floor storage area to habitable space comprising kitchen/diner, utility and WC, alterations to fenestration at the rear elevation, and all associated site works, to the dwelling permitted under planning reference number P84/1037, at the above address.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660590
28 Oct 2025Conditional
Planning permission for construction of a rear single-story extension and internal alterations to premises known as Turlough Lodge together with associated site works and landscaping. These works are within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS ref 0231
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560752
17 Oct 2025N/a
Planning permission for construction of a rear single-story extension and internal alterations to premises known as Turlough Lodge together with associated site works and landscaping. These works are within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS ref 0231
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560726
11 Sept 2023Refused
construct an extension to rear of premises known as Turlough Lodge, together with associated site works and landscaping (these works are within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS ref. 0231
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23520
27 Feb 2023Conditional
construction of an extension to the rear of the dwelling and the conversion of the existing detached domestic garage for use as part of the residence together with ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2398
2 Nov 2022Conditional
CHANGE OF USE FROM RESTAURANT/TAKEAWAY GRANTED UNDER P14/539 TO A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO INCLUDE CHANGE TO FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS ON THE GROUND FLOOR
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22963
19 Feb 2021Conditional
CHANGE HOUSE TYPE ON SITES 07 AND 08 PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER REFERENCE P17/1060 INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21126
27 Mar 2020Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20216
31 Jul 2019Conditional
CHANGE HOUSE TYPE ON SITES 01 TO 06 INCLUSIVE FROM TWO STOREY THREE BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P17/1060 TO TWO STOREY FOUR BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19598
21 Dec 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT 8 NO. 2 STOREY HOUSES, 6 NO. SEMI-DETACHED AND 2 NO. DETACHED HOUSES WITH ROADS, SEWERS, OPEN AREA AND ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 171060
6 Feb 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF 11 DWELLING UNITS, COMPRISING OF 6 NO. 4 BEDROOM SEMI-DETACHED, 4 NO. 3 BEDROOM SEMI DETACHED AND 1 NO. 4 BEDROOM DETACHED DWELLING UNITS, INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, FOOTPATHS, PUBLIC LIGHTING, HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPING. THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES TO CONNECT TO EXISTING ON SITE FOUL AND STORM SEWER, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 1755
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Leckneen.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Leckneen.
Architectural heritage
- Mill (water), 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Site Inaccessible
- Greenville, farm house, 1840–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three- or five-bay single-storey double-pile over raised basement villa farmhouse, extant 1895, on a rectangular plan. Now disused. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles terminating in cement rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves[?] retaining cast-iron downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered cement rendered walls. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of eight ivy-covered cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings with concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door. Paired square-headed flanking window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Road fronted.
- Turlough Lodge, farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan; outline of single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (west). Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof on timber construction with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks with remains of terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Part ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined coursed rubble limestone battered walls with concealed rough cut limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged rusticated cut-limestone doorcase centred on keystone framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed central window opening (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and concealed cut-limestone voussoirs facing timber lintel framing six-over-six timber sash window having part exposed sash box. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed cut-limestone voussoirs facing timber lintels framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings (gable ends) with concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber ramped or "swan neck" banister terminating in turned timber newel. Set in landscaped grounds with tooled cut-limestone piers to perimeter having lichen-covered drag edged rock faced cut-limestone capping supporting flat iron "farm gate".
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 Leckneen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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 Leckneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Leckneen · An Leicnín
- Area
- 531,967 m² (53.2 ha, 131.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Turlough, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Turlough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,560 people lived in 531 households in the Turlough electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyneggin, Clogher, Gortnafolla, Rockfield, Turlough
- Placenames
- Leckneen 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.