Aghamore
Townland in the civil parish of Aghamore, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Achadh Mór
Parcel 898148
- Area
- 18,715 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 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
- Aghamore
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 176.7 ha
- 437 acres
- Land parcels
- 112
- registered freehold, median 7,256 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Village Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghamore, from 26 m² to 271,370 m² (27.14 ha, 67.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 48 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 58 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
17 Dec 2025Conditional
THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE RETENTION OF THE HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED (61.9M2), AN UPGRADE OF THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660003
9 Sept 2025Conditional
THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560616
21 Dec 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to construct slatted shed with lie back area all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360569
26 Feb 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING CLUBHOUSE, INCORPORATING CHANGING ROOMS WITH TOILET AND SHOWER FACILITIES ON GROUND FLOOR, AND A NEW GYMNASIUM/TRAINING ROOM ON FIRST FLOOR, INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21134
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 Aghamore.
Recorded monuments
- MA081-021001 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.
- MA081-021002 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.
- MA081-021003 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- MA081-021004 Cross
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.
- MA081-021005 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.
- MA081-021006 Souterrain
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.
- MA081-022 Chapel
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.
- MA081-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, located on rise. This enclosure, possibly a rath, is shown on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. On the 1919 edition it is depicted as a subcircular embanked enclosure (diam. 25-30m) with an external fosse, incorporated into a field fence at NW−NE. It has been levelled and there is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 December 2021
- MA082-043 Barrow - embanked barrow
Description
In undulating pasture, located on a ridge-top plateau, overlooked by the summit of the ridge immediately to SW. Good views, especially extensive to N–SE. Circular platform (6m N–S; 6.5m E–W; H 0.4m) defined on its outer edge by a slightly raised internal lip, which gives the interior (diam. c. 3m) a slightly sunken or saucer-shaped profile. There is a hint of a fosse-like depression (Wth 1.4m) enclosing the platform on its W half. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2021
Architectural heritage
- T.J. Rogers, house, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two-storey house, built 1912-3, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to left ground floor. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, concrete or rendered coping to gables with rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks to apexes centred on rendered, ruled and lined chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Square-headed door opening with moulded rendered surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having overlight. Rendered shopfront (west) on a symmetrical plan centred on timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window opening (east) with sill, and moulded rendered surround centred on keystone framing one-over-one timber sash window having part exposed sash box. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; shop (west) retaining diagonal timber boarded counter with timber counter top; reception room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters; and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aghamore.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Aghamore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Aghamore · Achadh Mór
- Area
- 1,766,987 m² (176.7 ha, 436.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghamore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Costello
- Electoral division
- Aghamore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghamore electoral division: 650 people in 241 households; 82% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacloy, Casheltourly, Cornageaghta, Killeen, Lugbrack, Mountaincommon, Rath, Scregg
- Placenames
- Aghamore 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.