Strandhill

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Strandhill, from 4 m² to 34,222 m² (3.42 ha, 8.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of deposition of suitable washed spawning gravel and random boulders sourced locally for Trout and Salmon Fish species in selected locations in the Cong river. This development required the preparation of an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report and Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560390

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  Strandhill, Cong, Co. Mayo. F31HK02. Permission is being sought by The Neale GAA Club from Mayo County Council for a team shelter with viewing area (total area of 197sqm) at existing GAA pitch together with all associated services at the above address.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560380

• 3 Sept 2024Conditional

  Change of use and renovation of an existing commercial building to a dwelling house, upgrade of existing proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460553

• 14 Mar 2024N/a

  Change of use and renovation of an existing commercial building to a dwelling house, upgrade of existing proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460140

• 17 Jul 2023Conditional

  Planning application for the conversion of an existing stone barn into a one bedroom dwelling and associated works, connection to existing services together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360288

• 22 Jun 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF 8 NO. 16M HIGH COLUMNS WITH FLOODLIGHTS PROVIDEING 187LUX AVG. FOR TRAINING PITCH, 4NO. 16M HIGH COLUMNS WITH FLODLIGHTS PROVIDING 97 LUX AVG. FOR WARM UP AREA, 20 NO. 6M HIGH COLUMNS WITH FLOODLIGHTS PROVIEDING 58LUX AVG. POSTS TO BOTH PITCHES AND ALL ASSOCIATED CABLING AND SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20401

• 3 Feb 2020N/a

  ERECT A TOTAL OF 44 FLOOD LIGHTS OVER THE TRAINING PITCH AND WARM UP AREA AND WALKWAY WITHIN THE GROUNDS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2056

• 11 Sept 2017Conditional

  REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SURFACE CARPARK TO THE WEST OF THE EXISTING HOTEL AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RELOCATED REPLACEMENT SURFACE CAR PARK (120 SPACES) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL ROAD LAYOUT AND SURFACING OF INTERNAL ROADS. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY LESIURE FACILITY 871SQM COMPRISING OF SWIMMING POOL FITNESS SUITE, CHANGING FACILITIES, OUTDOOR TERRACE AND RELATED ANCILLARY AREAS. HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, EXTERNAL LIGHTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17724

• 21 Jul 2017Conditional

  THERAPEUTIC VILLAGE TO PROVIDE RESPITE FACILITES AT LISLOUGHREY CONG, TO INCLUDE DAISY LODGE BUILDING, NARNIA BUILDING, COMMUNITY HUB, COMMUNITY SPACE AND CENTRAL PLANT BUILDING. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17585

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

• MA120-080 Cave
  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

• Ashford Castle, bridge, 1855–1875 · National interest
  Description

  Free-standing six-arch limestone estate bridge built c.1865, with ashlar gatehouse to south-west end having decorative crenellated turret to north corner and pair of crenellated turrets to north-east end of bridge. Pointed segmental arches to bridge having chamfered ashlar voussoirs and soffits, snecked limestone spandrels and triangular cutwaters with ashlar limestone corbelled string course surmounted by rusticated parapet with crenellated chamfered coping stones, decorative engaged turret to second pier from south-west, again having rusticated coping stones. Rusticated walls to gatehouse with ashlar quoins with crenellated turret and bartizans having supporting corbels and multiple square-headed loop openings along all elevations. Pointed-arch carriageway to gatehouse having ashlar voussoirs and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Battered ashlar walls to north-east turrets having tooled quoins, corbel table to parapet and carved stone dripstones. Square-headed door openings to bridge faces of turrets having ashlar surrounds and replacement battened timber doors. Pedestrian refuges to middel of each parapet. Located within grounds of Ashford Castle providing only access to castle from east.

• Bridge, 1850–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over canal, built 1852; extant 1894. Tuck pointed snecked limestone walls with rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having rock faced cut-limestone coping. Single segmental arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Cong Canal with unkempt embankments to canal.

• Saint Mary's Church (Cong), church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, consecrated 1855, on a rectangular plan comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (south-west) abutting single-bay two-stage tower on a square plan supporting broach spire. "Improved", 1861, producing present composition. Pitched slate roofs; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping to gables on dragged cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers including dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping to gable to entrance (west) front on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" kneelers with replacement Cross finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on drag edged tooled cut-limestone "Cavetto" consoles retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered base with drag edged tooled hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Lancet window openings including lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement (east) with drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Paired round-headed window openings (east) with "Rose Window" (gable), drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Paired lancet window openings to entrance (west) front with quatrefoil "Rose Window" (gable), drag edged tooled hammered limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing iron mesh storm panels over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Full-height interior open into roof with encaustic tiled central aisle between timber pews, roundel-detailed exposed arch braced collared timber roof construction on cut-limestone beaded corbels with wind braced rafters to timber boarded ceiling, reclaimed Gothic-style timber panelled pulpit on an octagonal plan with Gothic-style timber clerk's desk, and round-headed chancel arch framing cut-limestone stepped dais to chancel (east) with wrought iron communion railing centred on cloaked altar below stained glass "East Window" (1861). Set in landscaped grounds with cut-limestone octagonal piers to perimeter supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Ashford Castle, gate lodge, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gate screen, built 1881, on an asymmetrical plan including (east): Attached single-bay three-stage gate lodge on a square plan. Now disused. Roof not visible behind parapet with concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron square profile downpipe. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on battered base with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners supporting Irish battlemented parapet on drag edged cut-limestone corbels having lichen-covered cut-limestone coping. Square-headed window openings (first stage) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing remains of timber casement windows behind wrought iron bars. Paired square-headed window openings (upper stages) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing remains of timber casement windows behind wrought iron bars. Pointed-arch door opening (west) with drag edged tooled cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber boarded door; (west): Attached single-bay three-stage turret on a circular plan. Roof not visible behind parapet. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls on battered base with Irish battlemented parapet on drag edged cut-limestone corbels having lichen-covered cut-limestone coping. Square-headed "arrow loop" openings with drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed door opening (south) with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround framing wrought iron gate. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Ashford Castle.

• Ashford Castle, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sections of tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone estate wall, built 1881, on battered base with drag edged rock faced cut-limestone coping. Road fronted at perimeter of grounds of Ashford Castle.

• House, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, extant 1894, on a symmetrical plan with three-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now missing. Rendered walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with concealed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Pointed-arch central door opening with overgrown threshold, and concealed red brick voussoirs with no fittings surviving. Lancet or pointed-arch window openings with lichen-covered cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick voussoirs with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in hardcore gravel carpark.

• Lislaughera House, house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey part double-pile over basement land agent's house, built 1865[?]; extant 1867, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor abutting single-bay two-storey advanced end bay; three-bay two-storey side (west) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Extensively renovated, 2004, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped part double-pile (M-profile) slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on rendered bases having "Torus" stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Replacement rendered, ruled and lined walls on dragged cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule; square-headed door opening into entrance hall with glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight; entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; dining room (west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers; drawing room (east) retaining carved timber surround to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.

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 Strandhill, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Strandhill.

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

Name

Strandhill · Cnoc na Trá

Area

1,185,319 m² (118.53 ha, 292.9 acres)

Civil parish

Cong, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Cong, the unit of the census

Census 2022

994 people lived in 325 households in the Cong electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ashford or Cappacorcoge (Co. Galway), Cong North, Cong South, Creggaree (Co. Galway), Gortaroe, Lislaughera, Nymphsfield

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Strandhill 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.