Carrownaraha
Carrownaraha is a townland in the civil parish of Templemore, barony of Gallen, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Rátha.
Parcel 905930
- Area
- 12,446 m² (1.24 ha, 3.08 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
- Carrownaraha
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
- 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 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 187.3 ha
- 463 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 26,467 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownaraha, from 414 m² to 166,662 m² (16.67 ha, 41.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownaraha 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
18 Sept 2026N/a
The Development will consist of : Construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, New proprietary effluent treatment system and new percolation area, All other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level to complete the project in accordance with building regulations at Carrownaraha, Ballyvary, Co. Mayo.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660731
11 Sept 2026N/a
The Development will consist of : Construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, New proprietary effluent treatment system and new percolation area, All other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level to complete the project in accordance with building regulations at Carrownaraha, Ballyvary, Co. Mayo.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660721
25 Jul 2025Conditional
Joanna Nolan is applying for planning permission for; (i) Demolition of the existing single-storey, pitched roof, detached dwelling; (ii) Construction of a new single-storey, pitched roof, detached replacement dwelling and; (iii) All ancillary engineering and landscaping works, inclusive of WWTS, necessary to facilitate the development all at Carrownaraha, Ballyvary, Co. Mayo. F23 E427.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560501
21 Jul 2022Conditional
Construction of private dwelling house & domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22598
6 Oct 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPOSED EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211072
16 Sept 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW STRAW BEDDED SHEEP SHED TOGETHER WTIH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21989
7 Aug 2019Conditional
EXTEND AND RENOVATE EXISTING HABITABLE HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT GARAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19611
12 Mar 2018Conditional
2 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS'S WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEADS AND SECURITY GATES INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18159
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 Carrownaraha.
Recorded monuments
- MA070-208 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.
- MA070-209 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, located at the N end of a low ridge in gently undulating terrain. A substantially raised circular area (c. 32m N–S; c. 31m E–W) defined by a partly eroded scarp (H 4.5m). A ramp-like feature, partly defined by stones, located in the slope of the rath platform at the NE, may be the original entrance. In the interior at the WSW there is a large irregular-shaped hollow that represents a collapsed souterrain (MA070-209001-). Cultivation ridges (Wth c. 3m) traverse the interior surface on a NE–SW axis, but are not evident in the area of the souterrain. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 October 2012
- MA070-209001 Souterrain
Description
Located in the W half of a rath (MA070-209----). The souterrain appears as an irregular, grass-covered surface hollow (max. dim. c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W) on the WSW side of the rath. A portion of drystone walling and a broken roof lintel are exposed. According to local information, the souterrain contains three chambers. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 October 2012
- MA070-210 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.
- MA070-211001 Fulacht fia
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.
- MA070-211002 Fulacht fia
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.
- MA070-211003 Fulacht fia
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.
- MA070-211004 Fulacht fia
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.
- MA070-229 Fulacht fia
Description
In the NE corner of a large field, located in marshy ground at the base of a steep E-facing slope, 13.5m W of a stream. A horseshoe-shaped mound (5.5m E–W; 7.8m N–S; max. H 0.3m high), composed of heat-fractured stones, with the arms of the mound enclosing a central depression open to the E. The mound is grass-covered but is surrounded by rushes, which also grow in the central hollow. Four fulacht fia (MA070-211001-; MA070-211002-; MA070-211003-; MA070-211004-) are located in the adjacent field to N along the W bank of the same stream, the closest of which (MA070-211004-) is c. 40m to N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 February 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownaraha.
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 Carrownaraha, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownaraha.
- 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 Carrownaraha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownaraha · Ceathrú na Rátha
- Area
- 1,872,746 m² (187.27 ha, 462.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templemore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gallen
- Electoral division
- Bellavary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,084 people lived in 399 households in the Bellavary electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghalusky, Atticahill, Carrowconnell, Carrownacross, Danganmore, Knockatemple, Knockavrony, Knocksaxon, Redhill
- Placenames
- Carrownaraha 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.