Devlin South

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Devlin South, from 463 m² to 376,143 m² (37.61 ha, 92.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Devlin South 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.

• 8 Jul 2025Conditional

  The development shall consist of planning permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling and its party constructed rear annex, planning permission for the erection of a new dwelling, planning permission for a proprietary treatment unit including a percolation/tertiary area and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this permission as per the application documentation.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560451

• 23 Jun 2025N/a

  The development shall consist of planning permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling and its party constructed rear annex, planning permission for the erection of a new dwelling, planning permission for a proprietary treatment unit including a percolation/tertiary area and to include all other ancillary site services and development works associated with this permission as per the application documentation.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560410

• 14 Aug 2023Conditional

  retain existing garage and sun lounge and modifications to front facade of existing dwelling house, together with associated site works

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 23459

• 14 Apr 2020Conditional

  Permission to retain minor alterations to the house and domestic garage previously granted under planning reference P08/844 on revised site boundaries including improved site access with all ancillary site works at the above address.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 20254

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 the townland of Devlin South.

Recorded monuments

• MA105-001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, located in a strip of lowlying pastureland, 200m E of the coastline, with easily accessible beaches 200m to SE and 500m to N. Slightly raised circular area (10.4m N–S; 8m E–W) defined by a low, degraded earth and stone bank (Wth c. 2.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H c. 0.7m). Stones of various sizes protrude randomly from the bank. The inner face of the bank is poorly defined, barely rising above interior ground level, and the external face is slumped. There is a NNE–SSW field fence immediately to E of the enclosure, and a there is a house, garden and associated outbuildings immediately to N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 February 2020

• MA105-002001 Field system
  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.

• MA105-002004 Enclosure
  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.

• MA105-002005 Structure
  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.

• MA105-002006 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.

• MA105-002007 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.

• MA105-002008 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  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.

• MA105-002009 Enclosure
  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

• Gowlaun Catholic Chapel, church/chapel, 1829–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey Catholic chapel, extant 1838, on a T-shaped plan originally thatched comprising single-bay single-storey nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey transepts centred on chancel to crossing (east) with single-bay three-stage tower (south) on a square plan. "Improved", 1871-2, producing present composition. Dismantled, 1896-7. Disused, 1901. In ruins, 1915. Roof now missing, coping to gables now missing retaining drag edged tooled cut-limestone monolithic kneelers, and no rainwater goods surviving on squared limestone eaves. Coursed rubble stone battered walls retaining fine roughcast surface finish. Pointed-arch window openings with no fittings surviving. Paired lancet window openings to crossing (east) with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds on a slightly elevated site.

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 Devlin South, 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 high, 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 Devlin South.

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

Name

Devlin South · Duibhlinn Theas

Area

1,082,049 m² (108.2 ha, 267.38 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgeever, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Aillemore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

367 people lived in 151 households in the Aillemore electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aillemore, Barnabaun, Devlin North, Kinnadoohy, Roonkeel

Placenames

Devlin South 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.