Nealepark

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nealepark, from 33 m² to 241,554 m² (24.16 ha, 59.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M4Rural Village Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  construct 12 no. dwelling houses consisting of 2 no. 2 bed detached bungalows, 2 no. 3 bed semi-detached bungalows, 4 no. 4 bed detached dwellings and 4 no. 4 bed semi-detached dwellings. Also connect to public sewer/surface water and public water main including all other ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23575

• 8 Aug 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22670

• 27 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE DWELLING ENTRANCE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Mayo County Council, 21549

• 12 Feb 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED FOR GENERAL FARM USE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21105

• 4 Aug 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20532

• 30 Mar 2017Conditional

  DEMOLISH THE EXISTING FRONT PORCH AND CONSTRUCT A NEW FRONT PORCH AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17227

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 Nealepark.

Recorded monuments

• MA121-003 Cairn - unclassified
  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.

• MA121-004001 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  Located on the margins of deciduous woodland, in the demesne land of the now ruined Neale House, former home of the Browne family. This whimsical 18th-century folly, named ‘The Gods of the Neale’ on the 1929 OS 6-inch map, is a National Monument (no. 359) in state ownership. It consists of a rectangular mortared limestone structure (1.6m E−W; 2.75m E-W), built in tiers and topped with a small triangular cap, giving the whole a stepped, pyramidal shape. The W side of the monument backs onto a scarp (H 2m), which rises to a flat pasture field. A series of stone steps wrap around the S, W and N sides, providing easy descent from the higher ground to the tall, vertical E façade (H 4m) of the structure. The monument incorporates four medieval carved stones (MA0121-004002-) of unknown the provenance. A square stone, built into the top of the folly, may be the base of a cross. It has a Latin inscription in a Gothic-style script on three sides, which translates as an injunction to pray for the soul of a named husband and his wife, and bears the date 1526 (Carrigan et al. 1909, 639-45). The inscription is difficult to decipher, and Carrigan et al. (ibid.) offer several possible readings of the personal names, which may be David O’Minacain or O’Muairin and his wife, Norine. Built into the upper portion of the E façade are three stone slabs bearing medieval-style carvings in relief. The two uppermost slabs are set side by side; at left is the carving (H 0.55m; Wth 0.37m) of a four-legged animal, possibly a horse or a unicorn; at right is a slab (H0.55m; Wth 0.3m) bearing the figure of an angel, graced with long wings, holding a book and standing on a decorative band of circles, possibly representing clouds. Directly beneath, the third slab (H 0.3m; Wth 0.57m) is carved with the image of a four-legged beast, which appears to be a lion, with the mane, tail, claws and teeth outlined in considerable detail. A large flat slab, its entire surface engraved with an inscription in English, is inset into the lower two third of the façade. The inscription consists of a long, convoluted, fanciful account of legendary local rulers in the time of the druids, and refers to the carved slabs above as images of the ‘ancient Gods of the Neale’. At the base of the inscription is engraved the date 1753. The full inscription can be read in the NIAH record of the monument (https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/31312104/neale-house-nealepark-neale-county-mayo). The monument was most likely erected by John Browne MP (d. 1762), de jure fifth Baronet Browne of The Neale. Attached images: MA121-004001-_01 Viewed from W MA121-004001-_02 Façade at E MA121-004001-_03 Façade viewed from NE MA121-004001-_04 Carvings incorporated into facade Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 October 2020

• MA121-004002 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Incorporated into an 18th-century folly (MA121-004001-). A number of medieval carved stones are incorporated into a stone-built, stepped pyramidal-shaped folly which was erected in 1753. At the top of the folly there is as block of worked limestone, square (0.06m N−S; 0.6m E−W; H 0.35m) in plan, which has an inscription and date 1526 carved in false relief on three sides of the stone. The E-facing façade of the folly displays three rectangular stone slabs, two of which each bear a carving of an animal, and the third a carving of an angle. The provenance of these stones is unknown. They are described in more detail in the main entry for the folly (MA121-004001-). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 October 2020

• MA121-006 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In rough pasture. Small, circular area on OS map (1838). Interior of site now occupied by the Temple, a folly. Surrounded at the base by what may be cairn material (diam. 23m; H 1.2m). Local tradition of a cairn. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 38. Date of upload: 12 December 2014

• MA121-007 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture. Circular enclosure [diam. c. 30m] at edge of woodland marked on OS map (1838). Levelled; no surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 384. Date of upload: 12 December 2014

Architectural heritage

• Neale House, country house, 1735–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of country house, built 1737; extant 1777; "improved" 1908, comprising: Detached four-bay two-storey wing on an L-shaped plan with single-bay (west) or two-bay (east) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1925. Mostly demolished, 1939. Vacant, 1945. Now in ruins. Remains of hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan on collared timber construction with clay ridge tiles, ivy-covered rendered yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks with capping now missing, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice with downpipes now missing. Part ivy-covered fine roughcast walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with drag edged dragged cut-limestone quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with some retaining drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Square-headed door opening (north) with cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on triple keystone with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds.

• Neale House, monument, 1745–1755 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding monument, dated 1750; extant 1838, on a square plan. "Restored", 1990. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Neale House.

• Neale House, folly, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding folly, erected 1865; extant 1894, on a hexagonal plan with dragged cut-limestone Doric columns supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on "Triglyph"-detailed frieze on entablature. Set on mound in unkempt grounds shared with Neale House.

• Neale House, folly, 1750–1755 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding folly, dated 1753; extant 1782. Set in woodland in grounds shared with Neale House.

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 Nealepark, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Nealepark · An Éill

Area

1,790,126 m² (179.01 ha, 442.35 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmolara, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Neale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

879 people lived in 298 households in the Neale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyshingadaun, Ballywalter, Cahernichole East, Carrownagurraun, Creevagh South, Lecarrowkilleen, Loughanaganky, Munnadesha, Tobernashee

Placenames

Nealepark 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.