Knockalinsky
Knockalinsky is a townland in the civil parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na Loinsceach.
Parcel 935538
- Area
- 64,713 m² (6.47 ha, 15.99 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
- Knockalinsky
Planning applications on this parcel
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
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
- 117.3 ha
- 290 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 26,027 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockalinsky, from 488 m² to 152,265 m² (15.23 ha, 37.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockalinsky 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
19 Dec 2025Conditional
construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25515
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
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 Knockalinsky.
Recorded monuments
- MA100-098 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture, skirted by road on W. Circular area (30m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.5m). Possibly a ringfort. 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. 466. Date of upload: 6 February 2013
- MA100-099001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop a rise. Site consists of two circular areas (N [MA100-099001-], 50m N-S; 41m E-W and S [MA100-099003-], 46m N-S; 43m E-W), enclosed by earthen banks, meeting at S and N points, respectively. Possible souterrain (MA100-099002-) in N enclosure. External fosse and outer bank survive NE to W of S enclosure. Many large boulders included in earthen banks which are heavily overgrown. 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. 233. Date of upload: 6 February 2013
- MA100-099002 Souterrain
Description
In S half of conjoined ringfort enclosure (MA100-099001-). Depression (L 7.5m N-S; Wth 3.7m) may represent a partially collapsed souterrain. Inaccessible at time of survey. 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. 546. Date of upload: 6 February 2013
- MA100-099003 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop a rise. Site consists of two circular areas (N [MA100-099001-], 50m N-S; 41m E-W and S [MA100-099003-], 46m N-S; 43m E-W), enclosed by earthen banks, meeting at S and N points, respectively. Possible souterrain (MA100-099002-) in N enclosure. External fosse and outer bank survive NE to W of S enclosure. Many large boulders included in earthen banks which are heavily overgrown. 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. 233. Date of upload: 6 February 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockalinsky.
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 Knockalinsky, 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 Knockalinsky.
- 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 Knockalinsky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Knockalinsky · Cnoc na Loinsceach
- Area
- 1,173,156 m² (117.32 ha, 289.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Robeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Newbrook, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 554 people lived in 201 households in the Newbrook electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellanaloob, Cornanagh, Kiltaugharaun, Summerhill North, Summerhill South, Tonacartron
- Placenames
- Knockalinsky 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.