Carrownlough
Carrownlough is a townland in the civil parish of Crossboyne, barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú an Locha.
Parcel 938788
- Area
- 69,579 m² (6.96 ha, 17.19 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 244 m².
- 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
- Carrownlough
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 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 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
- 147.6 ha
- 365 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 19,611 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownlough, from 957 m² to 162,817 m² (16.28 ha, 40.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 47 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Mar 2026Unconditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION: CONSTRUCT EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE, AND TO INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA.
Extension of duration · Mayo County Council, 202520
22 Jul 2025Conditional
extension for an agricultural building for bovine housing livestock and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25305
22 May 2025N/a
extension to agricultural building for bovine housing livestock and all ancillary works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25205
9 Apr 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE, AND TO INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20252
6 Mar 2020N/a
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING FOR BOVINE HOUSING LIVESTOCK AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20167
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
Recorded monuments
- MA112-046 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.
- MA112-049 Castle - motte and bailey
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.
- MA112-050 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.
- MA112-051001 Children's burial ground
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.
- MA112-051002 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.
- MA112-052 Castle - 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.
- MA112-108 Cist
Description
In the NE corner of a field, in an area of gently undulating pasture. A road bordering the N side of the field lies 2.5m to N of the monument and a private laneway, bordering the E side of the field, lies 1m to E. It consists of a cist-like arrangement of stones comprising a roofstone (1.15m ESE-WNW; 0.85m NNE-SSW; T. 0.25) resting on a pair of matching sidestones 0.6m apart. The cist is aligned approximately N-S. The W sidestone measures 1.1m L, 0.35m T and is 0.8m H on the interior. The E stone measures 1.2m L, 0.4mT and 0.8m H internally. The interior area is partly infilled with small stones. (Morahan 1990, 4) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 October 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownlough.
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 Carrownlough, 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 moderately low, low. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownlough.
- 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 Carrownlough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownlough · Ceathrú an Locha
- Area
- 1,476,336 m² (147.63 ha, 364.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Crossboyne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Electoral division
- Kilvine, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 667 people lived in 260 households in the Kilvine electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvilla, Castlereagh, Conagher (Co. Galway), Kinnakinelly (Co. Galway), Lisduff, Meelick, Stripe North (Co. Galway)
- Placenames
- Carrownlough 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.