Gortacurra

116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortacurra, from 91 m² to 126,906 m² (12.69 ha, 31.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Gortacurra 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.

• 14 Nov 2025Conditional

  Retention of changes to the dwelling house and revised location of the dwelling house and septic tank (previous planning granted P04/2248)

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560812

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  Extension of an existing cottage, construction of a domestic garage, upgrade of existing proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460155

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Special Protection Area: Lough Corrib SPA 004042
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Corrib 000297

Recorded monuments

• MA121-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rolling pasture. Circular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m), heavily overgrown. Bank levelled in NW (L 11m) and replaced by stone fence. Gap (Wth 2.7m) in NE. 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. 168. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-130001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E facing slope. Rectangular area (29.5m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed in grass covered, collapsed stone wall (Wth 4.8m; H 0.9m). 14m W are low (H 0.2m) foundations of outer wall (L c. 25m). Overlain by field fence on S. Tradition of souterrain (MA121-130002-) in interior. Cashel wall once '10 feet thick, and 6 feet high' (Wilde 1872,230). 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. 283. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-130002 Souterrain
  Description

  In cashel (MA121-130001-). Reference to 'cave' in interior of site (Wilde 1872, 231). No visible 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. 517. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-131 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. Low dry-stone wall encloses circular area (14m N-S; 12m E-W), containing at least 20 grave markers. Trees grow in interior. 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. 673. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-132 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.

• MA121-133 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• MA121-134 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

• Moytura House, house, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey holiday house or summer house with half-dormer attic, built 1864-5; dated 1865, on a U-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch abutting single-bay full-height gabled advanced end bay; pair of single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height returns (north). Sold, 1949. Pitched slate roof on a U-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), trefoil-perforated clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having shallow capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, dragged cut-limestone coping to gable (porch) with trefoil finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Tudor-headed window opening (porch) below rope twist-detailed cut-limestone date stone ("1865") with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window. Square-headed flanking window opening (west) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash window. Square-headed flanking window opening in bipartite arrangement (east) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sill, timber mullion, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (half-dormer attic) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter supporting looped wrought iron "farm gate".

• Farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1838. Reroofed, 2005. Pitched roof with replacement reed thatch, exposed steel lattice stretchers to raised ridge having blind steel scallops, rendered chimney stack having shallow capping, and rough hewn limestone crow stepped coping to gables with rendered chimney stack to apex (east) having shallow capping. Limewashed lime rendered battered walls over coursed rubble limestone construction with hammered or squared limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with limewashed shallow sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes with one casement window having cast-iron lattice glazing bars. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Interior including kitchen retaining limewashed hearth, timber boarded opposing doors, and timber boarded vaulted ceiling. Set back from road in unkempt grounds.

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 Gortacurra, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortacurra · Gort an Churraigh

Area

1,043,633 m² (104.36 ha, 257.89 acres)

Civil parish

Cong, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Houndswood, the unit of the census

Census 2022

659 people lived in 256 households in the Houndswood electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacgibbon South, Knock South, Lackafinna

Placenames

Gortacurra 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.