Toberrooaun
Toberrooaun is a townland in the civil parish of Aghagower, barony of Burrishoole, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Tobar Ruáin.
Parcel 951632
- Area
- 5,556 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 347 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
- Toberrooaun
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 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
- 198.2 ha
- 490 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 6,993 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 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 Toberrooaun, from 555 m² to 350,338 m² (35.03 ha, 86.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Toberrooaun 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
1 Feb 2021Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2160
27 Jun 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17502
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 Toberrooaun.
Recorded monuments
- MA088-066 Castle - tower house
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.
- MA088-066001 Bawn
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.
- MA088-067 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- MA088-068 Road - road/trackway
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.
- MA088-091 Barrow - ring-barrow
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
- Saint Patrick's Church (Aghagower), church/chapel, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1825-7; consecrated 1827; extant 1838, with single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan. Disused, 1943[?]. Dismantled, 1962. In ruins, 1976. Pitched roof now missing, lichen-covered tooled cut-sandstone coping to gables with chimney stack to apex (east) having stringcourse below capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on lichen-covered cut-sandstone eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed coursed cut-sandstone walls with drag edged tooled cut-sandstone flush quoins to corners; tuck pointed coursed cut-sandstone walls to tower with tooled cut-sandstone stringcourses including tooled cut-sandstone stringcourse (bell stage) supporting "arrow loop"-detailed crow stepped battlemented parapet having lichen-covered cut-sandstone corbelled stepped coping. Lancet window openings centred on lancet window openings in bipartite arrangement with drag edged tooled cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (east) with drag edged tooled cut-sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals. Lancet window opening to tower (first stage), drag edged tooled cut-sandstone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over. Lancet window openings (second stage) with cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Lancet openings in bipartite arrangement in square-headed recesses (bell stage), drag edged tooled cut-sandstone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on label stops framing louvered timber fittings. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered capping supporting flat iron double gates.
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 Toberrooaun, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toberrooaun.
- 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 Toberrooaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Toberrooaun · Tobar Ruáin
- Area
- 1,981,970 m² (198.2 ha, 489.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghagower, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Electoral division
- Aghagower South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 110 people lived in 48 households in the Aghagower South electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aille, Mace North, Mace South, Teevinish East, Toorbuck
- Placenames
- Toberrooaun 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.