Ballymacgibbon South

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacgibbon South, from 16 m² to 298,596 m² (29.86 ha, 73.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Ballymacgibbon South 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.

• 19 Aug 2024Conditional

  Retention of alterations to an existing dwelling house granted planning permission under ref 95/204 including the conversion of a garage to a Granny Flat, construction of a Utility shed and boat shed along with an extension/ bay to the rear

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460512

• 17 Jun 2024N/a

  Retention of alterations to an existing dwelling house granted planning permission under ref 95/204 including the conversion of a garage to a Granny Flat, construction of a Utility shed and boat shed along with an extension/ bay to the rear

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460368

• 1 May 2024N/a

  Retention of Granny Flat, Utility shed and boat shed along with extended bay to the rear

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460265

• 12 Jul 2023Conditional

  construct a private dwellilng house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and domestic garage along with all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23398

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  retention of changes to existing dwelling house and retention of existing storage shed

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 23125

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF SERVICED DWELLING, GARAGE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND STORAGE SHED WITH ASSOCIATED SERVICES ON REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18400

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

• MA121-135 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, atop ridge. Roughly circular area (17m N-S; 21.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m), topped with clearance material. Trees grow on bank. 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. 400. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-136001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture, on raised area. Oval-shaped area (44m N-S; 51m E-W), enclosed by poor remains of stone wall (H 0.6m; Wth 2m), levelled NE to SE. Field fence overlies wall on S, outside of which is sharp drop (H 3.5m) to field level. Interior overgrown, very uneven and contains clearance. Souterrain (MA121-136002-) in SW of 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. 251. Date of upload: 13 January 2015

• MA121-136002 Souterrain
  Description

  In SW quadrant of cashel (MA121-136001-). Subrectangular stone-built chamber (L 5.8m; Wth 1.4m; H 1.1m), roofed with capstones, orientated E-W. Blocked creepway at the W end. 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. 496. Date of upload: 13 January 2015

• MA121-182 Enclosure
  Description

  On a rise, in pasture. Circular area (19m N-S; 17m E-W), enclosed by low stone wall (H 0.4m) of dump construction. Interior has been dug into. 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. 401. Date of upload: 16 January 2015

Architectural heritage

• Ballymacgibbon House, farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1838, on an L-shaped plan with three-bay (south) or single-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1930[?]. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Ivy-covered rendered walls. Central door opening with fittings now missing. Square-headed window openings with sills now missing, and concealed dressings with fittings now missing. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds with ivy-covered monolithic piers to perimeter supporting wrought iron double gates.

• Farm house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1838. Extensively renovated, 2006. Replacement pitched reed thatch roof on corrugated-iron base on collared timber construction with corrugated-iron finish to rear (west) pitch, exposed lattice stretchers to raised ridge having blind scallops, cement rendered dwarf chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and concrete coping to gables. Replacement cement rendered battered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with concealed dressings framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled half-doors. Interior renovated, 2006, including kitchen retaining hearth with rough hewn limestone lintel. Road fronted.

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 Ballymacgibbon South, about 1 in 20 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballymacgibbon South · Baile Mhic Giobúin Theas

Area

1,605,682 m² (160.57 ha, 396.77 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 North, Cordroon, Corgarve, Derry, Gortacurra, Knock South

Placenames

Ballymacgibbon South 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.