Clooncarrabaun
Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cluain Cearbán
Parcel 960499
- Area
- 8,500 m² (0.85 ha, 2.1 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 207 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M4 Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Clooncarrabaun
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Nov 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360500
18 Aug 2022N/a
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22701
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_84 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 49 ha
- 121 acres
- Land parcels
- 279
- registered freehold, median 370 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
279 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooncarrabaun, from 0 m² to 54,076 m² (5.41 ha, 13.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Self-Sustaining Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 291 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
18 Mar 2026Conditional
construct general purpose shed
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2655
25 Aug 2025Refused
Planning Permission to retain and complete partly constructed detached dwellinghouse.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560584
16 Jun 2025N/a
Planning Permission to retain and complete partly constructed detached dwellinghouse.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560386
7 Apr 2025Conditional
Change of Use from Commercial use as a hair salon to Residential use as a private dwelling, the works will include minor alterations to the existing floor layouts and elevations together with all associated site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560199
26 Mar 2025N/a
Planning Permission to retain pitched roof on existing detached dwelling.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560169
18 Dec 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the demolition and removal of the existing rear and side extension at the centre to allow for the construction of a new visitor experience building including exhibition, event, and refreshments spaces, office, archive, and all ancillary facilities associated with the visitor experience building. The restoration and refurbishment of Saint Catherine's Church, a regional protected structure (RPS 31308603) to accommodate Louisburgh Community Library and other multifunctional spaces, including landscaping, lighting, signage, and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460784
4 Dec 2024Conditional
Redevelopment of part of the West View Hotel, Clooncarrabaun, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo as follows; Retain 1 No. self-contained 2-bedroom suite at ground floor level, Retain 1 No. self-contained 2-bedroom suite at first floor level, Retain 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling unit. Previous Planning Reference Numbers P03/3426, P04/3435 & P06/330, P18/335 refer.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460742
1 Nov 2024Conditional
Planning application for 2no. single level Apartments and all ancillary siteworks and services at Long Street, Louisburgh, County Mayo
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460670
30 Oct 2024Conditional
construct a general purpose shed
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24457
7 May 2024Conditional
Permission to partially demolish existing dwelling house, demolish existing sheds and construct an extension to the dwelling house, together with all associated site works at Bridge Street, Louisburg, Co. Mayo.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460278
27 Nov 2023Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public services together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360500
31 May 2023Refused
Retain 1 No. self-contained 2-bedroom suite at first floor level and retain 2-storey 2-bedroom dwelling unit.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2360197
5 May 2023Conditional
Revisions to a previously approved application (Ref. P22/579 granted 2nd October 2022) for extension and alteration of the existing single-storey dwelling including: demolition of the existing rear extension; construction of a new single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling comprising living, bedroom and bathroom accommodation; internal alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling. The proposed revisions comprise demolition and reconstruction of the existing cottage structure and shed as well as a new extension to the rear as previously approved (total floor area - 226m2); minor revisions to the position of the proposed dwelling within the site whilst retaining footprint and appearance of original cottage; minor alterations to the approved internal layout of the proposed dwelling; replacement (as approved) of the existing septic tank with a new proprietary effluent treatment system discharging to an on-site polishing filter; associated site works and landscaping not impacting on the house, its setting or entry from the public road
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23247
12 Apr 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house and detached garage with connection to public sewer and water mains together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23204
18 Aug 2022N/a
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22701
18 Jan 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH AN EXISTING PORCH AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PORCH ONTO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2218
20 Dec 2021Conditional
DEMOLISHING AND RE-BUILDING A HOUSE
Permission · Mayo County Council, 211345
17 Dec 2021Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ONE BLOCK OF 2 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLINGS WITH THE PROVISION OF VEHICULAR ACCESS, CONNECTION TO SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211337
7 Oct 2021Conditional
RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED THE ATTIC CONVERSION AND VELUX ROOF WINDOWS TO EXISTING DWELLING
Retention · Mayo County Council, 211073
29 Apr 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROPOSED MAIN ENTRANCE FOR SUPERMARKET. PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO INCORPORATE A HALLWAY FOR PROPOSED MAIN ENTRANCE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21418
1 Apr 2021N/a
Change of use of existing ground floor public house to two residential apartments and conversion of existing covered outdoor area to a single residential unit together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21297
7 Dec 2020Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR TO A CAFE/RETAIL AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20945
30 Oct 2019Refused
CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19867
25 Jul 2019Conditional
EXTENSIONS TO THE RIVERSIDE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL APARTMENTS NOS. 10 & 11, LANDSCAPING AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT TO THE RIVERSIDE OF APARTMENTS NOS. 10 & 11 AND ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 19576
4 Jul 2018Conditional
MODIFICATION TO PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING REF NO. P14/362, MODIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE THE CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL USE TO RETAIL AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, TO BE CONNECTED WITH AND AMALGAMATED INTO ADJACENT BOOKSHOP AND TO OFFICE/SHARED OFFICE, AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS, WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18503
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
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 Clooncarrabaun.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clooncarrabaun.
Architectural heritage
- Weighbridge/weighhouse, 1922–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Weighbridge, extant 1950. Now disused. Set in limestone flagged footpath.
- Saint Eugene's, house, 1795–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan. For sale, 2010. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with rendered "shouldered" surround framing replacement glazed timber door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and rendered "shouldered" surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1795–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey house, extant 1838, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to left ground floor. Renovated, ----. Disused, 2007. Replacement pitched fibre-cement slate roof on timber construction with ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered wall bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to ends. Timber shopfront on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached eleven-bay double-height Catholic church, begun 1856; completed 1861; dedicated 1862, on a rectangular plan comprising nine-bay double-height nave opening into two-bay double-height chancel (east) with single-bay single-stage abbreviated tower (south-west) on a square plan. Renovated, 1974, with sanctuary reordered. Rededicated, 1975. Pitched slate roofs with pressed ridges, copper-covered dragged cut-limestone coping to gables on drag edged tooled cut-limestone kneelers with Cross finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber boxed dragged cut-limestone stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with drag edged tooled snecked limestone stepped buttresses including drag edged tooled snecked limestone clasping stepped buttresses to corners having dragged cut-limestone "slated" coping. Cusped lancet window openings on dragged cut-limestone chamfered stringcourses with dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Paired cusped lancet window openings to chancel (east) on dragged cut-limestone stringcourse with dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Dagger-detailed "Rose Window" in round-headed recess, drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch door opening to entrance (west) front, cut-limestone block-and-start surround having engaged colonette-detailed reveals with hood moulding on monolithic label stops framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Lancet "Trinity Window" (gable), dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding on octagonal label stops framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenge". Interior including vestibule (west); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber double doors having sidelights below overlight; full-height interior open into roof with replacement timber panelled choir gallery (west) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----), pair of cut-white marble wall monuments (ob. ----; ----), carpeted central aisle between cruciform-detailed timber pews, replacement stations (1974) between stained glass memorial windows (----), exposed scissor truss timber roof construction on tooled cut-limestone beaded corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame on quatrefoil-perforated frieze on carved timber cornice, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1974, with pair of cut-white marble Gothic-style wall monuments (ob. ----; 1843) below stained glass "East Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_84 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Clooncarrabaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Clooncarrabaun · Cluain Cearbán
- Area
- 490,487 m² (49.05 ha, 121.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgeever, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Louisburgh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Louisburgh electoral division: 1,117 people in 446 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bunowen, Caher, Calla, Carrowclaggan, Glebe, Srahnashasky, Tooreen
- Placenames
- Clooncarrabaun 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.