Loughanboy
Loughanboy is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmainemore, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Na Locháin Bhuí.
Parcel 967945
- Area
- 75,079 m² (7.51 ha, 18.55 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 709 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
- Loughanboy
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 4 recorded monuments.
- MA118-110001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Near road, in undulating pasture. Ringfort (MA118-111----) 150m to S. Roughly circular area (29m N-S; 35m E-W), raised 3.4m above surrounding field level, enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.4m) with fosse and external bank on W. Two subrectangular hut sites in interior. Hut site 1 (MA118-110003-) (3.1m N-S; 2.8m E-W), on W side, defined by low earthen bank (H 0.3m) contains souterrain (MA118-110002-). Hut site 2 (MA118-110004-) (12.1m N-S; 6.4m E-W) on NE is defined by sod-covered foundations of stone wall. Ramp entrance (Wth 2.5m) on ESE. 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. 102. Date of upload: 28 January 2014
- MA118-110002 Souterrain
Description
On E side of ringfort (MA118-110001-), in hut site (MA118-110003-). Single subrectangular chamber (L 4.8m; Wth 1.6m; H 1m); stone-built and roofed with capstones resting on corbelling. The back wall consists of one large slab. 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. 497. Date of upload: 28 January 2014
- MA118-110003 House - indeterminate date
Description
Located in the W half of a rath (MA118-110001-). Described by Knox (1911, 228-9) as the ‘foundations of a small rectangular building, 22 feet square’, enclosing the opening to a souterrain (MA118-110002-). In 1990 it was recorded as 'Hut site 1 (3.1m N-S; 2.8m E-W), on W side, defined by low earthen bank (H 0.3) contains souterrain' (Lavelle 1994). There is another house (MA118-110004-) in the N half of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 January 2014
- MA118-110004 House - indeterminate date
Description
In the N half of a a rath (MA118-110001-). Knox (1911, 228-9) recorded the foundations of a building, ‘39 feet by 17 feet’ [c. 12m by 5m] in the N half of the rath. In 1990 it was recorded as 'Hut site 2 (12.1m N-S; 6.4m E-W) on NE is defined by sod-covered foundations of stone wall.' (Lavelle 1994). There is another house (MA118-110003-) enclosing the opening to a souterrain (MA118-110002-) in the W half of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 January 2014
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_401 (ZIP).
- 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
- 82.3 ha
- 203 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 32,717 m² (3.27 ha, 8.08 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughanboy, from 700 m² to 117,169 m² (11.72 ha, 28.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4Rural Settlements Consolidation Zoning (Built up area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 3 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
6 Jul 2026Conditional
construct a new agricultural entrance onto the public road along with all associated services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26147
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 Loughanboy.
Recorded monuments
- MA118-101 Castle - tower house
Description
On rise in undulating pasture; possible medieval settlement to NW. N wall (L 8.2m; Wth 2m) of rectangular tower survives to 2nd-floor. Outline of porly preserved spiral stairs, lighted by two narrow windows, in NE corner runs to top of building. Mural passage in 1st-floor leads to garderobe at W end. Evidence of vaulted ceiling on 1st-floor. Owned by Richard MacJonyn in 1574 when known as Ellistronbeg (Knox 1908, 348). 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. 719. Date of upload: 24 December 2013
- MA118-108 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pasture. Subcircular raised area (45m N-S; 50m E-W), defined by low scarp. Possibly a ringfort. 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. 383. Date of upload: 28 January 2014
- MA118-143 Fulacht fia
Description
In low-lying marshy area. Low, grass-covered, crescent-shaped mound (L 8.8m E-W; 7m N-S) of burnt stone and charcoal. 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. 74. Date of upload: 3 February 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughanboy.
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 Loughanboy, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_401 (ZIP).
- 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 Loughanboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Loughanboy · Na Locháin Bhuí
- Area
- 822,631 m² (82.26 ha, 203.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmainemore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Kilmaine, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,014 people lived in 375 households in the Kilmaine electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymartin, Corraun, Ellistronbeg, Ellistronparks, Knockatotaun, Rausakeera North, Rausakeera South, Thomastown
- Placenames
- Loughanboy 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.