Aghalusky
Townland in the civil parish of Aglish, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Achadh Loiscthe
Parcel 984128
- Area
- 3,037 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 301 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- P1 Agriculture (Castlebar Local Area Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Aghalusky
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
- About 1 in 5 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_353 (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
- 88.3 ha
- 218 acres
- Land parcels
- 66
- registered freehold, median 1,517 m²
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghalusky, from 10 m² to 203,749 m² (20.37 ha, 50.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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
- P1Agriculture
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenities (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Castlebar Local Area Plan, Mayo · 0 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
17 Nov 2025Conditional
The proposed development which will consist of the following elements: the installation and operation of 1no. battery energy storage system compound containing battery energy storage containers, 1no. electrical substation and compound, connected to the national grid system via c. 50m of underground cable to the ESB Castlebar 38kV substation, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road, associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35 years. The site of the proposed development has a total area of 0.89 hectares.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560820
11 Nov 2025N/a
The proposed development which will consist of the following elements: the installation and operation of 1no. battery energy storage system compound containing battery energy storage containers, 1no. electrical substation and compound, connected to the national grid system via c. 50m of underground cable to the ESB Castlebar 38kV substation, electrical transformers and inverter units, underground cabling and ducting, boundary fencing, security entrance gates, CCTV, internal access road, associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifespan of the development will be 35 years. The site of the proposed development has a total area of 0.89 hectares.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560804
8 Sept 2022Conditional
WORKS TO REFURBISH THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR-CLOON 110kV OVERHEAD LINE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 57KM LONG, AND COMPRISES 252 NO. WOODEN POLESETS AND 40 NO. STEEL ANGLE MASTS BETWEEN THE EXISTING CASTLEBAR 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF AGHALUSKY, AND THE EXISTING CLOON 110kV SUBSTATION IN THE TOWNLAND OF CLOONASCRAGH, CO. GALWAY. APPROXIMATELY 20KM OF THE EXISTING CIRCUIT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL AND APPROXIMATELY 37KM IN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA OF MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL
Permission · Mayo County Council, 22780
21 Jul 2022Conditional
The development consists of the retention of a converted domestic garage granted under P98/1485 to habitable space, and the retention of the converted attic space over the original domestic garage for domestic use, including the dormer window installation
Retention · Mayo County Council, 22596
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 Aghalusky.
Recorded monuments
- MA078-005 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.
- MA078-005001 Structure
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.
- MA078-007 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.
- MA078-008 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghalusky.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_353 (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 Aghalusky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Aghalusky · Achadh Loiscthe
- Area
- 883,050 m² (88.31 ha, 218.21 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aglish, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Castlebar Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlebar Rural electoral division: 7,935 people in 2,987 households; 68% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annalecka, Ballynew, Drumask, Liscromwell, Moneenbradagh, Rinshinna, Springfield
- Placenames
- Aghalusky 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.