Caherloughlin

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherloughlin, from 257 m² to 289,795 m² (28.98 ha, 71.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Caherloughlin 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.

• 22 Jan 2026N/a

  construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 267

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 Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments

• MA120-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Shown on OS map (1929) as circular enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 44m). Probably a ringfort. Access denied. 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. 413. Date of upload: 24 February 2014

• MA120-005 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.

• MA120-006 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

• Loughmask House, gate lodge, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1894, on a rectangular plan. Vacant, 1976. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with lichen-covered clay ridge tiles centred on dwarf chimney stack having cut-limestone stringcourse below capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on limewashed eaves. Limewashed lime rendered walls. Pointed-arch central door opening with concealed dressings framing timber fitting. Square-headed flanking window openings with lichen-spotted cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road at entrance to Loughmask House.

• Loughmask House, gates/railings/walls, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1894, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of vermiculated-banded limestone ashlar piers on chamfered plinths having stringcourses below capping supporting "Lotus"-detailed cast-iron double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Loughmask House.

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 Caherloughlin, 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

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

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

Name

Caherloughlin · Cathair Mhaoileachlainn

Area

1,162,719 m² (116.27 ha, 287.31 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinchalla, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Neale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

879 people lived in 298 households in the Neale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barna, Caherrobert, Killimor, Killour, Knocknamucklagh

Placenames

Caherloughlin 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.