Tooreen

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tooreen, from 76 m² to 152,914 m² (15.29 ha, 37.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Tooreen 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.

• 29 Nov 2023Refused

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360506

• 9 Oct 2023N/a

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360417

• 27 Sept 2023N/a

  A. Subdivision of the existing property, which consists of a main dwelling and an independent stand-alone living unit, into two distinct residential properties. B. Provision of a wastewater treatment package plant and soil polishing filter.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360398

• 26 Apr 2022Conditional

  RETENTION OF CHANGE OF USE OF GARAGE TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22315

• 7 Sept 2020Conditional

  RETAIN SLATTED HOUSE WITH MILKING PARLOUR 401SQM.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 20635

• 22 Jun 2020Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED AND TO UPGRADE SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM TO PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20399

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036

Recorded monuments

• MA015-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a natural terrace on a NW facing slope, overlooking the flood plain of the Cloonalaghan River. There is gently undulating terrain to S−SW, and higher ground to SE. A slightly raised, circular area (21.2m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a stony earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.4m at E, 1.8m at W). The bank at W−N coincides with a natural break of slope, and has a pronounced external slope. It has been incorporated into a field fence/townland boundary, and with remnants of stone facing visible in parts. Elsewhere around the circuit, the bank is low, and defaced by farm stock. An internal division, in the form of a low bank (Wth 0.85m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.35m) of earth and stone, defines the SE quadrant, which appears to be at a slightly higher level than the rest of interior. Clumps of gorse and brambles grow in the interior and on the perimeter, and are particularly at SW-S. There is another rath (MA015-011----) 30m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on elevated ground on the W side of a N-S ridge; ground falls away to W overlooking the flood plain of the Cloonalaghan River; to E ground rises gradually. This possible rath is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is indicated on the 1922 edition as a roughly oval area bisected centrally by road on an N−S axis. The central portion (Wth c. 7m) of the enclosure has been largely destroyed by the road which is flanked by field walls; a gentle rise/undulation in the road surface appears to mirror the original contours of the enclosure. The E and W arcs of the enclosure can still be traced in the fields on either side of the road. In the field to W of the road, there is an arc of raised ground (25m N-S; 5.4m E-S) defined on its outer edge by a stony earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m). In the field to E, there appears to be a corresponding arc of bank, but the remains are severely degraded (H c. 0.3m), and are clipped at N end by an E-W property fence. A rath (MA015-010----) is located c. 30 m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-012 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a terrace overlooked c. 30m to the E side by a rocky escarpment (H 2-3m), and defined at W by a broadly sloping fall of ground, giving good views over a broad expanse of lowlying coastal pasture. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular ringfort-sized enclosure, and on the 1922 edition as a D-shaped enclosure (diam. 25-30m) bordered on the straight side to S by a field boundary. This enclosure was levelled during land reclamation. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 November 2018

• MA015-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on a broad level terrace on a NW-facing slope, which provides good views to S and W over undulating pasture, and to N over flat esturine lands at the S end of Lackan Bay. It is located close to the S boundary of the townland. Raised circular area (23.8m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m at NW, 0.65m at SE) and enclosed by an external fosse (Wth c. 3m), which is evident as a shallow surface depression. Stones protrude from the top of the bank in parts. The bank is noticeably lower at the NE, but there is no clearly defined entrance feature. There is a narrow eroded break (Wth 0.6m) at SW. The interior is level; there is a small, grass-covered rise (Diam. c. 2m; H 0.3m), probably a field clearance heap, slightly E of centre. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 November 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tooreen.

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 Tooreen, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Tooreen · An Tuairín

Area

617,904 m² (61.79 ha, 152.69 acres)

Civil parish

Templemurry, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Lackan South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

460 people lived in 181 households in the Lackan South electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Breastagh, Cashel, Cloonalaghan, Cloonboy, Foghill

Placenames

Tooreen 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.