Banada

141 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banada, from 80 m² to 224,425 m² (22.44 ha, 55.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Banada 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.

• 7 Jul 2020Conditional

  development consisting of (a) retention of elevational changes to existing dwelling house; (b) to demolish existing domestic garage and replace with a new domestic garage complete with carport; together with all associated works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20209

• 15 Aug 2019Unconditional

  development consisting of (1) retention of existing detached garage and (2) retention of all associated site works, all at existing house.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19337

• 20 Apr 2018N/a

  for development consisting of 1. Retention Permission for a partial change of use from an educational facility to a Gym and 2 community rooms. 2. Permission for a partial change of use from and educational facility to 2 no. offices with a toilet facility and a kitchenette in the same building. 3. Permission to discharge the effluent from this facility to an existing sewage treatment plant at the rear of the existing community hall, 4. Permission for all associated site works which includes part resurfacing of the exiswting car park and drainage

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 18130

• 18 Apr 2017Conditional

  (1) construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling (2)retention of the vehicular entrance to the side and rear of the property and (3) all associated site works (No. 72 on the Record of Protected Structures)

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17146

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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• SL037-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise. The outline of circular area (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) along the E arc but barely discernible elsewhere. A house with outbuildings and a garden were built c. 1940 on the area. This possible rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a raised semicircular area, defined by a scarp NNW-SW, located at the junction of two roads and in the corner of a wooded area on the W side of Banada Abbey (SL037-068001-) demesne. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-067 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On a terrace, immediately overlooking the W bank of the river Moy, c. 350m SW of Banada abbey (SL037-068001-). The building marked 'Friary' (but not in Old English script, denoting an antiquity) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map is a two-storey rectangular structure (15.55m NW-SE; 6.4m NE-SW) of 19th-century appearance. In the adjacent garden are three blocks of punch-dressed and chamfered limestone; these architectural fragments probably derive from the nearby abbey (SL037-068001-). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 15 May 2009

• SL037-068001 Religious house - Augustinian friars
  Description

  On the W bank of the River Moy; at the E end of Banada graveyard (SL037-068005-), directly on top of a steep slope rising from the bank of the river. Only the E end of the church of this Augustinian foundation stands though a much-greater part of the complex stood until 1897 (Harbison 2002, 92-5). The surviving structure consists of the E end of the N (int. L 7.1m) and S walls (int. L 10.15m) of the chancel and the base of the E end-wall (int. L 6.55m) (see plan Lynn 1985-6, 96). These are built of uncoursed limestone in a lime mortar; the surviving walls are heavily enveloped by ivy. The N wall is featureless save for a broken window ope. A 15th-century 'relief carving of human head with elaborate head dress' (SL037-068006-) (ibid., 98), formerly lying in the N half of the graveyard, has been built into its internal wall-face. Externally along the base of the wall is the battered face of 'coarser, random rubble masonry' which Lynn (ibid.) interpreted as the remains of a 13th-century castle (SL037-06804-). Near the E end of the S wall is a two-seater sedilia. The front elevation (see sketch in Lynn 1985-6, 96) consists of two round arches rising from a central twisted column and a pilaster at either end (pilaster to E is missing). These have plain octagonal bases and capitals. Over each is an ogee hood rising to a moulded finial, and there are stylised floral mouldings set on the shoulders of the hood. A short distance W of the sedilia is a doorway facing into the church; the ground level here is halfway up its jambs. The doorway has a two-centred pointed arch. It leads to a short mural passage which is very ruined but has an opening on its W side leading to the base of a spiral stairs. The stairs, which rises clockwise, is lit by a small slit window looking into the choir. The S wall runs a short distance further W before breaking off. Lying within the graveyard are many carved limestone blocks derived from the friary. These include the central piece of a cusped ogee-headed window light, the side of a cusped round-arched window-head, and a number of chamfered blocks which were probably window-light jambs. Also in the graveyard are two gutter-stones from the wall-walk of the church, which were reused as grave-markers. There are some further chamfered blocks (SL037-067----) in a garden 350m to the SW. A drawing of the ruin in 1779 (Harbison 2002, figs. 71 and 72) shows the that the building had a tower of 15th-century form, slim in profile and built of coursed ashlar. This Augustinian foundation was established in 1423 by Donnchadh O'Hara (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 296; Ó Muraíle 2002, 240, n. 27); the surviving architectural features confirm the 15th-century date. A bridge (SL037-068007-) over the river Moy is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of County Sligo in the vicinity of this friary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-068002 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  This is listed as a 'tomb' in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995). The source of this reference is F. Grose, Antiquities of Ireland (1797, 57) where he notes that 'There are two handsome antient tombs in the church.' It is possible that Grose mistakenly misinterpreted the sedilia at the E end of the S wall of the chancel for one of these tombs. Alternatively, there may have been two tombs visible there when he recorded the friary as there was much more in existence when he drew his sketches. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 February 2008

• SL037-068003 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  This is listed as a 'tomb' in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995). The source of this reference is F. Grose, Antiquities of Ireland (1797, 57) where he notes that 'There are two handsome antient tombs in the church.' It is possible that Grose mistakenly misinterpreted the sedilia at the E end of the S wall of the chancel for one of these tombs. Alternatively, there may have been two tombs visible there when he recorded the friary as there was much more in existence when he drew his sketches. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 February 2008

• SL037-068004 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Lynn (1985-6, 95-8) suggested than the battered plinth (H 1.5m) of coursed limestone under the N chancel wall of Banada Abbey (SL037-068001-) is the remains of a mid-13th-century castle erected by Maurice Fitzgerald. Apart from being slightly battered, the plinth shows no other 'castle' features. Lynn's suggestion that it is unusual to find the E end of such a church built on steeply sloping ground can be countered by sites such as Buttevant (Power et al. 2000, Inv. no. 14871) and Timoleague (Power et al. 1992, Inv. no. 3065) in county Cork. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-068005 Graveyard
  Description

  A roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 80m ESE-WNW; c. 55m SSW-NNE) enclosed on the S, W and N sides by a stone wall and defined on the E side by a steep slope down to the river. The ruins of an Augustinian friary (SL037-068001-) are at the E side. There are many 18th- and 19th-century headstones and crosses, the earliest noted was dated 1775. Amongst the grave-markers are numerous architectural pieces derived from the friary, and the area immediately around the ruin is strewn with rubble, broken headstones and tomb surrounds. The graveyard has recently been partially cleared of overgrowth. The enclosed burial ground for the nearby convent of the Sisters of Charity of Banada Abbey, who are associated with Banada since the 1860s (McDonnell-Garvey 1999/2000, 9-11), is at the S side of the graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-068006 Stone head
  Description

  Recently inserted into the inner face of the N wall of Banada Abbey (SL037-068001-). A fifteenth-century style relief carving of a female head with an elaborate headdress. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL037-068007 Bridge
  Description

  A bridge is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of County Sligo at or close to the location of the present bridge over the River Moy at Banada. This bridge is in the immediate vicinity of Banada Abbey (SL037-068001-), which is on the W bank of the River Moy. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-069 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a gentle NW-facing slope overlooking the River Moy to NW. An oval area (32.6m NE-SW; 20.4m NW-SE) is defined by a low bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.55m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.7m; D 0.4m) NE-SE and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.9m) with a low internal rim and a shallow external depression (D 0.2m). The W portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The level interior is bisected NE of centre by a low sod-covered bank (Wth 1.2m; H 0.3m) on a NW-SE axis; on the NE side of this bank are traces of cultivation ridges. Five mature beech trees are close to or on the enclosing bank and a few hawthorn bushes and brambles are scattered around the perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL037-070 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a terrace overlooking the River Moy to N. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an oval embanked area (40m N-S; 30m E-W) with a limekiln abutting the external face of the bank at SW. The remains consist of a grass-covered D-shaped area (40m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.6m; D 0.95m) along the SW and W arcs and by a scarp (H 1.9m) elsewhere. The scarp is low along the S arc (H 0.2m). There is a disused quarry on the E edge of this possible rath. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

• Banada Abbey Convent, church/chapel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached six-bay single-storey rendered former Catholic chapel, built c. 1890, now redundant. Attached at east to convent buildings. Three-bay single-storey pitched roof sacristy to east end of north elevation, single-bay single-storey porch to north elevation in line with and gable-fronted to west elevation, two-storey link building to south-east. Pitched slate roofs with fish-scale banding, clay ridge tiles, moulded cast-iron gutters on painted timber fascia on exposed rafter ends. Tall unpainted smooth-rendered square chimney to east of vestry. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling. Lancet window openings, hood mouldings with ivy motif label stops, splayed flush sills, painted plain-glazed timber sash windows with coloured glass margins, wrought-iron window guards with fleur-de-lys finials. Pointed-arched door opening, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Part of a complex of convent buildings, landscaped grounds to west.

• Banada Abbey Convent, convent/nunnery, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey rendered former convent building, built c. 1860, now redundant. U-plan, similar gable-fronted wings projecting to west from three-bay central section, flat-roofed apsidiole projecting from east end of south elevation, attached to chapel at north, extensive additions to east from c. 1960 to 1980. Pitched slate roofs, bank plain gabled dormers to west elevation of central section, corresponding Dutch gables to east elevation, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks with yellow clay pots, ashlar stone verges, simple stone crosses at apexes, half-round cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course. Unpainted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, projecting smooth-rendered plinth. Round-headed window openings to wings, stone sills, painted multi-pane timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to central section, stone sills, eight-pane aluminium fixed-light windows c. 1980 to west side, painted two-over-two timber sash windows to east. Round-headed door openings, painted vertically-sheeted timber doors c. 1950, plain-glazed fanlights over. Gardens to west, school buildings c. 1970 to east and south.

• Banada Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cemetery laid out, c. 1890. Uncoursed rubble stone boundary wall, concrete coping added c. 1950. Coursed ashlar stone gate piers with cylindrical domed carriage wheel deflectors. Decorative wrought-iron double gates. Stone style to east of gates with stone steeps let into wall thickness. Grass lawns, gravelled paths, nineteenth and twentieth century graves marked by low stone plinths with several engraved and carved Celtic crosses. Rubble stone, ivy-covered boundary walls to east, north and west. Fronts to main road.

• The Lodge, gate lodge, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey rendered former gate lodge, built c. 1900. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on brackets splayed from wall face on overhanging eaves, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling, contrasting painted straight margins at corners, projecting plinth. Round-headed window openings, painted stone sills, uPVC casement windows c. 2000. Round-headed recessed door opening, plain-glazed fanlight, hardwood door with four raised-and-fielded panels c. 2000. Secondary round-headed door opening to west, plain-glazed fanlight, hardwood panelled door c. 2000. Garden to north and south (rear), bounded by painted smooth-rendered wall, decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Situated on rise above River Moy.

• Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-span road-over-river stone bridge, built c. 1820. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling rising to form parapets. Dressed stone block parapet copings mostly replacement with concrete c. 1950. Round-headed arches, ashlar limestone voussoirs, lower section of triangular ashlar stone cutwaters and piers between arches encased in concrete c. 1990, half-pyramid ashlar caps. Twin bitmac carriageway. Spans north-south over River Moy.

• Mullarkey's, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1870. Pubfront c. 1910 to west side of north elevation of main building, slightly lower three-bay secondary building to east, lean-to garage to east gable-end. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, concrete verge cappings to east and west gables, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on moulded eaves courses, cast-iron downpipe. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, raised render channel-jointed quoins, painted plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded architraves with square corner blocks at heads to main building, painted stone sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Pubfront with square painted timber display window, square-headed door opening, painted timber double doors each with two stop-chamfered panels, plain-glazed overlight with applied licensing details, sign-written plain fascia and moulded cornice terminating in profiled consoles on fluted pilasters. Square-headed door openings, painted moulded architraves with square corner blocks at head to main entrance door, painted panelled timber door with narrow sidelight and overlight c. 1980, painted vertically-sheeted timber double doors to secondary building. Stone outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof, accessed through corrugated-iron gate. Road facing, set to back of pavement, corner-sited at T-junction.

• Water pump, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Painted cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1900. Circular fluted shaft with faucet emerging from top, on moulded plinth, widening-out at top of shaft to moulding with alternative fixing locations for operating valve handle, fluted domed cap surmounted by acorn finial. Set in grass verge at roadside to east of Mullarkey's public house.

• Banada House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1890, formerly with shopfront now incorporated into front (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, concrete verges to gable ends, painted smooth-rendered flat-capped chimneystacks, uPVC gutters c. 2003 on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, straight channel-jointed quoins. Square-headed window openings, rendered surrounds with decorative profile at head, painted masonry sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1980. Square-headed entrance door opening, rendered surround with decorative profile at head, painted timber panelled and glazed door c. 1990, plain-glazed overlight. Former shopfront with blank fascia panel in decorative moulded surround with moulded cornice over, two square display windows under. Pitched corrugated-iron roofed rubble stone outbuilding to rear. Set back from road with parking area to front, painted smooth-rendered walls with segmental copings extending to east and west.

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

About 1 in 10 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

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

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.

• Banada, Tourlestrane10 sales

Name

Banada · Beannada

Area

3,706,070 m² (370.61 ha, 915.79 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacteige, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Banada, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Banada electoral division: 610 people in 238 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownagappul, Clooningan, Creeghassaun, Curraghboy, Dawros, Eskragh, Gortermone, Toorlestraun, Tullymoy

Placenames

Banada 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.