Bartragh
Bartragh is a townland in the civil parish of Castleconor, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is An Bheartrach.
- Area
- 183.6 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 99
- registered freehold, median 621 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- eRES – existing and infill residential use
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bartragh, from 43 m² to 1,260,828 m² (126.08 ha, 311.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 88 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5TOU – tourism-related uses (Tourism and related)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1nRES – new residential uses (New/proposed residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 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
23 Feb 2026Conditional
retention of existing extension to the north side of dwelling house. Including all other associated works & services
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660068
22 Dec 2025Refused
Permission for retention of development of hardcore stone hardstand area (c. 30 x 30 meters) and permission for development to provide graded stone finish to the hardstand area and use of the area for parking and storage of mobile homes, vehicles and other equipment associated with the upkeep and maintenance of the caravan park.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560552
11 Nov 2024Conditional
to carry out alterations to existing dwelling house . Works will consist of the conversion of the attic of existing dwelling house, along with 2 No extensions to the ground floor, and include minor works and alterations to existing floor plans and elevations together with the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460397
1 Aug 2024Conditional
to carry out alterations to existing dwelling house. Works will consist of the conversion of the attic of existing dwelling house and include minor works and alterations to existing floor plans and elevations together with the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460257
29 May 2023N/a
development consisting of 19 square meter single-storey extension to front of existing dwelling, beneath gable roof to match existing roof pitch of existing dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2361
21 Nov 2022Conditional
development consisting of construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and connect to public utilities, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22389
25 Jan 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the following: (1) Proposed renovation of existing single story dwelling house to include significant changes to all elevations, (2) Construction of single story extensions to the Northeast and Southwest elevations and (3) all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2110
2 Oct 2020Conditional
development consisting of the following amendments proposed to previously granted planning permission PL 15/239 as follows: (1) change of design and repositioning of previously granted cafe/access building to aircraft 331 sq.m. The proposed revised Terminal type building will consist of the following to the ground floor: cafe/bar, offices, toilets, cinema, education lecture room, foyer area, services area. The first floor will consist of kitchen/service area, restaurant, function room with bar, link corridor to aircraft and toilets and office area. The second floor will consist of viewing area/lift shaft and bedroom suite. The total building proposed is 1896.54 sq.m. (2) change of design and repositioning of previously granted escape stairwell to the rear of the aircraft granted under PL 15/239. The proposed stairwell area is 15 sq.m on both ground floor and first floor levels
Extension of duration · Sligo County Council, 17273
2 Aug 2019Conditional
development consisting of 1. Retain first floor attic conversion from storage to habitable rooms. (81.9m2) 2. Replace 2 no. Velux windows to the rear with larger windows suitable for escape and rescue. 3. Carry out all ancillary site works
Retention · Sligo County Council, 19321
21 Jun 2019Conditional
for development consisting of alterations to the existing dwelling, consisting of converting the attic space to include storage, a mezzanine and patio/balcony area
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19248
1 Mar 2019Conditional
for development consisting of the carrying out of alterations to existing dwelling house. Works will consist of the conversion of the attic of existing dwelling house and include minor works and alterations to existing floor plans and elevations together with the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1969
1 Feb 2019N/a
Development consisting of the carrying out of alterations to existing dwelling house. Works consisting of the conversion of the attic of existing dwelling house and include minor works and alterations to existing floor plans and elevations together with the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1930
5 Nov 2018Conditional
for development consisting of (1) construct a two storey extension to the south elevation to consist of a ground floor porch and a first floor sun room (2) relocate an existing boiler flue and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18431
6 Sept 2018Conditional
Development consisting of retention of alterations to the previous planning granted under PL03/285 (1) changes to the fenestration on all elevations, (2) the removal of a glazed enclosed balcony on the West elevation, (3) the removal of a chimney from the East elevation and one from the South elevation and (4) the removal of timber louvre cladding from all elevations.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 18354
1 Jun 2018Refused
Development consisting of permission for construction of a two-storey dwelling house on a vacant site, connect to existing services and carry out all other ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18216
26 Apr 2018Unconditional
for development consisting of the erection of a building to house a 6-bay golf driving range 130 sq.m on the south side of hole 1 on the Scurmore course
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18138
29 Mar 2018Unconditional
Development consisting of retention and making further alterations to a dwelling house, to include (1) the addition of a porch and bay window to the south elevation (2) fenestration changes to all elevations (3) relocation of the existing chimney (4) internal alterations
Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 1897
27 Mar 2018Conditional
for development to provide extensions to the right side and the rear of the dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1890
27 Oct 2017Conditional
Development consisting of construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and connection to public utilities, together with all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17409
26 Jul 2017Conditional
for development consisting of (1) Construct an extension to rear of dwelling house to consist of ground floor bedroom and kitchen extension (floor area 39.5 sq.m) with first floor attic storage (floor area = 24 sq.m). (2) Relocate existing centre rear skylight to accommodate new roof (3) Carry out all associated site works and connect to existing services at
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17287
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC 000458
- Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 000458
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bartragh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bartragh.
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 Bartragh, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bartragh.
- 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 Bartragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Bartragh · An Bheartrach
- Area
- 1,836,296 m² (183.63 ha, 453.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleconor, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Castleconor West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,095 people lived in 379 households in the Castleconor West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowcardin, Carrowhubbuck South, Muckduff, Scurmore
- Placenames
- Bartragh 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.