Carrowbunnaun

232 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbunnaun, from 10 m² to 240,288 m² (24.03 ha, 59.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 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.

• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 199 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 21 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 · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5TOU – tourism-related uses (Tourism and related)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4SLR - Strategic Land Reserve (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 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
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Sept 2026N/a

  • Permission to construct single storey ground floor extension to the rear existing building, total floor area of extension 50m2. The extension will contain storage and prep space for use ancillary to the existing commercial ground floor business with all associated works. • Retention of continuation of use of 3 existing first floor apartments for use for short stay tourism related guest accommodation and all associated works at Carrowbunnaun, Strandhill, Co. Sligo

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660400

• 29 Sept 2026N/a

  • Permission to construct single storey ground floor extension to the rear existing building, total floor area of extension 50m2. The extension will contain storage and prep space for use ancillary to the existing commercial ground floor business with all associated works. • Retention of continuation of use of 3 existing first floor apartments for use for short stay tourism related guest accommodation and all associated works at Carrowbunnaun, Strandhill, Co. Sligo

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660402

• 13 Aug 2026Conditional

  Permission to Retain changes made to fenestration, provision of a Skylight, removal of chimney and alterations to internal layout

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660330

• 23 Jun 2026N/a

  The subdivision of the existing site and the construction of 1 no. two storey four bedroom dwelling including a private garden space to the rear (south) and a terrace at first floor to front (north). The proposed development includes all associated and ancillary works including new vehicular entrance to Shore Road, 2 no. car parking spaces, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, and all utilities and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660239

• 8 May 2026Refused

  The construction of a two-storey dwelling house with external terrace area and multiple storage areas, together with connections to the existing vehicular and pedestrian entrances and existing services, and all associated site development and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660176

• 28 Apr 2026N/a

  to extend the building known as The Beach Stores. The development will include the following: Removal of surf school temporary fenced yard and storage container. Construction of 180sqm flat roof extension to provide amusements area and pool hall, new toilet block, new north elevation entrance porch to Casino hall, together with all ancillary site works, service connections and associated landscaping

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660152

• 1 Apr 2026N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of a two-storey dwelling house with external terrace area, together with connections to the existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance and existing services, and all associated site development and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660121

• 2 Mar 2026N/a

  Permission to construct 2 storey extension to the rear existing building, total floor area of extension 136m2. The ground floor will contain storage and prep space for use ancillary to the existing commercial ground floor business. First floor will contain a 1 bedroom apartment for use for short stay tourism related guest accommodation with all associated works. Retention of continuation of use of 3 existing first floor apartments for use for short stay tourism related guest accommodation and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660083

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  The demolition of existing single-story extension to rear, to be replaced with part single and part 2 story flat roof extension; demolition of existing single story extension to front to be replaced with single story flat roof extension; construction of 17m2 pitched roof garage to the rear and all associated ground works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560542

• 5 Dec 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission for Garden Steel Storage shed (40sqm) positioned circa 2014, and extension(15sqm) to original Domestic Garage together with all associated site works/ landscaping associated

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560507

• 14 Sept 2025Conditional

  Remodel and extend the existing bungalow, including - demolition of existing garage, single storey flat roof extensions ( circa 71 sqm of new build) to rear/south and side/east elevation including existing garage footprint, changes to fenestration and external envelope finishes incorporating external thermal wrap, removal of chimney, additional car parking area to front garden area, together with all associated site works, landscaping and services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560381

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  Retain the as built building known as The Beach Stores, which comprises of 3no. Retail units, an ATM terminal machine to south elevation, a Casino which provides a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) gambling operation, regulated by the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) with operating hours – 10:30am to 1am, 7 days per week, an amusement arcade and first floor storage area at the promenade north corner,

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560376

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  Proposed development of outdoor sauna facilities, including 2no. proposed saunas, changing rooms, WC, office kiosk, plunge pool and shower facilities as well as an increase in height of the boundary fence.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560369

• 12 Aug 2025Conditional

  Permission to Retain the existing 14.5sqm conservatory ( built circa 2001) to the West elevation of our bungalow

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560337

• 25 Jul 2025N/a

  Permission to Retain the existing 14.5sqm conservatory ( built circa 2001) to the West elevation of our bungalow

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560310

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  (a) Demolition of existing building (shed) on the site and construction of 12 no. residential units, comprising of: a. 2 no. one bed apartments in a single building of two storeys; b. 3 no. two bed two storey houses; c. 5 no. 3 bed two storey houses; d. 2 no. four bed three storey houses; (b) New shared vehicular and pedestrian/cycle access, and a new vehicular entrance to serve proposed detached dwelling from Shore Road; (c) 22 no. surface car parking spaces; (d) All associated and ancillary works including refuse store, private open space, public open space, roads and footpaths, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, amendments to garden areas/plots of Strandhill Lodge & Hostel and Knocknarea House, and all utilities and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560270

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission to partially demolish existing derelict B&B building, remodel / deep retrofit, extend and change use to provide the following : 1no. private dwelling apartment at first floor level, 1no. private dwelling duplex apartment at first floor and new second floor level, provide 3no. x 2 bed holiday apartments at ground floor level, changes to fenestration, changes to external façade envelope and finishes, upgrade of 2no. existing vehicle gateway entrances, upgrade existing on site disabled car parking space to front elevation, provide new on site 7no. car parking spaces at rear of the building, demolish shed to rear of site, together with all associated site works, all required connections to utility services, site landscaping and boundary treatments

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560090

• 16 Jan 2025Conditional

  the conversion of existing attic to habitable space and construction of a dormer window to rear to rear of house and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560011

• 15 Dec 2024N/a

  conversion of existing attic to habitable space and construction of a dormer window to rear to rear of house and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460476

• 12 Dec 2024Conditional

  change of use from restaurant to seven number holiday suites and one number new two bedroom apartment on second floor including alteration to existing restaurant entrance and part rendering of east elevation.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460471

• 22 Nov 2024Refused

  To remodel and extend the existing bungalow, changes to window fenestration, first floor flat roof rear extension, attic conversion together with new cantilever square dormer extension to rear, extension to east side elevation incorporating existing garage footprint, provide new front porch, adjust main roof ridge height & front bay roof, additional car parking area to front garden area, together with all associated site works, landscaping and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460431

• 26 Jul 2024Conditional

  a new residential development that includes 16 new dwelling units, comprising of 4 no. 2 bedroom terraced houses, 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses and 8 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses, together with the creation of private and public open space, works to site boundaries, creation of new access road, and all other associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460251

• 9 Jul 2024N/a

  The construction of 16 new dwelling houses, comprising of the following: 4 no. 2 bedroom terraced houses and 12 no. semi-detached houses, of which 4 are 3 bedroom houses and 8 are 4 bedroom houses, together with the creation of associated private and public open space, works to site boundaries, creation of new access road, and all other associated site works and services at Buenos Ayres Drive, Strandhill, Co.Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460229

• 1 Jun 2024Conditional

  the construction of a revised design for the reconfiguration and extension of the existing detached domestic dwelling from that granted under planning permission PL22/281. The revised design involves changes to elevations, external materials and site plan from that granted under planning permission PL22/281

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460197

• 29 May 2024Refused

  1. Construction of 99 no. residential units consisting of: a. 30 No. – Type A – 2-storey, 2-Bed Semi Detached and Terraced Houses; b. 7 No. – Type B – 3 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached Houses; c. 42 No. – Type C – 2 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached Houses; d. 2 No. – Type D – 3 -storey, 4-Bed Semi Detached Houses; e. 2 No. – Type D1 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Detached Houses; f. 7 No. – Type D2 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached Houses; g. 1 No. – Type D3 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached House; h. 8 No. – Type E – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Detached Houses; 2. Provision of 1 no. childcare facility (651 sq.m) including pedestrian access, with 550 sq.m of open play space, and associated car parking; 3. Provision of 4,950 sq.m of public open space; 4. Pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Golf Course Road; 5. Residential car parking, site landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, service connections and all associated site development works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460191

The 25 most recent of 61 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knocknarea Mountain And Glen 001670

Recorded monuments

• SL013-033 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From E-SE the scarped has been partially eroded out by livestock. A modern WNW-ESE orientated wire fence lies along the top of the scarp SSE-SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL014-070 Moated site
  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.

• SL014-071 Ringfort - unclassified
  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.

• SL014-273 Cairn - unclassified
  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.

• SL014-274 Barrow - unclassified
  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.

• SL014-288 Cave
  Description

  This cave (Cave K), one of 26 small caves on Knocknarae, is located on a short, steep slope at the NE extent of the massive cliffs that form the W flank of Knocknarea mountain. The cave entrance is small and low. A narrow squeeze leads into a long, low passage (Wth 0.8-1m; H 0.5-1.5m). The passage ends in a calcite choke 26m from the entrance. At a point 16m from the entrance, a narrow aperture connects this cave with a parallel cave (Cave J). In 2013, fragments of human bone were discovered scattered over a 2m stretch of the passage, c. 3.5m from its entrance. A two day rescue excavation (Licence no. 13E0427) was carried out in November 2013 (Dowd and Kahlert 2014). The excavation focussed on the survey and retrieval of the bone remains, both animal and human, which were exposed on the cave floor. No excavation of cave sediments was undertaken. The human bone assemblage consists of 13 bones. Only small skeletal elements were found, the majority of them fragmentary. The bones represented at least one adult (30-39 years old) and one child (4-6 years old). It was not possible to determine the gender of the individuals. Three bones were submitted for radiocarbon analysis and produced Neolithic dates. The majority of the animal bones (213 in total) recovered represent recent intrusions (probably fox prey) into the cave, but it is possible that a few of the animal bones are older and related to human activity in the cave. No artefacts were recovered. The excavators conclude that the patterning of the human bones indicate Neolithic funerary/ritual activity in the cave. They suggest the possibility that the cave was used as a site of natural excarnation, following which bones were retrieved for final burial elsewhere (Dowd and Kahlert 2014, 17-18). Human remains of Neolithic date have also been recovered from Cave C (SL014-290----) which is located c. 50m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shuaghnessy Date of revised upload: 10 September 2014

• SL014-290 Cave
  Description

  This cave (Cave C) is one of 26 small, inconspicuous caves on the steep NW and N slopes of Knocknarea Mountain. It comprises a long, narrow cruciform passage (L 14.5m; Wth 1m; H 1.2m). In 2002 Stefan Bergh discovered a fragment of the occipital bone from the skull of an adult human in the cave. The bone was lying on the cave floor, approximately 8m from the entrance. It returned a radiocarbon date of 4740± 50BP, placing it in the Neolithic period (Dowd 2008). Human remains of Neolithic date have also been recovered from Cave K (SL014-288----) which is located c. 50m to NW (Dowd and Kahlert 2014). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 September 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrowbunnaun, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Carrowbunnaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Carrowbunnaun · Ceathrú Bhuinneáin

Area

980,203 m² (98.02 ha, 242.21 acres)

Civil parish

Killaspugbrone, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Knockaree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,077 people lived in 1,522 households in the Knockaree electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowdough, Killaspugbrone, Knocknarea North, Larass or Strandhill

Placenames

Carrowbunnaun 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.