Carrowntawy

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowntawy, from 75 m² to 99,460 m² (9.95 ha, 24.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrowntawy 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  (a) make alterations to existing house (b) construction of single storey extension to existing dwelling, (c) installation of a WWTS to service the site together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560536

• 3 Dec 2025N/a

  I, RICHARD KELLY, intend to apply for planning permission to (a) make alterations to existing house (b) construction of single storey extension to existing dwelling, (c) upgrades to vehicular access together with all ancillary site works and services, for development at this site CARROWNTAWY, BALLINACARROW, CO. SLIGO. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A FOUR BEDROOM SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560501

• 8 May 2024Conditional

  to (a) retain existing dwelling house as constructed on site, (b) retain the demolition for previous existing dwelling house, (c) retain and upgrade existing vehicular entrance (d) upgrade the wastewater treatment system on site consisting of an Effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460159

• 18 May 2023N/a

  development consisting of the following (a) retain existing dwelling house as constructed on site, (b) retain the demolition for previous existing dwelling house, (c) upgrade existing vehicular entrance (d) upgrade the wastewater treatment system on site consisting of an effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Retention, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 2360121

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of 1. Construct a dwelling house. 2. Construct a domestic garage. 3. Construct a PET system and soil polishing filter. 4. Construct a new site entrance and carry out all associated site development works deemed necessary

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18253

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrowntawy.

Recorded monuments

• SL026-115 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a rise. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse (Wth 3m). The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 3m) and outer bank (Wth 1m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.3m) are both quite stony. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) through the inner bank at E with a causeway and a ramp (Wth at top 4m, narrowing towards base) across the fosse and a corresponding gap in the outer bank. The interior is inaccessible due to dense overgrowth. 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

• SL026-116 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A subcircular earthen mound (7.5m N-S; 4m E-W; H 1.75m) with a central depression (3.7m x 4m) on top. A shallow fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.1m) is evident along the W arc of the mound and two trees grow in its N end. 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

• SL026-162 Hut site
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a rise. The remains of grass-covered foundations of a rectangular stone-built structure (int. dims. 2.5m N-S; c. 3m E-W). One section of a stone wall (T 0.3m) is evident above the ground on the E side. The centre of the structure is obscured by rubble. 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

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1840. L- plan, rectangular main block to south, flat-roofed porch to south elevation c. 1940, return wing to north-west. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, profiled extruded aluminium gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered walling to main block, straight V-jointed quoins, chamfered plinth, pebbledash banding to porch, painted roughcast walling to return wing, recessed smooth-rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted one-over-one single pane timber sash windows. Square-headed entrance door opening set within segmental-headed porch, painted sunbeam timber and glazed door c.1960. Two-storey pitched roof roughcast outbuildings to north forming courtyard with house. Corner-sited, set back from road, garden to south, pebbledashed boundary walls, steel sunbeam gate c. 1960.

• Temple House, gate lodge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rendered house, built c. 1880. Hipped artificial slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on painted timber projecting fascia. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, painted stone flush quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted block-and-start flush stone dressings, painted stone sills, painted eight-over-eight timber sash windows. Square-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recessed arch, painted vertically-sheeted timber door, two stone steps. Small gravelled area to south, rubble stone boundary walls, opposite rear entrance to Templehouse demesne.

• Temple House, gate lodge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey rendered former gate lodge, built c. 1850. Small shed attached to south with corrugated-iron roof. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered flat-capped chimneystack, mortar verges, half-round galvanised steel gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered walling to front (west) elevation, roughcast walling to north and south elevations. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted two-over-two timber casement windows c. 1995. Square-headed door opening, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set back from road edge, gravelled forecourt, painted timber fence, tubular steel gate to south-east leading to garden at rear.

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 Carrowntawy, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Carrowntawy · Ceathrú an tSamhaidh

Area

947,223 m² (94.72 ha, 234.06 acres)

Civil parish

Kilvarnet, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Temple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

394 people lived in 132 households in the Temple electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymurray, Ballynacarrow South, Falnasoogaun or Ropefield, Rathbaun, Rathnarrow (O'Hara), Templehouse Demesne

Placenames

Carrowntawy 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.