Curry

274 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curry, from 16 m² to 130,939 m² (13.09 ha, 32.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 68 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 55 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  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.

• 27 May 2026Conditional

  The upgrade and extension of the existing Curry Wastewater Pumping Station: 1. Alterations to the existing Wastewater Pumping Station, comprising: a) Demolition and removal of existing wet well, valve chamber, flowmeter chamber and control kiosk. 2. Construction of a new Wastewater Pumping Station, comprising: a) Below ground construction of wet well, and emergency storage tank with 24 hours storage capacity, air valve chamber, flowmeter chamber and interconnecting pipework and manholes. b) Above ground construction of control kiosk, welfare kiosk, vent stack and ESB mini pillar. c) Construction of new timber fencing. d) Proposed hard and soft landscaping works to include screen planting. e) All associated ancillary works including site works and temporary working areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted with the planning application. All of the above is proposed on a site of approx. 0.1356 Ha . The planning permission sought is for 10-years.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660196

• 1 Dec 2025Conditional

  High-power electric vehicle charging points and associated infrastructure consisting of the following: I. Installation of 8no. electric vehicle charging bays with 8no. Tesla illuminated charging units and associated signage, II. Installation of proposed Tesla supercharger power cabinet equipment, III. Installation of proposed modular substation, IV. Erection of associated EV signage, V. Re-location of an existing lighting pole, VI. All associated site development works including surfacing, lighting & line marking.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560498

• 25 Mar 2025Conditional

  to construct a proposed dwelling house, garage, septic tank system and percolation area, complete with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560115

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling house including demolition of an existing extension, a new vehicular entrance, a new effluent treatment system and for all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560062

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  (a) retain rear extension to existing dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works and services on site

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460392

• 17 Oct 2024N/a

  Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling house including demolition of an existing extension, a new effluent treatment system and for all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460368

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  development consisting of retention of extension as built and make alterations to the north, east and west elevations of the same extension. To retain an existing entrance and driveway as built to the south of existing house. Permission to increase the size of the kitchen window of the existing house on the north elevation. Permission to retain 2 first floor windows on the west elevation and one first floor window on the east elevation of the existing house. Permission to remove or change condition number 12 as shown on the grant of planning permission conditions for PL01/1071.

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22300

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the revised design of previously approved application no. 20327

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21466

• 25 Sept 2020Conditional

  Development consisting of: demolition of existing disused Shop/Dwelling, erection of a momestic dwelling with connection to public services and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20327

• 10 Aug 2020N/a

  development consisting of the demolition of existing disused shop/dwelling, erection of a domestic dwelling with connection to public services and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20264

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

• SL042-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat pasture with the ground sloping down to E to a hollow. An arc of earthen bank (L c. 30m; Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) is evident N-E as indicated on the 1911 OS 6-inch map and is possibly the remains of a 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

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached rendered Catholic church, built c. 1870. Cruciform plan, three-bay nave with gabled bellcote to west gable, single-bay north and east transepts, single-bay chancel, single-storey two-bay flat-roofed sacristy c. 1970 in corner between south transept and chancel, single-storey three-bay flat-roofed entrance porch c. 1970 to west. Pitched slate roofs, ashlar stone verge cappings to gables with wrought-iron crosses to apexes and rendered corbelled springers, moulded cast-iron gutters, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling c. 1970 (originally exposed stone), chamfered plinths, splay-capped angle buttresses to west end of nave, ashlar stone bellcote with pointed-arch opening containing bell. Pointed-arch window openings, moulded render surrounds terminating on corbels, painted stone jambs, flush sills, stained glass leaded-lights, secondary glazing. Geometric bar tracery to chancel and transepts, with two lights surmounted by circular light to transepts and three lights surmounted by quatrefoil to chancel. Pointed-arch door openings, moulded render surrounds on plinth blocks, painted vertically-sheeted timber double doors. Interior with faceted panelled ceilings, painted decoration to chancel, painted plastered walls above painted vertically-sheeted wainscotting, pointed arches to transepts and chancel, gallery with plain panelled balustrade with confessionals under to either side. Set in graveyard, painted smooth-rendered boundary wall.

• Bridge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-span stone road-over-river bridge, built c. 1850. Coursed squared rubble limestone walling rising to parapets, cast-iron pattress plates securing wrought-iron tie bars. Semi-circular arches, tooled ashlar limestone voussoirs, smooth-rendered soffits. Coursed ashlar limestone pier and abutments, triangular cutwater with pyramidal cap to east. Coursed rubble stone parapets with square coping to west and segmental coping to east. Bitmac twin carriageway. Spans from south-west to north-east over Owengarve River.

• Bridge, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-span limestone former railway-over-river bridge, built c. 1890, no longer in use. Squared-and-snecked rubble stone walling, squared-and-snecked rubble stone abutments with ashlar stone raking copings, rock-faced string course at deck level. Segmental arches, rock-faced margined ashlar limestone voussoirs. Squared-and-snecked rubble stone pier and abutments, triangular cutwaters with pyramidal cap to east. Squared-and-snecked rubble stone parapets with rock-faced copings. Spans from north-south over Owengarve River. Weir to south, arch over mill stream to north.

• Curry National School, school, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multi-bay single-storey rendered former National School, built 1883, now used for storage. Two contiguous five-bay east-west gabled ranges, lean-to porch to west end of south elevation, shorter east-west gabled wing to northwest connected to north range by porch. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone verge copings with corbelled springers, unpainted smooth-rendered chimneystacks to gables, half-round cast-iron gutters on exposed rafter ends. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling, tooled ashlar limestone quoins rendered over, splay-capped ashlar buttresses rendered over, plaque between north and south ranges inscribed 'CURRY M & F NATIONAL SCHOOLS 1883'. Square-headed window openings, blocked-up, block-and-start ashlar limestone chamfered surrounds rendered over, limestone sills. Square-headed door openings to porches, those to south blocked-up, painted timber vertically-sheeted door to north. New garage door openings formed in east gables. Street fronted, surrounded by gravelled yard.

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 Curry, about 1 in 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_822 (ZIP).

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

Name

Curry · An Choraidh

Area

3,898,698 m² (389.87 ha, 963.39 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Achonry East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

468 people lived in 192 households in the Achonry East electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Botinny (Co. Mayo), Bunnacranagh, Derrydorneen (Co. Mayo), Drumbaun, Montiagh

Placenames

Curry 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.