Graigue

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graigue, from 220 m² to 159,684 m² (15.97 ha, 39.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Graigue 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 Jan 2025Conditional

  2-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling house with all associated site works to include removal of existing extension and shed to rear, with alterations to elevations and plans. To construct detached domestic garage on site. To decommission existing septic tank serving the dwelling and install new onsite wastewater treatment system to serve dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560005

• 6 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new slatted shed with creep area and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360134

• 17 Jun 2019N/a

  development consisting of alterations, extension and change of use from former golf academy club house to a dwelling and a proposed horse jumping arena. The floor area of the dwelling will be 206 sq m including a proposed single storey extension of 37 sq m. The proposed extension will be provided by part conversion of the existing enclosure and canopy over the tee off area for the former driving range. It will remain within the overall dimensions of the existing canopy. The area of the proposed horse jumping arena will be 3,200 sq m. It will consist of stone base, drainage and a sand finish, the overall height of which will not exceed 500mm above existing ground level. Permission is also sought for associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19236

• 21 Nov 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of (1) Construct new extensions to the front and side of existing dwelling house (2) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18453

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 Graigue.

Recorded monuments

• SL014-200 Enclosure
  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.

• SL014-201001 Enclosure
  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.

• SL014-201002 Earthwork
  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.

• SL014-201003 Souterrain
  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.

• SL014-202001 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• SL014-202002 Souterrain
  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.

• SL014-204 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Timoney (1984, 323, no. 9) describes this as follows: 'The total diameter of this ring-barrow, sited on a false crest is 20.30m. A flat topped mound, 8.50m in diameter and 30cm high, is enclosed by a fosse, 3m wide and 50cm deep, and a bank, 2.80m wide and 75cm high. There are stones in the make-up of the bank. A modern stone wall crosses the west side of the monument. Burenhult (1980:1, 97) lists this as Structure 64, Carrowmore, recte Graigue.' Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• SL014-206 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• SL014-207001 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• SL014-207002 Souterrain
  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.

• SL014-208 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• SL014-209055 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Petrie (Stokes 1867, 249) noted that the site was disturbed in 1837 and consisted of twenty stones, but no chamber. Five boulders now form a slight curve (L c. 7m) (ACP V203/93-4; Herity 1974, 269, SL 64; Kitchin 1983, 172; Bergh 1995, 197, Carrowmore 47). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 15 June 2018

• SL014-209056 Hut 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.

• SL014-209057 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Oval area (int. dims. c. 36m N-S; c. 31m E-W) enclosed by a substantial wall constructed of large stones mixed with earth and an external fosse. The entrance is at SW and is stone-lined. This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 15 June 2018

• SL014-209061 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Visible as a circular barrow-like feature on an aerial photo (OS 1, 3310-1: SMR file) and listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) as a 'Potential site - aerial photo'. The location of this 'barrow' feature approximately coincides with the central of the three circle of stones indicated in this field on the 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map (1837) and may represent the last vestiges of a monument identified by Petrie (1837, Carrowmore 39; SL014-209062-). The barrow-like feature is visible at the centre of the attached image. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• SL014-209062 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209063 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209066 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209067 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209095 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL020-048001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a ridge in undulating ground in pasture with views over the Ox Mountains and Knocknarea. Comprises an oval area (int. dims. 30m by 19m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 3m, H 0.90m) which has the appearance of a stone wall on the W and NW. The entrance is in the NE( Wth 1.70m) with a curving ramp. In the interior is a possible souterrain (SL020-048002-). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

• SL020-048002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on a ridge in undulating ground in pasture with views over the Ox Mountains and Knocknarea. In the southern part of the interior of a ringfort (SL020-048001-). Near the bank is an L-shaped depression (L 8.80m and 3.50m, Wth 2m, D 0.60m) which may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

• SL020-049 Enclosure
  Description

  This enclosure was marked on a OS manuscript map. Not marked on either edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible indication of site (OPW 1991). Compiled by: Geraldine stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013

• SL020-050001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on flat to undulating ground in pasture with a view of Ballysadare Bay. Comprises an oval raised area (int. dims. 30m by 21m) enclosed by a bank which survives on the S (Wth 1.90m, H 0.040m-0.70m). There is a hut site in the interior (SL020-050002-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

• SL020-050002 Hut site
  Description

  Located on flat to undulating ground in pasture with a view of Ballysadare Bay. There is a hut site in the W of the interior of a ringfort (SL020-050001-). Comprises a circular stone wall (Wth 0.60m) wich encloses an area (Diam 2.10m). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

• SL020-052001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight N facing slope in flat to undulating pasture. Comprises a circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by a bank (Wth 4m, H 0.30m). There may be the remains of an outer bank as well but it is too indistinct to be certain. There is no indication of a ditch. A gap in the S part of the inner bank may be an entrance (Wth 3.50m). In an aerial photograph (OS 1. 3310-1) the rath appears to be surrounded by field boundaries (SL020-052002-) but these are not visible on the ground. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

• SL020-052002 Field boundary
  Description

  A series of field boundaries radiating from a ringfort (SL020-052002-) can be seen on aerial photographs (OS 1.3310-1) surrounding a ringfort. There are no visible surface remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Graigue, 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 Graigue.

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

Name

Graigue · An Ghráig

Area

1,138,410 m² (113.84 ha, 281.31 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacowen, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Kilmacowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,347 people lived in 830 households in the Kilmacowen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybeg, Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, Knocknahur North, Knocknahur South, Knocknashammer or Cloverhill, Slieveroe or Siberia

Placenames

Graigue 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.