Mount Temple

189 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mount Temple, from 73 m² to 189,302 m² (18.93 ha, 46.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Mount Temple 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.

• 24 Mar 2026Refused

  Permission for the retention and completion of domestic garage with a horology studio at first floor level to rear existing dwelling house

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660110

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  change of house type from that previously granted Permission under planning reference 2460377 and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560538

• 15 Oct 2025Refused

  retention and completion of domestic garage with a horology studio at first floor level all to rear existing dwelling house

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560424

• 7 Oct 2025N/a

  Retention and completion of domestic garage with a horology studio at first floor level all to rear existing dwelling house

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560411

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new access and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460377

• 10 Oct 2024N/a

  Construction of a new dwelling, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new access and all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460354

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  construction of a bungalow dwelling with effluent treatment system together with site access & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460277

• 5 Apr 2022Conditional

  development consisting of retention of dwelling house as constructed

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 22124

• 4 Jul 2019Conditional

  development consisting of alterations and extensions to Scoil Bride Naisiunta to provide a new classroom, staff room and ancillary rooms. Floor area of proposed extension 99 sq m. The proposed alteration works will include combining two existing classrooms into one, alterations to ancillary rooms and associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19271

• 18 Dec 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) Demolition of an existing dwelling house and outbuilding (2) Construction of a replacement house and a domestic outbuilding (3) Installation of a new proprietary effluent treatment system (4) and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18500

• 1 Feb 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of amendments to planning permission register reference PL 08-257 (dwelling house and horse farming facility). The amendments consist of (a) an amended layout; (b) change of house design from split level to 2-storey dwelling with domestic office; (c) re-orientated outdoor riding arena, (d) the omission of previously permitted horse stalls, manure shed and horse walker and (e) all associated works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1823

• 22 Jan 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of retention of existing rear facing balcony on existing clock tower

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 1811

• 1 Dec 2017Conditional

  PR - retention permission for development consisting of the construction of an extension to the front of an existing dwelling house.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17450

• 17 Nov 2017N/a

  for development consisting of the retention of existing rear facing balcony on existing Clock Tower

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17433

• 21 Jul 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the sub-division of existing workshop/store (239.77 sqm) into 2 units. Unit 1 (122.77 sqm) to remain at workshop/store. Unit 2. change of use to Holiday Guest Activity area (117 sqm) and planning permission for alterations to south east, south east, north west and north east elevations of existing workshop/store and all associated site works. This development to be used in conjunction with extended dwelling, p.e.t. system and percolation area granted planning under PL15/360 and PL16/454

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17280

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: Streedagh Point Dunes SAC 001680
• Special Area of Conservation: Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC 000625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bunduff Lough And Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore 000625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Streedagh Point Dunes 001680

Recorded monuments

• SL002-020 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.

• SL002-021001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge at the base of a steep cliff in rough, boggy pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone bank (Wth. 1.1m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m). No fosse. On the S side the outer bank has been strengthened by a series of stones forming a retaining structure. Original entrance not recognisable. Immediately inside the bank at SE is a possible souterrain (SL002-021002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 09 March 2013

• SL002-021002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Mount Temple rath (002-021001-). Immediately inside the bank at SE is a large lintel-like stone (L 0.8m; D 0.4m) with other tumbled stones underneath. This may be the entrance to a blocked-up souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 10 March 2013

• SL002-022 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In good pasture with views to N-S-W. Raised circular area (int. diam. 19m N-S) enclosed by a ruined wall which adjoins a stream on the NE side. Interior slopes W-E. Possible indication of a fosse on the NNE. No indication of entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 02 April 2013

• SL005-007 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating deciduous forest and now inaccessible. Recorded by a fieldworker in 1991 as a circular raised area (diam. 16m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 4m) and an external bank of earth (Wth 5m; int. H 1m). The external bank is absent NW-NE and incorporated into modern field boundaries at E and W. The interior is domed and rises to a maximum height of 2m above the fosse at S. (SMR file). The monument is now densely overgrown with scrub rendering satisfactory inspection impossible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 April 2013

• SL005-008 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. However it is visible from aerial photographs (ACP V204/100-1). Slightly raised roughly circular area (diam. 20m) defined by a stone bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.85m). No fosse visible. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-011001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in gently undulating pasture on slight S-facing slope. Oval-shaped, slightly raised area (dims. 24m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an internal earth and stone bank (Wth 3.45m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.5m). At the external base of the bank is a berm (Wth 3.7-4m). Immediately outside the berm are a fosse (Wth 4.4m) and an external earth and stone bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.5-1.9 m). An ENE-WSW orientated drystone field wall lies along the top of the outer bank from SSE-S-SSW. A possible souterrain (SL005-011002-) is located on the SW side of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-011002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on the SW side of the interior of Mount Temple rath (SL005-011001-). A roughly rectangular U-shaped depression (L NNE-WSW 7m; Wth top 4m; Wth base 1.4m; D 0.5m) may indicate the presence of a souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-195 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In the garden of a private house. This bullaun stone consists of a sandstone boulder (0.68m by 0.66m; H 0.35m), rather rounded or subcircular in shape and profile, with a rough, pitted surface. There is a circular hollow (diam. 0.24m; D 0.15m) off-centre in the upper surface. The sides of the hollow appear to be relatively vertical towards the top, but incline gently inwards to merge seamlessly with a gently rounded base. According to local information, this bullaun stone came from Doonowney townland. It was found amongst stone rubble in the garden of a 19th-century vernacular stone cottage, while the cottage was being demolished. The exact origin of the stone, however, is uncertain (pers. comm. Leo Leydon, 2019). Attached images: SL005-195----_01.JPG SL005-195----_02.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 February 2019

Architectural heritage

• Mount Temple House, farm house, 1838–1886 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1886, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey central return (north). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Now disused. Hipped slate roof centred on pitched slate roof (north); pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gable (porch), and no rainwater goods surviving on slightly overhanging ogee-detailed exposed timber rafters. Rendered walls on overgrown plinth with margined tooled cut-limestone quoins to corners. Round-headed window opening (porch) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fitting. Square-headed opposing door openings ("cheeks") with concealed dressings framing timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with balustrade now missing, carved timber surround to door opening to half-landing framing timber panelled door, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors. Set in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-limestone pyramidal capping supporting tubular steel "farm gate".

• Carn National School, school, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey rendered National School, built 1951. Symmetrical single-storey flat-roofed extension c. 1970 to front (north) and sides with three-bay central section and forward-projecting single-bay east and west classroom wings. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, profiled extruded aluminium gutters c.2000 on painted timber eaves fascia and soffit. Painted roughcast walling, painted smooth-rendered plinth, date plaque to front elevation inscribed 'Scoil Bride Carna 1951'. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth-rendered slightly projecting reveals, painted masonry sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1990. Ventilation lancets in east and west gables, painted timber louvres. Square-headed door opening in extension, coursed squared rubble stone jambs, flat concrete canopy, varnished vertically-sheeted hardwood door c. 1990. Set in grounds, concrete paths, playground and grass area to south. Single-storey shelter to rear, flat concrete slab roof, painted roughcast walling, square-headed full-length opening to north with three circular equally-spaced columns. Low painted roughcast boundary wall to road to north, flat concrete copings, metal gates, low stepped styles to north and south.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Mount Temple with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Mount Temple · Moin Temple

Area

1,907,993 m² (190.8 ha, 471.48 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cliffony South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cliffony South electoral division: 577 people in 216 households; 90% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloysparra, Drumfad, Moneygold

Placenames

Mount Temple 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.