Mountirvine

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountirvine, from 84 m² to 201,829 m² (20.18 ha, 49.87 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 Mountirvine 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.

• 17 Jan 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission for revision of site boundaries to that previously granted planning permission under reference number PL 21/212 and retain revised location of dwelling house and sewage treatment system on site to that previously granted planning permission under reference number PL 21/212

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460013

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house complete with new access onto public road, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system, associated percolation area, hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21212

• 1 Aug 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of (a) demolition of existing dwelling house and outbuilding on site, (b) construction of a dwelling house, garage, proprietary effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17297

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: Flughany Bog SAC 000497
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Flughany Bog 000497

Recorded monuments

• SL039-111 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. The remains of a circular stone-built structure (int. diam. 5m N-S; 5.1m E-W). The wall survives as internal and external facing of limestone slabs, just one course high, with an earth and rubble core (T 1.25m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.35m). The entrance (Wth 0.95m) is at S. Two possible fulachtaí fia (SL039-111001-; SL039-111002-) lie c. 20m and 40m to NE and SW, respectively. 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

• SL039-111001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, at the break of a NE-facing slope. A low roughly circular mound (diam. c. 8m) of heat-shattered stones and dark soil. There is a hut site (SL039-111----) c. 20m to SW and a possible fulacht fia (SL039-111002-) c. 70m to SW. 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

• SL039-111002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on a slight terrace on a gentle NE-facing slope. A barely perceptible roughly circular mound (diam. c. 10m) of heat-shattered stones and dark soil. There is a hut site (SL039-111----) c. 40m to NE and a possible fulacht fia (SL039-111001-) c. 70m to NE. 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

• SL039-112 Standing stone
  Description

  According to local information, an upright stone, possibly a standing stone reused as a gate pier, stood here in the recent past (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). The stone cannot be located now. 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

• SL039-113 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin, with ground sloping away sharply to N, S and W. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a mound in the SW corner of a field. Remains consist of a roughly semicircular raised area (12m N-S; 16m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) N-SSE and truncated by field boundaries on the SW and NW sides. No remains of the mound are visible at ground level on the S or W sides of the field boundaries. A large flat boulder is embedded in the SE side. A rath (SL039-114----) lies c. 12m to E. 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

• SL039-114 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rolling pasture, on top of a drumlin, with a sharp fall of ground immediately to S. A circular area (diam. 38m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank E-NW, best preserved to SW and W; the bank has been levelled NW-E. The interior slopes gently down to E and a NW-SE field boundary crosses it. A mound barrow (SL039-113----) lies c. 12m to W and a rath (SL044-002----) c. 110m to SW. 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

• SL039-146 Moated site
  Description

  On the margins of a flat expanse of marshy pasture, overlooked by rising ground to S. The moated site is low and degraded and barely visible amidst the surrounding rushes. A low square platform (c. 21m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW), with rounded corners, defined by a scarp (H 0.6m) with an intervening fosse (Wth 3m at NE; 4.8m at SW) and an external bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.4m). The platform is level and covered with rushes. The enclosing elements are best preserved on the SW side and less well preserved, but still visible, on the NW and NE sides. A grassy cropmark (Wth c. 2m) on top of the scarp at the W end of the SW side and on the NW side may indicate a levelled inner bank. The fosse is marked by a dense growth of rushes and is narrower on the NE side. The outer bank appears as a low grassy rise, degraded in parts on the NW and NE sides to little more than a grassy cropmark. On the E corner, the SE side and the S corner the scarp is very poorly defined, the fosse cannot be distinguished from the surrounding expanse of wet ground and the outer bank is not evident. The site is crossed NE of centre by a field boundary and drain on a NW-SE axis. A strip of flat wet ground (Wth 12m) separates the moated site from the gently rising dry ground to S. This area is crossed by a stony causeway (Wth 2.3m) that cuts through the outer bank on the SW side and continues over the fosse to the platform. The causeway continues across the platform, cutting the field boundary, the fosse and the outer bank on the NE side. 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

• SL044-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, close to the base of the S slope of a drumlin with views restricted by surrounding higher ground. A circular area (int. diam. 21.9m N-S; 22.9m E-W) enclosed by a partially overgrown stony bank (Wth 2.55m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.55m). Internal and external stone facing is evident, best preserved along the N arc. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) which is approached by a ramp (L 9m) is at S. The interior slopes down to S. Another rath (SL039-114----) lies c. 110m to NE. 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

• SL044-003001 Religious house - Carmelite friars
  Description

  In level pasture, at the foot of a S-facing slope; in the centre of Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). All that remains of Knockmore Abbey is the ruin of a rectangular church (ext. 25.6m E-W; 8.65m N-S) built of uncoursed mortared stonework. Only a stump at the NE corner, the internal face of the S wall and a short return of the W wall, survive, and much of the E and S walls have recently been rebuilt as a drystone wall. The NE stump contains the N side of the central E window; this has a limestone jamb with chamfered edges. Near the E end of the S wall is a square recess (D 0.6m; H c. 0.8m) with a rounded arch and a ribbed band on both jambs. The base of the recess is covered by rubble but it is probably a piscina (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3). There is a much-ruined doorway near the W end of this wall. Just inside the boundary of the graveyard and NE of the church are two pieces of a window mullion, reused as grave-markers. These match the surviving side of the E window; one is decorated on its internal face with a simple knot motif. A drawing from the 1830s shows this window with three mullions rising to four round sub-arches with tracery overhead (OSNB vol. 1, 435). The interior of the church contains many 19th- and 20th-century burials. Knockmore Abbey was established for the Carmelites c. 1320 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 290; M. A. Timoney 1997); according to Cowell (1997, 147), it was founded by Edmund O'Gara of Moygara Castle (SL044-052001-). The surviving architectural features, though very fragmentary, appear to be 15th century in date. Four cross-slabs (SL044-003002-; SL044-003004-; SL044-003005-; SL044-003006-) were found loose within and to the W of the friary in the 1970s and 1980s but only one of these can be located. 'Tobernambraher' holy well (SL044-004----) is c. 160m to E. 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

• SL044-003002 Cross-slab
  Description

  In Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). One of four cross-slabs found here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A subrectangular sandstone slab (H 1.025m; Wth 0.43-0.47m; T 0.06-0.08m) incised with a single Greek cross (H 0.175m; Wth 0.14m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4; M. A. Timoney 2002a, 148, top photograph). This cross-slab has not been seen in the graveyard since 1984. 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

• SL044-003003 Graveyard
  Description

  A rectangular graveyard (c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall. In the centre are the fragmentary remains of Knockmore Abbey (SL044-003001-), a Carmelite foundation. The graveyard is still in use. It contains many 19th- and 20th-century headstones, and some low uninscribed grave-markers, including some which are reused moulded stones from the friary (see SL044-003001-). There is one chest-tomb near the SE corner. 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

• SL044-003004 Cross-slab
  Description

  In Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). One of four cross-slabs found here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. An irregular sandstone slab (H 0.8m; Wth 0.57m; T 0.07-0.09m) inscised with a single Greek cross (H 0.205m; Wth 0.165m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4; M. A. Timoney 2002a, 148, bottom photograph). This cross-slab has not been seen in the graveyard since 1984. 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

• SL044-003005 Cross-slab
  Description

  In Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). One of four cross-slabs found here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. An irregular sandstone slab (H 0.77m; Wth 0.71m; T 0.07-0.14m) with a pointed top, inscised with a single Greek cross (H 0.22m; Wth 0.165m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4; M. A. Timoney 2002a, 148, middle photograph). This cross-slab has not been seen in the graveyard since 1984. 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

• SL044-003006 Cross-slab
  Description

  In Knockmore graveyard (SL044-003003-). One of four cross-slabs found here in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A subrectangular sandstone slab (H 0.78m; Wth 0.3-0.33m; T 0.035-0.09m), with curving sides, inscised with a single Greek cross (H 0.205m; Wth 0.165m) with expanded terminals (M. A. Timoney 1997, 3-4, fig. 1). This cross-slab, which had been missing since 1984, was found in 2004 and is now in private possession (see SL039-162----). M.A. Timoney, 'A rediscovered slab from Knockmore, Co. Sligo'. The Corran Herald 37(2004-5), 41-2. 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). Revised: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 24 June 2009

• SL044-004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Adjacent to a field boundary, in low-lying damp ground at the base of a drumlin ridge. The present remains are a muddy unenclosed hollow. In 1836 it was noted that the well was also known as 'Tubbernacagher' and 'Tober na Mainistreach' and was not then in holy use (OSNB vol. 1, 432). Knockmore Abbey (SL044-003001-) is c. 160m to W. 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

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1011 (ZIP).

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

Name

Mountirvine · An Cnoc Mór

Area

1,370,389 m² (137.04 ha, 338.63 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfree, and its townlands

Barony

Coolavin

Electoral division

Cuilmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cuilmore electoral division: 555 people in 227 households; 85% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cuilmore, Gortygara, Kiltycreen, Knockgrania, Knocknaskeagh, Ogham

Placenames

Mountirvine 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.