Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun
Townland in the civil parish of Castleconor, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo; in Irish Tulaigh Uí Fhloinn nó Baile Uí Fhionnáin
- Area
- 604.8 ha
- 1,495 acres
- Land parcels
- 137
- registered freehold, median 15,406 m² (1.54 ha, 3.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
137 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, from 64 m² to 396,322 m² (39.63 ha, 97.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Aug 2025Conditional
to: (1) Construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage, along with modifications to the front, side and rear elevations, (2) Relocate the site entrance, (3) Install a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and, (4) Carry out all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560359
22 Aug 2025N/a
Planning Permission to: (1) Construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage, along with modifications to the front, side and rear elevations, (2) Relocate the site entrance, (3) Install a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and, (4) Carry out all ancillary site works at Tullylin Td., Castleconnor East E.D., Co. Sligo.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560355
10 Jun 2025Refused
(1) Construct a single storey extension to the front and side of the existing cottage, along with modifications to the front, side and rear elevations, (2) Relocate the site entrance, (3) Install a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and, (4) Carry out all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560241
8 May 2025Conditional
for an entrance roadway (as previously granted under PL16/501) from the N59 public road to facilitate the thinning and harvesting of forestry timber together with all ancillary site works
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560180
1 May 2025N/a
Retention Permission for an entrance roadway (as previously granted under PL16/501) from the N59 public road to facilitate the thinning and harvesting of forestry timber together with all ancillary site works at Tullylin Td., Culleens, Co. Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560168
19 Sept 2024Conditional
to demolish the existing rear extension and for renovation and extension of existing dwelling house including new effluent treatment unit and percolation area together with all associated site works and connection into existing services
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460317
26 May 2022Refused
development consisting of upgrading an existing farm entrance to a forestry standard entrance
Permission · Sligo County Council, 22188
24 Mar 2021Refused
development consisting of the following to upgrade an existing farm entrance to a forestry standard entrance
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21106
8 Aug 2017Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and to carry out ancillary site works
Extension of duration, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 12227
9 Jan 2017Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a four bay slatted cubicle shed with calf creep and loose area, manure pit, loose cattle shed and associated concrete works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 174
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun.
Recorded monuments
- SL017-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a slight W-facing slope on a low elevation in an area of poorly drained, marshy pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 29m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by a low bank (Wth 3-4.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.85m), with an external fosse (Wth 3.5-4m; ext. D 0.3m) which appears as a shallow depression marked by a thick growth of rushes. There is a gap (Wth 3.5-4m), now blocked by boulders, in the bank at SE, with a causeway (Wth 4m) arcoss the fosse. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-043001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (24m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide bank (Wth 7.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.6m at S, 2.4m at N). Original entrance not recognisable. Centrally located within the internal area is a possible hut site (SL017-043002-). Within the SW quadrant is a raised area which according to local tradition marks the site of a souterrain (SL017-043003-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-043002 Hut site
Description
Centrally located within the interior of a rath (SL017-043001-). This possible hut site consists of a circular area (diam. 6m) enclosed by a low bank (Wth 1m; H 0.15m). It is located on top of a low, flat-topped platform (diam. 8.8m; H 0.4m at SE, 0.8m at NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-043003 Souterrain
Description
Within the SW quadrant a rath (SL017-043001-). Located against the inner face of the rath bank is a raised area (Wth 6m) which according to local tradition marks the site of a souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun · Tulaigh Uí Fhloinn nó Baile Uí Fhionnáin
- Area
- 6,048,487 m² (604.85 ha, 1,494.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleconor, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Castleconor East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleconor East electoral division: 239 people in 82 households; 90% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carns, Carrowcoller, Carrownurlar, Culleens, Lackanatlieve, Magherabrack, Muingwore, Tawnalaghta
- Placenames
- Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun 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.