Which towns in Co. Mayo flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Newport (9), Ballina (9), Balla (7), Shrule (5), Foxford (4). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Co. Mayo hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Co. Mayo

Flood risk in Co. Mayo: 55 recorded floods around 22 towns

55 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 22 towns in Co. Mayo. 16 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

recorded flood events within 2 km of 22 town centres (OPW)

16/22

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Co. Mayo has flooded

Across 22 towns in Co. Mayo, the OPW register holds 55 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 22, coastal/estuarine waters 13, turlough 10, low lying land 5, runoff 1. The towns with the longest record:

Newport	9 events
Ballina	9 events
Balla	7 events
Shrule	5 events
Foxford	4 events
Crossmolina	4 events
Westport	4 events
Hollymount	3 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Co. Mayo

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Mayo

Co. Mayo is one of the five counties in the Defective Concrete Blocks grant scheme (mica). For any house built 1990 to 2015, the report checks the scheme designation and tells you what to ask the seller about block testing.

Flood risk by town in Co. Mayo

Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Mayo flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Newport (9), Ballina (9), Balla (7), Shrule (5), Foxford (4). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Mayo hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.