# Roscrea, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Ros Cré. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 509,562 m² (50.96 ha, 125.92 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,196 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ballynakill-clifden-ra.md - Barony: Ballynahinch - Electoral division: Ballynakill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 516 people lived in 204 households in the Ballynakill electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18042 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63732 - Centre: latitude 53.546169, longitude -9.992465 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roscrea, from 423 m² to 59,420 m² (5.94 ha, 14.68 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1987809: 59,420 m² (5.94 ha, 14.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987809.md - Parcel 1962852: 46,629 m² (4.66 ha, 11.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962852.md - Parcel 5256209: 44,828 m² (4.48 ha, 11.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5256209.md - Parcel 1987808: 41,486 m² (4.15 ha, 10.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987808.md - Parcel 1987812: 37,804 m² (3.78 ha, 9.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987812.md - Parcel 1962848: 35,765 m² (3.58 ha, 8.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962848.md - Parcel 4747990: 31,456 m² (3.15 ha, 7.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4747990.md - Parcel 4634291: 29,924 m² (2.99 ha, 7.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634291.md - Parcel 1987813: 26,644 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987813.md - Parcel 1962849: 22,863 m² (2.29 ha, 5.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962849.md - Parcel 5256208: 11,742 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5256208.md - Parcel 1987716: 10,741 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987716.md - Parcel 1987811: 9,962 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987811.md - Parcel 5255517: 6,429 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5255517.md - Parcel 1987816: 6,235 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987816.md - Parcel 1962853: 5,247 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962853.md - Parcel 1987814: 4,424 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987814.md - Parcel 4634280: 4,305 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634280.md - Parcel 1987817: 3,703 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987817.md - Parcel 1987810: 3,178 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987810.md - Parcel 1962846: 3,159 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962846.md - Parcel 1987815: 2,932 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1987815.md - Parcel 1962850: 2,888 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962850.md - Parcel 1962851: 1,686 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962851.md - Parcel 1962847: 894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962847.md - Parcel 1962845: 423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962845.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Roscrea in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 30 Jun 2022, Galway County Council 2260665: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to (1) construct a new dwelling house, a new effluent treatment system and all associated site works.Gross floor space of proposed works 177.90sqm.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260665/0 - 23 Jul 2021, Galway County Council 211349: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new dwelling house, a new effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 175.5 sqm. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/211349/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Roscrea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - GA022-130: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-130----. In a rush-covered field at the base of a steep S-facing slope of a hill. According to local information, a spring well in the field supplied the local water needs up until about 50 years ago. This fulacht fia was defined by a low horseshoe-shaped grassy mound (Wth 8m; H 0.15-0.5m) with a central depression (3m WNW-ESE; 2.5m WSW-ENE; D 0.35m) opening to the WSW. Some burnt stone and ash were exposed where the grass cover had been poached by cattle (information from Mr. L. Morahan). On inspection in January 2019, the fulacht fia had been largely levelled as a result of development works. Another possible fulacht fia (GA022-131----) lies c. 160m to the NNW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 7 June 2023 - GA022-131: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-131----. In a rush-covered field in an area of rough grazing land. This fulacht fia came to light when a NE-SW running drain was being dug to the SE of a trackway. A spread of burnt stone and ash (10m NE-SW; D 0.45m) was exposed on both sides of the drain. A circular area (diam. 7m) free of rushes to its E may be associated. Another fulacht fia (GA022-130----) lies c. 160m to the SSE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by Leo Morahan Date of upload: 2 January 2019 - GA023-028: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA023-028----. On the summit of a low hill overlooking the mouth of Abhainn an tSraithín. Thin slab of schist, rectangular in plan (H 1.63m) (GA023-028----). No visible trace survives of the faint 'rectangular enclosure [GA023-028001-], about 12ft. [3.65m] square' noted by Redington 'on the S side of this monument' (1914, 239-40). (Killanin 1954, 98) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 - GA023-028001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA023-028001-. On the summit of a low hill overlooking the mouth of Abhainn an tSraithín. Thin slab of schist, rectangular in plan (H 1.63m) (GA023-028----). No visible trace survives of the faint 'rectangular enclosure [GA023-028001-], about 12ft. [3.65m] square' noted by Redington 'on the S side of this monument' (1914, 239-40). (Killanin 1954, 98) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 26 October 2022 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Roscrea. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Roscrea, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Roscrea. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/roscrea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/roscrea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/roscrea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Roscrea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Moyard: https://everytownland.com/galway/moyard.md - Rosleague: https://everytownland.com/galway/rosleague.md - Ungwee: https://everytownland.com/galway/ungwee.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/roscrea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/roscrea