Rosleague

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosleague, from 239 m² to 289,983 m² (29 ha, 71.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Rosleague 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.

• 2 Dec 2024Refused

  for development works consisting of, (i) the construction of a new dwelling house, (ii) the construction of a detached garage & home office, (iii) provision of a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary works including connection to existing well 315m from the site, (iv) site entrance and driveway together with hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 271.00 sqm(house) & 92.40 sqm(garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461635

• 22 Sept 2017Conditional

  of a dwelling house, previously granted (Ref: 0132122), and removal of an Enurement clause, on revised site boundaries. Gross floor space of work to be retained 137.4sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171405

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Illaunnanoon SPA 004221

Recorded monuments

• GA023-029 Standing stone
  Description

  Crowning the steep-sided promontory which divides Ballynakill Harbour from Bearna Dhearg Bay. Described by Redington (1914, 237) as 'an erratic boulder of white granite' (H c. 1.5m, L/Wth 0.85m). No visible trace of the stone (GA023-029----), or the small 'enclosure' (GA023-029001-) adjoining it on E (ibid., 239), survives; the promontory is now mantled by a fir plantation. A stone pair lies c. 250m to SSW (GA023-030----) and there is a pre-bog wall (GA023-039----) on SE slopes of the hill. 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

• GA023-029001 Enclosure
  Description

  Crowning the steep-sided promontory which divides Ballynakill Harbour from Bearna Dhearg Bay. Described by Redington (1914, 237) as 'an erratic boulder of white granite' (H c. 1.5m, L/Wth 0.85m). No visible trace of the stone (GA023-029----), or the small 'enclosure' (GA023-029001-) adjoining it on E (ibid., 239), survives; the promontory is now mantled by a fir plantation. A stone pair lies c. 250m to SSW (GA023-030----) and there is a pre-bog wall (GA023-039----) on SE slopes of the hill. 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

• GA023-030 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  On the summit at S end of the promontory c. 250m SSW of GA023-029----. Aligned NNW-SSE and 2.6m apart. Both stones (GA023-030----) are of granite. The N stone is squat and subcircular in plan (H 0.5m); S stone is taller and oblong in plan (H 1.5m). No visible trace survives of the small 'enclosure' (GA023-030001-) noted by Redington (1914, 238-9) on E side of S stone. 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

• GA023-030001 Enclosure
  Description

  Crowning the steep-sided promontory which divides Ballynakill Harbour from Bearna Dhearg Bay. Described by Redington (1914, 237) as 'an erratic boulder of white granite' (H c. 1.5m, L/Wth 0.85m). No visible trace of the stone (GA023-029----), or the small 'enclosure' (GA023-029001-) adjoining it on E (ibid., 239), survives; the promontory is now mantled by a fir plantation. A stone pair lies c. 250m to SSW (GA023-030----) and there is a pre-bog wall (GA023-039----) on SE slopes of the hill. 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

• GA023-031 Standing stone
  Description

  On N-facing slope in cutaway bog overlooking Ballynakill Harbour to NW. Squat granite boulder, oval in plan (H 0.65m). Immediately to SE is a prostrate stone, partly obscured (> 1.55m by 0.55m). The standing stone in Roscrea (GA028-028----) is visible to W. 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

• GA023-039 Field boundary
  Description

  On SE-facing slope close to the summit of a prominent hill. A short stretch of pre-bog wall is visible in cutaway bog (L c. 30m) running roughly E-W uphill where it is covered by a thin layer of peat. Obliterated by a fire-break and forest on the hill summit. There is a stone pair (GA023-030----) to SSW and the site of a standing stone (GA023-029----) to NW, both on summits of the same hill. 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

• GA023-045 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In rough pastureland on a flat sheltered terrace between two outcropping rocky ridges. This unenclosed children's burial ground (c. 10m N-S; 9m E-W) is defined graves marked by simple shale grave-markers (max. H 0.3m). About 15 grave-markers are visible as well some possible stone-lined graves - one large subrectangular example (2.2m E-W; 1.3m N-S; H 0.6m) resembles a leacht. According to local information, some Spanish sailors who drowned off a ship delivering coal at the nearby pier in Letterfrack are also buried here. Compiled by: Olive Alcock based on information supplied by Leo Morahan Date of upload: 14 July 2017

• GA023-046 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  This stone pair is located in an area of rough grazing land on an E-W running ridge. It commands panoramic views overlooking Ballynakill Harbour and Tully Mountain to the NW. Diamond Hill and Doughruagh or Kylemore Mountain are visible to the E and NE respectively. The pair consists of two granite boulders, 2.3m apart, and while not parallel with one another, they lie on a roughly NNE-SSW axis. The taller boulder (H 1.32m; Wth 1.3m; T 0.85m), to the S, is flat-faced to the E and bears a more rounded profile to the W. The shorter N boulder (H 0.6m; L 1.2m; T 1m) is roughly trapezoidal in shape. The monument is obscured by the dense growth of cotoneaster, particularly around the S and W faces of the larger boulder. However, according to local information, it was clear of overgrowth in the mid-1960s, when it was visible as a more prominent feature in the landscape. This stone pair was brought to our attention by Helen Riekstiņš. Another example (GA023-030----) is known from this townland. It lies c. 225m to the NNW. The following images have been appended: GA023-046----_02 View from W GA023-046----_03 View from SE overlooking Ballynakill Harbour Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 5 February 2019

Architectural heritage

• Rosleague House, country house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, facing north-east and having gabled two-storey block to rear and multiple recent additions to rear built 1950-2000, now in use as hotel. Hipped artificial slate roof to original house, having rendered chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Artificial slate to roofs of pitched roof additions, felt to flat roofs. Painted roughcast rendered walls with occasional wrought-iron vents. Square-headed window openings throughout with render sills and reveals. Bipartite timber-framed windows to original block with margined one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows having casement overlights to ground floor. Similar windows to flanking blocks to front and replacement uPVC and timber casement windows to rear elevations. Timber porch to front elevation having flat roof, fixed square-headed window openings, square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber glazed door and limestone stepped approach. Segmental-headed door opening to interior of porch having replacement timber glazed double-leaf door and paned overlight. Square-headed door openings to additions having timber panelled and replacement uPVC doors. Located within own grounds with rendered rubble stone enclosing wall with limestone gate piers and wrought-iron railings.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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 Rosleague.

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 Rosleague with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Rosleague · Ros Liag

Area

908,848 m² (90.88 ha, 224.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ballynahinch

Electoral division

Ballynakill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynakill electoral division: 516 people in 204 households; 66% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attirowerty, Baunoge, Roscrea, Ungwee

Placenames

Rosleague 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.