Ramooney
Townland in the civil parish of Cloonclare, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Ráth Maonaigh
- Area
- 62.4 ha
- 154 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 10,605 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres)
- Zoning
- C6
- Enterprise and Employment
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ramooney, from 2,481 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 129,726 m² (12.97 ha, 32.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
- C6Enterprise and Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Sept 2024Conditional
1.Construction of a slatted/dry bedded agricultural shed, 2. construction of a machinery storage shed, 3. retention of the existing 2 number dry bedded agricultural sheds on site and all ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2460184
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
Recorded monuments
- LE011-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a small drumlin on the floor of the Bonet River valley. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims 24.5m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a steep-sided, round-topped bank of earth and stone (at S: Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.15m), reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) at E and W. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE011-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low drumlin with the E-W Owenmore River c. 120m to the N. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m E-W; 22.9m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m) which is separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.55m) from an outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.45m). Field banks were superimposed on the E part of the monument, and the enclosing elements are reduced to a scarp NE-E. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE011-020 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Located on the W-facing slope of a hill. Overgrown circular area (int. diam. 24.5m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.8m; H 0.2-0.3m) reduced to a scarp at W. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE011-021 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated on top a natural rise on the NW-facing slope of a hill. Grass-covered subcircular area (int. dims. 20.5m E-W; 17.1m N-S) defined by a grass-covered and overgrown stone spread (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.85m) with the intermittently visible facing-stones of a wall (Wth 1.1m). The entrance (Wth 1.9m) is at ENE and the perimeter at E forms the townland boundary with Tullyskeherny. Cashel (LE011-022----) is c. 50m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE011-022 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Located on a NW-facing slope. This is a grass and reed-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by a grass- and overgrown covered stone spread (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.8m) reduced to a scarp at NW. The entrance (Wth 1.1m) is at N and the perimeter at E forms the townland boundary with Tullyskeherny. Cashel (LE011-021----) is c. 50m to the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ramooney.
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 20 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1394 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ramooney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Ramooney · Ráth Maonaigh
- Area
- 624,328 m² (62.43 ha, 154.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloonclare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Manorhamilton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Manorhamilton electoral division: 2,064 people in 854 households; 58% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonclare, Donagh More, Manorhamilton, Ross, Tawnymanus, Tuckmillpark, Tullyskeherny
- Placenames
- Ramooney 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.