Rosdoagh
Rosdoagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Ros Dumhach.
- Area
- 593.2 ha
- 1,466 acres
- Land parcels
- 249
- registered freehold, median 5,964 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
249 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosdoagh, from 130 m² to 3,401,934 m² (340.19 ha, 840.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rosdoagh 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
28 Jul 2026N/a
1) retention planning permission for existing home office as constructed on site along with ancillary site works and 2) planning permission to demolish existing dwelling house and construct new replacement dwelling house with all associated site works
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660602
19 Aug 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the retention of existing dwelling house previous planning granted under P92/164. Including retention of existing garage, access, boundaries, all other associated works & services.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560566
15 Jul 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration: Rear Kitchen extension
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25274
4 Jul 2025Conditional
the development will consist of construction of a glamping site to include; 1) 4no. glamping pods. 2) 9no camper/caravan pitches with electric hook up. 3) Carpark with parking for 8 spaces (1no disabled). 4) 4no tent camping pitches 5) A communal building to include changing places, toilet, showers, site office, kitchen and recreation space. 6) Connection to existing council treatment unit. 7) Relocation of existing sheds and poly tunnels of existing community vegetable garden, and all associated site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560445
17 Jan 2024N/a
the development will consist of construction of a glamping site to include; 1) 4no. glamping pods. 2) 9no camper/caravan pitches with electric hook up. 3) Carpark with parking for 8 spaces (1no disabled). 4) 4no tent camping pitches 5) A communal building to include changing places toilet, showers, site office, kitchen and recreation space. 6) Connection to existing council treatment unit. 7) Relocation of existing sheds and poly tunnels of existing community vegetable garden, and all associated site works at the above address.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460007
17 Oct 2022Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22905
26 Aug 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 20601
29 Jan 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2041
9 Mar 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18155
21 Feb 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT SLATTED AGRICULTURAL STORAGE UNIT TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PERMISSION
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18111
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: Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC 000500
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA 004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glenamoy Bog Complex 000500
Recorded monuments
- MA004-016001 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Description
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) This is a national monument (no. 386) in state care. Date of upload: 30 December 2011
- MA004-016002 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA004-024 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rosdoagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Rosdoagh, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Rosdoagh.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rosdoagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Rosdoagh · Ros Dumhach
- Area
- 5,932,183 m² (593.22 ha, 1,465.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Erris
- Electoral division
- Muingnabo, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 249 people lived in 111 households in the Muingnabo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Muingnabo
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Rosdoagh 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.