Rossollus
Townland in the civil parish of Clontibret, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Ros Solas
- Area
- 78 ha
- 193 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 5,638 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossollus, from 117 m² to 65,969 m² (6.6 ha, 16.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Rossollus 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
8 Jul 2026N/a
retention/permission for development consisting of 1) retention of existing hard surfaced area, entrance onto public road & single storey storage shed and will consist of 2) permission to use development for agricultural purposes including the following: existing hard surfaced area to be used for the storage of silage bales, new single storey agricultural shed for housing cattle and associated holding yards, conversion of existing single storey shed into agricultural store and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660286
18 Jun 2026N/a
permission to construct a single storey dwelling and new entrance onto public road, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2660254
19 Dec 2025Conditional
permission to construct a new two storey style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, establish new entrance onto public road, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560526
13 Nov 2025Refused
permission for a development consisting of retention of existing single storey home study & domestic storage, used solely in connection with applicants own dwellinghouse
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560457
14 Oct 2025Conditional
Permission for the development consists of retention of agricultural sheds (A 468sqm and B 82sqm) and permission for alteration of elevations to include creation of new rear entrance, creation of new entrance doors, creation entrance driveway and ancillary site development works. Retention of yard space for agricultural use for the storage of farm machinery and hay/straw bales and retention of Farm Office Building and two Farm Storage Buildings.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560411
28 Jan 2025N/a
temporary retention of the following: 2 no. single storey office buildings, 1 no. single storey storage shed for tyres and maintenance parts, 1 no single storey shed for maintenance of trucks, hard surfaced area and entrance onto public road and ancillary site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560026
3 Nov 2023Refused
retention permission for 2 no. single storey office buildings, 1 no. single storey attached shed A for maintenance of trucks, 1 no. single storey attached storage shed B for tyres and maintenance parts, hard surfaced area and entrance onto public road and all associated site development works, Significant Further Information relates to, Environmental Report, Planning Report, Met Eireann, Attenuation Report, Storm Brake performance report and revised drawings
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2360269
28 Feb 2023Conditional
retention permission for development consisting of elevational changes to dwelling house from that granted under planning ref. no. 21/115 and all associated site development works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2363
23 Nov 2022Conditional
permission to retain 1. the construction of an external 'arena' (including associated flood lighting) & use of same for provision of horse-riding lessons & related activity; 2. change of use of portions of existing agricultural sheds associated with said horse riding lessons & related activity, together with retention of other associated ancillary site works Significant Further information relates to submitted wastewater management plan, site drainage drawing, Fertiliser plan, Noise Assessment report and Nitrates report
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22493
6 Sept 2022Conditional
permission to construct a one and half storey type dwelling house, a domestic garage, a domestic waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works. Significant further information received in relation to minor alterations to the house design and the re positioning and re-orientation of the proposed dwelling on the site, The re-positioning of the proposed domestic garage and the proposed waste water treatment system along with alterations to the site boundaries.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22384
29 Aug 2022Refused
Retention permission consisting of a commercial yard comprising wash area (used solely in connection with applicant’s freight vehicles) single storey storage container, single storey domestic storage shed, hard surfaced area used for the storage of applicant’s freight vehicles & trailers and associated activity, boundary treatment, entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22373
20 Jun 2022N/a
permission for retention consisting of commercial yard comprising of wash area (used solely in connection with applicant's freight vehicles) single storey steel storage container, single storey domestic storage shed, hard surfaced area used for the storage of applicant's freight vehicles & trailers and associated activity, boundary treatment, entrance onto public road and all associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22277
20 Jun 2022N/a
retention 2 no. single storey office buildings, 2 No. single storey attached storage sheds and all associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22278
30 Nov 2021Conditional
1) retention of dormer extension to the side of existing dormer dwelling and 2) demolish existing sunroom and replace with a single storey room onto the side of existing dwelling house and all associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21659
12 Mar 2021Conditional
permission for a development consisting of elevational changes to dwelling house from that granted under planning ref. no. 20/220, to construct a domestic garage and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21115
28 Oct 2020Conditional
Permission to consist of the erection of a two storey dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new wastewater treatment system, use of existing shared access, new gates & piers together with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20449
18 Jun 2020Conditional
permission to construct a split level bungalow, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20220
6 Sept 2017N/a
Permission to construct a new 2 storey storage unit with all ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17422
19 Jun 2017N/a
RETAIN and complete existing HGV trailer storage yard and upgrade of existing entrance and all associated works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 17294
16 Mar 2017Conditional
permission for a one bay extension of a roofed manure pit to a previously granted slatted shed Reference Number 16/299 on this site
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17124
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rossollus.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rossollus.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rossollus.
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rossollus.
- 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 Rossollus with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Rossollus · Ros Solas
- Area
- 779,927 m² (77.99 ha, 192.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clontibret, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Cremartin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cremartin electoral division: 1,242 people in 418 households; 80% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clare Oghill, Corderryduff, Oghill, Shane, Toome, Tullycarragh
- Placenames
- Rossollus 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.