Roscomroe

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roscomroe, from 1,431 m² to 213,627 m² (21.36 ha, 52.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Roscomroe 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.

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  PROVISION OF A NEW DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALL E.T.U WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21282

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  THE DEMOLITION OF THE SINGLE STOREY PORCH TO THE EAST, THE EXISTING EXTENSION, AND THE OUTBUILDING TO THE WEST, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE WEST, THE ADJUSTMENT OF AN EXISTING WINDOW OPE TO THE SOUTH, THE ADDITION OF WINDOWS TO BOTH THE EAST AND THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING DWELLING, REPLACING WINDOWS AND DOORS THROUGHOUT, THE REBUILDING OF THE EXISTING CHIMNEY, THE ADDITION OF ROOFLIGHTS, A PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS AND SITEWORKS, INCLUDING A PROPOSED SITE ENTRANCE TO THE SOUTH

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 2080

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Roscomroe.

Recorded monuments

• OF039-055 Church
  Description

  Late medieval rectangular church ( ext. dims. 18.6m E-W; 7.8m N-S; wall T 0.8m) built from roughly coursed shale with holy well (OF039-055002-) to the SE. All that survives is the W gable with destroyed window and bellcote, the W end of the N and S walls with wall footings surviving elsewhere. The only other architectural feature evident is the splay of a destroyed doorway at the W end of the S wall. Situated on a slight rise of ground W of a tributary of the Camcor River.Traditionally cited as an Early Christian foundation attributed to St Molua and to whom a nearby holy well (OF039-055002-) is dedicated. Present remains comprise a late medieval rectangular church (ext. dims. approx. 18.6m E-W x 7.8m N-S; wall T 0.8m) constructed of roughly coursed shale, standing within an irregularly shaped graveyard enclosed by a stone wall. The W gable with partial remains of a bellcote and a breach indicating the former presence of a window, together with the W ends of both the N and S walls, survive to full height. Elsewhere no more than wall-footings remain. Romanesque fragments of a tweflth century church window or doorway surround suggest that the upstanding building may date from the mid to late twelfth century. Late medieval limestone fragments of a possible window or doorway suggest that the church was modified in the late medieval period. The splay of a possible doorway or window is visible at the W end of the S wall. Described in 1556 in the Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns as 'the rectory of Rosconroghe' (Feehan 1979, 140). In 1830, stone was taken from this church to construct the Roman Catholic church of Roscomroe, this church may contain architectural fragments and fabric of medieval date that are now obscured by the rendered walls of the 19th century church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF039-055001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise of ground W of a tributary of the Camcor River. Roughly rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 65m N-S x 50m E-W) enclosed by a sandstone wall (H appr. 1m; T 0.4m) of 19th century date with a coffin stand and stile incorporated into the centre of the W wall. A second stile can be seen near the SW angle of the graveyard, this stile gave access to the holy well (OF039-055002-) that is located in the adjoining field approx. 53m to the SE of the graveyard wall. Several Romanesque fragments (OF039-055004-) have been re-used as gravemarkers to the S of the church. There is also a rectangular sandstone slab with a circular hole at one end and a small hollow depression at the other end, it may have been associated with the Romanesque church at Roscomroe and is now used as a gravemarker immediately S of the S wall of the church located off centre to the E. A small circular conglomerate millstone (Diam. 0.48m; H 0.2m; T 0.08m) has also been re-used as a gravemarker to the S of the church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF039-055002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Located in adjoining field to the SE of Roscomroe church (OF039-055). Site of natural spring well now housed in a modern sandstone canopy. Situated in the field 53m SE of Roscomroe church (OF039-055) and graveyard (OF039-055001-). A natural spring well in a marshy hollow enclosed in recent years by a sandstone canopy which in turn is surrounded by a sandstone wall with gate opening. Locally dedicated to St Molua. Described by Feehan as 'the holy well in the graveyard is Saint Molua's well, and a pattern was held here on 4th August' (Feehan 1979, 140). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF039-055003 Standing stone
  Description

  A large block of sandstone traditionally believed to have been brought from the summit of Beagh Mountain by St Molua. It apparently once stood near St Molua's Well (OF039-055002-) (Feehan 1979, 140). No visible remains at ground level. No surface remains of any standing stone or any large boulder in the field near the holy well (OF039-055002-) that is described by Feehan as 'Near it [holy well] stood a large block of sandstone believed to have been brought by Saint Molua from the top of Beagh mountain' (Feehan 1979, 140). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF039-055004 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Three sections of a sandstone romanesque window have been re-used as gravemarkers in Roscomroe graveyard. All three consist of a jambstone with a roll moulding of twelfth century date. One of these jambstones has a double roll moulding divided by a concave channel and is situated 40cm S of the inner face of the N wall of the nave of the church approx. 14m to the E of the W gable. Two other fragments are located to the S of the S wall of the church, one of which is situated off centre to the E and the other is located further W in the graveyard. A fourth jchamfered jambstone is of limestone and is late medieval in date and probably belonged to a late medieval doorway or window. This fragment is stiated in the SW corner of the graveyard. There are several smaller architectural fragments of both sandstone and limestone scattered throughout the S quadrant of the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF039-055005 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Wet marshy area to the E of Roscomroe church (OF039-055) and graveyard (OF039-055001-) may be the remains of a possible millpond. No location or place name evidence for the location of its associated mill (OF039-055005-). Presence of conglomerate millstone in the graveyard now reused as a grave-marker may have been associated with the early mill, and supports the possible evidence for a mill near this church and graveyard. Described by Feehan as 'An uncertain tradition suggests that the monastery at Roscomroe survived until Cromwellian times; a place is pointed out north-east of the graveyard, the site of the monastery mill-pond in fact, where the fleeing abbot was taken and killed by Cromwellian soldiers, though not before he had thrown the monastic treasures into the muddy pond, where they may yet remain' (Feehan 1979, 140). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Roscomroe.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Roscomroe.

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 Roscomroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Roscomroe · Ros Chorca Mrua

Area

1,676,244 m² (167.62 ha, 414.21 acres)

Civil parish

Roscomroe, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Roscomroe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Roscomroe electoral division: 159 people in 50 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghancon, Ballycurragh, Beagh, Brownhills, Clashroe, Gorteen, Knockarley, Lissanierin, Newtown

Placenames

Roscomroe 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.