# Roscore Demesne, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish Ros Cora. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,443,717 m² (144.37 ha, 356.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,350 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rahan, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/rahan.md - Barony: Ballycowan - Electoral division: Derrycooly, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 297 people lived in 92 households in the Derrycooly electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42029 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 181063 - Centre: latitude 53.258436, longitude -7.614317 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roscore Demesne, from 122 m² to 291,933 m² (29.19 ha, 72.14 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 302878: 291,933 m² (29.19 ha, 72.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302878.md - Parcel 2388335: 200,730 m² (20.07 ha, 49.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388335.md - Parcel 288586: 195,186 m² (19.52 ha, 48.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288586.md - Parcel 273936: 152,062 m² (15.21 ha, 37.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273936.md - Parcel 308019: 93,869 m² (9.39 ha, 23.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308019.md - Parcel 291028: 89,225 m² (8.92 ha, 22.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291028.md - Parcel 273034: 73,211 m² (7.32 ha, 18.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/273034.md - Parcel 296791: 61,451 m² (6.15 ha, 15.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296791.md - Parcel 279441: 43,163 m² (4.32 ha, 10.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279441.md - Parcel 301250: 38,809 m² (3.88 ha, 9.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301250.md - Parcel 283917: 36,011 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283917.md - Parcel 2388338: 14,333 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388338.md - Parcel 5175758: 14,197 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5175758.md - Parcel 300079: 12,148 m² (1.21 ha, 3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/300079.md - Parcel 308687: 9,486 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308687.md - Parcel 296634: 8,698 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296634.md - Parcel 287996: 8,202 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287996.md - Parcel 5175760: 7,278 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5175760.md - Parcel 5622662: 3,421 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5622662.md - Parcel 3408449: 3,332 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3408449.md - Parcel 287682: 3,236 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287682.md - Parcel 5111078: 3,103 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5111078.md - Parcel 5655516: 3,052 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655516.md - Parcel 5983224: 3,029 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5983224.md - Parcel 5655469: 3,006 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655469.md - Parcel 5655494: 2,996 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655494.md - Parcel 5655500: 2,990 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655500.md - Parcel 312787: 2,577 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312787.md - Parcel 306587: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306587.md - Parcel 296450: 1,482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/296450.md - Parcel 310772: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/310772.md - Parcel 272142: 912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/272142.md - Parcel 307618: 582 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307618.md - Parcel 5808191: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5808191.md - Parcel 288892: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/288892.md - Parcel 298343: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/298343.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Roscore Demesne in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 2 Sept 2026, Offaly County Council 2660462: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single storey dwelling and a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660462/0 - 24 Aug 2026, Offaly County Council 2660443: N/a. Permission. the construction of a single storey dwelling and a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system and a vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660443/0 - 17 Jul 2025, Offaly County Council 2560313: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a proposed new single storey dwelling, new vehicular entrance, proposed new well, waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560313/0 - 25 Jun 2025, Offaly County Council 2560262: N/a. Permission. a proposed new single storey dwelling, new vehicular entrance, proposed new well, waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560262/0 - 3 Jun 2025, Offaly County Council 2560218: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NUMBER DETACHED DWELLING AND ONE NUMBER DETACHED GARAGE AND TO INSTALL A NEW ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD, A PRIVATE WELL AND A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560218/0 - 26 Nov 2021, Offaly County Council 21731: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21731/0 - 2 Nov 2018, Offaly County Council 18489: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY FOUR BEDROOM DWELLING HOUSE, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, BORED WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/18489/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Roscore Demesne. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF016-034001: House - fortified house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF016-034001-. Not visible at ground level. S gable and part of W wall with projecting tower on SW angle with ground floor musket loops on S and W faces. Gable wall had small rectangular windows with wooden frames at ground and first floor level (ITA Survey 1942) Possible 17th-century fortified house. Described in the ITA Survey as 'There survives the S. gable and part of the W wall of the castle, with a projecting tower on the S.W. of the S wall the gable survives to c. 35 ft high. The S wall is 2ft 7 ins thick, and the length from the S.E. corner to end of tower 14 ft 9 in ext. The tower projecting 3 feet ft 6 in from S and W walls, length of its S wall 13 ft 6 in. There are ground floor loopholes in it the S and W walls; these slits are 2 inches wide and about 1 foot 5 inches high. The gable wall is built of rough stones well plastered inside and roughcast outside. There are small rect. Windows with wooden frames, the marks of the wood being visible on the roughcast; the lintels are wood outside and brick inside. There are two such windows in the S wall (excl. tower) on ground and first floors. The west wall survives to a height of about 5'. The E and N walls have been removed, save for a corner of the modern house, which is part of the E wall probably near the N.E. corner. There may however have been a tower beyond it. The length of the castle was thus over 33' . To the east of the castle are mortared field walls and perhaps traces of a baun (OF016-034003-). The present house is over 50 years old. The castle is apparently the house marked in the 1835 OS 6-inch map. as 'Roscore House in Ruins'. It seems to be XVII-century' (ITA Survey 1942). 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 - OF016-034002: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF016-034002-. Not visible at ground level. Described in 1942 as 'On a slight slope a little above a hollow. In digging a drain in it there were found beds of soft clay and human bones, with head to S.W.. No tradition survived of a graveyard at this place' (ITA Survey 1842). 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 - OF016-034003: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF016-034003-. Described in the ITA Survey as 'There survives the S. gable and part of the W wall of the castle (OF016-034001-), with a projecting tower on the S.W. of the S wall the gable survives to c. 35 feet high. The S wall is 2 feet 7 inches thick, and the length from the S.E. corner to end of tower 14 feet 9 inches ext. The tower projecting 3 feet 6 inches from S and W walls, length of its S wall 13 feet 6 inches. There are ground floor loopholes in it the S and W walls; these slits are 2 inches wide and about 1 foot 5 inches high. The gable wall is built of rough stones well plastered inside and roughcast outside. There are small rect. Windows with wooden frames, the marks of the wood being visible on the roughcast; the lintels are wood outside and brick inside. There are two such windows in the S wall (excl. tower) on ground and first floors. The west wall survives to a height of about 5'. The E and N walls have been removed, save for a corner of the modern house, which is part of the E wall probably near the N.E. corner. There may however have been a tower beyond it. The length of the castle was thus over 33' . To the east of the castle are mortared field walls and perhaps traces of a baun. The present house is over 50 years old. The castle is apparently the house marked in the 1835 OS 6-inch map as 'Roscore House in Ruins'. It seems to be XVII-century' (Davies 1942). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Roscore Demesne. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Roscore Demesne, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1853, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1853.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscore-demesne.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscore-demesne.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscore-demesne.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Roscore Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Agall: https://everytownland.com/offaly/agall-180003.md - Ballindrinan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballindrinan.md - Blackwood: https://everytownland.com/offaly/blackwood.md - Corcush: https://everytownland.com/offaly/corcush.md - Killina: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killina.md - Loughroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughroe.md - Rabbitburrow: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rabbitburrow.md - Rahan Demesne: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rahan-demesne.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/roscore-demesne - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/roscore-demesne