Rosscahill East

143 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosscahill East, from 3 m² to 135,880 m² (13.59 ha, 33.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Rosscahill East 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.

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660620

• 28 May 2025N/a

  for change of use of existing dwelling to proposed heritage centre, including a studio located in adjacent goods shed to shop and cafe/tearoom, restoration of the signal cabin as a reception kiosk and conversion of existing garage to toilet facilities, together with de-commissioning of existing wastewater system and installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated site development works at Ross Station a Protected Structure (RPS 700). Gross floor space of proposed works: 348 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560665

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage incorporating a fuel store, treatment unit, percolation area & all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361185

• 15 Feb 2023Refused

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage incorporating a fuel store, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services.Gross floor space of proposed works 347.00sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360121

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  for variations to house design from that previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 22/2277 with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works in sq 226.90sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2261177

• 20 May 2022Refused

  for the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling on site and the construction of two single storey dwelling houses, two garages and private wastewater treatment systems with all associated site development works.Gross floor space of proposed works 596.70 sqm.

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2260517

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  for refurbishment and upgrading of the effluent treatment system together with associated services.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22651

• 22 Mar 2022N/a

  for the construction of a new single story dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, domestic garage and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 245 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22386

• 2 Dec 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage incorporating a fuel store, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226.90 sqm (house) & 84 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212277

• 5 Aug 2021Refused

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 187.6 sqm (house) & 40 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211433

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a new shared pedestrian footway and cycleway facility and all associated siteworks. The scheme will run parallel to the westbound lane of the N59 and adjoining minor road (l5342/L53452), it will join in with the existing footpath opposite Kinneveys Pub and extend for approximately 1km towards Doon West.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20326

• 11 Mar 2020N/a

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage incorporating a fuel store, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 226.90 sqm (house), 84 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20305

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  for extension to existing pre-school and childcare facility with ancillary alterations and all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 70 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191820

• 9 May 2019Conditional

  for dwelling house, car port, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 166.3sqm, Garage 40sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19691

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  for a dwelling house and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 173 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19119

• 27 Oct 2017N/a

  for a dwelling house and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works 173sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171557

• 21 Jul 2017Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, garage/shed and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works House 190.0sqm, Garage 48.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171088

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  for revised entrance to site and dwellinghouse, previously granted under planning Ref. No. 15/1285.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1776

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement SAC 001271
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement 001271
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ross Lake And Woods 001312

Recorded monuments

• GA068-061001 Church
  Description

  In an area of scrub and woodland to NW of Ross Lake. A much-ruined E. Chr. oratory (E-W; L c. 4.6m, Wth 2.9m) with round-headed window in E gable. The W gable and parts of N and S walls are destroyed. A small graveyard (GA068-061002-) lies immediately to W and a double bullaun (GA068-061003-) c. 50m to SW. (Kinahan 1868a, 78; Killanin 1947, 123-4, 127) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 The following images have been uploaded: GA068-061001-_01.jpg Internal view of E gable GA068-061001-_02.jpg External view of E gable

• GA068-061002 Graveyard
  Description

  In an area of dense scrub and gorse. This small oval-shaped graveyard lies to the W of 'St. Brecan's Church' (GA068-061001-). On inspection it was heavily overgrown and all of the visible headstones were of late-18th-century date. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• GA068-061003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In pastureland c. 50m to the SW of 'St. Brecan's Church' (GA068-061001-). This irregularly shaped bullaun stone (L 1.25m; Wth 1m) bears two circular basins, both of which are regularly cut and even in outline. The N basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.17m) is slightly smaller than the S one (diam. 0.45m; D 0.35m). (Kinahan 1868, 78) The following image has been uploaded: GA068-061003-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2023

Architectural heritage

• Ross Railway Station, railway station, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-bay two-storey gable-fronted former railway station, built c.1895, having two-bay single-storey former waiting room and porch to south-east side elevation, additional single-bay two-storey addition to north-west elevation with recent single-storey addition to north-west elevation. Now in use as private house. Pitched replacement slate roofs with decorative terracotta ridge tiles to station house and waiting room with tooled limestone coping to gables, hipped slate roof to porch, flat roof to two-storey addition, felt flat roof to single-storey addition, red-brick chimneystacks, cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Snecked rusticated limestone block walls with red-brick string courses. Remains of decorative tooled limestone corbels to front elevation surmounted by faint tooled stone recesses, formerly accommodating platform canopy. Rendered rusticated blocks with red-brick string courses to walls of two-storey addition having decorative corbels to eaves of gables, red-brick quoin stones and rusticated stone block plinth course. Paired camber-headed window openings having moulded black-brick voussoirs with hood-moulding, limestone sills, red-brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front and rear elevations. Camber-headed window openings having rubbed black-brick voussoirs with hood-moulding, stone sills, red-brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front, rear and side elevations of station house and waiting room. Rendered lintels with hood-mouldings, mimicking voussoirs of original building windows, window openings of additions. Square-headed window openings with concrete and stone sills having replacement timber casement windows to north-west side elevation of single-storey addition. Segmental-headed door openings with moulded black-brick voussoirs with hood-mouldings and red-brick block-and-start surrounds, recent stone step and replacement double-leaf timber glazed doors with flanking glazed timber sidelights and spoked overlight to front elevation, timber panelled door with spoked overlight to rear elevation of porch. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber glazed door flanked by timber glazed sidelights to front elevation of addition. Platform to front elevation with limestone slab paving, yellow brick wall with dogtooth banding below concrete coping. Outbuildings to north-west.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rosscahill East, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rosscahill East.

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.

No address of the register names Rosscahill East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Rosscahill East · Ros Cathail Thoir

Area

1,149,153 m² (114.92 ha, 283.96 acres)

Civil parish

Killannin, and its townlands

Barony

Moycullen

Electoral division

Wormhole, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,602 people lived in 844 households in the Wormhole electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doon, Pribbaun, Ross Demesne, Rosscahill West

Placenames

Rosscahill East 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.