Ardsallagh Beg
Ardsallagh Beg is a townland in the civil parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Co. Roscommon. Its name in Irish is Ard Salach Beag.
Parcel 2488907
- Area
- 743 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 161 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ardsallagh Beg
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1370 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 74 ha
- 183 acres
- Land parcels
- 225
- registered freehold, median 532 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
225 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardsallagh Beg, from 5 m² to 74,785 m² (7.48 ha, 18.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Ardsallagh Beg 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
25 Sept 2026N/a
Permission for development which will consist of 52 no. dwellings comprising of 22 no. 4-bed semi-detached 2 & 1/2-storey, 3 no. 4-bed detached 2 & 1/2-storey, 12 no. 4-bed semi-detached 2-storey, 1 no. 4-bed terraced 2-storey, 1 no. 5-bed detached 2-storey, 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached, double aspect 2 & 1/2-storey, 1 no. 4-bed terraced, double aspect 2 & 1/2-storey, 8 no. 2-bed 2-storey duplex apartments, masonry piers entrance gate, together with all boundary treatments, 101 carpark spaces, including all ancillary site works necessary to service the development inclusion of traffic impact analysis. The area of the site relating to this development is c. 1.79 hectares at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660509
22 Sept 2026N/a
Permission for (a) demolition of existing conservatory and boiler house attached to rear of house, (b) proposed single-storey extension to rear of dwelling, (c) elevational changes to window openings and front door, (d) alteration to vehicular entrance, (e) Construction of fuel/storage shed to rear garden, (f) and all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660495
16 Sept 2026N/a
Permission to demolish the existing dwelling house and associated structures and the removal of the existing vehicular entrance and boundary treatment and the construction of a residential development comprising 20 no. dwelling houses, consisting of 1 no. four-bedroom two-storey detached dwelling, 14 no. three-bedroom two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 2 no. two-bedroom single-storey semi-detached dwellings and 3 no. three-bedroom single-storey detached dwellings; the construction of a new vehicular entrance; internal estate roads; footpaths and pedestrian connections; car parking; public open space; landscaping and boundary treatments; connections to public services; surface water and foul drainage infrastructure; public lighting; signage and all associated site development, accommodation and ancillary works at
Permission, 18 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2660480
9 Sept 2026N/a
Permission for development at this site Ardsallagh Beg & Ballymartin More, off Golf Links Road, Roscommon Town. The development will consist of 52 no. dwellings comprising of 22 no. 4-bed semi-detached 2 & 1/2-storey, 3 no. 4-bed detached 2 & 1/2-storey, 12 no. 4-bed semi-detached 2-storey, 1 no. 4-bed terraced 2-storey, 1 no. 5-bed detached 2-storey, 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached, double aspect 2 & 1/2-storey, 1 no. 4-bed terraced, double aspect 2 & 1/2-storey, 8 no. 2-bed 2-storey duplex apartments, masonry piers entrance gate, together with all boundary treatments, 101 carpark spaces, including all ancillary site works necessary to service the development inclusion of traffic impact analysis. The area of the site relating to this development is c. 1.79 hectares at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660467
1 Sept 2026N/a
Permission to (a) demolish existing conservatory and boiler house attached to rear of house, (b) Proposed single-storey extension to rear of dwelling, (c) Elevational changes to window openings and front door, (d) Alteration to vehicular entrance, (e) Construction of fuel/storage shed to rear garden, (f) and all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660455
17 Jul 2026Conditional
Retention Permission for development which consists of the retention of revisions to the approved site layout, including a revised site boundary, revised driveway and entrance arrangement, proposed boundary hedgerow and all associated site development works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660361
10 Jul 2026N/a
The development consists of the retention of revisions to the approved site layout, including a revised site boundary, revised driveway and entrance arrangement, proposed boundary hedgerow and all associated site development works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660340
12 Jun 2026Conditional
Permission to construct a new two storey dwelling house with connection to the existing public services (previously granted under Planning PD/15/129) with all associated site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660288
18 Nov 2025Refused
Planning permission for the following : (i) Construct 4 no. semi-detached single storey two bedroom bungalows, (ii) 6 no. car parking spaces, (iii) alterations to existing site boundaries, landscaping, connection to services and all associated ancillary site development works at
Permission, 4 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560542
9 Oct 2025Conditional
Permission for erection of two storey dwelling house and domestic garage, with connection to services and all ancillary site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560483
13 Aug 2025Conditional
Permission to 1. construct 4 Nr semi-detached two storey dwelling houses and construct 8 Nr detached two storey dwelling houses with a domestic garage on Site Nr 12 and connection to the existing public services and 2. upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a proposed new development entrance, with footpaths, lighting and all associated site development works at
Permission, 12 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560388
5 Aug 2025N/a
Permission to 1. Construct 4 Nr semi-detached two storey dwelling houses and construct 8 Nr detached two storey dwelling houses with a domestic garage on Site Nr 12 and connection to the existing public services and 2. Upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a proposed new development entrance, with footpaths, lighting and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560381
12 Mar 2025Conditional
Planning permission for the following: 1) Demolish existing dwelling house, 2) Construct new housing development consisting of 7 No. 3 Bed Single Storey, 10 No. 3 Bed Two Storey Semi-detached units and 3 No. 3 Bed Two Storey Terraced Units, together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to public services at
Permission, 20 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560101
3 Mar 2025N/a
Planning permission for the following: 1) Demolish existing dwelling house, 2) Construct new housing development consisting of 7 No. 3 Bed Single Storey, 10 No. 3 Bed Two Storey Semi-detached units and 3 No. 3 Bed Two Storey Terraced Units, together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to public services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560076
11 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for Retention of an as constructed extension to the side of existing dwelling and internal alterations at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460429
20 Jun 2024N/a
Planning permission to: 1. construct 9 Nr new detached dwelling houses with a domestic garage on site Nr 9 and connection to the existing public services and 2. upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a proposed new development entrance, with footpaths, lighting and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460278
7 Jun 2024N/a
Planning Permission to 1. Construct 9 Nr New Detached Dwelling houses with a Domestic garage on Site Nr 9 and connection to the existing public services and 2. Upgrade of existing Agricultural Entrance to a proposed new Development Entrance, with footpaths, lighting and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460262
1 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for revisions to house plans and elevations previously approved under Planning Reference No. PD/15/129 & EOT PD/20/3008 at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460105
11 Nov 2023Refused
Permission to: 1) Extend existing entrance road and form new boundary walls and entrances. 2) Construct a dwelling house, along with connection to existing services and all site ancillary development works on existing site at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360211
4 Nov 2023N/a
Permission to: 1) extend existing entrance road and form new boundary walls and entrances. 2) construct a dwelling house, along with connection to existing services and all site ancillary development works on existing site at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360203
8 Jun 2023Refused
Permission for the following: 1) Extend existing entrance road and form new boundary walls and entrances; 2) Construct a dwelling house, along with connection to existing services and all site ancillary development works on existing site at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23242
25 May 2023N/a
Permission for the following: 1) Extend existing entrance road and form new boundary walls and entrances; 2) Construct a dwelling house, along with connection to existing services and all site ancillary development works on existing site at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23218
26 Apr 2023N/a
PART 8 - Roscommon Town - L7055 Road Enhancement Scheme - * Site clearance works; * Fencing and boundary treatment works; Drainage works; * Pavement works; * Other ancillary works including the provision of traffic signs, road markings, kerbs, street lighting and utility diversions; * Landscaping works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23156
13 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission for change of house design from that previously granted permission under planning reference PD/20/562, and all ancillary works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2379
3 Nov 2022Conditional
Permission for: a) construction of a new single storey house, b) a new garage, c) a new vehicle access and d) all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22596
The 25 most recent of 42 applications.
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 Ardsallagh Beg.
Recorded monuments
- RO039-056 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a slight E-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. Circular overgrown area with mature trees on the perimeter (diam. 20.5m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.8-3.9m; int. H 0.25-0.75m; ext. H 0.15-0.75m). There is no visible fosse, but there is an entrance (Wth 1.2m) at WSW. Extensive testing (04E1244) in the field to the SE in 2004 failed to produce any related archaeological material (Morahan 2007c) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Architectural heritage
- Sacred Heart Hospital, workhouse, 1840–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Former workhouse complex, built 1842, possibly to plan by George Wilkinson, now occupied by the Western Health Board. Comprising workhouse, fever hospital, workhouse master's house and ancillary buildings. Detached H-plan with thirteen-bay two-storey main block, with projecting two-bay three-storey double gable-fronted bays. Abutting T-plan building to rear, incorporating seven-bay chapel. Detached three-bay two-storey gable-fronted fever hospital to north east with attic and with pedimented façade. Detached five-bay two-storey workhouse master's house to west of workhouse with slightly-advanced gable-fronted end bays, arcaded central entrance bays with gablets over and with date plaque. Modern extension to south of workhouse. Detached eight-bay two-storey ancillary building to north-west of workhouse. Pitched slated roofs throughout with rendered, cut stone and red brick chimneystacks. Random coursed limestone walls with plinths and tooled quoins, raised to fever hospital and with string course to master's house. Timber sash and casement windows with stone sills and tooled stone surrounds with block-and-start surrounds to fever hospital. Some remaining stained glass windows remaining to chapel. Projecting gabled entrance porch to workhouse with carved bargeboards and with pointed-arched timber and glazed door. Recessed timber and glazed double doors to master's house, flanked by windows and with arcaded area to front. Famine memorial site to south of workhouse masters house comprising statue by Maurice Hanlon and Elizabeth McLoughlin with bellcote and grave marker. Complex partially bounded to by random coursed limestone wall with soldiered coping.
- Saint Coman's Cemetery, graveyard/cemetery, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Roman Catholic cemetery, established 1912, with upright and recumbent grave markers of varying materials and designs, dating from 1912 to the present day. Memorials depicting the Stations of the Cross throughout the cemetery. Single-storey stone gate lodge to north east side of cemetery adjacent to entrance gate. Site bounded by concrete wall with two entrances to north, comprising rock-faced piers with cut stone caps, one with 1912 date plaque. Cast-iron gates to gate piers flanked by railings surmounting stone plinth. Secondary gates have chamfered rock-faced piers with decorative ctone caps.
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 Ardsallagh Beg, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1401 (ZIP).
- 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 Ardsallagh Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Ardsallagh Beg · Ard Salach Beag
- Area
- 739,704 m² (73.97 ha, 182.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Roscommon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballintober South
- Electoral division
- Roscommon Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,513 people lived in 1,881 households in the Roscommon Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Ardsallagh More, Ballymartin More, Ballypheasan, Carrowroe, Slevinagee
- Placenames
- Ardsallagh Beg 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.