Rathgeean

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgeean, from 236 m² to 136,777 m² (13.68 ha, 33.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  Construct new detached dwelling house with onsite wastewater treatment system, detached domestic garage, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560392

• 5 May 2025Conditional

  1. Construction of a new storey and a half type dwelling 2. Construction of a new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area in accordance with EPA Code of Practice 3. Construction of a new vehicular entrance and access road to serve dwelling 4. All associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560171

• 7 Jun 2024N/a

  Permission to construct new detached dwelling house with onsite wastewater treatment system, detached domestic garage, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460200

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 Rathgeean.

Recorded monuments

• SL021-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, at the W end of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 23.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) along the E, S and W arcs, and truncated along the N arc by an E-W field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.2m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. A field boundary curves around the W half of the perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL021-085 Sweathouse
  Description

  Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Sweathouse'. In poor pasture, on a slight rise on the bank of a stream. A semicircular stone-lined pit (diam. c. 1.2m; D 1.5m) with an opening at W. A possible roof-slab (1.05m x 0.6m) leans against the wall at S. It is named 'Corn kiln' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. This is probably post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• SL021-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the S-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (c. 35m N-S; 30m E-W), densely covered with overgrowth, enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1m). The line of the external fosse is marked by a band of boggy ground (Wth 2.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL021-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In poor pasture, at the top of a S-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 45m), densely covered with overgrowth, with a fosse visible along the N and W arcs. Access to the interior was not gained due to impenetrable overgrowth. Recorded in 1836 as 'Rageean Fort on which stands a trigonometrical station' (OSNB vol. 2, 29). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL021-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In marshy ground, on a S-facing slope. A raised D-shaped area (int. diam. c. 23m N-S; 25.4m E-W), on the S side of an E-W field boundary, defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) along the E and S arcs and by a scarp along the W arc. A wet area (Wth 1.2m) along the E arc may indicate an external fosse. The E half of the rath is covered with overgrowth. Indicated as D-shaped on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL021-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet pasture, on a S-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 20m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m). The interior slopes down steeply to S and is uneven and wet and covered with rushes. The bank is overgrown with trees and bushes. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathgeean, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathgeean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Rathgeean · Ráth Gaodháin

Area

1,095,653 m² (109.57 ha, 270.74 acres)

Civil parish

Killerry, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Ballintogher East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

661 people lived in 240 households in the Ballintogher East electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altvelid, Cleighran (Co. Leitrim), Drumduff (Co. Leitrim), Kingsfort, Lavally, Woodfield

Placenames

Rathgeean 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.