Lackan

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackan, from 79 m² to 415,730 m² (41.57 ha, 102.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Lackan 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.

• 17 Apr 2026N/a

  Permission for a 10 year planning permission for the proposed development of a wind farm on a site area of 27.4 hectares in the townlands of Townlands of Carrowkeel, Longfield, Kilmass, Grange, Rahara, Co. Roscommon. The proposed development for which permission is sought will comprise: • Four (4) wind turbines with an overall blade tip height of 184.55 metres (m) to 185m, a rotor diameter of 149.1m to 163m, a hub height of 103.5m to 110m, and associated foundations, hard-standing and assembly areas; • A permanent 38kV on-site electrical substation within a compound area of 1,034m² to consist of: a control building containing welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, perimeter security fencing, entrance gates, underground cabling, a wastewater holding tank, a rainwater harvesting tank, parking, lighting and lightning protection mast 18m in height; and all associated infrastructure and services including CCTV and signage; • A permanent Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) within an area of 1,014m² adjacent to the substation, to consist of 32 Battery units, 4 PCS (Power Conversion System) inverters, 2 PCS MV (Medium Voltage) transformers connected to the HV (High Voltage) substation transformer, and perimeter security fencing; • Upgrade of an existing agricultural entrance from the R362 Regional Road for use as a permanent site entrance by all vehicular traffic during construction and operation; • Upgrade of approximately 700m of existing internal agricultural access tracks, to include passing bays for internal site traffic and all associated drainage; • Approximately 2,400m of new internal permanent access tracks, to include passing bays for internal site traffic and all associated drainage; • Re-use of approximately 17,595m³, of excavated peat for landscaping within the site to a maximum height of 0.5m and subsequent re-vegetation; • A temporary site compound within an area of 4,000m², containing temporary site offices, waste storage areas, parking areas and perimeter security fencing; • A meteorological mast with a height of 36m and associated foundation; • Temporary and permanent drainage and sediment control systems; • Felling of approximately 5.5ha of forestry to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed wind farm; • Biodiversity enhancement measures to include replanting of 2.42ha of trees and 1,240m of hedgerows on-site; • All associated underground electrical and communications cabling

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660172

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  Permission for the proposed replacement of an existing septic tank system that services an existing two storey dwelling house with a suitable onsite sewerage system with polishing filter in accordance with the EPA Code of Practice 2021 and all ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560237

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for the proposed demolition of existing water tank type structure together with the proposed construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing two storey type dwelling house, together with internal renovations to same, proposed replacement of existing front porch and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460600

• 30 Jan 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission for a change to agricultural building design (previously granted under planning reference No. PD/16/157) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1731

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 Lackan.

Recorded monuments

• RO044-030001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low knoll on a SW-facing slope. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 36.7m N-S; 35.9m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 2-3.2m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.2m), with slight traces of a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.15m) N-NNE. A N-S field wall is built on the perimeter SW-NW. There are entrances at SSW (Wth 1.7m) and NNW (Wth 2m) which are probably modern. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-001001 Windmill
  Description

  Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as being in ruins. It is situated on top of Lackan Hill. Only the N part of an ivy-covered circular tower (int. diam. 3.9m; H c. 7m) with a rubble core wall (T 1m) and the jambs of doors at E and W at the ground floor survives. It was excavated into rath (RO045-001002-), with a sunken path approaching the tower from the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-001002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of Lackan Hill. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 28.8m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.2-1.6m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The windmill (RO045-001001-) was excavated into the centre, with a sunken path approaching the tower from the SSE. Cashel RO045-002----) is c. 30m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On top of Lackan Hill. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 37.5m NE-SW; 35.6m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 8.3-9.3m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-0.5m), which is obscured by furze at E, and with some outer facing-stones visible at SW. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the grass-covered spread of a relict wall runs from perimeter at SSW towards the centre (L 12m) and turns NW (L 6.5m). Rath (RO045-001002-) is c. 30m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34.6m N-S; c. 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.9-8.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.45-1m) and outer fosse (at S: Wth of top 7.8m; Wth of base 2.2m; D 0.75m), with the remnants of an outer bank (at S: Wth 5.1m; ext. H 0.5m) SSE-WSW and WNW-NNW. There is no identifiable original entrance, but there are slight traces of a causeway at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Lackan.

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 Lackan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Lackan

Area

2,005,825 m² (200.58 ha, 495.65 acres)

Civil parish

Rahara, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone North

Electoral division

Lackan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lackan electoral division: 379 people in 126 households; 94% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ganaveens, Glenfin, Gortacarnan, Gortnadarra, Killeenadeema, Kilmass, Longfield, Roverkilly, Skrine

Placenames

Lackan 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.