Cloonykelly
Cloonykelly is a townland in the civil parish of Athleague, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 5648431
- Area
- 388 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Cloonykelly
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
- Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
- Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 11 recorded monuments.
- RO041-048001 Castle - unclassified
Description
On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where it turns W. An O'Kelly castle, probably a tower house, was extant here in the late 15th century (O'Donovan 1843, 109-11) at what must have been a fording point (RO041-048006-) as the name suggests. What is described as a bawn (RO041-084002-) at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many was destroyed by Ulick Mac William Burke in 1487 (AFM vol. 4, 1153). In 1499 the castle, of which nothing remains, was captured by Garrett Mór Fitzgeald, who was the Justiciar and Earl of Kildare, and recaptured by William Burke, who returned it to the sons of William Kelly (ibid., 1251-3). By the 1570s Sir Thomas le Strange was leasing it from the Queen, which a ward of his still held in 1596, although the castle was destroyed by then (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard (Simington 1949, 103), and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-) on the site before then. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048002 Bawn
Description
On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle, probably a tower house, was extant here in the late 15th century. What is canned a bawn at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many was destroyed by Ulick Mac William Burke in 1487 (AFM vol. 4, 1153), and in 1499 the castle (RO041-048001-), of which nothing remains, was captured by William Burke and returned to the sons of William Kelly (ibid. 1251-3). By the 1570s Sir Thomas le Strange was leasing it from the Queen, which a ward of his still held in 1596, although the castle was destroyed by then (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard (Simington 1949, 103), and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-). There is no evidence of the bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048003 Mill - unclassified
Description
On the E bank of a NESW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-) was at Athleague before the area was acquired by the earls of Clanrickard sometime before 1640. Two mills are recorded in at Athleague (Simington 1949, 103), and the Strafford map of c. 1636 shows the fortified house (RO041-048005-) on an island surrounded by the River Suck at W and a mill-race on the other sides. The mill-race is still evident as a grass-covered depression (Wth 8-10m; D 0.1-0.3m), which floods in winter, surrounding the walled garden (RO041-048014-) but there is no evidence of a mill house on it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048004 Mill - unclassified
Description
On the E bank of the N-S River Suck, at a point where it turns W. Two mills at Athleague are recorded in the 1640s (Simington 1949, 103). There is a 19th century mill to the W of the Fortified house (RO041-048005-) but this is not relying on the millrace (RO041-048013-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048005 House - fortified house
Description
On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-) at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many with references from 1487 was destroyed by 1595 (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard, and one of the earls probably built the fortified house before then on the site of the castle together with the two mills (RO041-048003-; RO041-048004-) recorded there in the 1640s (Simington 1949, 103). The Strafford map of c. 1636 shows the house on an island formed by the mill-race with a number of houses (RO041-048011-) while a church (RO041-048007-) is marked on the W bank of the river (ibid. Athlone map). This is a rectangular three storey structure with an attic (int. dims 15.3m N-S; 6.1m E-W), of which just the N and S gables survives complete. There are fireplaces in the gables at each floor. Rectangular towers of three storeys and attic (int. dims 5.4m N-S; 5.1m E-W) are attached to the NE and SE angles with gables on the E and W walls, fireplaces on the W walls and windows on the other walls. The house is within a walled garden (RO041-048014-) (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 90m N-S) surrounded by a mill-race (RO041-048013-) which is evident as a grass-covered depression (Wth 8-10m; D 0.1-0.3m) that floods in winter, and connects with the River Suck above and below the house. There are fragments of old field banks (RO041-048010-) (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering c. 8 ha to the N and E of the house, including an E-W roadway (RO041-049009-) (Wth 6.5m; L c. 100m) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches. See the attached view taken from the SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048006 Ford
Description
On a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where it turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-), was extant here in the late 15th century at what must have been a fording point as the name suggests. Its location is not known but it may have been at the point where a bridge was built later. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048007 Church
Description
The parish church of Athleague, listed as Athlag in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), and marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 at a place called Gorsagar for Gortasaggart - the priest's field (Simington 1949, Athlone (449)). Situated on the W bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck at the point where the river turns W. The church was described as a chapel of the Lystre family and in poor repair (Lewis 1837, 85). It is depicted at the NE angle of the graveyard on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This was replaced by a new Church of Ireland church, now an anglers' visitor centre, at the SE angle of a subrectangular graveyard (RO041-048015-) (dims 51m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. There is no evidence of the older structure. Test trenching (95E0277) around the church failed to reveal any evidence of a medieval structure (Connolly 1996). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048009 Road - road/trackway
Description
On the E bank of the N-S River Suck, at a point where it turns W. There are fragments of old field banks (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering c. 8 ha to the N and E of the walled garden (RO041-048014-), including an E-W roadway (Wth 6.5m; L c. 100m) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches. This is probably part of an old road pre-dating the development of the village connecting the roads from Ballygar and Roscommon in a smooth curve. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048010 Earthwork
Description
On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W and c. 200m distant from it. There are fragments of old field banks (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering about 12 ha (c. 30 acres) to the N and E of the walled garden (RO041-048014-), including an E-W roadway (RO041-048009-) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches but no house sites were recognized. The earthworks are interrupted in places by old grass-covered quarries. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-048014 Walled garden
Description
On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where river turns NW. In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard, and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-) before then. The house is within a walled garden (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 90m N-S) defined by the base of a wall (Wth c. 0.6m; H c. 0.6m) surrounded by the mill-race (RO041-048013-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
And 1 more.
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_1308 (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.
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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
- 89.4 ha
- 221 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 4,091 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonykelly, from 47 m² to 209,759 m² (20.98 ha, 51.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cloonykelly 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
20 Sept 2026N/a
Permission for the • construction of an accessible walking route linking the Circle of Life Park with a new memorial garden, viewing areas and recreational amenities. • Provision of new pedestrian pathways including no-dig pathways, upgraded farm tracks, raised walkways and boardwalk structures. • Construction of a new pedestrian suspension bridge across the River Suck, including bridge supports, abutments, balustrades and associated infrastructure. • Provision of a bird hide, viewing deck, seating areas, interpretation features and visitor infrastructure. • Provision of a memorial garden including landscape works, planting, seating and associated amenities. • Installation of gates, fencing, access controls, wayfinding signage and visitor information throughout the route. • Provision of biodiversity enhancement measures including native planting, habitat creation and ecological mitigation works. • Upgrade works to existing access tracks including resurfacing, drainage improvements and associated accessibility measures. • Associated flood management, drainage, landscaping, site development and ancillary works. The proposed development is located within the River Suck Callows Special Protection Area (SPA) (Site Code 004097) and the Suck River Callows Natural Heritage Area (NHA) (Site Code 000222). The proposed development passes through the recorded earthworks (RO041-048010) and the combined Zone of Notification associated with this and adjacent recorded monuments, comprising a road/trackway (RO041-048009), ford (RO041-048006), graveyard (RO041-048015), mills (RO041-048003 and RO041-048004), church (RO041-048007), castle (RO041-048001), fortified house (RO041-048005), bawn (RO041-048002) and walled garden (RO041-048014). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the Planning Application, at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660491
19 Aug 2026N/a
Permission for the development of a “Living Landscape Walk” the development will include the following: • Construction of an accessible walking route linking the Circle of Life Park with a new memorial garden, viewing areas and recreational amenities. • Provision of new pedestrian pathways including no-dig pathways, upgraded farm tracks, raised walkways and boardwalk structures. • Construction of a new pedestrian suspension bridge across the River Suck, including bridge supports, abutments, balustrades and associated infrastructure. • Provision of a bird hide, viewing deck, seating areas, interpretation features and visitor infrastructure. • Provision of a memorial garden including landscape works, planting, seating and associated amenities. • Installation of gates, fencing, access controls, wayfinding signage and visitor information throughout the route. • Provision of biodiversity enhancement measures including native planting, habitat creation and ecological mitigation works. • Upgrade works to existing access tracks including resurfacing, drainage improvements and associated accessibility measures. • Associated flood management, drainage, landscaping, site development and ancillary works. The proposed development is located within the River Suck Callows Special Protection Area (SPA) (Site Code 004097) and the Suck River Callows Natural Heritage Area (NHA) (Site Code 000222). The proposed development passes through the recorded earthworks (RO041-048010) and the combined Zone of Notification associated with this and adjacent recorded monuments, comprising a road/trackway (RO041-048009), ford (RO041-048006), graveyard (RO041-048015), mills (RO041-048003 and RO041-048004), church (RO041-048007), castle (RO041-048001), fortified house (RO041-048005), bawn (RO041-048002) and walled garden (RO041-048014). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the Planning Application at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660425
1 Jul 2026Conditional
Retention Permission for a storage shed as built together with all associated site development works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660323
10 Jun 2026N/a
for retention permission for the retention of a storage shed as built together with all associated site development works at Cloonykelley, Athleague, Roscommon, F42 YR77 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660286
28 Jan 2026Conditional
Permission for the following: 1. To refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations and removal of chimney, 2. To construct new rear extension to same, 3. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, 4. To redefine boundaries with new post and rail fencing to the rear, and carry out all ancillary site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660034
6 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for development consisting of (a) Construction of a 2.0m wide walkway around GAA grounds, (b) Erect 29 no. 100 watt LED lights on 5.0m high lighting standards on the walkway, (c) Ball retaining nets, (d) Associated siteworks at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460257
5 Jun 2024N/a
Permission for (a) construction of a 2.0m wide walkway around GAA grounds (b) erect 29 no. 100 watt LED lights on 5.0m high lighting standards on the walkway, (c) Ball Retaining nets, (d) Associated Siteworks at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460255
20 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission to erect 12,970m2 of photovoltaic panels, ground mounted, on the field located at the north of the existing buildings, in factory with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22675
1 Dec 2022N/a
Permission to erect 12,970m2 of photovoltaic panels, ground mounted, on the field located at the north of the existing buildings, in our factory with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22635
21 Nov 2022N/a
Permission for a new Hide Store along with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22616
24 Feb 2021Conditional
to construct a pitch side video analysis/live streaming box & associated siteworks at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21104
13 Feb 2017Conditional
Planning Permission for the following:- (i) Demolish existing security hut, vehicle wash area, gates and fencing to existing open sheep pens, (ii) Modifications to existing northern site entrance, car park entrance, security fencing, turnstile and barriers, (iii) Relocate existing gas tank and fencing, (iv) Construct a new extension to the northern side of the existing sheep lairage building, (v) Existing doors to beef lairage building to be moved from eastern elevation to northern elevation, (vi) Construct a new detached security hut, (vii) Construct a new site entrance at northern side of site along with security fencing, gates, turnstile and entrance barriers, (viii) Construct a new vehicle wash area and hardstanding area with security fencing and gates to open sheep pens, (ix) Extension and modifications to existing car park along with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1758
7 Feb 2017Conditional
Permission for retention for the as constructed 2.4m high security fence, entrance barriers and turnstiles along the front roadside boundary of the site and Planning Permission for the following: i) Construct a new detached dispatch office to front elevation, ii) Construct a new entrance lobby along with fenestration changes to the front elevation of the existing office and amenities block and all associated site works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 1744
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
- Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
- Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222
Recorded monuments
- RO041-044 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a bluff overlooking a SE-NW section of the River Suck, which is c. 80m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m E-W; 35.7m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 6.9-8.8m; Wth of top 1.7m at N to 3.4m at S; int. H 0.2m at S to 0.6m at W; ext. H 0.9m at S to 1.7m at W). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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 Cloonykelly.
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 Cloonykelly, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1307 (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 Cloonykelly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonykelly
- Area
- 893,983 m² (89.4 ha, 220.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Athleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Electoral division
- Athleague West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 610 people lived in 245 households in the Athleague West electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athleague, Bellanacarrow, Clooneen, Glebe, Gorteencloogh or Corra More, Toberavaddy
- Placenames
- Cloonykelly 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.