Ballypheasan

546 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballypheasan, from 2 m² to 23,859 m² (2.39 ha, 5.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 63 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballypheasan 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.

• 16 Jul 2026N/a

  Permission for change of use of ground floor and first floor of existing premises from retail and offices to 4 residential apartments, associated services, previously granted Planning Permission under PD/21/403 at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2657

• 18 Mar 2026Refused

  Permission for the following: 1. to construct a 2-storey, 2-bedroom dwelling house neighbouring existing dwelling No. 9 off Henry Street with alterations to rear yard, 2. for demolition of existing shed, 3. alterations to rear elevation of the existing dwelling No. 9, 4. alteration of existing front boundary to include an additional vehicular site entrance to serve the existing dwelling No. 9, and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660117

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  Permission to construct a 2-storey, 2-bedroom dwelling house neighbouring existing dwelling No. 9 off Henry Street with alterations to rear yard including the demolition of existing shed, and alterations to rear elevation of the existing dwelling No. 9, and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660092

• 26 Nov 2025N/a

  Permission for development which will consist of (A) Proposed partial demolition to the rear of existing public house. (B) Construction of a single storey one bed apartment. (C) Construction of a 2 storey two bed apartment and (D) All associated site & services works to the rear of the existing public house, for which a Section 5 Declaration has previously been granted under reference number DED 839 at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560555

• 3 Nov 2025Refused

  Retention Permission to retain as constructed security fence to define access road and bin storage areas of carpark property and all ancillary site development works at rear of

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560523

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for change of use of ground floor from retail to apartment at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2571

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  Permission for the change of use from ground floor retail unit to a 3 bed apartment along with elevational changes and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560469

• 24 Sept 2025N/a

  PERMISSION for development which will consist of the demolition of an existing derelict structure (former industrial facilities) and the development of 8 no. dwelling houses, consisting of: a) The construction of 7 no. new dwelling houses, comprising of 2 no. 4 bed semi-detached, 3 no. 3 bed terraced and 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached units. b) The renovation and refurbishment of 1 no. existing townhouse with a new extension and 2 no. car parking spaces to the rear of this existing dwelling house, which is located/forms part of the Architectural Conservation Area in Roscommon Town. c) RETENTION of 1 protected cast iron structure - former vent pipe fixture (Rec_no 03900723, Object ID 1010) and all associated site development works to include new boundary fences, footpaths, individual and communal waste storage and landscaping at

  Permission, 8 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560458

• 4 Sept 2025N/a

  Permission for: Demolition of an existing derelict structure (former industrial facilities) and the development of 8 no. dwelling houses, consisting of: a) Construction of 7 No. new dwelling houses, comprising of 2 no. 4 bed semi-detached, 3 no. 3 bed terraced and 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached units. b) Renovation and refurbishment of 1 no. existing townhouse with a new extension and 2 no.car parking spaces to the rear, which is located in the Architectural Conservation Area in Roscommon town. c) Retention of 1 protected cast iron structure – former vent pipe fixture (Rec_no 03900723, Object ID 1010); and all associated site development works to include new boundary fences, footpaths, individual and communal waste storage, landscaping and public open space at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560423

• 25 Jul 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain as constructed ground floor extension to rear of existing commercial premises at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560366

• 7 Jun 2025Conditional

  Permission and Retention Permission for (A) erection of Storage Unit to rear of existing retail premises; (B) retention of Small Office Unit to rear of existing retail premises at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560274

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of an existing boiler house, the construction of a single storey rear extension and minor internal refurbishment works to an existing dwelling house with all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560109

• 14 Feb 2025N/a

  Permission for Retention of small office unit at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560050

• 13 Dec 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to construct 2 no. dwellings and connect to public services and carry out all ancillary site development works along with boundary treatments at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460583

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission to convert an existing restaurant to living accommodation, providing 2 no. 1 bedroomed apartments and 1 no. 1 bedroomed studio at first floor level in the Stonecourt Complex (in The Old Gaol, which is a Protected Structure with RPS Ref. No. 03900228), at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460579

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following: a) To retain the existing building, associated yard, and parking spaces on a revised site boundary to that permitted under planning reference PD/06/1126, b) To retain the use of an adjoining yard space as ancillary storage and parking area, and permission is also sought to enclose this area in a new roofed building. The development will be accessed via the estate road to the southwest of the building and yard which is located at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2460550

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house to provide a self-contained 2 bedroom apartment with renovations and minor alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460489

• 9 Oct 2024N/a

  Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house to provide a self-contained 2 bedroom apartment with renovations and minor alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460478

• 9 Oct 2024N/a

  Permission for erection of storage unit to rear of existing retail premises at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460480

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of two exterior archway signages and to carry out all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 24127

• 17 Jun 2024Refused

  Retention permission to retain advertisement signage at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2460271

• 14 Jun 2024N/a

  Permission to enclose and roof existing yard and storage space, at the premises at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460268

• 9 May 2024N/a

  Permission to enclose and roof existing yard and storage space, at premises at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460212

• 26 Mar 2024Conditional

  Planning permission for: (1) Change of use of existing ground floor unit No.2 from Retail to Medical use, (2) New associated signage and (3) All associated site works and services at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460143

• 5 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission to change the use from Flower Shop to Dentists Surgery at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460109

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Ballypheasan.

Recorded monuments

• RO039-043004 Gatehouse
  Description

  Roscommon town (RO039-043----) appears to have been defended, but no walls survive and their course is unknown, but a gate at the S end of Main St. survived as late as the early 19th century and appears on maps by Francis Plunkett (1736) (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 91) and D. A. Beaufort (1808) (Siggins 1998b). Archaeological monitoring (19E0428) by P. Walsh of the trench for a water-pipe on Main St at the junction with Church St and Goff St identified on the E side of the trench what is probably a medieval wall just 0.2m below the road surface. Its width could not be gauged but the wall face extended along the trench (L 5.5m) and beyond its depth (D 0.96m). The earlier water-pipe took advantage of the passage of the town gate at this point. (Walsh 2012, 13) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 3 August 2021

• RO039-043005 Crucifixion plaque
  Description

  Five dressed stones were set into the back wall of a garden in Chapel Lane where a Roman Catholic church was located from 1756 to 1834 when the old Session House (RO9039-043015-) was converted into a church. However, the crucifixion plaque is thought to have come originally from St. Coman's Well (RO039-047----) (Siggins 1998c). The plaque (Wth 0.37-0.39m; H 0.33-0.36m) is in relief showing the crucifixion and two figures (Timoney 1980, 142-3). It is surrounded by some fragments of medieval tracery. After re-development of the area it is now displayed on a wall in Chapel Lane. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043006 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope within Roscommon town. The monastery was founded by St Comán, supposedly a disciple of St Finnian of Clonard, in the 6th century. Comán was a son of Faolchú and is reliably connected with the Dál nAraidhe of north-east Ulster. He died in 747 and his feastday is celebrated on 26th December. The 'law of St Comán' was proclaimed over much of Connaught in 771, 779 and 792 (Ó Rian 2011, 216-7). The monastery may have been raided by the Vikings in 807 (AU, 263), but this is unlikely. However, it was burnt in 823 and again in 1134. The processional cross known as the cross of Cong was made for this church, possibly at the church, in 1123 as a gift from Turlough O'Conor. The church became the diocesan centre after the Synod of Kells in 1152, but this honour had been moved to Elphin (RO016-127001-) by 1172. The Augustinian Rule was adopted c. 1140, and the church continued in use as an Augustinian house until the Dissolution, although the dedication may have changed to St. Mary's in the 13th century when it might also have had a community of nuns. Coarbs continue into the thirteenth century at least. It was plundered by the de Burgos in 1204 and 1260, and was burnt in 1235 and 1247 and 1360 (Gwynne and Hadcock 1970, 191-2, 323). After the monastery was suppressed c. 1540 its land was granted to Sir Nicholas Malby (Hoare 2014), who transformed the Castle (RO039-043006-) into the fortified house (RO039-043010-) also on the site today. The monastery consisted of at least one stone church and a round tower, which was burnt in 1050 by the men of Breiffne (AFM vol. 2, 859). It is described as a ruined church, hall and cloister in 1578 (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 97-8). It was centered on the site now occupied by the Church of Ireland church of St. Comán, which was built in the 18th century and where some fragments of transitional 12th century masonry (RO039-043008-) are incorporated into the tower. The head of a 13th century lancet window is kept within the church. The present E gable has a three-light decorated window, much of which is original, while internally its embrasure has a decorated surround with pinnacles, dating from c. 1450. Inside the church there is a wall memorial to the Gunnings of Castlecoote dated 1717 that might have been moved from Fuerty church (RO039-063001-), and to Lovelaces of Ballybride dated 1723. There is also a wall memorial (RO039-043017-) dated 1696 to John and Catherine Fleming of Roscommon, although it may have been moved to here. An inscribed slab (dims 0.93m x 0.41-0.65m; T 0.06-0.15m) (RO039-043009-) which dates to the 9th century asks for a blessing on Ioseph and is now in the Roscommon County Museum. A cross-slab (RO039-043016-) (dims 1m x 0.7m; max. T 0.13m) decorated with the stem of a cross and traces of ring also has a panel of interlace and roundels at the edge of the stone (Siggins, 1996; Barton 1996). The latter was moved to a position against the S wall of the present church in 2013. Both were found in the rectangular graveyard (RO039-043007-) (dims c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S) which also contains fragments of the masonry of a large Gothic window, and a cross-slab (RO039-043028-) with a crudely-incised latin cross and a single-line ring is used as a grave-marker. Human bones were uncovered in Goff St. to the E c. 1917. The holy well of St. Comán's Vat (RO039-047----) is c. 600m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 December, 2014

• RO039-043007 Graveyard
  Description

  The monastery of St. Comán (RO039-043006-) was centered on the site now occupied by the Church of Ireland church where there are some fragments of transitional masonry, and human bones were uncovered in Goff St. to the E c. 1917. A slab with an early inscription (RO039-043009-) found in the rectangular graveyard (dims c. 80m E-W; c. 45m N-S) is now in the County Museum (RO038-043024-), while a cross-slab (RO039-043016-) found more recently was moved to a position against the S wall of the present church in 2013. A rough-out of a cross-base (RO0239-043027-) is also in the graveyard defined by masonry walls. Also present are fragments of the masonry of a large Gothic window, and a cross-slab (RO039-043028-) with a crudely-incised latin cross and a single-line ring is used as a grave-marker. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 16 August 2016

• RO039-043008 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Some architectural fragments of a transitional nature and of the 15th century are incorporated in the church tower, and fragments of a large Gothic window are preserved in the graveyard (RO0390-043007-) at the site of St Comán's church (RO039-043006-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043009 Inscribed slab
  Description

  An inscribed slab (dims 0.93m x 0.37-0.65m; T 0.06-0.15m) dating from the 9th century was found in the rectangular graveyard (RO039-043007-) at the site of St Colmán's church (RO039-043006-) and is now in the Roscommon County Museum (RO039-043024-). It asks for a blessing for Ioseph, who died in 811 or 828, (Siggins 1996a; Barton 1994). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043013 Prison
  Description

  On top of a broad hill within Roscommon town. A tower of two storeys but of unknown function is marked here on a map of 1736 by Francis Plunket (copy in Roscommon County Museum). The jail was reputedly designed by Richard Cassels, was built by 1745, and had the distinction of employing a hangwoman, lady Betty. It closed as a jail c. 1819 when the new jail (RO039-043003-) was built. From 1820 until 1833 it became an asylum (Weld 1832, 423-5). Thereafter it served as a market house, but by 1918 it had been converted into a dwelling called Tudor House. In 1985 most of the cell block, which had three storeys, was demolished, and only the administrative block of four storeys attached to its S survives. Excavation (97E0419) revealed no evidence of an earlier structure but the outline of the cell block (ext. dims c. 14m N-S; 10.5m E-W) with 8 cells (dims c. 2.5m x 2.5m) in all, four on either side of a N-S corridor (Wth 1.3m) was uncovered. There was a latrine chute at N with a drain running off to the NW. (Higgins 1998a) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043016 Cross-slab
  Description

  A broken cross-slab (dims 1m x 0.7m; max. T 0.13m) decorated with the stem of a cross and traces of a ring also has a panel of interlace and roundels at the edge of the stone. It was found in St Comán's graveyard (RO039-043007-) (Siggins 1996a), and is now displayed against the S wall of St. Comán's Church of Ireland church. See the attached image taken c. 2003 before it was moved to its present position. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 17 October 2013

• RO039-043017 Memorial stone
  Description

  Inside the Church of Ireland St Comán's church there is a wall memorial to the Gunnings of Castlecoote dated 1717 that might have been moved from Fuerty church (RO039-063001-), and to Lovelaces of Ballybride dated 1723. There is also a wall memorial dated 1696 to John and Catherine Fleming of Roscommon, although it may have been moved to here. The Fleming memorial reads in full: This Monument was / Erected by Mr. John Flem / ing of Roscommon in Me / mory of His Wife Mrs. Cath / erine Fleming alias Con / way Who departed this / life ye 22 day of 8th and / in ye 32 year of her age / and lyeth interned before / it. (The above in a bold Latin script) here also lyeth ye Body of / John Fleming / who depart.d this life / March ye 10th 1696 in ye / 37th yr of his age. (This in an incised italic script) Re Erectd. By Mr. John Kelly of Dublin and Roger Kelly of Roscommon. (This in an incised script rather like that immediately above.) Renewed of Mary J. Gerraghty Athlone and Thomas J. Gerraghty Roscommon 1887. (This at the very bottom of the stone) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 November 2016

• RO039-043019 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  On the N side of Brogan's Lane within Roscommon town. Test excavations (05E0994) by B. O'Donachada uncovered an oval pit (dims 3.6m N-S; 1.35m E-W; D 0.8m plus) that produced a handle of a green-glazed jug and a 17th century bottle. The pit was preserved under the new development. (O'Donachada 2005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043020 Kiln - lime
  Description

  On the E side of Main St. of Roscommon town. Trial excavation (02E0029) by A. Carrey uncovered part of a lime-kiln (diam. 1.2m), which may be 18th century in date. (Carey 2004c) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043027 Cross
  Description

  This stone was identified by N. Hoare and K. Bryers in July 2013 and had been recovered from an earlier clean-up of the graveyard attached to St. Comán’s Church (RO039-043006-). It is a sandstone boulder (dims 0.65m by 0.4m plus; H 0.37m) with a single rather straight-sided socket (dims of top 0.3m x 0.23m plus; D c. 0.06-0.09m) on top that has been damaged by the removal of one side of the socket. It is now under a tree near the S wall of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 17 October, 2013

• RO039-043028 Cross-slab
  Description

  A cross-slab (dims of base 0.57m x 0.12-0.14m; H 0.64-0.7m) with a crudely-incised latin cross (H 0.58m; Span 0.56m) and a single line ring (dims 0.3-0.39m) on its E face is used as a grave-marker in St Comán’s graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 November, 2016

• RO039-047 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a low-lying position, c. 600m NW of the site of St Coman's church site (RO039-043006-). An overgrown hollow (diam. c. 4m; D 0.5m) which is now dry was, according to J. O'Donovan in the 1830s, venerated in the 19th century when a rag bush stood beside it (O' Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 46). The crucifixion plaque now in Chapel Lane (RO039-043005-) originally may have come from here (Siggins 1998c). Excavation (04E1413) revealed the triangular shape of the natural spring (dims 4.45m x 3.65m), recovering modern artefacts in its upper layers. A rectangular pit (RO039-047001-) (dims 1.5m x 0.8m; D 0.35m) lay just to the N, and another rectangular pit (RO039-047002-) (dims 2.35m x 2.1m; D 0.3m) was just to the SE, but no artefacts were recovered from either pit, or the well. (Lohan 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-047001 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological excavation (04E1413) recorded a rectangular pit (dims 1.5m x 0.8m; D 0.35m) just to the N of St Comán's holy well (RO039-047----), and another pit (RO039-047002-) was just to its SE, but no artefacts were recovered from either pit, or the well. (Lohan 2007). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-047002 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological excavation (04E1413) recorded a rectangular pit (RO039-047001-) just to the N of St Comán's holy well (RO039-047----) and another rectangular pit (dims 2.35m x 2.1m; D 0.3m) was just to its SE, but no artefacts were recovered from either pit, or the well. (Lohan 2007). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-055001 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  A Dominican friary was established by Felimid O'Conor in 1253. It was burned in 1270 and struck by lightning in 1308. By 1445 it was in disrepair when an indulgence was granted to restore its fabric, and in 1578 it was granted to Sir Nicholas Malby. In 1615 the friary was granted to Francis Viscount Valentia, but it had been described as in ruins in 1612. It is situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1980, 229) The remains consist of a nave and chancel church (int. dims 40m E-W; 6.8m N-S) entered through a modern entrance in the W gable. There is a N aisle (int. dims 22.8m E-W; 3.3m N-S), now represented by three circular piers separating it from the nave. A N transept (int. dims 6.6m E-W; 5.4m N-S) with a three-light N window, now robbed, was added to the E end of the N aisle in the 15th century, at which time a tower was put over the chancel, of which only the bases of the S piers survive. The E window of the chancel, originally of three lancets, was replaced with a five-light tracery window, now robbed, and the W window, originally of three lancets, was replaced with a four-light tracery window, now robbed. There were six lancets on the S nave wall, placed above the cloister roof, and at least four on the N chancel wall, while doorways on the S wall led to a sacristy and the cloister, of which nothing remains. Beneath the lancet windows on the inner face of the S nave wall there are six recesses (Wth 1.8m; H c. 1m; D 0.4m), one of which has a piece of painted decoration. An effigy (RO039-055004-), said to be that of Felimid O'Conor and made c. 1290-1300, is in the niche of a 15th wall monument (RO039-055003-) with eight warriors from its chest surviving in the N chancel wall (O'Gorman 1866; Taylor 1892-4a; FitzGerald 1892-4; FitzGerald 1900; Hunt 1974, 216-18, No. 213). A fragment with two panels from another tomb (RO039-055006-) is no longer present (Hunt, 1974, 1, 217, No. 214) and the 17th century memorial of John Hynde (RO039-055011-) recorded by FitzGerald at the W end of the church (1893, 357) is also missing. A limestone graveslab (RO039-055005-) (dims 1.25m x 0.91m) of John Verdon with the date 1656 is on the ground beside the O'Conor effigy. A sculpted stone (RO039-055009-) (Wth c. 0.44m; H c. 0.33m) with a carving of two entwined beasts is set in the coping around the O’Conor tomb (Siggins 1994), and the bases of two graveslabs (RO039-055007-; RO039-055008-) (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 104) have been re-identified recently by Garry Dempsey. One (L 0.8m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.16m) is outside the W wall of the N chancel and has a moulding on the edge and the incised double line of the stem of a cross is visible at the broken end. Another (L 0.48m; Wth 0.44m; T 0.29m) in the SE angle of the church has a moulded edge but no device on its upper surface can be detected. A fragment of what might be a graveslab is cut into a square piece (L c. 1.2m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.08-0.13m) and incorporated into the coping around the O’Conor tomb (RO039-055003-). It was recently identified by Brian Shanahan and recorded by Gary Dempsey. It has a raised band, probably from the stem of a cross, down the centre that bifurcates at one end. A raised image of what might be a cat with a small animal in its mouth overlies the stem. Archaeological testing (98E0438) c. 120m S of the abbey (FitzPatrick 2000a; Nelis 2000) and just to its W (01E1211) (Halpin 2003) failed to produce any related archaeological evidence. Further testing (04E1565) c. 100m to the NW had similar results (Byrne 2007). Test excavations (E004027) in 2009 in the garden c. 40m to the S on foot of a geophysical survey demonstrated that the features recorded were late 19th century or later in date (Henry 2009, 2012). (Bradley and Dunne 1985, 100-04) See the attached external images from NE (001) and SSW (002), and the internal view looking E (003) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 June 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1931), and is now a National Monument in state ownership: No. 362

• RO039-055002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. The Dominican friary was founded by Felimid O'Conor in 1267. It was burned in 1270 and struck by lightning in 1308. By 1445 it was in disrepair when an indulgence was granted to restore its fabric and in 1578 it was granted to Sir Nicholas Malby. Apart from some graves in the interior of the church there is no evidence of a graveyard here although one is depicted as a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 40m E-W; c. 20m N-S) encompassing the friary on the 1837 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-055003 Wall monument
  Description

  An effigy (RO039-055004-), said to be that of Felimid O'Conor and made c. 1290-1300, is in the niche of a wall monument with a re-built arch in the N chancel wall of the Dominical friary (RO039-055001-). The effigy is resting on the side-panels of a 15th century tomb with eight warriors (O'Gorman 1866; Taylor 1892-4a; Fitzgerald 1892-4; 1900; Hunt 1974, No. 213). A fragment of another tomb (RO039-055006-) is now missing. See the attached view of the 15th century tomb surround Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 December 2011

• RO039-055004 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  An effigy, said to be that of Felimid O'Conor and made c. 1290-1300, is in a niche in the N chancel wall on the side-panels of a 15th century wall monument (RO039-055003-) (O'Gorman 1866; Fitzgerald 1900; Hunt 1974, No. 212). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-055005 Graveslab
  Description

  On the ground beside the effigy (RO039-055004-) in the chancel of Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). This is a limestone slab (dims 1.25m by 0.91m) with an inscription in false relief commemorating John Verdon with the date 1656, but the lower end of the stone is missing. The inscriptions reads: PRAY FOR THE SOVLE OF / IOHN VERDON WHOE DIED / THE 26 OF IVLY 1656.. (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 104). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-055006 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  A fragment with two panels from another tomb was also present in the Dominican priory (RO039-055001-) (Hunt, 1974, vol. 1, 217, No. 214), but it is now missing. (Bradley and Dunne 1985, 103) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-055007 Graveslab
  Description

  The bottom part of a graveslab (L 0.8m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.16m) was noted by Bradley and Dunne(1988, 104) and recorded by Gary Dempsey outside the W wall of the N chancel of Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). It has a moulding on the edge and the incised double line of the stem of a cross is visible at the broken end. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June, 2015

• RO039-055008 Graveslab
  Description

  The bottom part of a graveslab (L 0.48m; Wth 0.44m; T 0.29m) was noted by Bradley and Dunne (1988, 104) and recorded by Gary Dempsey in the SE angle of Roscommon Abbey (RO039-055001-). It has a moulded edge but no device on its upper surface can be detected. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June, 2015

• RO039-055009 Stone sculpture
  Description

  A small stone (Wth c. 0.44m; H c. 0.33m) with a carving of two entwined beasts is set in the coping around the O’Conor tomb (RO039-055003-) at Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). They are probably intended as deer as they appear to have antlers. (Siggins 1994) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June, 2015

• RO039-055010 Graveslab
  Description

  A large fragment of what might be a graveslab is cut into a square piece (L c. 1.2m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.08-0.13m) and incorporated into the coping around the O’Conor tomb (RO039-055003-) at Roscommon abbey (RO039-055001-). It was first noted by Brian Shanahan and recorded by Gary Dempsey. The stone has a raised band, probably from the stem of a cross, down the centre that bifurcates at one end. A raised image of what might be a cat with a small animal in its mouth overlies the stem. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June, 2015

• RO039-055011 Graveslab
  Description

  The 17th century graveslab of John Hynde that was recorded by FitzGerald (1892-4, 357) as at the W end of the Dominican church (RO039-055001-) is now missing. It is described as: In the west end of the abbey is a large slab lying flat, with an inscription in relief; it commences nearly half way down the stone, and is very hard to decipher, being much worn: GODS WILL AND PLEASURE / IS OVR IOY ….URE / PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF IOHN / HYNDE AND …. MARTEN H / IS WIFE WHO CAVSED THIS TO . MB TO BE MADE ANN / 16 Below the inscription is a large skull and cross-bones with Memento More in relief below them and on either side an IHS and a wheel-like object. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 October, 2015

• RO039-099 Architectural fragment
  Description

  A collection of cut stones is incorporated into walls and garden features at a house just c. 70m SW of Roscommon Dominican abbey (RO039-055001-). They were first identified by Frank Scott and recorded by Scott and Gary Dempsey. Locally it is thought that some of the stones may have come from an earlier house at the location, but some certainly derived from the Dominican abbey. There are some hammer-dressed quoinstones, a roughly chamfered stone with crude stops (L of chamfer c. 0.8m), a rough-out for a doorstep (L c. 1.4m) that was never used probably because it fractured, a small fragment (H 0.2m) with a rebate probably for a window shutter and a chamfered segmental arch may be late in date. However, a jambstone with a door rebate and an outer chamfer set lengthways into a drystone wall, two chamfered stones built into a wall and a stone with a chamfer and an external shutter rebate, probably from a large window, may be from the abbey. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 June, 2015

Architectural heritage

• Sunny Side House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed and roughcast-rendered walls with plinth and quoins. Ground floor openings to façade with stucco surrounds, console brackets and cornices. Stone sills throughout. Timber margined sash windows and timber panelled door. Name of house in raised lettering over doorway. House fronts onto street.

• , 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron post box, erected c.1905, with moulded neck and curved cap. Cast-iron royal insignia and crown of King Edward VII to door. The name of the manufacturer is inscribed on the base.

• The Royal, cinema, 1945–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay (nine-bay deep) double-height gable-fronted cinema, designed 1947; opened 1948, on a rectangular plan; five-bay single-storey flat-roofed projection with three-bay single-storey recess centred on single-bay single-storey ticket booth on a bowed plan. Closed, 1980. Pitched (gable-fronted) corrugated-iron roof behind parapet with concrete ridge, concrete coping to gable (west), and concealed rainwater goods in concrete eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered wall to front (east) elevation with concrete coping to parapet; rendered surface finish (remainder); cast concrete faced walls (projection). Pair of square-headed door openings centred on ticket booth below cantilevered concrete canopy. Square-headed flanking window openings in square-headed recesses with monolithic surrounds framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, abutting house to west. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with continuous sill course and chamfered corner to east. Stucco window and door surrounds. Timber sash windows to ground floor with stone sills and cast-iron window guards. Replacement aluminium windows to first floor. Replacement timber panelled door and overlight. Limestone wheel guards to side of gateway leading to rear.

• , 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c.1870, now disused. Comprising moulded base, fluted shaft, moulded neck with lion's head spout, fluted domed cap and acorn finial. Located on side of street.

• Prison/jail, 1730–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay four-storey former prison, built c.1740, with advanced end bays. Now in use as outlet centre with living apartments to third floor. Modern extension to rear and modern three-storey roofed walkway linking main building to modern cylindrical four-storey stone-clad stairwell tower. Internally, jail has been largely renovated, although front block has been retained. Tiled roof is concealed by castellated parapet wall with stepped rendered chimneystacks. Random coursed limestone walls with tooled quoins and window surrounds to front elevation. String courses above second and third storeys. Niches and loops-like windows to towers. Stone and rendered walls to rear and side elevations. Label mouldings to windows of three central bays. Segmental- and pointed-segmental-arched door openings to centre and end bays. Hood moulding to central entrance, leading to arcade of shops. Replacement timber sash windows. Cast-iron gates to main entrance. Structure is street-fronted and situated in a prominent position at the northern end of Market Square.

• James J. Harlow, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of terraced three-bay three-storey houses, built c.1800, with shopfronts to ground floor and central integral carriage arch with single-storey return. Pitched slate and tiled roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with continuous stone sill course to first floor windows and limestone plinths. Timber pilastered shopfronts with timber fascias and cornices. Round-headed openings with replacement timber doors and spider web fanlights. Timber and glazed doors to shopfronts with overlights. Segmental-headed integral carriage arch with timber battened double doors. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Terrace is street-fronted with southern house bounded by plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1800, with 1850s shopfront to ground floor and three-storey return to rear. Pitched slated roof with rendered chimneystack and stucco cornice to eaves. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with stucco quoins and window surrounds. Timber sash windows with stone sills and with window guard to ground floor. Round-headed block-and-start doorcase with keystone, trancom and gothic style fanlight and with timber panelled door. Timber shopfront to south bay with timber panelled double doors and display window. Building is street-fronted.

• Building misc, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey neo-Classical commercial building, built c.1880, with shallow breakfront, return and extension to rear. Now used as offices. Pitched slate roof hidden by parapet with rendered chimneystacks and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods with ornate hoppers. Façade with ashlar limestone to ground floor having pilasters and engaged columns surmounted by entablature. Render to upper floors with render pilasters and stone dentil cornice to parapet. Timber framed display windows to ground floor. Round-headed ashlar surround to door opening with double timber panelled door surmounted by leaded fanlight and flanked by engaged columns. Replacement uPVC windows to first and second floor window openings with rendered pilasters, rosettes and entablatures. Balcony to second floor with replacement uPVC door and cast-iron railing. Building is street fronted.

• Saint Coman's Church (Roscommon), church/chapel, 1770–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Church of Ireland church, built 1775 with earlier fabric, comprising three-bay nave, transept to south, vestry to north and three-stage castellated tower to west. Pitched slate roof with stone finial to south. Rendered nave, transept and vestry walls with cut stone quoins and opening surrounds, some chamfered. Random coursed walls to tower with cut stone quoins, string courses supported on corbels, with clocks to all four faces. Pointed-arched traceried windows with hood mouldings to north wall of nave. Stained glass to east window and south window of transept. Blocked-up eighteenth-century doorway to south side of tower. Entrance to north with timber panelled double door in fourteenth-century pointed-arched carved stone doorcase with cinquefoil inset. Coved ceiling internally and variety of wall monuments of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century date, marble pulpit and lectern and with a pipe organ. Church set within own grounds with various upright and recumbent graves to south. Site bounded by pebbledashed and random coursed limestone walls, with ashlar gate piers to entrance. Car park to north and east sides of church.

• Dunluce House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1820, with return to rear. Hipped tiled roof with cut stone chimneystacks and terracotta pots. Random coursed limestone walls with tooled stone quoins and plinth. Timber sash windows with block-and-start limestone surrounds and stone sills. Central round-arched door opening with tooled voussoirs, timber pilastered doorcase with sidelights, spoked fanlight and timber panelled door. Basement area bounded by rubble wall with stone coping.

• Bank/financial institution, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey former bank, built in 1836, now in use as county council offices, with two-storey extension and prefab to rear and with single-storey extensions to south added c.1980. Advanced pedimented entrance bays to ends of façade. Roof concealed by parapet wall. Yellow brick chimneystack. Render to upper walls with channelled rustication to ground floor of façade. Rendered quoins to end bays. Dentil course below parapet wall. Sill course to first floor. Square-headed windows to upper floors with stucco surrounds and round-headed windows to ground floor set into round-headed recesses, with timber sash windows. Cornices to first floor windows with segmental pediments and lugged and kneed surrounds to end bays. Steps lead to main entrances. Timber panelled double doors surmounted by elaborate fanlights set in carved stone doorcase with keystones and flanked by Tuscan columns to entrance porches with responding pilasters. Cornices over pilasters support balustraded balconies to first floor windows. Building set back from street with cast-iron railings to street front.

• Roscommon County Library, hospital/infirmary, 1780–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey over basement former infirmary, built 1783, with entrance breakfront and two-bay flanking wings to north and south and central square-profiled tower. Used as a library since 1948. Pitched and hipped tiled roofs with carved stone eaves brackets, rendered chimneystacks and finial to tower. Rendered walls with limestone plinth course, quoins, continuous sill course to first floor windows and frieze and cornice to central tower. Cut limestone surrounds to window openings, block-and-start to wings, all containing paired and tripled timber sash windows. Breakfront with round- and square-headed niches flanking windows. Entrance with stone doorcase comprising engaged Tuscan columns flanked by sidelights and with pilasters supporting entablature. Timber panelled double doors accessed by limestone steps. Interior of entrance porch with stained glass and number of marble plaques giving building's history. Entrance to south wing with round-headed archivolt, stone doorcase with brackets and with timber panelled door and fanlight accessed by limestone steps. Basement bounded by plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings. Library set within own grounds with car park to front of site.

• The Abbey, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, now in use as a hotel, with advanced two-bay tower with entrance and with recessed two-bay gable-fronted block to south end of façade and modern single-storey extensions to east and south. Pitched tiled roof with castellated parapet to façade and with turrets to tower and stone finials to gables of south block. Rendered chimneystacks. Cut limestone façade brought to courses with ashlar entrance tower with string courses. Ruled-and-lined render elsewhere. Finely-tooled plinth. Replacement uPVC windows to northern bays of façade and to modern extensions and with timber sash and casement to south block. Tooled chamfered surrounds to windows, many with label mouldings. Quatrefoil and oriel windows to rear of south block. Apsidally-recessed entrance with limestone flagged floor and four-centered arch with shield over and flanked by engaged half-octagonal three-stage piers of tower. Timber and glazed double entrance doors with traceried four-centered fanlight with hood moulding and flanked by gothic canopied niches. Hotel set in own grounds with sandstone flagged patio area to south with corner turrets to site. Site bounded by random coursed limestone castellated wall. Hotel bounded to roadside by wrought-iron railings surmounting random coursed limestone plinth walls with castellated gate piers.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard, c.1800, set within ruins of medieval abbey. Comprising variety of limestone upright, recumbent and wall-mounted gravemarkers dating from late-eighteenth to early-twentieth centuries. Earliest legible grave-marker dates to 1797. Rock-faced mausoleum of the Kellys of Essex Lawn, a house located to the north of Roscommon town centre is located to the north of the abbey. Wrought-iron gate set to pointed arch at entrance.

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 Ballypheasan, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1369 (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.

No address of the register names Ballypheasan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Ballypheasan

Area

814,350 m² (81.44 ha, 201.23 acres)

Civil parish

Roscommon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballintober South

Electoral division

Roscommon Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,034 people lived in 817 households in the Roscommon Urban electoral division. 38% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnanagh, Ardsallagh Beg, Ardsallagh More, Cloonbrackna, Cloonybeirne, Slevinagee

Placenames

Ballypheasan 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.