Bellanagare

191 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellanagare, from 0 m² to 99,664 m² (9.97 ha, 24.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Bellanagare 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 Mar 2026Conditional

  Permission to 1) Construct new slatted shed, 2) New Manure Pit, together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660116

• 18 Feb 2026N/a

  Permission to 1) construct new slatted, 2) new manure pit together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660066

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which will consist of the following: 1. A single storey extension to the front of the existing community centre, 2. The provision of a new MUGA sports court including fencing and lighting, 3. The provision of a new paddle court including fencing and lighting, 4. The provision of a new sensory garden, and including all associated car parking, landscaping, lighting, signage and ancillary site works at Ballinagare Community Centre, Ballinagare, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, F45 XP76.

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460421

• 26 Apr 2023N/a

  Permission for development consisting of the demolition of the existing rear single storey extension, construction of a new two storey extension to the existing dwelling house along with construction of a second dwelling along with associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23153

• 5 Apr 2023N/a

  Permission for the demolition of the existing rear single storey extension, construction of a new two storey extension to the existing dwelling house along with construction of a second dwelling along with associated site development works attached at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23112

• 4 Oct 2021Conditional

  Permission for extension to side of existing dwelling at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21556

• 25 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct new front boundary wall, new entrance and ramped access at roadway and grass verge at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19213

• 19 Jan 2018Conditional

  for a change of use from retail/office development to 2 no. apartments at the ground floor of property at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1814

• 13 Sept 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a new part two storey detached dwelling house and garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated site works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17382

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 Bellanagare.

Recorded monuments

• RO015-048001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Described as Bellanagare Castle on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight S-facing slope. Denis O'Conor received a partial return of O'Conor Don lands in 1720 and built a house here in 1727 which became the home of his son Charles O'Conor, the antiquarian during the 1750s (Martin 1992; O'Conor and Williams 2015). Bellanagare is the location of Bealach Coille recorded in 1489 (AFM vol. 4, P. 1173; O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 71), which may have been a castle. The 18th century house was abandoned by the early 1830s (Weld 1832, 484-6) but it incorporates some medieval dressed stone (RO015-048003-), including a ventilator, which is now missing and is possibly from an older structure here or at the castle site (RO015-050----) c. 380m to the S. The two storey house (int. dims 13m E-W; 8.5m N-S) of five bays has a pediment on the S-facing front with the entrance at the first floor. There is an inscription 'DOC 1727' over the doorway, and there are two, two storey returns (int. dims 2.7m N-S; 2.45m E-W) at either end of the N wall. The house is at the NW angle of a walled courtyard (dims 34m N-S; 34m E-W) or bawn (RO015-048002-) defined by masonry walls (T 0.7m; max. H 3m), which does not appear to be an ancient structure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 O’Conor, K. and J. Williams 2015 Ballinagare Castle, Co. Roscommon. In Gibbons, L. and K. O’Conor 2015 Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare, 1710-1791: Life and Works. Four Courts Press, Dublin

• RO015-048002 Bawn
  Description

  On a slight S-facing slope. Denis O'Conor received a partial return of O'Conor lands in 1720 and built a house (RO015-048001-) here in 1727 which became the home of his son Charles O'Conor, the antiquarian. The house is at the NW angle of a walled courtyard or bawn (dims 34m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by masonry walls (T 0.7m; max. H 3m), which does not appear to be an ancient structure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-048003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On a slight S-facing slope. The early 18th century house at Bellanagare Castle (RO015-048001-) was abandoned by the early 1830s (Weld 1832, 484-6) but it incorporates some medieval dressed stone, including a ventilator, possibly from an older structure here or from the castle site (RO015-050----) c. 380m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-049 Gateway
  Description

  On low-lying ground on the W bank of the S-N Owennaforeesha river, at the entrance to Bellanagare Castle (RO015-048001-) c. 240m to the N. Described as a pair of ancient gate piers (OS Name Books), presumably dating from the 1720s when the house called Bellanagare Castle was built. The gatepiers do not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-050 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Marked similarly on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape overlooking the S-N Owennaforeesha river to the W. In 1635 the castle of Bellanagare was owned by Ellinor viscount Dillon, the widow of Theobold Dillon (O'Sullivan W. 1958, 6). Described as a large chimney in the remains of a wall (L c. 3.5m; T c. 2.4m) (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 74; OS Name Books). A cairn of building rubble, locally described as containing brick, was removed c. 1980, and nothing is now visible at ground level. The architectural fragments (RO015-048003-) at Bellanagare Castle may be from here. Archaeological testing (01E0072) failed to reveal any associated features (Read 2003a, 354), and archaeological testing (08E0312) c. 160m to the WSW on the other side of the stream failed to produce any related archaeological material (Purcell 2011b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20th June 2011

• RO015-074001 Enclosure
  Description

  First identified as a potential monument in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is located in grass and meadow grass at the summit of a hill within the larger enclosure (RO015-074002-). This is an oval area (dims 46m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by scarp (at E: H 1m; at SSE: H 0.15m) N-S-SW and an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-3.6m; int. H 0.6-075m; ext. H 1.05m) SW-N, which incorporates the bank of the other enclosure. There is an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 2.5m; ext. D 0.75m) NW-N, which is likely to be part of the original perimeter of the hilltop enclosure. The original entrance is not identified. The perimeter is truncated slightly at W by a N-S field wall and the interior is overlain by an ENE-WSW stone-faced field bank towards the S edge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2016

• RO015-074002 Enclosure
  Description

  Although indicated as a circular wooded feature on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, this was first identified as a potential monument in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is located in grass and meadow grass at the summit of a hill. This is a circular area (int. diam. 46m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at ENE: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) NNW-ESE, with an outer fosse (at: ENE: Wth of top 3.5m; ext. D 0.45m) NNW-NE. The perimeter is reduced to a low scarp (H 0.2m) or slight fosse (Wth of top 4.2m; ext. D 0.1m) ESE-SW, and incorporated into the perimeter of enclosure (RO015-074001-) SW-N. There is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is truncated slightly at W by a N-S field wall, and the interior is overlain by an ENE-WSW stone-faced field bank towards the S edge and the perimeter is degraded S of this feature. An annexe is attached to the N and E and is visible as a berm (Wth c. 20m) defined by a scarp (Wth c. 4m; H 0.25-0.6m) NW-E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 8 March, 2016

• RO015-074003 Field system
  Description

  First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is located on a gentle NW-facing slope. A rectangular grass-covered area (dims c. 70m ENE-WSW; c. 60m NNW-SSE) is defined by an earth and stone bank at S (L 65m; Wth 2m; H 0.25-0.3m), a fragment of a levelled bank (L 39m; Wth 4.8m; H 0.2-0.45m) at W and traces of a bank at the S end of the E side. There is no evidence of a field bank at N. The field banks are mis-aligned with the present field banks, which they pre-date, but it is probably post-medieval in date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2016

• RO015-074004 Enclosure
  Description

  First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is located in meadow grass on a slight NE-facing slope. the annexe is attached to the N and E of hilltop enclosure (RO015-074002-), and is visible as a berm (Wth c. 20m) defined by a scarp (Wth c. 4m; H 0.25-0.6m) NW-E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 August, 2016

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with fluted shaft, raised banding to fluted cap. Acorn finial and cast-iron tap to side. Cast-iron bucket rest to front. Cast-iron lettering to side now indecipherable due to layers of paint. Water pump is set on concrete base on side of road.

• Bellanagare Bridge, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge, built c.1830, comprising cut stone random coursed walls with tooled voussoirs to arch-ring and dressed coping to parapet wall. Stile to north-east side leading to northern bank of river by way of steps.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Bellanagare.

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

Name

Bellanagare · Béal Átha na gCarr

Area

1,293,631 m² (129.36 ha, 319.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcorkey, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Bellanagare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bellanagare electoral division: 693 people in 279 households; 85% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghcullia, Cashel, Drummin, Gortnagoyne, Kilcorkey, Knockroe, Mountdruid

Placenames

Bellanagare 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.