Milltown

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 591 m² to 537,319 m² (53.73 ha, 132.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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.

• 15 Jun 2025Conditional

  Permission to construct new slatted shed together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560289

• 4 Aug 2022Conditional

  Permission for erection of dwelling house with sewerage treatment plant and percolation area, and all ancillary development work at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22411

• 30 Jun 2022N/a

  Planning Permission for erection of dwelling house with sewerage treatment plant and percolation area and all ancillary development work on site at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22337

• 25 Feb 2021Refused

  for erection of single storey dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary development work on site at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21109

• 4 Feb 2019Conditional

  development consisting of the following:- (1) Slatted shed; (2) Silage base; (3) Sheep shed; (4) Retain existing loose shed together with all associated site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 1943

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 Milltown.

Recorded monuments

• RO047-058001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  This is a Fallon castle, and Covaghe O'Failone of Milltown is listed in 1585 (O'Donovan 1843, 19) while Redmond O'Fallon had possession in 1587 (Cronin 1980, 118). A castle at Milltown is marked on the Strafford map of Athlone barony (c. 1636), and Redmond Mc Redmond Ffallon owned two quarters amounting to 500 acres there in 1641 but this land passed to Sir Luke Dowdall through the Cromwellian settlement (Simington 1949, 107, Athlone (170)). This monument might be Onagh castle which was built by the Justiciar in 1236 at Mullach Uanaidhe, although the ringwork at Dundonnell (RO051-047002-) is more probable. Onagh was attacked by Aedh O'Conchobair in 1270 but was probably still occupied in 1284. The castle is situated on a slight rise on the SE bank of the Ballyglass stream which here flows NE-SW in a canalised stream through low-lying basins to the NE and SW. The keep (int. dims c. 11m E-W; 8m N-S), of which the N wall (T 2.5m) is partly visible survives to a max. H of c. 6m but is obscured in a large cairn (diam. c. 40m; H up to 6m) which is within a wedge-shaped ward or bawn (RO047-058022-) (dims c. 75m N-S; c. 30m E-W at N; c. 70m E-W at S). The bawn is defined by a spread of stone and wall footings (Wth 0.75-1m) except at the N, and two towers can tentatively be identified, at the NW angle and at the centre of the S wall. An out-turned entrance and outer causeway (L 10m; Wth 3.5m) on the E wall leads to an outer wedge-shaped ward (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 80m N-S) which might not have been completed. The outer ward is defined by less substantial walls on the SE and NE sides backing onto the stream at W, and two rectangular towers can be identified, on the SE wall and at the E angle. There are four rectangular buildings within the inner bawn. Just S of the entrance causeway is a large rectangular structure (RO047-058023-) (int. dims c. 9m N-S; c. 6m N-S) with another structure immediately to its W (RO047-058024-) (int. dims c. 8m N-S; c. 3.3m E-W). About 10m further W is a smaller square building (RO047-058025-) (int. dims 4m x 3.5m) while a fourth building (RO047-058026-) (int. dims 10.2m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) is inside the W wall of the bawn. The castle probably pre-dates the field system (RO047-058027-) which surrounds it, and three rectangular structures (int. dims c. 7m x c. 4m) are c. 80-100m to the E. See the attached aerial images taken from the NW (002) and SW (003). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Visible as a large stone-walled enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 31-2) although the perimeter is incomplete N-E. Situated on a rise overlooking Milltown castle (RO047-058001-) c. 180m to the NW and low-lying basins to the W and N. It is not visible now at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058007 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible as a small enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP: K17 W13), and situated on a small rise in an undulating landscape of limestone outcrop. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Visible as a circular feature on aerial photograph (CUCAP: K17 W12), and situated on an undulating landscape with limestone outcrop. This is an oval scrub-covered area (dims c. 27.5m NNW-SSE; 23m ENE-WSW) defined by a stone spread (at S: Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) with facing-stones evident only at NW (original Wth 1.9m). The perimeter is overlain by a field wall N-SE and there is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058011 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on vertical aerial photograph (CUCAP: K17 W10). Oval grass and scrub-covered area defined by a collapsed drystone wall but there is nothing to indicate that this is any different to the other 18-19th century field walls in the area and that this is a small plot or garden of that era. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058012 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape with limestone outcrop, just to N of a knoll. Circular overgrown area (int. diam. 30m NNW-SSE; 29m ENE-WSW) defined by a stone spread with facing-stones, best preserved S-SSE (original Wth 1.9-2m; max. H 0.75m). There is no identifiable original entrance but a circular hut-site (RO047-058018-) defined by a stone spread (int. diam. 2.4m; ext. diam. 8.4m) is inside the perimeter at WSW. A fragment of a rotary quern is at the monument. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058013 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible as an enclosure on vertical aerial photograph (CUCAP: K17 W 10). This is an oval area (int. dims 27m NW-SE, 20.5m NE-SW) defined by a drystone-built wall and with lazy-beds in the interior. The enclosure is part of the 18-19th century field pattern of the area. It was removed before 2000 (OSAP). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058018 Hut site
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape with limestone outcrop, just N of a knoll. This is a circular hut-site defined by a stone spread (int. diam. 2.4m; ext. diam. 8.4m) inside the perimeter of cashel (RO047-058012-) at WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058019 Headstone
  Description

  On a slight rise overlooking Milltown Castle (RO047-058003-) and low ground to the N. This is a limestone slab (dims 1.43m x 0.68m; T 0.3m) lying prone and bearing 'IHS' and an illegible inscription, believed locally to mark the burial place of a Bishop Fallon. It is probably 18th century in date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058020 Field system
  Description

  On a hillock in an undulating landscape. An area of about 21 acres (c. 8.5 ha) contains relict field walls consisting of the bases of drystone walls and forming irregular small fields (dims c. 20m x c. 10m) with larger irregular fields (dims c. 80m x c. 20m). No house sites or lazy beds were identified, and it is probably post-medieval in date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058022 Bawn
  Description

  On the SE bank of the NE-SW Ballyglass stream around castle (RO047-058001-). This is a wedge-shaped area (dims c. 75m N-S; c. 30m E-W at N; c. 70m E-W at S). It is defined by a spread of stone and wall footings except at the N, and two towers can tentatively be identified, at the NW angle and at the centre of the S wall. An out-turned entrance and outer causeway (L 10m; Wth 3.5m) on the E wall leads to an outer wedge-shaped ward (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 80m N-S) which might not have been completed and is largely removed. The outer ward is defined by less substantial walls on the SE and NE sides backing onto the stream at W, and two rectangular towers can be identified, on the SE wall and at the E angle. There are four rectangular buildings (RO047-058023-; RO047-058024-; RO047-058025-; RO047-058026-) within the inner bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058023 Building
  Description

  There are four rectangular buildings within the inner bawn of caslte (RO047-058001-). Just S of the entrance causeway of the bawn is a large rectangular structure (int. dims c. 9m N-S; c. 6m N-S) with another structure (RO047-058024-) immediately to its W. About 10m further W is a smaller square building (RO047-058025-) while a fourth building (RO047-058026-) is inside the W wall of the bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058024 Building
  Description

  There are four rectangular buildings within the inner bawn of castle (RO047-058001-). This structure (int. dims c. 8m N-S; c. 3.3m E-W) is immediately W of (RO047-058023-). About 10m further W is a smaller square building (RO047-058025-) (int. dims. 4m x 3.5m) while a fourth building (RO047-058026-) (int. dims 10.2m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) is inside the W wall of the bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058025 Building
  Description

  There are four rectangular buildings within the inner bawn of castle (RO047-058001-). This is a small square building (int. dims 4m x 3.5m) in the centre of the bawn at S with building (RO047-058024-) c. 10m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-058026 Building
  Description

  There are four rectangular buildings within the inner bawn of castle. This structure (int. dims 10.2m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) is inside the W wall of the bawn. 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 Milltown.

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 Milltown, 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

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

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

Name

Milltown

Area

4,237,525 m² (423.75 ha, 1,047.12 acres)

Civil parish

Dysart, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Dysart, the unit of the census

Census 2022

229 people lived in 96 households in the Dysart electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass, Ballyglass (Dodwell), Ballymintan, Bredagh, Commeen, Cooldorragh, Cuilleenoolagh, Lugboy, Skeavally, Tobermacloughlin

Placenames

Milltown 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.