Castlequarter

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlequarter, from 169 m² to 88,798 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castlequarter 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.

• 30 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission to construct a single dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area including all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660321

• 29 May 2026Refused

  Permission for the development which will consist of removing the existing roof from the derelict cottage, demolition of the small rear entrance section to the cottage, adding an external wall with insulation to the existing walls, adding a new two storey extension to the rear of the cottage, building a second storey on the remaining existing cottage walls, building a freestanding double garage to the side of the property, creating a gravel drive from the existing site entrance up to the front of the cottage and also up to the new garage and having a new waste water treatment plant system installed at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660267

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  Removing the existing roof from the derelict cottage. Removing the small rear entrance section to the cottage, adding an external wall with insulation to the existing walls. Adding a new two story extension to the rear of the cottage. Building a second story on the remaining existing cottage walls. Building a freestanding double garage to the side of the property. Creating a gravel drive from the existing site entrance up to the front of the cottage and also up to the new garage. Having a new waste water treatment plant system installed at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660162

• 9 Oct 2025Refused

  Permission to construct a single dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area to include all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560482

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 Castlequarter.

Recorded monuments

• RO032-032 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-W rise towards the bottom of a S-facing slope in an ESE-WNW valley, with an extensive view out W-NW. It was described in 1974 as the E end of a gallery consisiting of a backstone (dim. 1m N-S) with side-stones at N (dim. 0.9m E-W) and S (dim. 0.4m E-W), There was a second side-stone 1.7m to the W at N and a second side-stone (dim. 0.3m E-W) just to the W at S (SMR file). All the stones were 0.15-0.3m high, but the monument had been removed by 1984. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, but some stones c. 30m to the SE at the corner of the field may have come from the monument. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 September 2013

• RO032-033001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of the N-facing slope of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top 36.4m N-S; 35m E-W; diam. of base 50m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.1-1.4m) with a shallow fosse (Wth of base 2.6-3.6m; D 0.1-0.6m) at its base. There is no identifiable original entrance, and it is bisected by a NW-SE field bank. It is locally regarded as the site of a castle (RO032-033002-), perhaps suggested by the townland name (Gannon 1972). Rath (RO032-034----) is c. 140m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-033002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  There is a local tradition that the rath (RO032-033001-) is the site of a castle (Gannon 1972), perhaps suggested by the townland name. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) and hedge with traces of an external fosse (at S: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3.2m; D 0.1-0.2m) E-S (C 24m), and part of a bank at NW. Elsewhere it is defined by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.4m), with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 4.2m; int. D 0.3m; ext. D 0.1m) at N. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a N-S field bank overlies the W edge of the monument. Rath (032-035----) is c. 35m to the S and rath (RO032-033001-) is c. 140m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 42.4m N-S; 39.8m E-W) defined by an eroded scarp (H 0.2-0.7m) and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 6.4-7.2m generally to 12.5m at E; Wth of base 2.8-4m; D 0.1m at E to 0.8m at W). There is no identifiable original entrance, but it is bisected by an E-W field wall with a wall running N from it. Rath (032-034----) is c. 35m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-037001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. Grass-covered subcircular area (dims. 43.6m N-S; 38.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) ESE-SSW and by a scarp (H 1.1m) ENE-ESE where there is a modern entrance (Wth 8m). Elsewhere the bank has been straightened out in sections and incorporated into field banks (Wth 1.5-2m; H 0.2-1m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.1m) which is probably not original at SSW, but there is no evidence of a fosse. A short bank (L 6m; Wth 2m; H 0.5m) in the N interior may be related to the local tradition of a children's burial ground (RO032-037002-) (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-037002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  A short bank (L 6m; Wth 2m; H 0.5m) in the N interior may be related to the local tradition of a children's burial ground at rath (RO032-037001-) (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO032-038 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  At the crest of the W end of a slight E-W rise. A chamber (dims 2m NE-SW; 0.7m NW-SE at NE to 1.2m NW-SE at SW) constructed of three stones on the SE side with a backstone at NE and a septal stone (max. H 0.3m) at SW. There was at least one stone (H 1.3m) on the NW side and two roofstones. There were no traces of a mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 38) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Castlequarter

Area

1,059,103 m² (105.91 ha, 261.71 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Kiltullagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,185 people lived in 460 households in the Kiltullagh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altore, Carrowreagh, Hundredacres, Meeltraun (Daniel Kelly), Meeltraun (Denis Kelly), Pollanarroo

Placenames

Castlequarter 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.