Demesne

328 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Demesne, from 4 m² to 248,489 m² (24.85 ha, 61.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 110 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 204 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Outer Core (Other mix of uses)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Strategic Industrial / Enterprise Zones (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Un-zoned (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• RO020-062 Racecourse
  Description

  On a shelf of a gentle N-facing slope and on the W side of the Castlerea to Frenchpark road (R361), c. 1km from the centre of Castlerea. It is known as the Showgrounds or Hough's Field, but there is no record of races held here. Subrectangular grass-covered area (ext. dims. c. 185m WNW-ESE; c. 75m NNE-SSW) with curved shorter sides defined by a sunken track (Wth of base 3-6m; D 0.2-0.7m). There is an earthen bank (Wth 7m; H 0.8-1m) forming the outside curve at its E end. The field is defined by drystone walls, but there is a masonry wall and a gateway (Wth 3.6m) defined by two piers (dims. 0.9m x 0.9m; H c. 2m) with string courses at the top on the E side. The racecourse is probably 18th or 19th century in date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-024 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked faintly as a circular enclosure with trees (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Described as a defaced earthen bank with tree stumps, and probably a tree ring (Gannon 1972). It is not visible at ground level on a golf course. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-025 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked copse (ext. diam c. 35m) on the 1837 and 1929 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Described in 1974 as a circular platform (diam. c. 40m) planted with trees on the perimeter (SMR file). It is now occupied by a golf clubhouse, and was probably a tree-ring. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular copse (diam c. 45m) on the 1837 and 1929 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37.7m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-3.8m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m) NW-E-WSW and a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. A raised rectangular platform (dims 10m x 10m; H 0.1m at S to 1.5m at E) just SW of the centre is a golfing tee and a bunker (Wth 4m) has been dug inside the perimeter at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on an 18th-century map (Kelly, M. J. 2000), and situated on level ground in Castlerea town on the N bank of the ESE-WNW Francis River just after it turns SW before joining a N-S section of the River Suck. The location is now occupied by the cattle mart or is on the present line of the river. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-028 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  At the crest of the W end of a low E-W ridge. A castle known as Caislean Riabac of the clann Fogarthaigh was captured with ordnance in 1499 by Garret Mór FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare (Kerrigan 1984, 200; AFM vol. 4, 1251). It was captured again by his son, Garreth Óg, the ninth Earl, in 1526 at the behest of O Conor Rua (ALC, 2, 257), but it was captured and destroyed by O'Donnell in 1527 (ibid. 261). However, O'Conor Rua and Mac Diarmada besieged it for 6 weeks later in the year with a siege engine but failed to capture it (ibid. 263-5). The land was granted to Capt. Theopholis Sandford in the 1650s which became the core the Sandford estate. The castle was known as Caislean Riabhach, meaning speckled, and was attached to Castlereagh House (Weld 1832, 467; Timoney 1990, 15; 1993, 20; Rochford 1994), but nothing remains even of the House which was taken down in the 1960s. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-029 Bridge
  Description

  Crossing the ESE-WNW Francis River in Castlerea town. A bridge is shown crossing the river on a late 18th century map (Kelly 2000). A narrow wooden footbridge (Wth 2.1m; L 11m) with wrought iron railings now crosses the river at this point. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the S end of the crest of a NW-SE ridge in mixed woodland. Circular grass and tree-covered area (diam. 26.2m N-S; 25.4m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) NNW-NNE and a low scarp (H 0.5m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance. A trench excavated (98E0515) through the interior (Connolly 2000) failed to recover any evidence of activity earlier than the 18th century. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-035001 Church
  Description

  This was the Church of Ireland parish church of Castlerea from 1703 to 1819 when Trinity Church, now a heritage centre, was built c. 200m to the S (Trohy 1994; Wall 1994). It is situated on the S bank of the ESE-WNW Francis River in Castlerea town. It is a nave and chancel church with N and S transepts. The nave (int. dims c. 10m E-W; 6.1m N-S), whose W wall and adjacent parts of the N and S walls do not survive has a single window embrasure in the long walls (H 3.4m). The chancel (int. dims 5.4m E-W; 2.9m N-S) has a round-headed window (Wth 1.18m; H 3m) with flanking lights (Wth 0.54m; H 2.05m) in the E wall and a robbed doorway at the E end of the N wall. The N and S transepts (int. dims 2.4m N-S at W to 4m N-S at E; 8.6m E-W) hardly survive and are featureless. The church is within a subrectangular graveyard (RO026-035002-) (dims 58m E-W; 45m N-S at W to 55m N-S at E) defined by masonry walls, and contains 19th and 20th century graves. Archaeological testing (03E1798) on the roadway E of the graveyard failed to produce any burials or related material (Fitzpatrick 2004, 13; 2006b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-035002 Graveyard
  Description

  The Church of Ireland parish church (RO026-035001-) of Castlerea before Trinity Church, now a heritage centre, was built c. 200m to the S in the 19th century is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims 58m E-W; 45m N-S at W to 55m N-S at E) defined by masonry walls and it contains 19th and 20th century graves. Archaeological testing (03E1798) on the roadway E of the graveyard during 2003 failed to produce any burials or related material (Fitzpatrick 2004 13; 2006b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-036 Quarry
  Description

  Marked as an oval feature (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in a copse at the E end of a low NW-SE ridge. This is an oval quarry (dims c. 15m E-W; c. 6-8m N-S; D 2-3m). Archaeological testing (10E0151) just to the W produced no archaeological material, other than evidence of a 19th century access route (Henry 2010e; 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 February 2012

• RO026-067 Enclosure
  Description

  Indicated as a small copse only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located at the crest of a SW-facing slope. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 19m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by slight traces of an earthen bank with whitethorn bushes (Wth 1-1m; H 0.1-0.4m), which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) at S. It is probably a landscape feature. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• Weir, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Weir and sluice gates on the Francis River, erected c.1920 in association with the steam saw mill, now disused. Double-span foot bridge to west, comprising timber to walking surface with cast-iron railings and concrete pier with V-shaped cutwaters.

• , 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch limestone road bridge, built 1880, carrying traffic over River Suck. Comprising rock-faced snecked walls with tooled cut stone coping to parapets, string courses and rock-faced voussoirs to segmental arch-rings. Rock-faced U-cutwaters with cut stone domed cap. Date plaque to north wall reading, "Patrick Egan Contractor 1880." Rock-faced retaining wall to road to south side of bridge. Random coursed retaining wall to east side of river surmounted by wrought-iron railings to north.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1680–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Enclosed Church of Ireland graveyard, established c.1700, with random coursed sandstone and limestone boundary wall with buttresses to interior. Rendered stone gate piers with cast-iron gates. Section to east bounded by cast-iron railings. Various upright and recumbent grave markers. Shell of Holy Trinity Church with venetian window to east gable in graveyard.

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 Demesne, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1112 (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 Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Demesne · An Diméin

Area

2,330,292 m² (233.03 ha, 575.83 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkeevin, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Castlereagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,268 people lived in 1,240 households in the Castlereagh electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Arm, Ballindrumlea, Castlereagh, Cloonalis, Knockroe, Longford, Rampark, Rathleg, Termon More

Placenames

Demesne 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.