Creggan

147 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggan, from 29 m² to 119,927 m² (11.99 ha, 29.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 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 Creggan 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.

• 17 Apr 2025Refused

  Permission for a two storey dwelling house, relocation of existing vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560173

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of existing extension and construction of new extensions and alterations to existing two storey dwelling house, and the construction of a separate detached dormer dwelling incorporating a self-contained granny flat, storage area and home office/gym to the rear court-yard along with decommissioning of the existing septic-tank and installation of a combined proprietary treatment system, with percolation area and associated works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560122

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to construct a single dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460592

• 13 Dec 2024N/a

  Planning permission to construct a single dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460585

• 18 Nov 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460542

• 6 Nov 2024N/a

  Planning permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new Treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460522

• 2 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, new site entrance and all associated external site works

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23398

• 12 Jun 2023Refused

  Permission for development which will consist of a proposed new 2 storey dwelling house & domestic garage; new proprietary effluent treatment system and polishing filter; new gated entrance, and all ancillary suite works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23251

• 26 Apr 2023Refused

  Retention Permission for the following: 1. Existing mobile home as a family residence sited on the subject site for a further 5 years; 2. The existing Tigín facilities situated within the existing agricultural shed for a further 5 years; Permission for: 1. The installation of a new temporary wastewater treatment system and percolation area for a period of 5 years; 2. New vehicular entrance, and 3. All related ancillary site development works at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23154

• 29 Mar 2023N/a

  Retention Permission is sought for the following: 1. Existing mobile home as a family residence sited on the subject site for a further 5 years; 2. The existing Tigín facilities situated within the existing agricultural shed for a further 5 years. Planning Permissions is sought for: 1. The installation of a new temporary wastewater treatment system and percolation area for a period of 5 years; 2. New vehicular entrance and 3. All related ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23100

• 24 Nov 2022N/a

  Retention permission for 1. the use of land for the siting of a mobile home, 2. the siting of a mobile home as their permanent residence, and 3. the temporary Tigin type accommodation within the existing agricultural shed constructed on site, pending the development of the permanent Tigin accommodation adjacent to the mobile home and; Planning Permission for 1. the continued use of the land for the siting of the mobile home for a period of 5 years, 2. the continued siting of a mobile home for their permanent residence, 3. the construction of a permanent Tigin accommodation comprising a kitchen, living room and bathroom, 4. the installation of a waste water treatment system, 5. upgrading and alterations to existing entrance arrangement, and 6. all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22624

• 29 Jul 2021N/a

  for retention of change of use of part of the existing shed from 'agricultural' to 'office' ancillary to a domestic dwelling' at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21432

• 29 Jul 2021Refused

  Permission for a two storey dwelling house and associated wastewater treatment system and percolation area, relocated access and all associated site works and Retention permission for existing mobile home on a temporary basis and existing temporary waste water treatment system which would be removed on completion of the proposed dwelling house, at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21433

• 11 Nov 2020Conditional

  change of use of premises from commercial (retail shop unit) to residential accommodation

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20472

• 25 Sept 2020Refused

  for development which will consist of the construction of a new five bedroom dormer bungalow, new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. Retention Permission is also sought for existing mobile home and existing temporary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20386

• 16 Sept 2020Conditional

  for proposed demolition of existing shed, construction of new farm storage shed, retention permission with alterations to existing field entrance and ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20360

• 3 Sept 2020N/a

  for the construction of a new five-bedroom dormer bungalow, new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. Retention permission is also sought for existing mobile home and existing temporary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20342

• 12 May 2020N/a

  for development which will consist of: proposed demolition of existing shed and construction of new farm storage shed and ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20173

• 29 Jan 2020Conditional

  to retain extension/garage as constructed to house at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2035

• 10 Dec 2019Refused

  permission for the construction of a new 2 storey dwelling house & domestic garage; new proprietary effluent treatment system and polishing filter; new gated entrance and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19633

• 21 Nov 2019N/a

  the development shall consist of the following: construction of a new 2 storey dwelling house & domestic garage; new proprietary effluent treatment system and polishing filter; new gated entrance and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19609

• 10 Oct 2019N/a

  for change of use of premises from commercial (retail shop unit) to residential accommodation at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19521

• 11 Apr 2019Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a new five bedroom, one and a half storey dwelling house, new septic tank and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19189

• 19 Mar 2019N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a new five bedroom, one and a half storey dwelling house, new septic tank and all associated site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19137

• 21 Jan 2019Conditional

  for erection of dwelling house with proprietary sewerage treatment plant and percolation area, and ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1915

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 Creggan.

Recorded monuments

• RO055-009 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A single ash roundwood (diam. 0.09m) exposed in a drain face 0.76m from the surface. The roundwood is positioned NW-SE. No toolmarks are evident. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, UCD. Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO055-010 Structure - peatland
  Description

  An isolated alder roundwood (L 2.2m; diam. 0.07m) with a single worked end lying on the surface of the bog. The element is orientated NW-SE. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, UCD. Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO055-011 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  A scatter (Wth 1.42m; D 0.18m) of three roundwoods (av. diam. 0.06m) of hazel and ash. The elements are orientated NE-SW. Compiled by: Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit, UCD. Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Creggan, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Creggan

Area

3,590,498 m² (359.05 ha, 887.23 acres)

Civil parish

Drum, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Crannagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,226 people lived in 399 households in the Crannagh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Callowbeg, Cloonown, Cornafulla, Garrynagawna, Lisdillure, Moynure, Taylorstown

Placenames

Creggan 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.