Rooskagh

201 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rooskagh, from 8 m² to 204,829 m² (20.48 ha, 50.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 82 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 Rooskagh 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.

• 1 Jul 2026N/a

  Permission to construct a four bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site works and drainage at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660324

• 8 Jun 2026Conditional

  Retention Permission & Permission for the following: Retain the widening of the existing agricultural site entrance on to the public road L2025 and Permission for the installation of proposed galvanised agricultural gate and all associated site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2660279

• 23 May 2026N/a

  Permission to construct a four bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site-works and drainage at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660244

• 22 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, waste water treatment system & associated siteworks at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660184

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  Permission for a 10-year planning permission for development at this site at Esker, Cuilmore, Cloonrallagh, Corraree and Ballygatta, Newtown, Ardnanure, Curraghaleen, Cloonakille, Rooskagh, Bellanamullia and Monksland Co. Roscommon. This development will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, an on-site 38kV Substation and Battery Energy Storage System, along with associated 38kV underground cable connecting the proposed Solar PV Farm and BESS to the existing Athlone ESB 110kV Substation and all associated works on a total area of ca. 116 hectares. The Solar Farm, 38kV substation and Battery Energy Storage System will be located on a site that is ca. 110ha and located within the townlands of Esker, Cuilmore, Cloonrallagh, Corraree and Ballygatta, Co. Roscommon and will consist of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site of ca. 110ha on ground-mounted frames; II. 48 BESS units; III. 15 transformer units; IV. One 38kV substation building (13.7m x 7.3m); V. Underground electrical and communications cabling within private lands and minor local road; VI. Polemounted security cameras; VII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; VIII. Three new entrances and upgrade works of one existing entrance; IX. Two primary temporary construction compounds and three satellite temporary construction compounds; X. 16 new drainage ditch crossings and one upgraded culvert; XI. Internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances ; and, XII. All associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The 38kV underground cabling will be located on a site that is ca. 6ha and will traverse the townlands of Monksland, Bellanamullia, Cloonakille, Rooskagh, Curraghaleen, Cloonrollagh, Ardnanure, Newtown and Cuilmore, Co. Roscommon and will consist of: I. Ca. 9.56km of underground 38kV cable, three power cables and one fibre communications, beneath private and public roads (L76371, L76374, L76394, L2047, L2026, L7577, L75771 and R362); II. 12 Joint Bays; III. Two HDD Crossings; IV. Associated works including road carriageway passing places; and, V. All associated ancillary works above and below ground. The operational lifespan of the development will be 40 years, and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies the planning application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660164

• 7 Jul 2025N/a

  Permission to construct a four bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site-works and drainage at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560329

• 16 Jun 2025N/a

  Permission to construct a four bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, new domestic entrance and all associated site-works and drainage at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560290

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  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, 2560098

• 1 Sept 2023Refused

  Retention Permission for the placing of hardcore resurfacing material, erection of fencing, the erection of a potting shed, vehicular entrance and associated site works. Planning Permission is also sought for a front boundary wall and gates and all associated site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 23352

• 20 Jul 2023N/a

  Retention Permission for a concrete foundation slab and erection of a steel potting shed, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 23316

• 27 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the extraction of sand, stone and gravel (site area 6.938 hectares) The development will involve the extraction of sand, stone and gravel over an extraction area of 4.90 hectares (volume to be extracted = 466.766m3 approximately) over a 10 year period, screening/processing of stone, sand and gravel from the site using mobile plant, construction of offices (33m2), welfare facilities (9m2), well, water settlement pond (area 2,020 m2), weighbridge, wheel wash, entrance, set down area, carparking, truck parking, refuelling pad, petrol oil interceptor, fencing, landscaping/screening, signage, lighting, wastewater storage, tank for site offices, and all other ancillary works. (The land will be restored to agricultural lands on the completion of the extraction of sand, stone and gravel) (An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with the planning application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22526

• 5 Oct 2021Refused

  Permission for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling house, detached domestic garage and waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways, and all associated site works, Retention Permission for works already carried out for a new vehicular entrance and site boundary fencing and associated site development works, Permission is also sought to complete same at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21560

• 9 Sept 2021N/a

  Permission for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling house, detached domestic garage and waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways, and all associated site works. Retention permission for works already carried out for new vehicular entrance and site boundary fencing and associated site development works, Permission is to complete same at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21509

• 13 Aug 2021N/a

  Permission for development which will involve the extraction of sand, stone and gravel over an extraction area of 6.12 hectares (volume to be extracted = 541,750m3 approximately) over a 10 year period, screening/processing of stone, sand & gravel from the site using mobile plant, construction of offices (33m2), welfare facilities (9m2), well, water settlement pond (area 2,020m2), weighbridge, wheel wash, entrance, set down area, carparking, truck parking, refuelling pad, petrol oil interceptor, fencing, landscaping/screening, signage, lighting, wastewater storage tank for site offices and all other ancillary works. The land will be restored to agricultural lands on the completion of the extraction of sand, stone and gravel, (an EIAR has been submitted to the planning authority in respect of this application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21463

• 1 Jul 2021N/a

  permission for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system, storm water soakaways and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21367

• 31 May 2021N/a

  permission for the construction of a proposed dormer style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system, storm water soak ways and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21290

• 18 Sept 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of proposed dwelling, sewage treatment system, percolation area, domestic garage and ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20372

• 12 Jul 2019Refused

  for additional works carried out consisting of the removal of excavated material and construction of an extension to the concrete slab granted under planning reference PD/16/411 and all associated ancillary works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 19361

• 29 Jan 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new storey and a half type dwelling house, construction of domestic garage, provision of treatment system/percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1929

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  Retain existing loose animal shed, infilled site and all associated site ancillary works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 1720

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlesampson Esker 001625

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rooskagh.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rooskagh, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1490 (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 Rooskagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Rooskagh

Area

5,065,669 m² (506.57 ha, 1,251.75 acres)

Civil parish

St. Peters, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Ballynamona, the unit of the census

Census 2022

547 people lived in 178 households in the Ballynamona electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycreggan, Ballymullavill, Bellanamullia, Castlesampson, Cloonakille, Corrantotan, Creagh, Curraghaleen, Derrynasee

Placenames

Rooskagh 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.