Bealragh
Bealragh is a townland in the civil parish of Aughrim, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 677624
- Area
- 27,938 m² (2.79 ha, 6.9 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Bealragh
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 161.8 ha
- 400 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 29,020 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bealragh, from 2,337 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres) to 222,660 m² (22.27 ha, 55.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Bealragh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Mar 2026Refused
Outline Planning Permission to construct single storey dwelling and new entrance onto the public road, and install new waste water treatment system together with all associated site works at
Outline permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660129
13 Feb 2024Conditional
Planning permission for development consisting of 1) demolition of existing non-original single storey additions to the North West and South East of the existing dwelling; 2) construction of proposed single storey extensions to the North West and South East of existing dwelling; 3) restoration of existing dwelling and outbuildings along with associated demolitions and external & internal alterations; 4) proposed upgrade of existing wastewater treatment system; 5) associated site works & services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460063
1 Jul 2019Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, form access, install proprietary effluent treatment system and associated percolation area and to carry out associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19340
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bealragh.
Recorded monuments
- RO017-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
At the W end of a short E-W ridge. D-shaped overgrown area (dims c. 25m NNW-SSE; c. 20m ENE-WSW) defined by a low scarp (H 0.9m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5-4.2m; D 0.6m) NW-E-SE. The site is truncated by a NNW-SSE field bank at W and an ENE-WSW lane at S. Rath (RO017-010----) is c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO017-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a D-shaped feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) truncated by field banks at N and W on the 1914 ed. Situated at the E end of a short E-W ridge, it is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Rath (RO017-009----) is c. 50m to the W and raths (RO017-210001-; RO017-210002-) are c. 180m to the S and SSE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO017-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an arc of a scarp (diam. c. 20m NW-SE) NW-E-S, and situated at the summit of a slight NE-SW ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 18m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.2m at NW to 0.8m at SE) W-N-SE. The perimeter has been quarried at SW. 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 Bealragh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Bealragh, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bealragh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Bealragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Bealragh
- Area
- 1,618,294 m² (161.83 ha, 399.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aughrim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Roscommon
- Electoral division
- Aughrim West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 180 people lived in 73 households in the Aughrim West electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bryan More, Carrowreagh, Corbally East, Corbally Middle, Creaghnakirka, Culleenrevagh, Kilcanoran, Lugateane
- Placenames
- Bealragh 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.