Dangan (King)

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dangan (King), from 161 m² to 285,603 m² (28.56 ha, 70.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Dangan (King) 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 May 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for change of use of part of house from commercial to residential, convert old shop area to a bedroom and living area at ground floor level, alterations to front elevation of building and connect to existing treatment plant, and all associated works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2542

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey rear extension, rear dormer, alterations to the existing dwelling, installation of a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360153

• 26 Sept 2023N/a

  Permission for construction of a single storey rear extension, rear dormer, alterations to the existing dwelling, installation of a wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360133

• 28 Jun 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the following: 1. The provision of 1 No. Classroom, with en-suite toilets, 1 No. SET room, 1 No. toilet/ shower for assisted users and connecting corridor. 2. Provision and installation of a new boiler for purposes of space and water heating including connection to existing pipework and services. 3. Provision and construction of a retaining wall to the rear of the existing school and proposed extension. 4. Removal and replacement of part of the existing foul drainage system, decommissioning /removal and disposal of the existing Primary and Secondary effluent treatment tanks. 5. Provision of new replacement Primary and Secondary effluent treatment tanks with sump, pump and new rising main to connect to the existing Tertiary system including all necessary alteration works and ancillary works as per documents lodged at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19334

• 2 Oct 2018Conditional

  for development at St. Bridget's Church, Dangan, Kilmore, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Roscommon N41AX27 which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 01100186). The development will consist of the renovation and restoration of the existing parochial house, repair and renovation of church roof, with associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18502

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 Dangan (King).

Recorded monuments

• RO011-138 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in a low-lying landscape with a NW-SE stream or drain c. 30m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22m) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at N to 0.9m at S), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 7-7.8m; D 0.35-0.6m) at N and E-SE, but the fosse is reduced to a berm SSW-SW. There is no visible entrance, and a NNE-SSW field bank truncates the fosse at W. Dangan castle (RO011-139----) is c. 40m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO011-139 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Identified by John O'Donovan in the 1830s as Daingean Bona Cuilinn which was burned in 1145 (AFM vol. 2, 1079), the name Dangan (daingean) means stronghold. It was called Dangen I Beirne and had a fair on 25th May in the later 16th century. Donogh O'Birne held it in the early 17th century (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 11), and his son Donogh owned a quarter amounting to 160 acres there in 1641 (Simington 1949, 29). It does not feature in the history of the Mac Dermot clan of Moylurg (Mac Dermot 1996). It is described as the site of Dangan Castle on the 1837 and 1911 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and iis situated on a low rise in a low-lying landscape, but no features are visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO011-138----) is c. 40m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 November 2018

• RO011-141001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a broad low hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m) NE-ENE, and a scarp (H 0.7m at SSW) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. The site is bisected by a NNE-SSW field bank and cut at E by the perimeter of rath (RO011-141002-), while rath (RO011-140----) is c. 150m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO011-141002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a broad low hill. Circular grass and covered area (diam. 26.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank N-NNE (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) and E-S (at S: Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m), and a scarp (H 0.3-0.7m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but a pond surrounded by trees has been excavated inside the perimeter at NE. The perimeter cuts rath (RO011-141001-) which is immediately to the W, while rath (RO011-140----) is c. 150m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO011-142 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a fragment of a bank on the 1914 ed. Situated on the SSE-facing slope of a low broad hill, it is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO011-143 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure with trees on the perimeter (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the SE-facing slope of a broad low hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2m at S to 5.4m at NE; int. H 0.25m at S to 0.9m at NW; ext. H 0.6m at NW to 1m at S) S-E and scarp (H 0.6-1.05m) elsewhere, with trees planted on the perimeter. There is no visible fosse or entrance, and a NW-SE laneway to Dangan House c. 50m to the NW skirts the perimeter at NE. It may be a tree-ring. 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 Dangan (King).

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 Dangan (King), 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 low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dangan (King).

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 Dangan (King) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Dangan (King) · An Daingean (King)

Area

693,204 m² (69.32 ha, 171.29 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballintober North

Electoral division

Cloonteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

312 people lived in 124 households in the Cloonteen electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmacroan, Carrowcuill, Clogher, Cornasleehan, Dangan (Nugent)

Placenames

Dangan (King) 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.