Derrycoagh

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrycoagh, from 611 m² to 91,081 m² (9.11 ha, 22.51 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 Derrycoagh 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.

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of 1) Construction of Dwelling House, effluent treatment system & associated site works. 2) Demolition of Existing Cottage at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360096

• 26 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission for development which will consist of: 1. Demolition of existing cottage. 2. Construction of replacement dwelling with Effluent Treatment System and associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23277

• 24 May 2023N/a

  Permission for development consisting of: 1. Demolition of existing cottage. 2. Construction of replacement dwelling with effluent treatment system and associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23215

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Gara SPA 004048
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gara 000587

Recorded monuments

• RO009-014001 Crannog
  Description

  On a flat landscape reclaimed from Lough Gara, on the old N shore of a small triangular bay (max. dims c. 150m NW-SE; c. 130m NE-SW) open to the lake at NW. Oval cairn (dims 11m NW-SE; 8m NE-SW; H 1.5m) mantled at N and NE by spoil from modern water holes, which contains decayed hazel posts. Some bronze rings were recovered near this monument (Lucas 1971, 220). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-077001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a NW-SE ridge, towards the NW end. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 23m N-S; 12.3m E-W) defined by an arc of an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.3-1,5m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6-2m; D 0.2-0.4m) on the straightened W side SW-NW, and a scarp (H 0.6m) S-SW. It is truncated by a NNE-SSW field bank at E and nothing survives E of this feature. It is known locally as a childrens burial ground (RO009-077002-) called 'Cluain na Cille' (Beirne 2000, 201), although there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-077002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  At the crest of a NW-SE ridge. The rath (RO009-077001-) is known locally as a childrens burial ground called Cluain na Cille (Beirne 2000, 201), although there is no evidence of burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-078 Crannog
  Description

  On a level landscape of pasture reclaimed from Upper Lough Gara. Recorded as a crannog (Cross 1953, fig. 1), a small mound (diam. 5m; H 0.4m) is visible. Crannog (RO009-079----) is adjacent. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 58; Kiln 001) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-079 Crannog
  Description

  On the S side of a small penninsula on what is now the E shore of Lough Gara Upper. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 6m; H 0.5m). Crannog (RO009-078----) is adjacent. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 58; Kiln 002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-081 Crannog
  Description

  On an early N shore at the E end of Upper Lough Gara. Marked as a crannog on Cross' map (Cross 1953, fig. 1). Oval grass-covered cairn (dims 8m E-W; 4.5m N-S; H 0.5m) (Fredengren 2002a, App. 1, P 59; Kiln 004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-082 Crannog
  Description

  In wetland on the N side of a peninsula extending W from Derrycoagh into Lower Lough Gara, now a forest. Oval stoney mound (dims. 7.5m E-W; 4.5m N-S; H 0.3m). (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 59; Kiln 006) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-083 Crannog
  Description

  In wetland off a small island at the E end of Upper Lough Gara. Oval grass-covered cairn (dims. 7.5m E-W; 4.5m N-S; H 0.5m) on a subcircular grass-covered platform (diam. 25m E-W; 23m N-S; H 0.5m) defined by upright posts at S. Hollow bronze rings were found on the platform. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 59; Kiln 007) 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 Derrycoagh.

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 Derrycoagh, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Derrycoagh

Area

813,338 m² (81.33 ha, 200.98 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnamanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Frenchpark

Electoral division

Breedoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

249 people lived in 97 households in the Breedoge electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Emlagh, Portnacrinnaght, Tournagee

Placenames

Derrycoagh 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.