Curryroe

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curryroe, from 134 m² to 121,409 m² (12.14 ha, 30 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Curryroe 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 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission to revise finished floor level of house already granted under planning application PD/24/60423. 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, 2660419

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and percolation, accessed off the Drum Road, via the existing entrance and site road to the existing dwelling, and all associated and ancillary site works including landscaping at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460572

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  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, 2460423

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  Retention permission of ‘as built’ minor changes to an existing two storey dormer dwelling house, Planning Permission reference No. PD 00/1742, to include roofs of the dormer windows, modification to windows, additional windows, provision of wall to open area and omission of canopy. In addition it is proposed to reduce the size of the site allocated to the dwelling and retention of the existing waste water treatment tank in its current location with the provision of a new percolation area at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460288

• 10 Mar 2024N/a

  Retention Permission of ‘as built’ minor changes to an existing two storey dormer dwelling house, Planning Permission Reference No. PD/00/1742, to include, roofs of the dormer windows, modification to windows, additional windows, provision of wall to open area, omission of canopy. In addition, permission is being sought, to reduce the size of the site allocated to the dwelling at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460118

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  for the development of a 2 storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance, demolition of existing shed, new garage with associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17489

• 25 Jul 2017Refused

  development consisting of a 2 storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, new site entrance, demolition of existing shed, new garage with associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17329

• 21 Jul 2017N/a

  the development will consist of a 2 storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area , new site entrance, demolition of existing shed, new garage with associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17325

• 20 Jul 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of: (i) the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and soak away area (ii) installation of a new septic tank and percolation area to serve existing dwelling and (iii) revised site boundaries and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17322

• 4 Jul 2017N/a

  the development will consist of : (i) the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and soak away area (ii) installation of a new septic tank and percolation area to serve existing dwelling and (iii) revised site boundaries, and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17299

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 Curryroe.

Recorded monuments

• RO051-065001 Church
  Description

  This is the parish church of Drum Dreastan in the diocese of Elphin, which was conserved to its original height in 1987-9. It is situated on a low hillock in an undulating landscape. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 19.1m E-W; 7.85m N-S) with an extension (ext. dims 11.4m E-W; 4.55m) added to the W end of the N wall which has a modern round-headed doorway in the W wall. The reconstructed round-headed doorway of the church is towards the W end of the S wall and there is a round-headed window towards its E end. There is a round-headed window in the E gable and a reconstructed window in the W gable, but the N wall is featureless. The windows and doorway would indicate a 12th century date. The church is at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO051-065002-) (dims 72m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by masonry walls and it has been extended to the N and W. A cross-slab (RO051-065004-) (Wth 0.44m; visible H 0.51m; max. T 0.19m) being re-used as a grave-marker was identified by M.B. Timoney N of the church in 2015. On the flat face it has an incised cross (H 0.49m; span 0.38m) with expanded terminals within a moulded frame. The graveyard is within a possible oval ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-065003-) (dims c. 170m E-W; c. 140m N-S) defined by field banks or walls, most of which have been removed except for a small section at W. The perimeter of the enclosure was archaeologically tested (99E0511) W of the church (Swan 2000a) and throughout its SW quadrant (04E0069) (Byrne 2007b), but no related material was recorded. The enclosure is cut by an E-W road just S of the medieval church, from which a road runs S. The conserved basal courses of a T-shaped Roman Catholic church (ext. dims 21.7m N-S; 8.6m E-W) with the transept (ext. dims 19.7m E-W; 8.6m N-S) at S is in the N part of the old graveyard, and St Bridget's Well (RO051-066---) is c. 110m NE of the medieval church. The site of unclassified castle (RO051-067----) is c. 75m to the SE within the ecclesiastical enclosure. See the attached image of the E window (001) and a general view (003) from SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

• RO051-065002 Graveyard
  Description

  The parish church of Drum Dreastan (RO051-065001-) in the diocese of Clonfert is situated at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO051-065002-) (dims 72m N-S; 52m E-W) defined by masonry walls, and the graveyard has been extended to the N and W. The graveyard is within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-065003-) and the cross-slab (RO051-065004-) has been identified in the graveyard by M. B. Timoney. St Bridgid's Well (RO051-066----) is c. 120m NE of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-065003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The parish church of Drum Dreastan is situated at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO051-065002-), which is within an oval enclosure (RO051-065003-) (dims c. 150m E-W; c. 120m N-S) defined by field banks, most of which have been removed except for a small section at W where it forms the townland boundary with Taduff East. The perimeter of the enclosure was archaeologically tested (99E0511) W of the church (Swan 2000a) and throughout its SW quadrant (04E0069) which is now in Belrea townland (Byrne 2007b), but no evidence of it was recorded. The site of unclassified castle (RO051-067----) is within the enclosure at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-065004 Cross-slab
  Description

  Within the graveyard (RO051-065002-) at Drum. A cross-slab (RO051-065004-) (Wth 0.44m; visible H 0.51m; max. T 0.19m) being re-used as a grave-marker was identified by M.B. Timoney N of the church in 2015. On the flat face it has an incised cross (H 0.49m; span 0.38m) with expanded terminals within a moulded frame. See the attached image provided courtesy of M. B. Timoney Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 July, 2015

• RO051-066 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a low-lying position on the E bank of a small S-N stream or drain. St Bridget's holy well, which is c. 110m NE of Drum church (RO051-063001-), was conserved in 1987-9. This is a circular well lined with limestone and surrounded by limestone paving stones within an enclosure defined by a masonry wall. Archaeological testing (04E1491) c. 80m to the E failed to produce any related archaeological material (Halpin 2007). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-067 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The castle in the fastness of Feadha (or the Fews, which is Drum parish), occupied by Nicol Mac Eochaidh (Keogh), was attacked by Cathal O'Conor in 1392 (Moore, 1974-5, 126). Shane O' Naughten of Moynure in the Fews is listed in 1585 (O'Donovan 1843, 19). It is not known who held the castle at Curryroe in the 17th century, but in 1641 John Mc Robert O'Naughten owned 620 profitable acres in Drum parish, by far the largest holding amongst the Naughtens, who held in total 1943 profitable acres. Others held almost 1400 profitable acres, but nine tenths of the 4145 unprofitable acres, which were largely bog, were held by members of the Naughten family. John Mc Robert held 1400 acres of bog, including 575 acres at Carrig O Naughten (Carrickynaghtan) and 788 acres at Inchfaddagh, which is probably the long bog of Cornafulla, Creggan, Callowbeg, Curraghnaboll and Cregganabeaks townlands. By the 1660s only 927 acres of profitable land were held by people with the Naughten name, amongst whom Donnagh with almost 600 acres had the largest single holding (Simington 1949, 93-6). The castle is marked as a small rectangular building and described in gothic lettering as a castle on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Known locally as a Naughten castle, it was situated on relatively high ground within the ecclesiastical enclosure of Drum church (RO051-065003-). It is not visible now at ground level. Archaeological testing (03E0553) in the vicinity failed to produce any related material (Byrne 2006a). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 19/11-2015

• RO051-068 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 31.5m ENE-WSW; 29.7m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown stone spread (at E: Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m), which is overlain by a drystone wall SE-W. There is no identifiable original entrance but clearance cairns are in the interior and a relict field wall runs E from the perimeter. 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 Curryroe.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1520 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Curryroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Curryroe

Area

804,001 m² (80.4 ha, 198.67 acres)

Civil parish

Drum, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Thomastown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Thomastown electoral division: 777 people in 264 households; 92% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardkeenan, Belrea, Kilmocolmock, Mihanboy, Taduff East

Placenames

Curryroe 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.