Taghboy

278 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Taghboy, from 24 m² to 114,929 m² (11.49 ha, 28.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Taghboy 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 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to retain as constructed: 1. A fuel storage shed at rear of dwelling house; 2. A domestic garage at rear of dwelling house at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 22127

• 22 Feb 2022N/a

  Retention Permission to retain as constructed: 1. A fuel storage shed at rear of dwelling house; 2. A domestic garage at rear of dwelling house at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 22103

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments

• RO044-079001 Church
  Description

  This is the parish church of Taghboy, listed as Techfrick in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), which is situated on a slight N-facing slope in a low-lying landscape. The church owned the Quarter of Taghboy in 1641 amounting to 209 acres as well as the bog of 827 acres, and retained them through the Cromwellian settlement (Simington 1949, 111). The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 14.6m E-W; 8.6m N-S), of which the E wall and much of the N wall do not survive, but a separate chancel may have existed. The base of a doorway is in the centre of the S wall and there is a small light in the W wall with an ogee-headed window above for a gallery. The apex of the gable has a sheela-na-gig (RO044-079006-), which was recovered in excavation (97E0010) by Jim Higgins. There is a single light in the N and S walls at the W end. Fragments of querns, a voussoir with incised decoration and two fragments of a doorway with keel moulding (RO044-079005-) are at the location. The present church is probably 16th-century but incorporates remains of a church of c. 1200. The church is at the N edge of a D-shaped graveyard (RO044-079002-) (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) with the straight side at N defined by masonry walls, which are on the remains of an earthen bank E-S. A shallow fosse (Wth of top 4-12m; D 0.2-0.9m) can be traced NE-S on the E side of a NNE- SSW public road, while traces of the bank can be detected W-NW, creating an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO044-079004-) (diam. c. 100m E-W), but the perimeter cannot be traced at NW-NE. A bullaun stone (RO044-0790043-) was moved to the Roman Catholic church at Four Roads (RO044-125----), and the church was conserved in the 1990s while the graveyard has been extended to the S. (Beirne 1997b) See the attached view of the E window (001) and of a decorated voussoir (005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-079002 Graveyard
  Description

  The parish church of Taghboy (RO044-079001-) is at the N edge of a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) with the straight side at N defined by masonry walls, which are on the remains of an earthen bank E-S. A shallow fosse (Wth of top 4-12m; D 0.2-0.9m) can be traced NE-S on the E side of a NNE-SSW public road, while traces of the bank can be detected W-NW, creating an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO044-079004-). the graveyard has been extended to the S (dims c. 75m NNE-SSW; c. 45m WNW-ESE). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-079003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A bullaun stone from Taghboy church (RO044-079001-) was moved to the Roman Catholic church at Four Roads (RO044-125----) when the church was conserved in the 1990s. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-079004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The parish church of Taghboy (RO044-079001-) is at the N edge of a D-shaped graveyard (RO044-079002-) with the straight side at N defined by masonry walls, which are on the remains of an earthen bank E-S. A shallow fosse (Wth of top 4m-12m; D 0.2m-0.9m) can be traced NE-S on the E side of a NNE-SSW public road, while traces of the bank can be detected W-NW, creating an enclosure (diam. c. 100m E-W), but the perimeter cannot be traced at NW-NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-079005 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Fragments of querns, a voussoir with incised decoration of a quatrefoil whorl and two fragments of a doorway with keel moulding are at the church (RO044-079001-). The present church is probably 16th-century but incorporates remains of a church of c. 1200. See the attached image of the decorated voussoir Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-079006 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  The parish church of Taghboy (RO044-079001-) now has a sheela-na-gig carved in relief on the W face of a triangular stone (dims c. 0.2m x c. 0.2m) at the apex of its W gable. It was found at the church during conservation works. (Freitag 2004, 142) See the attached image. See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/68uBs 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 Taghboy.

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 Taghboy, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Taghboy · Teach Baoith

Area

3,445,089 m² (344.51 ha, 851.3 acres)

Civil parish

Taghboy, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone North

Electoral division

Taghboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

535 people lived in 177 households in the Taghboy electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghan, Cloonakilleg, Cloonlaughnan, Creeharmore, Curraghadoon, Muckanagh North (Co. Galway), Torpan Beg

Placenames

Taghboy 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.