Cuilleen

175 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilleen, from 107 m² to 323,619 m² (32.36 ha, 79.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 62 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 Cuilleen 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cuilleen 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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cranberry Lough 001630

Recorded monuments

• RO054-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of a slight E-W ridge. This is a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) NW-N-SE, an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) SE-SW (L 19m) and spoil on the straight W side, masking the original bank. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO053-009----) is c. 120m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the W end of the crest of a low E-W ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 29m N-S; 27.3m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or an original entrance. Rath (RO053-008----) is c. 120m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-010001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 39m N-S; 35.4m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.5-4.2m; int. H 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 0.2-0.7m), with inner facing-stones visible at W. The original entrance cannot be detected, and there are local reports of its use as a children's burial ground (RO054-010002-), but no grave-markers are visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-010002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope. There are local reports that the interior of cashel (RO053-010001-) was used as a children's burial ground, but no grave-markers are visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-011001 Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nuns
  Description

  The church of St Mary at Kyllin or Killinmulrooney was attached to the Arrosian nunnery of Kilcreevanty (GA029-096001-) according to documents dated c. 1223 and 1400 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 321; Hall 2003, 209), and traditionally the nunnery continued until the Reformation (Egan 1954-6, 20). A church at Killimalrony is marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636, and almost 450 profitable and almost 400 unprofitable acres there were owned by the Dean of Clonmacnoise in 1641. However, the profitable acres had passed largely to Robert FitzGerald by the 1660s (Simington 1949, 60, Moycarn). Situated on a shelf, with slightly higher ground to the N. The foundations of the W wall and parts of the N and S walls (T 0.8m; H 0.5m) of a masonry structure that may be a church (int. dims at least 10m E-W; 6m N-S) survive. This communicates through a doorway (Wth 1.5m) in the N wall with the foundations of a rectangular building (RO054-011002-) (int. dims 14m N-S; 6m E-W). These are within a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered enclosure (RO054-011003-) (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by relict field banks extending N (L c. 10m), and S (L c. 60m) from the structures together with a bank curving N-E, and an E-W bank. A house (RO054-011004-) (ext. dims 14m E-W; 6m N-S), divided into three rooms and defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2m; H 0.3m), is c. 20m E of the church, and outside the enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-011002 Building
  Description

  Situated on a shelf with slightly higher ground to the N. The church of Killinmullrooney (RO054-011001-) communicates through a doorway (Wth 1.5m) in the N wall with the foundations of a rectangular structure (int. dims 14m N-S; 6m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-011003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a shelf with slightly higher ground to the N. The church (RO054-011001-) and adjacent rectangular building (RO054-011002-) are within a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered enclosure (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by relict field banks extending N (L c. 10m), and S (L c. 60m) from the structures together with a bank curving N-E, and an E-W bank, but this is probably just one quadrant of a larger enclosure. A house (RO054-011004-) is c. 20m E of the church, and outside the enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-011004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a shelf with slightly higher ground to the N. A house foundation (ext. dims 14m E-W; 6m N-S), divided into three rooms and defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2m; H 0.3m), is c. 20m to the E of the church (RO054-011001-) and outside the enclosure (RO054-011003-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a faint oval enclosure (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the E end of a low W-E spur. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture but it was probably a rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-013 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  A castle at Killimalrony is marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 close to the church (RO054-011001-) (Simington 1949, Moycaran), and almost 450 profitable and almost 400 unprofitable acres there were owned by the Dean of Clonmacnoise in 1641. However, the profitable acres had passed largely to Robert FitzGerald by the 1660s (Simington 1949, 60, Moycarn). a rectangular building (dims c. 10m NNE-SSW; c. 5m WNW-ESE) described in gothic lettering as 'Castle Park' is marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a local prominence with rock outcrop in an undulating landscape. A cairn of boulders largely from field clearance (dims c. 16m N-S; c. 14m E-W; H 1.2-1.6m) may obscure the foundations of a castle. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-020 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked only on the 1924-5 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular feature (diam. c. 60m) named Sheeaun Hill, and situated on a level landscape close to the headwaters of a small E-W stream, with higher undulating ground to the S. Described locally as a low gravel hill which was quarried away in the 1960s. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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 Cuilleen.

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 Cuilleen, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cuilleen

Area

4,526,490 m² (452.65 ha, 1,118.52 acres)

Civil parish

Creagh, and its townlands

Barony

Moycarn

Electoral division

Creagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,005 people lived in 370 households in the Creagh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Atticorra, Attirory, Beaghbeg, Cloonulty, Cranberry Island, Culliagharny, Oldtown Kilcashel, Tonalig, Tonlemone

Placenames

Cuilleen 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.