Cloonshanville

195 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonshanville, from 6 m² to 222,733 m² (22.27 ha, 55.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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 Cloonshanville 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.

• 12 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission for change of use of existing butcher shop from commercial use to residential use, together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660289

• 23 Feb 2024Refused

  Permission for development consisting of the part demolition and renovation of an existing dwelling and the construction of a proposed extension, domestic car port and garage, new access to public road and driveway, new connections to public services along with associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2424

• 14 Jun 2023N/a

  PART 8 - Interim Traffic Safety Scheme, Frenchpark. The development will involve the creation of a traffic signal controlled junction at the N5/R361 intersection in Frenchpark. The scheme will provide pedestrian crossing facilities on each arm of the junction and improve pedestrian and vehicular safety at this location. The project involves: Site clearance works, Footpath improvements, Traffic lights, Pavement works, Other ancillary works including the provision of traffic signs, road markings, kerbs, street lighting and utility diversions at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23256

• 19 Oct 2022Conditional

  Permission for the proposed construction of 2 no. two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, boundary fences / walls, upgrading of existing entrance, access road, car parking, landscaping, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water & watermain networks and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 2 homes · Roscommon County Council, 22564

• 4 Aug 2022N/a

  Permission for the construction of 2 no two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses, boundary fences / walls, upgrading of existing entrance, access road, car parking, landscaping, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water and watermain networks and all ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22410

• 25 Jan 2022Conditional

  Retention Permission to: (i) Retain revised site boundaries and (ii) Retain existing garage / fuel store on revised site at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2233

• 16 Dec 2021Conditional

  PERMISSION for the proposed construction of a residential development consisting of 2 no. three-bedroom single storey detached type dwelling houses, access via the adjoining Abbey Court Estate, car parking, green open space, boundary fences/walls, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water and watermain networks and all ancillary works (Application made for Permission for the proposed construction of a residential development of 3 no. dwelling houses consisting of 2 no. two-bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses and 1 no. two bedroom single storey detached type dwelling house, access road via the adjoining Abbey Court Estate, car parking, green open space, boundary fences/walls, proposed connections to the existing foul sewer, surface water and watermain networks and all ancillary works) at

  Permission, 3 homes · Roscommon County Council, 21708

• 10 Aug 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of the removal of an existing 12 metres telecommunications support structure (overall height 13.9 metres) together with telecommunications equipment on it and replacement with a new 20 metres telecommunications support structure (overall height of 21.5metres) carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, together with ground based equipment cabinets and new fencing for wireless data and broadband services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20309

• 14 Aug 2019Conditional

  renovate existing house by raising roof level and constructing extension to side and rear with new porch to front. Permission is also sought to upgrade existing septic tank system with new proprietary treatment system and percolation and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19410

• 6 Mar 2018Conditional

  to develop an existing entrance and upgrade it to forestry harvesting standard (bell mouth entrance) onto public road to facilitate access to forestry plantation together with internal access road and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1896

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Cloonshanville Bog SAC 000614
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonshanville Bog 000614

Recorded monuments

• RO015-027 Mound
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low NW-SE ridge. Circular earth and stone mound with a flat top (diam. of base 6m; diam. of top 2.2m; H 1.1m at W to 2m at E). A nearby quarry (Gannon 1972) has been backfilled. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a sub-triangular hachured feature (dims c. 85m N-S; c. 80m E-W) with the apex at N, and situated on a level landscape. Sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims 75m N-S; c. 70m E-W at S) with some bushes on the perimeter at E defined by scarps (H 0.45m at W to 0.9m at ENE), with traces of a bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 3m ext. D 0.4m) from an outer bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.8m) E-SE. There is no visible entrance, and farm buildings impinge on the perimeter at NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-029 Cross - High cross
  Description

  On a slight rise in a level landscape. A latin cross composed of a single piece of sandstone (visible H 3.2m; breadth of arms 0.7m; T 0.2m; Wth of shaft 0.42-0.49m) with a boss at the junction of the arms on the E and W faces widens out at the base (Wth of shaft 0.67m) and was supported in a shallow socket in the bedrock by stone wedges when it was excavated (Sweetman 1981-2) and straightened (total H 3.9m). Cloonshanville abbey (RO-015-03001-) is c. 300m to the NE. (Crawford 1907, 214-5; Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 59) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 608 See the attached view of the E face taken from the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-030001 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  A Dominican friary dedicated to the Holy Cross was founded here in 1385 by Rufus Mac Dermot Roe (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 223) or Tiege Roe Mac Dermot of Airteach on what was regarded by J. O'Donovan in 1837 as a church site founded by St Patrick (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 77-9). It was listed as Glynsennul in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224). After the Supression in 1577 it was held by Edward White in 1596 when it was burnt by Irish rebels (O'Conor, 2007, 197). A William Taffe or Davis then leased its 72 acres, which remained in the Davis family down to the 1880s when the land was sold to Baron de Freyne, a scion of the French family of Frenchpark (Jennings 2019). The friary is situated on a slight rise in a level landscape within a D-shaped graveyard (RO015-030002-) (dims 55m N-S c. 50m E-W) which has been extended with a new rectangular graveyard (dims 88m N-S; 43m E-W) attached to the E. There are traces of an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO015-030005-) visible as a scarp or bank (Wth c. 4m; H 0.2-0.4m) outside the graveyard NW-E (diam. c. 120m). The church consisted of a nave which can no longer be traced, and chancel (int. dims 13.2m E-W; 6.1m N-S), of which only the base of the E wall (int. H 1m; ext. H 3m) and adjacent parts of the N wall and the S wall with a piscina remain. The E window was an elaborate three-light decorated feature, and there was a three-light window placed high on the S wall of the chancel (Grose 1791, vol. 2, 52-3; Pls 89, 90), but these no longer survive. The N transept (int. dims 10.75 N-S; 6.35m E-W) is now reduced to the base of the walls (int. H 0.5-2m), with a piscina at the N end of the E wall. A tower (ext. dims 4.2m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S) of at least three floors survives E of the transept. Its ground floor has a pointed E-W vault with wicker centering and two openings for bell-pulls, and there are three external string-courses on the upper levels. There are traces of an E-W building 14.4m S of the tower, and the intervening area may have been a cloister. A mausoleum of the French family (RO015-030006-) is immediately W of the N transept and impinges on the site of the nave. It is a square roofless structure (ext. dims 4.9m E-W; 4.55m N-S; H 2.5m) with a doorway (Wth 1.1m) at the W end of the S wall, and at one time had gables at E and W, the latter with a narrow light (Grose 1791, vol. 2, Pl. 89). Attached to the inside of the E wall is a memorial plaque (RO015-030004-) which has a crest of the French family and an inscription commemorating Patrick French Fitz-Stephen of Galway and Dungar (RO015-023----) and the date 1667 (Weld 1832, 197, Timoney 1980, 8). The high cross (RO015-029----) is c. 350m to the SW, and archaeological testing (97E0271) c. 140m SW of the church failed to produce any related material (Walsh 1997a). (McDermott 2009) This is a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. See attached images of details from the tower Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April 2018

• RO015-030002 Graveyard
  Description

  The Dominican friary (RO015-030001-) is situated on a slight rise in a level landscape within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 55m N-S; c. 50m E-W) which has been extended with a new rectangular graveyard (dims c. 88m N-S; c. 43m E-W) attached to the E. This is part of a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 April 2018

• RO015-030003 Crucifixion plaque
  Description

  Attached to the inside of the E wall of the mausoleum (RO015-030006-) is an armorial plaque (RO015-030004-) commemorating Patrick French Fitzstephen of Galway and Dungar (RO015-023----). This is surmounted by a crucifixion plaque (Wth c. 0.55m; H c. 0.7m) with a crucifixion surrounded by the symbols of the Passion - a hammer and pliers, sponge and whip, a Pillar entwined with a rope, supporting a ladder and surmounted by a cock. This is part of a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 16 June 2015

• RO015-030004 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Attached to the inside of the E wall of the mausoleum (RO015-030006-) is an armorial plaque (Wth 0.58m; H 0.97m) commemorating Patrick French Fitzstephen of Galway and Dungar (RO015-023----) with a crucifixion plaque (RO015-030003-) above. Beneath the arms is the inscription which reads: Pray for the soule of / Patrick French Fitzste / Then of Galway Burges / Who lived in this world / 86 years and deseased at / his own howse in Dungar / 14 of Aprill 1667. This is part of a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 April 2018

• RO015-030005 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  There are traces of an enclosure visible as a scarp or bank (Wth c. 4m; H 0.2-0.4m) NW-E (diam. c. 120m) around the Dominican friary of Cloonshanville (RO015-030001-). (Swan 1983, Pl 13) This is part of a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April 2018

• RO015-030006 Mausoleum
  Description

  A rectangular mausoleum of the French family is immediately E of the N transept and impinges on the site of the nave of the Dominican church (RO015-030001-). It is a square roofless structure (ext. dims 4.9m E-W; 4.55m N-S; H 2.5m) with a doorway (ext. Wth 1.1m) at the W end of the S wall, and at one time had gables at E and W, the latter with a narrow light (Grose 1791, vol. 2, Pl. 89). A crucifixion plaque (RO015-030004-) and an armorial stone (RO015-030003-) are attached to the inside of the E wall. This is part of a National Monument in the care of Roscommon County Council. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April 2018

• RO015-031 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a D-shaped feature (dims c. 55m E-W; c. 55m N-S) truncated by a WNW-ESE field bank at N only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO015-071 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (09E0051) of the laying of a sewer pipe on the outskirts of Frenchpark recorded a burnt mound (L c. 7m; max. T 0.4m) in section c. 0.5m beneath a road surface. A sample of wood that is likely to be oak produced a C14 date of 2580-2349 cal. BC. The mound (RO015-027----) is c. 105m to the SW. (Ruttle 2011; Taylor 2012b) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 February, 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonshanville.

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 20 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

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

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.

• Cloonshanville, Frenchpark8 sales

Name

Cloonshanville · Cluain Seanmhaoil

Area

3,767,814 m² (376.78 ha, 931.05 acres)

Civil parish

Tibohine, and its townlands

Barony

Frenchpark

Electoral division

Frenchpark, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Frenchpark electoral division: 1,018 people in 391 households; 72% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghcullia, Ballynahowna, Carrowbane, Corskeagh, Frenchpark Demesne, Leggatinty, Loughbally, Mantuar, Sheevannan

Placenames

Cloonshanville 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.