Cloonsillagh

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonsillagh, from 408 m² to 422,850 m² (42.28 ha, 104.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Cloonsillagh 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.

• 27 May 2025Conditional

  Retention permission for retention of (a) Existing portacabin for use as farm office, changing and drying room to serve the farmyard, (b) Existing anti-vandal container for use as storage associated with the farmyard and (c) Existing steel container for use as storage associated with the farmyard, with all associated site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560253

• 12 Mar 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission for (a) existing hay shed and machinery store, (b) existing slatted shed with underground storage tank and open cattle handling area, (c) existing feed silo, and (d) existing silage apron with all associated site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560100

• 4 Mar 2025N/a

  Retention of (a) Existing Hay Shed and Machinery Store, (b) Existing Slatted Shed and Underground Storage Tank and (c) Existing Silage Slab with all associated site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560084

• 20 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for (a) Construction of 2 No. New Dry Bed Cattle Sheds, (b) Construction of New Dungstead and (c) Construction of Covered Cattle Handling Area with associated site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460443

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 Cloonsillagh.

Recorded monuments

• RO017-060 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  On a knoll of the gentle N-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular area (dims 73m E-W; 64m N-S), which is used as a haggard and occupied by farm-buildings, defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.2m) and hedge ESE-SSE and at W, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.3m) NE-ENE and SSE-SW. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5-5.5m; Wth of base 1.2-2.8m; D 0.4m at W to 1.1m at E) which is reused as a field drain NE-E and ESE-SW. There is no visible entrance, or evidence of the perimeter W-NE. It is utilized as a farmyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the crest of a low, narrow E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 41m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m at NW to 0.6m at SW), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4-6.2m; Wth of base 1m at SW to 2.8m at NE; D 0.3-0.6m) SW-N-SE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter is truncated by an E-W field bank and drain at S and the fosse cannot be seen S of this feature. Rath (RO017-062001-) is c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-062001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.2-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m at N to 1.1m at E) WNW-E-S and by a carp (H 0.9m) and hedge elsewhere which acts as a field bank, with a complete outer fosse (Wth of top 3.8-6m; Wth of base 2m at N to 4.1m at E; D 0.3-0.5m) which is extended into a pond NW-E. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO017-061----) is c. 100m to the NW, and rath (RO017-064001-) is c. 180m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-062002 Field system
  Description

  Visible as what looked like recently removed field banks NE of rath (RO016-062001-) that covered c. 1 ha (c. 2.5 acres) on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M, 662-3), and which are partly marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map. If this is what it was the banks are likely to be modern as they conform to the surviving field banks. No features are visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-064001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in a low-lying level landscape with a SW-NE stream or drain c. 30m to the E. Subcircular, slightly domed and grass-covered area (dims 38m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 3.5m at W to 5.5m at E; Wth of base 1.9m at W to 3.5m at E; int. D 0.2-0.3m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m) NE-SE and SW-NW and by a scarp (H 0.3m) elsewhere. The fosse is slightly truncated by an E-W drain at N, and hut-site (RO017-064002-) is c. 10m to the E. Rath (RO017-062001-) is c. 180m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-064002 Hut site
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 6.4m N-S; 6.2m E-W) defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 2.1m at W to 3.4m at N; H 0.1-0.3m) breached by openings at NW (Wth 0.9m) and SW (Wth 1.9m). Rath (RO017-064001-) is c. 10m to the W. 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 Cloonsillagh.

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 Cloonsillagh, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cloonsillagh

Area

936,384 m² (93.64 ha, 231.39 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballintober North

Electoral division

Kilmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

184 people lived in 69 households in the Kilmore electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmore, Clooncoose, Cloonmeane, Cloonshannagh, Fearagh (Caddell), Fearagh (Mahon), Knocknagawna, Rathevin, Rathnarovanagh

Placenames

Cloonsillagh 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.