Ogulla

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ogulla, from 209 m² to 204,651 m² (20.47 ha, 50.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Ogulla 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.

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission for - 1. Refurbishment, alteration and change of use of existing derelict cottage and granary building to provide a single self-contained two-bedroom short-term holiday dwelling incorporating ancillary games room and sauna facilities. 2. Installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works including boundary treatments, upgrade of existing vehicular entrance, driveway formation and landscaping at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660055

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 Ogulla.

Recorded monuments

• RO022-106001 Church
  Description

  The parish church of Ogulla on an early foundation is listed as Oclolf in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). It is situated on a rise overlooking Ogulla well (RO022-106003-) c. 50m to the W. This is a rectangular graveyard (RO022-106002-) (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls containing a cross-base (dims of base 0.73m x 0.56m; dims of top 0.5m x 0.43m; H 0.24m) with a large socket (dims 0.33m x 0.26m; D 0.15m) and three architectural fragments with chamfered edges (RO022-106004-), but there is no other evidence of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a rise overlooking Ogulla holy well (RO022-106003-) c. 50m to the W. This is a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW), which was the site of Ogulla church (RO022-106001-), defined by masonry walls, and it contains a cross-base and three architectural fragments with chamfered edges (RO022-106004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a hollow overlooked by Ogulla church site (RO022-0106001-) c. 50m to the E and with a NW-SE stream c. 40m to the W. Traditionally St Patrick baptised Eithne and Fedelm, daughters of the High King Laoighre, at this well, which was then called Clebach, where they died and were buried inside an earthen mound (Stokes 1887b, 99-103; O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 126-7; Gormley 1989, 63-6). A subcircular well (dims 0.75m x 0.5m) defined by drystone walling is in the middle of an oval pond (dims c. 10m NW-SE; c. 5m NE-SW) and reached by a bridge from the S, although the well itself is usually dry. This well is overlooked by a large deciduous tree where a fragment of the head of a high cross (RO022-106005-) (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 185; Kelly 1993, 154-6), now in NMI but replaced by a replica (Kelly 1994), was kept. It consists of the crux (dims c 0.8m x 0.8m; T 0.3m) with a large boss on one face and a plainly-carved head on the other. There is a rag tree (RO022-106006-) at the edge of the pond. The stream flows SW, widening into a second pond where there is a second rectangular well (dims 0.8m x 0.75m) defined by concrete and drystone walling and surmounted by a modern cross. A standing stone (RO022-106007-) (dims 0.6m NW-SE; 0.25-0.5m NE-SW; H 1.04m) is in this pond. The stream joins a larger NW-SE stream c. 50m to the SW of form Ogulla Stream. The well was consolidated in the 1970s, and Stations of the Cross now follow the SE bank of its stream. The pavilion that was used during the papal visit to Knock in 1979 is re-erected at the site, and a pattern is held on the last Sunday in June (Gormley 1989, 65-7). Moated site (RO028-014001-) is c. 240m to the SSE. (Healy 2001, 62-3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106004 Cross
  Description

  There are fragments from an ogee-headed window and a more complex tracery at Ogulla holy well (RO022-106003-) and there are three stones with chamfered edges and a cross-base (dims of base 0.73 x 0.56m; dims of top 0.5m x 0.43m; H 0.27m) with a large socket (dims 0.33m x 0.26m; D 0.15m) (Kelly 1993, 154) in the graveyard (RO022-106002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106005 Cross - High cross
  Description

  The holy well of Ogulla (RO022-106003-) is overlooked by a large tree where the head of a high cross (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 185; Kelly 1993, 154-6), now in NMI but replaced by a replica (Kelly 1994), is kept. It consists of the crux (dims c 0.8m x 0.8m; T 0.3m) with a large boss on one face and a plainly-carved head on the other. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106006 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  In a hollow at the edge of the pond at Ogulla holy well (RO022-106002-). A tree with rags tied to it beside a statue of St Patrick. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-106007 Standing stone
  Description

  In a hollow beside Ogulla well (RO022-106002-). A stream flows SW from the pond associated with the well, widens into a second pond where there is a standing stone (dims 0.6m NW-SE; 0.25-0.5m NE-SW; H 1.04m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: V206/3-4), and situated on a gently undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 27.5m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). Rath (RO022-110----) is c. 100m to the E. Archaeological testing (13E0278) on an extensive area (dims c. 180m N-S; c. 90-130m NW-SE) located c. 140m to the S produced no related material (Crumlish 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 4 December, 2014

• RO022-110 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP V206/3,4), and situated on a gently undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m E-W; 41.7m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m) NW-E-S, which merges into the slope elsewhere. Rath (RO022-109----) is c. 100m to the W. Archaeological testing (06E0981) c. 60m to the NE failed to produce any related archaeological material, (Carey 2009b). Archaeological testing (13E0278) on an extensive area (dims c. 180m N-S; c. 90-130m NW-SE) located c. 140m to the S produced no related material (Crumlish 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-014001 Moated site
  Description

  On the E bank of a NNW-SSE section of the Ogulla River, c. 220m S of Ogulla holy well (RO022-10602-). Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 32m NNW-SSE; 27.7m ENE-WSW) defined by reed-filled, flat-bottomed moats (Wth of top 6.5-7m; Wth of base 1.4-2m; int. D 0.9-1.3m; ext .D 1.2-1.4m) on all sides except the W where the stream is, and with outer flat-topped banks at E (Wth of top 3.5m; H 0.3m) and S (Wth of top 2.4m; H 0.6m). There is a causeway (Wth 4m) at the centre of the N side (max. ext. dims 49.8m NNW-SSE; 43m ENE-WSW). An enclosure or annexe (RO028-014002-), visible as a raised rectangular grass-covered platform (dims 43m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) at SW, field drains at NW and SE and the stream at NE, is across the stream to the SW in Ballybeg townland. See the attached aerial photograph taken from the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29th September, 2010

• RO028-015 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a W-E section of the Ogulla River, c. 50m to the S in an area which has been quarried. Described as a rectangular cist (dims c. 3m x c. 1.5m; H c. 1.8m) where bones were found on a platform at one end when it was discovered during quarrying c. 1885 (OS Name Book). It is not now visible at ground level in an area disturbed by old quarrying. 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 Ogulla.

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 5 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 Ogulla.

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.

• Ogulla, Tulsk7 sales

Name

Ogulla · Óigeala

Area

960,813 m² (96.08 ha, 237.42 acres)

Civil parish

Ogulla, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Ogulla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ogulla electoral division: 399 people in 161 households; 75% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghloonagh, Ballybeg, Cargin Demesne, Drimnagh, Grange, Toomona, Tulsk

Placenames

Ogulla 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.