Arm

413 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arm, from 7 m² to 420,755 m² (42.08 ha, 103.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 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.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 257 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Un-zoned (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Outer Core (Other mix of uses)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Arm 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Arm.

Recorded monuments

• RO026-020 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the crest of the N-facing slope a low WNW-ESE ridge. Circular area planted with mature deciduous trees (int. diam. 41.3m NW-SE; 39.9m NE-SW) defined by a stone wall (Wth 5.4m at SW to 6.6m at SE; H 1.5-2.2m) SE-W-NE and a stone spread elsewhere, with evidence of terracing SE-SW in the facing stones within the wall. There is a collapsed mural chamber (dims 8.6m x 2.5m) at WNW with a doorway (Wth 1m) on the inner face of the cashel wall at its SW end. The stone-lined entrance (Wth 2m; L 6.8m) is at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-021 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a tree ring (diam. c. 42m), and situated on the crest of a low rise in full view of Old Cloonalis House (RO026-018----) c. 500m to the NNW. It is a copse of mature deciduous and coniferous trees. Two stones (dims. 0.9m x 0.6m; H 0.8m; dims. 0.8m x 0.7m; H 0.3m) are on the perimeter at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-022 Hut site
  Description

  Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight NE-facing slope in a small copse. Circular grass and nettle-covered area (int. dims. 6m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (at W: Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m; at N: Wth 6.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) with an entrance (Wth 2.4m) at ESE. Archaeological testing to within a few metres of the site at E failed to produce any related material (Read 2008b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21st January, 2011.

• RO026-023 Quarry
  Description

  Marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small quarry (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S), and situated on a level landscape. It is now a landscaped embankment fronting a row of houses. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-037001 Church
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing slope. Described in gothic lettering as Oldtown Chapel on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is regarded as a church which may have been a Roman Catholic chapel before a cruciform church in Castlerea was built in 1798 in what is now St. Joseph's cemetery (Hurley 1943, vol. 1, 5; Beirne 2000, 225-6). It is not visible at ground level, and there is no trace of the well Tobershanbally (RO026-037002-) or of a settlement (RO026-037003-) implied in the name Oldtown. Archaeological testing (07E0153) just to the SE produced no related material other than traces of an earthen bank that may have surrounded the church but there were no burials (Casey 2007). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30th June 2011

• RO026-037002 Well
  Description

  Marked on the 1837 and 1929 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as 'Tobershanbally', meaning Oldtown Well. in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope. There is no trace of the well Tobershanbally, or any indication that it was a holy well, at the site of the chapel of Oldtown (RO026-037001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-037003 Settlement cluster
  Description

  On a gentle SW-facing slope. There is no evidence of a settlement, implied in the name Oldtown, associated with the Roman Catholic chapel of Oldtown (RO026-037001-). Archaeological testing (07E0153) in the vicinity produced no related material other than traces of an earthen bank that may have surrounded the church but there were no burials (Casey 2007). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible as an oval feature (dims c. 35m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by a double fosse feature NW-E-S on aerial photographs (OS: 4, 3224-5), 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

• RO026-040001 Church
  Description

  On a shelf of the S-facing slope of a low E-W ridge with a NE-SW section of the River Suck c. 60m to the SE. The parish church of Kilkeevin is within a circular graveyard (RO026-040002-) (diam. 57m E-W; 54m N-S) defined by a drystone wall built inside a scarp (H 0.6m at S). The church is a rectangular structure (int. dims 19m E-W; 6.9m N-S at E; 8.2m at W), of which only part of the S wall (L 7m; H 3.5m) with a flat-arched doorway (Wth 1m; H 2m) and a fragment of the E gable (L 3.5m; H 4.6m; T 1m) survive, but the outline is constructed with drystone walls. Archaeological testing (03E1798) outside the graveyard at SW during 2003 failed to produce any burials or related archaeological material (Fitzpatrick 2004, 13; 2006b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-040002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a shelf of the S-facing slope of a low E-W ridge with a NE-SW section of the River Suck, c. 60m to the SE. The parish church of Kilkeevan (RO026-040001-) is within a circular graveyard (diam. 57m E-W; 54m N-S) defined by a drystone wall built inside a scarp (H 0.6m at S). Archaeological testing outside the graveyard at SW (03E1798) failed to produce any burials or related material (Fitzpatrick 2004, 13; 2006b). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO026-070 Enclosure
  Description

  Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere. In pasture on a slight rise at the S-edge of the former flood plain of the River Suck which flows E c. 150m to the N. Visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (January 2021) as a circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 45m) defined by a shallow fosse with a broad, denuded bank inside. A cashel (RO026-020----) lies c. 135m to the S. See attached image: RO026-070----_01 Snip of Google Earth image (January 2021). An overgrown cashel (RO026-020----) is also visible. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 July 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, graveyard/cemetery, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Roman Catholic graveyard with ruin of former church, established 1798 and extended to the west at a later date. Belfry of church is extant. Collection of stone grave markers from nineteenth century to present, including mausoleum and enclosed section dedicated to the O'Connor Dons. Ashlar gate piers with cast-iron gates to original graveyard. Site bounded by stone wall with channelled ashlar gate piers and cast-iron gates.

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house, with three bays to first floor and four to ground, built c.1870, with outbuildings to rear. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Replacement timber panelled door with overlight. Front of site bounded to street by pebbledashed wall with rendered coping and wrought-iron gates. House bounded to south-west by random coursed limestone wall.

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 Arm, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1080 (ZIP).

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.

• Arm, Castlerea9 sales

Name

Arm · An Airm

Area

3,310,168 m² (331.02 ha, 817.96 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkeevin, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Castlereagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,268 people lived in 1,240 households in the Castlereagh electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlereagh, Cloonalis, Cloonchambers, Cloonkeen, Cloontrask, Creggaslin, Demesne, Harristown, Meelickaduff

Placenames

Arm 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.