Knockroe

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe, from 224 m² to 467,834 m² (46.78 ha, 115.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  planning permission for (1) proposed new Astro Pitch development including associated Floodlighting and Fencing (2) proposed new Spectator Stand to the existing Pitch (3) proposed new Floodlighting to the existing Pitch (4) new Walking track and associated lighting (5) new pump track (6) modifications to the existing entrance and front boundary treatment (7) new car Parking area including public lighting and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660139

• 25 Feb 2022N/a

  Development consisting of amendments to works (in relation to the dwelling house only) granted permission under Planning Reference PL21/204 whereby permission is now sought for demolition of the existing dwelling house in full and construction new replacement dwelling house with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2272

• 28 May 2021Conditional

  development consisting of (a) to retain existing extension to dwelling house, (b) demolish part of existing dwelling house (c) construct new extensions and remodel the remainder of the existing dwelling house (d) construct new domestic shed and (e) replace existing septic tank & percolation area with new onsite Wastewater Treatment System with all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21204

• 20 Jul 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of retention of infrastructure. The elements are to be retained for the lifetime of the wind farm. The development consists of blade delivery trestles constructed at the turbine crane hardstands required for the set down and storage of turbine blades at each location, passing bays required for vehicles to pass each other on-site and upgrade and use of 154m of pre-existing tract between Turbines T9 and T10. The retention of these structures is required for continued maintenance of turbines on site.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20234

• 10 Jun 2020Conditional

  development consisting of (i) retention of a meteorological mast, with an overall height of 31 metres, supported by guy wires for the purpose of measuring and recording meterological data, (ii) concrete mast foundation and anchors; (iii) approximately 40m of underground electricity and telecommunications cabling; and (iv) all associated site development and reinstatement works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20178

• 31 Jan 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the demolition of the existing derelict house and for the construction of a new dwelling house, new garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, formation of a new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1928

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 Knockroe.

Recorded monuments

• SL035-069 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rocky pasture and forestry, on a steep SW-facing slope overlooking a stream. A circular area (int. diam. 26.2m x 25.8m) enclosed by a ruinous stone wall with numerous gaps. The wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.8m) which is composed of limestone boulders is mostly overgrown. The interior is sloping and uneven. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockroe, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Knockroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Knockroe · An Cnoc Rua

Area

2,087,582 m² (208.76 ha, 515.85 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmactranny, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Ballynashee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

386 people lived in 148 households in the Ballynashee electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughnacloy, Ballynashee, Crawhill, Derrysallagh, Glen

Placenames

Knockroe 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.