Emlagh

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Emlagh, from 447 m² to 204,103 m² (20.41 ha, 50.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 57 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Jun 2025Conditional

  to (a) make alterations to existing house on site and (b) construction of a extension to dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on site, together with all ancillary site works and services. The development will consist of a four bedroom bungalow dwelling house with all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560232

• 11 May 2025N/a

  I, SARAH HALLAHAN, intend to apply for planning permission to (a) make alterations to existing house on site and (b) construction of a extension to dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on site, together with all ancillary site works and services for development at this site ROSS, RIVERSTOWN, CO. SLIGO F52K262. The development will consist of a four bedroom dwelling bungalow dwelling house with all associated site works. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560188

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  Planning permission for the following: to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to current EPA code of practice and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460100

• 28 Jun 2022Conditional

  development consisting of (1) demolish existing dwelling house and decommission existing septic tank (2) construct a replacement dwelling house, install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system, upgrade existing entrance and carry out ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22221

• 24 Jan 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a single storey domestic house with living accommodation in the roof space, construction of a garage, construction of a waste water treatment system to the current EPA code of practice, construction of a new site entrance together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1815

• 28 Sept 2017N/a

  for development consisting of the construction of a single storey domestic house with living accommodation in the roof space, construct a garage, construct a waste water treatment system to the current EPA code of practice, construct a new site entrance together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17371

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: Unshin River SAC 001898
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Meharth Lough 001900
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Unshin River 001898

Recorded monuments

• SL027-130001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise of natural bedrock on a low ridge, immediately N of a stream. An arc (C c. 30m) of earth and stone bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m) is evident along the N and E arcs. A quarry (D 2m) has removed the remainder of the rath to within 6m of the surviving bank. A souterrain (SL027-130002-) is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map in the SW quadrant. Another rath (SL027-131----) lies c. 5m to E. 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

• SL027-130002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL027-130001-). The souterrain has been removed by quarrying. 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

• SL027-131 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a knoll, on a low ridge c. 20m N of a stream. A circular area (diam. 24m) using the natural hillock which gives the impression of a raised interior. The interior is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m) which survives best along the E and SE arcs and by a low internal lip elsewhere. A gap occurs in the bank at N. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary system to S. A lane skirts the rath to S. Another rath (SL027-130001-) lies c. 5m to W. 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

• SL027-137 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised oval platform (25m E-W; 20m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m). Along SE arc the scarp is topped by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. 1.3m) for c. 8m. At the N end of the surviving portion of the bank is a stone-faced entrance (Wth 2m). Remains of stone facing is evident along the inner face of the bank. Some large stone slabs are visible in section along the face of the scarp at N. 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

• SL027-138 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m) along the N and W arcs and by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m) along the S and E arcs. There is a shallow external fosse at the base of the scarp along the N and W arcs. Remains of stone facing is evident on the external face of the bank and on the internal face in parts. The interior is partially overgrown and slopes gently down to N. From cartographic evidence (the 1914 OS 6-inch map) the bank along the S and E arcs appears to have been incorporated into a field boundary system. Linear deep drains on E-W and N-S axes, lying to the S and E of the bank respectively, separate it from recently constructed field boundaries. 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

• SL027-139 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a W-facing slope at the W end of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 22m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.9m), except at W where the bank is levelled for c. 15m. An external fosse is evident as a shallow depression, marked by a dense growth of rushes. The inner face of the bank at NE projects further into the interior than elsewhere, giving it a width of 6m. The interior slopes gently down to W. 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

• SL034-023 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a rise. A rectangular depression (4m N-S; 1.6m E-W; D 0.4m), the internal face of the W side of which is lined with stone slabs, though only the tops of these are visible. A partially sod-covered limestone slab (0.9m x 0.45m; T 0.3m) is visible at the N end. 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 Emlagh.

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 Emlagh, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1183 (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.

No address of the register names Emlagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Emlagh · Imleach

Area

2,102,520 m² (210.25 ha, 519.54 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcolumb, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Riverstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

753 people lived in 283 households in the Riverstown electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardkeeran, Ardvarney, Behy, Bellanascarva, Carrowcashel, Cooperhill, Cuiltylough, Drumcolumb, Knockaun, Ogham, Rosmore, Tawnagh, Tobernaglashy

Placenames

Emlagh 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.