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: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; 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.

• 11 Oct 2024Refused

  Permission for development that will consist of: change of use from domestic garage to car diagnostics service at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 24137

• 18 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house together with all ancillary site works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2462

• 25 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct an extension to an existing dwellinghouse together with all ancillary site works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 248

• 28 Nov 2023N/a

  PART 8 - Permission for Castlerea Traffic Safety Scheme - The development will involve the creation of two signal controlled junctions and provision of controlled pedestrian crossings at Main Street & Patrick Street, Castlerea. Signalised junctions are proposed at Main St/Patrick junction and Main St/R371 junction. Existing pedestrian crossings are to be upgraded on Main Street & Patrick St and two new pedestrian crossings are to be installed on Main Street St. The project involves: * Site clearance works * Footpath improvements * Traffic Lights * Pavement Works * Other ancillary works including the provision of traffic signs, road markings, kerbs, street ljghting and utility diversions at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23414

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for the following: (1) Construction of proposed extensions and renovation works to existing dwellinghouse, (2) Alterations to the existing dwelling, with subsequent changes to all elevations, (3) Construction of a proposed domestic garage, together with connection to public services and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360116

• 10 Mar 2021Conditional

  for:1. Rebuild original front porch; 2. Extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house; 3. Connection to public sewer and carry out all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21129

• 15 Jan 2021Conditional

  to refurbish and extend to side of existing dwelling to include bedroom and en-suite, associated site development works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 218

• 22 Dec 2020N/a

  to refurbish & extend to side of existing dwelling to include bedroom en-suite, associated site development works and services at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20572

• 14 Jan 2019Conditional

  to erect a single storey extension onto the south elevation (rear) of existing dwelling house and associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 198

• 18 Dec 2018N/a

  Planning permission to erect a single story extension onto the south elevation (rear) of existing dwelling house and associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18619

• 13 Nov 2017N/a

  consisting of amendments to planning permission reference PD16/161 ( which amended PD15/344) relating to the demolition of the existing discount foodstore supermarket and construction of a new discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales on an overall site measuring 1.15 hectares. The proposed development comprises: 1) The reconfiguration of the internal layout of the permitted store, including reduction of first floor accommodation , with a reduced total gross floor space of 2,338sqm (compared to 2,624 sqm permitted under PD16/161; 2) Alterations to external elevation finishes primarily relating to cladding, glazing positioning and finishes; 3) The net sales area of 1,424 sqm, building position and envelope (i.e. length, width and height) permitted under PD16/161 is unchanged; and 4) Modifications to the roof plan, and site layout (including limited alterations to pedestrian and car parking pave areas and finishes and external plant area) at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 17458

• 11 Oct 2017N/a

  consisting of amendments to planning permission reference PD16/161 (which amended PD15/344) relating to the demolition of the existing Discount Foodstore and construction of a new Discount Foodstore with ancillary off-licence sales on an overall site measuring 1.15 hectares. The proposed development comprises: 1) The reconfiguration of the internal layout of the permitted store, including reduction of first floor accommodation, with a reduced total gross floor space of 2,338 sqm (compared to the2,624sqm permitted underPD16/161; 2) Alterations to external elevation finishes primarily relating to cladding, glazing positioning and finishes; 3) The net sales area of 1,424sqm building position and envelope(i.e.length, width and height permitted under PD16/161 is unchanged and 4) Modifications to the roof plan and site layout (including limited alterations to pedestrian and car parking paved areas and finishes and external plant area) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17421

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  for the following: 1. Construct extension to rear of existing dwelling house and carry out alterations to windows on front elevation. 2. Demolish existing shed and construct new domestic garage circa 108sq m. 3. Construct a potting shed/greenhouse and separate garden equipment shed and carry out all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17394

• 2 Jun 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of construction of domestic garage and carry out all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17247

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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.

• 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

Castlereagh electoral division: 3,268 people in 1,240 households; 64% of households own 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.