Cloonbrackna

210 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonbrackna, from 3 m² to 178,697 m² (17.87 ha, 44.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 60 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloonbrackna 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.

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission to make external renovations consisting of a new front and rear extension to the existing dwelling along with internal renovations, installation of an EV charging point, widening of the existing site entrance and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660074

• 31 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission to: 1. To demolish existing lean to cleaning bay and internal walls of car park, 2. To construct new service bay extension, 3. To relocate existing car wash and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560030

• 27 Jan 2025N/a

  Permission for the following: 1. To demolish existing lean to cleaning bay and internal walls of car park, 2. To construct new service bay extension, 3. To relocate existing car wash, and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560023

• 23 Nov 2023Conditional

  Permission to demolish existing derelict stores at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23408

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct Granny Flat with connection to rear of existing dwelling, associated site development works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23361

• 1 Aug 2023N/a

  Planning Permission to retain as constructed security fence to boundary of carpark property and all ancillary site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2360033

• 24 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission for retention of pre-fabricated single storey games room to rear of existing dwelling at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 23322

• 9 Feb 2023Refused

  Permission for (i) The demolition of 2 existing outbuildings along with (ii) The demolition of existing pub building and ancillary sheds, neighbouring former shop and residential building together with existing cottage ruin walls; (iii) The construction of 2 No. 3 bedroom townhouses, 4 No. 2 bedroom townhouses and 2 No 1 Bedroom apartments; (iv) The construction of a 2 storey Café/Restaurant unit; (v) Along with new roadside openings onto Old Circular Road and Castle Street, ancillary parking, signage, green areas, connection to all services and all other associated site works at

  Permission, 6 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2332

• 8 Nov 2022Conditional

  RETENTION PERMISSION granted to: (1) Retain dwelling house as 1 no. dwelling unit only and (2) Retain and complete modifications to the dwelling unit in accordance with the requirements of Condition No. 2 of this permission, including amendments to internal layout, entrance hall and replacement of substandard roof over (Application made for: Retention Permission to (1) retain dwelling house as 2 no., dwelling units and (2) retain and complete modifications to dwelling units including amendments to internal layouts, entrance halls and replacement of substandard roof over) at the corner of

  Retention, 2 homes · Roscommon County Council, 22603

• 7 Oct 2022N/a

  Retention Permission to: (1) retain dwelling house as 2 no. dwelling units and (2) retain and complete modifications to dwelling units including amendments to internal layouts, entrance halls and replacement of substandard roof over at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 22542

• 15 Feb 2022Conditional

  Permission to operate an off-licence section with floor space of circa 19 sq.m. within the existing shop unit to serve the general public at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2277

• 17 Jan 2022Conditional

  Permission:1. To demolish existing dwelling house; 2. To rebuild house on the existing footprint, with minor alterations, to link it to the existing extensions that were granted under Planning Ref. PD/21/277; 3. To install 2 no. roof lights to rear extension, granted under Planning Ref. PD/21/277; 4. All associated ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2220

• 26 May 2021Conditional

  1. Permission to retain and complete constructed extension to rear and side of house; 2. Permission to retain as constructed domestic garage; 3. Permission to construct two storey extension to side of existing house and all ancillary site development works at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21277

• 24 Mar 2021N/a

  to (1) Construct new extension to side of house 68B and (2) upgrade existing entrance halls of 68A & 68B with new flat roof over at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21146

• 4 Dec 2020Conditional

  for construction of single storey dwelling house with connection to public services and ancillary development at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20514

• 11 Nov 2020N/a

  for construction of single storey dwelling house with connection to public services and ancillary development at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20471

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  to retain existing dwelling house elevations and sunroom to the rear as constructed, along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 20111

• 3 Jan 2020N/a

  to carry out the following works adjacent to Roscommon Castle which is on the record of protected structures - RPS No. 03900229 on the record of monuments and places - RMP No. RO039-043001. The proposed works include: Provision of low wattage LED ground lighting to illuminate three of the external tower walls of Roscommon Castle, provide underground cabling to service lights, all associated and ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 203

• 11 Oct 2019N/a

  permission to demolish existing bungalow, and to construct new two storey dwelling house including new front boundary wall and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19523

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  permission to convert existing flat roof over sitting room/rear lobby and boiler house to pitched roof to match dwelling, demolish chimney stack from boiler house, associated site development work s and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19482

• 15 May 2019Conditional

  to refurbish dwelling by way of replacing existing flat roof structure to pitched slated roof, raising existing chimneys, new gutters, rain water pipes, fascia and soffit and associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19254

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  for construction of single storey extension to front and side/rear to include renovation of existing dwelling house and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19248

• 18 Jul 2018Conditional

  for the construction of an extension to rear of house and carryout all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18361

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  Planning permission for retention of front porch to existing apartments at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18114

• 4 Sept 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey extension and renovations to front and rear of an existing dwelling house along with connections to services and all other associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17369

The 25 most recent of 27 applications.

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 Cloonbrackna.

Recorded monuments

• RO039-043001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Roscommon castle was commenced by the Crown in 1269 but it was attacked and burned three times by O'Conor before construction was completed c. 1290. It was damaged by Felimid O'Conor in 1305 and repaired, but it was captured by Ruarai O'Conor in 1315 and again by Turlough O'Conor in 1540. It was occupied by the O'Conors from about 1360 until 1566, but a list of the Royal Constables of the castle can be constructed (O’Brien 2013). It was attacked by MacWilliam Burkes and the O'Kellys in 1377, and in 1394-5 Richard II made O'Conor Don constable, recognising the de facto situation. Possession moved between various O'Conor factions in the fifteenth century, being held briefly by the Earl of Kildare in 1499 and 1512, until it passed to the Earl of Clanrickard in 1553, after which the Crown began to re-assert control. In 1569 O'Conor Don surrendered the castle to the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sydney, after which it remained in government hands. The castle was granted to Sir Nicholas Malby in 1577, and he, or his son Henry, may have transformed it into a fortified house (RO039-043010-), although repairs and alterations were also conducted in 1609. It was burned again in 1596 and 1599 by O'Donnell, and it was garrisoned by Parliamentarians under Sir Charles Coote in the 1640s until it was surrendered to the Confederate forces under General Preston after a battle in 1645. Capt. Daly surrendered it to Col. Gore for Cromwell without a fight in 1652. It may have been slighted then, but after a fire in 1691 it has remained derelict. The castle is situated on the E edge of a turlough (diam. c. 1km) and c. 800m N of St Coman's church (RO039-043006-). (Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 8-10) The remains consist of a rectangular walled enclosure or inner ward (int. dims 53m N-S; 38m E-W) with D-shaped towers at the angles, those at SW and SE being largely unaltered from the thirteenth century. All the towers were originally of three stories, except the NW which only had two. The curtain wall survives at E and W, but is removed at S and fragmentary at N. No crenelations survive. There was also a rectangular outer ward (dims c. 110 N-S; c. 110m E-W) defined by fosses with a wall on its inner edge on all sides except the W (ibid. 21-3). The SE tower (int. dims 7.7m NW-SE; 5.45m) is missing its NW wall and has two surviving storeys connected by mural stairs in the NE wall. The ground floor is featureless, but the first floor has a fireplace, a garderobe, and two arrow loops. The SW tower (int. dims 8.1m NE-SW; 5.5m NW-SE) survives to two storeys connected by a mural stairs in the SE wall which continues to the restored parapet over the vaulted first floor. The ground floor is vaulted, but is otherwise featureless. The first floor has a fireplace and two embrasures as well as a doorway which would have given access to the wall walk of the S wall. (ibid. 15-17) The gatehouse on the E wall consists of the foundations of two D-shaped towers forming a rectangular block (ext. dims 22.1m N-S; 14.8m E-W) with an entrance passage (Wth 2.85m) between the towers, but only the curving walls of the towers survive above the foundations where they were incorporated into the late 16th century house with evidence of long arrow-loops and two garderobes. (ibid. 11-3) The roadway (RO039-043021-) c. 100m to the NE would certainly have led to the castle gatehouse. The W wall of the ward is original and incorporates a rectangular postern gatehouse (ext. dims 11.55m E-W; 9.6m N-S) with a vaulted entrance passage (Wth 2.9m) complete with murder hole. A stairs in the N wall gives access through a destroyed doorway to a chamber over the passage with a robbed window and garderobes over the angles created by the gatehouse and the walls of the inner ward. (ibid. 14) Documents suggest that from the beginning the castle consisted of two wards, as two outer bridges are mentioned in 1304 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 116-7). At N a berm (Wth 28m) separates the castle from a fosse (L c. 90m; Wth of top 15m; Wth of base 6.6m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 1.2m), which survives because it may have been turned into a fish-pond. A berm (Wth 40m) to the W is defined by a scarp (L 70m; H 1.4m; Wth 8m), which testing (02E1472) showed to be natural, but that a moat (Wth 6-11m) did exist inside the scarp with a masonry wall (Wth 1.4m) on its inner edge and a cobbled surface was also demonstrated (Murphy 2004b, 2006). On the S side testing demonstrated the presence of a fosse (Wth 9.5m; D 1.5m plus) (ibid). At the E there is a walled garden (RO039-043011-) overlying the backfilled moat that had a wall on its inner edge and a barbican opposite the gatehouse of the inner ward (Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 21-3). The E gatehouse and the NW and NE towers were altered in the late 16th century when large rectangular mullion and transom windows with hood mouldings were inserted to create an L-shaped fortified house (RO039-043010-). (Murphy, 1891; de Breffny and Mott 1977, 194-5; Murphy and O'Conor 2008) This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 181 See the attached external views from the SW (001, 002) and an internal view of the NE angle (003). See also the aerial views from NW (Cloonbrackna 001) and N (Cloongbrackna 002). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO039-043010 House - fortified house
  Description

  Roscommon castle (RO039-043001-) was returned to the Crown in 1569. In 1577 it was leased to Sir Nicholas Malby who proposed alterations in 1582, and he or his son, Henry, may have transformed it into a fortified house, although repairs and alterations were also conducted in 1609. It was burned in 1596 and 1599 by Hugh O'Donnell, and it was garrisoned by Parliamentarians under Sir Charles Coote in the 1640s until it was surrendered to General Preston after a battle in 1645. Capt. Daly surrendered it to Col. Gore for Cromwell without a fight in 1652, after which it may have been abandoned, although constables continued to be appointed into the 1660s. It was burned in 1691 and has been derelict ever since, although conservation works were conducted in the 20th century. The castle is situated on the E edge of a turlough (diam. c. 1km), which was called Lough na n-Eán, and c. 800m N of St Comán's church (RO039-043006-). (Murphy, D. 1891; Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 29, 36) A large three-storey and attic L-shaped house was erected encompassing all of the N side and the greater part of the E side of the inner ward of the 13th century castle (RO039-043001-). This involved altering the NW and NE corner towers, and demolishing most of the E gateway. Little of this house remains apart from the altered corner towers, the altered E wall of the castle ward, the altered curved portions of the E gatehouse, and the S gable of the E range. The house had large mullion and transom windows with square hood mouldings inserted into all the walls above the ground floor. The entrance would have been on the inner façade, which does not survive apart from evidence of two string courses. (ibid. 29-32) To the E and N a walled garden (RO039-043011-) (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 100m N-S) was built with masonry walls, the S and E walls (T 0.6m; H 3.5m) of which survive with the foundations of a circular tower (int. diam. c. 3m) at the SE angle. A further N-S wall (RO039-043014-) (Wth 06-0.7m; H 2m) c. 50m E of the NE angle and extending N (L c. 90m) is likely from the same period as determined by excavation (Read 2006f), while pits and furrows revealed in archaeological testing (03E0245) close to it are probably related. The avenues (RO039-044---), which centre on the later fortified house, were part of the design, and a map of 1736 shows mature trees established on that leading from the castle to the town (Murphy and O’Conor 2008, 32). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043011 Walled garden
  Description

  Roscommon castle (RO039-043001-) was returned to the Crown in 1566. In 1577 it was leased to Sir Nicholas Malby who proposed alterations in 1582, and he or his son, Henry, may have transformed it into a fortified house (RO039-043010-), although repairs and alterations were also conducted in 1609. To the E of the fortified house a walled garden (dims 64m E-W; 84m plus N-S) was built with masonry walls, the S and E walls (T 0.6m; H 3.5m) of which survive with the foundations of a circular tower (int. diam. c. 3m) at the SE angle. The boundary wall (RO039-043014-) is c. 50m to the NE and is an extension of the E wall of this garden. An aerial photograph taken by Frank Scott in 2016 shows a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by what might be slight ditch features N of this garden with its W edge aligned on the W side of this garden and probably contemporary with it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 29 January 2016

• RO039-043014 Walled garden
  Description

  To the E of the fortified house (RO039-043006-) a walled garden (RO039-043011-) was built with masonry walls. A further N-S wall (Wth 06-0.7m; H 2m) extending N (L c. 90m) of its NE angle is from the same period and may also be from a walled garden (Read 2006f), while pits and furrows revealed in archaeological testing (03E0245) are probably related. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 29 January 2016

• RO039-043018 Designed landscape - avenue
  Description

  Avenues, known as walks, from Roscommon castle (RO039-043001-) were part of a designed landscape relating to the fortified house phase (RO039-043010-), and a map of 1736 shows mature trees established on that leading from the castle to the town (Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 32). They extended ENE (RO039-040----), and SSE (L c. 350m) from the castle, the latter being extended by the Square, Main St. and the road S from the town (L c. 2 km). It survives close to the castle as a linear field (Wth c. 30m; L c. 125m) defined by earthen banks and hedges. Archaeological testing (03E1430) on this avenue 75-215m S of the castle failed to provide any related material (Read 2006m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043021 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On level, low-lying ground. A section (L c. 25m N-S) of a roadway was excavated (06E1097) by L. Morahan. A metaled surface (dims c. 14m N-S; c. 8m E-W) between open ditches at W (Wth 5m; D 0.7m) and E (Wth 1-2.6m; D 0.6m) that drained to the N where there is a W-E stream from the reclaimed lake of Loughnanean. The ditches are c. 12-14m apart and are roughly aligned on the gatehouse of Roscommon castle (RO039-043001-), c. 150m to the SW. The surface was cut by an iron furnace (RO039-043022-), evident as iron slag, charcoal and fire-redenned clay, very little of which survived as it was in turn cut by the burial of an adult female and baby (RO039-043023-). (Morahan 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043022 Furnace
  Description

  On level, low-lying ground. Excavated (06E1097) in 2006 by L. Morahan. The surface of roadway (RO039-043021-) was cut by an iron furnace, evident as iron slag, charcoal and fire-redenned clay but very little of it survived as it was in turn cut by the burial of an adult female and baby (RO039-043023-). (Morahan 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO039-043023 Burial
  Description

  On level, low-lying ground. Excavated (06E1097) in 2006 by L. Morahan. The surface of roadway (RO039-043021-) was cut by an iron furnace (RO039-043022-) which in turn was cut by the burial of an adult female and baby. (Morahan 2007) 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 Cloonbrackna.

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 Cloonbrackna, 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 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_1369 (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 Cloonbrackna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Cloonbrackna · Cluain Breacnach

Area

378,885 m² (37.89 ha, 93.62 acres)

Civil parish

Roscommon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballintober South

Electoral division

Roscommon Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

5,513 people lived in 1,881 households in the Roscommon Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnanagh, Ballypheasan, Cloonybeirne, Lisnacroghy or Gallowstown, Loughnaneane

Placenames

Cloonbrackna 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.