Cloonoghil

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonoghil, from 988 m² to 211,370 m² (21.14 ha, 52.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloonoghil 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cloonoghil 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Castlesampson Esker SAC 001625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlesampson Esker 001625

Recorded monuments

• RO051-059 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Marked as a circular wooded enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. and as a circular enclosure on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. diam. 36.6m NNE-SSW; 33.3m WNW-ESE) defined by a rebuilt drystone wall (at E: Wth 1.85m; H c. 1.5m) with larger stones at the base, possibly built on an older structure which may have been a cashel. Enclosure (RO051-060----) is c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-060 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small circular wood (diam. c. 35m), and situated in an undulating landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Cashel (RO051-059----) is c. 50m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061001 Church
  Description

  This is an early ecclesiastical site, and a community of nuns at St Mary's. Cloonoghil, may have been affiliated with Clonmacnoise from its foundation but had been transferred to Kilcreevanty (GA029-096001-) by 1223 and was impropriate to it at the Suppression (Moore 1969, Hall 2003, 78, 2009). It is listed as Clonagaley in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 223). As a suppressed monastery its property was granted to the Earl of Clanrickard in 1570, and to the Bishop of Tuam in 1618, but the church was described as ruinous in 1641 when the bishop is recorded as owning 767 acres at Cloonlawhill, which he retained into the 1660s (Simington 1949, 103). (Moore 1969) The church is situated on a broad hill in a low-lying landscape and consists of a rectangular scrub-covered structure (int. dims 10m WNW-ESE; 5.45m NNE-SSW) of which only the N and S walls survive. The doorway, now reduced to single jamb-stones, is towards the W end of the S wall and a single light window with dressed ingoings towards the E end of the S wall is obscured by ivy. A limestone grave-slab (RO051-061010-) (L 1.95m) with a cross in low relief is almost buried within the church. The burial ground (RO051-061002-) is a rectangular platform (dims 35.7m NNE-SSW; 23.8m WNW-ESE; H 0.5-1.4m) NE of the church with uninscribed grave-markers, and is locally known as a children’s burial ground (RO051-061003-) (Gannon 1972), possibly because it is described as 'Caltragh' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The church and burial ground are within a large grass and scrub-covered ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-061007-) (dims c. 135m NW-SE; c. 120m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread (at S: Wth 4.5-6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m), which is absent at NE and disturbed by quarrying at SW. The interior of the enclosure is divided into small plots (RO051-061006-) (dims 10m x 10m to 20m x 50m) defined by stone spreads with other plots attached externally. Outside the ecclesiastical enclosure, particularly to the S and W, is a system of rectangular fields (RO051-061009-) covering about 55 acres (c. 22 ha) which includes the ecclesiastical enclosure. A roadway (RO051-061008-) (Wth 3.5m) with earthen banks (Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) on either side runs NW (L c. 150m) from the church to a pond and then turns W and SW (L c. 100m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061005 Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nuns
  Description

  This is an early ecclesiastical site, and a community of nuns at St Mary's. Cloonoghil, may have been affiliated with Clonmacnoise from its foundation but had been transferred to Kilcreevanty (GA029-096001-) by 1223 and was impropriate to it at the Suppression (Moore 1969, Hall 2003, 78, 2009). It is listed as Clonagaley in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 223). As a suppressed monastery its property was granted to the Earl of Clanrickard in 1570, and to the Bishop of Tuam in 1618, but the church was described as ruinous in 1641 when the bishop is recorded as owning 767 acres at Cloonlawhill, which he retained into the 1660s (Simington 1949, 103). (Moore 1969) The church is situated on a broad hill in a low-lying landscape and consists of a rectangular scrub-covered structure (int. dims 10m WNW-ESE; 5.45m NNE-SSW) of which only the N and S walls survive. The doorway, now reduced to single jamb-stones, is towards the W end of the S wall and a single light window with dressed ingoings towards the E end of the S wall is obscured by ivy. A limestone grave-slab (RO051-061010-) (L 1.95m) with a cross in low relief is almost buried within the church. The burial ground (RO051-061002-) is a rectangular platform (dims 35.7m NNE-SSW; 23.8m WNW-ESE; H 0.5-1.4m) NE of the church with uninscribed grave-markers, and is locally known as a children’s burial ground (RO051-061003-) (Gannon 1972), possibly because it is described as 'Caltragh' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The church and burial ground are within a large grass and scrub-covered ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-061007-) (dims c. 135m NW-SE; c. 120m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread (at S: Wth 4.5-6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m), which is absent at NE and disturbed by quarrying at SW. The interior of the enclosure is divided into small plots (RO051-061006-) (dims 10m x 10m to 20m x 50m) defined by stone spreads with other plots attached externally. Outside the ecclesiastical enclosure, particularly to the S and W, is a system of rectangular fields (RO051-061009-) covering about 55 acres (c. 22 ha) which includes the ecclesiastical enclosure. A roadway (RO051-061008-) (Wth 3.5m) with earthen banks (Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) on either side runs NW (L c. 150m) from the church to a pond and then turns W and SW (L c. 100m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061006 Enclosure
  Description

  The interior of the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-061007-) of Cloonoghil church (RO051-061001-) is divided into small rectangular plots (dims 10m x 10m to 20m x 50m) defined by stone spreads. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061007 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a broad hillock in a low-lying landscape. The church of Cloonoghil (RO051-061001-) and its burial ground (RO051-061002-) are within a large grass and scrub-covered enclosure (dims c. 135m NW-SE; c. 120m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread (Wth 4.7-6m; int. H 0.6-1.2m; ext. H 0.8-1.6m) which is absent at NE and disturbed at SW. The interior of the enclosure is divided into small plots (RO051-061006-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061008 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-061007-) of Cloonoghil church (RO051-061001-), particularly to the S and W, is a system of rectangular fields (RO051-061009-) covering about 10 ha which includes a roadway (Wth 3.5m) with earthen banks (Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m) on either side running NW (L c. 150m) from the church to a pond and then turning W, SW and W (L c. 150m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061009 Field system
  Description

  Outside the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO051-061007-) of Cloonoghil church (RO051-061001-), particularly to the S and W, is a system of rectangular fields (RO051-061009-) covering about 55 acres (c. 22 ha) which includes a roadway (RO051-061008-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-061010 Graveslab
  Description

  A limestone graveslab (dims 1.95m x 0.6m) with a cross in low relief is almost buried within the church of Cloonoghil (RO051-061001-). 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 Cloonoghil.

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 Cloonoghil, 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Cloonoghil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Cloonoghil

Area

1,839,129 m² (183.91 ha, 454.46 acres)

Civil parish

Taghmaconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Castlesampson, the unit of the census

Census 2022

408 people lived in 138 households in the Castlesampson electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowduff and Garbally, Cloonboley, Cloonillan, Corraree and Ballygatta, Cuilfadda and Derrinshin

Placenames

Cloonoghil 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.