Cloonrollagh

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonrollagh, from 162 m² to 76,296 m² (7.63 ha, 18.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cloonrollagh 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.

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  Permission for a 10-year planning permission for development at this site at Esker, Cuilmore, Cloonrallagh, Corraree and Ballygatta, Newtown, Ardnanure, Curraghaleen, Cloonakille, Rooskagh, Bellanamullia and Monksland Co. Roscommon. This development will consist of the construction of a Solar PV development, an on-site 38kV Substation and Battery Energy Storage System, along with associated 38kV underground cable connecting the proposed Solar PV Farm and BESS to the existing Athlone ESB 110kV Substation and all associated works on a total area of ca. 116 hectares. The Solar Farm, 38kV substation and Battery Energy Storage System will be located on a site that is ca. 110ha and located within the townlands of Esker, Cuilmore, Cloonrallagh, Corraree and Ballygatta, Co. Roscommon and will consist of: I. Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site of ca. 110ha on ground-mounted frames; II. 48 BESS units; III. 15 transformer units; IV. One 38kV substation building (13.7m x 7.3m); V. Underground electrical and communications cabling within private lands and minor local road; VI. Polemounted security cameras; VII. Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; VIII. Three new entrances and upgrade works of one existing entrance; IX. Two primary temporary construction compounds and three satellite temporary construction compounds; X. 16 new drainage ditch crossings and one upgraded culvert; XI. Internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances ; and, XII. All associated ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. The 38kV underground cabling will be located on a site that is ca. 6ha and will traverse the townlands of Monksland, Bellanamullia, Cloonakille, Rooskagh, Curraghaleen, Cloonrollagh, Ardnanure, Newtown and Cuilmore, Co. Roscommon and will consist of: I. Ca. 9.56km of underground 38kV cable, three power cables and one fibre communications, beneath private and public roads (L76371, L76374, L76394, L2047, L2026, L7577, L75771 and R362); II. 12 Joint Bays; III. Two HDD Crossings; IV. Associated works including road carriageway passing places; and, V. All associated ancillary works above and below ground. The operational lifespan of the development will be 40 years, and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement accompanies the planning application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660164

• 9 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 77.76 hectares, to include: a single storey electrical substation building, inverter substations, modules, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, temporary construction compounds, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works relating to the access of the site (The solar farm will be operational for 35 years) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21638

• 30 May 2018Conditional

  to retain the location of the waste water treatment system and percolation area and garage and revised boundaries which differs from that granted under PD Ref No. 04/823 at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18254

• 9 May 2018N/a

  to retain the location of the waste water treatment system and percolation area and garage and revised boundaries which differs from that granted under PD Ref No. 04/823 located at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18225

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  development consisting of: Proposed demolition and replacement of existing derelict dwelling with alterations, which includes extension to same. Proposed domestic garage and sewerage treatment system, percolation area with ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18100

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 Cloonrollagh.

Recorded monuments

• RO051-041 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a circular wooded enclosure (diam. c. 30m) bisected by a NE-SW field bank on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. The rath (RO051-042----) is c. 130m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape. A low bank (at N: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.9) survives W-N-E (diam. c. 30m E-W) overlain by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; H 1m). The perimeter at S is formed by an E-W field bank. There is no visible fosse or identifiable entrance and the interior is overgrown. The earthwork (RO051-041----) is c. 130m to the N. 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 Cloonrollagh.

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 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Cloonrollagh

Area

898,782 m² (89.88 ha, 222.09 acres)

Civil parish

Drum, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Thomastown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Thomastown electoral division: 777 people in 264 households; 92% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnanure, Belrea, Castlesampson, Cuilmore, Curraghaleen, Taduff West

Placenames

Cloonrollagh 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.