# Commeen, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Dysart, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 324,076 m² (32.41 ha, 80.08 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,762 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Dysart, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/dysart.md
- Barony: Athlone South
- Electoral division: Turrock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 322 people lived in 113 households in the Turrock electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42644
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 190770
- Centre: latitude 53.45821, longitude -8.178571 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commeen, from 5,361 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres) to 312,667 m² (31.27 ha, 77.26 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 716142: 312,667 m² (31.27 ha, 77.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716142.md
- Parcel 696346: 5,762 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696346.md
- Parcel 723164: 5,361 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723164.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Commeen in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 11 Oct 2024, Roscommon County Council 24138: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct single storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent waste water treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/24138/0
- 8 Jul 2021, Roscommon County Council 21383: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for alterations and demolitions to an existing dwelling and outbuildings and for the construction of a part two storey part single storey extension to an existing dwelling, refurbishment of existing sewage treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary and associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21383/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commeen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO047-060001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060001-. The parish church of Dysert, which has some twelfth century features, is listed as Disert in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224) and it is situated in an undulating landscape. Land was granted by Rory O'Conor to the Cistercian abbey of St Mary's in Dublin (DU018-020048-) before 1236 under the name Disert Briole, and St Mary’s continued to own land here into the mid-15th century but they probably never built an abbey (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 144). The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 22.95m E-W; 7.2m N-S) surviving complete in a reconstructed state with good quoins. There is a reconstructed round-headed doorway towards the W end of the S wall and a round-headed window and rectangular aumbry are at the centre of the S wall. An inserted segmental-arched doorway at the E end of the S wall with a round-headed window over gives access to a later sacristy which has a single light in each wall and a stoup. There is a twin-light ogee-headed window in the E wall of the church, and a reconstructed inserted doorway at the centre of the N wall leads to an external porch, which is reduced to the foundations. The E jamb of a blocked doorway is visible in the N wall to the E of the doorway and an ogee-headed window is at the E end of the N wall. There is a small rectangular window towards the W end of the N wall while an ogee-headed window high in the W wall indicates a gallery. However, the W end of the church was altered to a house (RO047-060003-) with the insertion of a cross-wall, the addition of a garderobe projecting on the N wall and the insertion of a pointed doorway in the W wall. A broken medieval graveslab (RO047-060006-) (L 1.8m; Wth 0.4-0.5m) with no inscription and the 17th century graveslab (RO047-060007-) (L 1.75m; Wth 0.67m; T 0.1m) of William Lea with an inscription in false relief are within the church. Portions of the church were excavated in 1993 (Higgins 1994a; 1994b) in conjunction with the conservation work. The church is within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (RO047-060004-) (max. dims c. 240m ENE-WSW; c. 150m NNW-SSE) defined by what is probably an earthen bank SW-NNW and a stone wall N-SE, which are visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 29, 30) from the 1970s, but this perimeter is now reduced to a stone spread NNW-ENE. The church is also at the centre of an enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a collapsed stone wall visible on the aerial photographs but only the S part, defined by masonry walls, survives as a D-shaped graveyard (RO047-060002-) (dims c. 30m E-W at S to c. 60m E-W at N; c. 35m N-s) with some early 18th century headstones. Some field walls (RO047-060005-) attached to the perimeter of the graveyard enclosure at N and E on the aerial photographs have been removed. The wayside cross (RO047-061----) is c. 170m to the S. See the attached views from the SE and of the E window (001) and from the SSE (002). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060002-. The church of Dysart (RO047-060001-) is at the centre of an enclosure (diam. c. 60m) defined by a collapsed stone wall visible on the aerial photographs but only the S part, defined by masonry walls, survives as a D-shaped graveyard (RO047-060002-) (dims c. 30m E-W at S to c. 60m E-W at N; c. 35m N-s) with some early 18th century headstones. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060003: House - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060003-. There is a small rectangular window towards the W end of the N wall of Dysart church (RO047-060001-) while an ogee-headed window high in the W wall indicates a gallery. However, the W end of the church was altered to a house with the insertion of a cross-wall, the addition of a garderobe chute projecting on the N wall and the insertion of a pointed doorway in the W wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060004: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060004-. The church of Dysart (RO047-060001-) is within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (max. dims c. 240m ENE-WSW; c. 150m NNW-SSE) defined by what is probably an earthen bank SW-NNW and a stone wall N-SE, which are visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 29, 30) from the 1970s, but this perimeter is now reduced to a stone spread NNW-ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060005: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060005-. Some field walls attached to the perimeter of the graveyard enclosure (RO047-060002-) at N and E on the aerial photographs (CUCAP: BDO 29, 30) have been removed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060006: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060006-. A broken medieval graveslab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.4-0.5m) with no inscription and the 17th century graveslab (RO047-060007-) of William Lea with an inscription in false relief are within the church of Dysart (RO047-060001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-060007: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-060007-. A broken medieval graveslab (RO047-060006-) with no inscription and the 17th century graveslab (L 1.75m; Wth 0.67m; T 0.1m) of William Lea with a Latin inscription of roman capitals in false relief are within the church. The inscription has been read by Noel Dunne as: ORA PRO ANIMABUS GULIELMI O_LEA / ET ANI VXORIS / EIVS QVI ME FERI CVRAVIT AN __ This can be translated as: Pray for the soul of William Lea and Annie, his wife, who had me made in the year…. There are also the initials I and L. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-061: Cross - Wayside cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-061----. On a low NNE-SSW ridge in an undulating landscape, c. 170m S of Dysart church (RO047-060001-). Limestone cross facing NNW and SSE with a solid ring head (dims of shaft 0.3m x 0.24m; total H 1.75m), chamfered edges, an incised inscription commemorating Phelim and Sara O'Conor dated 1639, and a hand holding a hurley or club in relief on the NNW face. The shaft is set in a limestone block (dims 0.85m x 0.83m; H 0.35m) with chamfered edges which is set on a mortared limestone plinth (dims 1.4m x 1.4m) and which originally had three stages. (Siggins 1986b, 35) See the attached view from the S Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commeen.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Commeen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Commeen.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/commeen-190770.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/commeen-190770.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/commeen-190770.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Commeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bredagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/bredagh-190288.md
- Cooldorragh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cooldorragh.md
- Cuilleenirwan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cuilleenirwan.md
- Cuilleenoolagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cuilleenoolagh.md
- Milltown: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/milltown-191674.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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