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

Townland in the civil parish of Taghboy, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 815,844 m² (81.58 ha, 201.6 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 82,191 m² (8.22 ha, 20.31 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Taghboy, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/taghboy.md
- Barony: Athlone North
- 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/42630
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 190917
- Centre: latitude 53.481498, longitude -8.213863 (WGS 84)

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

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cronin, from 2,135 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 213,232 m² (21.32 ha, 52.69 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 705451: 213,232 m² (21.32 ha, 52.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705451.md
- Parcel 710834: 202,024 m² (20.2 ha, 49.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710834.md
- Parcel 708421: 169,723 m² (16.97 ha, 41.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708421.md
- Parcel 651081: 110,108 m² (11.01 ha, 27.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651081.md
- Parcel 704747: 82,191 m² (8.22 ha, 20.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/704747.md
- Parcel 707622: 21,860 m² (2.19 ha, 5.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/707622.md
- Parcel 696342: 9,042 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696342.md
- Parcel 679465: 5,264 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679465.md
- Parcel 680589: 2,135 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680589.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cronin 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.

- 25 May 2021, Roscommon County Council 21275: Conditional. Permission. Permission for a temporary meteorological mast - the development will consist of : The erection of a guy - wired lattice meteorological mast of up to 100 metres in height; Associated works, services and foundations area, planning permission is for a period of 2 years (Application made for Permission for a temporary meteorological mast - the development will consist of : The erection of a guy - wired lattice meteorological mast of up to 100 metres in height; Associated works, services and foundations area, planning permission is sought for a period of 5 years) at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21275/0
- 30 Apr 2021, Roscommon County Council 21220: N/a. Permission. for a temporary meteorological mast, the development will consist of: The erection of a guy-wired lattice meteorological mast of up to 100 meters in height and associated works, services and foundations area at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21220/0

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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 Cronin.

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

- RO047-009001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-009001-. Marked on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as 'Cronin Fort' in gothic lettering on both. It is situated on a S-facing slope. Oval grass-covered platform (dims 51.7m N-S; 41.2m E-W) defined by a slight earth and stone bank most evident at W and N (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m), but the perimeter is usually reduced to a scarp (max. H 1.7m at S). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance but some relict field walls (RO047-009002-) cross the interior. The perimeter is quarried at E and there are some clearance cairns in the interior. Rath (RO047-010001-) is about 50m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-009002: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-009002-. On a rise on a S-facing slope. Some relict field walls cross the interior of rath (RO047-009002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-010001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-010001-. On a gentle S-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 29.4m NW-SE; c. 17m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.45m; ext. H 0.7-0.85m) with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 1.5m), which is circumscribed by a field wall SSE-SW. There is no identifiable original entrance and a NW-SE field wall truncates the perimeter NE of the centre and the monument does not survive visibly NE of this feature. Rath (RO047-009001-) is c. 50m to the NW and souterrain site (RO047-067----) is c. 30m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-010002: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-010002-. A field wall runs SW from the perimeter of cashel (RO047-010001-) at S in aerial photograph (CUCAP APH 38), but there is nothing to suggest that it is ancient. It has now been removed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-014001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-014001-. On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.5m ENE-WSW; 30.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 4.5-7m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.4m) with some bushes and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.2-0.55m) best preserved SW-NNE. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) and causeway (Wth 4.2m) are at ESE. There is local knowledge of a short souterrain passage (RO047-014002-) in the disturbed SW quadrant of the interior. Rath (RO047-013----) is c. 150m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-014002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-014002-. On a gentle SE-facing slope. There is local knowledge of a short souterrain passage in the disturbed SW quadrant of the interior of rath (RO047-014001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-015001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-015001-. On the summit of a broad hill. Subcircular scrub-covered area (int. dims 30.5m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 4.5-5m; int. H 0.45-0.65m; ext. H 0.7-1m) with no visible facing-stones. There is no identifiable original entrance, but three relict field walls are attached to the perimeter (max. L 27m) S-W. Cashel (RO047-015004-) is c. 190m to the SSW, while the rath (RO047-015003-) and cashel (RO047-015002-) are c. 250m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-015004: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-015004-. Visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: APH 36, 37) and situated on a slight SW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 25.8m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread best preserved at NE (Wth 3.5m; H 0.3-0.5m). There are no visible facing-stones and there is no identifiable original entrance. Cashel (RO047-015001-) is c. 190m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-015005: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-015005-. On a gentle SE-facing slope. An area of about 48 acres (c. 20 ha) contains the grass-covered foundations of stone walls (Wth c. 1.5m) forming small, generally rectangular fields (dims c. 30m x c. 50m to c. 50m x c. 100m) associated with roadway RO047-015006-). The road may be contemporary with cashel (RO047-015002-) as it approaches its perimeter but does not overlie it. One curving wall traces most of the perimeter of an oval enclosure (dims c. 330m E-W; c. 180m N-S) with the cashel (RO047-015002-) on its perimeter at the SE, but much of this is now in reclaimed ground to the N. The cashels (RO047-015001-; RO047-015004-) are also within the field system. Two rectangular house sites (RO047-015007-; RO047-015008-) defined by stone wall footings are probably post-medieval and lazy-beds are associated with some of the fields. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-020001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-020001-. On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 37m NNW-SSE; 36.3m ENE-WSW) with some bushes defined by an earthen bank best preserved SW-W-NE (at NNW: Wth of base 5.6m; Wth of top 1m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m) where it is accompanied by an external flat-bottomed fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 7.3m; Wth of base 1.3m; D 1.2m) and faint traces of an outer bank. The defining bank is reduced to a low mound (at SSE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) with no evidence of a fosse NE-E-SW, and there is no identifiable original entrance. There is a small rectangular house platform (RO047-020002-) (dims c. 3m x 2m) inside the perimeter at SW. There are lazy-beds and clearance cairns in the interior. See the attached aerial view taken from the NE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-020002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-020002-. On a gentle S-facing slope. There is a small rectangular house platform (dims c. 3m x c. 2m) inside the perimeter of rath (RO047-020001-) at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-067: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-067----. On a gentle S-facing slope c. 30m S of rath (RO047-010001-). An underground passage was discovered in 1934 (Irish Times 3-1-34; Connaught Tribune 6-1-34) which is described locally as a passage (L c. 4m) leading through a creep to a beehive chamber. It was closed c. 1980. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-097: Mass-rock, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-097----. In a small NW-SE valley. This limestone block (dims 0.9m x 0.5m; H 0.7m) is known locally as a mass-rock. 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 Cronin.

## 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 Cronin, 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 Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/cronin.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cronin.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cronin.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cronin 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)

- Carrowkeel: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowkeel-190412.md
- Glenrevagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/glenrevagh-191256.md
- Gortaphuill: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/gortaphuill-191269.md
- Lissaphuca: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissaphuca-191608.md
- Mullaghardagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/mullaghardagh.md
- Tullyneeny: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/tullyneeny.md
- Turrock: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/turrock.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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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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