Cuilmore

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuilmore, from 25 m² to 413,994 m² (41.4 ha, 102.3 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 Cuilmore 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

• 11 Jul 2018N/a

  for development of a new dwelling with connection to services, domestic garage, entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18347

• 5 Apr 2017Refused

  for development of a new dwelling with connection to services, domestic garage, entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter and all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17138

• 22 Mar 2017N/a

  for development of a new dwelling with connection to services, entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter and all ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17119

• 19 Jan 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of the removal of the existing lean-to single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, the construction of a south facing single storey extension and a north/west facing single storey extension to the existing dwelling house, the provision of a new conventional septic tank system and percolation area, together with all associated siteworks at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1716

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

• RO051-040001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the crest of a knoll. Circular, slightly domed, grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 21.5m NNW-SSE) defined by the remains of a stone wall with inner and outer facing-stones and a rubble core (Wth 1.45-1.65m; max. H 0.6m) SSE-W-NE. A house site (RO051-040002-) (ext. dims at least 5m E-W; 3.3m N-S) defined by the base of a stone wall abuts the inner face of the cashel wall at N. There are fieldstones on the perimeter SSW-WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-040002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On the crest of a knoll. A house site (ext. dims at least 5m E-W; 3.3m N-S) defined by the base of a stone wall abuts the inner face of the wall of cashel (RO051-040001-) at 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 Cuilmore.

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 Cuilmore.

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

Name

Cuilmore

Area

2,085,241 m² (208.52 ha, 515.27 acres)

Civil parish

Taghmaconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Castlesampson, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnanure, Castlesampson, Cloonrollagh, Corraree and Ballygatta, Cuilfadda and Derrinshin, Esker, Eskerbeg, Newtown

Placenames

Cuilmore 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.