Curreentorpan

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curreentorpan, from 430 m² to 101,316 m² (10.13 ha, 25.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Curreentorpan 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 Curreentorpan 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

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

Recorded monuments

• RO014-065001 Church
  Description

  An early ecclesiastical site, traditionally founded St Patrick. Situated on the crest at the S end of a NW-SE ridge. Rectangular structure (int. dims 8.1m N-S; 4.3m E-W) defined by the base of the walls (T 0.9m; max. H 0.6m) is situated at the W end of a rectangular grass-covered enclosure (RO014-065002-) (int. dims 32.5m E-W; 22.5m N-S) which was used as a children's burial ground. This is defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.5-3.2m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6-1m) containing the base of a wall (T 1.2m at N). The enclosure has an entrance (Wth 1.6m) at the centre of the W side marked by a large stone (dims 0.6m x 0.25m; H 0.7m) on its N side. A bullaun stone (RO014-065004-) (dims 0.75m x 0.5m; T 0.25m) with a single basin (dims 0.5m x 0.4m; D 0.15m) is re-used as a grave-marker S of the church. The E perimeter of the rectangular enclosure is also the E perimeter of a circular grass-covered ecclesiastical enclosure (RO014-065003-) (diam. 66m N-S; 63m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (at E: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m; at W: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO014-065002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Predominantly E and W of the church (RO014-065001-) inside a rectangular grass-covered enclosure (RO014-065002-) (int. dims 32.5m E-W; 22.5m N-S) which was used as a children's burial ground. This is defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.5-3.2m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6-1m) containing the base of a wall (T 1.2m at N). The enclosure has an entrance (Wth 1.6m) at the centre of the W side marked by a large stone (dims 0.6m x 0.25m; H 0.7m) on its N side. Uninscribed grave markers (Wth c. 0.3m; H c. 0.3m) are arranged in N-S rows. S of the church a bullaun stone (RO014-065004-) is used as a grave marker. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO014-065003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The perimeter of the rectangular enclosure (RO014-065002-) at E is the E perimeter of a circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. 66m N-S; 63m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (at E: Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m; at W: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m). The enclosure contains church (RO014-065001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO014-065004 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A bullaun stone (dims 0.75m x 0.5m; T 0.25m) with a single basin (dims 0.5m x 0.4m; D 0.15m) is re-used as a grave-marker in the childrens burial ground (RO014-065002-) surrounding the church (RO014-065001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO014-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the outer edge of a shelf on a gentle S-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 27.3m NW-SE; 23.5m NE-SW) defined by a rush-filled fosse (Wth 1.4-2.3m; D 0.1-0.2m). A NE-SW field drain has been cut through the monument towards the perimeter at E, and the silted fosse (Wth 6m; D 1m) can be seen in the section. There is no visible entrance. 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 Curreentorpan.

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 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 Curreentorpan.

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

Name

Curreentorpan

Area

1,406,170 m² (140.62 ha, 347.47 acres)

Civil parish

Tibohine, and its townlands

Barony

Frenchpark

Electoral division

Fairymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Fairymount electoral division: 332 people in 134 households; 92% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnacawley, Buckill, Clerragh, Eden, Loughglinn Demesne, Mullaghnashee

Placenames

Curreentorpan 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.