Elphin

345 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Elphin, from 12 m² to 214,653 m² (21.47 ha, 53.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 152 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 73 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Outer Core (Other mix of uses)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Strategic Industrial / Enterprise Zones (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Jul 2026N/a

  Planning permission to revert the existing vacant old post office on main street, to a two bedroom dwelling house together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660360

• 17 Apr 2026N/a

  Permission for the following: to construct 2 No. semi-detached single storey two bedroom dwellings, together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to all public services at

  Permission, 2 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2660174

• 4 Dec 2025N/a

  Retention permission and permission for the completion of extension to dwelling house, together with ancillary boundary treatment and landscaping at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560573

• 12 Sept 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain as constructed first floor extension to rear of house and revised elevations which differ to that granted under PD/23/60055 and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560435

• 8 Sept 2025Conditional

  Permission to retain 2 No. 3 Bedroom Apartments, one at ground floor level and one at first floor level constructed on site, connections to existing public sewerage, and all associated works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2562

• 26 May 2025Conditional

  Planning permission for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 2 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services (Application made for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 3 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services) at

  Permission, 2 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560247

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  Retention permission and planning permission for the following: 1. to retain 3 no. as constructed dwellings which are partially completed and 2. permission to complete outstanding works along with carrying out all ancillary site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560199

• 22 Apr 2025N/a

  Retention Permission and Planning Permission for the following: 1. To retain 3no as constructed dwellings which are partially completed and permission to complete outstanding works along with carrying out all ancillary site development works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2560180

• 6 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for (i) a change of use from commercial to residential for the ground floor, (ii) and the construction of rear extensions and refurbishment of the existing terrace to provide 3 No. 2 storey residential dwelling houses, with all associated site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560152

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage & home gym, connections to services, demolition of agricultural shed, access onto the public road and associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560034

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission to construct new slatted shed, together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560015

• 6 Jan 2025N/a

  Permission to construct new slatted shed together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560001

• 23 Sept 2024N/a

  Permission to construct new slatted shed, together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460449

• 2 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of: The construction of 9 no. two storey dwelling houses (mix of detached and semi detached houses) and the construction of all ancillary site works to facilitate same including connection to existing public services and sewers (Application made for: The construction of 10 no. two storey dwelling houses (mix of detached and semi detached houses) and the construction of all ancillary site works to facilitate same including connection to existing public services and sewers) at

  Permission, 10 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2460415

• 28 Aug 2024N/a

  The development will consist of: The construction of 10 no. two storey dwelling houses (mix of detached and semi detached houses) and the construction of all ancillary site works to facilitate same including connection to existing public services and sewers at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460408

• 24 Jun 2024Conditional

  Planning permission for the erection of a 3m extension to the existing 21m monopole to support 12 No. new telecommunications antennae and 1 No. 0.6m Dish together with 1 No. RFE Cabinet, 1 No. RBS Cabinet, 1 No. PDB, 1 No. GPS Node Antenna and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2499

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the following: 1. The provision of a single storey extension to the southern elevation of the existing dwellinghouse including the demolition of the existing single storey extension to the southern elevation including all necessary refurbishment works, material alterations and associated ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460232

• 19 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for a change of house and garage design that was previously granted under PD/21/524 along with all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460176

• 16 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct an extension to rear of property to contain a kitchen, utility and wc at ground floor and bedroom at first floor along with alterations to front elevation at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360055

• 24 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and install new waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23320

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission to retain the existing building as it now stands at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23299

• 1 Jun 2023N/a

  Permission in order to retain the existing building as it now stands at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23229

• 1 Jun 2023Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the following: 1. The demolition of existing derelict storage shed; 2. Change of use of the former Elphin Engineering Works to a Veterinary Clinical Laboratory, with the provision of 4 no. high windows on the north elevation; 3. A warehouse extension to the rear of the existing Engineering Works building; 4. The provision of a modular veterinary laboratory; Together with all associated car parking, landscaping, and ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23232

• 30 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of: (a) Demolition of existing unauthorised toilet block attached to existing changing rooms and construction of new two storey extension to existing changing rooms (to include revisions to existing changing room elevations); (b) Provision of new 24.5 X 50m all weather astro training pitch to include 5m high pitch side fencing and ballstop netting plus associated floodlighting; (c) Removal of existing sloped standing area and construction of new tiered stand and associated fencing; (d) Continuation of existing community walkway to site boundary in a concrete finish with low level lighting to entirety of walkway; (e) Provision of sensory garden, community garden & memorial wall to orchard area; (f) Resurfacing of existing internal gravel access road to a tarmacadam finish, to include redesigned parking layouts with associated lighting & drainage; (g) Replacement of pitch side fencing; (h) Replacement of existing dilapidated pitch side dug outs with 2 No new prefabricated dug outs & (i) Removal of decommissioned septic tank at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23223

• 23 May 2023N/a

  Permission for development consisting of the following: 1. The demolition of existing derelict storage shed; 2. Change of use of the former Elphin Engineering Works to a Veterinary Clinical Laboratory, with the provision of 4 no. high windows on the North Elevation; 3. A warehouse extension to the rear of the existing Engineering works building; 4. The provision of a modular veterinary laboratory, together with all associated car parking, landscaping and ancillary site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23213

The 25 most recent of 52 applications.

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 Elphin.

Recorded monuments

• RO016-102001 Mound
  Description

  Depicted as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as a platform (diam. c. 32m) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972). The mound has been levelled in the restoration of the windmill (RO016-102002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-102002 Windmill
  Description

  Built by Edward Synge, Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin, c. 1750 (Rynne 2006, 25). Described as in ruins on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape. A restored tower mill (int. diam. c. 4m; H c. 8m) of three storeys, with lintelled doorways (Wth 1.15m) at E and W. It is lit by small rectangular windows at the first and second floors and has a thatched roof, sails and a rotating cap. It stood on a mound (RO016-102001-) (diam. 32m E-W) defined by a fosse (Gannon 1972), but the mound is no longer visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-126 Ecclesiastical residence
  Description

  On a broad ridge at the N edge of Elphin town, and c. 550m N of the cathedral (RO016-127001-). The palace of the Bishop of Elphin, Tomaltach O'Conor who had just been elected Archbishiop of Tuam, was destroyed in 1258 by Hugh O'Conor, along with the bishop's other palace at Kilteasheen (RO006-013002-) (AFM vol. 3, 365). Its site is unknown. After the supression of the Franciscans at St Patrick's church (RO016-148001-) in 1563 that site was chosen by Bishop King for a palace (RO016-128001-) in the 1620s that became known as the castle. Bishop Hudson provided funds for a Grammar school and the Cathedral in his will in 1685, and this provided capital for a new palace built on the prsent site, but it was not constructed until the 1750s by bishop Edward Synge. This palace consisted of a three-storey central block with two two-storey pavilions attached by plain curved sweeps to the NE and SE. The main block was demolished in 1912, but each side pavilion is a two-storey four bay E front by a three bay side. Archaeological testing c. 50m to the SE of the Palace failed to recover any associated material (Carey 2004a), and archaeological testing during 2008 on the central block uncovered part of the W wall (Wth 1.1m) in an area that was covered with stone and brick debris (Read 2008e; 2011c). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2nd February 2011

• RO016-127001 Cathedral
  Description

  Ono, a Druid and one of two brothers who owned this territory sought gold from St. Patrick for the site of a a church. For this offence the saint said that none of the Cinel Mac Earca would rule the Connachta but would always be allies of their kings. A contrite Ono offered his own fort to the saint who brought forth a spring at Ail Fin which means the fair spring of the stone (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 2-5; Bieler 1979). Another derivation of the name, using Welsh sources, suggests that St Brendan may have been the founder and it means ‘the rock of the fair one’ (Beggan 2016). Elphin supplanted Roscommon (RO039-043006-) as the diocesan centre by c.1170, probably because of the strength and reputation of St Patrick's abbey (RO016-148001-), but a separate cathedral of St Mary had been built by the early 13th century and is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin diocese in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). There were eight bishops named O'Conor before 1343, one of whom, Tomaltach, became Archbishop of Armagh in 1180. After a disputed election in 1244, the elections came more under the direction of the King and the Pope. Roland de Burgo, appointed in the 1540s, was the first Protestant bishop and Elphin continued as the diocesan centre until 1961. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 75-7) The church was damaged in 1641, and a new cathedral was erected on the original foundations in 1757-8. This was rebuilt in 1823, while the apse was added in 1872. The church was largely demolished in 1964, and the remains conserved in 1982 (Gibley 1988). Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope, at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (RO016-127007-) (int. dims 60m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls and containing 18th - 20th century headstones. The remains consist of a rectangular structure (int. dims 21.45m E-W; 7.63m N-S) defined by conserved walls (H 2m; T 0.95m). The base of the rectangular tower (int. dims 2.5m E-W; 2.35m N-S; H c. 3m) is at the W end, and a chapter room (int. dims 6m N-S; 4.85m E-W) with featureless masonry walls (H 1.4m; T 0.6m) was added at the W end of the S wall. The apse (int. dims 6.45m N-S; 5.35m E-W) at the E end of the nave has 5 round-headed windows, but the base of its piers, and the step separating it from the nave, are of dundry. Two (RO016-127003-; RO016-127004-) of at least four 17th century grave-slabs (Weld 1832, 356-2; Burke 1895, 102-5, 111-7), including that of Bishop Edward King, are within the church. There is a record of a 'font stone' (RO016-127006-) which it was commonly believed held the imprint of St Patrick's knee. This relic, which may have been a bullaun stone, was destroyed by rebels in 1641 (Burke 1895, 112). St Patrick's Well (RO016-127008-) is c. just N of the graveyard. This was enclosed in a masonry pier (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 0.8m) in the 19th century. It was re-established in 1984, enclosed in its pier, and provided with a patio, at which time a large stone (RO016-127009-) was erected nearby to commemorate the original foundation (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 2-4). St Patrick's abbey (RO016-148001-) is probably c. 550m to the N on the site of the post-medieval bishop's palace (RO016-126----). A test excavation (00E0171) c. 50m W of the graveyard failed to yield any evidence associated with the church or settlement (Halpin 2002), but a test excavation (00E0579) produced a paved area (dims 1.5m N-S; 0.8m E-W) outside the N wall of the church (Carey 2002). Test excavations (01E0704) c. 100m S of the church produced a stone-lined 18th century kiln (RO016-127010-) (dims 2.3m E-W; 1.4-1.6m N-S; D 0.6m), which was probably for corn-drying (Read 2003d, 355; 2006n). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 7 October 2017

• RO016-127002 Wall monument
  Description

  Placed on the inner face of the S wall of St Mary's Cathedral (RO016-127001-), E of the doorway to the chapter room is a limestone slab (Wth 0.43m; H 0.62m; T 0.08m) commemorating Nathaniel King, dated 1636. Weld (1832, 360) records the inscription as: Here lieth / the body of / Nathaniel / King / 1636 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127003 Wall monument
  Description

  The memorial of Bishop Edward King, dated 1638 was on a wall of St Mary's Cathedral (RO016-127001-), but it does not survive. It was recorded by Burke (1895, 111), and by Weld (1832, 358) as: Here lieth the body of Edwa- / rd King Doctor in Divinity co- / nsecrated Bishop of Elphin anno / Dmni 1610 and continued Bp in that / See until the eight of March / 1638 on which day and yeare he / died at the age of 63. This Bisho- / p much augmented the revenue / of the see was a constant pre- / acher of God’s word and a man / of great sanctity of life. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127004 Wall monument
  Description

  There is a record of a memorial slab to John Hodson, who died in 1685, which was located on the wall of the chapter house of Elphin cathedral (RO016-127001-) (Burke 1895,115). This does not survive, but was read by Burke as: DEPOSITUM JOHANIS HODSON / NUPER ELPHININSIS EPISCO- /PE QUI OBYT 18TH FEBRY / ANNO DOMINI 1685 / ET AETATIS SUAE 77 / HIC REQUISECIT / SPE BES- / TAE RESUR- / RECTI- / ONIS. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127005 Wall monument
  Description

  There is a record of a memorial slab to an unknown person with the date 1623 which mentions his wife, Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Weld 1832, 359) in the cathedral (RO016-127001-). The stone survives (Wth 0.9m; H 2.1m; T 0.1m) against the inner face of the N wall but its inscription is illegible apart from the dates in roman numerals. Weld recorded the inscription as: MS / Exuviae / Audoenni ovd….armiger / Quas in Elphinesai…. recondi…./ Supremis….ulis…./ manebit / Cartissimam fidem in Catholico / Fidelium resurgentium coeternum induendi / Natus est anno aerae Christian… / MDCXXIII (1623) Denatus XVIII Januarii anno / MDCLXIIII (1664) / Uxore Elizabetha Fitzgealdr / Cum sexi Iberis superslite / Quae doloris suae atque amoris / partier summi / Hoc monumentum / Viro maerens posuit /Tandem deposuit quiequid erat / Mortale Elizabetha supra scritn….. The rest was illegible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 19 June 2015

• RO016-127006 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In the graveyard of Elphin cathedral (RO016-127001-) there was a 'font stone' which it was commonly believed held the imprint of St Patrick's knee. This relic was destroyed by rebels in 1641 (Burke 1895, 112). This may have been a bullaun stone rather than a font, but it does not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127007 Graveyard
  Description

  The cathedral of Elphin (RO016-127001-) is at the S end of a rectangular graveyard (int. dims 60m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls and containing 18th - 20th century graves. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127008 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St Patrick's Well, just N of the cathedral (RO016-127002-), was enclosed in a masonry pier (dims 0.8m x 0.8m; H 0.8m) in the 19th century. It was re-established in 1984, enclosed in its pier and provided with a patio, at which time a large stone (RO016-127009-) was erected nearby to commemorate the original foundation. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-127010 Kiln
  Description

  A test excavation (01E0704) c. 90m S of the church (RO016-127001-) produced a stone-lined 18th century kiln (dims. 2.3m E-W; 1.4-1.6m N-S; D 0.6m), which was probably for corn-drying (Read 2003d; 2006n). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-128001 Ecclesiastical residence
  Description

  A palace for the C. of I bishop was built on the site of St Patrick's church (RO016-148001-), after the supression of the Franciscan friary in 1563. It was built by bishop King, probably in 1629, and may have been a fortified house which was known locally as the castle. It was abandoned by bishop Tilson in 1645 (Weld 1832, 361), and was occupied by Franciscans 1650-54 (Giblin 1988). Funds for a Grammar School and the Cathedral (RO016-127001-) were provided in 1685 in the will of Bishop John Hudson, and these were partly used to provide a new palace but the site was moved to the present Bishop's palace (RO016-126----) (ibid. 362) when it was begun in the 1750s by Bishop Smyth. Situated on a slight ridge, c. 200m E of the Cathedral (RO016-127001-), its site was identified by J. O'Donovan in a field known as the Castle Garden in the 1830s (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 19). Nothing is visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-130 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a small feature (diam. c. 10-15m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a rise of an E-facing slope, c. 140m W of Kinard House. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 8.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth. 4.4-4.8m; int. H 0.25m at N to 0.8m at W; ext. H 1.3m-1.8m) with mature deciduous trees on the perimeter and an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at NNE. It may be a tree-ring. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-148001 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  Traditionally, a church was established by St Patrick at a well beside a rock (Bieler 1978, 95-7), hence the name Ail Fionn or Elphin meaning 'the sweet well by the rock'. The names of the first two bishops, Assicus and Bite, are known, but nothing else is recorded until the Augustinian rule was introduced to St Patrick's in the early 12th century. St Patrick's continued separate from St Mary's Cathedral (RO016-127001-) and is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). However, by 1442 the community was extinct and the church had been transferred to the Franciscans (Gibley 1988), although some sources describe them as Dominican (Nicholls 1972-3, 37). St Patrick's was suppressed in 1563 and it was described as a church, cloister and dormitory in 1591, (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 175, 249). A palace (RO016-128001-) for the Church of Ireland bishop was built from its materials which became known as the castle, the location of which was identified by J. O'Donovan in 1837 as the castle field, which is also the site of St. Patrick's (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 5). The Franciscans continued in the Elphin area, even holding a chapter here in 1672, but by the late 18th century they had disappeared from the area (Gibley 1988, 27). No trace of the church is extant and its exact location is not known. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-157001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the E edge of a plateau where the ground slopes steeply down to the E. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 39m N-S; 36.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at S to 0.9m at E), with a slight external berm (Wth 2.7-3m) WSW-NNW. There is no visible entrance, but an ice-house (RO016-157002-), consisting of a spherical brick chamber (int. diam. 2.6m) with an entrance passage (int. dims 3.3m NNE-SSW; 1.15m WNW-ESE) to the NE and the remains of its mound (diam. 15m; H 0.7-1m) occupies the NE quadrant. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-157002 Icehouse
  Description

  At the E edge of a plateau where the ground slopes steeply down to the E. This is a spherical brick chamber (int. diam. 2.6m) with an entrance passage (int. dims 3.3m NNE-SSW; 1.15m WNW-ESE) to the NE. It is surrounded by the remains of its mound (diam. 15m; H 0.7-1m) and occupies the NE quadrant of rath (RO016-157001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• Archbold House, convent/nunnery, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan eight-bay two-storey former convent, built in 1868 by founder Sister Mary Elizabeth Archbold, with two-bay gabled breakfront, three-bay extension to west and five-bay return and extension to rear. Now in use as a nursing home. Pitched slate roof with hipped slate roof to western extension. Rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots and remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render to walls with sill course except for westernmost bay. Round-headed window openings set in arcading to ground floor of eastern bays containing replacement uPVC windows surmounted by circular panes of stained glass. Timber double sash windows to first floor within double-arched openings separated by stone colonnettes. Statue, rose window and metal cross finial to breakfront. Sash windows to rear. Segmental-headed recesses to western extension with segmental-headed timber sash windows. Serlian opening to main entrance. Replacement timber panelled double door surmounted by stained glass fanlight and stained glass round-headed sash sidelights. Set within its own grounds with religious statuary. Bounded to road by random coursed stone wall and modern railings.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey bank, built c.1880, abutting structure to east, with open-bed pedimented three-bay breakfront, integral carriage arch to east end and return to rear. Pitched slate roof with stone coping and rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed rock-faced limestone walls with sandstone cornice, string course and raised surrounds to openings with keystones to doorways and upper windows. Central window to upper storey surmounted by round-headed pediment. Windows are timber sash with replacement uPVC casements to ground floor. Timber panelled door with overlight and step. Timber battened double doors to segmental-headed integral carriage arch with sandstone voussoirs. Bank building is set back slightly from street and bounded by wrought-iron railings and gate.

• Mill (wind), 1720–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached circular-plan three-stage windmill, built c.1730, and restored in 1996. Thatched rye rotating roof with four timber sails. Timber tail pole connected to roof and resting on cart wheel to ground, used to direct the sail. Fixed pane glass to upper storey windows. Timber battened doors to both entrances. Modern single-storey ''Windmill Cottage'' to south of mill in use as visitor's centre.

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 10 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 Elphin.

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

Name

Elphin · Ail Finn

Area

3,183,101 m² (318.31 ha, 786.56 acres)

Civil parish

Elphin, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Elphin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Elphin electoral division: 893 people in 371 households; 63% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeycartron, Ardnagowna, Caldrymoran, Carrownurlar, Chanterland or Windmillpark, Corgarve, Edenan, Emlagh, Kilmacumsy, Kinard, Lisboy, Lismageevoge, Lissadorn

Placenames

Elphin 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.