# Emlagh More, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oran, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Roscommon. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,683,539 m² (268.35 ha, 663.12 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,404 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oran, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/oran.md - Barony: Ballymoe - Electoral division: Cams, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 506 people lived in 164 households in the Cams electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43818 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191144 - Centre: latitude 53.656997, longitude -8.294524 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Emlagh More, from 115 m² to 1,111,089 m² (111.11 ha, 274.56 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5469183: 1,111,089 m² (111.11 ha, 274.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5469183.md - Parcel 653372: 202,031 m² (20.2 ha, 49.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653372.md - Parcel 654013: 116,240 m² (11.62 ha, 28.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/654013.md - Parcel 671318: 116,237 m² (11.62 ha, 28.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/671318.md - Parcel 5478934: 108,559 m² (10.86 ha, 26.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5478934.md - Parcel 688905: 99,777 m² (9.98 ha, 24.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688905.md - Parcel 690216: 93,548 m² (9.35 ha, 23.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690216.md - Parcel 645037: 74,699 m² (7.47 ha, 18.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645037.md - Parcel 5003435: 62,645 m² (6.26 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5003435.md - Parcel 723160: 60,587 m² (6.06 ha, 14.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723160.md - Parcel 672616: 58,794 m² (5.88 ha, 14.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672616.md - Parcel 677542: 53,832 m² (5.38 ha, 13.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677542.md - Parcel 707700: 46,444 m² (4.64 ha, 11.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/707700.md - Parcel 696274: 43,480 m² (4.35 ha, 10.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696274.md - Parcel 687784: 39,113 m² (3.91 ha, 9.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/687784.md - Parcel 683283: 38,020 m² (3.8 ha, 9.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683283.md - Parcel 701718: 36,805 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701718.md - Parcel 4776892: 36,701 m² (3.67 ha, 9.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4776892.md - Parcel 649184: 23,727 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649184.md - Parcel 658491: 22,150 m² (2.22 ha, 5.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/658491.md - Parcel 689246: 22,005 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689246.md - Parcel 647145: 21,661 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647145.md - Parcel 651124: 19,915 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651124.md - Parcel 672930: 19,676 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672930.md - Parcel 653843: 19,549 m² (1.95 ha, 4.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653843.md - Parcel 676099: 18,918 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676099.md - Parcel 688104: 14,331 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688104.md - Parcel 686450: 14,220 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686450.md - Parcel 679082: 10,589 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679082.md - Parcel 676423: 9,720 m² (0.97 ha, 2.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676423.md - Parcel 697280: 6,462 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697280.md - Parcel 669961: 4,983 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669961.md - Parcel 708272: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708272.md - Parcel 694776: 3,694 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694776.md - Parcel 644281: 3,557 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644281.md - Parcel 698338: 3,423 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698338.md - Parcel 6195637: 3,384 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6195637.md - Parcel 721694: 3,115 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721694.md - Parcel 3099031: 2,957 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3099031.md - Parcel 2559132: 2,906 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559132.md - Parcel 653888: 2,812 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653888.md - Parcel 4896325: 2,777 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4896325.md - Parcel 666828: 2,634 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666828.md - Parcel 721234: 2,591 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721234.md - Parcel 3842665: 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3842665.md - Parcel 686397: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686397.md - Parcel 5005723: 2,279 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5005723.md - Parcel 718868: 2,182 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/718868.md - Parcel 723653: 2,057 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723653.md - Parcel 2559133: 2,010 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559133.md - Parcel 723055: 1,107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/723055.md - Parcel 5005726: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5005726.md - Parcel 712457: 717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/712457.md - Parcel 5802816: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5802816.md - Parcel 707603: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/707603.md - Parcel 6195652: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6195652.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Emlagh More 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 7 Dec 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360247: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the following:1. To refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations and construct new extension, 2. To construct new domestic garage, 3. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, 4. To construct new boundary wall and form new entrance along front boundary, also form new boundary with post and rail fence to sides and rear, to define the garden space associated with the building unit, and carry out all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360247/0 - 16 Feb 2023, Roscommon County Council 2345: Conditional. Permission. PERMISSION to construct: (i) Shed over existing roofless cubicles and all associated site works; RETENTION PERMISSION for retention of roofless cubicle and slatted tank extensions at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2345/0 - 19 Jan 2023, Roscommon County Council 2310: N/a. Permission. Permission to construct (i) Shed over existing roofless cubicles and all associated site works. Permission for retention of roofless cubicle and slatted tank extensions are also required at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2310/0 - 27 Jan 2022, Roscommon County Council 2243: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct domestic dwelling house with domestic garage and proprietary treatment system and tertiary unit along with all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2243/0 - 23 Jan 2020, Roscommon County Council 2024: Conditional. Permission. to construct (i) Milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/drafting yard with flow channel and slatted tank, office, rain water storage tank, storage rooms, meal bin, milk silo tank, plant rooms and hardcore area (ii) Extension to slatted shed to incorporate cubicle areas with 2 extra slatted tanks (iii) Silage slab (iv) Over ground slurry tower and all assorted site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2024/0 - 30 Jul 2018, Roscommon County Council 18385: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission sought to construct extension to existing dwelling house and upgrade existing septic tank to wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18385/0 - 24 Jul 2018, Roscommon County Council 18375: N/a. Permission. to construct extension to existing dwelling house and upgrade existing septic tank to wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated siteworks at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18375/0 - 16 Feb 2017, Roscommon County Council 1767: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a New 3 Bay Slatted Cattle Shed and a Concrete Silage Base, together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1767/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Emlagh More. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - RO039-001001: Architectural fragment, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-001001-. A corbel stone (L. 0.7m; max. H 0.48m; T. 0.25) from an unknown location with late medieval foliage decoration and a figure, possibly a sheela-na-gig (RO039-001002-), is kept at a farmhouse. It may be from the church of Emlagh (RO039-070001-), mentioned in a lease of 1577 (Cronin 1980, 111). (Siggins 1990, 47-8) See attached screenshots of 3D model of architectural fragment created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6sWOE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO039-001002: Sheela-na-gig, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-001002-. A corbel stone (RO039-001001-) decorated with late medevial foliage and a carved figure, possibly a sheela-na-gig, is kept at a farmhouse. (Siggins 1990, 47-8; Freitag 2004, 132) See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6sWOE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO039-070001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-070001-. The church at Emlagh was burned along with some nuns, probably from Termonkeeling (RO020-043001-) or Derrane (RO040-004001-), together with priests and lay people in 1236 (Ann. Conn. 65; Hall 2003, 15). The church of Emlaghmore is mentioned in a lease of 1577 (Cronin 1980, 111), but its exact location is not certain. There is local information on the former existence of a graveyard (RO039-070002-) situated towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope, of which there are no visible remains. The decorated corbel (RO039-001001-) may have come from this location. (Siggins 1990, 46) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO039-070002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-070002-. The church of Emlaghmore is mentioned in a lease of 1577 (Cronin 1980, 111), but its exact location is not known. There is local information on the former existence of a graveyard situated towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope, of which there are no visible remains. The decorated corbel (RO039-001001-) may have come from this location. (Siggins 1990, 46) 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 Emlagh More. ## 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 Emlagh More, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Emlagh More. - 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/emlagh-more.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/emlagh-more.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/emlagh-more.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Emlagh More 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) - Ballydooley: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballydooley.md - Cams: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cams.md - Clooneenbaun: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clooneenbaun.md - Emlagh Beg: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/emlagh-beg.md - Emlaghnagree: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/emlaghnagree.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/emlagh-more - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/emlagh-more