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

Townland in the civil parish of Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,055,736 m² (105.57 ha, 260.88 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 114,489 m² (11.45 ha, 28.29 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Taghmaconnell, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/taghmaconnell.md
- Barony: Athlone South
- Electoral division: Castlesampson, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 408 people lived in 138 households in the Castlesampson electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42422
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191160
- Centre: latitude 53.408259, longitude -8.095893 (WGS 84)

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

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Esker, from 3,148 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres) to 300,428 m² (30.04 ha, 74.24 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 679396: 300,428 m² (30.04 ha, 74.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679396.md
- Parcel 646046: 245,819 m² (24.58 ha, 60.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646046.md
- Parcel 718520: 224,759 m² (22.48 ha, 55.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/718520.md
- Parcel 710956: 126,082 m² (12.61 ha, 31.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710956.md
- Parcel 667016: 115,891 m² (11.59 ha, 28.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667016.md
- Parcel 694857: 115,214 m² (11.52 ha, 28.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694857.md
- Parcel 667015: 113,765 m² (11.38 ha, 28.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667015.md
- Parcel 646048: 19,403 m² (1.94 ha, 4.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646048.md
- Parcel 708360: 10,292 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708360.md
- Parcel 715683: 4,493 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715683.md
- Parcel 651113: 4,156 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651113.md
- Parcel 645261: 3,148 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645261.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Esker 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 15 Apr 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660164: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660164/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Castlesampson Esker SAC, site code 001625, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001625
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlesampson Esker, site code 001625

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

- RO051-039: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO051-039----. In a low-lying landscape. Subcircular, slightly domed grass-covered area (int. dims 29m WNW-ESE; 26m NNE-SSW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.25-0.6m; ext H 0.55-1.05m) with some bushes which has evidence of internal and external facing-stones (original Wth 1.3-1.7m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but there are field stones on the perimeter ENE-ESE. Rath (RO051-107----) is c. 220m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO051-107: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO051-107----. On a rise in a low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.7m) separated by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3.4m; Wth of base 1.9m; D 0.4m) from an outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.1m) SW-NW, and by a scarp (H 0.3m) and traces of a fosse (Wth 1.5-2m) elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance. The monument is overlain by a NNW-SSE field wall W of the centre, and the banks and fosse only survive W of this feature. Cashel (RO051-039----) is c. 220m to the NNW. 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 Esker.

## 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 Esker, 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Esker.
- 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/esker.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/esker.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/esker.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Esker 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)

- Castlesampson: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/castlesampson.md
- Corraree and Ballygatta: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/corraree-and-ballygatta.md
- Cuilmore: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cuilmore-190939.md
- Eskerbeg: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/eskerbeg.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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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.

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