# Farnmore, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cloonfinlough, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 948,173 m² (94.82 ha, 234.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,453 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cloonfinlough, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/cloonfinlough.md - Barony: Roscommon - Electoral division: Strokestown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,232 people lived in 529 households in the Strokestown electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% 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/44412 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191172 - Centre: latitude 53.762295, longitude -8.105204 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farnmore, from 4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres) to 571,279 m² (57.13 ha, 141.17 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 679608: 571,279 m² (57.13 ha, 141.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679608.md - Parcel 722913: 364,051 m² (36.41 ha, 89.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722913.md - Parcel 662660: 4,453 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/662660.md - Parcel 667238: 4,205 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667238.md - Parcel 680617: 4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680617.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Farnmore 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 3 Dec 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560569: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the following: 1. To demolish existing rear extension and sheds, 2. To refurbish existing house to include alterations to elevations, 3. To construct new extension and 4. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560569/0 - 3 Apr 2018, Roscommon County Council 18151: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to demolish existing cottage, construct part single storey and two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18151/0 - 13 Mar 2018, Roscommon County Council 18116: N/a. Permission. Planning permission to demolish existing cottage, construct part single storey and two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18116/0 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 Farnmore. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - RO029-018001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO029-018001-. On a level landscape. Described as an overgrown circular area (diam. 39m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and rounded fosse (Gannon 1972). It has been removed and replaced by a pond. Rath (RO029-018002-) was attached to the E. Raths (RO028-019----; RO028-020----) are c. 190m and c. 210m to the NE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO029-018002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO029-018002-. On a level landscape. Described as a D-shaped area defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse (dims 30m N-S; 28.3m E-W) (Gannon 1972). Rath (RO029-018001-) was attached to the W, and cut the perimeter of this site at W. It is no longer visible at ground level. Raths (RO028-019----; RO028-020----) are c. 190m and c. 210m to the NE respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO029-022: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO029-022----. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) cut by a NE-SW field bank and townland boundary with Farnbeg at NW on the 1837 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a level landscape. Gannon (1972) records fragments of an earthen bank and outer fosse at NE and SW, but these are no longer visible at ground level in pasture. Rath (RO029-021----) is c. 140m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO029-068: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO029-068----. Towards the bottom of an E-facing slope with a S-N section of the Scramoge River c. 180m to the E. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth of base 3.4-4m; Wth of top 1.3-2m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1-1.4m) which has three deciduous trees on it and is reduced to a low scarp E-S. The shallow fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6m; Wth of base 2.4-3m; D 0.3-0.4m) cannot be traced SW-WNW. There are five gaps (Wth 1.6-6m) in the bank, none of which can be identified as original. Rath (RO028-067----) is c. 180m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO029-069: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO029-069----. On a level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m NE-SW; c. 38m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at NE: Wth 2m; H 1.1m) with the remains of an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.5m; Wth of top 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) at SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the monument is slightly truncated by a NW-SE farm track at S. Rath (RO028-0021----) is c. 180m 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 Farnmore. ## 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 Farnmore, 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 Farnmore. - 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/farnmore.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/farnmore.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/farnmore.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Farnmore 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) - Ballyhammon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballyhammon.md - Carrowntryla: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowntryla.md - Cloonslanor: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloonslanor.md - Farnbeg: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/farnbeg.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/newtown-191733.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/farnmore - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/farnmore