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

Townland in the civil parish of Estersnow, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,371,979 m² (237.2 ha, 586.13 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Estersnow, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/estersnow.md
- Barony: Boyle
- Electoral division: Croghan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 416 people lived in 152 households in the Croghan electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42836
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191179
- Centre: latitude 53.930955, longitude -8.212553 (WGS 84)

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

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faus, from 177 m² to 152,277 m² (15.23 ha, 37.63 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4813993: 152,277 m² (15.23 ha, 37.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4813993.md
- Parcel 660903: 138,519 m² (13.85 ha, 34.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/660903.md
- Parcel 678315: 120,632 m² (12.06 ha, 29.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678315.md
- Parcel 678890: 100,639 m² (10.06 ha, 24.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678890.md
- Parcel 650548: 94,635 m² (9.46 ha, 23.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650548.md
- Parcel 658330: 93,975 m² (9.4 ha, 23.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/658330.md
- Parcel 679907: 84,441 m² (8.44 ha, 20.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679907.md
- Parcel 713693: 82,514 m² (8.25 ha, 20.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713693.md
- Parcel 662412: 81,160 m² (8.12 ha, 20.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/662412.md
- Parcel 708406: 75,337 m² (7.53 ha, 18.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708406.md
- Parcel 678782: 65,223 m² (6.52 ha, 16.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678782.md
- Parcel 714960: 64,511 m² (6.45 ha, 15.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714960.md
- Parcel 654704: 61,595 m² (6.16 ha, 15.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/654704.md
- Parcel 2843552: 58,152 m² (5.82 ha, 14.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2843552.md
- Parcel 656064: 56,386 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/656064.md
- Parcel 677346: 50,835 m² (5.08 ha, 12.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677346.md
- Parcel 5700242: 49,984 m² (5 ha, 12.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5700242.md
- Parcel 661506: 48,289 m² (4.83 ha, 11.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661506.md
- Parcel 678753: 47,651 m² (4.77 ha, 11.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678753.md
- Parcel 1534915: 47,586 m² (4.76 ha, 11.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534915.md
- Parcel 2860789: 41,629 m² (4.16 ha, 10.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2860789.md
- Parcel 678589: 40,366 m² (4.04 ha, 9.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678589.md
- Parcel 657309: 39,961 m² (4 ha, 9.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657309.md
- Parcel 655230: 37,836 m² (3.78 ha, 9.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655230.md
- Parcel 668317: 37,578 m² (3.76 ha, 9.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/668317.md
- Parcel 702523: 35,384 m² (3.54 ha, 8.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/702523.md
- Parcel 2860764: 33,566 m² (3.36 ha, 8.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2860764.md
- Parcel 717499: 32,481 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717499.md
- Parcel 717095: 30,765 m² (3.08 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717095.md
- Parcel 710021: 30,690 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710021.md
- Parcel 651406: 27,543 m² (2.75 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651406.md
- Parcel 667545: 26,539 m² (2.65 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667545.md
- Parcel 678442: 25,586 m² (2.56 ha, 6.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678442.md
- Parcel 710537: 24,318 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710537.md
- Parcel 678474: 21,676 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/678474.md
- Parcel 684889: 17,843 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/684889.md
- Parcel 713313: 17,829 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713313.md
- Parcel 650855: 17,824 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650855.md
- Parcel 712101: 17,115 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/712101.md
- Parcel 697613: 15,431 m² (1.54 ha, 3.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697613.md
- Parcel 703524: 13,705 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703524.md
- Parcel 700577: 13,430 m² (1.34 ha, 3.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700577.md
- Parcel 711237: 10,184 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/711237.md
- Parcel 711812: 8,553 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/711812.md
- Parcel 713986: 7,485 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713986.md
- Parcel 671710: 7,395 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/671710.md
- Parcel 712310: 6,568 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/712310.md
- Parcel 649099: 4,934 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649099.md
- Parcel 711679: 4,792 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/711679.md
- Parcel 677069: 4,550 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677069.md
- Parcel 723614: 4,539 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723614.md
- Parcel 652495: 4,419 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/652495.md
- Parcel 697598: 4,137 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697598.md
- Parcel 652078: 4,057 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/652078.md
- Parcel 650513: 3,941 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650513.md
- Parcel 699778: 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/699778.md
- Parcel 703203: 3,855 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703203.md
- Parcel 697609: 3,658 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697609.md
- Parcel 705858: 3,490 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705858.md
- Parcel 684785: 3,480 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/684785.md
- Parcel 699846: 3,412 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/699846.md
- Parcel 717749: 3,342 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717749.md
- Parcel 700126: 3,216 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700126.md
- Parcel 2895993: 3,179 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2895993.md
- Parcel 681141: 2,973 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/681141.md
- Parcel 709142: 2,947 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/709142.md
- Parcel 685733: 2,878 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/685733.md
- Parcel 662571: 2,863 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/662571.md
- Parcel 706138: 2,849 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/706138.md
- Parcel 6182253: 2,682 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6182253.md
- Parcel 643771: 2,448 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/643771.md
- Parcel 724877: 2,425 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/724877.md
- Parcel 686705: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686705.md
- Parcel 719795: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/719795.md
- Parcel 709341: 2,104 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/709341.md
- Parcel 1534399: 2,103 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534399.md
- Parcel 698839: 2,032 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698839.md
- Parcel 698483: 1,967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/698483.md
- Parcel 709791: 1,932 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/709791.md
- Parcel 663544: 1,766 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/663544.md
- Parcel 714087: 1,748 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/714087.md
- Parcel 680501: 1,599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/680501.md
- Parcel 683576: 1,584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/683576.md
- Parcel 647743: 1,560 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/647743.md
- Parcel 668730: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/668730.md
- Parcel 689175: 1,536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/689175.md
- Parcel 695300: 1,535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/695300.md
- Parcel 697657: 1,518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/697657.md
- Parcel 665445: 1,467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/665445.md
- Parcel 1534914: 1,467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534914.md
- Parcel 645994: 1,462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/645994.md
- Parcel 666291: 1,453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/666291.md
- Parcel 661817: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/661817.md
- Parcel 694012: 1,425 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/694012.md
- Parcel 690289: 1,416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/690289.md
- Parcel 653967: 1,414 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/653967.md
- Parcel 691649: 1,409 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/691649.md
- Parcel 677691: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/677691.md
- Parcel 698667: 1,389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/698667.md
- Parcel 1536073: 1,388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1536073.md
- Parcel 652762: 1,381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/652762.md
- Parcel 666991: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/666991.md
- Parcel 670117: 1,352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/670117.md
- Parcel 699458: 1,345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699458.md
- Parcel 6006608: 1,342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6006608.md
- Parcel 662903: 1,251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/662903.md
- Parcel 652850: 1,171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/652850.md
- Parcel 6006610: 996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6006610.md
- Parcel 646929: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/646929.md
- Parcel 685964: 729 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/685964.md
- Parcel 705037: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/705037.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Faus 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.

- 27 Jun 2024, Roscommon County Council 24101: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct a new 4 bay slatted cattle shed, together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/24101/0
- 28 May 2024, Roscommon County Council 2487: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Planning Permission to extend and renovate an existing dwelling house. The works will include: 1. The demolition of an existing extension and the construction of a new extension to the rear of the dwelling. 2. The removal of 2 no. existing chimneys. 3. The widening of 2 no. existing rear window openings and to construct a new window opening. 4. The construction of a new double-door opening, in the west gable elevation together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2487/0
- 14 May 2024, Roscommon County Council 2476: N/a. Permission. Permission to extend and renovate an existing dwelling house. The works will include 1. The construction of an extension to the rear of the dwelling 2.The removal of 2 no. existing chimneys 3. The widening of 2 no. existing rear window openings and to construct a new window opening 4. The construction of a new double-door opening, in the West gable elevation together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2476/0

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 Faus.

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

- RO010-042: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO010-042----. At the W end of a slight E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 38.5m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7m at N to 4.2m at W; int. H 0.2m at S to 0.6m at N; ext. H 0.2m at S to 0.6m at W). A gap (Wth 4m) at S may be an enlarged original entrance. A N-S relict field wall, visible as a grass-covered stone spread (dims 15m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.2m), overlies the N interior, and a modern drain skirts the perimeter at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO010-044: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO010-044----. At the NE end of a low NE-SW ridge. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 34.5m N-S; 33.5m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3-3.6m; int. H 0.2-0.45m; ext. H 0.55-0.8m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.2m) S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance, but an ENE-WSW field bank and drain overlie the monument towards the perimeter at N. 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 Faus.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Faus.
- 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/faus.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/faus.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/faus.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Faus 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)

- Ardglass: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ardglass.md
- Ardmore: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ardmore-190081.md
- Cavetown or Ballynahoogh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cavetown-or-ballynahoogh.md
- Derrylow: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/derrylow.md
- Enagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/enagh.md
- Estersnow: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/estersnow.md
- Farranagalliagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/farranagalliagh.md
- Lugnashammer: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lugnashammer.md
- Rinn: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rinn.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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