Kilbegly

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbegly, from 140 m² to 203,047 m² (20.3 ha, 50.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilbegly in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 8 Dec 2023Conditional

  Retention permission for an agricultural building containing a machinery shed/meal storage/haybarn, slatted shed, a milking parlour, a dairy unit, plant room and office, a rainwater storage tank, a dungsted and a grain silo, a second agricultural building containing a machinery store, calving shed, calf pens and cattle handling unit and all ancillary site works to facilitate same at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2360255

• 16 Nov 2023N/a

  Planning Permission to retain an agricultural building containing a machinery shed, slatted shed, a milking parlor, a dairy unit, plant room, office, rainwater storage tank, a dungstead and a grain silo, a second agricultural building containing a machinery store, calving shed, calf pens and cattle handling unit and all ancillary site works to facilitate same at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2360217

• 26 Jul 2022Conditional

  Permission to erect a dwelling house, domestic garage, to install a secondary waste water treatment unit with soil polishing filter and to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22392

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to erect an agricultural shed together with ancillary services to facilitate same at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22123

• 30 Jul 2021Conditional

  for the construction of a new front porch, new two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling with new covered seating area plus alterations to existing elevations and associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21438

• 30 Jun 2021N/a

  permission for the construction of a new front porch, new two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling with new covered seating area plus alteratons to existing elevations and associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21363

• 1 Nov 2018Conditional

  to retain existing slatted and dry bed shed with silage slab and all ancillary site works at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18546

• 2 Feb 2018Conditional

  for construction of a bungalow dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 1837

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 Kilbegly.

Recorded monuments

• RO054-026001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked only on the 1924-5 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although called Tober Beaglaoich by John O' Donovan writing in the 1830s (Herity 2010, 15). The well, church and townland were named after Beag Bile, a saint associated with Tullaghobegly church, Co. Donegal (DG025-024----), who was also honoured here. The saint's feastday fell on the 1st November (Ó Riain 2011, 91-2), and while this well had a pattern in the 19th century (OS Name Books) the date is unknown. The well is situated towards the bottom of a steep SW-facing slope. It is a circular well (int. diam. 0.7m x 0.8m; D 0.8m) defined by a drystone wall which is open to the SW with two steps leading into it and a holy bush (RO054-026002-) with rags adjacent. Kilbegly Church (RO054-027001-) is c. 260m to the NE, and the corn-drying kiln (RO054-069----) is c. 180m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-026002 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a steep SW-facing, rush-covered slope. There is a holy bush with rags adjacent to the holy well (RO054-026001-). Kilbegly Church (RO054-027001-) is c. 260m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO054-027001 Church
  Description

  During the middle ages this was probably a chapel-of ease to Moore parish church (RO054-024001-) in Tuam diocese, and it is situated on a hillock. The church may have an early origin. The holy well (RO054-026001-), church and townland were named after Beag Bile, a saint associated with Tullaghobegly church, Co. Donegal (DG025-024----), who was also honoured here. The saint's feastday fell on the 1st November (Ó Riain 2011, 91-2), and while the well had a pattern in the 19th century (OS Name Books) the date is unknown. The church is a rectangular masonry structure (int. dims 12.3m E-W; 4.9m N-S) with some large stones at the lower level suggesting two construction periods. Only the N, E, and the E end of the S walls survive (H 2m; T 0.7m), the rest being reduced to the foundations. There is a simple light towards the W end of the N wall, but no evidence of a doorway. The church is at the highest point of and towards the S edge of a subcircular ecclesiastical enclosure (RO054-027003-) (dims 108m N-S; 92m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.3-1.1m; ext. H 0.6-1.8m) reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) SSW-W and with a fosse (Wth of top 5.6m; Wth of base 1.6m; int. D 1.8m; ext. D 0.6m) surviving at NE only. Two parallel banks 14m apart run E from the church to the enclosing bank which is surrounded by the wall of the graveyard (RO054-027002-) (dims c. 130m N-S; c. 95m E-W). Holy Well (RO054-026001-) is c. 260m to the SW. The original graveyard is depicted faintly on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) extending E and S from the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 May 2017

• RO054-027002 Graveyard
  Description

  The church of Kilbegly (RO054-027001-) is at the highest point of and towards the S edge of a subcircular ecclesiastical enclosure (RO054-027003-) which is surrounded by the wall of the graveyard (dims c. 130m N-S; c . 95m E-W). The original graveyard is depicted faintly on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) extending E and S from the church. A geophysical survey undertaken in 2015 identified the ditch of the ecclesiastical enclosure running outside of and roughly parallel with the graveyard wall at W, and a fallow area (Wth c. 30m) was left to protect it. Archaeological testing (18E0345) by Dominic Delaney & Associates W of the fallow area produced no related material (excavations.ie 2018:879). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 20 October 2021

• RO054-027003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The church of Kilbegly (RO054-027001-) is at the highest point of and towards the S of a subcircular enclosure (dims 108m N-S; 92m E-W) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.3-1.1m; ext. H 0.6-1.8m) reduced to a scarp (H 0.6m) SSW-W and with a fosse (Wth of top 5.6m; Wth of base 1.6m; int. D 1.8m; ext. D 0.6m) surviving at NE only. Two parallel banks 14m apart run E from the church to the enclosing bank which is surrounded by the wall of the graveyard (RO054-027002-). A geophysical survey undertaken in 2015 identified the ditch of the enclosure running outside of and roughly parallel with the graveyard wall at W, and a fallow area (Wth c. 30m) was left to protect it. Archaeological testing (18E0345) by Dominic Delaney & Associates W of the fallow area produced no related material (excavations.ie 2018:879). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 20 October 2021

• RO054-068 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Archaeological excavation (E3369) during 2007 at Kilbegly 2 as part of the Athlone to Ballinasloe N6 road development recovered an almost complete horizontal water mill. Part of a millpond, a complete flume and the wheel-pit were excavated by N. Jackman for the NRA (Jackman 2010a). The pond (area c. 340 square m) arose through natural springs, and was directed by large re-used beams and wattle fences to an oak flume (L 2.75m; Wth 0.45-0.65m; H 0.55m) carved from a single piece with a separate lid and a yew aperture plate at the lower end secured with iron rivets. The undercroft (dims c. 1.4m x 1.4m) had wooden walls (H 1m) on three sides and a floor of six wooden planks. The tail-race was a cut (Wth 3m; max. D 1.5m) that ran NE-SW and was excavated for a length of 25m. Within the tail-race and c. 5.5m from the undercroft was a wooden platform (dims 2.6m x 2.15m) of seven oak planks that is interpreted as an earlier mill with dendrochronological dates after AD 601 and AD 534. In addition two earlier head-races (Wth c. 1.2m; D 0.45-0.65m) lined with wattle ran NE-SW towards the mill but did not communicate with it. Parts of the wheel hub and two of its paddles were also recovered. Radiocarbon and dendrochronological dates were recovered ranging from the fifth to the ninth centuries AD, but the structure is likely to date from the mid-seventh to the mid-ninth centuries. The mill has produced a wealth of environmental and technological data. The corn-drying kiln (RO054-070----) is c. 110m to the NE, and Kilbegley church (RO054-027001-) is on a rise c. 500m to the ENE. The fulacht fia (RO054-069----) is c. 30m to the NE. When the conservation of the flume and undercroft is completed it is intended to display them at a suitable venue. (Jackman 2009, Jackman 2010; Jackman 2013; Jackman et al. 2013, vol. 1) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 30 July, 2013; 25 November, 2013

• RO054-069 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Archaeological excavation (E3369) during 2007 at Kilbegly 2 as part of the Athlone to Ballinasloe N6 road development recorded a fulacht fia. It consisted of a spread of broken and burnt stones (dims 8.2m E-W; 6.3m N-S; T 0.4m) which overlay an oval, wattle-lined trough (dims 1.62m x 1.12m; max. D 0.4m). Four samples from the trough produced closely corresponding dates of Cal. BC 2134-1886. The later horizontal water mill (RO054-068----) is c. 30m to the SW, and the corn-drying kiln (RO054-070----) is c. 70m to the NE and (Jackman 2010; 2010a, vol. 1, 18-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 25 November, 2013

• RO054-070 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  On a slight SW-facing slope. Archaeological excavation (E3329) during 2007 at Kilbegly 1 as part of the Athlone to Ballinasloe M6 road development revealed seven pits, one of which, a figure-of-eight pit (max. dims 2.4m NNE-SSW; 1.7m WNW-ESE; D 0.25m) was a corn-drying kiln. About 34m to the N was a slightly curved trench (L 10.8m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.32m) with some animal bones, which may have been s slot-trench for a wind-break. A sample from the kiln produced a C14 determination of cal. AD 1454-1631, providing a late medievel date. The church (RO054-027001-) is c. 350m to the ENE, holy well (RO054-026----) is c. 180m to the SE and the horizontal water mill (RO054-068----), with which the corn-drying kiln is not connected, is c. 110m to the SW. (Jackman. 2009, 16; Jackman 2010) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 25 November, 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilbegly.

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilbegly, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilbegly.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Kilbegly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Kilbegly

Area

1,595,093 m² (159.51 ha, 394.16 acres)

Civil parish

Moore, and its townlands

Barony

Moycarn

Electoral division

Culliagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

208 people lived in 76 households in the Culliagh electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beagh (Brabazon), Beagh (Naghten), Beagh (Trench), Coolderry, Culliaghmore, Rathpeak, Sralea

Placenames

Kilbegly 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.