Kilcolagh

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcolagh, from 3,136 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres) to 258,410 m² (25.84 ha, 63.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilcolagh 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Kilcolagh in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Kilcolagh.

Recorded monuments

• RO010-071 Boundary mound
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'mound'. This would be a Townland boundary mound erected by the Ordinance Survey on bogland between Kilcolagh and Ratallen. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 8 June 2015

• RO010-072 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a small, steep-sided knoll. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 9.3m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8m at W to 5.6m at E; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.6-1m generally to 1.7m at N) WSW-N-ESE, the perimeter being quarried away elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Kilcolagh church (RO010-073001-) is c. 80m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-073001 Church
  Description

  The parish church of Kilcolagh, listed as Kiltoulach and described as deserted in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin (Cal. doc. Ire.. vol. 5, 223). Situated on a low rise. It was dedicated to Ingheana Cathbhadh, the (7) daughters of Cathbhadh, and cousins of Bridget of Kildare (Ó Rian 2011, 379). The base of the N (L 14.5m) and W (L 6m) walls survive as grass-covered stone spreads (Wth c. 2.5m; H 0.3m). There is no evidence of burial, although a rectangular graveyard (RO010-073002-) (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) is marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. It is within an enclosure (RO010-073004-) (diam. c. 30m) represented by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) SE-SW which is obscured elsewhere by N-S field banks to the E and W of the church, an E-W field bank N of the church, and a abandoned farmyard to the E. There is a bullaun stone (RO010-073003-) (dims 0.7m x 0.4m; H 0.2m) with a single oval basin (dims 0.35m x. 0.26m; D 0.15) just S of the church. Barrow (RO010-072----) is c. 80m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-073002 Graveyard
  Description

  The parish church of Kilcolagh (RO010-073001-) is situated on a low rise. There is no evidence of burial around the church, although a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) is marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-073003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  There is a bullaun stone (dims 0.7m x 0.4m x 0.2m) with a single oval basin (dims 0.35m x. 0.26m; D 0.15) just S of the church (RO010-073001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-073004 Enclosure
  Description

  There is an enclosure (diam. c. 30m) represented by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.5m) SE-SW around the church (RO010-073001-) which is obscured elsewhere by N-S field banks E and W of the church, an E-W field bank N of the church, and an abandoned farmyard to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise at the bottom of a SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m N-S) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.4-3.5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.45m) SSW-W-NE reduced to a scarp (H 0.7m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 2-4m; Wth of base 1.8-2.2m; D 0.2-0.3m) S-W-NE. There is an entrance (Wth 4m) and causeway at WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilcolagh, 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 low, low.

Terrain model

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

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 Kilcolagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Kilcolagh · Cill Chomhlach

Area

1,015,050 m² (101.51 ha, 250.82 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolagh, and its townlands

Barony

Frenchpark

Electoral division

Kilmacumsy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

473 people lived in 194 households in the Kilmacumsy/kilcolagh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmore, Castletown, Killappoge, Portobello, Ratallen

Placenames

Kilcolagh 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.