Killummod
Townland in the civil parish of Killummod, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Cill Lomad
- Area
- 140.9 ha
- 348 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 17,850 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killummod, from 30 m² to 103,703 m² (10.37 ha, 25.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killummod 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Aug 2026N/a
Permission for development which will consist of 1) proposed demolition of the existing single storey additions to the rear (North West) and end (North East) of the original dwelling; 2) proposed construction of a part single storey/part storey and a half extension to the rear (North West) of the existing dwelling; 3) proposed restoration of the original dwelling; 4) proposed construction of new vehicular entrance & driveway; 5) proposed upgrade of existing wastewater treatment system; and 6) associated site works & services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660433
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killummod.
Recorded monuments
- RO011-101 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a broad low drumlin. Subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 38.1m NW-SE; 32.8m NE-SW) defined today by a modern, overgrown drain (Wth 4m; D 1.2-1.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-102 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and as a subrectangular feature on the 1914 ed. Situated on a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 38m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) with a rounded corner at N defined by overgrown earthen banks (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m), with outer fosses (Wth of base 2-3.1m; D 0.2-0.4m) on all sides except the NE. The entrance (Wth 4m) is at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-103 Ringfort - rath
Description
Towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. 27m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.9m at N to 8m at E; int. H 0.65m at NW to 1.1m at W; ext. H 0.95m at NW to 1.6m at W), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.1m) SE-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.9m) is at SE. Rath (RO011-104----) is c. 90m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-104 Ringfort - rath
Description
Towards the top of the NE-facing slope a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 35.5m NE-SW; 29.3m NW-SE) defined by a short stretch of earthen bank (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.95m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.1-0.2m) at W and a scarp (H 0.55m at SW to 1.4m at SE) elsewhere. There is no visible entrance, but the fosse is represented by a band of wet ground (Wth 2-2.5m) NW-ENE and SE-S. Rath (RO011-103----) is c. 90m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-106001 Church
Description
The parish church of Killummod, listed as Killaunach in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), is described as ruined in the 1650s (Simmington 1949, 156) and in the 1830s (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 157). Situated on a level shelf. Nothing remains of a church within an irregularly shaped graveyard (RO011-106002-) (max. dims 50m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. Enclosure (RO011-105----) is c. 70m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-106002 Graveyard
Description
On a level shelf. The site of the medieval parish church of Killumod (RO011-106001-) is within an irregularly shaped graveyard (max. dims 50m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. 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 Killummod.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1425 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killummod with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Killummod · Cill Lomad
- Area
- 1,409,246 m² (140.92 ha, 348.23 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killummod, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boyle
- Electoral division
- Aughrim West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aughrim West electoral division: 180 people in 73 households; 92% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindrehid, Ballyculleen, Carrowreagh, Corlis, Culleenatreen or Flagford, Dacklin, Grange, Kilcanoran
- Placenames
- Killummod 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.