Kilronan Mountain
Townland in the civil parish of Kilronan, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Sliabh Chill Rónáin
- Area
- 263.5 ha
- 651 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 14,328 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilronan Mountain, from 45 m² to 57,276 m² (5.73 ha, 14.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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 Kilronan Mountain 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
11 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for development consisting of: (1) demolition of existing shed, (2) alterations & extension to the side of the existing cottage, (3) new site entrance, (4) upgrade of wastewater treatment system & percolation area and (5) all ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460326
27 Jun 2024N/a
Planning permission for alterations and extension to the side of the existing cottage, new site entrance, upgrade of wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460291
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Kilronan Mountain Bog NHA 000617
Recorded monuments
- RO002-022 Cairn - unclassified
Description
On a knoll of the SE shoulder of Kilronan Mountain. Subcircular mound of stones (diam. 16m N-S; 14m E-W; H 0.5-0.8m) protruding from peat with a conical cairn (diam. c. 4m; H c. 3.8m) at the centre. See the attached general view from the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO002-034 Boundary mound
Description
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on blanket bog on the summit of Kilronan Mountain. It is not visible, and was undoubtedly a boundary mound set up by the OS. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO002-036 Boundary mound
Description
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on blanket bog on the summit of Kilronan Mountain. It is not visible, and was undoubtedly a boundary mound set up by the Ordinance Survey. 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 Kilronan Mountain.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilronan Mountain.
- 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 Kilronan Mountain with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Kilronan Mountain · Sliabh Chill Rónáin
- Area
- 2,634,636 m² (263.46 ha, 651.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilronan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boyle
- Electoral division
- Keadew, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Keadew electoral division: 544 people in 188 households; 71% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghabehy, Carrownanalt, Cartronaglogh, Crosshill, Curraghnaboley, Derreenavoggy, Lurgaboy, Rockhill, Rover Lower, Rover Upper, Tullytawen
- Placenames
- Kilronan Mountain 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.