Knockarush
Townland in the civil parish of Boyle, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Cnoc Rois
- Area
- 222 ha
- 549 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 7,674 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockarush, from 104 m² to 298,615 m² (29.86 ha, 73.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockarush 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
14 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for the following: (1) Change of house type from that as previously granted under pl ref. PD/19/266, together with connection to services and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460269
21 May 2024Conditional
Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460229
19 Dec 2022Conditional
Retention Permission to retain constructed extensions to the rear and side of dwelling house and a septic tank, as such works are different to that granted by permission with reference 12,513 at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22670
7 Oct 2021Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, the installation of a sewerage treatment unit and percolation area along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21567
9 Sept 2019Conditional
to retain variations to the originally permitted site layouts, as granted under Planning Ref. No.s PD/94/364 and PD/01/397. The variations include amendments to the approved site boundaries (in the form of a reduction in overall site area) and an associated change to the position of house on the site. Retention permission is also being sought to retain a sunroom extension to the side of the dwellinghouse, together with all ancillary site works and services at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19456
17 May 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house with domestic effluent treatment plant and polishing filter, together with all ancillary site works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19266
5 Dec 2017Conditional
Planning permission for the creation of a new vehicular agricultural entrance on to lands, together with all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17487
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 Knockarush.
Recorded monuments
- RO006-198 Road - road/trackway
Description
Visible as a linear feature on aerial photographs (OS: 1, 33223-2; OSI 2005), and situated on an undulating landscape with rock outcrop. A depression (L c. 800m; Wth 8-10m) aligned NW-SE may be an older alignment of the N61 Tulsk-Boyle road which at the moment loops c. 200m to the E or it may be a field boundary. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO010-005001 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low rise on a W-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 47m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.75-3.75m; int. H 0.1-0.25m; ext. H 0.6-1m) with internal and external facing stones SE-W-ENE, which is reduced to a scarp (H 1-1.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but a grass-covered cairn (RO010-005002-) (diam. 3m; H 0.4m), probably a clearance cairn, is at the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO010-005002 Cairn - clearance cairn
Description
On top of a low rise. There is a grass-covered cairn (diam. 3m; H 0.4m) at the centre of rath (RO010-005001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO010-124 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
At the summit of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 10.1m E-W; 9m N-S; diam. of top 2.5m N-S; 2m E-W; H 1.5-1.6m). See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Knockarush, Boyle8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Knockarush · Cnoc Rois
- Area
- 2,220,177 m² (222.02 ha, 548.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Boyle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boyle
- Electoral division
- Rushfield, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardkeenagh, Ballytrasna, Carrownageeragh, Grallagh Beg, Grallagh More, Harepark, Knockadoobrusna, Knockroe, Leam, Tullyvohaun
- Placenames
- Knockarush on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.