Lisnamult
Townland in the civil parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Lios na Molt
- Area
- 121.2 ha
- 299 acres
- Land parcels
- 277
- registered freehold, median 374 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 51
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
277 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnamult, from 13 m² to 128,732 m² (12.87 ha, 31.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Lisnamult 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
13 Mar 2026Conditional
Permission for development which will consist of the continued use of buildings as an educational facility/Gaelscoil at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660113
9 Feb 2026Conditional
Permission to construct single storey dwelling, connect to existing water services and mains sewer, associated site development works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 269
11 Nov 2025N/a
Permission for development consisting of: the demolition of 5 no. outbuildings, fire safety upgrades to existing school block and the construction of: (i) a single storey, 21 Classroom extension to the west gable of the existing school block to include: 5 SEN Classrooms, admin offices, GP hall and associated ancillary spaces, along with, (ii) a standalone PE hall and changing block, (iii) sporting facilities and ball courts, (iv) a separate single storey, 9 Classroom school building to the west of the site to accommodate the relocation of Gaelscoil de Híde to include: 1 SEN Classroom, admin offices, GP hall and associated ancillary spaces, (v) alterations to the existing junction of Thornfield Drive and St. Theresa’s Road, (vi) the provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access with revised parking and set down, (vii) upgrade works to existing site exit (viii) the removal of 10 no. prefabricated classrooms once (i) – (vii) of above have been completed, together with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560532
22 Oct 2025N/a
Permission for development consisting of: the demolition of 5 no. outbuildings, fire safety upgrades to existing school block and the construction of: (i) a single storey, 21 Classroom extension to the West Gable of the existing school block to include: 5 SEN Classrooms, admin offices, GP hall and associated ancillary spaces, along with, (ii) a standalone PE hall and changing block, (iii) sporting facilities and ball courts, (iv) a separate single story, 9 Classroom school building to the west of the site to accommodate the relocation of Gaelscoil de Híde to include: 1 SEN Classroom, admin offices, GP hall and associated ancillary spaces, (v) alterations to the existing junction of Thornfield Drive and St. Theresa’s Road, (vi) the provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access with revised parking and set down, (vii) upgrade works to existing site exit (viii) the removal of 10 no. prefabricated classrooms once (i) – (vii) of above have been completed, together with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560500
3 Oct 2025Conditional
Permission to refurbish and extend existing dwelling, demolition of rear extension and alterations to front elevation, associated site works and services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2568
19 Aug 2025Conditional
Permission to construct 4 No. 3 bed single storey dwellings, together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to all public services at
Permission, 4 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2560400
5 Aug 2025N/a
Planning permission to construct 4 no. 3 bed single storey, together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to all public services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560379
1 Apr 2025N/a
Converting existing Garage to an additional room.
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560143
21 Jan 2025N/a
PART 8 - Proposed Residential Development will consist of the construction of 2 no. semi-detached 2-bed two- storey residential units including all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 255
20 Jan 2025Conditional
Permission is being sought for the construction of a side extension, plus all ancillary works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560016
12 Nov 2024Refused
Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, connection to services and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460532
23 Oct 2024Conditional
Planning Permission and Retention Permission: 1.To retain alterations to elevations already completed, 2. To block up existing site entrance on the north side of the site and permission to construct a new site entrance and access with wing walls, 3. To construct new rear extension and 4. To construct new domestic shed and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460503
19 Jul 2024Conditional
Planning permission for retention and completion of unauthorised stores including, general store, turf shed & play room to rear of existing dwelling, associated works & services at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 24109
10 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission to construct an athletic field incorporating a 400m running track with perimeter fence and 6no. 18m high floodlights and 4no. 15m high floodlights, entrance roadway with street lighting, car parking and all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460322
26 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and construct new waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2468
27 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission to construct all weather multi sport covered unit, associated site development works & services works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2446
28 Sept 2023Refused
Permission to erect sixty-five dwelling houses and to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same. This application is to complete the housing development granted under Planning Register Reference numbers 00/1947, 05/19, 06/1191, 06/1686 and a change of house design granted under Planning Register Reference Numbers 16/170 and 21/3010 at
Permission, 65 homes · Roscommon County Council, 2360141
18 Sept 2023N/a
Permission to erect sixty-five dwelling houses and to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same to complete the housing development granted under Planning Register Reference numbers 00/1947, 05/19, 06/1191, 06/1686 and a change of house design granted under Planning Register Reference Numbers 16/170 and 21/3010 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360112
1 Sept 2023N/a
Permission to construct an athletic field incorporating a 400m running track with perimeter fence and 6 No. 18 m high floodlights and 4 No. 15m high floodlights, entrance roadway with street lighting, car parking and all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23355
14 Aug 2023N/a
Planning permission to erect one hundred and twelve dwelling houses and to construct all ancillary site works to facilitate same. This application is to complete the housing development previously granted under planning register reference numbers 00/1947, 05/19, 06/1191, 06/1686 and a change of house design granted under planning register reference number 16/170 and 21/3010 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360049
4 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for development consisting of a change of use of an office previously granted permission under planning permission, Ref- PD/07/1599 to residential use consisting of one house and associated siteworks at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23334
16 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission to construct spectator stand alongside main soccer pitch and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22665
7 Nov 2022N/a
Permission to construct spectator stand alongside main soccer pitch, and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22598
29 Sept 2022Refused
Permission for: (a) Change of use of an office previously granted permission under planning permission Ref. PD/07/1599 to two residential units and associated siteworks and (b) removal of two existing chimneys at
Permission, 2 homes · Roscommon County Council, 22531
14 Sept 2022N/a
Permission for erection of three no. single storey dwelling houses, with connection to public services and associated site development works at Site No's 28 - 30 inclusive, at
Permission, 3 homes · Roscommon County Council, 22494
The 25 most recent of 51 applications.
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 Lisnamult.
Recorded monuments
- RO039-053 Ringfort - rath
Description
At the S end of a low NW-SE ridge. Described as a subrectangular or subcircular area (dims c. 51m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and outer fosse (Gannon 1972). It is not visible now at ground level in pasture. Archaeological testing (08E0482) immediately to the W failed to produce any related material (Sweetman 2011). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2nd Feb. 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisnamult.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1370 (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 Lisnamult with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Lisnamult · Lios na Molt
- Area
- 1,211,853 m² (121.19 ha, 299.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Roscommon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballintober South
- Electoral division
- Roscommon Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Roscommon Rural electoral division: 5,513 people in 1,881 households; 68% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardkeel, Ardnanagh, Ballinagard, Ballybride, Stonepark
- Placenames
- Lisnamult 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.