Loughnaneane
Townland in the civil parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Loch na nÉan
- Area
- 73.9 ha
- 183 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 1,468 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughnaneane, from 73 m² to 152,916 m² (15.29 ha, 37.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Loughnaneane 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
6 Jun 2024N/a
Part 8 to carry out public realm improvement works as part of the Roscommon Town Centre - West Works which will include the following: * Public realm and footpath improvement works on St Ciaran's Street * Public realm and footpath improvement works on St Ciaran's Park * Alterations and improvement to bus set down and car parking adjacent to St Coman's Wood Primary School and the Sacred Heart Church * Alteration to the junction of St Ciaran's Street and Convent Road * Provision of new controlled and uncontrolled pedestrian crossings along St Ciaran's Street * And all other ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2491
1 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for a) The demolition of an existing, detached, single-storey dwelling house and b) the construction of a new, replacement, detached, two-storey dwelling house and all ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23396
22 Jun 2020Conditional
for proposed development which will comprise: A new wastewater pumping station, associated stormwater holding tank, control and welfare kiosks, site drainage, site fencing, access road, interconnecting pipework and site landscaping. It is proposed to demolish the existing below ground pumping station and above ground control building that is within the site boundary (a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development) at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20223
10 Mar 2020N/a
A new wastewater pumping station, associated stormwater holding tank, control and welfare kiosks, site drainage, site fencing, access road, interconnecting pipework and site landscaping. it is proposed to demolish the existing below ground pumping station and above ground control building that is within the site boundary. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the planning application.
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20103
12 Mar 2018Conditional
Planning permission for retention of front porch to existing apartments at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18114
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 Loughnaneane.
Recorded monuments
- RO039-040 Well
Description
Marked on the 1837 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as Lady's Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in a low-lying landscape. Described in the 1830s by J. O' Donovan as a well which was not holy (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 46). Subcircular area (int. dims 2.4m NW-SE; 2m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.45-0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.35m) which is open to NE and now dry. Lord's Well (RO039-041----) is c. 90m to SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-041 Well
Description
Marked on the 1837 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as 'Lords Well' in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in a low-lying landscape. Described in the 1830s by J. O' Donovan as a well which was not holy (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 46). Rectangular well (int. dims 3m N-S; 2.7m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.1-1.3m; H 0.35m) and containing water (D 1.5m). Lady's Well (RO039-040----) is c. 90m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-042 Crannog
Description
In a turlough basin (diam. c. 1km) which was a lake called Lough na n-Ean. In 1225 O'Neill plundered Lough na n-Ean and carried off O'Conor's jewels (AFM vol. 3, 221). Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims. 41m E-W; 34m N-S; H c. 0.5m) with a drain through it towards the perimeter at S, in which a quernstone was found. (Bradley and Dunne 1990) 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 Loughnaneane.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1369 (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 Loughnaneane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Loughnaneane · Loch na nÉan
- Area
- 739,052 m² (73.91 ha, 182.62 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
- Ardnanagh, Ballyboughan, Ballybride, Cloonbrackna, Lisnacroghy or Gallowstown
- Placenames
- Loughnaneane 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.