# Oran, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Oran, barony of Ballymoe, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Órán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,114,289 m² (111.43 ha, 275.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,219 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Oran, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/oran.md
- Barony: Ballymoe
- Electoral division: Cloonygormican, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 441 people lived in 166 households in the Cloonygormican electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43891
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191749
- Centre: latitude 53.671687, longitude -8.345984 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oran, from 97 m² to 111,075 m² (11.11 ha, 27.45 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 661800: 111,075 m² (11.11 ha, 27.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661800.md
- Parcel 689320: 110,843 m² (11.08 ha, 27.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689320.md
- Parcel 651202: 109,445 m² (10.94 ha, 27.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651202.md
- Parcel 688099: 74,989 m² (7.5 ha, 18.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688099.md
- Parcel 3030809: 62,682 m² (6.27 ha, 15.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3030809.md
- Parcel 655785: 61,379 m² (6.14 ha, 15.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655785.md
- Parcel 690521: 57,441 m² (5.74 ha, 14.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690521.md
- Parcel 705359: 56,322 m² (5.63 ha, 13.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705359.md
- Parcel 691866: 56,218 m² (5.62 ha, 13.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691866.md
- Parcel 675315: 55,481 m² (5.55 ha, 13.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/675315.md
- Parcel 677987: 52,926 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677987.md
- Parcel 676547: 48,345 m² (4.83 ha, 11.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676547.md
- Parcel 701595: 46,728 m² (4.67 ha, 11.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701595.md
- Parcel 647222: 40,446 m² (4.04 ha, 9.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647222.md
- Parcel 715140: 30,893 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715140.md
- Parcel 698368: 28,588 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698368.md
- Parcel 683336: 16,189 m² (1.62 ha, 4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683336.md
- Parcel 667184: 12,038 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667184.md
- Parcel 680138: 11,205 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680138.md
- Parcel 686943: 9,440 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686943.md
- Parcel 683853: 9,261 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683853.md
- Parcel 721000: 4,219 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721000.md
- Parcel 690210: 4,166 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/690210.md
- Parcel 2494110: 3,965 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494110.md
- Parcel 3206979: 3,728 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3206979.md
- Parcel 2945123: 3,689 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945123.md
- Parcel 4989719: 3,442 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4989719.md
- Parcel 3120990: 3,298 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3120990.md
- Parcel 2853794: 3,297 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853794.md
- Parcel 703266: 3,220 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703266.md
- Parcel 5460940: 3,011 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5460940.md
- Parcel 661131: 2,906 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661131.md
- Parcel 661474: 2,791 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661474.md
- Parcel 702914: 2,565 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/702914.md
- Parcel 680418: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680418.md
- Parcel 641309: 1,892 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/641309.md
- Parcel 722580: 1,536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/722580.md
- Parcel 719026: 1,233 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/719026.md
- Parcel 5460939: 471 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5460939.md
- Parcel 5468179: 398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5468179.md
- Parcel 5855247: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5855247.md
- Parcel 5315223: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5315223.md
- Parcel 5314544: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5314544.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Oran in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 10 Jun 2021, Roscommon County Council 21325: Refused. Permission, 1 home. permission to construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area along with permission to remove one no. entrance from applicant's parents house in lieu of a new entrance for the proposed dwelling and all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21325/0
- 14 Feb 2019, Roscommon County Council 1959: Conditional. Permission. to construct 3 bay single slatted cattle shed adjacent to existing slatted shed and agricultural store/sheep shed with lambing area, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1959/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oran.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO034-079: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-079----. Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.15m at S to 1m at N (upslope); ext. H 1.1m). There is an entrance (Wth 2m) at E, but no trace of a fosse. There is a NNE-SSW field bank and hedge outside the perimeter at W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080004: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080004-. At St Patrick's well (RO034-080010-), c. 80m W of Oran church (RO034-080001-) and on the W side of N-S section of the N 60 road. A limestone Latin cross (H 0.8m; Span 0.5m; T 0.2m) on a drystone plinth (dims 1.3m x 1.4m; H 0.4m) SW of the well has an incised inscription and the date1729 on one face, while the socket of a finial cross (RO034-080013-) is on the bank around the well at the roadside (Mullin 1987). The cross is inscribed: PRAY FOR THE SOUL OF / CATHERINE O / CONNOR AF (T)IR / DERMOTROE / WHO CAUSES / Ye MONUMENT / TO BE MADE IN / HONNOUR OF / GOD & S / PATRICK / 1729 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080008-. Towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 33.6m NNE-SSW; 26m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m) SW-N-NE, and by straight scarps at E (H 0.5m) at E-S. There is an outer grass-covered fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.1-0.3m) which probably incorporates a stream from the holy well (RO034-080009-) which was at the NE angle of the rath and which is replaced by a pump-house. Archaeological testing (01E0422) c. 50m to the N failed to produce any related archaeological features (Read 2003c). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080009: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080009-. Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge, and just NE of rath (RO034-0800008-). It is marked only on the 1929 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Holy Well’. Nothing else is known of it and it is not visible at ground level, although there is a modern pump-house nearby. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080010: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080010-. Traditionally established by St Patrick (Stokes 1887b, 107), the well is situated in a triangular plot (max. dims 22m N-S; 18m E-W) towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope at the S end of a broad NW-SE ridge. It is on the W side of a N-S section of the N 60 Castlerea-Roscommon road and c. 80m SW of the church (RO034-080001-). This is a rectangular well (int. dims 2.1m NW-SE; 2.1m NE-SW) defined by a stone wall (T 0.6m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.2m) with a stream running off to the SW through a small rectangular pool (dims 1m x 1.2m). The well is within a rectangular enclosure (int. dims 8m NE-SW; 7.65m NW-SE) defined by the foundations of a wall (T 0.65-1m; H 0.2m), and three steps lead down to the stream on each side of the stream outside the enclosure. A limestone plaque (RO034-080012-) on the inner face of the well has an inscription in false relief commemorating Fr. William Hanley who renovated the well in 1687. A limestone Latin cross (RO034-080004-) (H 0.8m; Span 0.5m; T 0.2m) on a drystone-built plinth (dims 1.3m x 1.4m; H 0.4m) has an incised inscription and the date1729, while the socket of a finial cross (RO034-080013-) is on the bank at the roadside. The well also had a connection with Lughnasa in early August (Anon 1992; Beirne 2000, 290). Another possible holy well (RO034-080009-) is c. 70m to the NW. (Mullin 1987) See the attached image taken from the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080012: Memorial stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080012-. St Patrick's well (RO034-0800010-) is on a SW-facing slope on the W side of a N-S section of the N 60 Castlerea-Roscommon road and c. 80m W of the church (RO034-080001-). The well has a limestone plaque on the inner face of the NE wall which has an inscription in false relief commemorating Fr. William Hanley who renovated the well in 1687 (Beirne 2000, 290). The inscription reads: Pray for the soul of Fr. William Hanley who caused this monument to be made in ye honour of God and St Patrick of Ireland. Anno Domini IHS 1684. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-080013: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-080013-. St Patrick's well (RO034-0800010-) is on a SW-facing slope on the W side of a N-S section of the N 60 Castlerea-Roscommon road and c. 80m W of the church (RO034-080001-). The socket of a finial cross(dims 0.25m x 0.2m; H c. 02m) is on the bank at the roadside. (Mullin 1987) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-082002: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-082002-. At the bottom of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a NW-SE ridge. There is what appears to be a hollow way (L c. 100m) running NE from the NE corner of the moated site (RO034-083----) towards the church of Oran (RO034-080001-) visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP AVH 72) from c. 1973. It is not visible now at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-083: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-083----. In a low-lying position with NW-SE ridges to the N and S. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 70m E-W; 54m N-S) defined by flat-bottomed moats (Wth of base 8.5-9.7m; int. D 0.7-0.85m; ext. D 0.5-1m) and outer banks (Wth 2-2.8m; ext. H 0.1-0.75m), which have been removed at W and towards the E end of the N side. The interior is overlain by two N-S field walls, but field banks are connected to the outer bank at the NE and SE corners, including what may have been part of a roadway (RO034-082001-), now removed, but visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AVH 72), running NE (L c. 100m) towards Oran church (RO034-080001-) c. 500m to the NE. Archaeological testing (04E1497) c. 30m to SW failed to produce any related archaeological material (Delany 2007a). (Knox 1911, 311-13; Graham 1988, 31) See the attached aerial image taken from the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29th September, 2010
- RO034-084: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-084----. Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (dims. 43m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m). Rath (RO034-085----) is c. 40m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-085: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-085----. Marked as an enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 9,10). It is situated on the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 35m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.4m), with slight traces of a fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.2m) at S. It has been truncated by a field bank at W. Rath (RO034-084----) is c. 40m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-086: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-086----. At the E end of a low E-W ridge, on the NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 51.8m N-S; 42.6m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 4.5-5.6m; int. H 0.25-0.45m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m), with a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.7-6.4m; Wth of base 1.9-2.2m; D 0.15-0.3m) SW-NNE. The monument is overlain by a N-S field wall E of the centre, and the perimeter E of this is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m). There is no identifiable original entrance. See the attached aerial images from W (002) and SW (003). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-087: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-087----. Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the N fragment of an enclosure on the 1929 ed. Situated on the gentle W-facing slope. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 26.5m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covererd earthen bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.6m) NW-N and a scarp (H 0.3m) N-E. It is bisected by an NW-SE field wall and townland boundary with Cloonycolgan, and does not survive S of this. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-088: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-088----. On a fairly level landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 38m NNE-SSW; 36.5m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-1m). It is slightly truncated by a N-S field bank at W, and the perimeter has been quarried at NE and SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO034-089----) is c. 100m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO034-089: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO034-089----. On the gentle N-facing slope. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32.7m N-S; 29.1m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.4-6m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 2.6m) WSW-N separated by a complete fosse (Wth of top 9.3-9.8m generally to 14m at E; Wth of base 2.7-4.8m; D 1.8-2.3m) from an overgrown flat-topped outer bank (Wth of base 4.7-5m; Wth of top 1.4-1.8m; H 0.7-1.3m). The inner bank is quarried at S and there are gaps in the outer bank at W (Wth 2m), WNW (Wth 0.9m) N (Wth 7m), NNE (Wth 5m) and NE (Wth 5m), but the probable entrance is a gap (Wth 2.5m) in the outer bank at SE. Archaeological testing (06E0570) c. 70m to the S failed to produce any related archaeological material (Rooney 2009). Rath (RO034-088----) is c. 100m to the WNW and rath (RO034-090----) is c. 180m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oran.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Oran, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Oran.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/oran.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/oran.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/oran.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Oran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballydooley: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballydooley.md
- Carroweighter: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carroweighter.md
- Carrowgarve: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowgarve-190398.md
- Cloonycolgan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloonycolgan.md
- Fearaghafin: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/fearaghafin.md
- Gorticmeelra: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/gorticmeelra.md
- Killinraghty Little: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/killinraghty-little.md
- Lissanisky: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissanisky-191606.md
- Slieve and Corbally: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/slieve-and-corbally.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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