# Rathbarna, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilkeevin, barony of Castlereagh, Co. Roscommon. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 446,662 m² (44.67 ha, 110.37 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,478 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilkeevin, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/kilkeevin.md - Barony: Castlereagh - Electoral division: Castlereagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,268 people lived in 1,240 households in the Castlereagh electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43519 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191801 - Centre: latitude 53.759616, longitude -8.420307 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbarna, from 283 m² to 146,671 m² (14.67 ha, 36.24 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 667305: 146,671 m² (14.67 ha, 36.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667305.md - Parcel 717207: 111,465 m² (11.15 ha, 27.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717207.md - Parcel 683162: 43,261 m² (4.33 ha, 10.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683162.md - Parcel 705386: 39,316 m² (3.93 ha, 9.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705386.md - Parcel 651242: 32,924 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651242.md - Parcel 653481: 24,719 m² (2.47 ha, 6.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653481.md - Parcel 662174: 16,367 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/662174.md - Parcel 708171: 13,478 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708171.md - Parcel 2877999: 5,738 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2877999.md - Parcel 5755314: 5,088 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5755314.md - Parcel 6160919: 4,447 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6160919.md - Parcel 5378031: 3,295 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5378031.md - Parcel 6160963: 559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6160963.md - Parcel 6160961: 304 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6160961.md - Parcel 5755319: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5755319.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rathbarna 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 23 Apr 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660185: Conditional. Permission. Permission for proposed development which will consist of the renovation of a derelict single-storey dwelling house, along with the construction of an adjoining extension (c. 54m²) to the rear. The works will also include the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system, connection to services, and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660185/0 - 15 Aug 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560395: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for development which will consist of the renovation of a derelict single storey dwelling house and construction of adjoining extension (80.41m²), together with proprietary wastewater treatment system, connection to services and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560395/0 - 14 Jul 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560339: N/a. Permission. Permission for development consisting of the renovation of a derelict single storey dwelling house and construction of adjoining extension (80.41m2), together with proprietary wastewater treatment system, connection to services and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560339/0 - 26 Sept 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360134: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a detached single storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage, together with proprietary wastewater treatment system, connection to services and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360134/0 - 29 Mar 2023, Roscommon County Council 2398: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a detached single storey dwelling house and domestic garage, together with proprietary wastewater treatment system, connection to services and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2398/0 - 4 Apr 2017, Roscommon County Council 17137: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a new dwelling house and detached domestic garage, installation of packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17137/0 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 Rathbarna. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - RO027-012003: Barrow - mound barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-012003-. In the N interior of ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-). Grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 9-10m; H 0.6m at S to 1.2m generally), which had standing stone (RO027-012004-) on its summit (Knox 1911, 219, Fig. 4), but this is no longer visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO027-012004: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO027-012004-. On a W-facing slope. The barrow (RO027-014003-) at Rathra ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-) had the stump of a standing stone on its summit (Knox 1911, 219, Fig. 4) which is no longer visible. 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 Rathbarna. ## 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 Rathbarna, 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 low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathbarna. - 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/rathbarna.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathbarna.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathbarna.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathbarna 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) - Carrowgarve: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowgarve-190400.md - Mewlaghmore: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/mewlaghmore.md - Southpark Demesne: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/southpark-demesne.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathbarna - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/rathbarna