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

Townland in the civil parish of Roscommon, barony of Ballintober South, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,270,951 m² (127.1 ha, 314.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,937 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/roscommon.md
- Barony: Ballintober South
- Electoral division: Fuerty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 796 people lived in 283 households in the Fuerty electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44043
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191802
- Centre: latitude 53.63903, longitude -8.250595 (WGS 84)

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

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbrenan, from 176 m² to 121,323 m² (12.13 ha, 29.98 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 689250: 121,323 m² (12.13 ha, 29.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689250.md
- Parcel 676116: 96,379 m² (9.64 ha, 23.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676116.md
- Parcel 723678: 88,335 m² (8.83 ha, 21.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723678.md
- Parcel 672619: 85,758 m² (8.58 ha, 21.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672619.md
- Parcel 701618: 81,819 m² (8.18 ha, 20.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701618.md
- Parcel 713178: 79,614 m² (7.96 ha, 19.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713178.md
- Parcel 705477: 78,582 m² (7.86 ha, 19.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705477.md
- Parcel 724163: 74,723 m² (7.47 ha, 18.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/724163.md
- Parcel 677458: 64,186 m² (6.42 ha, 15.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677458.md
- Parcel 717392: 64,178 m² (6.42 ha, 15.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717392.md
- Parcel 4704789: 63,945 m² (6.39 ha, 15.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4704789.md
- Parcel 686398: 57,561 m² (5.76 ha, 14.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686398.md
- Parcel 647695: 49,224 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647695.md
- Parcel 683282: 48,671 m² (4.87 ha, 12.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683282.md
- Parcel 694780: 25,035 m² (2.5 ha, 6.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694780.md
- Parcel 666830: 21,907 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666830.md
- Parcel 679101: 21,266 m² (2.13 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679101.md
- Parcel 649842: 20,893 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649842.md
- Parcel 669135: 18,916 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669135.md
- Parcel 671323: 18,839 m² (1.88 ha, 4.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/671323.md
- Parcel 655706: 17,099 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655706.md
- Parcel 712458: 14,237 m² (1.42 ha, 3.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/712458.md
- Parcel 688108: 9,783 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688108.md
- Parcel 667219: 6,197 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667219.md
- Parcel 644110: 5,677 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644110.md
- Parcel 644118: 4,592 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644118.md
- Parcel 644112: 4,519 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644112.md
- Parcel 720879: 3,713 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720879.md
- Parcel 5609502: 2,896 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5609502.md
- Parcel 2831483: 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2831483.md
- Parcel 664873: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/664873.md
- Parcel 5554795: 2,174 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5554795.md
- Parcel 5324608: 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5324608.md
- Parcel 665784: 2,143 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/665784.md
- Parcel 653375: 2,060 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/653375.md
- Parcel 5712035: 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5712035.md
- Parcel 699151: 1,896 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699151.md
- Parcel 699553: 1,373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699553.md
- Parcel 693359: 1,320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/693359.md
- Parcel 699946: 1,041 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/699946.md
- Parcel 700650: 938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/700650.md
- Parcel 700309: 875 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/700309.md
- Parcel 649188: 582 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/649188.md
- Parcel 5712068: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5712068.md
- Parcel 5324607: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5324607.md
- Parcel 2819897: 213 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2819897.md
- Parcel 2501824: 203 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2501824.md
- Parcel 5712046: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5712046.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Rathbrenan 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)

13 applications, newest first.

- 30 May 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660268: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660268/0
- 14 May 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660227: Conditional. Permission. Permission and Retention Permission for the following: (1) To retain a roofed extension to existing slatted shed (2) To construct a new 4 bay double sided slatted cattle shed and (3) To construct a new 3 bay dry store/machinery shed, together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660227/0
- 16 Apr 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660167: N/a. Permission. Permission & Retention Permission for the following development: 1. To retain a roofed extension to existing slatted shed. 2. To construct a new 4 bay double sided slatted cattle shed & 3. To construct a new 3 bay dry store/machinery shed together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660167/0
- 6 Nov 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560525: Conditional. Retention. Retention Permission for retention of sheds and associated works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560525/0
- 28 Apr 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560187: Conditional. Permission. Planning permission for A: Demolition of chimneys to existing dwelling, B: Proposed alterations to existing dwelling including: 1: Demolition of porch and replacement with proposed porch, 2: Demolition of rear extension and replacement with proposed rear extension, 3: Proposed side window to kitchen, C: Proposed upgrade of existing septic tank to proposed proprietary treatment system & percolation area and associated works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560187/0
- 24 Sept 2024, Roscommon County Council 2460452: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention permission for (a) an extension to an existing domestic garage, (b) stable block & hayshed, (c) stable block & associated siteworks at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460452/0
- 18 Aug 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360059: Conditional. Permission. Permission for a Proposed Agricultural Entrance/ access to public road at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360059/0
- 28 Jul 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360032: N/a. Permission. Permission for proposed new Agricultural Entrance / access to Public road at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360032/0
- 29 May 2019, Roscommon County Council 19288: Conditional. Permission. to construct new domestic fuel/storage garage at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/19288/0
- 6 Feb 2019, Roscommon County Council 1948: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to refurbish and extend existing dwelling associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1948/0
- 29 Jan 2019, Roscommon County Council 1931: N/a. Permission. to refurbish and extend existing dwelling associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1931/0
- 22 May 2017, Roscommon County Council 17226: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. For the construction of the following:- (1) Extensions to the rear and side of an existing dwelling house; (2) Alterations to all elevations; (3) A new detached domestic garage, together with all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17226/0
- 5 Apr 2017, Roscommon County Council 17139: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct new dwelling house and domestic garage with proprietary treatment system & percolation area and carry out all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17139/0

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## 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 Rathbrenan.

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

- RO039-033: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-033----. At the crest of the SW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Described as a circular area (diam. 37m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 1.8m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H c. 1.2m) with no visible fosse or entrance (Knox 1915, 297). It is not visible now at ground level in pasture. Rath site (RO039-034001-) is c. 10m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-034001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-034001-. At the crest of the SW-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Described as a circular area (diam. c. 32m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H c. 1.2m) with an enclosure or annexe (RO039-034002-) (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 24m N-S) or field attached to the N defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 1.2m) (Knox 1915, 297-8). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Rath site (RO039-033----) is c. 10m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-034002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-034002-. At the crest of the SW-facing slope of a broad NW-SE ridge. Described as an enclosure, or annexe (dims. c. 50m E-W; c. 24m N-S), or field attached to the N of rath (RO039-034001-) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 1.2m) (Knox 1915, 297-8). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-035001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-035001-. Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 57.8m NW-SE; 53.8m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5.4m; int. H 0.3-0.45m; ext. H 1.3-2.25m), and an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.8-6.8m; Wth of base 1.8-3m; D 0.35-0.6m). There are entrances at NE (Wth 2m), S (Wth 3.5m), WNW (Wth 2m) and ESE (Wth 2m), the latter with a causeway connecting to rath (RO039-035002-), whose fosse appears to cut that of this rath, although the causeway might not be original (max. ext. diam. 66.4m N-S). There was a subrectangular enclosure or annexe (RO039-035004-) (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 70m N-S) or, more probably, a field bank to the S, connecting with rath (RO039-035002-) and defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.6m) (Knox 1915, 289) that no longer survives. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-035002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-035002-. Legend associates St Patrick with Rathbrenan where he stopped overnight and was told by Caílte that this rath had originally had been called Rath Glas after a Scandinavian king, Glas Mac Drecán, who had been defeated in a great mythical battle here by the Fianna and who was buried under the mound in the interior (O’Grady 1892, 1, 121; 2 131-2; Dooley and Roe 1999, 39-41). There are references to Rathbrenainn in the annals in AD 600, AD 1143, and AD 1410 (Knox 1915 293). It is situated at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 60m NE-SW; 59.8m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7.8m; int. H 0.25-0.4m; ext. H 2.2-2.85m) separated by a rounded fosse with some bushes (Wth of top 6.2-9.7m; Wth of base 2.2-4.4m; D 1.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) NW-E-SSE which is incorporated into a field bank SSE-SW (max. ext. diam. 78.4m E-W). There is an entrance (Wth 3.5m) and causeway, which are probably secondary, at NW connecting to rath (RO039-035001-), while the original entrance through the inner (Wth 4.5m) and outer (Wth 4.2m) banks and a causeway (Wth 5.2m) are at ESE. There is a grass-covered mound (RO039-035003-) (diam. 9.5m NW-SE; 8.7m NE-SW; H 0.5-1.3m) inside the perimeter at E. A subrectangular annexe or field (RO039-035004-) (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 70m N-S) to the S defined by a bank and fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.6m) which connected this monument and rath (RO039-035001-) (ibid. 289) no longer survives. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 8 October, 2015
- RO039-035003: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-035003-. At the crest of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. This is the mythical burial place of Glas Mac Drecán, a Scandinavian king who had been defeated in a great battle here by the Fianna (O’Grady 1892, 1, 121; 2 131-2; Dooley and Roe 1999, 39-41). It is a grass-covered mound (diam. 9.5m NW-SE; 8.7m NE-SW; H 0.5-1.3m) inside the perimeter of rath (RO039-035002-) at E. The presence of a mound within the enclosure leads Knox (1915, 292-3) to compare the rath with ceremonial enclosures like Rathra (RO027-012001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO039-035004: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO039-035004-. At the crest of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge, and to the S of raths (RO039-035001-; RO039-035002-). An enclosure or annexe, or a subrectangular field (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 70m N-S) defined by an earthen bank and fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.6m) which connected the two raths (Knox 1915 289) no longer survives. 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 Rathbrenan.

## 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 Rathbrenan, 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 Rathbrenan.
- 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/rathbrenan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathbrenan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathbrenan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rathbrenan 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)

- Ballindall: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballindall.md
- Ballybride: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballybride.md
- Brackloon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/brackloon-190280.md
- Cams: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cams.md
- Carrownabrickna: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrownabrickna.md
- Cloonyquin: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloonyquin-190760.md
- Lissagallan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissagallan.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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