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

Townland in the civil parish of St. Johns, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Rinn na gCeann.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,301,939 m² (330.19 ha, 815.93 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 17,714 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: St. Johns, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/st-johns.md
- Barony: Athlone South
- Electoral division: Lecarrow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 333 people lived in 124 households in the Lecarrow electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 10% 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/42554
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191831
- Centre: latitude 53.552446, longitude -8.009343 (WGS 84)

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

131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinnagan, from 13 m² to 147,467 m² (14.75 ha, 36.44 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 683325: 147,467 m² (14.75 ha, 36.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683325.md
- Parcel 693655: 81,815 m² (8.18 ha, 20.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693655.md
- Parcel 657931: 79,189 m² (7.92 ha, 19.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657931.md
- Parcel 680410: 77,572 m² (7.76 ha, 19.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680410.md
- Parcel 647966: 70,038 m² (7 ha, 17.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647966.md
- Parcel 5525778: 69,472 m² (6.95 ha, 17.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5525778.md
- Parcel 665932: 63,523 m² (6.35 ha, 15.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/665932.md
- Parcel 715877: 63,008 m² (6.3 ha, 15.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715877.md
- Parcel 646706: 62,858 m² (6.29 ha, 15.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646706.md
- Parcel 693649: 55,661 m² (5.57 ha, 13.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693649.md
- Parcel 723869: 54,963 m² (5.5 ha, 13.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723869.md
- Parcel 657554: 53,142 m² (5.31 ha, 13.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657554.md
- Parcel 669646: 50,881 m² (5.09 ha, 12.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669646.md
- Parcel 4025291: 49,005 m² (4.9 ha, 12.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025291.md
- Parcel 693650: 47,468 m² (4.75 ha, 11.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693650.md
- Parcel 669645: 45,906 m² (4.59 ha, 11.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669645.md
- Parcel 669385: 43,925 m² (4.39 ha, 10.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669385.md
- Parcel 4865316: 43,697 m² (4.37 ha, 10.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4865316.md
- Parcel 659388: 43,381 m² (4.34 ha, 10.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/659388.md
- Parcel 703616: 43,319 m² (4.33 ha, 10.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703616.md
- Parcel 648828: 41,083 m² (4.11 ha, 10.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/648828.md
- Parcel 665701: 40,877 m² (4.09 ha, 10.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/665701.md
- Parcel 648933: 40,388 m² (4.04 ha, 9.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/648933.md
- Parcel 664892: 37,760 m² (3.78 ha, 9.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/664892.md
- Parcel 693750: 37,132 m² (3.71 ha, 9.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693750.md
- Parcel 693654: 36,375 m² (3.64 ha, 8.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693654.md
- Parcel 693651: 35,841 m² (3.58 ha, 8.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693651.md
- Parcel 723359: 34,678 m² (3.47 ha, 8.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723359.md
- Parcel 700919: 34,000 m² (3.4 ha, 8.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700919.md
- Parcel 718322: 33,944 m² (3.39 ha, 8.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/718322.md
- Parcel 657002: 33,871 m² (3.39 ha, 8.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657002.md
- Parcel 646152: 33,795 m² (3.38 ha, 8.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646152.md
- Parcel 693748: 32,658 m² (3.27 ha, 8.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693748.md
- Parcel 715784: 32,599 m² (3.26 ha, 8.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715784.md
- Parcel 681041: 32,285 m² (3.23 ha, 7.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/681041.md
- Parcel 5618767: 31,950 m² (3.2 ha, 7.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5618767.md
- Parcel 646591: 31,858 m² (3.19 ha, 7.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646591.md
- Parcel 646822: 31,667 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646822.md
- Parcel 4926244: 31,186 m² (3.12 ha, 7.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926244.md
- Parcel 713351: 30,933 m² (3.09 ha, 7.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713351.md
- Parcel 716603: 30,736 m² (3.07 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716603.md
- Parcel 655182: 29,671 m² (2.97 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655182.md
- Parcel 696339: 29,568 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696339.md
- Parcel 646478: 29,286 m² (2.93 ha, 7.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/646478.md
- Parcel 695352: 28,913 m² (2.89 ha, 7.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/695352.md
- Parcel 693652: 28,468 m² (2.85 ha, 7.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693652.md
- Parcel 650248: 27,716 m² (2.77 ha, 6.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650248.md
- Parcel 645396: 27,365 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645396.md
- Parcel 669640: 27,178 m² (2.72 ha, 6.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669640.md
- Parcel 655666: 26,866 m² (2.69 ha, 6.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655666.md
- Parcel 695246: 25,472 m² (2.55 ha, 6.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/695246.md
- Parcel 669648: 24,182 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669648.md
- Parcel 650787: 23,958 m² (2.4 ha, 5.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650787.md
- Parcel 710194: 22,715 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710194.md
- Parcel 719263: 22,705 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/719263.md
- Parcel 704393: 22,037 m² (2.2 ha, 5.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/704393.md
- Parcel 693752: 21,939 m² (2.19 ha, 5.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693752.md
- Parcel 656390: 20,877 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/656390.md
- Parcel 1534491: 20,681 m² (2.07 ha, 5.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534491.md
- Parcel 669643: 20,544 m² (2.05 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669643.md
- Parcel 669581: 20,097 m² (2.01 ha, 4.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669581.md
- Parcel 640796: 20,020 m² (2 ha, 4.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/640796.md
- Parcel 716201: 19,700 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716201.md
- Parcel 706860: 18,180 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/706860.md
- Parcel 648397: 17,842 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/648397.md
- Parcel 705448: 17,714 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705448.md
- Parcel 710831: 17,148 m² (1.71 ha, 4.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710831.md
- Parcel 693751: 16,869 m² (1.69 ha, 4.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693751.md
- Parcel 658199: 15,988 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/658199.md
- Parcel 693653: 15,463 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693653.md
- Parcel 716390: 15,190 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716390.md
- Parcel 647964: 15,134 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647964.md
- Parcel 1534905: 14,181 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534905.md
- Parcel 640806: 14,135 m² (1.41 ha, 3.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/640806.md
- Parcel 669881: 12,736 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669881.md
- Parcel 669644: 12,642 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669644.md
- Parcel 666134: 12,415 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666134.md
- Parcel 3978223: 11,914 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3978223.md
- Parcel 641532: 10,035 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/641532.md
- Parcel 648070: 9,185 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/648070.md
- Parcel 714201: 9,052 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714201.md
- Parcel 648072: 8,279 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/648072.md
- Parcel 657802: 8,203 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657802.md
- Parcel 716392: 6,689 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716392.md
- Parcel 6110900: 5,941 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6110900.md
- Parcel 650570: 5,755 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650570.md
- Parcel 647965: 5,690 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647965.md
- Parcel 650358: 5,377 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650358.md
- Parcel 651909: 5,273 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651909.md
- Parcel 4934980: 5,056 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934980.md
- Parcel 654738: 4,165 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/654738.md
- Parcel 680924: 4,108 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680924.md
- Parcel 658989: 4,099 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/658989.md
- Parcel 652007: 3,967 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/652007.md
- Parcel 5444907: 3,839 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444907.md
- Parcel 5922071: 3,805 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5922071.md
- Parcel 6060144: 3,746 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6060144.md
- Parcel 688459: 3,591 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688459.md
- Parcel 719847: 2,847 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/719847.md
- Parcel 706607: 2,776 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/706607.md
- Parcel 6200481: 2,768 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6200481.md
- Parcel 3853651: 2,710 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3853651.md
- Parcel 644839: 2,630 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644839.md
- Parcel 2449707: 2,463 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2449707.md
- Parcel 4562966: 2,408 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4562966.md
- Parcel 713641: 2,249 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713641.md
- Parcel 1534908: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534908.md
- Parcel 5606173: 1,961 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5606173.md
- Parcel 650477: 1,803 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/650477.md
- Parcel 725224: 1,761 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/725224.md
- Parcel 711046: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/711046.md
- Parcel 712051: 1,736 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/712051.md
- Parcel 675941: 1,693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/675941.md
- Parcel 716640: 1,691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/716640.md
- Parcel 648071: 1,592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/648071.md
- Parcel 5631731: 1,377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5631731.md
- Parcel 639896: 1,317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/639896.md
- Parcel 639895: 1,028 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/639895.md
- Parcel 2950501: 939 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2950501.md
- Parcel 5618765: 902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5618765.md
- Parcel 5444906: 852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444906.md
- Parcel 1534898: 841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1534898.md
- Parcel 2494284: 704 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494284.md
- Parcel 725225: 456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/725225.md
- Parcel 5001632: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5001632.md
- Parcel 656923: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/656923.md
- Parcel 669642: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/669642.md
- Parcel 4926243: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926243.md
- Parcel 3853646: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3853646.md
- Parcel 656638: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/656638.md
- Parcel 5444903: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444903.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Rinnagan 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)

12 applications, newest first.

- 18 Sept 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660489: N/a. Permission. Permission to demolish part of the existing structure and construct a single storey rear extension along with a new treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works. This application has an accompanying NIS report at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660489/0
- 18 Aug 2026, Roscommon County Council 2660424: N/a. Permission. Permission to construct a single storey rear extension along with a new treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works. This application has an accompanying NIS report at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660424/0
- 12 Jun 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560281: N/a. Permission. Planning permission to install new treatment system and all ancillary works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560281/0
- 14 May 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560222: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to demolish existing agricultural structure and construct domestic 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/2560222/0
- 20 May 2024, Roscommon County Council 2460224: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission: 1. To refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations, 2. To construct new extension to the rear and new front porch to same, 3. To construct new domestic garage, 4. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460224/0
- 18 Oct 2023, Roscommon County Council 23384: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, and construction of single storey domestic 2 car garage with adjoining workshop, new sewage treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/23384/0
- 15 Sept 2022, Roscommon County Council 22495: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission for development consisting of the demolition of elements of the existing dwelling and outbuildings, the construction of a new single storey extension, new private water well and new wastewater treatment system with tertiary treatment system together with all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22495/0
- 16 Aug 2022, Roscommon County Council 22438: N/a. Permission. Permission for development consisting of the demolition of elements of the existing dwelling and outbuildings, the construction of a new single storey extension, new private water well and new wastewater treatment system with tertiary treatment system together with all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22438/0
- 8 Nov 2021, Roscommon County Council 21630: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development consisting of the erection of new 1.82m high opaque steel fence to enclose a section of land measuring 35m long and 22m wide and all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21630/0
- 3 Jan 2019, Roscommon County Council 192: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for development consisting of the construction of a new private dwelling; a detached garage; a new entrance; a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site development works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/192/0
- 30 May 2018, Roscommon County Council 18258: Conditional. Retention. for an extension to domestic garage, lean-to storage shed, pony stable and agricultural entrance at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18258/0
- 11 May 2018, Roscommon County Council 18231: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house with treatment system and percolation area and carryout all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18231/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC, site code 000440, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000440
- Special Protection Area: Lough Ree SPA, site code 004064, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004064
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree, site code 000440

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

- RO046-004004: Town defences, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004004-. The town wall of Rindown (L c. 500m) crosses the peninsula NE-SW just where it emerges from the mainland, and forms the townland boundary between Warren with the town of Rindown to its SE and Rinnagan to the NW. It was probably built after 1251 when funds were granted for the enclosure of Rindown. It has a gateway and three mural towers. The wall survives in good condition (H c. 3m) with an outer base-batter, evidence of a wall-walk and a levelling-up line (H c. 1-1.5m over ground level). A programme of conservation began in 2008, beginning with the most southerly tower. (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 68-70) At the NE end a short section (L 4.5m; H 2.25m) extends into the lake 20m from the shore where the intact wall (L 56m; max. H 3.15m) extends to the first mural tower. The wall has an outer base-batter (H 0.8m) and a levelling course (H 1.65-2.1m) but no evidence of a wall-walk (max. int. H 2.8m). The first tower is rectangular (int. dims 3m x 3m) projecting NW from the town wall which forms its SE side and has a base-batter and some surviving quoins. The ground floor is featureless, but at the first floor the SE side is open and the floor was supported on joists set in the NE and SW walls. This floor has lights in each of the three walls. The town wall continues (L 80m; ext. H 0.9-2.9m) to the second mural tower with an external base-batter (H 0.75m) and a levelling course (H 1.4m), but this section of wall is in poor condition. The rectangular tower (int. dims c. 3m x 3m) projects NW from the town wall which forms its SE side at its featureless ground floor, but at the first floor its SE side is open, the floor was supported on joists set in the NE and SW walls and there are lights in the three projecting walls. A rebate for a second floor survives at the top of the walls and there is an external base-batter and dressed quoins. The town wall continues (L 86m; H c. 3m) to the gatehouse with an external base-batter (H 1.2-1.7m), a levelling course (int. H 1-1.4m), and traces of a wall-walk (H 2.33-2.45m). The gatehouse is rectangular (ext. dims c. 7.5m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) but is in very poor condition. A fragment of a portcullis niche survives on the SW pier, but the structure is otherwise featureless. The town wall continues (L 91m; ext. H 3.7-4m) to the third mural tower with some large gaps. It has an external base-batter and a levelling course, and evidnece of a wall-walk. The third rectangular tower (int. dims c. 3m NE-SW; c. 4.5m NW-SE) projects NW from the town wall, but it is open-backed at the ground floor which is featureless. The first floor was supported on joists set into the NE and SW walls and each wall has a light. There is a rebate for a second floor on the NW wall and joists were set into the NE and SW walls. The tower has a base-batter and quoins. The town wall continues (L 104m) to the SW shore, decreasing in height (H 2.2-1.15m) with many gaps, and it is continued by a drystone wall into the lake. Conservation work has been continuing on the town wall since 2009, and most of the wall has now been stabilised (Collins 2013). See the attached images of the gatehouse from N (003) and NW (007) and of the S mural tower from N (009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of amended upload: 30 July 2015
- RO046-004005: Religious house - Fratres Cruciferi, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004005-. Situated c. 200m outside the town wall of Rindown. Possibly founded by King John and Philip de Angelo c. 1215 as the Church of St. John the Baptist at Tea-eon, as a house of Crutched Friars. References date positively from 1372 when the poet and historian Sean O Dubagain was buried here. It was suppressed and granted to Christopher Davers in 1569 and leased to George Goodman in 1588. In 1596 it was described as a church roofed in shingles, a cloister, and three decayed houses. A belfry is mentioned in 1605-06. (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 76-7; Gwynne and Hadcock 1988, 215-6) Only the church oriented N-S, which may be the S transept of a larger church, survives almost complete as a rectangular building (int. dims 11.05m N-S; 5.9m E-W) with dressed quoins, those at the NW and NE angles with chamfers. The E wall is featureless, while the S wall has one robbed window in a round-headed embrasure and the W wall has two destroyed windows which have diagonal tooling on their dressed ingoings. The church was entered through a flat-arched opening (Wth 1.8m; H 2.2m) in the N wall. This was approached from the N by a passage through a later structure (RO046-004028-) (ext. dims 7.3m E-W; 4m N-S) to its N which may have been a tower. Only the base survives, but it has a mural stairs in the E wall. A post-Suppression phase of use is suggested for the church by the partial blocking of the S window over a robbed brick-lined window, but this would have been ended by the late 18th century when table tombs dating from 1779 were installed in the interior. The church was conserved in 2009 (Collins 2013, 28). Jus S of the church is a building (int. dims 8.3m plus E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by masonry walls (max. H 0.7m) with good quoins which is truncated by the graveyard wall at W. This (RO046-004038-) could represent part of the cloistral surrounds, and a raised grass-covered and flat-topped but stony mound (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 7m; H 0.3-0.6m) extends eastwards from it (L c. 27m), with a gap (Wth at base 2.8m) just 4-6m E of the visible building. At its E end the mound turns NNE as a broad but still flat-topped stony mound (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 12m; H 0.1-0.4m). The cloister may have been contained between these structures and the church, although there is no evidence of a lean-to structure against the E wall of the church. The church is within a D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004029-) (dims 43m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, which partly fell in December 2010, revealing a stone head. This will be replaced on the outer face of the reconstructed wall. Within the graveyard is a 16th century graveslab (RO046-004037-) (dims 1.67m x 0.76m) with a raised roman inscription commemorating John Clysk who died in 1539 (Collins 2012, 3-4) and some architectural fragments (RO046-004030-) including part of a cloister arcade. The graveyard (RO046-004023-) is immediately to the NE and the walled garden (RO046-004026-) is c. 30m to the N, while the possible fish-pond (RO046-004039-) is c. 30m to the NW. (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 76-7) See the attached views from the SE (001) and of the interior looking S (002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December 2012 Amended: 29 April, 2015
- RO046-004023: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004023-. On the peninsula of Rindown, c. 160m outside the town wall (RO046-004004-). Possibly an early ecclesiastical site, although there is no evidence of a church (RO046-004036-). D-shaped graveyard (dims 59m NE-SW; 44m E-W) defined by stone walls. A fragment of a cross-slab (RO046-004024-) was recovered from the graveyard and there are fragments (RO046-004025-) of a cusped ogee-headed window at the location. The church of the crutched friars (RO046-004005-) is immediately to the SW, and the walled garden (RO046-004026-) is immediately to the NW. The two bronze bells (Bourke 1980) and the bronze crucifixion plaque from St John's, now in NMI, may be from this location (Harbison 1984). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004024: Cross-slab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004024-. On the peninsula of Rindoon, c. 160m outside the town wall (RO046-004004-). A fragment of a cross-slab (dims 0.34m x 0.26m; T 6cm) with part of a semi-circular terminal outlined by two sets of parallel lines was recovered from the graveyard (RO046-004023-). There are two letters of an inscription which might be 'an', and the stone is now kept safely at Maynooth College. (Bradley and Dunne 1988, Fig. 45). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 November, 2014 Amended: 4 May 2021
- RO046-004025: Architectural fragment, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004025-. On the peninsula of Rindown, c.160m outside the town wall (RO046-004004-). There are fragments of a cusped ogee-headed window at the graveyard (RO046-004023-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004026: Walled garden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004026-. On Rindown peninsula c. 200m outside the town wall of Rindown (RO046-004004-). This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 84m NE-SW; 50m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls (T 0.6-0.8m; max. H 2m) which are not complete on any side. There are three bee-bowls (RO046-004-027-) in the centre of the NW wall visible as pointed niches (Wth 0.45m; H 0.55m; D 0.3m). St John's church (RO046-004005-), with which it may have been associated, is c. 30m to the S and St John's graveyard (RO046-004023-) is immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004027: Bee-boles, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004027-. There are three bee-boles in the centre of the NW wall of the walled garden (RO046-004026-) visible as pointed niches (Wth 0.45m; H 0.55m; D 0.3m). (Collins 2016) See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004028: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004028-. The church of the Crutched Friars of St John's (RO046-004005-) was entered through a flat-arched opening (Wth 1.8m; H 2.2m) in the N wall. This was approached from the N by a passage through a structure (ext. dims 7.3m E-W; 4m N-S), which may have been a tower from the crossing of a larger church. Only the base survives, but it has a mural stairs rising in the E wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004029: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004029-. The church of the Crutched Friars of St John's (RO046-004005-) is within a D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004029-) (dims 43m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, which partly fell in December 2010, revealing a stone head. This will be replaced on the outer face of the reconstructed wall (Collins 2013, 29). Within the graveyard is a 16th century graveslab (RO046-004037-) (dims 1.67m x 0.76m) with a raised roman inscription commemorating John Clysk who died in 1539 (Collins 2012, 3-4) and some architectural fragments (RO046-004030-) including part of a cloister arcade. (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 76-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19th December, 2012. Amended: 30 July, 2013
- RO046-004030: Architectural fragment, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004030-. The D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004029-) at the site of the Crutched Friars of St John's (RO046-004005-) contains a 16th century graveslab (RO046-004037-) and architectural fragments including part of a cloister arcade. The majority of these fragments have been gathered together and positioned along the W wall of the graveyard just inside the entrance gateway. (Bradley and Dunne 1988a, 76-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 9 April 2015
- RO046-004036: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004036-. On the peninsula of Rindown, c. 160m outside the town wall (RO046-004004-). Possibly an early ecclesiastical site, although there is no evidence of a church within the D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004023-) defined by stone walls. A fragment of a cross-slab (RO046-004024-) was recovered from the graveyard and there are fragments (RO046-004025-) of a cusped ogee-headed window at the location. The church of the crutched friars (RO046-004005-) is immediately to the SW, and the walled garden (RO046-004026-) is immediately to the NW. The two bronze bells (Bourke 1980) and the bronze crucifixion plaque from St John's, now in NMI, may be from this graveyard (Harbison 1984). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO046-004037: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004037-. The church of the Crutched Friars of St John's (RO046-004005-) is within a D-shaped graveyard (RO046-004029-) (dims 43m NE-SW; 35m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls. Within the graveyard is a graveslab (dims 1.67m x 0.76m) which was discovered in 2007 by Richard Collins (2012, 3-4) who thought it had a sixteenth century date. More recent work by the St John’s Heritage Group reveals that the inscription in false relief is in roman lettering and commemorates John Clusk who died in the early eighteenth century. Research work by the group reveals that John Clusk of Carrowphadeen signed a lease in 1725 and his widow Margaret is listed in the Elphin Diocesan Census of 1749. The inscription with its contractions reads: I WAS D / THIS MONUM ERECT BY / MARGAT CLVSK OVER Ye / BODY OF HER HVSBAND IO _ _ / CLVSK WHO DEPT THIS LI / FE IN _ 53 YEAR OF HIS AGE ON / _ _ DAY OF _ _ _ Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 April 2011 Amended: 2 December 2020
- RO046-004038: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004038-. Situated c. 200m outside the town wall of Rindown. Jus S of the church of the Crutched Friars (RO046-004005-) is a building (int. dims 8.3m plus E-W; 2.9m N-S) defined by masonry walls (max. H 0.7m) with good quoins which is truncated by the graveyard wall at W. This could represent part of the cloistral surrounds, and a raised grass-covered and flat-topped but stony mound (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 7m; H 0.3-0.6m) extends eastwards from it (L c. 27m) with a gap (Wth at base 2.8m) just 4-6m E of the visible building. At its E end the mound turns NNE as a broad but still flat-topped stony mound (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 12m; H 0.1-0.4m). The cloister may have been contained between these structures and the church, although there is no evidence of a lean-to structure against the E wall of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29/04/2015
- RO046-004039: Fish-pond, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO046-004039-. Located on a level landscape c. 200m outside the town wall of Rindoon and c. 30m NW of the church of the Crutched Friars (RO046-004005-). A rectangular sunken area (dims of top 42m plus NNE-SSW; 14m ENE-WSW; dims of base 36m NNE-SSW; 11m ENE-WSW) is defined by wide and slight scarps (H 0.6-0.8m generally, but only 0.2m on the W side). It has a rectangular form and is visible in pasture, but its S end runs under the boundary of the garden attached to St John’s House. It is visible as a feature on the OSI aerial images (1995). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 April, 2015

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 Rinnagan.

## 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 Rinnagan, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rinnagan.
- 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/rinnagan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rinnagan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rinnagan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rinnagan 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)

- Carrownamaddy: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrownamaddy-190440.md
- Carrownure Lower: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrownure-lower.md
- Knockskehan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/knockskehan.md
- Warren: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/warren.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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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/rinnagan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/rinnagan