Tulsk

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tulsk, from 24 m² to 81,689 m² (8.17 ha, 20.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tulsk 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.

• 18 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for the following: 1. to demolish side extensions to existing house, 2. to demolish existing shed and to relocate on site, 3. to relocate existing entrance, 4. to construct a new extension to house, along with alteration to existing house and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560178

• 27 Oct 2022N/a

  PART 8 - The improvement, including widening and straightening, of approximately 3.95km of Standard Single Carriageway National Secondary route, consisting of 3.3km of offline construction and 0.65km of online widening, to typically provide a Type 1 single carriageway including 7.3m carriageway with 2 x 2.5m hard shoulders and 2 x 3m grass verges and including local road improvements/realignments, farm/accommodation roads, watercourse crossings, fencing, drainage, landscaping, utilities and service diversions, accommodation works and other ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22580

• 17 Sept 2020N/a

  to connect to the public sewer at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20369

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• RO022-113001 Field system
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope S and W of the Dominican priory of Tulsk (RO022-114002-), bordering a S-N section of Ogulla stream at W. An area of c. 6 ha (c. 15 acres) has some rectangular fields (dims c. 30m x 50m to c. 50m x c. 100m) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 3m; H 0.2m). A mill-race (Wth c. 2m) (RO022-113003-) which is partly stone-lined runs parallel with Ogulla stream (L c. 150m) and rejoins it c. 50m E of the point where the stream turns NE. Running S from the graveyard (RO022-114008-) is a fragment of a relict road (RO022-113002-) (Wth c. 10m; L c. 100m). An aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVH 96) shows this road extending further S (L c. 200m) but curving to the E until it meets the S-N Roscommon - Tulsk road (N61), but the road is continued N towards rath (RO022-114003-) by the relict road (RO022-114010-). This portion does not survive. Just S of the graveyard the road was crossed by an E-W relict road (RO022-113004-) (L c. 370m), visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVH 96), but this is barely traceable as a slight depression (Wth c. 15m). (O'Conor et al. 1996) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-113002 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope to the S of the Dominican priory of Tulsk (RO022-114002-). A fragment of a road (Wth c. 10m; L c. 100m) runs S from the SE angle of the graveyard (RO022-114008-). An aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVH 96) shows the road extending further S (L c. 200m) but curving to the E until it meets the N-S Tulsk - Roscommon road (N 61) (total L c. 450m). This portion does not survive, but the road is continued N towards rath (RO022-114003-) by the road (RO022-114010-) and it is crossed by the E-W relict road (RO022-113004-) just S of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-113003 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On level ground on the E bank of the S-N Ogulla stream at W, and part of the field system (RO022-113001-). A mill-race (Wth c. 2m) runs parallel with Ogulla stream (L c. 250m), rejoining it c. 50m E of the point where the stream turns NE. (O'Conor et al. 1996) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-113004 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope S and W of the Dominican priory of Tulsk (RO022-114002-). Just S of the graveyard (RO022-114008-) the road (RO022-113002-) is crossed by an E-W road, visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVH 96). This can be traced as far as a S-N section of Ogulla Stream(L c. 375m), but it is barely traceable as a slight depression (Wth c. 15m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise on the SE bank of the SW-NE Ogulla River. Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims of top 34.7m E-W; 29.8m N-S; dims of base 45m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by scarps (H 1.5-1.8m E-S to 2.3m at W and 5m at N), with traces of a fosse (Wth of base 5m; D c. 0.5m) E-S. There is no visible entrance, and the perimeter has been damaged at SW. Tobernakirky well (RO022-114004-), a natural spring (diam. c. 10m), is immediately NW of the mound with a stream flowing N to the river. Archaeological testing (97E0030) c. 40m to the SW failed to produce any related material (Walsh 1998). From 2002 the rath became a focus of the Discovery Programme's medieval rural settlement module. Remote sensing surveys in 2003 revealed a roadway (RO022-114010-) (Wth c. 10m; L c. 50m) bordered by low earthen banks approaching from the S, and later field banks in the vicinity, together with anomalies suggesting stonework on the E part of the mound. Excavation (04E0850) beginning in 2004 exposed the base of a rectangular tower, probably a tower house (RO022-114011-) (ext. dim. c. 20m NNW-SSE; c. 10m ENE-WSW) with strong walls (at SW: Wth 1.8m) on a wide foundation (Wth c. 3m). It has a rounded corner at NE and a base batter, and is straddling the E side of the mound. The tower is divided into a small N room and larger S room, which itself is divided into two, and there is no clear evidence of a doorway. There is a garderobe chute in the E wall, and subsequently a building (dims c. 15m E-W; c. 9m N-S) was added to the E of the tower over the in-filled fosse (Brady 2009, 23-4). Further excavation in 2005 and 2006 removed the late 16th century layers post-dating the destruction of the castle, including a small oval feature, probably a late house-site or shelter (RO022-114012-) (dims c. 7m E-W; c. 4m N-S) at the N edge of the mound. During 2007 disturbed contexts containing early medieval material from the W edge of the rath were recovered including ring-brooches, glass beads and bone pins dating from the 10th-11th century. These layers may have been truncated at E by a large fosse surrounding the castle, but some of the rath bank with an internal revetment is preserved within the foundations of the castle. A number of occupation levels associated with the rath were glimpsed together with two fire-pits that may be from a corn-drying kiln. On the W side of the rath 1.2m of soil was introduced to raise the level of the rath, and a trench was dug through this, cutting off the E edge of the rath. The rath may have been sited on a prehistoric habitation site. (Brady 2011, 309-10) The castle (RO022-114001-) is c. 60m to the NW on the other side of the stream and the priory (RO022-114006-) with the Bingham tower house (RO022-114009-) is c. 110m to the SW. Fulachta fia (RO022-115----; RO022-116----) are c. 120m to the NE and c. 80m to the ENE respectively. (Knox 1911, 225-8; Brady 2003; Brady and Gibson 2005; Brady 2007; 2009; 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 June 2012

• RO022-114004 Well
  Description

  Toberkirky well, a natural spring well, is immediately NW of the rath (RO022-114003-) and had a stream flowing N to the SW-NE Ogulla River, c. 30m to the W, but the well is not now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114006 Religious house - Dominican friars
  Description

  An ancient church may have existed at Tulsk since it is listed in the Registry of Clonmacnoise (O'Donovan 1856-7, 451), and such a church might be that listed as Tulagh in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). A Dominican friary dedicated to St Patrick was founded in 1448 by either by Fedlimid mac Fedlimid O'Conor or Fedlimid MacDowell (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 230-1), probably the former (McDermott 2016), but nothing is known of its history and it may have been derelict by 1582 when Sir Charles Bingham established a garrison at Tulsk (O'Conor, 2007, 196). The tower house (RO022-114009-) in the chancel may have been built then or in 1595 when Sir Richard Bingham built fortifications at Tulsk and placed them under the command of Capt. George Lane. It is situated on a gentle N-facing slope. (Gormley 1989, 38-44) Only the S wall (surviving L c. 28m) with the remains of one window, and fragments of the W and N walls (int. dim. 7.25m N-S) survive of the undifferentiated nave and chancel church, forming the earliest construction phase in the mid-15th century. In the later 15th century two pointed arches springing from a central cylindrical pillar give access to a S transept (ext. dims 12m N-S; 8m E-W) towards the W end of the S wall. There are mason's marks on the E corbel of the E arch and the SW side of the pillar, but the tracery of the S transept window, which had three lights, is missing. The top (dims 2.15m x 0.35m plus; T 0.2m) of the tomb (RO022-114007-) of Frances Gardiner, dated 1679, is almost buried in the SW corner of the transept. A crucifixion plaque (RO022-114014-) (dims 1.06m x 1.06m) over the arms of O'Conor Roe is built into the inner face of the S wall of the transept over the grave of John O'Conor of Tonroe, who died in 1777. An armorial plaque of O'Kelly (RO022-114015-) (dims 0.65m x 0.57m), probably 18th century in date, is built into the inner face of the W transept wall. The W wall of Bingham's tower house (RO022-114009-) and adjacent fragments of the N and S walls survive to three storeys. There was a doorway in the N wall at the ground floor from the church period, which is partly blocked by the W wall of the tower hose, and there are fireplaces in the W wall at the first and second floors. There was a spiral stairs in the NW angle, but there was no vaulting. The church and tower house are within as subrectangular graveyard (RO022-114008-) (dims c. 120m N-S; c. 90m E-S) which contains almost 50 dressed stones re-used as gravemarkes, including fragments of a cloister arcade, which may have been N of the church, and from the S transept window (Brady et al. 2005). Field system (RO022-113001-) extends off to the SW. The castle (RO022-114001-) is c. 120m to the NNE and rath (RO022-114003-) is c. 110m to the NE. See the attached view of the S transept from the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 December, 2011

• RO022-114007 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In the Dominican Priory (RO022-114006-) at Tulsk. The top (dims 2.15m x 0.35m plus; T 0.2m) of the tomb of Frances Gardiner, dated 1679, is almost buried in the SW corner of the transept. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 December 2011

• RO022-114008 Graveyard
  Description

  On a N-facing slope surrounding the Dominican priory of Tulsk (RO022-114006-). Subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 120m NW-SE; c. 90m NE-SW) containing almost 50 architectural fragments (RO022-114013-) from the abbey. (Brady et al. 2005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114009 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The Dominican priory (RO022-114006-) may have been derelict in 1595 when Sir Richard Bingham fortified it with a tower house (O'Conor 2007, 196) and placed Tulsk under the command of Capt. George Lane. It was demolished in 1651 by Sir Charles Lane on instructions from the Lord Deputy (Gormley 1989, 37). The W wall of Bingham's tower and adjacent fragments of the N and S walls survive to three storeys in the chancel of the priory. There was a doorway in the N wall at the ground floor, and fireplaces in the W wall at the first and second floors. It is within a subrectangular graveyard (RO022-114008-), and the field system (RO022-113001-) extends off to the SW. The O'Conor Roe tower house (RO02-114011-) is c. 100m to the NE. See the attached view taken from the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114010 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On the SE bank of the SW-NE Ogulla River, c. 70m from the river and approaching the rath (RO022-114003-) from the S. Remote sensing surveys in 2003 revealed a roadway (Wth c. 10m; L c. 80m) bordered by low earthen banks approaching from the S, and later field banks in the vicinity. It is continued S of the Dominican priory (RO022-114006-) by the road (RO022-113002-). (Brady 2003, 66, feature 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114011 Castle - tower house
  Description

  A castle at Tulsk was built in 1406 by O'Conor Rua, but it was burnt in 1407 by Brian O'Conor and the Clann Donnchada. In 1426 it was captured by Ruarai O'Conor from Cathal Dubh O'Conor, but in 1430 it was recaptured by O'Conor Rua. The castle was destroyed by Ulick Og Burke in 1485 and in 1490 O'Donnell failed to capture it, but it fell to the Earl of Kildare in 1499. Possession was disputed by O'Conor Rua and MacDermot in 1511, 1561 and 1577, by which time it was probably derelict. (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 114; Gormely 1989, 33-5; O'Conor 2007, 196) It is situated on a rise on the SE bank of a SW-NE section of the Ogulla River, on the E edge of the mound of rath (RO022-114003-). Remote sensing surveys in 2003 revealed anomalies suggesting stonework on the E part of the mound. Excavation (04E0850) beginning in 2004 exposed the base of a rectangular tower, probably a tower house (ext. dim. c. 20m NNW-SSE; c. 10m ENE-WSW) with strong walls (at SW: Wth 1.8m) on a wide foundation (Wth c. 3m). It has a rounded corner at NE and a base-batter, and is straddling the E side of the mound. The tower is divided into a small N room and larger S room, which itself is divided into two, and there is no clear evidence of an external doorway. There is a garderobe chute in the E wall, and subsequently a building (dims c. 15m E-W; c. 9m N-S) was added to the E of the tower over the in-filled fosse (Brady 2009, 23-4). Further excavation in 2005 and 2006 removed the late 16th century layers post-dating the destruction of the castle, including a small oval feature, probably a late house-site or shelter (RO022-114012-) (dims c. 7m E-W; c. 4m N-S) at the N edge of the mound, associated with the re-use of the site by Bingham in the 1590s (Brady 2011, 309-310). During 2007 disturbed contexts containing early medieval material from the W edge of the rath were recovered including ring-brooches, glass beads and bone pins dating from the 10th-11th century. These layers may have been truncated at E by a large fosse surrounding the castle, but some of the rath bank is preserved within the foundations of the castle. The castle (RO022-114001-) is c. 60m to the NW on the other side of the stream and the Dominican priory (RO022-114006-) with the Bingham tower house (RO022-1140009-) are c. 110m to the SW. Fulachta fia (RO022-115----; RO022-116----) are c. 120m to the NE and c. 80m to the ENE respectively. (Knox 1911, 225-8; Brady 2003; Brady and Gibson 2005; Brady 2007; 2009a; 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21st June, 2011

• RO022-114012 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a rise on the SE bank of the SW-NE Ogulla River, at the N edge of the mound of rath (RO022-114006-). A rectangular feature (dims c. 7m E-W; c. 4m N-S) detected by resistivity survey and exposed in excavation (04E0850) as an oval stony feature utilised after the abandonment of the castle (RO022-114011-). It is probably associated with the re-use of the site by Bingham, President of Connaught in the 1590s (Brady 2011, 310). (Brady and Gibson 2005, 65, 66, 73, feature 1) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21st June 2011

• RO022-114013 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On a N-facing slope The graveyard (RO022-114008-) surrounding the Dominican priory of Tulsk (RO022-114006-) contains almost 50 architectural fragments including pieces of a cloister arcade and from the destroyed S transept window of the church. (Brady et al. 2005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-114014 Crucifixion plaque
  Description

  A crucifixion plaque (dims 1.06m x 1.06m) over the arms of O'Conor Roe is built into the inner face of the S wall of the transept of the Dominican friary (RO022-114006-), over the grave of John O'Conor of Tonroe, who died in 1777. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 27th September, 2010.

• RO022-114015 Armorial plaque
  Description

  An armorial plaque of O'Kelly (dims 0.65m x 0.57m), probably 18th century in date, is built into the inner face of the W transept wall of the Dominican friary (RO022-114006-). Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 27th September, 2010.

• RO022-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Subcircular grass-covered mound (dims 8.4m N-S; 7.7m E-W; H 0.3m) with a slight hollow on the top. Fulacht fia (RO022-116----) is c. 60m to the S, and rath (RO022-114003-) is c. 120m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-116 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Oval grass-covered mound (dims 8.4m E-W; 5,5m N-S; H 0.2m-0.4m). Fulacht fia (RO022-115----) is c. 60m to the N, and rath (RO022-114003-) is c. 80m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-018001 Pitfield
  Description

  On a W and SW-facing slope. Lines of rectangular pits covering an area of c. 4 ha (c. 10 acres) are visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: 206/2, 3), but there are no pits visible here now. Some pits are also visible on photographs (CUCAP: AVH; 96, 97). 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 Tulsk.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tulsk.

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.

No address of the register names Tulsk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Tulsk · Tuilsce

Area

307,053 m² (30.71 ha, 75.87 acres)

Civil parish

Ogulla, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Tulsk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tulsk electoral division: 326 people in 115 households; 77% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cargin Demesne, Carrownageelaun, Castleland, Grange, Ogulla

Placenames

Tulsk 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.