Vesnoy

Area

331,979 m² (33.2 ha, 82.03 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it, 2,403 m² on the ground

Zoning

C5 Leisure Tourism / Amenity (Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective

Townland

Vesnoy

Planning applications on this parcel

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  The Planning Application is subject to Section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and in accordance with Article 16(2) of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413) i.e. Completeness Check. The development will consist of: Installation of a ground mounted Photovoltaic (PV) array of approximately 378m² to deliver 85kW yield and associated below ground cabling into Strokestown House, and installation of inverters, on a concrete pad and all associated connections into the building. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House, a Protected Structure RPS 2300141 at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660407

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission for the following works from that previously approved under planning reference number PD/24/60437 (a) revisions to the existing woodland walk / trails (b) omission of the outdoor learning zones and the introduction of new activity and learning areas (c) revised location of the 4th class housing exhibit (d) proposed new entrance signage (e) together with all other ancillary site works. The proposed works are located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300141 & RPS No. 02900142) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660072

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following; (a) extension to the existing woodland walk /trails together with a board walk (b) outdoor learning zones (c) the construction of a holistic eco-centre pavilion building (d) the installation of a 4th class housing exhibit (e) the construction of new car parking facilities, footpaths and extension to the existing bus parking (f) together with public lighting, drainage, landscaping and all other ancillary site works. The proposed works are located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No.02300141 & RPS No.02900142) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460437

• 20 Oct 2021Conditional

  Permission for development consisting of the provision of a ground mounted, photovoltaic (PV) array of approximately 50 sqm to deliver a maximum yield of less than 11kW, (the proposed development is located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300141)) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21589

• 21 Jan 2021Conditional

  for development which will consist of the following minor design changes to the visitor centre and café buildings granted planning permission under planning order reference: PD/18/10: (a) Revised entrance to visitors' centre; (b) Design changes to visitors' centre building in the courtyard; (c) Design changes to the café extension (the proposed development is located within the curtilage of Strokestown Park House which is a Protected Structure - RPS No. 02300141) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2124

• 15 Jan 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of:- (a) Extensions and upgrade works to the existing visitor centre (including extension of the café area and the creation of an outdoor terrace and the development of a new visitor centre within the exiting courtyard); (b) Extensions and upgrade works to the stable building (including a new lobby, upgrading of toilet facilities and the conversion of the existing ground floor stables into an event space; and (c) Upgrade works to the existing car park (including resurfacing, drainage works and landscaping). The existing buildings are attached to and/or within the curtilage of Strokestown House, which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 02300014 refers) at Strokestown Park House,

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1810

• 22 Dec 2017N/a

  The development will consist of:- (a) Extensions and upgrade works to the existing visitor centre (including extension of the café area and the creation of an outdoor terrace, and the development of a new visitor centre within the exiting courtyard); (b) Extensions and upgrade works to the stable building (including a new lobby, upgrading of toilet facilities and the conversion of the existing ground floor stables into an event space); and (c) Upgrade works to the existing car park (including resurfacing, drainage works and landscaping), (The existing buildings are attached to and/or within the curtilage of Strokestown House, which is a Protected Structure (RPS No. 023000141 refers)) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17522

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 9 recorded monuments.

• RO023-172001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. A castle of O'Conor Roe existed at Strokestown, which was called Beal Aith na mBuille - the mouth of the ford of the strokes (battle), although it can be interpreted as the town of the mills (Donlon 1990; Kelly 2006). A battle was fought here amongst the MacBrannan in 1411 (ALC, vol. 2, 139), after which O'Conor Roe took possession of the area (Lennon 2009, 8). The castle was destroyed by Mac Diarmada in 1552 (ALC vol. 2, 361). The castle of Bealnemully was granted to Teige Oge O'Conor Roe in 1585 (Freeman 1936, 162), but in 1593 ‘a little stone fortress called Balllinemullin’ was granted to Turlogh Byrne after the attainder of Teige Oge (Nicholls 1994, vol. 3, 223, No. 1593). In 1683 Bealnemully was described as a strong spring running off to the SW with a stone fort and a castle nearby. The bawn and flankers were then surviving (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 68-9). By the 1640s the land was mortgaged to Lucas Dillon of Lough Glinn (RO020-003----), who sold the lands in 1662 to Nicholas Mahon. The spring is just W of Strokestown Park House (RO023-172002-) which is thought to occupy the site of the castle. A wall in the basement (T c. 3m) is thought to be part of it. Capt. Nicholas Mahon, and his son John, built a house (RO023-172002-) on the site which may have been completed by 1696 and was commemorated in a date stone (Breffny and ffolliott 1975, 102-5). In the 1730s the present house was built by Thomas Mahon to a design by Richard Castle on Palladian principles, and is a rectangular W-facing seven bay, three storey house over a basement which may be built around the earlier core. Two wings or pavilions of two storeys and four bays to the NW and SW of the house are connected to the house by curving walls with niches, that to the N being the kitchens, that to the S being stables with a groin-vaulted roof supported by a single line of Doric columns. The house was altered in the early 19th century when Lord Hartland added a four column ionic portico entrance; he also re-designed the parkland and laid out the town of Strokestown in a grand manner. The house continued to be occupied by members of the Packenham Mahon family until 1981, and is now the Irish Famine Museum. (Dodd 1988; Bence-Jones 1988, 267) For the Famine Museum see this web-page accessed on 21/07/2015 http://www.strokestownpark.ie/famine-museum Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 15 May 2017

• RO023-172002 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  On a level landscape. An castle (RO028-172001-) of O'Conor Roe existed at Strokestown, and in 1683 the bawn and flankers survived, according to a contemporary account (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 68-9). The location may have been where Strokestown Park House is now and a wall in the basement (T c. 3m) is thought to be part of it. Capt. Nicholas Mahon, and his son John, built a house on the site which may have been completed by 1696 and was commemorated in a date stone (Breffny and ffolliott 1975, 102-5). In the 1730s the present house was built by Thomas Mahon to a design by Richard Castle on Palladian principles, and is a rectangular W-facing seven bay, three storey house over a basement which may be built around the earlier core. Two wings or pavillions of two storeys and four bays to the NW and SW of the house are connected to the house by curving walls with niches, that to the N being the kitchens, that to the S being stables with a groin-vaulted roof supported by a single line of Doric columns. The house was altered in the early 19th century when Lord Hartland added a four column ionic portico entrance; he also re-designed the parkland and laid out the town of Strokestown in a grand manner. The house continued to be occupied by members of the Packenham Mahon family until 1981, and is now the Irish Famine Museum. The mausoleum of the Mahon family (RO029-024----) is c. 220m to the SSW. (Dodd 1988; Bence-Jones 1978, 267; Lennon, M 2013) For the Famine Museum see this web-page accessed on 21/07/2015 http://www.strokestownpark.ie/famine-museum Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 21 July 2015

• RO029-026 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) which may have been a quarry only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low-lying level landscape. It is not visible at ground level, and is replaced by a small pond. Rath (RO028-028----) is c. 160m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-029001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a level landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 54.5.m E-W; 46.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6.9-9.8m; int. H 0.8m at S to 2m at N; ext. H 1.8m at S to 2.8m at N) with some bushes separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6.3m at S to 8.2m at N; Wth of base 1.8-2m; D 1-1.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 3.6-5m; H 0.2m), which only survives NE-S-WSW (max. surviving dims c. 78m E-W; c. 75m N-S). There is a causeway but no entrance gap at WSW, and the original entrance (Wth 2.3m) is in the inner bank at NE. There is a small enclosure (RO029-029002-) at the centre (int. dims 2.6m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2m) with intermittently visible facing-stones which is within a second enclosure (RO029-029006-) (int. dims 10.7m E-W; 9.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.3m; H 0.2m) with facing-stones. Neither enclosure has an entrance. Inside the rath bank at SE is an oval mound (RO029-029003-) (dims 12m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.5-1m) and there is a circular mound (RO029-029004-) (diam. 7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 0.4-0.8m) inside the rath bank at NW. The internal features are probably ornamental and related to Strokestown House, which is c. 1 km to the WNW. The rath is surrounded by some pits (RO029-029005-). See the attached aerial view taken from the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-029002 Enclosure
  Description

  On a level landscape. There is an enclosure at the centre of rath (RO029-029001-) (int. dims 2.6m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2m) with intermittently visible facing-stones which is within a concentric enclosure (RO029-029006-). Neither enclosure has an entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-029003 Mound
  Description

  On a level landscape. Inside the bank of rath (RO029-029001-) at SE is an oval mound (dims 12m N-S; 7m E-W; H 0.5-1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-029004 Mound
  Description

  On a level landscape. Inside the bank of rath (RO029-029001-) at NW there is a circular mound (diam. 7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 0.4-0.8m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO029-029005 Pitfield
  Description

  On a level landscape. There is no visible evidence of pits at this location near rath (RO029-029001-) but a Lidar image (Davis 2015, 179, No. 68: 4) shows about 20 pit, largely aligned NW-SE in an area of about 10 acres (c. 4 ah.) to the E and W of the rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 4 February 2016

• RO029-029006 Enclosure
  Description

  On a level landscape. There is an enclosure (RO029-029002-) at the centre of rath (RO029-029001-) which is within a concentric enclosure (int. dims 10.7m E-W; 9.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.3m; H 0.2m) with facing-stones. Neither enclosure has an entrance. The internal features of rath (RO029-029001-) are probably ornamental and related to Strokestown House, which is c. 1 km to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.