# Garoke, Co. Sligo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Shancough, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo; in Irish An Gharbhóig.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 617,333 m² (61.73 ha, 152.55 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 42,082 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Shancough, https://everytownland.com/sligo/parish/shancough.md
- Barony: Tirerrill
- Electoral division: Killadoon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 276 people lived in 104 households in the Killadoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Sligo, https://everytownland.com/sligo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44597
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 200729
- Centre: latitude 54.09297, longitude -8.286977 (WGS 84)

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

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garoke, from 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres) to 240,160 m² (24.02 ha, 59.34 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 748474: 240,160 m² (24.02 ha, 59.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/748474.md
- Parcel 761117: 177,195 m² (17.72 ha, 43.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/761117.md
- Parcel 727873: 98,601 m² (9.86 ha, 24.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/727873.md
- Parcel 769592: 98,560 m² (9.86 ha, 24.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/769592.md
- Parcel 6221754: 42,082 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6221754.md
- Parcel 771489: 31,992 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/771489.md
- Parcel 774758: 20,495 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/774758.md
- Parcel 767402: 4,118 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/767402.md
- Parcel 740450: 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/740450.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Garoke 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Garoke in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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 Garoke.

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

- SL035-031: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-031----. In undulating pasture, on an E-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 20.2m x 21.2m) enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered stone wall (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.75m). The wall has been partially removed along the W arc. The E half of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-033: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-033----. In undulating pasture, on an E-facing slope above a flat boggy area and on the N side of a road. A roughly circular raised area (int. diam. 16.7m x 15.8m; H 1.7m) with a trace of an earthen bank along the NW arc (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m). Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map by an arc of hachures W-N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-034: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-034----. In undulating pasture, on an E-facing slope near the top of a broad steep sided ridge; there is blanket bog to W. A raised circular area (21.8m x 20.4m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.25m), poorly preserved along the N arc. An external fosse (Wth 3.1m; D 0.5m) is evident all round. The entrance (Wth 2.2m) is in the S arc. The interior slopes down to E and is slightly concave. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-035: Settlement cluster, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035----. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 5 January 2012
- SL035-035002: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035002-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This structure (ext. dims 10/6m NE-SW; 5.1m NW-SE; int. dims 8.5m NE-SW; 3.5m NW-SE) has block limestone walls (T 1.05m; max. H 1.2m) with entrances on the on the NW (Wth 0.95m) and SE (Wth 0.6m) long walls and it may have a separate room (int. dims 3.2m x 2.2m) at the SW end. Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035003: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035003-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date.This house (int. dims 15.9m NE-SW; 2.8m NW-SE) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.5m; max. H 0.7m). it is divided into three rooms by cross-walls and there are opposed entrances (Wth 0.9m) in the long walls. Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035004: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035004-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This structure (ext. dims 6m NE-SW; 5.6m NW-SE; int. dims 4.2m NE-SW; 3.2m NW-SE) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.5m; max. H 08m) with well-built corners and has an entrance (Wth 1m) on the SE side. Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035005: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035005-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This house (ext. dims 8.5m NE-SW; 4.5m NW-SE; int. dims 6.4m NE-SW; 2.8m NW-SE) is defined by a wall (T 1.05m; max. H 1.5m at NE) and has an entrance (Wth 0.7m) at NW. Compiled by: Paul Walsh, Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035006: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035006-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This structure (ext. dims 5m NW-SE; 4m NE-SW; int. dims 3.8m NW-SE; 3.2m NE-SW) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 1.6m; max. H 0.9m) but its SE side is missing. Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035007: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035007-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This house (ext. dims 10m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE; int. dims 7.4m NE-SW; 4.1m NW-SE) is defined by a wall (T 1.3m; max. H 0.5m) and is divided into two rooms but there is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Paul Walsh and Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 31 January 2017
- SL035-035008: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035008-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This structure (ext. dims c. 8m NW-SE; c. 5m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (max. H 0.4m) is c. 60m SW of the main complex. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 January, 2017
- SL035-035009: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-035009-. Listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified as 'Enclosure' and 'Settlement Deserted' respectively. It is in wet elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope with a sharp natural break of slope immediately to the N. A deserted settlement of six rectangular stone structures, all aligned NE-SW, is delimited to the W and N by a NE-SW earth and stone bank (H 1.1m) and on E side by a drain (D 0.4m). The smallest structure measures 3.2m x 3.8m while the largest measures 15.9m x 2.8m, the latter being divided into three rooms by crosswalls. Two of the structures have no obvious entrances, and two additional structures are c. 60m SW of the main complex. These structures are all shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map (1837) and are probably of 18th or 19th century date. This small structure (ext. dims 6m NW-SE; c. 4.5m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (max. H 0.4m) is c. 60m SW of the main complex and has what may be the remains of a chimney. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 January, 2017
- SL035-118: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL035-118----. In pasture, on a slight ENE-facing slope. A roughly circular area (16m N-S; 16.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.55m) NNE-SW and elsewhere by a slight scarp. There is rock outcrop (Wth 2m; H 1.5m) immediately inside the bank at NNE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth and raised to compensate for the hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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 Garoke.

## 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 Garoke, about 1 in 10 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 Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/sligo/garoke.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/sligo/garoke.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/sligo/garoke.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Garoke with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo: https://everytownland.com/sligo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bullaun: https://everytownland.com/sligo/bullaun.md
- Cabragh: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cabragh-200215.md
- Knockacappul: https://everytownland.com/sligo/knockacappul-200851.md
- Moytirra West: https://everytownland.com/sligo/moytirra-west.md
- Rannatruffaun East: https://everytownland.com/sligo/rannatruffaun-east.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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