Rahelly

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahelly, from 42 m² to 230,109 m² (23.01 ha, 56.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rahelly 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.

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a storey and half dwelling house, a domestic garage and the installation of a waste water treatment plant and percolation areas, provision for vehicular and pedestrian access of the existing agricultural access and carrying out all other associated site and ground works within the confines of the site

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20440

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 Rahelly.

Recorded monuments

• SL005-114 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight NNW-facing slope in gently undulating rocky pasture. Roughly triangular area, with gently bowed sides and rounded apices (L each side 16m), enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.4m). The apices of the triangle point NE, SE and W. Field clearance earth and rock has been dumped at the apex at NE creating a low flat-topped mound (dims top 3m by 3m; H 0.4m). A small pile of field clearance rocks has been dumped on the apex at W. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-167 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in low-lying wet pasture to S of higher E-W orientated ridge. Not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map.In 1994 fulacht fiadh material was recorded on the S side of a modern NE-SW orientated drain (SMR file). No fulacht fiadh material is now visible now as drain is silted up. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-168 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in low-lying wet pasture to S of higher E-W orientated ridge. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In 1994 fulacht fiadh material was recorded in the sides of a modern NE-SW orientated drain (SMR file). No fulacht fiadh material is now visible as drain is silted up. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating wet pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3m). From WSW-WNW the bank is absent where a NNW-ESE orientated road abuts the W side of the site. The fosse encloses the site WNW-SE and is visible as a band of wetter ground. A field drain has been cut along the external base of the bank SE-WSW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating wet pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 18m) enclosed by a scarp of earth (ext. H 0.4m). At the external base of the scarp are a broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3m) and a low external bank of earth (Wth. 2.7m; int. H 0.3m). A causeway across the fosse and a break (Wth 2m) in the external bank at NW mark the position of the original entrance. A scratching post (H 1.3; Wth 0.25; T 0.1m) is located to N of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NE-NW the bank is absent and the site is defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.6m). 'Rahelly House' is located 450m to the N and the rath appears to have been modified to form a tree ring. Drystone walling of random rubble limestone was added to the external face of the bank/scarp to form a vertical façade. This walling has largely collapsed where it defines the external face of the bank NW-NE and is better preserved where the bank is absent NE-NW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Mature ash trees grow along the perimeter and across the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. c.22m) defined by a substantial bank of rubble limestone (Wth 3.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.65m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. E-W orientated drystone field walls link to the external face of the bank at SW and at ESE. A break (Wth 1.6m) in the bank at N marks the position of the original entrance. The interior of the site is densely overgrown with thorn bushes and briars. An irregular hollow (dims. 15m NE-SW; 2-8m E-W; D 0.4m) immediately to the W of the site may be a quarry feature and the source for the material in the platform. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a low irregular bank of earth (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NW-SE the bank has been removed and the edge of the site is barely discernable as a slight irregular scarp. A field drain has been cut along the external base of the bank S-NW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The NE one-third of the site has been almost entirely removed. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, on a slight S-facing slope. An enclosure (SL008-181---* / SL005-114---) is located 60m to the NE. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 33m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.5m). At the external foot of the bank is a broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.2m; D 0.9m). The bank and is best preserved NNE-ENE. From E-ESE the external face of the bank has been quarried out almost entirely removing the bank. The external face of the bank has been cut back and is now almost vertical ESE-S. A now relic modern drystone wall lies along the inner base of the bank S ? W. The fosse is best preserved NNE-E. A drystone wall has been built across the fosse at E and the fosse is infilled and barely visible E-SE. From SE-WSW the fosse is absent and a now disused track lies along the line of the fosse. A modern N-S orientated drain has been cut along the line of the fosse WSW-NW with spoil from the cutting of the drain has been used to infill the fosse NW-NNW. There are two breaks in the bank, at NW (Wth 2m) and at SE (Wth 2m), either of which could mark the position of an original entrance. Dumps of field clearance rocks are located at the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

• Rahelly House, country house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey with attic over basement rendered house, built c. 1870, now in ruins. Cruciform plan, entrance porch in south-east corner (now missing), two contiguous north-south wings to east. Steeply-pitched roofs missing, remnants of ashlar stone diagonally-set chimneystacks with stepped capping, ashlar stone chamfered verge copings on corbelled springers with pointed finials. Roughcast walling, smooth-rendered block-and-start quoins, chamfered ashlar basement string course. Square-headed window openings, moulded render surrounds, hood mouldings, stone sills, windows missing. Two segmental-headed arches to basement to north elevation of east wings, tooled ashlar stone jambs and voussoirs. Square-plan farmyard to north, bounded by two-storey farm buildings, pitched slate roofs, painted smooth-rendered stepped and corbelled chimneystacks to south gables, squared rubble stone walling, tooled ashlar stone quoins. Further yard to north, high unpainted roughcast boundary walls, tall ashlar stone campanile to north-west corner, segmental-headed belfry openings on corbelled cornice, pyramidal ashlar stone roof. Set in rural landscape.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rahelly, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rahelly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Rahelly · Ráth Oilí

Area

892,657 m² (89.27 ha, 220.58 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Lissadill East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

862 people lived in 306 households in the Lissadill East electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygilgan, Cashelgarran, Cooldrumman Lower, Doonowney

Placenames

Rahelly 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.