Rathgoonaun

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgoonaun, from 403 m² to 2,754,601 m² (275.46 ha, 680.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Rathgoonaun 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.

• 26 Aug 2024Conditional

  (1) Construct dwellinghouse and domestic garage (2) Install on site waste water treatment system with percolation area and (3) carry out ancillary site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460272

• 26 Jun 2023Conditional

  (1) Demolish existing shed and flat roof extensions to existing cottage (2) Refurbish existing cottage and construct new extensions to front and rear elevations (3) Decommission existing septic tank and install new on site waste water treatment system and percolation area (4) Carry out all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360151

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ox Mountains Bogs SAC 002006
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ox Mountains Bogs 002006

Recorded monuments

• SL018-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in pasture. Raised circular area or platform (diam. 32m) defined by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 7.5m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 3.6m), with remnants of internal stone facing, and enclosed externally by a wide, deep fosse (Wth. 4m; D 1.5m) with ephemeral traces at W of a possible counterscarp bank (Wth 3.5-4m). The original entrance was most likely at the E where the fosse is not evident and there is a break (Wth 5.5m) in the bank. There is another break (Wth. 1.4m) in the bank at SE. At the centre of the internal area is a slight hollow with a large slab set into it. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-052 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathgoonaun.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathgoonaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Rathgoonaun · Ráth gCuanáin

Area

6,187,137 m² (618.71 ha, 1,528.87 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacshalgan, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Buncrowey, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Buncrowey electoral division: 294 people in 123 households; 72% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Buncrowey, Cannaghanally, Crowagh or Dunneill Mountain, Farranmacfarrell, Fartannan, Knockanbaun, Lecarrow, Letterunshin, Tawnatruffaun

Placenames

Rathgoonaun 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.