Russagh

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russagh, from 323 m² to 249,594 m² (24.96 ha, 61.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Russagh 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 Aug 2025Conditional

  to construct a Dormer Type Dwelling House With Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Suitable Onsite Sewerage Treatment System With Percolation Area And All Ancillary Works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560419

• 31 Mar 2020N/a

  construct a new forest road entrance, new forest road and erection of a new security barrier together with all ancillary site services and associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206087

• 23 Sept 2019Conditional

  Erect a 24m multi-user free standing support structure carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated exchange cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works. The development will provide for 3G and 4G wireless data and broadband services for Eir.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196267

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  construction of 25.80 sqm ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling and a new porch to existing front entrance with all associated site works. Retention permission is also sought for 2 roof light windows to southeast elevation, removal of 1 chimney and changes to window type.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176342

• 1 Feb 2017Conditional

  to change extension plans that were granted under File Ref. 09/5108 to include two bedrooms, bathroom, hall, walk in wardrobe and store and to retain existing fuel store and existing store extension to existing garage and to decommission existing septic tank, install a treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176023

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 Russagh.

Recorded monuments

• WM006-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight in gently undulating pasture-land, with good views to the E and NE. A large sub-circular area (diam. 67m N-S; 63m E-W) enclosed by a fragmentary earthen bank which has been levelled at ENE and SW. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, with traces of cultivation ridges running NNE-SSW. A pathway is shown running across the SE quadrant of the monument on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. A gap in the bank at NE and SW corresponds to the entrance and exit points of this pathway. Field fences which intersected the site at NE, E, SE and SW were levelled in 1987. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 January 2017

• WM006-015 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on low-lying poorly drained pasture-land which rises gently from the site to the E, S and W, with extensive views to the W, N and E. Mill (WM006-073----) 560m to NNE, possible moated site (WM006-019----) 670m to E, church (WM006-062----) and graveyard (WM006-062001-) 70m to SE. Impressive motte consisting of a steep sided flat topped mound (top diam. 22m N-S; base diam. 35m N-S), the base of which is enclosed by a shallow fosse which is waterlogged on N side. The SE face of the mound has some damage where the top sod has been removed revealing the remains of some large stones the surface of which has lime mortar adhering to it. These stones possibly represent the remains of a mortared wall facing acting as a revetment for the earthen mound. The dating of this revetment or wall facing is uncertain. Possible curving ditch of D-shaped bailey to E of motte with second possible bailey area to NE. The land to the NE of the motte is slightly elevated dry land in a field which is wet and marshy elsewhere. Evidence of post-medieval cultivation ridges running NE-SW across surface of D-shaped bailey. Several linear water-filled ditches radiate out from the foot of the motte at NE and SE as visible on aerial photographs taken in 1966 (CUCAP APG087-088). Digital globe aerial photograph taken November 2011 indicates enclosing fosse around base of mound visible from E-S. Drainage ditches and cultivation ridges clearly visible on digital globe aerial photograph to SE of motte. A post 1700 field fence intersects the motte at SW. No trace of a bailey. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map an old laneway skirts past the base of the mound on the N side running NE towards the corn mill. To see a 3D model of this earthwork, visit; https://skfb.ly/oxBGZ Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 January 2017

• WM006-062 Church
  Description

  Situated on level ground. Motte (WM006-015----) 80m to NW. According to the Feilire of Aengus and the Martyrology of Tallaght the feastday of Coeman Breic, of Ross ech [St. Caemhan Brec, Bishop of Ross-Each] also known as Chailli in Ollaim/Caille Fhallamhain [wood of the chief Professor / Fallon's wood] on the 14th of September (O'Hanlon 1875, 372-3; O'Donovan 1847, 182-3). The medieval church of Russagh is depicted on the 1654-9 Down Survey map of Moygoish barony (NLI MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map of Russagh states that there was 'one Church in Russagh' (NLI MS 723-4). The Royal Visitation of 1615 recorded that the vicarage of Ruish (Russagh) had an annual of £4, and that the church was in good condition and listed Leonard Heligh [Helah] as its vicar (Gray 1940, 30, 32). The medieval church is depicted as a rectangular building on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing in the centre of a D-shaped graveyard (WM006-062001-) defined by an earthen bank. On the 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map only a short stretch of the S wall of the church is shown upstanding. Today no surface remains of this church are now visible. The possible outline of the levelled church appears to be visible in the N quadrant of the graveyard on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). Some cut stone from the medieval church has been reused to mark burials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 February 2017

• WM006-062001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on level ground. Motte (WM006-015----) 80m to NW. Rectangular church (WM006-062----) depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as standing in the centre of a D-shaped graveyard defined by an earthen bank. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). The earthen boundary was replaced by a stone wall between 1837 and 1911 when the revised ed. OS 6-inch map depicts the graveyard as a sub-rectangular shaped area now enclosed by a stone wall. Today the rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 46m N-S; 51m E-W) is enclosed by a wall of post 1837 date and appears to have been extended to the S. The graveyard contains memorials dating from the 19th century onwards. Some cut stone from the medieval church has been reused to mark burials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 February 2017

• WM006-062002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  According to the Feilire of Aengus and the Martyrology of Tallaght the feastday of Coeman Breic, of Ross ech [St. Caemhan Brec, Bishop of Ross-Each] also known as Chailli in Ollaim/Caille Fhallamhain [wood of the chief Professor / Fallon's wood] on the 14th of September (O'Hanlon 1875, 372-3; O'Donovan 1847, 182-3). Possible ecclesiastical enclosure identified by Swan (1988, 14) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the quadrantal form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM006-062001-). In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). The D-shaped graveyard boundary on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map indicates that the boundary around the graveyard consisted of an earthen bank which may have incorporated part of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure. The earthen boundary was replaced by a stone wall between 1837 and 1911 when the revised ed. OS 6-inch map depicts the graveyard as a sub-rectangular shaped area now enclosed by a stone wall. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 25 August 2015

• WM006-073 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  In 1612 Robert Dillon of Cannorstown was granted 'a water-mill in Russagh' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 228). The post medieval corn mill depicted on the OS 6-inch map may have been built on the site of the medieval mill. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2015

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).

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

Name

Russagh · An Rosach

Area

970,968 m² (97.1 ha, 239.93 acres)

Civil parish

Russagh, and its townlands

Barony

Moygoish

Electoral division

Rathowen, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Barratogher, Corrydonnellan, Culvin, Joanstown, Loughanstown, Rath, Rathowen, Windtown South

Placenames

Russagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.