63 residential commencement notices were made in the Shannonside region in the first two months of the year.
Commencement notices are required to be lodged to local authorities for the erection or alteration of a building.
New Data from the CSO show the number residential units getting underway in the three counties in January and February.
Longford saw the most commencement notices in the first 2 months, with 31 submitted to the county council.
The majority of these were part of residential developments, while 4 were once off notices.
In Roscommon, the council were alerted to 25 notices, 12 of which were once off housing.
While in Leitrim, just 7 commencement notices were received in January and February, 3 of these falling under the classification of one off housing.
Nationally, Kildare and Kilkenny had the highest number outside of the major cities.
