Quinspool South
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Poll Uí Choinn Theas
- Area
- 50.8 ha
- 126 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning
- N3.3
- Utilities
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Quinspool South, from 3 m² to 108,991 m² (10.9 ha, 26.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Mar 2026Conditional
to retain (1) glazed front porch (2) front bay window (3) single storey extension to rear and (4) single storey pitched roof the front and side of house
Retention · Clare County Council, 2660199
1 Jul 2024Conditional
of domestic garage at the side of the dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460303
9 May 2024Conditional
of extension and associated elevational changes of existing dwelling house along with storage sheds and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460202
11 Sept 2018Conditional
to install a sealed cesspool for wastewater storage and to divert existing pipework to the new cesspool
Permission · Clare County Council, 18721
8 Aug 2018Refused
for a dwelling house, entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18640
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockalisheen Marsh 002001
Recorded monuments
- CL063-006 Standing stone
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.
- CL063-007 Bridge
Description
Situated 1.5km N of Limerick City over a stream flowing W to E into the River Shannon. A bridge built by the Mayor of Limerick in 1635. An inscribed limestone slab (1.21m x 0.61m) is built into the W parapet at ground level. The inscription, in low relief, is in capital letters and reads, ‘HUNC PONTEM AC UIAM STRATAM FIERI FECIT PETRUS CREAGH FILIUS ANDREAE MAIOR CIVITATIS LIMERICENSIS SUMPTIBUS EIUSDEM CIVITATIS ANNO DNI 1635’ which translates ‘Peter Creagh, sone of Andrew [Creagh], Mayor of Limerick, had this bridge and street made at the expense of the city of Limerick, the year of the Lord 1635’. (Rynne 1977, 69-71 and Plate V) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 May 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Quinspool South.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_949 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Quinspool South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Quinspool South · Poll Uí Choinn Theas
- Area
- 508,394 m² (50.84 ha, 125.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Ballyglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyglass electoral division: 6,030 people in 2,061 households; 85% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Knockalisheen, Monabraher (Co. Limerick), Parteen, Quinspool North
- Placenames
- Quinspool South 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.