# Abbeylands, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cluain na mBráthar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 425,142 m² (42.51 ha, 105.05 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 230 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 23 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathkeale, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathkeale.md
- Barony: Connello Lower
- Electoral division: Rathkeale Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Rathkeale Urban electoral division: 1,408 people in 544 households; 58% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32268
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120005
- Centre: latitude 52.521115, longitude -8.927655 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeylands, from 14 m² to 257,927 m² (25.79 ha, 63.74 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1601217: 257,927 m² (25.79 ha, 63.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601217.md
- Parcel 2451386: 47,197 m² (4.72 ha, 11.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451386.md
- Parcel 1670668: 36,106 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670668.md
- Parcel 1604937: 7,461 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604937.md
- Parcel 1607896: 6,670 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607896.md
- Parcel 1665190: 6,112 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665190.md
- Parcel 1666635: 3,566 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666635.md
- Parcel 1635786: 2,412 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635786.md
- Parcel 1597617: 2,219 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597617.md
- Parcel 1666482: 2,159 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666482.md
- Parcel 1673304: 2,152 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673304.md
- Parcel 4678756: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4678756.md
- Parcel 1603228: 2,008 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603228.md
- Parcel 1589102: 2,008 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589102.md
- Parcel 1673784: 1,998 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673784.md
- Parcel 1595512: 1,983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595512.md
- Parcel 1640399: 1,794 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640399.md
- Parcel 1591071: 1,667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591071.md
- Parcel 1600588: 1,658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600588.md
- Parcel 1667867: 1,340 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667867.md
- Parcel 1616192: 1,128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616192.md
- Parcel 5627566: 742 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5627566.md
- Parcel 1615125: 634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615125.md
- Parcel 1616742: 624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616742.md
- Parcel 1642873: 609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642873.md
- Parcel 1627665: 520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627665.md
- Parcel 1665487: 513 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665487.md
- Parcel 3781944: 508 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3781944.md
- Parcel 1658777: 447 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658777.md
- Parcel 1650103: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650103.md
- Parcel 1665989: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665989.md
- Parcel 1615635: 421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615635.md
- Parcel 1614673: 393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614673.md
- Parcel 1613476: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613476.md
- Parcel 1652619: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652619.md
- Parcel 1610830: 353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610830.md
- Parcel 1667466: 346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667466.md
- Parcel 1659465: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659465.md
- Parcel 1606828: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606828.md
- Parcel 4678761: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4678761.md
- Parcel 1653390: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653390.md
- Parcel 6186580: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6186580.md
- Parcel 1652319: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652319.md
- Parcel 5597596: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5597596.md
- Parcel 1635255: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635255.md
- Parcel 5603505: 269 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5603505.md
- Parcel 2514705: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514705.md
- Parcel 2514706: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514706.md
- Parcel 1636346: 257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636346.md
- Parcel 3781927: 257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3781927.md
- Parcel 1631827: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631827.md
- Parcel 1633764: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633764.md
- Parcel 1635261: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635261.md
- Parcel 5762263: 233 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5762263.md
- Parcel 4929063: 232 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4929063.md
- Parcel 5578504: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5578504.md
- Parcel 1633866: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633866.md
- Parcel 4963579: 228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4963579.md
- Parcel 1628621: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628621.md
- Parcel 1615468: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615468.md
- Parcel 1668794: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668794.md
- Parcel 1633812: 219 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633812.md
- Parcel 1635195: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635195.md
- Parcel 1629866: 215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629866.md
- Parcel 1635154: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635154.md
- Parcel 2451396: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451396.md
- Parcel 1633801: 210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633801.md
- Parcel 4964789: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4964789.md
- Parcel 1632669: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1632669.md
- Parcel 1647844: 201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647844.md
- Parcel 1633791: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633791.md
- Parcel 1663793: 195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663793.md
- Parcel 1635409: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635409.md
- Parcel 1592692: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592692.md
- Parcel 1633834: 178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633834.md
- Parcel 1633690: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633690.md
- Parcel 1633878: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633878.md
- Parcel 1633653: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633653.md
- Parcel 1633888: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633888.md
- Parcel 1632748: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1632748.md
- Parcel 1635317: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635317.md
- Parcel 1633822: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633822.md
- Parcel 1635296: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635296.md
- Parcel 1635466: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635466.md
- Parcel 1633963: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633963.md
- Parcel 1632749: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1632749.md
- Parcel 1633974: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633974.md
- Parcel 1633595: 155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633595.md
- Parcel 1635153: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635153.md
- Parcel 1614848: 148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614848.md
- Parcel 1635505: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635505.md
- Parcel 1633770: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633770.md
- Parcel 1633845: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633845.md
- Parcel 1635471: 136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1635471.md
- Parcel 1663794: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663794.md
- Parcel 5762276: 127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5762276.md
- Parcel 1608511: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608511.md
- Parcel 5947428: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947428.md
- Parcel 1633908: 114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633908.md
- Parcel 1636338: 111 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636338.md
- Parcel 6196125: 110 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6196125.md
- Parcel 5998783: 107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998783.md
- Parcel 5998814: 107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998814.md
- Parcel 1633955: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1633955.md
- Parcel 1668906: 98 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668906.md
- Parcel 5762280: 78 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5762280.md
- Parcel 6196099: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6196099.md
- Parcel 5762278: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5762278.md
- Parcel 5578481: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5578481.md
- Parcel 5998786: 40 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998786.md
- Parcel 5998799: 40 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998799.md
- Parcel 5998822: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998822.md
- Parcel 5094882: 14 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5094882.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 101 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- C2.1 Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- G5 Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- R1 New Residential (New/proposed residential): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- S5 Education and Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

23 applications, newest first.

- 15 Aug 2025, Limerick County Council 2560818: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of the existing derelict dwelling and outbuildings and replacement with one detached two storey dwelling. The proposal includes the provision of new vehicular and pedestrian access arrangements from the existing road and associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560818/0
- 29 May 2024, Limerick County Council 24224: Refused. Permission, 1 home. an additional dwelling unit onto the end of terraced units and connection to public services and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24224/0
- 6 Apr 2024, Limerick County Council 2460300: Conditional. Permission. the erection of front and rear extensions, with alterations to front facade of existing house with connections to existing services and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460300/0
- 1 Sept 2023, Limerick County Council 2360637: Conditional. Permission. the addition of front and rear extensions with alterations to front facade to existing house with connections to existing services to my house. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360637/0
- 1 Sept 2023, Limerick County Council 2360638: Conditional. Permission. construction of side, front and rear extensions to existing domestic two storey dwelling house and alteration to front facade, existing connections to all public services and to include all associated development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360638/0
- 10 Jun 2023, Limerick County Council 2360399: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new domestic two storey dwelling house & to include connections to all public services and associated development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360399/0
- 2 Sept 2022, Limerick County Council 22957: Refused. Retention. the rear boundaries and access gates to extended yards which are constructed to approximately 3M in height and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22957/0
- 25 Aug 2022, Limerick County Council 22928: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a variation in the use of a two-storey building from two apartments, one on the ground floor and the other on the first floor to use as a single dwelling house. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22928/0
- 1 Jul 2022, Limerick County Council 22744: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of 4no. derelict sheds and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22744/0
- 7 Mar 2022, Limerick County Council 22270: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. an extension to dwelling house at front and rear including all ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22270/0
- 16 Jul 2021, Limerick County Council 211017: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of 1no. two storey dwelling house, front boundary treatment, front entrance and driveway, connection to existing public services and all ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211017/0
- 29 Jun 2021, Limerick County Council 21913: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. and completion of dwelling including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21913/0
- 5 Mar 2021, Limerick County Council 21266: Conditional. Permission. addition of front and rear extensions to existing house with connections to existing services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21266/0
- 5 Mar 2021, Limerick County Council 21267: Conditional. Permission. addition of front and rear extensions to existing house with connections to existing services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21267/0
- 30 Oct 2020, Limerick County Council 201111: Conditional. Retention. alterations to front façade of their house and extension to rear of existing house and stone boundary wall to the front of the dwelling. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/201111/0
- 9 Apr 2020, Limerick County Council 20308: Refused. Permission. alterations and extension to existing dwelling including vehicular entrance to the side of the dwelling and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20308/0
- 13 Aug 2019, Limerick County Council 19801: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two storey dwelling house with single storey utility and recreation area to rear, front boundary treatment, front entrance and driveway and connection to all existing public services and all ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19801/0
- 25 Jun 2019, Limerick County Council 19613: Conditional. Permission. alterations and extension to existing dwelling. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19613/0
- 23 Jan 2019, Limerick County Council 197001: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 13/157: two no. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/197001/0
- 20 Apr 2018, Limerick County Council 18389: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a two storey dwelling and for the formation of a vehicular access to the rear of the site from existing housing estate with pedestrian access at the front from Newline and all associated development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18389/0
- 6 Feb 2018, Limerick County Council 1892: Refused. Retention. temporary parking of 2 no. caravans including all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/1892/0
- 6 Dec 2017, Limerick County Council 177053: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Permission to planning file ref no. 12/868 : the extension and modification of front facade of existing dwelling house together with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/177053/0
- 7 Mar 2017, Limerick County Council 17205: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to carry out changes to front façade of our house consisting of new front porch and bay window, also Limestone Quoin Stone effect to front façade, also to take down existing damaged boundary walls and rebuild with block on flat for safety reasons, and connections to all existing services all at the above address. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17205/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Abbeylands.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI029-031006: Religious house - Augustinian canons, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031006-. The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about St. Mary's Augustinian Priory of Rathkeale (Bradley et. al. 1989, 222-4); 'This is said to have been founded by Gilbert Harvey in the early thirteenth century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 190). In 1436 an indulgence was granted to penitents visiting and giving alms for the repair of the church (ibid., 191). The monastery was suppressed in 1542 but a small community may have remained until the Desmond Rebellion in the 1580s. Subsequently the monastery was granted to Sir Henry wallop (ibid.). This thirteenth century abbey with fifteenth and sixteenth century additions is located at the north-east end of the town. It was built of rubble masonry with sandstone jambs while later additions are in limestone. It was a single aisled nave and chancel church with evidence for a possible southern cloister in the form of a gable line for a two storied eastern range and a low roof line for a north ambulatory in the south wall. It had a vaulted north tower of uncertain height and a two to three floored building of the north side of the chancel. The west tower was possibly of four floors. The surviving remains consist of the south and east walls of the church, the chancel end of the north wall and the ground floor of the north tower. Part of the north wall of the west tower also survives. Church The east stepped gable is almost intact although the coping stones on the north side are missing. The thirteenth century window with sandstone jambs almost filled the east wall but this was filled in and a four-light window with switchline tracery inserted probably in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Externally the window has a limestone hood moulding with tapering chamfered stops. The inner face of the wall below the window is damaged and there are sandstone blocks built into the wall. Only the eastern half of the north wall survives and the only original feature appears to be the east splay of a window with sandstone jambs near the east end. There is a blocked round arch, also near the east end, into which a (?)sixteenth century tomb recess was inserted. The wall facing within the recess is missing. The south wall is c. 8.5m high and the drainage course and chutes are fairly intact. The chancel was originally lit by five very narrow splayed lancets with chamfered sandstone jambs and rounded rear arches. These are all damaged now and a twin-light ogee-headed window (also badly damaged) was inserted into the fifth window from the east. There is a wall recess (?sedilia) below the second window from the east and possibly another below the fourth. A possible round arched door opened to the east cloister garth while further west there is an inserted high pointed opening with roughly dressed voussoirs and jambs above which there is a ?bellcote. A further blocked round arched opening occurs close to the west end of the wall. Only one short section of the west wall c. 5m high remains but as this is battered internally it is probably not the original west wall of the church but rather the east wall of the west tower. North tower Only the barrell vault of the ground floor remains. The external facing of the featureless east wall is gone while the north wall is missing. Much of the south wall is rebuilt but there is a round arched doorway at the east end opening into the church with flat lintelled rear arch set into the barrell vault. There was another splayed opening at the west end of the wall to the church but this is now blocked. West tower Only 4m of the north wall remains along with a pile of rubble. There is evidence that the first floor was supported on wooden beams and there were small flat lintelled splayed slits at ground and first floor levels. A view of the tower late in the last century shows that it was then covered in ivy (Hewson 1879,86-90)'. See attached drawing of Abbey taken from Hewson 1879. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031011: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031011-. The following account was given by Celie O'Rahilly about the discovery of a burial possibly belonging to a graveyard associated with the Augustinian Abbey (LI029-031006-) in Rathkeale ; 'In 1992 during pipe-laying for a sewerage scheme, mechanical excavations uncovered human remains in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, in the main street of the village opposite the abbey [LI029-031006-]. The bones and associated soil were lying on the footpath in a very disturbed condition at the time of inspection. The site was reported to the NMI and an investigation was carried out on its behalf by Celie O'Rahilly, archaeologist with Limerick Corporation. The human remains were examined by Barra Ó Donnabháin. The site was in the townland of Abbeylands, in the town of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick.48 It lay in the main street of the town, Boherboy, close to the grounds of the abbey in the town, at an altitude of 40—50m above sea level. The cut for the pipe measured 0.7m east/west by 1.2m north/south by 0.55m deep. The gravepit was 0.63m long from the south side to the edge of the footpath, and the remaining portion continued underneath the road. The grave-cut was visible in the eastern section of the pit. It was cut into very hard, dark orange natural clay. At the base of this cut, which was backfilled with a darker, more mixed soil, was a layer of soft brown soil. In situ human remains were also visible at the base of the cut, just above the bedrock. The grave had contained an articulated skeleton (2007:21), apparently aligned west/east, with the skull to the west. The remains represented an adult female, aged 25—35 years at the time of death. No associated artefacts were found in the grave. The in situ bones in the east section of the cut may be the lower half of the body. No further details were available as to the disposition of the burial. In the absence of associated finds or other dating evidence this burial must be regarded as undated' (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 364-367). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 July 2019
- LI029-145: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-145----. On flat pasture 115m N of the townland boundary with Ballywilliam North. The enclosure is within the demesne lands surrounding Abbey House and is located 620m SE of the ruins of the Augustinian Priory (LI029-031006-) on the Main Street in Rathkeale. The site is depicted as a small circular enclosure or antiquity on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map or subsequent maps. The enclosure is not visible on either the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 or on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The site (ext. diam. c. 12.5m N-S; 12.5m E-W) is faintly visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/02/2009, but not visible on the orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. The monument could be a ring-barrow or landscape demesne feature / tree-ring. A similar feature survives 125m E of the site in the next field and is visible both on aerial orthoimages and on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 25 September 2020

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Gates/railings/walls, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 21831039, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831039. Cut limestone entrance gateway, erected c. 1850, comprising cut limestone piers supporting elliptical arch with cornice above. Cut limestone voussoirs and imposts to arch. Cast-iron double-leaf gate. Rubble stone boundary walls to either side. Pointed arch opening to west wall with cut limestone chamfered surround and timber battened door.
- Water pump, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 21831040, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831040. Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1900. Now disused. Comprising fluted cylindrical shaft, fluted domed cap with acorn finial and spout.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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_596, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_596.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/abbeylands.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/abbeylands.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/abbeylands.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Abbeylands, Rathkeale: 6 sales, https://everytownland.com/limerick/abbeylands-rathkeale.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballywilliam North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballywilliam-north.md
- Beechmount Demesne: https://everytownland.com/limerick/beechmount-demesne.md
- Englishtenements: https://everytownland.com/limerick/englishtenements.md
- Rathkeale: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rathkeale.md
- Wolfesburgess East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/wolfesburgess-east.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/abbeylands
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/abbeylands