# Ardrahin, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Galbally, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ard Raithin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,195,194 m² (119.52 ha, 295.34 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Galbally, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/galbally.md - Barony: Coshlea - Electoral division: Galbally, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 588 people lived in 223 households in the Galbally electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31587 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120047 - Centre: latitude 52.392833, longitude -8.296151 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardrahin, from 255 m² to 252,439 m² (25.24 ha, 62.38 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1621276: 252,439 m² (25.24 ha, 62.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621276.md - Parcel 1621485: 208,183 m² (20.82 ha, 51.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621485.md - Parcel 1588956: 187,429 m² (18.74 ha, 46.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588956.md - Parcel 1646028: 132,637 m² (13.26 ha, 32.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646028.md - Parcel 1621275: 92,261 m² (9.23 ha, 22.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621275.md - Parcel 1590108: 71,372 m² (7.14 ha, 17.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590108.md - Parcel 1646185: 53,816 m² (5.38 ha, 13.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646185.md - Parcel 5308219: 50,095 m² (5.01 ha, 12.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5308219.md - Parcel 1621490: 48,677 m² (4.87 ha, 12.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621490.md - Parcel 1621277: 44,525 m² (4.45 ha, 11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621277.md - Parcel 1648207: 20,149 m² (2.01 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648207.md - Parcel 5246172: 15,671 m² (1.57 ha, 3.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5246172.md - Parcel 1646025: 4,371 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646025.md - Parcel 1602240: 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602240.md - Parcel 1621491: 3,515 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621491.md - Parcel 1590432: 3,217 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590432.md - Parcel 3268439: 3,148 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3268439.md - Parcel 1619896: 2,856 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619896.md - Parcel 1593914: 2,828 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593914.md - Parcel 4850050: 2,805 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4850050.md - Parcel 5539157: 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5539157.md - Parcel 1672127: 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672127.md - Parcel 5973432: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5973432.md - Parcel 1630594: 1,857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630594.md - Parcel 1629304: 1,782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629304.md - Parcel 1627232: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627232.md - Parcel 1612969: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612969.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ardrahin in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 15 Jul 2024, Limerick County Council 24286: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single-storey dwelling house, entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area with associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24286/0 - 15 Jul 2024, Limerick County Council 24287: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single-storey dwelling house, entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area with associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24287/0 - 28 Feb 2022, Limerick County Council 22231: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construction of a single storey dwelling house, entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area with associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22231/0 - 23 Feb 2022, Limerick County Council 22206: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a dwelling house, entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area with associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22206/0 - 22 May 2018, Limerick County Council 18507: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the erection of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached domestic garage, entrance and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and bored well. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18507/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Ardrahin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI049-152: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI049-152----. In wet pasture. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised D-shaped area (dims. c. 28m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from SE-S-W-NW. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Outline of oval-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 25m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 1 November 2021 - LI049-156001: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI049-156001-. In reclaimed pasture, 200m S of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Galbally. Earthwork with Killenellig Church site (LI049-156002-) in centre. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. c. 27m N-S; 30m E-W defined by a scarp, with fosse and outer bank from SW-W-N-NE, incorporated into a post-1700 field boundary from E-S-SW. Levelled earthwork visible as an irregular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 1 November 2021 - LI049-156002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI049-156002-. Described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 134) as following; 'Killenellig church site. A church site to the south of Galbally town (LI049-086----). The fact that it was a prebend of the diocese of Emly suggests that it may have been an Early Christian Church site of some importance'. No surface remains visible of possible church site annotated on OS 6-inch map as Site of 'Killanellug'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 June 2019 - LI049-259: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI049-259----. In reclaimed pasture, 40m S of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Galbally. Killenellig Church site (LI049-156002-) lies 100m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible rectangular enclosure during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, No. 82) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 35m N-S x 45m E-W) defined by rushes on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Visible as a rectangular-shaped area defined by drainage ditches on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Possible levelled moated site the cropmark of which is visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 October 2021 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardrahin. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ardrahin, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardrahin. - 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/ardrahin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardrahin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardrahin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ardrahin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Galbally: https://everytownland.com/limerick/galbally.md - Garrynalyna: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garrynalyna.md - Keeloges: https://everytownland.com/limerick/keeloges-121245.md - Kilgreana: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilgreana.md - Killinane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killinane.md - Park: https://everytownland.com/limerick/park-121663.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. --- 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/ardrahin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ardrahin