# Ardshanbally, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Adare, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ard an tSeanbhaile. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 729,767 m² (72.98 ha, 180.33 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,983 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P1 Agriculture, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Adare, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/adare.md - Barony: Coshma - Electoral division: Adare South, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,225 people lived in 730 households in the Adare South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30474 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120049 - Centre: latitude 52.573193, longitude -8.790164 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardshanbally, from 41 m² to 194,981 m² (19.5 ha, 48.18 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1589392: 194,981 m² (19.5 ha, 48.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589392.md - Parcel 1654003: 124,863 m² (12.49 ha, 30.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654003.md - Parcel 1616044: 44,521 m² (4.45 ha, 11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616044.md - Parcel 1663638: 31,941 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663638.md - Parcel 1597686: 19,578 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597686.md - Parcel 1637486: 11,867 m² (1.19 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637486.md - Parcel 1596694: 11,199 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596694.md - Parcel 1607830: 4,434 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607830.md - Parcel 1645398: 4,303 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645398.md - Parcel 1619403: 4,275 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619403.md - Parcel 1598502: 3,117 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598502.md - Parcel 1662368: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662368.md - Parcel 1663003: 2,988 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663003.md - Parcel 1665834: 2,978 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665834.md - Parcel 1599937: 2,975 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599937.md - Parcel 1600554: 2,911 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600554.md - Parcel 1643173: 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643173.md - Parcel 1673844: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673844.md - Parcel 1661814: 2,014 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661814.md - Parcel 1593728: 1,954 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593728.md - Parcel 1599288: 1,910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599288.md - Parcel 4879386: 1,298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4879386.md - Parcel 1630101: 608 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630101.md - Parcel 1645399: 537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645399.md - Parcel 1630229: 121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630229.md - Parcel 1631074: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631074.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P1 Agriculture: Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2024-05/adare-local-area-plan-2024-2030.pdf - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2024-05/adare-local-area-plan-2024-2030.pdf ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 12 Apr 2023, Limerick County Council 2360222: Refused. Outline permission. a dwelling house Circa 230 m2, entrance/access from the public roadway, treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works. The proposed development site is within the curtilage of a protected structure (Ardshanbally House R.PS. Ref. no. 839). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360222/0 - 12 Apr 2023, Limerick County Council 23201: Conditional. Permission. the development that consists of: Works to raise the height of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, the former Adare Railway Station platform and associated roadworks and level crossing works. The works shall include: (a) River Maigue Railway Bridge - increase height of existing bridge a protected structure, including alterations to the existing abutments, piers and adjacent existing railway embankments, (b) Former Adare Railway Station Platform - increase the level of part of the existing platform associated with former Adare Railway Station a protected structure, to match new height of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, including provision of retaining wall, timber fencing, security fencing, drainage channel and retention of original copping stones, (c) Road Lift - alterations to existing road L1423, a former canal, to raise the road and railway level crossing to match new level of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, including reconstruction of the road, footpath, kerbs and walls, installation of retaining walls, road restraint system, road drainage and line marking, (d) Railway Embankment - increase height of existing railway embankments to match new level of the River Maigue Railway Bridge and level crossing including installation of retaining walls and alterations to existing railway embankments, (e) Railway Level Crossing - installation of signage, barriers, traffic guidance signage, road traffic lights, line marking, Relocatable Electrical Building and associated fencing, (f) Quay Interface - alterations to existing car park and former Quay a protected structure and car park, including alteration to existing height restriction barriers, provision of new kerbs and footpath, resurfacing of level from road into carpark and installation of new infrastructure for public lighting, line marking and drainage. The River Maigue Railway Bridge is a Protected Structure. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening report and a Natura Impact Statement. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23201/0 - 18 Oct 2017, Limerick County Council 177046: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Permission from Ref No. 13/329 : the modification and extension of existing dwelling house, construction of a garage, installation of a waste water treatment system and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/177046/0 - 18 May 2017, Limerick County Council 177021: N/a. Extension of duration. Extension of Permission from Ref No 13/329 (the modification and extension of existing dwelling house, construction of a garage, installation of a waste water treatment system and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all associated site development works). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/177021/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI021-010: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-010----. In low-lying undulating pasture, c. 80m SE of River Maigue, an enclosure (LI021-149----) lies 90m to SW and fulacht fia (LI021-173----) lies 210m to NE. Depicted on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m) enclosed by a bank. Not marked on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map which shows the Limerick-Foynes railway line running across the centre of the site of the monument. Possible remains of a section of this monument visible as a raised D-shaped area (dims. 14m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 9.8m; H 1.8m) visible from S-W-N-NE. The railway line truncates the earthwork at W. This earthwork may be a spoil heap from the construction of the railway line and it is not certain if it is the remains of the monument depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. See attached Google earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 July 2020 - LI021-143: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-143----. On top of a steep W-facing break of slope, in pasture, 210m E of the River Maigue, with moderate to good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a small, irregular-shaped tree-planted area. Monument identified as a possible enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 31/A/1). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a roughly circular-shaped rocky area (diam. 45m) with no definitive enclosing element. The ‘interior’ is planted with mature conifers, most of which have fallen. Possible monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted area at the SE edge of a small coppice, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. Of doubtful antiquity, probably the remains of a post-1700 tree plantation. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020 - LI021-144: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-144----. On a slight S-facing slope, in pasture, 390m to E of the River Maigue, with good views in all directions, except restricted to W. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study(Ref. 51/A/4, p. 62). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Possible monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020 - LI021-149: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-149----. On a slight W-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate to poor views in all directions, 170m E of the River Maigue. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Ringfort (LI021-010----) 95m to N. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 51/A/5, p. 62). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020 - LI021-151001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-151001-. In low-lying and wet, level pasture with moderate to restricted views, 55m N of the River Maigue. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Possible enclosure (LI021-151002-) lies 70m to NE. Monument identified as a possible enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 51/A/2, p. 62). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 August 2020 - LI021-151002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-151002-. In low-lying and wet pasture with moderate to restricted views, 95m N of the River Maigue. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Possible enclosure (LI021-151001-) lies 70m to SW. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 51/A/2, P. 62). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 August 2020 - LI021-173: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI021-173----. In low-lying and wet, level pasture with a slight NW-facing slope, 120m SE of the River Maigue, which serves as a townland boundary with Islandea. Enclosure (LI021-143----) lies 70m to NE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping, although area of monument is flanked by a trackway running NW-SE on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument identified as a fulacht fiadh in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 51/A/7, P. 61-2). Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 although it is not clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 August 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) - The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 21824057, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21824057. Detached U-plan two-bay three-storey rectory, built c. 1900, with single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to ground floor, front (south) elevation and box bay window to ground floor east elevation. Single-bay two-storey return to rear (north) with flat-roofed block to north. Lean-to to rear, east bay. Hipped slate roofs with overhanging eaves, render eaves course, ridge tiles and decorative rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Camber-headed openings to first floor with replacement uPVC windows and render sill course. Square-headed openings to ground floor and to bay windows with replacement uPVC windows and continuous render sill course. Camber-headed door opening with timber panelled half-glazed double-leaf doors and overlight, approached by cut stone steps. - Ardshanbally House, house, 1910–1930, Regional interest, registry number 21824058, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21824058. Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1920, with gabled projecting bays to east and gabled bay to west. Verandah to front (south) elevation. Gablet to west elevation and conservatory and lean-to extension to west. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, timber bargeboards, terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimneystacks. Hipped roof to verandah, supported by timber posts. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and render hoodmouldings. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door, approached by flight of cut limestone steps - Shanbally House, house, 1910–1930, Regional interest, registry number 21824059, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21824059. Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1920, with gabled projecting bays to west and gabled bay to east. Verandah to front (south) elevation. Gablet and lean-to to east elevation and conservatory and lean-to extension to west. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, timber bargeboards, terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimneystacks. Hipped roof to verandah, supported by timber posts. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and render hoodmouldings. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and sidelights and overlights, approached by flight of cut limestone steps. ## 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 Ardshanbally, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_818, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_818.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/ardshanbally.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardshanbally.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardshanbally.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ardshanbally 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) - Adare: https://everytownland.com/limerick/adare.md - Gortaganniff: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortaganniff.md - Mondellihy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mondellihy.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/ardshanbally - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/ardshanbally