Ash Hill

Townland in the civil parish of St. Peters and St. Pauls, barony of Kilmallock, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cnoc Cais

Parcel 5652004

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55 m across. Click a parcel to see it. © Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

Area: 292 m²
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it, 82 m² on the ground
Zoning: M2 Town Centre (Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025) The objective
Townland: Ash Hill

Planning applications on this parcel

25 Oct 2022Conditional
a single storey extension incorporating(bedroom, W.C. & hallway) and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 221148

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 67 recorded monuments.

LI047-020 Earthwork
Description
In reclaimed pasture immediately S of a forestry plantation, formerly on S bank of Ash Hill Lough that has been drained, on the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 330m to SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch as a small semi-circular-shaped platform (dims c. 21m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW) defined by a drain from NW-N-E with scarp elsewhere. Outline of earthwork delimited by bushes is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about antiquity of earthwork which is located on the S shoreline of a lake that has been drained in modern times and replanted with coniferous plantation. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 27 August 2021
LI047-022001 Historic town
Description
Historic town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 146-51); 'Kilmallock is a small town located in south Limerick on the river Loobagh. The town derives its name from a monastery founded by St. Mocheallog in the early seventh century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 39). It was/plundered in 1015 (Ann. Inisf.) and it is recorded that Flaithnia O Tigernain, lector of Cell Mo-Chelloc died in 1027 (Ann. Inisf.). The early church site (LI047-019001-) has been identified with the remains on Kilmallock Hill about 1 mile NW of the town but the presence of the base of a round tower (LI047-022022-) within the fabric of the medieval parish church (LI047-022009-) of SS Peter & Paul suggests that by the tenth or eleventh century the monastery had moved down onto the low-lying ground occupied by the town today. It is puzzling, however, that from the thirteenth century the main church of Kilmallock was dedicated, not to St Mocheallog, but to the apostles Peter and Paul. At the time of the arrival of the Anglo-Normans Kilmallock appears to have belonged to the church and to have formed part of the estates of the bishop of Limerick. It is the bishops then who were most likely the founders of the medieval town. This was not an unusual phenomenon. Cashel was founded by the archbishops of Cashel while Swords was established by the archbishops of Dublin. There are few documentary references of a secular nature, however, to give us an insight onto the organisation of the medieval town. The most important is a small collection of deeds dating, it would seem, to the close of the thirteenth century which are preserved in the Black Book of Limerick (MacCaffrey 1907). These deeds show that the street plan of the present town was established in the thirteenth century and they provide evidence for the existence at that time of defences (LI047-022006-), a cross (LI047-022059-), stone houses and many burgage plots. The importance of the town in the Anglo-Norman colony is indicated by the grants of murage which were made during the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and by the strong and impressive walls which the townsmen eventually built. During the later middle ages the town seems to have come substantially under the control of the earls of Desmond and the number of documented and surviving sixteenth and seventeenth century houses (LI047-022002-/005-)indicate that its prosperity continued into the 1600s. Much of the town's importance in the sixteenth century may be attributable to the fact that it was an outpost of government rule in the difficult times of the Munster Plantation. The three-day plundering of the town in 1571 by James FitzMaurice (AFM) indicates just how exposed the settlement was. The Elizabethan map of the town, which appears to have been prepared for Carew, provides a very good insight into the layout of the town in the 1590s and it has been drawn on heavily in the ensuing report (TCD, MS 1209/62). The street pattern of Kilmallock is cross-linear and is formed by two intersecting streets. Sarsfield St (formerly High St) and Sheares St (formerly St John's St) ran north from the intersection while Lord Edward St (formerly Ivy St) ran south. Wolfe Tone (formerly Water) Street was to the east of the intersection while Emmet (formerly Blae, and probably the medieval Blapatstret - see Maccaffrey 1907, 74) Street ran west. Other streets are recorded in the Civil Survey of 1654-6: Friar's Lane was the street joining Queen's (subsequently King's) castle with the Friar's Gate; Church Lane (modern Orr St.) led from the cross in High St to the churchyard (LI047-022010-); Common Cart Lane was immediately inside and to the north west of Blossom Gate and south west of the cross; while Crooked Lane has been identified as being the eastern section of modern Orr St' (Andrews 1968, 33). The series of deeds in the Black Book of Limerick (MacCaffrey 1907, 73-82) indicate that there were substantial number of burgage plots in late thirteenth century Kilmallock. The deeds themselves relate to some twenty-seven properties and specifically mention the presence of stone houses, including one belonging to Radulph of Kilkenny (MacCaffrey 1907, 74). It is clear from this reference, however, that the majority of houses in Kilmallock at the time were of wood. Houses of stone and timber are again recorded in the town in 1571 (AFM). Many of the medieval burgage plots still form an essential Component of today’s town and can be observed running back from the main street to the town wall. The Cromwellian Surveys list many of the properties in the town and their owners (Lee 1965, 151) while Andrews (1968) identifies the position of six castles and six tower houses by combining the information provided by the Civil Survey and Jones Elizabethan map. Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. The best-known of these is the so-called "Sarsfield’s House" (LI047-022002-), which was partly demolished about 1930. Lee (1965, 150) suggested that it was called after a Sarsfield who was Viscount Kilmallock (Croker 1824, 77) but this title is not included by Leeson in his list of British peerage titles. In 1992 the town walls were described by Thomas (1992, 132) as following; 'W wall, 525m, from S gate almost to NW corner; E wall, 150m from NE corner and about same length at the church [LI047-022009-], which is also the N wall of the graveyard [LI047-022010-]; S wall, an isolated few meters in mid-section, now difficult to see. These stretches vary from 1—2m in height, cemented on top usually, and beyond them are lower remnants embedded in new walls. Gate —Blossoms, S, a tall structure with broad flat-topped central part and narrow slit window over high rounded archway, sufficiently wide for single traffic; one flanking tower survives, slightly higher and rounded (on outside); similar to Clock Gate, Youghal, prior to later 18th century redesigning (Fleming 1914, sketch 18 — considered by him to be 'scarce older than 17th century'; photographs — Westropp 1916 and Shaffrey 1975, 95) — this or another gate may feature on the corporation seal, dated 1585 but possibly remade 1720—30 (Armstrong 1914). Fosse — partly natural provided by R. Loobagh on E side especially in bridge area, and by lake to W; possible remains of fosse along N half of W wall. Other Fortifications—triangular earthen ditch and platform beyond fosse near NW corner, possibly remains of 17th century earthworks'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019
LI047-022002 House - 16th/17th century
Description
Sarsfield House in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-1); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. The best-known of these is the so-called "Sarsfield’s House", which was partly demolished about 1930. Lee (1965, 150) suggests that it was called after a Sarsfield who was Viscount Kilmallock (Croker 1824, 77) but this title is not included by Leeson in his list of British peerage titles. Sarsfield’s House On the site of the Cinema. This was built of limestone masonry. It was a three floored, three-bayed house with rectangular windows with transoms, mullions and rectangular hood mouldings. The door had a segmental arch and a rectangular hood-mould. It had chimneys and cut stone fireplaces in its gable wall. Only the side walls remain with three chimneys and a limestone mantlepiece. This is probably identified with House B on Andrew’s (1968, 35) map (Leask 1941, 73-5). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019
LI047-022004 House - 16th/17th century
Description
Stone house listed as House B standing on Sarsfield St. in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-1); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. House B - When the house to the north of Parkinson’s Supermarket was exposed recently, seventeenth century cut limestone fireplaces and chimneys could be seen in its south wall, indicating that Parkinson’s Supermarket is built on the site of a seventeenth century house'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019
LI047-022005 House - 16th/17th century
Description
Stone house listed as House C standing on Sarsfield St. in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-2); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. House C - The house immediately to the north of Parkinson’s Supermarket has a chamfered pick dressed door jamb visible on the street frontage and is also of seventeenth century date'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019
LI047-022006 Town defences
Description
Town defences of Kilmallock (LI047-022----) described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 155-8); 'The earliest reference to the presence of defences at Kilmallock occurs in a deed, dated by Westropp to the 1280s, which refers to the "communal fosse" as a boundary marker (MacCaffrey 1907, 74). The pipe roll of 1301-2 mentions that the Kilmallock then owed a £14 fine for their account of the murage which suggests that a grant had been made prior to 1300 (38 RDKPRI, 76). In 1375 the town recieved a grant the right of collect murage for ten years in order to enclose the town with a stone wall (Tresham 1828, 98: no. 257) and this was followed by another grant in 1409 (ibid., p. 190: no.55). It is clear from these grants that the walls were being constructed and repaired from the late thirteenth until the early fifteenth centuries. The surviving remains, however, show no distinctive sign of thirteenth century work and appear to belong largely to the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The course of the town wall can be accurately reconstructed from surviving remains and the outline shown on Jones" Elizabethan map of the town (Andrews 1968; TCD, MS 1209/62). The wall is still substantially intact along the west side of the town, particularly from Blossoms Gate to the rear of the modern R.C. church of St. Peter and Paul, where a stretch some 575m long survives. Regrettably, the wall has been taken down in two areas close to Blossom’s Gate in recent times to allow for access to the rear of premises on Sarsfield St. Generally the wall survives in good condition, however, although it is overgrown in places with ivy. Its thickness averages from 1.45 to 1.5m and its surviving height varies from 2 to 5m. The wall consists of a rubble core with external facings. In places, however, the internal facing has been removed and the rubble core exposed. This core is weathering away and there is a real danger that parts of the wall will collapse. The north end is missing but it survives along the back of the properties at the north-east end of Shears St. The wall enclosed the parish church (LI047-022009-) and portions of the town wall have been observed in the graveyard (LI047-022010-) wall (Lee 1965, 151). Sections also survive between properties to the south of Wolfe Tone St. Andrews (1968, 27) suggests that a greyish-brown strip illustrated on the Elizabethan map represents a ditch outside the wall. There were five gates of which only one. Blossom’s Gate (Bla-porte), survives today. The others were John’s gate on the north-west, Friar’s Gate on the north, Watergate on the north-east and Ivy gate on the south-west (Andrews 1968; Lee 1965, 150; Westropp 1906-7, 190). Andrews (1968, 35) notes’that the Elizabethan map shows the position of wall towers but no evidence for these survives now. Traces of a seventeenth century earthen bastion can be seen, however, behind SS Peter & Paul’s (RC) Church. There can be little doubt but that "King’s Castle" originally functioned as the entrance to the town on the north-west and that Sheare’s St represents an extension of the medieval town, probably in the sixteenth century. For this reason the account of King’s Castle is included here. Blossom’s Gate This consists of a three-floored tower with a round arch (partly modernised) spanning the road on the west side of the town. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins. A pointed door on the north west side of the arch provides access to a stairs which is lit by narrow flat lintelled windows. The first floor is lit from the west by a large pointed light with modern surrounds. There is also a small pointed single light with a similar one in the east wall. The second floor or roof level is missing. King’s Castle Kilmallock was the centre of a manor which appears to have belonged originally to the bishop of Limerick although this was a subject of dispute in the mid-thirteenth century (Sweetman 1875-86, i, nos. 2367, 2386). The castle of Kilmallock is first mentioned in 1206 (ibid., i, no. 289). The site of this first castle is not clear. One would expect that a thirteenth century castle would be a large seigneurial structure and consequently it is difficult to identify it with the fifteenth century "King’s Castle". There can be little doubt that the "King’s Castle", however, is the castle referred to in documents of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries (Westropp 1906-7, 189). It is clearly labelled "Queen’s Castle" on the Elizabethan map of the town (Andrews 1968). This "castle", discussed above, would appear to have begun its life as a gatehouse and was only subsequently adapted to the use of being a royal castle. It was repaired by the Corporation and stood intact until its partial destruction in 1690-91 (Lee 1965, 150). The remains, which spanned St Johns' St., consist of a three-floored structure with base batter and protruding rectangular stair turret, lit by small rectangular slits, on the north-east. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins and a pointed arch over the street. The modern street is diverted around the tower. There is a chamber to the west of the arch at ground floor level which was lit from north and south by rectangular windows with rectangular hood moulds (possibly inserted and now blocked) while the first floor was lit from the north by a small single light pointed window and from the south by two wide pointed openings. A similar arrangement occurs on the floor above although there is a large rectangular opening in the south wall. A drainage course occurs above this floor and the tower had stepped merlons'. Town Wall described by Thomas (1992, 132-6) as following; 'W wall, 525m, from S gate almost to NW corner; E wall, 150m from NE corner and about same length at the church, which is also the N wall of the grave yard; S wall, an isolated few meters in mid-section, now difficult to see. These stretches vary from 1—2m in height, cemented on top usually, and beyond them are lower remnants embedded in new walls. Gate—Blossoms, S, a tall structure with broad flat-topped central part and narrow slit window over high rounded archway, sufficiently wide for single traffic; one flanking tower survives, slightly higher and rounded (on outside); similar to Clock Gate, Youghal, prior to later 18th century redesigning (Fleming 1914, sketch 18—considered by him to be 'scarce older than 17th century; photographs—Westropp 1916 and Shaffrey 1975, 95)—this or another gate may feature on the corporation seal, dated 1585 but possibly remade 1720—30 (Armstrong 1914). Fosse—partly natural provided by R. Loobagh on E side especially in bridge area, and by lake to W; possible remains of fosse along N half of W wall. Other Fortifications—triangular earthen ditch and platform beyond fosse near NW corner, possibly remains of 17th century earthworks (LI047-022070-). The street plan of Kilmallock is clearly related to its elongated, rectangular walled shape and its 4 main gates, one on each wall but 3 of them concentrated in the S half. The town is one street deep except by the river's E bend where it is a less confined site. There, are the parish church and two streets which give access to it from the main and Water streets. One of these is shown on the 1600 map as sub-mural, lined by houses, but Andrews (1968, 33) regards this as a distortion of the present Orr St. A similar, but only other short sub-mural street (now gone), is shown on the 1600 map at Blossoms gate. It may have been part of the 'common carte lane' of the Civil Survey. It may also have been more extensive within the town generally, as a sub-mural access lane to both the burgage plots and the wall. At the more detailed level there is a widening of the street immediately outside both Blossom and Ivy gates, and a slight bend in the street beyond the former (at Gortboy House) where the suburban or external gate was (1600 map).
LI047-022007 Gatehouse
Description
The following description of this monument is taken from 'The Urban Archaeological Survey of County Limerick' compiled by John Bradley, Andrew Halpin and Heather A. King (Office of Public Works, 1985). "Blossom's Gate This consists of a three-floored tower with a round arch (partly modernised) spanning the road on the west side of the town. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins. A pointed door on the north west side of the arch provides access to a stairs which is lit by narrow flat lintelled windows. The first floor is lit from the west by a large pointed light with modern surrounds. There is also a small pointed single light with a similar one in the east wall. The second floor or roof level is missing. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload/revision: 5 March 2015
LI047-022008 Castle - tower house
Description
National monument No. 173. Annotated 'The Queen's Castle' on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). Later renamed 'King's Castle' and annotated 'King John's Castle' on the latest OSI 5k map. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 158-9) as following; 'The remains, which spanned St John' St., consist of a three-floored structure with base batter and protruding rectangular stair turret, lit by small rectangular slits, on the north-east. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins and a pointed arch over the street. The modern street is diverted around the tower. There is a chamber to the west of the arch at ground floor level which was lit from north and south by rectangular windows with rectangular hoodmoulds (possibly inserted and now blocked) while the first floor was lit from the north by a small single light pointed window and from the south by two wide pointed openings. A similar arrangement occurs on the floor above although there is a large rectangular opening in the south wall. A drainage course occurs above this floor and the tower had stepped merlons'. This castle was described by Thomas (1992, 135) as following; 'The Queen's Castle (now King's) is one of the features named on the 1600 map and survives astride the middle of the main street rather as a gate; it has been dated to the 15th—16th century (Bradley 1985, 452); it may be the 'main guard' of the Elizabethan period, a successor to the original castle first referred to in 1204—6 (Cal. doc. Ire. I 289; Westropp 1906), or even the original north gate (Nat. Mon. Irel. 30 suggests a late 15th century gate-tower). Excavations within the walled town of Kilmallock (LI047-022---) by John O'Connor under licence No. 99E0215 on the 'King's Castle' as part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring work was described by the excavator as following; 'Advance test pits were dug under the archway of the King's Castle to determine the presence of archaeological deposits ahead of the insertion of ground lights. A cobbled surface (F275) was revealed extending south east of the arch at King's Castle. The cobbles were all c. 0.3m long and c. 0.1m wide. The surface was roughly in line with the entrance archway of the castle and measured c. 16m long by 4m wide. The lower layer of cobbles is a well made road consistent with surfaces found elsewhere in the town. An area of a field measuring 53m NE-SW by 60m NW-SE was to be stripped for the construction of a carpark. From it position, size and orientation the ditch (F60) would appear to be a defensive feature pre-dating the enclosure of the enlarged town by a stone wall. This supports the suggestion that King's Castle is sited on the original northern line of the town. No evidence exists for the presence of a defensive bank neither is there any indication of a trench which may have supported a wooden palisade or a wall foundation' (O'Connor 1999, 30). See attached elevation and plan of castle taken from the Urban Survey of Kilmallock Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2019
LI047-022009 Church
Description
National monument No. 408. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 159-62) as following: 'Westropp (1904-5, 419-21) has listed all of the important early references to this church. It is sufficient to observe here that it appears to have replaced a pre-Norman church (as the round tower fragment indicates) and that the dedication to SS Peter & Paul is recorded from the thirteenth century. The church consists of a thirteenth century nave and chancel with wide aisles, possibly additions of the fifteenth century, a thirteenth century south transept and a fifteenth century south porch (now gone) and pointed south doorway with ogee-headed hood mould (Leask 1955-60, iii, 83). It is built of roughly coursed limestone; the stonework in the east wall and below the windows of the chancel is of dressed masonry. The east gable has a five-light window of slender graduated lancets and the chancel is lit from the south by three twin-light cusped pointed windows. A similar window occurs in the south wall of the aisle with a rectangular hood mould and there is a large triple-light window with switch-line tracery close to the west end. The west wall of the south aisle has a twin-light window with rectangular hood mould while the west wall of the nave has three graduated lancets over a pointed doorway. Close to the junction of the nave with the north aisle is the earliest building on the site. This is the base of a round tower which is incorporated into the west wall and protrudes from it to the west. Only the lower 3m appear to be original, the remainder is a construction of the 13th century when the nave was built (Barrow 1979, 146). The north aisle is lit by three twin-light and one single-light narrow windows. The transept has two widely spaced lancets in the south wall and blocked windows in the east and west walls.'
LI047-022010 Graveyard
Description
Situated in N quadrant of the historic town of Kilmallock (LI047-022001-) overlooking the River Loobagh. Medieval ruins of Kilmallock Church (LI047-022009-) dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul stands in centre of graveyard which consists of a sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 63m N-S x 78m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2019

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Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
Landslides: Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1003 (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.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.

Area: 104.3 ha; 258 acres
Land parcels: 39; registered freehold, median 261 m²
Zoning: R2; Existing Residential
Planning: 6; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

1746 m across. Click a parcel to see it. © Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ash Hill, from 144 m² to 152,143 m² (15.21 ha, 37.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R3Residential Development Area - Phase 1 (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
P1Agriculture
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G3Special Control Area (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, 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

24 Aug 2026N/a
amendments to the residential development previously granted under Planning Register Reference No. 24/60788 at Ash Hill, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. The proposed amendments comprise: (a) The omission of the previously approved House No. 35; (b) The omission of previously approved dwelling units Nos. 38–42 (5 no. dwelling units); (c) The construction of 2 no. supported accommodation bungalows in lieu of the omitted dwelling units, with any associated changes to internal roads, landscaping, boundaries and all associated site development works necessary to facilitate the proposed supported accommodation units
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2660969
2 Oct 2024Conditional
the following; (1) an existing ‘as constructed’ hardcored yard area of 3000 sq. metres approx. in area to operate as a car & commercial vehicles sales show area; (2) existing ‘as built’ offices and toilet in the form of a single storey structure associated with the car & commercial vehicles sales show area; (3) existing ‘as built’ southern blockwork boundary wall and railings; (4) the existing ‘as built’ vehicular entrance located within the existing blockwork wall on the southern side of the site; (5) the existing ‘as constructed’ site drainage works associated with the existing as built office and toilet in the form of a single storey structure and the hardcored yard area which is to operate as a car & commercial vehicles sales show area and ‘Permission’ for the alterations of the existing ‘as built’ southern vehicular entrance located within the existing blockwork wall on the southern side of the site
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2460979
6 Aug 2024Conditional
the construction of a residential development containing 42no. dwelling units comprising of 8no. x 2 bed house, 18no.x 3 bed house, 8no. x 4 bed house, 4no. x 2 bed apartment , 4 no. x 1 bed apartment, consisting of the following: (a) The construction of 12no. house type A, 3 bed semi-detached units; 8no. house type A1, 2 bed terraced units; 2no. house type A2, 3 bed detached units; 2no. house type C, 4 bed semi-detached units; 2no. house type C1, 4 bed detached units; 4no. house type D1, 4 bed semi-detached units; 4no. house type D2, 3 bed semi-detached units; (b) The construction of 2 storey apartment block type E comprising 4no. apartments type E1, 2 bed units; 4no. apartments type E2, 1 bed units on first and second floor, each unit with their own private balcony/terrace. Enclosed bicycle parking and bin storage areas. (c) 83 car parking spaces, of which there are 68 residents spaces, 15 visitors spaces. 7 no. EV chargers to off-curtilage visitor space and 3 no. disabled spaces. 24 visitors bicycle spaces provided spread around the development. (d) Site access, circulation roadways and footpaths from the Charleville road. (e) Provisional space for possible route corridor subject to detailed assessment for future Distributor Road radius designed to DMURS standard. (f) Hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments. (g) Public lighting to parking spaces, roadways, open space areas, foot and cycle paths. (h) Site services, utilities, drainage systems, and all associated site works at Ash Hill, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick.
Permission, 42 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460788
23 Jul 2024Refused
an additional perimeter netting to the all-weather pitch; along with ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460733
25 Oct 2022Conditional
a single storey extension incorporating(bedroom, W.C. & hallway) and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 221148
27 Apr 2017N/a
construction of a pathway and ancillary works extending from Glenfield Road to Supervalu carpark in the townland. The works will include a pathway within Protected Structure No. M(60)
Permission · Limerick County Council, 178004

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Nature and heritage

Designated sites and recorded monuments

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

LI047-018 Mound
Description
In pasture on the designed landscape of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 70m to SE. Walled garden of Ash Hill Towers lies immediately to S as shown on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not depicted on historic OSi 6-inch maps. A trace of a late 18th century estate map of Ash Hill, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick by Aideen Ireland (1983, 39-40), shows a sub-circular shaped area defined by a scarp annotated 'Mote'. Location of monument now covered with trees on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and section of estate map taken from Ireland 1983. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 September 2021
LI047-020 Earthwork
Description
In reclaimed pasture immediately S of a forestry plantation, formerly on S bank of Ash Hill Lough that has been drained, on the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 330m to SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch as a small semi-circular-shaped platform (dims c. 21m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW) defined by a drain from NW-N-E with scarp elsewhere. Outline of earthwork delimited by bushes is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about antiquity of earthwork which is located on the S shoreline of a lake that has been drained in modern times and replanted with coniferous plantation. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 27 August 2021
LI047-021001 Bawn
Description
To the W of Charleville Road , within the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 300m to the WSW. Site of Castle Coote (LI047-021002-) indicated in centre of earthwork. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a rectangular shaped field or walled area with small rectangular shaped building in NW corner. On the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map the rectangular shaped field has been partially levelled and only a section of the N and E sides of survive as an L-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 39m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE ). May be the remains of a levelled bawn wall that enclosed the 'Site of Castle Coote' (LI047-021002-). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 August 2021
LI047-021002 House - 17th/18th century
Description
Site of Castle Coote depicted on the demesne lands of Ash Hill [Knockash] Towers located 255m to SW. On this map the castle site is depicted as a rectangular shaped field or walled area with small rectangular shaped building in NW corner. On the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map the rectangular shaped field has been partially levelled and only the a section of the N and E sides of this are survive as an L-shaped earthwork. On this map a 'Draw Well' is depicted standing inside the earthwork c. 40m to NW of castle site. Westropp (1906/7, 191) recorded the following details about the site of Castle Coote; 'Castle Coote. Site marked near Ashill Towers'. According to Ireland (1983, 40), 'the square foundations marked site of Castle Coote is clearly the remnants of Chidley Coote's 18th century house'. Nearby Ash Hill Towers was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [NIAH] as a 'Detached six-bay three-storey country house, built in 1781, with substantial additions dating to the 1830s. An impressive country house originally built for Eyre Evans (the entrance carries the Evans family motto), and extensively Gothicised to the rear to the designs prepared by Charles Frederick Anderson. Part of this scheme was the addition of Gothic Revival towers which were added in 1831 and were subsequently removed' (www.buildingsofireland.ie); NIAH Reg. No. 2183051). According to the present owners of Ash Hill, Castle Coote was the birthplace of Lieutenant General Sir Eyre Coote, conqueror of India and the castle was demolished in the later half of the eighteenth century. The present house, which overlooks this courtyard, was built by Chidley Coote in 1781. The first recorded ownership of Ash Hill was in 1667 when Chidley Coote acquired the property from Catherine Bligh. It is probable that he had a son who was also Chidley Coote. In 1726, Lieutenant General Eyre Coote (son of Chidley Coote--a clergyman and owner of Castle Coote) was born at Ash Hill which was known as Castle Coote at that time' (www.ashhill.com/about-us). The 1659 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that John Gould FitzWilliam was the owner of 'Knockash [Ash hill] North & South mearing with ye Logh north with the high way and Spittle lands South; and the lands, and gardens of Patrick Gould East and the lands of Francis Creagh West' (Simington 1938, 198). There is no mention of any castle on these lands in the Civil Survey. Site of Castle Coote probably represents the remains of a 17th/18th century castellated or fortified house built as the country residence for the Coote family who acquired these lands c. 1667. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2021
LI047-022006 Town defences
Description
Town defences of Kilmallock (LI047-022----) described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 155-8); 'The earliest reference to the presence of defences at Kilmallock occurs in a deed, dated by Westropp to the 1280s, which refers to the "communal fosse" as a boundary marker (MacCaffrey 1907, 74). The pipe roll of 1301-2 mentions that the Kilmallock then owed a £14 fine for their account of the murage which suggests that a grant had been made prior to 1300 (38 RDKPRI, 76). In 1375 the town recieved a grant the right of collect murage for ten years in order to enclose the town with a stone wall (Tresham 1828, 98: no. 257) and this was followed by another grant in 1409 (ibid., p. 190: no.55). It is clear from these grants that the walls were being constructed and repaired from the late thirteenth until the early fifteenth centuries. The surviving remains, however, show no distinctive sign of thirteenth century work and appear to belong largely to the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The course of the town wall can be accurately reconstructed from surviving remains and the outline shown on Jones" Elizabethan map of the town (Andrews 1968; TCD, MS 1209/62). The wall is still substantially intact along the west side of the town, particularly from Blossoms Gate to the rear of the modern R.C. church of St. Peter and Paul, where a stretch some 575m long survives. Regrettably, the wall has been taken down in two areas close to Blossom’s Gate in recent times to allow for access to the rear of premises on Sarsfield St. Generally the wall survives in good condition, however, although it is overgrown in places with ivy. Its thickness averages from 1.45 to 1.5m and its surviving height varies from 2 to 5m. The wall consists of a rubble core with external facings. In places, however, the internal facing has been removed and the rubble core exposed. This core is weathering away and there is a real danger that parts of the wall will collapse. The north end is missing but it survives along the back of the properties at the north-east end of Shears St. The wall enclosed the parish church (LI047-022009-) and portions of the town wall have been observed in the graveyard (LI047-022010-) wall (Lee 1965, 151). Sections also survive between properties to the south of Wolfe Tone St. Andrews (1968, 27) suggests that a greyish-brown strip illustrated on the Elizabethan map represents a ditch outside the wall. There were five gates of which only one. Blossom’s Gate (Bla-porte), survives today. The others were John’s gate on the north-west, Friar’s Gate on the north, Watergate on the north-east and Ivy gate on the south-west (Andrews 1968; Lee 1965, 150; Westropp 1906-7, 190). Andrews (1968, 35) notes’that the Elizabethan map shows the position of wall towers but no evidence for these survives now. Traces of a seventeenth century earthen bastion can be seen, however, behind SS Peter & Paul’s (RC) Church. There can be little doubt but that "King’s Castle" originally functioned as the entrance to the town on the north-west and that Sheare’s St represents an extension of the medieval town, probably in the sixteenth century. For this reason the account of King’s Castle is included here. Blossom’s Gate This consists of a three-floored tower with a round arch (partly modernised) spanning the road on the west side of the town. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins. A pointed door on the north west side of the arch provides access to a stairs which is lit by narrow flat lintelled windows. The first floor is lit from the west by a large pointed light with modern surrounds. There is also a small pointed single light with a similar one in the east wall. The second floor or roof level is missing. King’s Castle Kilmallock was the centre of a manor which appears to have belonged originally to the bishop of Limerick although this was a subject of dispute in the mid-thirteenth century (Sweetman 1875-86, i, nos. 2367, 2386). The castle of Kilmallock is first mentioned in 1206 (ibid., i, no. 289). The site of this first castle is not clear. One would expect that a thirteenth century castle would be a large seigneurial structure and consequently it is difficult to identify it with the fifteenth century "King’s Castle". There can be little doubt that the "King’s Castle", however, is the castle referred to in documents of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries (Westropp 1906-7, 189). It is clearly labelled "Queen’s Castle" on the Elizabethan map of the town (Andrews 1968). This "castle", discussed above, would appear to have begun its life as a gatehouse and was only subsequently adapted to the use of being a royal castle. It was repaired by the Corporation and stood intact until its partial destruction in 1690-91 (Lee 1965, 150). The remains, which spanned St Johns' St., consist of a three-floored structure with base batter and protruding rectangular stair turret, lit by small rectangular slits, on the north-east. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins and a pointed arch over the street. The modern street is diverted around the tower. There is a chamber to the west of the arch at ground floor level which was lit from north and south by rectangular windows with rectangular hood moulds (possibly inserted and now blocked) while the first floor was lit from the north by a small single light pointed window and from the south by two wide pointed openings. A similar arrangement occurs on the floor above although there is a large rectangular opening in the south wall. A drainage course occurs above this floor and the tower had stepped merlons'. Town Wall described by Thomas (1992, 132-6) as following; 'W wall, 525m, from S gate almost to NW corner; E wall, 150m from NE corner and about same length at the church, which is also the N wall of the grave yard; S wall, an isolated few meters in mid-section, now difficult to see. These stretches vary from 1—2m in height, cemented on top usually, and beyond them are lower remnants embedded in new walls. Gate—Blossoms, S, a tall structure with broad flat-topped central part and narrow slit window over high rounded archway, sufficiently wide for single traffic; one flanking tower survives, slightly higher and rounded (on outside); similar to Clock Gate, Youghal, prior to later 18th century redesigning (Fleming 1914, sketch 18—considered by him to be 'scarce older than 17th century; photographs—Westropp 1916 and Shaffrey 1975, 95)—this or another gate may feature on the corporation seal, dated 1585 but possibly remade 1720—30 (Armstrong 1914). Fosse—partly natural provided by R. Loobagh on E side especially in bridge area, and by lake to W; possible remains of fosse along N half of W wall. Other Fortifications—triangular earthen ditch and platform beyond fosse near NW corner, possibly remains of 17th century earthworks (LI047-022070-). The street plan of Kilmallock is clearly related to its elongated, rectangular walled shape and its 4 main gates, one on each wall but 3 of them concentrated in the S half. The town is one street deep except by the river's E bend where it is a less confined site. There, are the parish church and two streets which give access to it from the main and Water streets. One of these is shown on the 1600 map as sub-mural, lined by houses, but Andrews (1968, 33) regards this as a distortion of the present Orr St. A similar, but only other short sub-mural street (now gone), is shown on the 1600 map at Blossoms gate. It may have been part of the 'common carte lane' of the Civil Survey. It may also have been more extensive within the town generally, as a sub-mural access lane to both the burgage plots and the wall. At the more detailed level there is a widening of the street immediately outside both Blossom and Ivy gates, and a slight bend in the street beyond the former (at Gortboy House) where the suburban or external gate was (1600 map).
LI047-022021 Megalithic structure
Description
In grassland on the demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers located 700m to SSW. Ash Hill Lough now covered in forestry located 45m to S and town wall (LI047-022006-) of Kilmallock historic town (LI047-022001-) 95m to E. Not indicated on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated 'Cromlech' on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Small cluster of three stones visible on Digital Globe orthoimages and Google earth orthophotos. It was suggested by Aideen Ireland (1984, 40) that these three stones are the same site as the 'Kilmallock Cromlech' recorded in 1904 by P. J. Lynch (1904, 284) who described the remains of a cromlech located behind the R.C. Church in Kilmallock. The field in which the stones stand was recorded as the 'Kiln-Field' on an 18th century map of Ash Hill demesne (Ireland 1984, 42). Unlikely to be the remains of a megalithic structure. These stones were described by Lynch (1904, 284) as follows; 'Only three stones remain of the Kilmallock cromlech. The centre stone would appear to have fallen in and the covering stone slipped off to the left, as it now appears in photograph. This stone is 12 feet 6 inches [3.8m] long, 2 feet 9 inches [0.83m] thick and 7 feet 6 inches [2.28m] wide. The centre stone is 7 feet [2.13m] long, 3 feet [0.91m] wide and 2 feet [0.6m] thick. The upright stone to the right is 7 feet 6 inches [2.28m] long, 4 feet 6 inches [1.37m] wide or high, and about 1 foot 3 inches [0.38m] thick, all of limestone'. See attached photographs of 'Cromlech' taken from Ireland 1984, Lynch 1904 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 September 2021
LI047-022070 Outwork
Description
Triangular-shaped earthwork of 17th century built onto external face of Kilmallock town wall (LI047-022006-) at NW corner described by Thomas (1992, 132) as following; 'Other Fortifications—triangular earthen ditch and platform beyond fosse near NW corner, possibly remains of 17th century earthworks'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 30 September 2019
LI047-097 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
To the W of Emmet Street and within the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, located 350m to SW. On the S outskirts of Kilmallock historic town (LI047-022001-), site of Castle Coote (LI047-021002-) and enclosure (LI047-021001-) 240m to S, gatehouse (Blossom Gate)(LI047-022007-) of Kilmallock town walls 170m to NE. Medieval ditch identified by Rory Sherlock during archaeological pre-development testing (Licence No. 03E1609) associated with a housing development project, the results were summarised as following; ‘A large number of features were investigated in the low-lying area between the town and the hill upon which the castle site is situated and, though most of these appeared to derive from early modern agricultural activity, one shallow ditch was found, when sectioned, to contain three pieces of medieval pottery. No other finds or features of archaeological interest were noted’ (www.excavations.ie 2003; No. 1164, Sherlock 2003). Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 20 August 2021
LI047-102 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Ring barrow discovered by Frank Coyne in summer of 2010. He describes it as follows: 'This ring barrow is located in a large open field, devoted to pasture, to the W of Kilmallock town, in the townland of Ash Hill. It is situated 170m to the W of the outer extent of the edge of the proposed development, and 40m to the S of Greenfield Road. A low circular grass‐covered mound (5.5m in diameter) is defined by a 1.5m wide fosse, with an outer bank (1.6m wide by 0.2m high above exterior ground level. The bank is denuded at SE, where a 6m wide gap occurs. This may represent the location of the original entrance.'
LI047-104 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In pasture, immediately to N (c. 4m) of the avenue leading to Ash Hill Towers country house. A grass-covered oblong mound (14.6m N-S; 22.8m E-W) with the traces of a possible shallow fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.15m) NNW-ENE. The mound is highest (H 1.2m) at its centre point and is abutted by a farm trackway at NW. It would appear that when trees were planted along the N side of the avenue about 200 years ago, they were planted in an arc around the mound as if to respect its presence. In a letter to her American fiancé dated 15 March 1908, Eileen (Weldon) notes "close to the avenue, as they call it, although there are trees on only one side of the road, is a large green mound which is supposed to mark the burial place of one of the Irish chieftains and a number of his followers. It was the custom in those days to bury a dozen or so of his slaves with every chieftain. Father says he would like to explore the spot, but not a man could be found who would put a spade into the sacred earth". Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 30 April 2015

Architectural heritage

Ash Hill, country house, 1780–1790 · National interest
Description
Detached six-bay three-storey country house, built in 1781, with substantial additions dating to the 1830s. Recessed single-bay two-storey section to east with turret and single-bay two-storey section to west and further recessed two-bay two-storey section to east; all sections castellated. Rear (north) elevation comprising shallow pedimented breakfront, bow to east elevation. Hipped slate roof to front block with rendered chinmneystacks. Hipped slate roof to bow with limestone eaves course. Pitched slate roof to rear with brick chinmeystacks, limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls to bow. Ashlar limestone walls to front block with carved stringcourse and plinth course. Ashlar limestone walls having limestone plinth course to rear (north) elevation and cornice to pediment. Square-headed openings to front block with carved limestone label mouldings and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed opening (former main entrance) to ground floor having cut limestone label moulding, surround and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Pointed arch opening to recessed bay, first floor with replacement uPVC window. Rear elevation with square-headed openings to first floor having six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Limestone sills throughout. Venetian window to first floor pediment with limestone surround having Y-traceried twelve-over-eight pane timber sliding sash window with flanking six-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed opening to ground floor having nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite opening to ground floor comprising round-headed Y-tracery fanlight with limestone surround and transom over six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window having flanking square-headed four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to bow, first floor with tripartite six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite square-headed opening to bow, ground floor having limestone transoms and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed opening comprising limestone surround with hoodmoulding having carved inscription, cobweb fanlight and transom over square-headed timber panelled door having flanking Doric style pilasters and sidelights with limestone sills and risers. Round-headed opening having limestone surround, Y-tracery fanlight and limestone transom over square-headed timber panelled double-leaf doors and flanking square-headed sidelights with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Pair of cut limestone square-profile piers to north with ornate limestone urns to caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers to north-east having carved piers, double-leaf cast-iron gates and flanking square-headed pedestrian entrances with single-leaf cast-iron gates.
Ash Hill, stables, 1760–1780 · National interest
Description
Pair of detached nine-bay two-storey outbuildings, built c. 1770, standing to the north-east and north-west of Ash Hill Towers. Outbuildings having pitched slate roof, brick eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and open work brick bellcote. Dressed limestone walls. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor with brick voussoirs and limestone sills. Elliptical-headed openings having render surrounds and replacement timber battened half-doors. Tripartite window openings to north and south elevations with brick block-and-start surrounds, mullions and limestone sills. Nine-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-east having pitched slate roof and cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed limestone walls. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor with brick voussoirs and limestone sills. Elliptical-headed openings having render surrounds and replacement timber battened half-doors. Tripartite window openings to north and south elevations with brick block-and-start surrounds, mullions and limestone sills.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: About 1 in 5 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.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_980 (ZIP).
Flooding: The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Ash Hill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

The townland

Name: Ash Hill · Cnoc Cais
Area: 1,042,781 m² (104.28 ha, 257.68 acres)
Civil parish: St. Peters and St. Pauls, and its townlands
Barony: Kilmallock
Electoral division: Kilmallock, the unit of the census
Census 2022: Kilmallock electoral division: 2,389 people in 962 households; 65% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Breesheen North, Glenfield, Gortboy, Kilmallock, Portauns, Treanlewis
Placenames: Ash Hill 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.