# Athea Lower, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathronan, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Áth an tSléibhe Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,240,877 m² (224.09 ha, 553.73 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,280 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathronan, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathronan.md
- Barony: Shanid
- Electoral division: Glenagower, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 540 people lived in 201 households in the Glenagower electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31786
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120063
- Centre: latitude 52.468326, longitude -9.317876 (WGS 84)

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

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Athea Lower, from 38 m² to 217,734 m² (21.77 ha, 53.8 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1627700: 217,734 m² (21.77 ha, 53.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627700.md
- Parcel 1627710: 193,377 m² (19.34 ha, 47.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627710.md
- Parcel 1640543: 178,450 m² (17.84 ha, 44.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640543.md
- Parcel 1627709: 148,500 m² (14.85 ha, 36.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627709.md
- Parcel 1627706: 128,950 m² (12.89 ha, 31.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627706.md
- Parcel 5696477: 123,959 m² (12.4 ha, 30.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5696477.md
- Parcel 1590013: 116,463 m² (11.65 ha, 28.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590013.md
- Parcel 1595255: 110,665 m² (11.07 ha, 27.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595255.md
- Parcel 1627701: 109,670 m² (10.97 ha, 27.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627701.md
- Parcel 1627702: 88,103 m² (8.81 ha, 21.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627702.md
- Parcel 1627707: 80,968 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627707.md
- Parcel 1627699: 79,921 m² (7.99 ha, 19.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627699.md
- Parcel 1627708: 67,460 m² (6.75 ha, 16.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627708.md
- Parcel 1599452: 64,690 m² (6.47 ha, 15.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599452.md
- Parcel 1589227: 59,274 m² (5.93 ha, 14.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589227.md
- Parcel 1640546: 52,219 m² (5.22 ha, 12.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640546.md
- Parcel 1589085: 51,113 m² (5.11 ha, 12.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589085.md
- Parcel 1640549: 49,381 m² (4.94 ha, 12.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640549.md
- Parcel 1640547: 47,152 m² (4.72 ha, 11.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640547.md
- Parcel 1670440: 43,287 m² (4.33 ha, 10.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670440.md
- Parcel 1596954: 34,889 m² (3.49 ha, 8.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596954.md
- Parcel 1642898: 26,443 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642898.md
- Parcel 1667014: 18,145 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667014.md
- Parcel 1645169: 16,011 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645169.md
- Parcel 1594674: 15,932 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594674.md
- Parcel 1673580: 5,052 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673580.md
- Parcel 1654703: 4,494 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654703.md
- Parcel 5542361: 4,280 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5542361.md
- Parcel 1614720: 4,126 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614720.md
- Parcel 1612075: 3,945 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612075.md
- Parcel 1669000: 3,939 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669000.md
- Parcel 1611317: 3,537 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611317.md
- Parcel 1616481: 3,177 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616481.md
- Parcel 1654810: 2,993 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654810.md
- Parcel 1610561: 2,636 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610561.md
- Parcel 5429358: 2,624 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5429358.md
- Parcel 1651875: 2,578 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651875.md
- Parcel 2837334: 2,427 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837334.md
- Parcel 1610217: 2,417 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610217.md
- Parcel 1609102: 2,361 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609102.md
- Parcel 1656351: 2,355 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656351.md
- Parcel 1609554: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609554.md
- Parcel 1657426: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657426.md
- Parcel 1613207: 2,220 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613207.md
- Parcel 1608232: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608232.md
- Parcel 1615661: 2,085 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615661.md
- Parcel 1615158: 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615158.md
- Parcel 1588741: 1,934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588741.md
- Parcel 1651360: 1,893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651360.md
- Parcel 1655392: 1,726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655392.md
- Parcel 1627711: 1,387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627711.md
- Parcel 5617753: 723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5617753.md
- Parcel 1640548: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640548.md
- Parcel 1629325: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629325.md
- Parcel 5407566: 38 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5407566.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Athea Lower 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)

11 applications, newest first.

- 10 Nov 2022, Limerick County Council 221197: N/a. Retention. the retention as constructed a two storey and single storey extensions to the rear of the dwelling house. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/221197/0
- 27 May 2022, Limerick County Council 22602: Conditional. Retention. a domestic garage- utility store with a first floor on her site. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22602/0
- 17 Feb 2022, Limerick County Council 22175: Conditional. Retention. (a) existing front bay window extension to existing dwelling house, (b) 2 no. domestic sheds along with all associated works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22175/0
- 12 Jun 2020, Limerick County Council 20500: Conditional. Retention. domestic garage with first floor, utility store, boundary walls to north and east of site, all within revised site boundaries to her site. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20500/0
- 9 Jun 2020, Limerick County Council 20486: Conditional. Permission. construction of a milking parlour, dairy, plant room, drafting area, collecting yard, slatted tanks and concrete apron. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20486/0
- 29 Mar 2019, Limerick County Council 19304: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19304/0
- 25 Sept 2018, Limerick County Council 18934: Conditional. Permission. a 10 year planning permission for the laying of 4.85km of underground electrical cables, associated ducting, associated cable draw pits, associated electrical infrastructure, and excavation/trenching works. The underground electrical cable route is primarily on public road with sections on other road and through pastureland. Details of the underground cables and extent of the works are shown on the planning application drawings. The proposed underground electricity cable will connect the permitted Beennanaspuck Wind Farm (Kerry County Council Planning Ref. 14/571; An Bord Pleanala Planning Ref. PL08.245464) and permitted Toberatooreen Wind Farm (Kerry County Council Planning Ref. 12/431 and 14/854; An Bord Pleanala Planning Ref. PL08/242170), which are located in County Kerry, to the National Electricity Grid via the Athea substation in County Limerick (Limerick City and County Council Planning Ref. 17/1228). The provision of a new substation compound with a single storey substation building and associated services. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18934/0
- 21 Sept 2018, Kerry County Council 18923: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (PLANNING PRMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS) CONSTRUCT AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLE INCLUDING ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF TOBERATOOREEN, KILBAHA NORTH, KILBAHA MIDDLE, KILNAHA SOUTH, GORTDROMAGOWNAGH AND BEENNANASPUCK IN CO. KERRY. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF 5.9 KM OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLES, ASSOCIATED DUCTING, ASSOCIATED CABLE DRAW PITS, ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EXCAVATION/TRENCHING WORKS. THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE ROUTE IS PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC ROADS WITH SECTIONS ON OTHER ROAD AND THROUGH PASTURELAND. DETAILS OF THE UNDERGROUND CABLES AND EXTENT OF THE WORKS ARE SHOWN ON THE PLANNING APPLICATION DRAWINGS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUNFD ELECTRICITY CABLE WILL CONNECT THE PERMITTED BEENNANASPUCK WIND FARM (KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REF. 14/571; AN BORD PLEANALA PLANNING REF PL08.245464) AND PERMITTED TOBERATOOREEN WIND FARM (KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REF. 12/431 AND 14/854; AN BORD PLEANALA PLANNING REF. PLC08.242170), WHICH ARE LOCATED IN COUNTY KERRY, THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID VIA THE ATHEA SUBSTATION IN COUNTY LIMERICK. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18923/0
- 21 Dec 2017, Kerry County Council 171298: Conditional. Permission. FOR A 10 YEARS PLANNING PERMISSION, TO CONSTRUCT AN UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLE INCLUDING ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLE WILL CONNECT THE PERMITTED BEENNANASPUCK WIND FARM (KERRY CO. COUNCIL PLANNING REF. NO. 14/571), (AN BORD PLEANALA PLANNNG REF. PL08.245464) AND PERMITTED TOBERATOOREEN WIND FARM (KERRY CO. COUNCIL PLANNING REF. NO. 12/431 AND 14/854), (AN BORD PLEANALA PLANNING REF. PL08.242170), WHICH ARE LOCATED IN CO. KERRY, TO THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID VIA THE ATHEA SUBSTATION IN CO. LIMERICK. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF 9.95 KM OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRICIAL CABLES, ASSOCIATED DUCTING, ASSOCIATED CABLE DRAW PITS, ELECTRICAL CABINETS, AND EXCAVATION / TRENCHING WORKS. THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE ROUTE IS PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC ROAD WITH SECTIONS ON OTHER ROAD. DETAILS OF THE UNDERGROUND CABLES AND EXTENT OF THE WORKS ARE SHOWN ON THE PLANNING APPLICATION DRAWINGS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR), AND ALSO THE PLANNING APPLICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/171298/0
- 21 Feb 2017, Limerick County Council 17156: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of an existing dwellinghouse and construction of a three bedroom bungalow, septic tank, percolation area, proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17156/0
- 16 Feb 2017, Limerick County Council 17134: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retention of an extension to our existing bungalow dwelling house, the conversion of the existing attic space and the addition of a bay window to the rear elevation. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17134/0

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## 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)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Athea Lower.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Farm house, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 21903401, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21903401. Detached five-bay single-storey former farmhouse, built c. 1860. Now in use as agricultural store house. Hipped slate roof with exposed white washed rubble stone eaves course. Artificial slate to rear (south) pitch. White washed rubble stone walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to eastern bay of front (north) elevation. Cast-iron two-over-two pane casement windows to front elevation, cast-iron and timber casement windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber battened door to front elevation. Later double-leaf galvanised-steel door to western bay of rear elevation. Later farm outbuildings and sheds to south and south-east.

## 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 Athea Lower, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_318, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_318.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/athea-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/athea-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/athea-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Athea Lower 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)

- Athea Upper: https://everytownland.com/limerick/athea-upper.md
- Derreen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/derreen-120863.md
- Gortdromagownagh (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortdromagownagh.md
- Kilbaha Middle (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilbaha-middle.md
- Kilbaha South (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilbaha-south.md
- Templeathea West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/templeathea-west.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.

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