# Aughinish West, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Robertstown, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Eachinis Thiar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,034,753 m² (203.48 ha, 502.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 81,000 m² (8.1 ha, 20.02 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Robertstown, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/robertstown.md
- Barony: Shanid
- Electoral division: Aughinish, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 252 people lived in 78 households in the Aughinish electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31962
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120070
- Centre: latitude 52.616038, longitude -9.072786 (WGS 84)

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

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aughinish West, from 27,346 m² (2.73 ha, 6.76 acres) to 459,772 m² (45.98 ha, 113.61 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1658611: 459,772 m² (45.98 ha, 113.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658611.md
- Parcel 1616200: 339,093 m² (33.91 ha, 83.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616200.md
- Parcel 1657975: 147,719 m² (14.77 ha, 36.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657975.md
- Parcel 1621942: 145,583 m² (14.56 ha, 35.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621942.md
- Parcel 1593935: 139,219 m² (13.92 ha, 34.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593935.md
- Parcel 1645256: 125,946 m² (12.59 ha, 31.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645256.md
- Parcel 1668000: 102,104 m² (10.21 ha, 25.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668000.md
- Parcel 1619245: 100,447 m² (10.04 ha, 24.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619245.md
- Parcel 1653781: 83,152 m² (8.32 ha, 20.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653781.md
- Parcel 1654151: 78,847 m² (7.88 ha, 19.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654151.md
- Parcel 1647648: 69,731 m² (6.97 ha, 17.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647648.md
- Parcel 1654199: 64,802 m² (6.48 ha, 16.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654199.md
- Parcel 1643004: 63,853 m² (6.39 ha, 15.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643004.md
- Parcel 2387207: 42,340 m² (4.23 ha, 10.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387207.md
- Parcel 1615925: 31,904 m² (3.19 ha, 7.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615925.md
- Parcel 1650993: 30,084 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650993.md
- Parcel 1615868: 27,413 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615868.md
- Parcel 1674341: 27,346 m² (2.73 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674341.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Aughinish West 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 8 Dec 2021, Limerick County Council 21312146: Conditional. Permission. works to facilitate an expansion of the disposal capacity at the existing Bauxite Residue Disposal Area (BRDA). The works will generally consist of the construction of rock fill embankments at the perimeter of the BRDA, offset internally and founded on the previously deposited and farmed bauxite residue, in 2 m high vertical lifts. The proposed development will result in the footprint of the BRDA decreasing as it increases in height. The proposed development will result in a c.12m increase in height (over that previously permitted under Limerick County Council Ref. 05/1836; An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL13.217976) to a maximum height of c.44m OD upon closure. The proposed expansion of the BRDA will provide for the deposition of an additional c. 8.0 million m3 bauxite residue over the lifetime of the development. The proposed development also provides for an expansion of the existing capacity of the Salt Cake Disposal Cell (SCDC), which is located within the BRDA through a vertical extension of the exiting perimeter wall and associated cell lining resulting in a c.2.25m crest height increase of the existing cell to c.31.25m OD and a maximum overall height of c.35.50m OD upon closure. The increase in capacity of the SCDC will provide for the storage of an additional c. 22,500 m3 of salt cake. Additional works include a c.3.9ha expansion of the permitted borrow pit (Limerick City and County Council Ref. 17/714; An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-301011- 18) to the east of the BRDA resulting in a total borrow pit area of c.8.4ha with a maximum depth of c. 8.5 m O.D and providing for an additional 380,000m3of rockfill with blasting and crushing of rock to occur between April and September each year. Further works include upgrades to the water management infrastructure to accommodate the BRDA development; the continued use of a stockpile area for rock and top-soil storage to the south east of the BRDA; use of top-soil and rock materials for the landscaped restoration and closure of the BRDA (including SCDC); restoration of the extended borrow pit extraction area; lighting; spillway ramps (drainage channels); revised boundary treatments and ancillary associated works above and below ground. Aughinish Alumina Limited carries out an activity on the site requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence (Licence Reg. No. P0035-07). This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement - https://www.pleanala.ie/en-ie/case/312146. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21312146/0

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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
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA, site code 004077, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore, site code 000435

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

- LI010-014: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-014----. In level low-lying terrain on Aughinish Island; area of site now occupied by industrial complex. Site described in 1974 as 'an approximately circular platform-like area demarcated by the remains of an earthen bank in the south and east and a high embankment at north and west. A field wall and fossway cuts off the southern segment ... dimensions east-west 40m ... covered with blackthorn ... probably a rath' (Byrne 1996, 5). In 1993 a further inspection of the site revealed a slightly curving raised platform ... probably the surviving north-east quadrant of the mounment' which was covered by 'dense growth' (O Rahilly 1993, 1). Archaeological excavation at the site in 1996, prior to its incorporation into an industrial complex (Aughinish Alumina), produced no finds or features of an archaeological nature, leading to the conclusion that 'the site may be of no archaeological significance' (Byrne 1996, 10). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-015: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-015----. In level terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-016: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-016----. In level terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-155: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-155----. Fulacht fia excavated by Nikolah Gilligan (07E0805) and described as 'a subrectangular pit, which was c. 0.51m deep and contained a 1.18m long (east–west) and c. 0.5m wide horizontal oak plank at its base. The plank was laid on a bed of gravelly clay and silt. Mortise and tenon joints were visible in the eastern and western ends of the plank to create vertical and opposing ‘header’ and ‘footer’ oak features and the remnants of a grooved side panel were present along the north-western end of the plank. Worked hazel and ash stakes had been set vertically into the gravelly clay alongside the southern and northern lengths of the oak plank; they may have been incorporated into some form of superstructure above the trough. One of these stakes has been radiocarbon dated to 1612–1494 cal bc (UBA–10274). The trough was probably used in association with a rectangular structure present to its west, which was formed by four groups of stake-holes. Evidence of scorching was visible within the structure and it is thought to have been built to house a fire; it may have been joined to the roof above the trough.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aughinish West.

## 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 Aughinish West, about 1 in 20 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. 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_434, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_434.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/aughinish-west.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/aughinish-west.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/aughinish-west.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Aughinish West 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)

- Aughinish East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/aughinish-east.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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

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

- Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/aughinish-west
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