Caher (Hayes)
Caher (Hayes) is a townland in the civil parish of Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Chathair (Hayes).
- Area
- 289.8 ha
- 716 acres
- Land parcels
- 178
- registered freehold, median 4,606 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
178 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher (Hayes), from 14 m² to 154,581 m² (15.46 ha, 38.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caher (Hayes) in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Sept 2026N/a
the construct of (i) Walled silage slabs (ii) Silage & Meal shed and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2661093
9 Dec 2021Conditional
extension to rear of bungalow, attached domestic garage to eastern side of bungalow, solar panels to front elevation of bungalow, art studio shed, wood log storage shed/greenhouse, general storage/garden equipment shed(formerly dairy unit), domestic garage/workshop and all ancillary works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 211713
23 Jul 2021N/a
construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling house, construct a domestic garage, all connection to existing site services with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 211049
14 Jun 2021Conditional
demolition of existing external storage buildings, construction of a single storey extension to existing school comprising of a main stream classroom linked to existing school with connection to all existing services with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21841
21 Apr 2021Conditional
construction of a slatted shed with cubicles and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21514
20 May 2019N/a
installation of an astroturf playing pitch in lieu of existing grass playing pitch with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19500
27 Apr 2017Conditional
for retention permission for existing 30m telecommunications support structure, carrying associated antenna, link dishes, associated equipment cabinets, associated compound enclosed by security fence, and access track, and Permission for additional antennae, link dishes and associated cabinets. The development will continue to form part of existing operators 3G & 4G broadband telecommunications networks
Retention · Limerick County Council, 17373
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
- LI052-001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SSW-facing slope overlooking valley of River Feale. Monument, depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been partially levelled. Enclosing element survives as earthen bank (H 2.15m) ENE->SSE where it forms part of field boundary system, and is evident as very-slight scarped edge (H 0.15m; Wth c. 6m) NNE->ENE (giving diameter of c. 68m). On W side line of enclosing element overlain by farm passageway. Interior, under pasture, slopes down to S. According to landowner enclosing element levelled c. 1975 and material derived from it used as fill for farm passageway. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Caher (Hayes).
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Caher (Hayes), about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caher (Hayes).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caher (Hayes) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Caher (Hayes) · An Chathair (Hayes)
- Area
- 2,898,429 m² (289.84 ha, 716.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeyfeale, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Caher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 400 people lived in 136 households in the Caher electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caher (Connell), Carrigeen (Co. Kerry), Crag, Derra (Co. Kerry), Dromtrasna South
- Placenames
- Caher (Hayes) 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.