Caherhenesy
Townland in the civil parish of Ballingarry(croom Ra), barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cathair Aonghasa
- Area
- 91.7 ha
- 227 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 16,231 m² (1.62 ha, 4.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherhenesy, from 240 m² to 284,232 m² (28.42 ha, 70.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caherhenesy 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
20 Nov 2025Conditional
demolition of existing rear conservatory and the construction of a rear extension and elevational changes to an existing dwelling house to include external wall insulation and new windows, the widening of the existing domestic entrance, upgrade works to existing agricultural entrance to include rebuilding splayed wall and piers, the decommissioning of existing septic tank system and the installation of a new replacement packaged wastewater unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561204
26 Aug 2025Conditional
the demolition of the existing rear extension and attached shed structures, the construction of a new extension to the existing dwelling, the construction of a new detached garage, the installation of a wastewater treatment system, a new vehicle entrance, and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560853
25 May 2018Conditional
a slatted agricultural livestock unit, calf house and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18521
7 Dec 2017Conditional
the construction of an easyfeed slatted cubicle house extension, a manure pit and ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 171139
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Caherhenesy.
Recorded monuments
- LI037-044 Moated site
Description
In elevated pasture on W-facing slope. Rectangular area (35m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.85m) with external fosse (Base Wth. 1.4m; D 0.4m). Interior level. 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 Caherhenesy.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caherhenesy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Caherhenesy · Cathair Aonghasa
- Area
- 916,977 m² (91.7 ha, 226.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballingarry(croom Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballingarry, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyroe East, Ballyroe West, Cloontemple, Common, Gorteen, Kilshane, Lissamota, Rylanes, Woodstock
- Placenames
- Caherhenesy on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.