Cahernarry (Cripps)

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahernarry (Cripps), from 477 m² to 213,746 m² (21.37 ha, 52.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cahernarry (Cripps) 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.

• 16 Mar 2024Conditional

  a change of house type under previously permitting governing permission Planning Reference Number 21/196 together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460230

• 28 Nov 2023Conditional

  a change of house type under previously permitting governing permission Planning Reference Number 21/195 together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360873

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  the construction of a shared vehicular entrance, dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21195

• 22 Feb 2021Conditional

  the construction of a shared vehicular entrance, dwelling house, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21196

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20741

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  an agricultural livestock unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17927

• 9 Jun 2017Conditional

  for the construction of an entrance, two storey dwelling house, domestic treatment system and polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17530

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  dwelling house, garage, on site waste water treatment system with percolation area, entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17374

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 the townland of Cahernarry (Cripps).

Recorded monuments

• LI013-062001 Church
  Description

  Situated on high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, large quarry immediately from W through N to NNE. Only the W bell-tower of the medieval church remains upstanding with bell-tower of post-1700 C of I church standing immediately to N both of which are located in the N quadrant of a large graveyard (LI013-062002-). Putlog holes are the only architectural feature visible in the external face of the N, S and W walls. Westropp (1904-5, 372-3) records the following details about Cahernarry ; 'A parish in Clanwilliam. Keyrnedyn, alias Carnarthy, named in charter of King John, 1207 (B.B.L., p. 89). Carnarthy was restored to Bishop Bobert, by Athassell, 1253 (B.B.L., p. 101); Karnathie, 1302. Lawsuit as to Roger Bagod's right of presentation to Carnarthy, 1320; and as to the charter of John and Richard Moyne (Plea R. 131 of xiv Ed. II, m. 7; and 141 of xvi Ed. II.); Cahiornairy dedicated to St. Nicholas, 1410; Carnarey, 1418 ; Cathairnaraidhe, "Fort of Naraidhe" (O'Donovan). Fabric - A portion of the belfry, 16 feet [4.87m] high, 6½ feet [1.9m] north and south, remained, 1840, with a well named Tobersenan. The modern I. C. church was built 1810; near it is the large vault of the Howleys'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 September 2018

• LI013-062002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on high ground with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, large quarry immediately from W through N to NNE. Only the W bell-tower of the medieval church (LI013-062001-) remains upstanding with bell-tower of post-1700 C of I church standing immediately to N both of which are located in the N quadrant of a large rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 53m NW-SE; 36m E-W). the graveyard is enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate in centre of SE wall. Large 19th century obelisk erected to the memory of the Howley family stands in N corner of graveyard. Russell family 19th century obelisk in NW corner of graveyard with Shine family mausoleum in W quadrant of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 September 2018

• LI013-062003 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Located on NW facing slope in centre of Cahernarry graveyard (LI013-062002----) with ruins of Cahernarry Church (LI013-062001-) to N. Recorded in 2004 and described as following; ‘Upright rectangular-shaped slate slab (H 0.58m x Wth 0.3m x T. 50mm) with incised Latin cross and expanded terminals carved onto W face’ (SMR File). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 30 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Cahernarry Church, monument, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted commemorative plaque, erected in 1820, formerly part of a circular-shaped monument. Tooled limestone plaque with carved recessed script and date. Undressed side and rear elevations. Plaque reads: 'In memoriam libertatus civieae Limeriei restutae Hane uirrem posuit iohannes Howley A.D.1820. When name and fame whence came are all forgot who raises this obelisk peace be his lot.'

• Cahernarry Church, mausoleum, obelisk, monument, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding rectangular-plan mausoleum and vault, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan burial vault with tooled limestone monument over. Coursed rubble limestone base with clamp-kilned red brick arch to vault. Ashlar Limestone monument with limestone plinth course and tooled limestone blocks angled to corners. Square-headed Egyptian arch recess to front (south) elevation flanked by fluted Egyptian columns supporting the stepped tooled limestone capital of the monument. Square-headed recess tooled limestone lintel mould over to north elevation also flanked by fluted Egyptian columns. Approached to north and south by three curved limestone ashlar steps. Decorative limestone inverted setting sun to east and west elevations, flanked by fluted columns. Circular bowl-urns to north-west and north-east corners. Pointed limestone spire over with recent iron cross mount.

• Cahernarry Church, mausoleum, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding barrel-vaulted mausoleum, built c. 1900. Rendered barrel-vaulted roof, tooled limestone cross to south. Rendered walls with rectangular plaques to south elevation. Segmental-arched door opening to south elevation with sheet-iron door. Surrounded by cast-iron railings.

• Cahernarry Church, church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church tower, built c. 1810, with remains of earlier church. Rubble stone walls. Pointed arched window openings to tower. Limestone broach tower. Tower set in graveyard.

• Cahernarry Church, mausoleum, obelisk, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding square-plan mausoleum, erected c. 1860, comprising cut limestone battered walls to base with dressed limestone copings surmounted by cast-iron railings. Carved plaque with chamfered multiple-foil recess and insignia in relief. Pointed arch opening with chamfered dressed limestone surround and recessed double-leaf metal doors. Obelisk style monument to top with vermiculated rusticated base, pedestal with rectangular carved limestone plaques and dressed stone spire.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_1024 (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.

No address of the register names Cahernarry (Cripps) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Cahernarry (Cripps) · Carn Fhearaígh (Cripps)

Area

881,754 m² (88.18 ha, 217.89 acres)

Civil parish

Cahernarry, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballysimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballysimon electoral division: 16,540 people in 5,566 households; 59% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahernarry (Keane), Carrigmartin, Coolreagh, Drombanny, Scart, Tooreen

Placenames

Cahernarry (Cripps) 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.