Cahirduff

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahirduff, from 384 m² to 304,436 m² (30.44 ha, 75.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Cahirduff 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.

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  the construction of a grain & bale storage barn and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23556

• 21 Dec 2017Conditional

  extension to existing bungalow comprising - kitchen/breakfast room, lounge, bedroom, en suite, tank room - removal of existing septic tank/percolation area, shed, and the provision of a new tricel wastewater unit with percolation area

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171211

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 Cahirduff.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-167 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight N-facing slope 90m W of townland boundary with Ballymartin. Not depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map or the 1897 25-inch OS map. Identified from an examination of aerial photographs of the region during work on the Curraleigh–Limerick gas pipeline in 1986 (BGE 1:10000 No. 42). No surface remains visible when visited by the ASI in 2000. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 11 August 2020

• LI031-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a natural, low-lying ridge, in gently undulating pasture, 305m W of a townland boundary with Monaster North. Ringfort (LI031-008----) lies 300m to ENE. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a circular-shaped area (18m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) which has numerous livestock gaps from NW-N-NE and which is reduced to a scarp (Wth 2.2m; H 0.5m) from NE-E-S-SSW. Gap (Wth 2.4m) at N. The interior has a gentle WNW-facing slope. The surrounding field boundaries have been removed. Monument is visible as a subcircular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and sketch plans, cross-sections and photographs surveyed, drawn and taken by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 October 2020

• LI031-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions, abuts a townland boundary with Monaster North to the immediate SE. Ringfort (LI031-223----) lies 220m to WNW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a raised oval-shaped area (22m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by a scarp (Wth 1.9m; H 1.25m) with fosse (overall Wth 6.8m; basal Wth 1.2m; D 0.25m) and possible remains of an outer bank (Wth 5.2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m) visible at SW with entrance (Wth 4m) at NW. The fosse is visible from SSW-W-N-NNE and has been infilled from NNE-E-S-SW, where later field boundaries enclose the monument. The interior has gentle SSE-facing slope. Monument is visible as a subcircular-shaped earthwork on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and sketch plans, cross-sections and photographs surveyed, drawn and taken by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 October 2020

• LI031-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, 70m N of a townland boundary with Monaster North. Enclosure (LI031-006----) lies 300m to WSW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi map as a substantial circular-shaped enclosure. The SW bank of the monument was levelled between 1840 and the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where the monument is depicted as a penannular-shaped earthwork transected by a post-1700 field boundary at SW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a D-shaped area (32m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (Wth 3.0m; H 1.15m) and an earth and stone field boundary (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.65m) aligned with mature hedgerow from ENE-E-S. A slight linear scarp forms the W-side of the monument, where a former field boundary has been removed. An external fosse (overall Wth 8.2m; basal Wth 3.2m; D 0.25m) is visible from NW-N-NNE and traces of fosse (Wth 3.55m; D 0.2m) are visible from SE-E-SSE. The interior is grass covered and is traversed by a stone wall field boundary running ENE-WSW across the NW quadrant and also by a trackway (Wth 2.2m) across the SE quadrant. Monument is visible as a roughly C-shaped area open to SW on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and sketch plans, cross-sections and photographs surveyed, drawn and taken by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 27 October 2020

• LI031-223 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture in the NW corner of a field with numerous natural undulations 185m NW of the townland boundary with Monaster North. A ringfort (LI031-007----) is located 210m to ESE and a ringfort (LI031-006----) lies 165m to NE. The site is not depicted on OSi historic maps although it is visible on both on both the OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013. Identified by the ASI in 2008 during field survey of a ringfort (LI031-007----) in the same field. The site consists of a raised oval-shaped area (dims. 22m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a levelled bank (Wth 14.9m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.75m) almost reduced to a scarp. Obvious entrance gap (overall Wth 10.0m; basal Wth 3.0m) at S. Interior slopes down gently from the levelled bank to a level area in the centre. Exterior of bank truncated by field boundary (orientated WSW-ENE) on the NW and N side of the fort. A second field boundary (orientated N-S) includes a deep drain close to the ringfort bank on the W side. Livestock erosion visible on the external face of the bank at SE. Possible traces of an external fosse visible from NNE-S. Raised area to S of entrance may be natural and forms terminus of fosse. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016 and 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 28 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Cahirduff, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_934 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Cahirduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Cahirduff · An Chathair Dhubh

Area

1,580,476 m² (158.05 ha, 390.54 acres)

Civil parish

Monasteranenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Garrane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

317 people lived in 108 households in the Garrane electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymartin, Garrane, Knocknagranshy, Lacka, Monaster North, Rathmore South, Springlodge

Placenames

Cahirduff 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.