# Churchfield, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Shanagolden, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Páirc an Teampaill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 414,947 m² (41.49 ha, 102.54 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 70,929 m² (7.09 ha, 17.53 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P3 Marine Related Industry, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Shanagolden, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/shanagolden.md - Barony: Shanid - Electoral division: Craggs, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 258 people lived in 92 households in the Craggs electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 14% 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/32028 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120624 - Centre: latitude 52.602271, longitude -9.076165 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchfield, from 7,221 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres) to 217,112 m² (21.71 ha, 53.65 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1607525: 217,112 m² (21.71 ha, 53.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607525.md - Parcel 1608024: 88,908 m² (8.89 ha, 21.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608024.md - Parcel 1616201: 70,929 m² (7.09 ha, 17.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616201.md - Parcel 1601920: 16,849 m² (1.68 ha, 4.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601920.md - Parcel 1612785: 7,221 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612785.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P3 Marine Related Industry (Aquaculture and fishing): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2022-07/Volume-2b-Level-4-5-and-6.pdf#page=13 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 17 Dec 2018, Limerick County Council 181236: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of the existing three span bridge and construction of a new single span bridge consisting of piled abutments and a stell truss superstructure to facilitate the potential future re-introduction of freight traffic on the Limerick to Foynes railway line at Churchfield/Island MacTeige. The existing intermediate piers will remain in place in a non load bearing capacity. The works also includes the temporary relocation of a salt marsh during the construction of the bridge structure. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared for the development. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/181236/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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) - LI010-013: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-013----. At tip of narrow low spit projecting into tidal estuary of Robertstown river. Only two fragments of castle now stand: NE and NW corners (see plan Donnelly 1994, 171-2). The NW corner is featureless stump but NE corner rises to first-floor level and contains wall press. Joining these is recent dry-stone wall. Robertstown was a possession of the Earls of Desmond until surrendered in late 16th century (Westropp 1906-7, 242). Westropp (1906-7, 242) gives the following details about Robertstown; '1222-30 The C[astle] of Robert Guher or Gore (C.S.P.L). It is often named in church lists and rentals, 1302, 1410, 1452. In 1289 Jo. Guer held Kyldrumyn (Plea R., 13). In 1298 Margery Gore held a half townland of Robertstown (C.S.P.L). In 1452 Castro Robti. Gore held by Earls of Desmond. 1569 Surrendered. 1571 J. Mac Clanchy held it (Fi. 3842 ; Inq. Exch.); 1587 W. Trenchard (Fi. 5078; Inq. Exch., 41). 1608 Ballyrobert C[astle]. conveyed by Jas. Wakeman to Sir Ric. Wingfield, of Smithstown, with a water mill, Carricke O'Ruderi, Ardenere, and part of estate of Teige mac Clansie, slain in rebellion (Rev. Exch., 1613-18, p. 1; 1623, p. 17; Inq. Chan., 6b), who held it with Cragg, 1638 (Inq. Chan., C.S., p. 94, &c). 1655 C[astle]. of Robertstown, Carrigenrudderi, mill, &c. Fabric - The north-east fragments of a peel tower, featureless, save for ambreys, on a projection in a tidal creek. Fragments of a strong wall across the neck of the peninsula. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Sir Edward Wingfield was the owner of the lands of Robertstown and Garrintober which contained 'a ruined castle with two Mill seates [LI010-106----]' (Simington 1938, 327). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 May 2020 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 Churchfield. ## 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 Churchfield, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_435, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_435.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/churchfield.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/churchfield.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/churchfield.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Churchfield, St Patricks Rd: 9 sales, https://everytownland.com/limerick/churchfield-st-patricks-road.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardaneer: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardaneer.md - Robertstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/robertstown.md - Sroolane North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/sroolane-north.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. --- 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/churchfield - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/churchfield