# Clonagh, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonagh, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cluain Each.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,439,658 m² (143.97 ha, 355.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,963 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonagh, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/clonagh.md
- Barony: Connello Lower
- Electoral division: Riddlestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 601 people lived in 200 households in the Riddlestown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32276
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120656
- Centre: latitude 52.513812, longitude -9.00436 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonagh, from 1,014 m² to 237,879 m² (23.79 ha, 58.78 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1674694: 237,879 m² (23.79 ha, 58.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674694.md
- Parcel 1628850: 222,286 m² (22.23 ha, 54.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628850.md
- Parcel 1667094: 191,729 m² (19.17 ha, 47.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667094.md
- Parcel 5190722: 184,382 m² (18.44 ha, 45.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5190722.md
- Parcel 1640125: 183,602 m² (18.36 ha, 45.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640125.md
- Parcel 1601786: 128,721 m² (12.87 ha, 31.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601786.md
- Parcel 3454524: 76,269 m² (7.63 ha, 18.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3454524.md
- Parcel 2733210: 50,669 m² (5.07 ha, 12.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2733210.md
- Parcel 1598746: 38,685 m² (3.87 ha, 9.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598746.md
- Parcel 3454184: 31,035 m² (3.1 ha, 7.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3454184.md
- Parcel 1628142: 10,856 m² (1.09 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628142.md
- Parcel 1607895: 6,216 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607895.md
- Parcel 1647538: 4,746 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647538.md
- Parcel 1648528: 4,670 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648528.md
- Parcel 5680902: 4,242 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5680902.md
- Parcel 4840961: 3,991 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4840961.md
- Parcel 4840986: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4840986.md
- Parcel 1629268: 3,574 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629268.md
- Parcel 1618681: 3,551 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618681.md
- Parcel 3429152: 3,444 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3429152.md
- Parcel 3265368: 2,651 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265368.md
- Parcel 3325737: 2,320 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3325737.md
- Parcel 1616366: 2,254 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616366.md
- Parcel 2733245: 2,227 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2733245.md
- Parcel 3265372: 2,151 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265372.md
- Parcel 3265373: 2,140 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265373.md
- Parcel 3265370: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265370.md
- Parcel 3265369: 2,077 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265369.md
- Parcel 1667864: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667864.md
- Parcel 3265371: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265371.md
- Parcel 1612573: 1,333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612573.md
- Parcel 4840989: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4840989.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Clonagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 6 Aug 2026, Limerick County Council 26183: N/a. Permission. the installation of a 20kW ground mounted solar photovoltaic array with grid connection and associated works. Clonagh House is a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. No. 258). This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/26183/0
- 23 Nov 2023, Limerick County Council 23568: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an easy feed suckler/beef unit consisting of slatted slurry storage and a calf creep area including all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23568/0
- 6 May 2021, Limerick County Council 21602: Conditional. Permission. construction of a new detached garage and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21602/0
- 4 May 2021, Limerick County Council 21590: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a two storey part single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21590/0
- 10 Apr 2018, Limerick County Council 18341: Conditional. Permission. (a) the change of use of agricultural outhouses to dog grooming facilities and boarding kennels and (b) construct rear lobby, ancillary site works and advertising signage. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18341/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonagh.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI028-063: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-063----. In pasture, near foot of S-facing slope, surrounded by higher ground N->SSE. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map has been partially levelled. However, it is still apparent in field of pasture as circular area (18.2m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 6.6m), with external fosse (Wth 2.1m; D 0.2m) NNE->SW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI028-066001: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-066001-. Oblique aerial photograph taken 17/07/1971 shows the outline of a circular-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (approx. diam. 150m) with medieval ruins of Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-) and graveyard standing in centre (CUCAP BGJ060). Begley (1906, 112) described the site as '(Cluianeach, i.e., insular meadow of horses). The church is built on an elevated position, and in former times the land around it used to be flooded, which accounts for the first part of the name. It consists of a nave and choir, the walls of the former indicate great age, but the choir arch is modern and may have been added on after the coming of the Normans. Near this church is a holy well [LI028-067----] dedicated to St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is still kept on the 9th of September in the modern parish of Coolcappa'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 08 January 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
- LI028-066002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-066002-. Poorly preserved remains of a nave and chancel church with 19th century Madigan family mausoleum built onto E gable. Church now covered in ivy which makes detailed examination of the medieval fabric impossible. Church ruins described in 1840 the church as following; 'It consisted of a nave and choir, but it is now in so ruinous a state as not to merit minute description. All its features are destroyed except the choir arch, which shows that the building is not very old though a part of the north wall of the nave seems to indicate considerable antiquity. The west gable is destroyed down to the foundation, but the east and middle gables are in good preservation. In the same Townland is situated a Holy Well called after St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise in honor of whom a "Pattern" was annually held here on the 9th of September' (OSL 48). Westropp (1904-5, 400) recorded the following details on Clonagh; ‘Cluonech, 1201. Bishop Robert, and Martin, the chaplain of Clounath, made grants 1252 and 1257 (B.B.L., xiii., xviii.). Clonagh, 1302; Cloainech, 1418; Clounach, and Clonagh, ruinous, 1615 b. Fabric - The east and middle gables, and part of the north wall alone stood in 1840, and appeared to be late. St. Kieran's Well [LI028-067----], with a pattern, on September 9th, stood near the ruin (O.S.L. 9, p. 163). Begley (1906, 112) described the site as '(Cluianeach, i.e., insular meadow of horses). The church is built on an elevated position, and in former times the land around it used to be flooded, which accounts for the first part of the name. It consists of a nave and choir, the walls of the former indicate great age, but the choir arch is modern and may have been added on after the coming of the Normans. Near this church is a holy well dedicated to St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is still kept on the 9th of September in the modern parish of Coolcappa'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 04 March 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
- LI028-066003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-066003-. Medieval ruins of Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-) stands in centre of irregular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 60m N-S x 50m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at N end of W wall. Begley (1906, 112) described the site as '(Cluianeach, i.e., insular meadow of horses). The church is built on an elevated position, and in former times the land around it used to be flooded, which accounts for the first part of the name. It consists of a nave and choir, the walls of the former indicate great age, but the choir arch is modern and may have been added on after the coming of the Normans. Near this church is a holy well [LI028-067----] dedicated to St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, whose feast is still kept on the 9th of September in the modern parish of Coolcappa'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 08 January 2019
- LI028-066004: Road - hollow-way, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-066004-. Roadway consisting of a sunken way (Wth 10m, approx. L. ) flanked on either side by a low earth and stone bank leading up to W entrance of early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (LI028-066001-) containing the remains of Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-) and graveyard (LI028-066003-). The dating of this trackway is uncertain and the route of the roadway has been mapped out on the revised OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 march 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
- LI028-067: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-067----. Spring well in an area of rock outcrop with Clonagh Church (LI028-066002-), graveyard (LI028-066003-) and ecclesiastical enclosure (LI028-066001-) 390m to NNE. Holy well dedicated to St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. In 1840 the well was described as following; 'In the same Townland is situated a Holy Well called after St. Kieran of Clonmacnoise in honor of whom a "Pattern" was annually held here on the 9th of September' (OSL, 48). Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 203) as following; 'A little spring in a cupola of rough masonry. A pattern was held on 9th Sept. (St Ciarán of Clonmacnoise). Rounds are still made and small objects left as offerings. Pebbles were used to count rounds. Water cures eyes. Water is sometimes taken from the well for domestic purposes. Legends: Clothes were washed and the well moved. The well supplied the monks at the nearby church [LI028-066002-]. A mysterious woman was seen praying at the well; a man who interrupted her died. An underground passage leads to the graveyard [LI028-066003-]; the last person buried must bring water for the dead until relieved by the next arrival'. The following folklore in 1934 was recorded from Coolcappa National School about St. Ciaran's well; 'St. Ciaran's well is situated on a height in a field in Clonagh. It is about two hundred yards from the road and beside the railway line between Rathkeale and Ardagh. About thirty yards from the well stands the ivy clad ruins of Clonagh old Church, Monastery and Cemetery. Local tradition says that there is an underground passage from the well to the Church, which was used in days gone by, by the monks and that it is used now by the dead in the cemetery. The last person who is buried ins supposed to be drawing water to all the dead, and is relieved of her duties when the next funeral arrives. The new arrival takes up the duty. A broken wall surrounds the well , which was built by Mr. Hartigan, father of the present owner of the well land. The well itself is covered with a hood of stone. In a niche near the top is placed a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the back of the well is a horse chestnut tree and several white thorn bushes. Three groups of the latter grow in pairs one left and right of the well, and the remaining pairs at the entrance. In the little stream running from the well is an elder tree growing amongst the white thorn bushes. In the S.E. of the well is a huge stone. This well is still called "Ciaran" with no reference to the saint. The pattern is held on September 9th People pay rounds on first Fridays and at any time for ailments. The rounds are paid from left to right. Seven stones are picked up to mark the seven rounds, and one Our Father and ten Hail Mary's said, for each round and a stone is dropped in front of the well until the seven rounds are paid. The water is considered efficacious to cure sore eyes, sore feet and to restore health by bathing the affected parts in it. No petition is granted unless the water is drank as a completion to the rounds. It is brought away by most people and applied to the affected part and drank for nine consecutive days. Local people use it to make tea and draw it away in buckets, but not in large quantities. In a little shelf in the wall of the well, the following offerings in completion of rounds may be seen:- medals, rags, laces, buttons, matches, pennies and beads. On the east wall of the well is a small picture of Our Lord being taken down from the cross. Local tradition says that the well removed about ten yards farther down in a N.E. direction, because a woman washed clothes in it and that the water would not boil afterwards. On the hill where the old well was supposed to be, is a large rock with a hollow in the centre and a path of uneven stones about 1 1/2 yards long and 20" wide. This is supposed to mark the former position of the stream from the well. No fish is seen in this well. Nothing is known of the antiquity of the pilgrimage and it is not known to have been suppressed' (The Schools’ Collection, 0525, Page 061; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922014/4918231). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00348 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31053 and F025.21.00350 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31054. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020
- LI028-069: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-069----. In pasture, on gentle ESE-facing slope. Oval area (22.7m N-S; 27.7m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.65m; Wth 2.5m). Bank is best preserved along S arc (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.5m) but has been badly eroded by cattle along N arc. Interior, covered by nettles under a canopy of mature trees, slopes gently down to E. Field boundary, on N-S axis, skirts enclosure at E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI028-195: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-195----. Situated on reclaimed grassland, with stream marking townland boundary with Ballykenry 40m to W. Clonagh Monastery (LI028-066001-/002/003-) lies 350m to SE. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 35m) visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthophotos Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 July 2021

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)

- Bridge, 1860–1880, Regional interest, registry number 21902818, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21902818. Single-arch cut stone bridge, erected in 1867, carrying road over the Limerick to Tralee branch of the Great Southern and Western Railway line. Roughly dressed limestone walls.

## 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 Clonagh, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonagh.
- 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/clonagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/clonagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/clonagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Clonagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballinlyny: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballinlyny.md
- Ballykenry: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballykenry.md
- Coolybrown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/coolybrown.md
- Deelish: https://everytownland.com/limerick/deelish-120856.md
- Kilscannell: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilscannell.md
- Reens East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/reens-east.md
- Riddlestown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/riddlestown.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.

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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.

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