Cloncagh

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloncagh, from 5 m² to 189,291 m² (18.93 ha, 46.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloncagh 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.

• 6 Feb 2017Conditional

  construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing two storey dwelling house & installation of a new domestic waste water treatment system & raised percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1799

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 Cloncagh.

Recorded monuments

• LI037-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Oval area (45m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.6m) W->SE. Enclosing element is largely levelled SE->W, but here there is slight trace of fosse running outside arc of thorn bushes, with field boundary running along its outer edge. Interior level and under pasture except along perimeter which is covered by overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025001 Church
  Description

  Monastery was founded here by St. Maedoc of Ferns who died in 625 AD (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 376). St. Patrick's Well (LI037-025006-) located c. 30m to SE, and sites of two holy wells to S of ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025004-): Lady's Well (LI037-025004-) c. 10m to SSW; and Sunday's Well (LI037-025005-) c. 50m to SSW. North-of-centre in graveyard (LI037-025002-) both of which are situated in the centre of an early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). Fragmentary remains of church nave (int.: 9.17m E-W; 5.07m N-S), built of rubble sandstone. Only N and W walls now stand, with short returns of inside of E (L 0.9m) and S (L 0.3m) walls; in 1840 its 'choir is entirely destroyed ... except a very small fragment near the south west corner ... the choir arch is much injured in its sides, but its semicircular head remains' (OSL vol. 1, 51). There is now no trace left of this chancel (choir). The west gable stands to full height but is squared-off at the top; in 1840 it had a 'little belfry' (bellcote), which was 'nearly down', and a 'semi-cyclopean doorway, which is now reduced to a formless breach' (ibid.). This wall was recently repaired and the doorway rebuilt (in 1984-5); the quality of this work is poor and already deteriorating. Built into the inside face of the wall is a stone (0.3m x 0.6m) with a circular perforation (diam. 0.1m) near one end. Built up against the inside of the N wall is a burial tomb; opposite it on the outside face of the N wall is a plaque dedicated to the Sullivan family with dated of death ranging from 1682 to 1716 (latter date part of additional inscription) (OSL vol. 1, 52). Two stone fragments in graveyard, acting as gravemarkers, probably came from church. Remains of parish church of Cloncagh (Westropp 1904-5, 413); form of chancel arch suggests a possible 12th/early 13th century date for chancel, though a 'cyclopean' W door might date the nave to slightly earlier. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025002 Graveyard
  Description

  In centre of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-); on S side of road. Roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 52m E-W; c. 57m N-S) enclosed by recently constructed stone wall topped by hedge. At some time recently (c. 1984) graveyard subject to 'tidy-up', so that all headstones now set in neat rows on concrete plinths. Most headstones date from 19th century but a few are late-18th. two of the gravemarkers are fragments from the church: a punch-dressed block (0.3m x 0.23m x 0.41m) with a triangular protrusion (possibly a human head though no facial features preserved); and a shaped block (0.22m x 0.28m) which might be part of a late-medieval window jamb. In addition to tomb within church there are two gabled burial tombs, one dated 1809. North-of-centre is ruin of parish church of Cloncagh (LI037-025001-). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In elevated pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 210m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.55m) NW->SE and defined by scarped edge (ext. H 0.60m) SE->NW; external fosse (D 0.55m) SE->ENE. Public road crosses enclosure on NW-ENE axis (see plan Westropp 1913, 251; CUCAP, AVS093); Cloncagh graveyard (LI037-025002-) in centre of enclosure on S side of road; rest of interior in pasture. Farm trackway skirts external base of earthen bank to E and runs E to W across interior c. 30m to S of graveyard. Monastery here was founded by St. Maedoc of Ferns who died in 625 AD (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 376). St. Patrick's Well (LI037-025006-) located c. 30m to SE, and sites of two holy wells to S of enclosure: Lady's Well (LI037-025004-) c. 10m to SSW; and Sunday's Well (LI037-025005-) c. 50m to SSW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope; c. 10m SSW of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). No evident trace remains. Ó Danachair (1955, 204) noted 'only a vague tradition in the district' of this well. Site of Sunday's Well (LI037-025005-) c. 40m to SSW, and St Patick's Well (LI037-025006-) c. 100m to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on land sloping gently to the S; c. 50m SSW of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). No evident trace remains. Ó Danachair (1955, 204) noted 'only a vague tradition in the district' of this well. Site of Lady's Well (LI037-025005-) c. 40m to NNE, and St Patick's Well (LI037-025006-) c. 100m to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-025006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture; c. 30m SE of early ecclesiastical enclosure (LI037-025003-). Spring well now contained within circular concrete tank, with concrete footpath surrounding it. Circular area (diam. 6.4m) around this is enclosed by concrete-block wall. Entrance via gate to S; just inside gate is shrine with modern near-life-size statue of St Patrick. Well visited on 17th March, and 'celebrated for curing blindness' (Ó Danachair (1955, 204); legend associates it with Leacht Phadraig, located c. 1,000m to NW (LI037-023---). Site of two further holy wells c. 100m to W (LI037-025004- & 005-). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted single-cell double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1840. Three-bay nave with two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear (west). Pitched slate roof with render gable copings, rendered eaves course to front and rear (west) with exposed rubble stone eaves course to sides (north, south) and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone bellcote to apex of front (east) gable. Pitched artificial slate roof to sacristy with rendered chimneystack, exposed rubble stone eaves course and galvanised steel rainwater goods. Rendered walls with channelled rendered quoins to corners and rusticated plaque inscribed: "CLOUNCAGH [sic] R.C. CHURCH/ERECTED/1840". Pointed arch window openings with rendered sills and surrounds throughout. Moulded render hoodmoulding with label stops and timber Y-tracery with margined lead-lined windows to front elevation opening. Margined lead-lined windows elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with render sills to sacristy, having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window to side (south) elevation and timber casement window to side (north) elevation. Pointed arch door opening to front elevation with render hoodmoulding springing from render consoles. Having rendered plinth blocks, chamfered rendered reveals and double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted by single-pane overlight giving access to internal porch. Square-headed door openings elsewhere, with timber louver and timber battened doors to sacristy. Braced timber roof to interior with riveted tenon joints. Polychrome ceramic tiled floor with two tooled stone grave markers to west of nave. Pointed elliptical chancel arch springing from engaged capitalised piers. Tooled limestone and marble commemorative plaques to interior walls of nave. Carved timber reredos and altar. Timber panelled internal porch to east of nave, having double-leaf glazed timber doors flanked by timber confession booths. Located within own grounds with graveyard to north with rendered walls and square-profile gate piers with double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Tooled sandstone font set within freestanding tooled limestone plinth to east of church.

• Cloncagh Carnegie Library, library/archive, 1915–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Carnegie library, dated 1917, having breakfront ashlar limestone porch to front (south) and five-bay single-storey extension to rear (north). Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack to original block, hipped artificial slate roof to extension, with uPVC clad eaves course and rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth to original block, rendered walls with rendered plinth and quoins elsewhere. Tooled limestone plaque and ashlar limestone porch with chamfered reveals to front (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and raised render reveals to original block, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front and side (east) elevations. Rendered sills to rear and side (west) elevations with uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber battened door to front elevation, uPVC doors to side (west) and glazed uPVC door to rear elevation. Roughcast rendered enclosing walls having render coping and square-profile gate piers with wrought-iron gate to east.

• Farm house, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1840, having single-bay two-storey block to side (east) and single-bay single-storey gable-fronted porch to rear (south). Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystack to main block. Pitched slate roofs to additional block and porch with aluminium rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front elevation and rear porch. Rendered walls elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills throughout, having two-over-two and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation. uPVC casement windows to rear elevation openings. Square-headed door openings having glazed uPVC doors. Three-bay bay single-storey outbuilding to west having pitched corrugated-iron roof with lean-to addition to side (south). Camber-headed door opening having timber battened door with wrought-iron strap hinges to side (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings having timber casement windows. Single-storey outbuilding to south of house. Rendered enclosing walls having render coping having square-profile gate piers with wrought-iron gate.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloncagh.

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 Cloncagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Cloncagh · Cluain Cath

Area

1,242,516 m² (124.25 ha, 307.03 acres)

Civil parish

Cloncagh, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Cloncagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cloncagh electoral division: 353 people in 109 households; 92% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughalin, Ballybeggane, Ballykennedy South, Gorteen East, Gorteen West, Kilgolban, Teernahilla

Placenames

Cloncagh 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.