Clooncrippa
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeedy, barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cluain Coirbthe
- Area
- 240.6 ha
- 595 acres
- Land parcels
- 91
- registered freehold, median 11,187 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooncrippa, from 313 m² to 218,408 m² (21.84 ha, 53.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clooncrippa 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Jan 2022Conditional
construction of a two storey dwelling house, entrance, driveway, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2291
22 Nov 2021Conditional
the construction of a storey and a half style dwelling house, entrance, driveway, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 211615
2 Jul 2018Conditional
a single storey extension to rear of the dwelling including, garage (domestic use) store, garden shed & outbuildings
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18667
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clooncrippa.
Recorded monuments
- LI045-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
In flat marshy terrain. Roughly circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by scarped edge E->N (H 1m; Wth 4m), and enclosed by earthen bank N->NE (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.4m), with external fosse (D 0.6m; Wth 3m) E->S and NW->N. Fosse is truncated by public road W->NW. Enclosing element is truncated by field boundary NE->E. Interior level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-021 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In level marshy terrain, on the S side of a stream. A circular area (diam. 14m) enclosed by a fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 7.4m) with an external bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) and an external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 5m). There are opposite gaps in the bank at E (Wth 8m) and at W (Wth 6m). The entire site is covered by tall marshy vegetation except for the level interior which is dry and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-022 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 42m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.25m) with external fosse (D c. 0.1m: Wth 0.8m) which is intermittent and indistinct. Bank is partially covered by dense overgrowth, and heavily eroded by cattle ENE->NW. Gap (Wth 2m) in bank at WSW; fosse infilled with rubble in this area. Recent farm trackway skirts fosse at SW; surrounding field boundaries have been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed NE->NW by earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 1.2m), and defined NW->NE by public road which curves to respect arc of enclosure. Level interior is under pasture at centre, but perimeter and enclosing element are covered by dense overgrowth. Fosse has been deepened and incorporated into field drainage system E->S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-107 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy terrain, at the base of a N-facing slope, on the S side of a stream. A semi-circular mound (H 0.7m; 15m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) of burnt material. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clooncrippa.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Clooncrippa.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clooncrippa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Clooncrippa · Cluain Coirbthe
- Area
- 2,406,078 m² (240.61 ha, 594.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeedy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Electoral division
- Kilmeedy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilmeedy electoral division: 368 people in 133 households; 80% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinruane, Gortalassa, Gorteen, Gortmore, Gortroe, Kilmurry (Archer), Kilmurrybog
- Placenames
- Clooncrippa 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.