Coonagh West

121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coonagh West, from 40 m² to 219,091 m² (21.91 ha, 54.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 48 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Semi Natural Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new vehicular entrance and driveway, re-use of existing derelict house for habitable accommodation and construction of an extension to this forming a single dwelling house, installation of proprietary domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560606

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  prefabricated Granny Flat structure to gable of existing dwelling and planning permission to construct a link structure from the Granny Flat to the gable of existing dwelling including revised front elevational treatment to the prefabricated structure to match existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560350

• 17 Feb 2025Conditional

  a greenhouse, domestic garage and stores as constructed, retention permission is also sought for a packaged wastewater unit and tertiary eco-flo filter as installed

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560127

• 6 Feb 2025N/a

  the construction of a new vehicular entrance and driveway, re-use of existing derelict house for habitable accommodation and construction of an extension to this forming a single dwelling house, installation of proprietary domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560088

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  an extension to side of dwelling, sun room to the rear of the dwelling, domestic garage and store, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 24337

• 13 Feb 2023Conditional

  the construction of an extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360061

• 13 Jan 2023Conditional

  up to 110No.(c.242m2) equating to c.51kWpm, of ground mounted solar PV panels and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2313

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  up to 138No.(c.305m2) equating to c.63kWp of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221252

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  up to 159No.(c.350m2) equating to c.73kWp of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221251

• 2 Nov 2022Conditional

  the construction of a new building comprising changing rooms and a gymnasium, at their existing sports grounds at Coonagh West, Limerick, V94 H263. Works to also include relocation of existing storage units and all ancillary drainage, site works and external landscaping

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221176

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  construction of a ground floor extension to rear of existing dwelling and a dormer extension to first floor area, vehicular entrance, replace existing septic tank with a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211766

• 7 May 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single storey granny flat extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21619

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  the provision of temporary changing room and gym facilities on site adjacent to playing fields

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191032

• 16 Aug 2019Conditional

  the replacement of approximately 80m of existing 2.4m high chainlink perimeter fencing including associated access/emergency with new 2.4m green palisade security fencing/gates and installation of approximately 3m of additional 2.4m high green palisade security fencing, including associated access/emergency gates and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19815

• 18 Apr 2019Refused

  Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 07/2530 previously extended under pe/145 : the construction of 397 houses, 18 no. apartment units and 1 no. creche. This application also provides for the modification of part of the existing walkway along the western side of the Condell Road. This application also includes the provision of a front entrance. This application includes for all associated site works and site development works. An EIS report accompanies this application

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 197011

• 10 Dec 2018Refused

  the construction of a dwelling house with detached garage, splayed site entrance, waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 181198

• 11 Oct 2018N/a

  the provision of temporary changing room and gym facilities on site adjacent to playing fields

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18991

• 12 Jan 2018Conditional

  building a kitchen/dining and bedroom extension to the rear, a detached garage to the side of the dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1817

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fergus Estuary And Inner Shannon, North Shore 002048

Recorded monuments

• LI005-001001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Correen Castle also known as Coonagh was described by Westropp (1906-07, 82) as following; '1655 Counnagh, a gabled peel tower, marked (Petty 63). It was held by Barnaby Earl of Thomond (C.S., xxviii., p. 79). Fabric - A fragment of the west wall, 18 feet [5.5m] high, 2½ feet [0.75m] thick, stood in 1840’. In 1840 the castle was described in the Ordnance Survey Letters of Killeely parish as following; 'All the walls are destroyed except a part of the west wall which is eighteen feet in height and only two feet six inches in thickness. The extent of the foundations of this castle cannot be determined, as no trace of the other walls is visible and potatoes now grow on the space occupied by their foundations' (OSL July 13th 1840). The castle is annotated 'Counagh' on the Down Survey Map of County Clare. This castle is depicted as a tower house type structure standing beside a cluster of dwellings on the Down Survey Barony map of North Liberties (Hib. Reg.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Barnaby earl of Thomond and Sir Nicholas Comyne of Limerick held in Counigh [Coonagh] '2 fishing weares upon the sd River of Shannon whereof the one moytie belongeth to the sd Earle, and the other moity to the sd Sr. Nichollas' (Simington 1938, 451). There is no mention of Coonagh Castle in the Civil Survey of 1654-56. See attached 1657 Down Survey barony map of the North Liberties showing Coonagh Castle and the cluster of cabins. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 06 January 2020

• LI005-001002 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Correen Castle, annotated 'Counagh' on the Down Survey Map of County Clare. This castle (LI005-001001-) is depicted as a tower house type structure standing beside a cluster of dwellings on the Down Survey Barony map of North Liberties (Hib. Reg.). A modern car park is located in the area where the castle stood on the OS 6-inch maps. See attached Down Survey map of the baraony of North Liberties Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 06 January 2020

• LI005-004 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In small oblong-shaped green area situated between a farm laneway to SW and the driveway of a private dwelling to N. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped area (approx. 17m WNW-ESE; 11m NNE-SSW) defined by a perforated line and named ‘Children’s Burial Gd.’. The depiction is slightly altered on the revised 1938 ed. OS 25-inch map where it is shown as a triangular-shaped area (approx. 18m NNE-SSW; 27m WNW-ESE) named ‘Infants’ Burial Ground’. Visible as a cropmark of a rectangular-shaped area long-axis ESE-WNW on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 05/04/2006. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 June 2020

• LI005-093 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In flat poorly drained pasture 400m E of the River Shannon on former floodplain. The site is located 160m NW of a roughly contemporary series of Bronze Age sites (LI005-095001-/002-, LI005-096001-/002-; LI005-097----) all discovered during construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road, Phase II . The site consisted of an oval-shaped mound (dims. 3.2m E-W, 2.4m N-S and 0.3m D) of burnt sandstone and charcoal (Taylor 2010). The burnt stone deposits were beneath 0.2m of topsoil and above naturally deposited clay. No trough was identified. Charcoal from the mound was dated to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (UBA 13262; 2Sigma 2567-2348 cal BC). The site has been fully excavated. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 14 July 2020

• LI005-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the E end of a glacial ridge adjacent to a historic flood plain, 900m W of the River Shannon. The ringfort was excavated as part of the Southern Limerick Ring Road, Phase II (Bermingham et. al. 2013). A contemporary stone causeway (LI005-098---- ) was located 60m to the S. The ringfort ditch was circular (dims. 36m) and enclosed and accentuated a natural mound of loose gravel (Taylor 2004). The interior gravel surface of the ringfort had eroded. The remains of a rectangular post-built structure (approx. dims. 4m x 1.6m) was excavated within the ringfort. It is likely that other domestic buildings would have been present internally when the site was in use. The entrance to the fort was on the NW dryland side (2.5m W, 1m D). Smaller curvilinear ditches on the W side of the mound suggest that the enclosure had been remodelled on at least one occasion. Two penannular ring-brooches (6th and 7th century AD) were recovered from the ringfort ditch. Pits were recorded outside the fort. A pit to the E contained a collection of animal bone and a pin-sharpening stone. Pits located to the W showed evidence of intense burning, one produced a small crucible fragment suggesting that metalworking was taking place. Quantities of iron slag from across the enclosure also indicate iron-smithing (Taylor 2008, 241-2). See attached Site Location Plan prepared by TVAS Ireland Ltd. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 14 July 2020

• LI005-095001 House - Bronze Age
  Description

  At the W end of a glacial ridge on a flood plain 750m E of the River Shannon. A contemporary trackway (LI005-097----) led to the Bronze Age round house (LI005-095001-). Two fulachta fia (LI005-096001/2-) were also excavated within 20m of the site. The hut site (LI005-095001-) was located 8m NW of another Bronze Age house (LI005-095002-). The sites were all excavated as part of the Southern Limerick Ring Road, Phase II (Bermingham et. al. 2013). The house was described as ‘Structure 315’ by Kate Taylor under license E2091. The excavation uncovered the ‘partial remains of a small sub-circular hut composed of a gully or foundation trench with two post-holes that may have formed part of the doorway. The gully, of which 6.50 m survived, was 0.25-0.35m wide and 0.15m deep with a concave profile. The entrance post-holes were 0.20-0.25m in diameter and 0.15-0.2m deep with vertical sides and flat bases.’ ‘The eastern edge of structure 315 was eroded, but it is likely that the building would have had an internal diameter of between 3.8- 4.2m with a south or south-east facing entrance, possibly including a porch. Immediately to the north of the structure was a small pit (919) that may have been related. The fills of the features were dark brown or black sandy silt with charcoal inclusions.’ ‘Ash charcoal from the fill of post-hole 906 (1063) returned a radiocarbon date of 1745-1612 cal. BC (UBA-16412; 3377±27 BP) and the fill of gully 918 (1081) returned a date of 1745-1541 cal. BC (UBA-16413; 3372±28 BP), also from ash charcoal. The radiocarbon determinations place the structure at the end of the Early Bronze Age to the start of the Middle Bronze Age. Finds from the gully and post-holes are lithics (notably an Early Bronze Age type D tanged arrowhead), Middle Bronze Age domestic pottery, small crumbs of prehistoric pottery, vitrified hearth lining and a fragment of a worked stone object. Oak charcoal was found in the gully and post-holes’ (Taylor 2004 and Taylor & Ruttle 2013, 10). Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 21 July 2020

• LI005-095002 House - Bronze Age
  Description

  At the W end of a glacial ridge on a flood plain 750m E of the River Shannon. A contemporary trackway (LI005-097----) led to the Bronze Age round house (LI005-095002----). Two fulachta fia (LI005-096001/2-) were also excavated within 20m of the house. The house site (LI005-095002-) was located 8m SE of another Bronze Age house (LI005-095001-). The sites were all excavated as part of the Southern Limerick Ring Road, Phase II (Bermingham et. al. 2013). The house was described as ‘Structure 316’ by Kate Taylor under license E2091. The excavation uncovered the ‘an oval arrangement of fourteen post-holes. The structure measured 8.4m NE/SW x 5.4m NW/SE and had no clear entrance. The post-holes varied in size and shape but none was particularly substantial (average dims. 0.35m W x 0.15m D), the area suffered erosion of the natural gravel. The post-hole fills were sterile, mid-grey brown sandy clays that produced no artefacts or dateable material’ (Taylor & Ruttle 2013, 12). Given the house sites close spatial location adjacent to the trackway (LI005-097----) and the Bronze Age house (LI005-095001-) to the NW, it is considered to be roughly contemporary. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 21 July 2020

• LI005-096001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  At the W end of a glacial ridge on a flood plain 750m E of the River Shannon. The fulacht fia site (LI005-096001-) was located approx. 40m SW of a second deposit of burnt stone (LI005-096002-). The two fulacht fia were part of a cluster of Bronze Age monuments excavated on the Limerick Southern Ring Road at Coonagh West, including a trackway (LI005-097----) and two Bronze Age round buildings (LI005-095001/002-) located between 5m and 30m N of the burnt mound sites (Bermingham et al. 2013). The fulacht fia was centered on a timber-lined trough and was excavated by Kate Taylor under licence A005/2019 (Taylor 2004 and 2006). Taylor describes the site; the ‘trough was trapezoidal in plan, measured 2m x 1.4m and was 0.36m deep, with three steep sides, one gradually sloping side (the narrower NE end) and a flat base. The trough was lined with alder planks, held into place by alder and hazel stakes.’ ‘Timber lining consisted of two large base planks with three smaller base pieces at the sides. Side planks were placed on their edges on the S, E and W sides of the trough, the N plank was missing. The planks were held in place by thirteen stakes, between two and four in each corner. Stake No. 1355:11 was radiocarbon dated to 2286-2043 cal. BC (UBA-13263, 3759±28 BP).’ ‘The burnt stone mound formed an irregular crescent shape around the NE end of the trough and measured approximately 8m x 6m and was up to 0.3m thick. The main mound deposit, a compact dark grey to black sandy clay material with burnt sandstone and charcoal inclusions (mainly alder), also tipped into the trough, overlying the timbers at the NE end. The W side of the mound was made up of ……. a compact yellow sandy clay with burnt stone but little charcoal.’ Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 July 2020

• LI005-096002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  At the W end of a glacial ridge on a flood plain 750m E of the River Shannon. The fulacht fia site (LI005-096002-) was located approx. 40m NE of a second fulacht fia (LI005-096001-). The two fulacht fia were part of a cluster of Bronze Age monuments excavated on the Limerick Southern Ring Road at Coonagh West, including a trackway (LI005-097----) and two Bronze Age round buildings (LI005-095001/002-) located between 5m and 30m N of the burnt mound sites (Bermingham et al. 2013). The Fulacht fia was excavated by Kate Taylor under licence A005/2019 (Taylor 2004 and 2006). It consisted of an area of burnt stone activity with a possible trough and incorporated a natural spring. A ‘spring was cut into boulder clay, although it appears to be a natural feature, it may have been deliberately enlarged. The hole was irregular and sub-circular in plan, measured 1.6m x 1.4m and was 0.66m deep with steep sides and an ill-defined stony base through which groundwater percolated. The fills of the spring appeared to have accumulated naturally. The lowest fill was a sandy silt, above which was a thick moss deposit that was overlain in turn by peat and clay layers. The upper fill was peat that contained a number of long pieces of wood, which were not retained as they were unworked, and mammal bone. The lowest fill contained hazel charcoal that returned a radiocarbon date of 2034-1892 cal. BC (UBA-16420, 3612±27 BP).’ A possible trough or ‘pit was also cut into the clay layer (boulder clay) and also redeposited clay that overlay peat. The pit was oval in plan, measured 1.2m x 0.9m and was 0.3m deep with steep sides and a fairly flat base, although the N was deeper and concave. The pit was filled with a natural silting and a burnt stone deposit that tipped into the feature from the W. It was radiocarbon dated to 1944-1695 cal. BC (UBA-16419, 3505±44 BP). Above the burnt stone deposit was a peat fill that was similar to surrounding deposits and probably indicates that the entire area was covered in peat after the features were abandoned. Cattle bone was recovered from this upper peat fill.’ ‘To the W of the pit and spring was a crescentic deposit of burnt stone incl. hazel charcoal, that measured 6m x 2m and was just 0.05m thick. This deposit was similar to the burnt stone within pit and they were probably from the same origin.’ Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 July 2020

• LI005-097 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  At the W end of a glacial ridge on a flood plain 750m E of the River Shannon. The NE end of the trackway led to two Bronze Age round buildings (LI005-095001/2-). Two fulacht fia sites (LI005-096001/2-) are also located 2m and 20m from the trackway. The stone and brushwood trackway was excavated in advance of the construction of the Southern Limerick Ring Road, Phase II (Taylor 2004). The trackway was on the immediate NW side and parallel with a line of contemporary prehistoric timber posts. The trackway was discontinuous and appears to have been constructed in two phases. Brushwood was initially laid down in a wet hollow (dims. 6.50m SW-NE, up to 2.50m W and 0.20m D). The brushwood was not laid in a deliberate pattern and included a number of pieces of worked wood and animal bone including antler. One of the larger pieces of timber produced a dendrochronological date indicating that the tree used in its construction was felled in 1577+9 BC. A deposit of organic soil or peat developed above the brushwood. A thin layer of stones formed a rough surface (dims. 8.40m L x 3.10m W) over the peat and brushwood. The stones (dims. 0.05-0.15m) extended beyond the brushwood-filled hollow to the SW. A second section of the stone surface was recorded 7.2m to the SW. This section of the trackway was more clearly defined (dims. 4.90m L, 1.70m W). The trackway and line of posts led to a stream. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI005-098 Causeway
  Description

  At the E end of a glacial ridge adjacent to a flood plain, 700m S of the River Shannon. The site was excavated as part of the Sothern Limerick Ring Road, Phase II (Bermingham et al. 2013, Taylor 2004 and 2005). The stone causeway (LI005-098----) was excavated 60m S of a ringfort (LI005-094----), both sites were considered to be contemporary. A prehistoric trackway (LI005-097----), two Bronze Age round buildings (LI005-095001/2-) and two fulacht fia sites (LI005-096001/2-) are located 40-80m to the W. The stone causeway was built from the dry ridge, on which the early medieval ringfort was located, SW through marshy ground towards the River Shannon (Taylor 2004). In contrast to a prehistoric trackway excavated to the W (LI005-097----), the stone causeway was located on top of alluvium, demonstrating its later date. The discontinuous trackway extended for almost 67m and may have led to the same stream that was accessed during the earlier prehistoric phase of occupation at the site. The trackway was most substantial at the N where it joined the dry gravel ridge (dims. 8m wide), the remainder to the SW was narrower (dims. 0.8m W and 0.2-0.4m D). The structure was well built with larger kerb stones lining the edge and a walking surface in between (www.excavations.ie 2005, Site No. 975; Taylor 2008, 241-2). See attached Site Location Plan prepared by TVAS Ireland Ltd. Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 14 July 2020

• LI005-099 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In flat wet pasture at the edge of former flood-plain, 300m E of the River Shannon. The site was excavated before the construction of the Limerick Southern Ring Road (Birmingham et al. 2013 and Reilly 2006). The site (dims. 36m x 23m) consisted of two burnt-stone deposits cut by a water flowing ditch. ‘Mound 1’ was identified on the higher ground in the centre of the site (dims. 6.7m x 4.5m x 0.26m D). A modern drain truncated it on its S side. In antiquity the W and N area of Mound 1 sloped down steeply into a water channel. ‘Mound 2’ (dims. 10.2m x 9.5m x 0.02–0.55m D) was found on a second area of relatively higher ground to the NW of Mound 1 and on the opposing stream bank. The contemporary ground level fell to the N, E and W. The second stone spread was located on a second island of higher, drier ground. A wooden trough made from alder was centrally located within the burnt mound of stone and close to the edge of the stream. The trough was located within a trapezoidal cut orientated NW-SE (dims. 1.2m long, 0.7m NW x 1m SE). It was set in a depression (dims. 1.76m x 1.32m). The trough timbers were held in place by stakes in each corner and were well preserved, with toolmarks evident on many of them. Flat stones were placed on the base of the trough preserving grass or reeds beneath on the old ground surface. A large Y-shaped worked ash artefact was found among the burnt sandstones. It looked as if it had been discarded and may have been used to manoeuvre hot stones from the fire to the trough or as a tool for extracting objects from the hot water (Reilly 2008, 243-4). Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 14 July 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_906 (ZIP).

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

Name

Coonagh West · Cuanach Thiar

Area

2,154,392 m² (215.44 ha, 532.36 acres)

Civil parish

Killeely, and its townlands

Barony

North Liberties

Electoral division

Limerick North Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Limerick North Rural electoral division: 7,364 people in 2,788 households; 63% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonmacken, Coonagh East

Placenames

Coonagh West 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.