Creggane

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggane, from 36 m² to 506,492 m² (50.65 ha, 125.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Creggane 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.

• 17 Jul 2026Conditional

  a) Cubicle House with Slatted Tank, b) Extension to Holding Yard with Effluent Tank, c) Silage Slab and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660815

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  construction of a livestock underpass with effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461267

• 2 Sept 2024Conditional

  existing foundations as built(planning ref. 02/384) and planning permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling on existing foundations, a sewage treatment system, conversion of existing roadside dwelling to store building and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460874

• 1 Jun 2024Conditional

  the relocation of existing farm entrance together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460549

• 27 Feb 2023Conditional

  the demolition of existing flat roof extension, construction of two new single storey extensions to existing dwelling house, new entrance, decommissioning of existing septic tank system and installation of a new replacement packaged wastewater unit and eco-flo filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360109

• 13 Oct 2022N/a

  existing foundations as built(planning ref:02/384) and planning permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling on existing foundations, a sewage treatment system and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221103

• 2 Feb 2022Conditional

  an existing domestic garage

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22108

• 9 Jul 2020Refused

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, a sewage treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20611

• 4 Aug 2017Conditional

  erection of memorial plaque to the Leahy Olympians

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17743

• 20 Jun 2017N/a

  retention permission of an existing garage & permission to construct an extension to existing dwelling comprising of a new first floor, permission for extension to rear of property and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17567

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  the installation of an underground pumped outfall pipeline for the conveyance of treated waste water from our waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North, County Cork to a discharge point on the river located approximately 2km north of the waste water treatment plant site. The outfall pipeline installation, which is proposed as part of an upgrade of the existing waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North shall be routed across agricultural lands in the townlands of Creggane and Garrane in County Limerick to a discharge point on the River Maigue. The upgrade of the existing waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North including a section of the new outfall pipeline within the waste water treatment plant site shall be subject to approval of a separate application for planning permission to Cork County Council. The development works relate to an activity for which a revised Industrial Emissions Directive Licence is required

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17270

• 21 Mar 2017Conditional permission

  The development will consist of an upgrade to existing waste water treatment plant. The upgrade works shall include installation of 1 no. anoxic tank, 2 no. aerobic tanks, 1 no. clarifier tank, a cooling tower, chemical dosing tank, splitter tank, polymer dosing kiosk and control room container together with associated plant and pumping systems and all associated site works including earthen berm screening and fencing. The works shall also include the installation of an underground pumped outfall pipeline for the conveyance of treated waste water from the upgraded treatment plant to a discharge point on the River Maigue located approximately 2km north of the waste water treatment plant site. The outfall pipeline shall be routed from a new outfall pump sump within the treatment plant site, extending northwards across agricultural lands in the townlands of Creggane and Garrane in Co. Limerick to the discharge point also located in Garrane, Co. Limerick. (The outfall pipeline installation within Co. Limerick shall be subject to approval of a separate application for planning permission to Limerick City and County Council). The development works relate to an activity for which a revised Industrial Emissions Directive Licence is required.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4645

• 21 Jan 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/236

• 7 Mar 2003Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/976

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 Creggane.

Recorded monuments

• LI047-029 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Westropp (1906/7, 193) recorded the following details about Creggane or Hakmys Castle; '1297 and 1309 Phil de Prendergast had a suit with H. de Capella about Acmys or Akynnys (Plea. R.). 1583 Castle Creggan, in Cosmaye or Craigin (Des. R., 68; Inq. Exch., Jac. L, No. 17). 1657 Cragan C[astle]. is shown as a turreted peel tower, and a bawn (D.S.A., 46). Craggane and Ballyngaule, or Glinhare, on border of Cork, a C[astle]. and bawn out of repair, J. Supple (C.S., xxiv., p. 14). Fabric - It had recently been lowered and roofed in 1840. It was 34 feet [10.3m] by 26 feet [8m] outside walls, 5 feet [1.5m] thick, with three stories, the lowest vaulted (O.S.L., 8, p. 86). The 1654-6 Down Survey map of Effin Parish shows a tower house type structure standing in the centre of a square-shaped bawn (LI047-029001-) (NLI, Ms 718). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map recorded that John Supple an Irish Papist was the owner of the lands of Creggan on which there stood a castle (ibid.). The 1659 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that John Supple of Creggane was the owner of this townland on which there stood 'a Castle and a Bawne out of repaire and an orchard on the p'[re]misses' (Simington 1938, 129). In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded that there was 'an old castle attached to this house (Creggaun House)' (OSNB Hackmys parish). The Ordnance Survey Letters recorded that the 'old Castle of Gregaun, situated on a small hill in the Townland of the same name, has been lowered and newly roofed by Mr. Hutchins, to whose dwelling house it is attached. It measures thirty four feet [10.3m] by twenty six feet [8m] on the outside, its walls being about forty five feet [13.7m] high at present and five feet [1.5m] in thickness. It now contains but three stories. The floor over the ground one is arched' (O'Flanagan 1929, 31). The outline of this castle is clearly shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is depicted as a rectangular-shaped structure standing the in the centre of a range of buildings belonging to Creggane Castle. The most recent 5k OSi map shows the partial remains of the medieval castle of which only the W end of the S wall and W wall remains above ground. The 18th century house annotated Creggane Castle on the OSi maps was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as 'a modest late eighteenth-century house, has been heavily altered' (https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21904702/creggane-castle-creggane-county-limerick; NIAH Reg. No. 21904702). Creggane Castle described by Salter (2004, 98) as follows; ‘Lowered and given a new roof in 1840, and now reduced to the SE and SW walls with two loops and evidence of second storey vaulting’. See attached Down Survey map of Effin Parish which shows a tower house standing in the centre of a bawn. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2021

• LI047-029001 Bawn
  Description

  The 1654-6 Down Survey map of Effin Parish shows a Creggane Castle (LI047-029----) standing in the centre of a square-shaped bawn (NLI, Ms 718). The 1659 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that John Supple of Creggane was the owner of this townland on which there stood 'a Castle [LI047-029----] and a Bawne out of repaire and an orchard on the p'[re]misses' (Simington 1938, 129). The Ordnance Survey Letters recorded that the 'old Castle of Gregaun, situated on a small hill in the Townland of the same name, has been lowered and newly roofed by Mr. Hutchins, to whose dwelling house it is attached. It measures thirty four feet [10.3m] by twenty six feet [8m] on the outside, its walls being about forty five feet [13.7m] high at present and five feet [1.5m] in thickness. It now contains but three stories. The floor over the ground one is arched' (O'Flanagan 1929, 31). The outhouses associated with Creggane Castle was described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as 'a Range of U-plan outbuildings, c. 1840, to south-west having multiple-bay single-storey range to east with lean-to to west elevation. Part of the Creggan Castle demesne. Four-bay single-storey range to south having single-pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790, having single-bay single-storey extension to rear (west) elevation' (https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21904702/creggane-castle-creggane-county-limerick; NIAH Reg. No. 21904702). See attached Down Survey map of Effin Parish which shows a tower house standing in the centre of a bawn. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2021

• LI047-030001 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 423) recorded the following details about Hackmy's Church also known as Kilcommon or Kilcoyn; 'Hackmys or Kilcoyn. A parish. Phil, de Prendergast and Henry de Capella had suit about tenements in Acmys, 1297; Sybilla, widow of said Henry, claimed thirds of Akynnys in Ocarbry, 1309 (Plea R. 34 of xxv Ed. I, and Reliq. Repert., p. 32); Keilchuain de Achinis, 1410; Hakmys, alias Kylcommon, 1418; Kilcoyn, alias Haknis, 1615. It was from early times united to Kilpeacon. Site - Forgotten'. Only the partial remains of a curving ditch belonging to the graveyard (LI047-030002-) in which stood the site of Kilcoyn/Kilcommon Church, annotated 'Hackmy's Church (Site of)' on OS maps is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 June 2019

• LI047-030002 Graveyard
  Description

  Site of Hackmy's Church (LI047-030001-) stood inside D-shaped burial ground shown in dotted outline on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch. Enclosing ditch of graveyard visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2019

• LI047-093 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture recently planted with forestry, 240m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Foxhall East. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible earthwork from aerial photographs (ASIAP). Faint trace of circular cropmark (diam. c. 55m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 01/04/2021. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 19 August 2021

• LI047-103 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  In pasture, Creggane Castle (LI047-029----) lies 160m to the S. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Possible deserted medieval village associated with Creggane Castle identified from examination of LiDAR image by Dr. Steve Davis, University College Dublin in 2014. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Lidar image courtesy of Dr. Steve Davis and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 September 2021

Architectural heritage

• Kiln, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone limekiln, built c. 1830, having dressed walls. Segmental-headed opening to west elevation with limestone voussoirs having inset recessed segmental-headed arch with red brick voussoirs.

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_915 (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 Creggane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Creggane · An Creagán

Area

3,943,546 m² (394.35 ha, 974.47 acres)

Civil parish

Hackmys, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Colmanswell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Colmanswell electoral division: 535 people in 202 households; 92% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynagoul, Broghill North (Co. Cork), Coolreagh, Foxhall East, Foxhall West, Garrane, Rathgoggan North (Co. Cork)

Placenames

Creggane 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.