Croagh

119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croagh, from 26 m² to 503,981 m² (50.4 ha, 124.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Croagh 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.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  the construction of a rear extension to the existing dwelling house, re-roofing of the existing front porch, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new replacement wastewater system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660938

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  modifications, extensions and renovations to an existing dwelling house as constructed, including the addition of a granny flat and for permission for retention of outdoor riding arena, construction of an agricultural shed for the storage of equestrian equipment as constructed, together with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660916

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  a new dwelling house, site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site worsks

  Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 26172

• 24 Oct 2025N/a

  the provision of car and bus parking as part of a Park & Ride scheme associated with the Ryder Cup in 2027. The temporary car and bus park requires a new temporary vehicle access located to the south of the Croagh Roundabout on the N21. The site is referred to as ‘Croagh West’. All installations associated with the Park & Ride facility are temporary and removable with the lands to be returned to existing use within one month after completion of the Ryder Cup to include reinstatement of boundaries where access provision is proposed. This Part 8 Planning Application is being submitted in conjunction with separate applications for the provision of temporary Park & Ride facilities at Annacotty, Croagh North & South and Patrickswell and will form part of a larger overall transport plan for the Ryder Cup

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 258304

• 24 Oct 2025N/a

  the provision of car and bus parking as part of a Park & Ride scheme associated with the Ryder Cup in 2027. The temporary car and bus parks require new temporary vehicle accesses located to the north of the Croagh Roundabout on the N21 and a temporary access on the L8026 local road. The sites are referred to as ‘Croagh North and South’. All installations associated with the Park & Ride facility are temporary and removable with the lands to be returned to existing use within one month after completion of the Ryder Cup to include reinstatement of boundaries where access provision is proposed. This Part 8 Planning Application is being submitted in conjunction with separate applications for the provision of temporary Park & Ride facilities at Annacotty, Croagh West and Patrickswell and will form part of a larger overall transport plan for the Ryder Cup

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 258303

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  upgrade works to the existing agricultural entrance, including modifications to entrance granted under planning file 24/60589 and all associated site works and retention permission is sought for widening of existing agricultural entrance and laying of hardstanding

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560922

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling along with demolition of existing conservatory, alternations to the elevations of the existing dwelling, installation of a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460920

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site work

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460865

• 15 Jun 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460589

• 4 Sept 2023Conditional

  (a) demolition of single and two storey extensions and detached domestic shed, all to rear, (b) construction of two storey extension to rear and side (west), (c) new on-site waste water treatment system and (d) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360645

• 25 Feb 2022Conditional

  the construction of (1) an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling (2) make alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelling house (3) relocate the site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22221

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  change of extension design from that previously approved under planning reference number 18/312

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21599

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing lean to shed & storage shed, existing land drain to be piped & buried to take run off water from land, construction of an agricultural livestock shed consisting of individual calf pens, feeding area & straw bedded area, construction of an agricultural shed consisting of milking facilities, cubicles, flow channels and underground slatted slurry storage tanks, erection of a meal bin & water storage tank and all associated site works. This site lies within the curtilage of a protected structure, namely Smithfield House(RPS 298)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21579

• 30 Mar 2021N/a

  elevation changes, change of use of garage into habitable living space, extension to original garage consisting of kitchen, dining, living room and bedroom and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21392

• 19 Jun 2020Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, connection to public sewer, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20529

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  partial demolition and renovation of the existing dwelling, new extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, installing new dormer style roof windows to the rear of the existing dwelling, construction of new domestic garage/store, demolition of existing shed on the site and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18312

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 Croagh.

Recorded monuments

• LI020-121 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Formerly embanked circular enclosure (diam. 27m N-S) has been truncated on W side by N-S field boundary, creating D-shaped enclosure (23m E-W). Enclosing earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.35m) survives NNW->SW, with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2.3m) NNE->SE; fosse is truncated on S side by dry-stone field wall (axis E-W). West half of interior, and enclosing element SE->NW, are covered by dense overgrowth of briars and bushes. Otherwise level interior is under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-124 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on low-lying terrain, in SE corner of large field. Monument, depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-166 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Excavated by Emer Dennehy (02E0645) when 'the site was exposed during monitoring of topsoil-stripping along the route of a Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West. A single cremation pit, an irregular pit and a marker post were identified. The underlying boulder clay was cut by the small subcircular cremation pit, which measured 0.7m north-south by 0.6m and was 0.33m deep. The fill consisted of 10% sandstone and limestone in a dark grey, silty clay matrix with a large amount of burnt bone and some small charcoal pieces concentrated in the centre. It is believed to have had a central capping stone, which was removed during topsoil-stripping. The post, which was circular with a conical profile, was 0.37m in diameter and 0.43m deep. The basal/outer fill consisted of 10% limestone in a mid-grey/brown silty clay matrix. The upper/inner fill consisted of 10% limestone in a black silty clay matrix with a moderate amount of charcoal. The irregular three-sided pit, which measured 0.44m south-west/north-east and was 0.15m deep, contained two distinct deposits. The lower fill was composed of 10% limestone in a dark brown, silty clay matrix. The upper fill contained a very small amount of charcoal, which proved to be shallow and concentrated on the surface. The shape and fill of this cut indicate that it is a result of the disturbance of limestone boulders in the area; it was subsequently filled with burnt material and is non-archaeological in nature. This site is c. 10m to the south-east of additional cremation burials BGE 3/60/2 (No. 1156 below, 02E0877). Though initially given separate numbers, these sites should be interpreted as a single cemetery.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 8 August 2012

• LI020-167 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Excavated by Emer Dennehy (02E0877) when 'this site was exposed during the monitoring of topsoil-stripping along the route of a Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West. Four archaeological features and two phases of activity were evident on this site. During Phase I two pits were excavated. Pit I, a circular cut with a concave profile, was 0.48m in diameter and 0.17m deep. The lower deposit consisted of a small amount of limestone and sandstone in a black, charcoal-rich, silty clay matrix. The upper fill was a capping layer of redeposited natural in the centre of the pit. Pit II, a circular cut with a concave profile, was 1.1m in diameter and 0.25m deep. The lower deposit consisted of 10% sandstone and limestone in a black, charcoal-rich, silty peat matrix. The upper deposit was a capping layer of redeposited natural. Phase II is marked by the excavation of a further two pits. Pit III was circular with a concave profile, 0.5m in diameter and 0.16m deep. It contained a uniform charcoal-rich deposit with 10% limestone and a large amount of burnt bone, most of which was concentrated in the south-west quadrant. The fill rose above the level of the surrounding natural and partially covered Pit I. Pit IV, which cut Pit II, was subcircular, measuring 0.37m north-south by 0.61m, and was 0.19m deep. The lower fill was very similar to the surrounding natural and may have been a result of overcutting or been a lining. The upper fill consisted of a small amount of sandstone and limestone in a black, charcoal-rich, silty peat matrix. These four pits, with BGE 3/60/1 (No. 1155 above, 02E0645), c. 10m to the north-west, form part of a flat cremation cemetery.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 8 August 2012

• LI020-181 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 50m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 March 2020

Architectural heritage

• Castle Farm House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, having portico to front (east) elevation and extensions to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls and render plinth course. Square-headed openings to first floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to ground floor with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door with flanking sidelights and timber risers. Portico comprising concrete columns and rendered entablature. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with pedimented caps and double-leaf metal gates. Rendered boundary walls to site having render plinth courses and copings.

• Smithfield House, house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey house, built c. 1780, having crenellated porch to front (south) elevation and two-storey recent extensions to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls, render quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening to porch with glazed overlight over timber panelled door having flanking sidelights. Pair of square-profile rubble limestone piers to south and rubble limestone boundary walls with limestone cappings.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having gablets to front (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with render copings, chimneystacks and timber bargeboards to gablets. Rendered walls with render strip quoins and plinth course. Roughcast rendered walls to east and west elevations. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening with render surround and double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with recessed panels, render caps and single-leaf spear-headed gate with flanking concrete balustrades supporting concrete copings and terminating in second pair of square-profile piers. Flight of concrete steps to north having concrete balustrades terminating in square-profile piers.

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 5 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 Croagh.

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

Name

Croagh · Cróch

Area

2,768,906 m² (276.89 ha, 684.21 acres)

Civil parish

Croagh, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Croagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croagh electoral division: 833 people in 248 households; 87% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adamswood, Ballycannon, Clogh East, Clonshire More, Coolballyshane, Graigue, Knockdromin

Placenames

Croagh 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.