Deerpark

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Deerpark, from 512 m² to 359,506 m² (35.95 ha, 88.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Deerpark 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.

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  (a) demolition of farm outbuilding (b) construction of a dwelling house, entrance to public road, effluent treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22711

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, entrance to public road, effluent treatment system with percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22636

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, entrance to public road, effluent treatment system with percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22635

• 30 Jul 2021Conditional

  demolition of single storey extension to existing dwelling and construction of a new two storey and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, enlarge window opening in front façade and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211087

• 31 Oct 2017Conditional

  the construction of a new entrance from public roadway onto forestry lands, to comprise the provision of splayed access, clear visibility sightlines, associated setting back of adjacent roadside boundaries, provision of associated surface water drainage, fences, finished hardcored structure to access area, and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171001

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 Deerpark.

Recorded monuments

• LI049-073 Quarry
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, 90m E of townland boundary with Duntryleague, an enclosure (LI049-255----) lies 65m to the W. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated 'Quarry' on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map and depicted as an irregular shaped area defined by a scarp. Overgrown quarry visible on the edge of a mixed conifer and deciduous tree plantation on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Reclassified as quarry of post-1700 date. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 October 2021

• LI049-076 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In upland area on Duntryleague Hill. Possible small cairn described in 1952-3 by Dr. Caoimhín Ó Danachair as follows; ' "about 30 yards" from the tomb [LI049-077----] just described and on a direct line from it to the tower of the old church in Ballylanders village, which is about 4-5km south-south-west of the tomb, there was a circle of stones "about 6 yards in diameter" which he thought might be the kerb of a burial mound. He saw it in May 1952 after a bog fire in the spring of the same year had burned away "the top foot or so of the turf over the stones". He did not think it had been visible prior to that. The two photos were taken in August 1953 when heather and moss had begun to cover the stones again. A forest of closely planted trees, now almost fully grown, covers this area. In 1984 a search, necessarily limited by the trees, failed to reveal the feature described by Dr. Ó Danachair' (Ó Nualláin and Cody 1987, 80). This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1932). See attached location map showing Cairn 2 and photos of arc of stones near Deerpark tomb taken by Ó Danachair in 1952 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 7 October 2021

• LI049-077 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  National monument No. 315. The monument has been described by Ó Nualláin and Cody (1987, 78-80) as follows: ‘The monument consists of a cruciform Passage Tomb set in a ruined cairn. The cairn, though difficult to define, especially at the west, is clearly round and measures about 25m north-south mid 22m east-west. Largely grain-grown, it is uneven and stony underfoot. Trees have been planted lo within a couple of metres of the perimeter which has been raked by tree-planting machinery. The passage and main chamber are aligned almost north-south with the entrance to the north. The overall length of the tomb is about 10m. The side-chambers arc located mid-way along it’s length and the end or main chamber, which is about equal in length to the passage, extends to or just beyond the centre off the cairn. Somewhat taller stones are used in the construction of the main chamber than in the rest of the tomb. The entrance to the passage is flanked on cither side by two kerbstones, the inner of which in each cane articulates with the passage entrance. These vary in height from 0.6m to 1.2m. There is a displaced stone alongside the outer or the eastern pair of kerbstones. The passage, 1.3m wide at the entrance, narrows sharply and over the greater part of its length varies from 0.4m to 0.7m in width. It is composed of eight orthostats, four on each side. The outermost orthostat at the east side of the passage is 0.2m high but the remainder range in height from 0.5m to 1.1m. Outside the passage to the east there is a displaced stone. The two transeptal chambers are set at right angles to the end of the passage: that to the west is well preserved but the northern side of the eastern one is missing. The western transept is comprised of four orthostats, three sidestones, two at the south and one at the north, and a backstone all roofed by a single slab which rests on the sidestones. The chamber, the entrance to which is partly blocked by a passage orthostat, narrows towards the rear. The chamber orthostats range from 0.6m to 0.85m in height. A displaced roofstone, 1.75m by 1.40m and 0.30m thick, rests against the outer face of the single orthostat on the north side of the chamber and the outer lace of one of the passage orthostats. Only three stones of the eastern transept survive, two sidestones at the south and what seems to be a backstone. These range in height from 0.45m to 0.8m. The roofed endchamber is 3.5m long. It consists of three sidestones on the west side and four on the east and a backstone, all capped by three roofstones. The chamber increases in width from 0.4m at its junction with the two transepts, to 1.5m at the back. The sidestones and backstone, the last having a slight inwards lean, vary in height from 1.15m to 1.5m. The northernmost or front half of the chamber is tooted by a slab, 2.15m by 15m and 0.4m thick, supported in a horizontal position on the second pair of opposed sidestones and oversails the front or northerly pair. The southern half of the chamber is roofed by a large slab, 2.2m by l.8m and 0.45m thick, the northern end of which rests on the front roof slab and its other end supported by a small slab, 1.05m by 1m and 0.2m thick, which is held in position on the backstone and the adjacent sidestone to the east by the great weight of the superimposed slab. In a note dated 3 June, 1952 and in a subsequent letter dated 15 September 1953 with which he enclosed two photographs, Dr. Caoimhín Ó Danachair informed this office that "about 30 yards" from the tomb just described and on a direct line from it to the tower of the old church in Ballylanders village, which is about 4.5km south south-west of the tomb, there was a circle of stones "about 6 yards in diameter" which he thought might be the kerb of a burial mound (PI. 12). He saw it in May 1952 after a bog fire in the spring of the same year had burned away “the top foot or so of the turf over the stones". He did not think it had been visible prior to that. The two photos were taken in August 1953 when heather and moss had begun to cover the stones again. A forest of closely planted trees, now almost fully grown, covers this area. In 1984 a search, necessarily limited by the trees, failed lo reveal the feature described by Dr. Ó Danachair. OS Letters (typescript, p. 67); Borlase 1897. 49-50. Fig. 53. Coshlca No. 1: Lynch. J. F. 1897. 349; Lynch, P. J. 1901-04, 284; Lynch. P. J. 1905-08, 221 and Plate facing; Lynch, P. J. 1920, 119-120, Plate VI; Westropp. 1916-19, Plan opposite p. 167; Westropp 1917, 464 (Plan, same as Westropp 1916-19), 477-8; Mahr 1937, 349 footnote 1; Powell 1938, 248, No. 14; Ó Nuallain 1968, 25, No. 42; Herity 1974, 262.’ This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1932). See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982) See attached plan of monument LI044-077----_06 taken from Ó Nualláin and Cody 1987. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 July 2018

• LI049-078 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In forestry, on the summit of Duntryleague Hill, 70m SW of townland boundary with Snugborough. A passage tomb (LI049-077----) and cairn (LI049-076----) lie 150m to the W. Not marked on historic OSi maps, an OSi trig. station marking 922 ft. OD is shown at this location. Recorded by Leask 91932, NMI Field Moument Files) as 'the kerb of a larger denuded cairn'. This monument was planned and described by Ó Nualláin and Cody (1987, 81) as follows: ‘This is a round relatively flat-topped mound, about 19m in diameter, along the perimeter of which stretches of a dry-walled kerb are visible. It is covered by a layer of heather-grown peat, at least 0.2m thick at the south-west, on which there are occasional young furze bushes. At the well-defined perimeter it averages about 0.7m in height and rises gradually to about 1.3m at the centre. Stretches of kerb are visible at the north-east, 6m in length, at the east-south-east 3m, and at the north-west 8m, the last apparently exposed in clearing a channel-like course, now grass-grown, alongside the mound edge. Individual kerbstones are occasionally visible elsewhere along the perimeter. The lowermost visible layer of kerbstones is shown on the plan and these range from 0.35m to 1.5m in length and from 0.2m to 0.7m in height. The individual stones in the upper layers are generally smaller. A small hole, 1.1m in maximum extent and 0.3m in depth, has been dug into the top of the mound recently and the upcast of small stones and earth heaped beside it.’ Monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map showing Cairn 3, plan of cairn and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 October 2021

• LI049-255 Earthwork
  Description

  At W end of a mixed conifer and deciduous tree plantation on W of slope of Duntryleague Hill, the summit (922 ft., 281m) of which lies 950m to E. Quarry (LI049-073----) lies 65m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Potential site identified as a circular feature during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,000, 80) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Overgrown area visible on Google Earth orthoimages may have been associated with adjacent well and quarry to E both of which are depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Earthwork may be associated with the 'Well' that is shown at this location on the 25-inch map. See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 October 2021

• LI049-256 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture on the S slope of Duntryleague Hill, the summit (922 ft., 281m) of which lies 480m to N. Barrow (LI049-265----) lies 120m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a large oval-shaped earthwork during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,000, 81) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint cropmark of earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Faint trace of earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 but not visible on other aerial photos. Doubtful antiquity may be a natural curving scarp rather than the remains of an archaeological monument. See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 October 2021

• LI049-265 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture on the S slope of Duntryleague Hill, the summit (922 ft., 281m) of which lies 540m to NE. A megalithic tomb (LI049-077----) and two cairns (LI049-076/78----) are located at the summit of Duntryleague with enclosure (LI049-256---) 140m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by W. Forbes in 1986 as a possible ring-barrow cemetery located on S slope of Duntryleague Hill. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached location map and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 5 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Deerpark, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Deerpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Deerpark · An Chluain Mhór

Area

1,286,651 m² (128.67 ha, 317.94 acres)

Civil parish

Galbally, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Duntryleague, the unit of the census

Census 2022

326 people lived in 132 households in the Duntryleague electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamona, Castlecreagh, Curraghroche, Duntryleague, Kilgreana, Snugborough

Placenames

Deerpark 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.