Dollas Upper

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dollas Upper, from 1,183 m² to 398,113 m² (39.81 ha, 98.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dollas Upper 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.

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  an agricultural culvert/crossing over open drain, stoned agricultural access road and storage area as constructed

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2441

• 3 Apr 2023Conditional

  the Conservation and repair of Dollas House, at Dollas Upper, Dollas, Croom, Co. Limerick, V35 WA40 to include an new build extension to the west of the original house and minor modifications to the internal layout of the original house, including new opes to the rear and western gable, the provision of a new tertiary treatment system and infiltration treatment area and all associated site works, including new splayed entrance walls and a new gate in the existing recessed entrance piers. Dollas House is a recorded protected structure. B30(13)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360196

• 23 Feb 2023N/a

  the Conservation and repair of Dollas House, at Dollas Upper, Dollas, Croom, Co. Limerick, V35 WA40 to include an new build extension to the west of the original house and minor modifications to the internal layout of the original house, including new opes to the rear and western gable, the provision of a new tertiary treatment system and infiltration treatment area and all associated site works, including new splayed entrance walls and a new gate in the existing recessed entrance piers. Dollas House is a recorded protected structure. B30(13)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360098

• 1 Dec 2017Conditional

  the importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field. It is proposed to use crushed concrete for the construction of the haul road

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171122

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  Extension of Permission from Ref No: 11/731 (demolition of existing sheds, erection of new cubicle sheds, slatted feed areas, feeding passages and milking parlour along with silage base, ancillary slatted tanks and ancillary facilities, this application is within the curtilage of a protected structure)

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 177039

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 Dollas Upper.

Recorded monuments

• LI030-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, the N, W and SE side of the monument form the townland boundary with Dollas Lower. The ringfort is one of a series of enclosures (LI030-055/116/058/061----) in an E-W alignment within the townland between 250m and 400m apart. The site is depicted as an enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map on the summit of a low hill and is later depicted as a scarped enclosure (ext. dims. c. 67m N-S; 72m E-W) surrounded by a fosse on the W and SW side. The ringfort is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as a ringfort surrounded by a fosse with the N, W and SE side incorporated into the modern field boundary. The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. A small circular feature is depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map 75m W of the ringfort (LI030-055----), the enclosure appears on aerial orthoimages and may be the remains of a ring-barrow or a natural pond feature. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 29 September 2020

• LI030-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 200m N of the townland boundary with Morenane. One of a series of enclosures (LI030-055/116/058/061----) in an E-W alignment within the townland between 250m and 400m apart. The site is depicted as an enclosure on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is shown as a circular-shaped ringfort (ext. dims. c. 47m N-S; 45m E-W) surrounded by enclosing field boundaries with an external fosse. The field boundaries are aligned on the top of the ringfort bank. The ringfort is visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as a ringfort surrounded by a fosse incorporated into modern field boundaries. The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 1 October 2020

• LI030-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 260m NE of the townland boundary with Morenane. One of a series of enclosures (LI030-055/116/058/061----) in an E-W alignment within the townland between 250m and 400m apart. Another enclosure (LI030-186----) lies 85m to ENE. The site is depicted as a circular fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and is shown as a circular-shaped area (ext. dims. c. 37m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by a bank on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. A field boundary runs along the ringfort bank at W. The ringfort is visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. The fosse is visible on the E side of the monument in the field on this image. A farm lane runs around the W side of the site. The ringfort is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 1 October 2020

• LI030-062 Graveyard
  Description

  Rectangular-shaped area depicted in dotted outline and annotated 'Dollas Grave Yard (Disused)' on OS 6-inch map. Not depicted on the first ed. OS 6-inch map and not indicated on OS 25-inch map. Barely visible outline of rectangular shaped area visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Graveyard may have been the location of Dollas Church (LI030-122----). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• LI030-115 Country house
  Description

  18th century Dollas House may have been built on site of or incorporated fabric from a house depicted on the 17th century Down Survey map of Coshma Barony (Hib. Reg.). Present house described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as follows; 'Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1760, having single-storey extensions to east elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched slate roof with render over red brick chimneystacks and render copings. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings, some with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed door opening, now blocked up' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21903012). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• LI030-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the E side of a low rise, in pasture, 85m SE of a townland boundary with Lisduff. Ringforts (LI030-055/058----) lie 230m due W and 270m due E, respectively and seem to be in alignment. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork (50m E-W; 41m N-S). Depicted on the revised 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a semi-circular-shaped area (C 43m) incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-E-SE. Described in the SMR file as a circular-shaped enclosure. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped earthwork incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-E-SE and seen as a cropmark from SE-S-W-NW on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 October 2020

• LI030-122 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 384-385) recorded the following details about Dollas; 'Dolla, or Doilath, 1410, cap. Dolyth, in rect. de Cromothe, 1418; Dolun, in Croom, 1615 a.; Dolith, 1615; Chapel of Dolla, 1615 b. Dologh (D.S. (A)., No. 49), in 1657, shows the ruined church in the townland. The "Tripartite Life," p. 203, tells how a chief, Dola, opposed St. Patrick when building Grene Church (LI024-072004-); but the saint drove him to Dalmodo, or Dollas, in Airther Cliach. Site -Now forgotten in the townland. Dollas Graveyard (LI030-062----) may have been the location of this church. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 29 July 2019

• LI030-157 Burnt mound
  Description

  In poorly drained and rough boggy pasture, 145m to SE of a townland boundary with Dollas Lower. Not depicted on OSi historic mapping. Identified as a feature during topsoil-stripping on the Bord Gáis Éireann Pipeline to the West (Grogan et. al. 2007, 276). Excavated by Brian Halpin under Licence No. 02E0476 and described as a shallow burnt mound (11.5m E-W; 8m N-S) which was initially covered by peat and similar peaty deposits were encountered below the mound during excavation. The mound material consisted of a large spread of burnt and fire-cracked angular-shaped stones with large quantities of charcoal. Numerous boulders were encountered across the site and were naturally embedded in a very compact, yellow-orange subsoil. An area of stones was identified to S of the feature. These may have been purposely placed and appear to have been intended as a rough platform surface built upon a small, natural, limestone outcrop. No trough or structures were noted, although a number of shallow pit-like features were present. These features were probably natural undulations filled in with contemporaneous burnt material. Some disarticulated animal bone and teeth were the only finds recorded (Halpin 2004, 318). Monument has been fully excavated and is not visible on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 24 October 2020

• LI030-178 Brickworks
  Description

  This site was excavated by Graham Hull (02E0557) as part of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West project. It is the remains of a brick kiln and its production area, probably dating to the late-18th/early-19th century. (Grogan, O’Donnell, & Johnston 2007, 277-8) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 February 2013

• LI030-186 Enclosure
  Description

  On reclaimed pasture, ringfort (LI030-061----) 83m to SW.. Cropmark of enclosure consisting of a circular shaped area (approx. diam. 37m N-S) defined by a shallow fosse visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12 and Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. See attached OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Dollas House, farm house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c. 1760, having single-storey extensions to east elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched slate roof with render over red brick chimneystacks and render copings. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings, some with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed door opening, now blocked up. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with pitched slate roof and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window opening to east elevation with one-over-three pane timber sliding sash window and stone sill. Square-headed door openings. Gable-fronted outbuilding to south. No roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Segmental-headed carriage arch to west elevation having 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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_855 (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 Dollas Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dollas Upper · An Doladh Uachtarach

Area

1,885,846 m² (188.58 ha, 466 acres)

Civil parish

Croom, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Kilfinny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilfinny electoral division: 314 people in 103 households; 90% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygrennan, Carrigeen, Carrow, Croom, Dollas, Dollas Lower, Kilmacanearla North, Morenane

Placenames

Dollas Upper 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.