# Dollas Upper, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Croom, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Doladh Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,885,846 m² (188.58 ha, 466 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 91,830 m² (9.18 ha, 22.69 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Croom, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/croom.md
- Barony: Coshma
- Electoral division: Kilfinny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 314 people lived in 103 households in the Kilfinny electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30701
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120873
- Centre: latitude 52.493797, longitude -8.757066 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dollas Upper, from 1,183 m² to 398,113 m² (39.81 ha, 98.38 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4859463: 398,113 m² (39.81 ha, 98.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859463.md
- Parcel 4859456: 271,167 m² (27.12 ha, 67.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859456.md
- Parcel 1650705: 265,587 m² (26.56 ha, 65.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650705.md
- Parcel 4859430: 245,746 m² (24.57 ha, 60.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859430.md
- Parcel 1601809: 170,883 m² (17.09 ha, 42.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601809.md
- Parcel 1658363: 163,710 m² (16.37 ha, 40.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658363.md
- Parcel 1589908: 149,744 m² (14.97 ha, 37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589908.md
- Parcel 1588609: 91,830 m² (9.18 ha, 22.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588609.md
- Parcel 1589024: 61,545 m² (6.15 ha, 15.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589024.md
- Parcel 5101993: 36,819 m² (3.68 ha, 9.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5101993.md
- Parcel 5799330: 15,444 m² (1.54 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5799330.md
- Parcel 4859469: 8,880 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859469.md
- Parcel 1612879: 4,170 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612879.md
- Parcel 1624760: 3,161 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624760.md
- Parcel 1641042: 1,183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641042.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 9 Feb 2024, Limerick County Council 2441: Conditional. Retention. an agricultural culvert/crossing over open drain, stoned agricultural access road and storage area as constructed. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2441/0
- 3 Apr 2023, Limerick County Council 2360196: Conditional. Permission. 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). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360196/0
- 23 Feb 2023, Limerick County Council 2360098: N/a. Permission. 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). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360098/0
- 1 Dec 2017, Limerick County Council 171122: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/171122/0
- 10 Aug 2017, Limerick County Council 177039: Conditional. Extension of duration. 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). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/177039/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dollas Upper.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI030-055: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-055----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-058----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-061----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-062----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-115----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-116----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-122----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-157----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-178----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI030-186----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Dollas House, farm house, 1750–1770, Regional interest, registry number 21903012, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21903012. 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.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dollas Upper, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_855, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_855.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dollas-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dollas-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dollas-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballygrennan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballygrennan-120254.md
- Carrigeen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carrigeen-120586.md
- Carrow: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carrow-120594.md
- Croom: https://everytownland.com/limerick/croom.md
- Dollas: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dollas.md
- Dollas Lower: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dollas-lower.md
- Kilmacanearla North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilmacanearla-north.md
- Morenane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/morenane.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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