Dooncaha

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooncaha, from 712 m² to 333,993 m² (33.4 ha, 82.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Dooncaha 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.

• 6 Apr 2020Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed and concrete apron

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20290

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  construction of 2 no. single storey extension to existing dwelling house, domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191180

• 16 Sept 2019Conditional

  the construction of a slatted cubicle house and concrete apron

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19925

• 20 Feb 2017Conditional

  the demolition of a poultry house and the construction of a slatted suckler beef house and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17146

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• LI019-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in NE-facing slope. Oval area (44m N-S; 51.3m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 4m) SSW->W and enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (H 0.6m), which is part of surrounding field boundary system, W->SE. No trace of enclosing element SE->SSW. Scarp is best preserved at SW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to SW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-171 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill with panoramic views. Circular area (diam. 12.4m) enclosed by earthen bank. Bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2.15m), best preserved N->E, lowers to scarped edge (H 0.8m; Wth 2.85m) at SE. Bank, heavily masked by briars and furz, is part of surrounding field boundary system SW->N. Level interior divided by modern wire fence on E-W axis across middle, with area to N inaccessible as covered by briars. Area to S of fence is incorporated into NW corner of paddock adjoining derelict farmhouse to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-172 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing hill slope. Circular area (25.9m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.8m); parts of bank covered by dense overgrowth. Bank has been incorporated into field boundary NW->N. At N a recently cut drain exaggerates external bank height. Field boundary skirts bank NNE->SE; enclosure occupies NE corner of field. Gap in bank at NE (W 1.8m) leads into shallow linear depression (D 0.65m; W 1m) which extends on a rough NE/SW axis across interior for 16m before fading out. Otherwise interior level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-173 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on NE-facing slope. Oval area (31m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.3m) WNW->NE, and by field boundary NE->WNW. Bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.5m), heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth, has been worn down by cattle accessing interior at WNW. Break in bank (Wth 2.5m) at NNE. Field boundary, of earthen construction, becomes linear SSW->WNW. Interior, under rough pasture, slopes down gently to NNE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-174 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (22.2m N-S; 27.8m E-W) defined by scarped edge, with external fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.4m) NW->NNW and NNE->ENE. Scarp best preserved at S (H 2.5m; Wth 2m), but it lowers as it progresses upslope being lowest at N (H 0.25m; Wth 2m). Field boundary runs along top of scarp SE->SW, with another running tangentially to base of scarp along W side. Level interior is under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-177 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on low E-facing ridge projecting from S-facing slope. Oval area (36.2m N-S; 28.4m E-W) defined by scarped edge, best preserved at E (H 4.05m; Wth 9.2m) where accentuated by natural fall of ground, but gradually decreasing in height as it moves up-slope to W (H 0.2m; Wth 7.4m). Earth-and-stone field boundary skirts base of scarp SW->W. Interior, under pasture, slopes gently to SE. Depression (0.9m N-S x 1m E-W; D 0.4m) in NE quadrant the result of digging by metal-detector users, according to landowner. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-178 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, part of enclosing element may be incorporated into slightly curving earthen bank (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.55m) which form part of field boundary system; boundaries to S of enclosure have been removed. Extending into field from boundary SSE->SW is slight scarped edge (H 0.15m; Wth 1.8m) which is probably remains of enclosing element. Site was described in 1964 (OPW Top. File) as circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.25m) with gap on E side. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-180 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure, has been truncated by public road at S end leaving D-shaped area (16.2m N-S; 23.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank W->ESE and by field boundary running alongside road ESE->WSW. Bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.9m) is heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. Gap in bank (Wth 5.2m) at WSW. Level interior under rough pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-181 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (22.6m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m), best preserved NNW->NE. External bank height (H 0.15m) becomes low SSW->NNW where there is a noticeable increase in internal bank height (H 1.2m). Bank dips SSE->SSW for c. 4.75m. Interior, under pasture, slopes down towards SE quadrant. Immediately N of enclosure an earthen bank (H 1.1) extends for 27m on an E-W axis, before turning S and becoming much lower; it runs a further 24m before fading out. Another bank (H 0.2m), 6m to N of latter, runs E-W for 30m before fading out. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-183 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope of river valley. Circular area (21.2m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.5m) S->N. Bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m), best preserved NE->SE, becomes scarp-like on E side. Dip in bank at SSW (Wth 3.5m). Interior, under pasture, slopes down very gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-239 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on steep NNW-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Dooncaha, about 1 in 10 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 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 Dooncaha.

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

Name

Dooncaha · Dún Catha

Area

2,422,354 m² (242.24 ha, 598.58 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmoylan, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Dunmoylan East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

523 people lived in 180 households in the Dunmoylan East electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydoorlis, Boughilbo, Briskagh, Cahernagh, Corbally, Dunmoylan, Moig, Shanid Upper

Placenames

Dooncaha 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.