Dungeeha
Dungeeha is a townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Dún Gaoithe.
- Area
- 122.3 ha
- 302 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 2,442 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- G5
- Open Space and Recreation
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dungeeha, from 44 m² to 362,563 m² (36.26 ha, 89.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Newcastle West Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Jun 2023Conditional
changes to the existing dwelling house which was previously authorized under planning application ref: 20/1213 including 1. Minor elevational changes to front elevation and ancillary roof construction; 2. Construction of a single storey playroom along the side elevation; 3. Increased roof height of the kitchen / dining/ lounge area; 4. Modifications to 3 No. windows on side elevations. Planning permission is also sought for the revised enlarged site boundary, the repositioning of the existing entrance gate, and the construction of a rear shed along with all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360429
23 Nov 2020Conditional
demolition of existing garage, demolition of existing chimney, proposed extension to the rear, consisting of a pitched roof(including roof lights), flat roof link between the existing and proposed dwelling and flat roof canopy over terrace(including roof lights), proposed alterations to all elevation including internal re-arrangements, proposed external fire/BBQ area with covered pergola, proposed waste water treatment & polishing filter system, including all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 201213
11 Jan 2019Refused
single storey dwelling house, entrance, connection to main sewer and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1917
28 Sept 2018Refused
a single storey house, entrance, connection to main sewer and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18950
5 May 2017Refused
two storey dwelling, lower ground floor garage, and plant room, entrance, completion of access road, connection to main sewer and associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17397
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dungeeha.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dungeeha.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dungeeha.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Dungeeha, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_464 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dungeeha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Dungeeha · Dún Gaoithe
- Area
- 1,222,610 m² (122.26 ha, 302.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Newcastle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,491 people lived in 875 households in the Newcastle Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingowan, Churchtown, Coolacokery, Dromin, Garranekeevan, Gortboy, Gortroe
- Placenames
- Dungeeha 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.