# Enniscoush, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathkeale, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Inis Cuais.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,618,499 m² (161.85 ha, 399.94 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 152 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 527 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathkeale, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathkeale.md
- Barony: Connello Lower
- Electoral division: Rathkeale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 315 people lived in 113 households in the Rathkeale Rural electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32255
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120962
- Centre: latitude 52.5124, longitude -8.943374 (WGS 84)

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

152 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Enniscoush, from 30 m² to 231,548 m² (23.15 ha, 57.22 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 3619478: 231,548 m² (23.15 ha, 57.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3619478.md
- Parcel 2386191: 168,607 m² (16.86 ha, 41.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2386191.md
- Parcel 1628851: 124,768 m² (12.48 ha, 30.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628851.md
- Parcel 1654145: 112,923 m² (11.29 ha, 27.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654145.md
- Parcel 1617900: 99,361 m² (9.94 ha, 24.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617900.md
- Parcel 1622868: 97,038 m² (9.7 ha, 23.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622868.md
- Parcel 1656185: 93,613 m² (9.36 ha, 23.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656185.md
- Parcel 4042194: 91,123 m² (9.11 ha, 22.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4042194.md
- Parcel 1651547: 51,141 m² (5.11 ha, 12.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651547.md
- Parcel 1653681: 50,488 m² (5.05 ha, 12.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653681.md
- Parcel 1615290: 41,920 m² (4.19 ha, 10.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615290.md
- Parcel 1622884: 40,920 m² (4.09 ha, 10.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622884.md
- Parcel 4042015: 39,208 m² (3.92 ha, 9.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4042015.md
- Parcel 1615322: 35,006 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615322.md
- Parcel 1664189: 30,302 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664189.md
- Parcel 1615321: 29,787 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615321.md
- Parcel 1615323: 24,150 m² (2.41 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615323.md
- Parcel 1648458: 23,391 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648458.md
- Parcel 1602115: 23,325 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602115.md
- Parcel 3265584: 14,396 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265584.md
- Parcel 1667868: 13,175 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667868.md
- Parcel 1651548: 9,535 m² (0.95 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651548.md
- Parcel 1608297: 6,138 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608297.md
- Parcel 1651546: 5,811 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651546.md
- Parcel 1610089: 5,667 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610089.md
- Parcel 1610090: 5,475 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610090.md
- Parcel 5609002: 4,994 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5609002.md
- Parcel 1592344: 4,860 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592344.md
- Parcel 5741726: 4,455 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5741726.md
- Parcel 1631058: 2,841 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631058.md
- Parcel 1631057: 2,819 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631057.md
- Parcel 1642562: 2,532 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642562.md
- Parcel 1589895: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589895.md
- Parcel 1609381: 2,261 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609381.md
- Parcel 3265585: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265585.md
- Parcel 1647267: 2,207 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647267.md
- Parcel 1598525: 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598525.md
- Parcel 1653158: 2,150 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653158.md
- Parcel 1637474: 2,130 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637474.md
- Parcel 1631056: 2,102 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631056.md
- Parcel 1637473: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637473.md
- Parcel 1643676: 1,996 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643676.md
- Parcel 1643502: 1,973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643502.md
- Parcel 4122825: 1,965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4122825.md
- Parcel 1631054: 1,958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631054.md
- Parcel 1639186: 1,933 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639186.md
- Parcel 1623845: 1,805 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623845.md
- Parcel 1627005: 1,794 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627005.md
- Parcel 1642485: 1,778 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642485.md
- Parcel 1618264: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618264.md
- Parcel 1673558: 1,699 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673558.md
- Parcel 1610210: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610210.md
- Parcel 1625733: 1,537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625733.md
- Parcel 1623390: 1,531 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623390.md
- Parcel 3619338: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3619338.md
- Parcel 1595336: 1,445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595336.md
- Parcel 1624042: 1,400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624042.md
- Parcel 1661157: 1,351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661157.md
- Parcel 1645353: 1,346 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645353.md
- Parcel 1655512: 1,304 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655512.md
- Parcel 1651549: 1,030 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651549.md
- Parcel 1644471: 856 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1644471.md
- Parcel 1658970: 829 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658970.md
- Parcel 1630889: 778 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630889.md
- Parcel 3265580: 751 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265580.md
- Parcel 1613916: 745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613916.md
- Parcel 1620247: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620247.md
- Parcel 5211920: 725 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5211920.md
- Parcel 1625206: 714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625206.md
- Parcel 1650782: 711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650782.md
- Parcel 1644087: 645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1644087.md
- Parcel 1615151: 636 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615151.md
- Parcel 1619440: 597 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619440.md
- Parcel 1623038: 578 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623038.md
- Parcel 1624463: 563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624463.md
- Parcel 2459883: 550 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2459883.md
- Parcel 2386190: 504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2386190.md
- Parcel 1651220: 497 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651220.md
- Parcel 1620615: 481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620615.md
- Parcel 1615879: 469 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615879.md
- Parcel 5741635: 464 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5741635.md
- Parcel 1602983: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602983.md
- Parcel 1629015: 406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1629015.md
- Parcel 2412755: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2412755.md
- Parcel 2731973: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2731973.md
- Parcel 2412641: 386 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2412641.md
- Parcel 2440188: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2440188.md
- Parcel 2412779: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2412779.md
- Parcel 2578506: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2578506.md
- Parcel 3880039: 373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3880039.md
- Parcel 3265587: 371 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265587.md
- Parcel 2727803: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727803.md
- Parcel 3265586: 363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265586.md
- Parcel 4976763: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4976763.md
- Parcel 2440259: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2440259.md
- Parcel 1614442: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614442.md
- Parcel 1661838: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661838.md
- Parcel 3265579: 351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265579.md
- Parcel 3992168: 347 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3992168.md
- Parcel 1662761: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662761.md
- Parcel 1649330: 332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649330.md
- Parcel 3265581: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265581.md
- Parcel 3782126: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3782126.md
- Parcel 2414078: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2414078.md
- Parcel 1654470: 322 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654470.md
- Parcel 2727606: 321 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727606.md
- Parcel 4915309: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4915309.md
- Parcel 2413973: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2413973.md
- Parcel 2727868: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727868.md
- Parcel 2727688: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727688.md
- Parcel 2727374: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727374.md
- Parcel 1650041: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650041.md
- Parcel 5347717: 304 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5347717.md
- Parcel 4204585: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4204585.md
- Parcel 2727539: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727539.md
- Parcel 3991843: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3991843.md
- Parcel 3831975: 296 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3831975.md
- Parcel 2727779: 294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727779.md
- Parcel 3497540: 291 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3497540.md
- Parcel 2727516: 291 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727516.md
- Parcel 6090089: 286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6090089.md
- Parcel 4557409: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4557409.md
- Parcel 4643266: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4643266.md
- Parcel 6090087: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6090087.md
- Parcel 2727439: 279 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727439.md
- Parcel 2727206: 278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727206.md
- Parcel 2727717: 277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727717.md
- Parcel 2727896: 275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727896.md
- Parcel 2389225: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389225.md
- Parcel 1652067: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652067.md
- Parcel 1645009: 262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645009.md
- Parcel 1616794: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616794.md
- Parcel 1643113: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643113.md
- Parcel 1595511: 236 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595511.md
- Parcel 1617234: 234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617234.md
- Parcel 1657415: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657415.md
- Parcel 1648098: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648098.md
- Parcel 2591361: 207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2591361.md
- Parcel 1667097: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667097.md
- Parcel 4720330: 184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4720330.md
- Parcel 2591393: 181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2591393.md
- Parcel 2591322: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2591322.md
- Parcel 1621046: 148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621046.md
- Parcel 3265582: 141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265582.md
- Parcel 1630261: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630261.md
- Parcel 1607592: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607592.md
- Parcel 1606529: 96 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606529.md
- Parcel 3265583: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265583.md
- Parcel 1613235: 68 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613235.md
- Parcel 1614890: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614890.md
- Parcel 1669280: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669280.md
- Parcel 1617656: 30 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617656.md

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

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 102 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- C2.1 Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- P1 Agriculture: Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 4 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- S5 Education and Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- G5 Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65
- N3.4 Utilities (Other gas and electricity uses): Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-03/Rathkeale-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=65

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

19 applications, newest first.

- 10 Sept 2026, Limerick County Council 2661060: N/a. Retention. rear extension as constructed. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661060/0
- 29 May 2026, Limerick County Council 2660600: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, including elevation changes to front elevation of existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660600/0
- 14 Oct 2024, Limerick County Council 2461024: Conditional. Permission. Opening Vehicular Entrance to Allow for off road Parking on the Front Driveway Including All Ancillary Site Works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461024/0
- 17 Jan 2024, Limerick County Council 2460027: Refused. Permission. the temporary parking of a caravan on my property. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460027/0
- 17 Dec 2021, Limerick County Council 211758: N/a. Retention, 2 homes. 2 no. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses 'as constructed' (previously granted planning permission under planning reference 16/531. To retain 'as constructed' all associated site works and services i.e. site boundaries, services connections, vehicular entrances, etc. relating to the development and permission to alter and refurbish existing detached domestic garage and all associated site works and services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211758/0
- 26 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211490: Refused. Retention. new rear access gates and planning permission for 1.8m high wall to southern boundary of his property with existing connections to all existing services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211490/0
- 13 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211427: N/a. Retention, 2 homes. 2 no. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses as constructed (previously granted planning permission under planning ref. 16/531). To retain as constructed all associated site works and services i.e. site boundaries, services connections, vehicular entrances, etc. relating to the development and permission to alter and refurbish existing detached domestic garage and all associated site works and services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211427/0
- 16 Jun 2021, Limerick County Council 21844: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. changes to approved planning permission 17/482. Changes include provision of windows on side elevations, increase in ridge height, the installation of roof lights to the front and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21844/0
- 24 Jun 2019, Limerick County Council 19609: N/a. Outline permission, 6 homes. the construction of 6 no. detached houses, 6 no. ancillary driveways, new site entrance, and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19609/0
- 7 Feb 2019, Limerick County Council 19101: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two storey house, front boundary wall and entrance, and connections to all existing services. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19101/0
- 7 Feb 2019, Limerick County Council 19102: Refused. Permission. a new entrance with gate to side of existing house and to brick pave yard area to side of house inside existing wall for car parking. Also to build concrete block wall to boundary to rear of house to a height not exceeding existing boundary wall to front of property. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19102/0
- 25 Oct 2018, Limerick County Council 181041: N/a. Outline permission. the 6 no. detached houses, new site entrance, and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/181041/0
- 14 Aug 2018, Limerick County Council 18814: N/a. Outline permission. the construction of 3 no. apartment units in an existing building, the construction of 6 no. detached houses, and the construction of 1 no. apartment block with 3 no. apartment units, car parking area, site entrance, and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18814/0
- 27 Feb 2018, Limerick County Council 18172: Refused. Permission, 1 home. demolition of existing dwelling. In addition Outline Planning Permission is being sought to construct 4 no. dwellings, provide off-street parking, reuse and modify existing site entrance, connection to public services including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18172/0
- 23 Feb 2018, Limerick County Council 18156: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. alterations to front elevation of existing dwelling. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18156/0
- 11 Oct 2017, Limerick County Council 17935: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of dwelling, site entrance, connect to public services, including all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17935/0
- 11 Oct 2017, Limerick County Council 17936: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of dwelling, site entrance, connect to public services, including all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17936/0
- 1 Sept 2017, Limerick County Council 17816: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new storey and a half dwelling, new site entrance and boundary and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17816/0
- 26 May 2017, Limerick County Council 17482: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 2no. storey & a half semi detached dwellings, new site entrance and boundary and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17482/0

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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 Enniscoush.

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

- LI029-025: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-025----. In level pasture. Circular area (28m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.7m; Wth 5.8m), best preserved E->SSW. According to landowner a fosse previously ran around base of scarp but has been infilled; there is now no trace of such a feature. Interior, under pasture, dips down gently towards centre. Site is skirted on N and W sides by field boundary which join just NW of enclosure, leaving it occupying NW corner of field. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-027: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-027----. In pasture, at S edge of break in S-facing slope. Monument, depicted as circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is now completely covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-028: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-028----. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (38m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.2m). Bank is best preserved SE->NW where there are remains of an external stone facing. It is incorporated into farm-passage boundary WNW->NNE. Dip in bank (ext. H 0.8m) at ESE (Wth 8.4m). Interior, under pasture, slopes down to ESE. Bank abutted by field boundary at SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI029-031004: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031004-. The medieval parish church of Rathkeale, dedicated to the Holy Trinity was described by the Urban Survey as following; 'The present church is 19th century in date but the south wall of the medieval church lies c. 10m south of it although not precisely parallel to it. It is very fragmentary and overgrown but was built of uncoursed rubble limestone with traces of plaster on the internal wall. The wall is exposed to a maximum height of 1.5m on the north side but on the south is barely visible above ground level. It is c. 32.4m in length and c. 90cm wide, 11.8m from the east end is a splayed window embrasure. Architectural fragments: A limestone mullion chamfered with glazing grooves and bar holes (possibly from a switchline window) and a possible jamb with a large hollow moulding and chevron are in the south-west corner of the graveyard (LI029-031005-)' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 220). 19th century Holy Trinity C. of I. church described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a; ‘Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1831, comprising four-bay nave with single-bay single-storey vestry to south elevation, and square-plan three-stage entrance tower to west. Graveyard to site with variety of carved stone grave markers. Site surrounding church to east and south further raised with rubble stone retaining wall having cut stone steps. Rendered boundary wall to west with cut stone copings surmounted by cast-iron railings. Square-profile cut limestone piers to entrance flanking cast-iron double-leaf gate, approached by cut limestone steps (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21831005). Westropp (1904-5, 389-90) recorded the following details on Rathkeale; 'Rathguala fort is named in the "Book of Rights," ante 900, but not in the "Annals" of 622, that being Rathgale, near Donaghadee. Rathgel was held by Keynsham Abbey, 1223 (B.B.L.,p.75). Its church was granted to Limerick by Roger Waspayl, 1228 (B.B.L., p. 74), who got free warren of Radguel, June, 1252 (C.S.P.I., vol. ii., No- 55). Rathgaul was re-granted to Keynsham by Hen. Waspayl, 1287 (B.B L.,p. 74), but was resigned (p. 75). He granted it to John Maltravers, 1280 (C.S.P.I., 1778). A later J. Mautravers held it, on his death, in 1369, when an Inquisition found Rathgyell to be part of Iniskefty Manor. John Arundell held it as heir of Mautravers in 1380 (Mem. R., m. 28, 155), when it was seized by the Crown. The church was robbed by A. Keating, 1318 (Plea R, 123 of xi Ed. II, m. 34), and was dedicated to the Trinity, ante 1410; Rathgell, 1418 ; Rathgele, 1452 (Rental) Rachgaela 1487 (A.F.M.). The place was burned by Malbie, 1579. Temple Treenode parish, infra, Vill de Rathkealy, in Toghe Olybane, 1586 (Peyton, p. 253); Rachell, or Rochell, 1615. Site - The I. C. church is on the old site. It has a monument of Sir Thomas Southwell, 1676'. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031005: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031005-. The medieval church ruins (LI029-031004-) of Rathkeale dedicated to the Holy Trinity lie 10 metres S of the 19th century C. of I. church both of which stand in the N quadrant of a square-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 78m E-W x 79m N-S) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at centre of N wall. Architectural fragments from the medieval church ruins have been reused as graveyard markers visible in the SW corner of the graveyard (Bradley et. al. 1989, 221-2). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031007-. The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about the Rath of Rathkeale; 'Located on a hill at the south end of the town. It appears as a natural knoll c.2m higher that the sub-rectangular field in which it is situated. It measures 40m east-west by 32m north-south and the ground slopes away gradually on all sides' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 224-5). Outline of enclosure not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031008: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031008-. The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about a 17th century graveslab marking the grave of John Hayward located in the centre of the aisle of the church in Rathkeale; 'John Hayward. 1638. Said to be in the centre aisle and inscribed as follows: '1638 HEREUNDER LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN HAYWARD, WHO DECEASED .. OF FEBRUARY Mems Dead ix (1913-16), 307' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 221). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031009: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031009-. The Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 221) recorded the following details about a 17th century graveslab (Dims: L. 1.96m x Wth 0.91m) marking the grave of Anne Pigott (nee Dowdall) located in the chancel of the church (LI029-031004-) in Rathkeale; 'Grave slab. A. Pigott. 1673 Rectangular limestone slab in the area of the chancel of the medieval church. It has an incised Roman lettered inscription: HEERE LIETH THE BODY/ OF ANNE PIGOTT ALIAS/ DOWDALL ELDEST/ DAVGHTEr OF SR IOHN/ DOWDALL OF KILFENY/ KNIGHT WHO DEPARTED/ THIS LIFE THE TWENTY/ SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER/ 1673" Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-031010: Memorial stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-031010-. The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about a 17th century wall memorial stone (approx. dims. Wth 1.96m x H 2.5m) commemorating the Southwell family, located in the Holy Trinity C, of I. church in Rathkeale; 'Wall memorial. T. Southwell. 1676. Black painted limestone slab set in a red marble frame with marble pediment. Inscribed in gold incised Roman lettering: SR THOMAS SOVTHWELL BART/ DESENDED FROM BARHAM HALL/ IN SVFFOLKE IN ENGLAND RA/ YSED THIS MONVMENT FOR/ HIS FAMILLY ANNO DOMIE 16/ 76 Anon. 1892-4, 160; ibid., ix (1913-16), 307' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 221). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
- LI029-143: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI029-143----. In pasture, on a gently S-facing slope, c. 100m from the N bank of the River Deel. A circular area (11.7m N-S; 12.2m E-W) enclosed by a fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 2.2m) with an external bank (ext. H 0.2m). There is a gap in the bank (Wth 2.4m) at N; from this a shallow linear depression (Wth 2.4m) extends for c. 18m to the S. The fosse is waterlogged E->W. The bank is best preserved NNE->S. The level interior is under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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)

- Mount Southwell, country house, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 21831002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831002. Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, with central breakfront. Square-headed openings with timber sliding sash windows. Wyatt style window above central doorway. Elliptical-headed door opening with doorcase and fanlight, approached by flight of steps. Rendered sweep walls to entrance with render coping. Rendered square-profile piers with rendered pyramid caps, flanking recent gate.
- Holy Trinity Church (Rathkeale), mausoleum, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 21831004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831004. Freestanding mausoleum, erected c. 1800, restored in 1907, comprising mounded earth with surrounding plinth wall and carved limestone decorative screen wall to east. Screen wall comprising altar with inscribed square-headed tablet above incorporating carved heraldic plaque with decorative carving in relief (Arms: on a chevron between three lozenges a lion passant. Crest: a bull's head armed emerging from a ducal coronet. Motto: Libertate). Carved architrave surround. Stepped parapet above with urn finial. Square-headed recess to threshold with cut limestone plinth wall, retaining wall and surround and cut limestone steps.
- Holy Trinity Church (Rathkeale), church/chapel, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 21831005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831005. Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1831, comprising four-bay nave with single-bay single-storey vestry to south elevation, and square-plan three-stage entrance tower to west. Pitched slate roof to nave with carved limestone copings to gables and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped slate roof to vestry with cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved eaves course and crenellated parapet to tower with carved pinnacles to corners and to centre of each elevation. Snecked cut limestone walls with plinth course. Carved stringcourses dividing stages to tower. Cut limestone buttresses to corners of tower. Pointed arch openings to east, north and south of nave with carved limestone hoodmoulding, chamfered dressed limestone surround and voussoirs and stained glass window with pointed arch tracery. Lancet openings to west gable of nave and to second stage of tower, with carved limestone hoodmouldings and dressed chamfered limestone surrounds, those to nave with pointed arch timber sash windows, those to tower with leaded windows or blocked. Paired lancet openings to third stage of tower with carved limestone hoodmoulding, chamfered dressed limestone surround and voussoirs and timber louvers. Four-centred arch to west elevation of tower and to south elevation of vestry with chamfered dressed limestone block-and-start surround, carved hoodmoulding and bipartite lancet timber sash window. Four-centred arched opening to west elevation of vestry with dressed limestone block-and-start surround, carved limestone hoodmoulding, timber battened door and cut limestone steps. Pointed arch opening to west elevation of tower with carved limestone square-headed surround incorporating roll moulding surround to pointed arch opening and carved motifs to spandrels, carved limestone label moulding and timber battened double-leaf door approached by cut limestone steps. Stained glass east window (Parable of the Sower) dated to 1931. South-eastern most nave window (double lancet, Saint Paul and Saint Luke) dated 1937, both by Catherine O'Brien. Church occupies raised site, approached by flight of cut limestone steps. Graveyard to site with variety of carved stone grave markers. Site surrounding church to east and south further raised with rubble stone retaining wall having cut stone steps. Rendered boundary wall to west with cut stone copings surmounted by cast-iron railings. Square-profile cut limestone piers to entrance flanking cast-iron double-leaf gate, approached by cut limestone steps.
- House, gasworks, 1810–1830, Regional interest, registry number 21831006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831006. Detached three-bay two-storey former gas works building, built c. 1820, now disused. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, overhanging eaves and timber eaves course. Rendered wall. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to north-east (front) elevation and fixed pane timber windows to north-west elevation. Flat arched opening to front elevation with timber panelled door and overlight. Four-bay two-storey former gas works building to south-east, with pitched corrugated-iron roof and red brick walls having recesses to north-west elevation, lunette and circular with red brick surrounds. Square-headed openings to first floor with fixed timber windows. Elliptical-arched openings to ground floor with render surrounds, some infilled, some with timber fittings and fixed pane fanlights. Square-headed opening to ground floor with render surround and recent metal door. Further single-bay two-storey outbuilding to south-east with further building to south-east with cat-slide rear elevation forming single-storey lean-to to north-east elevation, pitched slate roof, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Pitched slate roof and rendered walls to outbuilding to far south-east.
- Christopher Lynch Bridge, bridge, 1740–1760, Regional interest, registry number 21831007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21831007. Five-arch humpback road bridge, originally built c. 1747, carrying a road over the River Deel. Rubble stone walls with segmental arches having cut stone voussoirs rubble stone V-cutwaters with rendered plinths.

## 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 Enniscoush, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_596, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_596.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/enniscoush.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/enniscoush.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/enniscoush.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Enniscoush 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)

- Ballyallinan North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyallinan-north.md
- Ballywilliam North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballywilliam-north.md
- Ballywinterrourke: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballywinterrourke.md
- Castlematrix: https://everytownland.com/limerick/castlematrix.md
- Courtmatrix: https://everytownland.com/limerick/courtmatrix.md
- Englishtenements: https://everytownland.com/limerick/englishtenements.md
- Rathkeale: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rathkeale.md
- Wolfesburgess West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/wolfesburgess-west.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/enniscoush
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