Garryellen

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garryellen, from 821 m² to 792,374 m² (79.24 ha, 195.8 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 Garryellen 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.

• 29 May 2020Conditional

  front entrance and front boundary fence & hedge

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20441

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 Garryellen.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-086 Enclosure
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'This seems to have been an earthen platform structure. It has been completely levelled out on the north side but a considerable portion of it remains on the east, south and west sides. On these sides, too, the fosse remains, but is gone on the north side. The height of the platform on the south side is 4' [1.2m] and the overall diameter is 120' [36m]. Situated in wet lowland. The entrance is not recognisable' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 229). Outline of monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs, monument clearly visible on earlier OSi aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

• LI022-087 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Site of Garryellen Castle described by Westropp (1906-7, 177) as following; 'Site marked near Cashelmongan. Probably last-named C[astle]. 1655 The land held by J. Lysaght (C.S., p. 19). 1667 Granted to Lord Kingston'. Castle site described in 1942-3 as following; 'A heap of fairly small boulders is all that now remains of this castle. O'Donovan says that its ruins were 60' [18m] square and that it was surrounded by a court wall 130' [40m] by 160' [49m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). In 1840 the castle site was described as; 'The ruins of this old castle are insignificant. the castle was about 60 feet [18m] square, and was surrounded by a Court wall (LI022-087001-) about 130 feet [40m] by 160 feet [49m]; but the walls are completely defaced' (OSNB Fedamore Parish). No castle is depicted in the townland of Garryellen on the 1654-7 Down Survey maps (NLI, Ms 718) and is not mentioned in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick (Simington 1938, 107). No surface remains visible today of castle site on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

• LI022-087001 Bawn
  Description

  Site of Garryellen Castle (LI022-087----) and bawn described by Westropp (1906-7, 177) as following; 'Site marked near Cashelmongan. Probably last-named C[astle]. 1655 The land held by J. Lysaght (C.S., p. 19). 1667 Granted to Lord Kingston'. Castle and bawn site described in 1942-3 as following; 'A heap of fairly small boulders is all that now remains of this castle. O'Donovan says that its ruins were 60' [18m] square and that it was surrounded by a court wall 130' [40m] by 160' [49m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 222). In 1840 the castle site and bawn was described as; 'The ruins of this old castle are insignificant. The castle was about 60 feet [18m] square, and was surrounded by a Court wall about 130 feet [40m] by 160 feet [49m]; but the walls are completely defaced' (OSNB Fedamore Parish). No castle is depicted in the townland of Garryellen on the 1654-7 Down Survey maps (NLI, Ms 718) and is not mentioned in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick (Simington 1938, 107). No surface remains visible today of castle site on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

• LI022-090 Moated site
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'This monument consists of a rectangular space which was surrounded by an earthen bank faced on the outside with stone. The bank remains only for a short distance on the east side and at the south-east corner. Surrounding the bank on the outside is a wide, deep water filled fosse. There is no causeway or other means of crossing this. The water is from 3' [0.9m] to 4' [1.2m] deep. Outside this there was an earthen bank. This has disappeared altogether on the east, but is continuous around the other sides. The monument measures 240' [73m] north to south by 180' [55m] overall. It is situated in low-land wet ground' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 229). Outline of tree-covered moated site visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

• LI022-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Enclosure described in 1942-3 as following; 'An earthen platform on the edge of which there was a bank. Outside this there was a fosse. The bank is very collapsed and the fosse is just barely visible. The entrance seems to have been on the west side where the fosse is causewayed. The overall diameter is 150' [m]. Situated in good low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 229). Cropmark of levelled monument barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs, outline of monument clearly visible on earlier OSi aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 March 2020

• LI022-199 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture with moderate views in all directions. Moated Site (LI022-090----) located 100m to E. Identified by Bruff aerial survey of photographs taken in 1986 (Bruff 83; AP 4/3071) as a circular-shaped cropmark. Visited by the ASI in 2000 when no surface trace was recorded. Levelled site not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff Aerial Survey photograph and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-203 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI022: Bruff 7901: AP 4/3701.

• LI022-204 Enclosure
  Description

  This is the record for possible enclosures identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI022: Bruff 8001 & 8002: AP 4/3701. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 17 September 2013

• LI022-205 Field system
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI022: Bruff 81: AP 4/3701.

• LI022-229 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying level pasture 120m E of townland boundary with Rockfield. Enclosure (LI022-230---) located 120m to NE. Not depicted on any OS maps. According to the local landowner this are a was known as the 'Site of a fort' where bushes had been cleared in the recent past (SMR File 15/09/000). Visited by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Faint outline of monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 August 2020

• LI022-230 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying level pasture 10m S of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Fanningstown. Ringfort (LI022-229----) located 120m to SW. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as an ovoid shaped area (9.5m N-S; 12m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.4m) and an external fosse (W 2.8m; D 0.5m) only visible from NE-E-SE. Vegetation indicates the outline of a filled-in fosse from SE-S-W-NW. The undulating interior is clear of vegetation. The outline of the monument is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 but not on Google Earth image dated 07/02/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 August 2020

• LI022-249 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope, in undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. The townland boundary with Kilderry lies 225m to SW. Ring-barrow (LI022-203----) 65m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small circular-shaped cropmark, by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 7902: AP4/3071). Monument surveyed in 2000 by the ASI and described as no surface remains visible. Faint outline of possible monument visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Circular shaped feature barely visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 25/03/2017. Not visible on other Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff aerial survey image with feature labelled 7902. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 28 August 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garryellen.

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

Name

Garryellen · Garraí Eibhlín

Area

1,228,973 m² (122.9 ha, 303.69 acres)

Civil parish

Fedamore, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Fedamore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Fedamore electoral division: 1,340 people in 449 households; 84% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Badgerfort, Fanningstown, Kilcaskin, Kilderry, Rockfield

Placenames

Garryellen 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.