Glenwilliam

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenwilliam, from 119 m² to 395,437 m² (39.54 ha, 97.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Glenwilliam 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.

• 8 Jun 2021Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, entrance, waste water treatment system & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21800

• 11 Dec 2020N/a

  alterations & extensions to existing cubicle house including the construction of underground slurry storage tank, construction of an extension to existing hay/straw storage shed, with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201324

• 22 Oct 2020N/a

  agricultural developments consisting of alterations & extensions to existing cubicle housing including the construction of underground slurry storage tank, construct extension to existing hay/straw storage shed, with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201075

• 5 Apr 2018Conditional

  the refurbishment and alterations to the existing cottage and a storey and a half height extension to the rear of the cottage, a domestic garage, a waste-water treatment system, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18323

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 Glenwilliam.

Recorded monuments

• LI037-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level reclaimed pasture. Circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with an external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m). Fosse infilled WNW->NW by recent dumping. Parts of bank much eroded. Mounds in NW quadrant of interior are due to recent dumping of earth here. Otherwise interior level and under rough pasture covered by mature thorn and ash trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on steep N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 32m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.5m) with an external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 1m). Stone facing on outer face of bank at NNW and NNE->NE. Enclosing element partially overgrown with thorn and briars. Low earthen field boundary runs approximately N-S across interior. Level interior under rough pasture. See attached photographs provided by Edmond O'Donovan Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 27m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.15m) which grades down to scarped edge NNE->ESE, with external fosse NE->NNW (Wth 1.2m), and with external earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) W->NNW. A N-S field boundary crosses enclosing element ENE->SE. Level interior has been raised on N side to compensate for slope of terrain. It is covered by mature beech and sycamore trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop low hillock on a generally N-facing slope. Roughly oval area (28m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed NE->NW by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.3m), with external fosse (Wth 4m; D 1.2m) SSE->NW; bank becomes scarp-like NE-SE where there is a sharp fall in natural terrain away from interior (H 5m; Wth 24m). Enclosing element is truncated by public road NW->NE; road, set in a deep cut (D 3.5m; Wth of road 5m) into side of hillock, runs straight on E-W axis. Earthen bank on N side of road, which arcs to respect former line of enclosing element, continues NW->SE along foot of steep fall; this is probably part of surrounding field boundary system. Enclosing element obscured by stone dumps at SE. Interior is level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on steep N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (16m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.9m) with an external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 0.8m). Causeway entrance (Wth 1.3m) at E. Level interior under rough pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-120 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in tillage field. Cropmark of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 26m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthophotos Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 July 2021

Architectural heritage

• Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron letter box, installed c. 1880, having royal insignia and cipher above letter slot. Raised lettering to letter slot hood, raised panel moulding to the door and maker's stamp to base. Mounted within dressed rubble stone wall facing north overlooking a road junction.

• Glenwilliam Castle, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built in 1796, with curved bow to centre bay to the front and rear of house. Two-storey castellated block added in the 1830s attached to south elevation. Square-headed window openings. Steps up to block-and-start door. Walled garden to rear. Stables with clock tower and bellcote enclosed on three sides by a cobbled courtyard, built in the 1830s. Castellated tower added to stable complex in the 1830s.

• Glenwilliam Lodge, steward's house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former steward's/dower house, built c. 1820, having two-bay single-storey additional block to side (east) with recent four-bay single-storey extension to front (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, exposed rubble stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched artificial slate roofs to additional block and recent extension having rendered chimneystack and aluminium rainwater goods. Rubble stone eaves course to rear (north) elevation of additional block. Exposed rubble stone walls to house with tooled limestone quoins. Rubble stone walls to additional block. Rendered walls to recent extension with rendered plinth. Cast-iron vent pipe to rear elevation. Diminishing square-headed window openings with stone tooled and dressed limestone sills and rubbed red brick voussoirs to front elevation having internal timber panelled shutters and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Two-over-two-pane timber sliding sash windows to rear elevation openings. Recent render sill and dressed stone lintel to ground floor of rear elevation having uPVC casement window. Rendered sill to rear elevation of additional block having timber casement window. Rendered sills to recent extension having timber casement and bipartite casement windows. Square-headed door openings throughout, having rubbed red brick voussoirs and tooled limestone plinth blocks to front elevation with rendered reveals, tooled limestone step and double-leaf glazed timber doors surmounted by single-pane overlight. Glazed timber door to rear elevation of additional block. Rendered surrounds and stepped approach to side (west) elevation of recent extension block having glazed timber door. Located within own grounds with rubble stone enclosing walls. Splayed entry gates having dressed rubble stone square-profile piers with dressed stone pyramidal capping and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Glenwilliam.

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

Name

Glenwilliam · Gleann na Raithe

Area

2,233,044 m² (223.3 ha, 551.8 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry(Croom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Ballynoe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynoe electoral division: 496 people in 181 households; 92% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinruane, Ballynarooga Beg (East), Ballynarooga Beg (West), Ballyneale, Durraclogh, Frankfort, Gortroe

Placenames

Glenwilliam 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.