Gortnaclohy

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnaclohy, from 36 m² to 376,538 m² (37.65 ha, 93.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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 Gortnaclohy 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.

• 1 Jul 2026N/a

  •Construction of new 1.5m to 1.8m wide footpaths through village. •Repair/Upgrade of existing footpaths through village. •Relocation of existing Pedestrian crossing to new location outside the Church to Ash Hall •Removal of 14m approx. of existing boundary wall at Ashford Pre-school, setting back and rebuilding of wall to facilitate construction of footpath. •Removal of 35m approx. of existing boundary wall at property beside The Village Inn, setting back and rebuilding of wall to facilitate construction of footpath. •Removal of 50m approx. of hedgerows north of village, construction of 1.2m high wall with 1.8m high piers with steel fence panels between piers for a 25m section. •1.2m high TII specification fencing for 25m section. •Installation of new drainage works. •Installation of speed ramps through village. •Installation of new tactile paving and drop kerbs. •Installation of new road markings. •Installation of appropriate Traffic signs. •Upgrade of existing public lighting

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 268417

• 4 Mar 2024Conditional

  the demolition of existing deralict house and the construction of a new dwelling house, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, vehicular entrance and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2471

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of an agricultural entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23492

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  refurbishment of existing store and for change of use of existing store to changing rooms, referees room and machinery store(change of design from that previously granted under planning re. 18/624) and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21221

• 24 Jan 2020Conditional

  the construction of a silage slab, slatted shed, cubicle house and slurry channel

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2050

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  the change of use of the existing Ashford Tavern from use as a public house to use as a community building and for the demolition of existing single storey structures to the rear, side and front of Ashford Tavern and the construction of an extension to the side and rear of the existing Ashford Tavern and all ancillary site works including installation of a new mechanical aeration unit and the upgrading of an existing soil polishing filter

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18624

• 23 Jun 2017Conditional

  change of use of the existing Ashford Tavern from use as a public house to use as a community building and for the demolition of existing single storey structures to the rear, side and front of the Ashford Tavern and the construction of an extension to the side and rear of the existing Ashford Tavern and all ancillary works including the installation of a new mechanical aeration unit and the upgrading of an existing soil polishing filter

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17583

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• LI044-103 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in steep E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 48m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1.4m). Inner bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7m) survives for full circuit but external bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H .035m) survives WSW->WNW and NE->E, but is truncated by field boundary S->WSW and WNW->NE. Causeway entrance (Wth 2.4m) at ESE. Interior, which has been raised on E side to compensate for fall of ground, is under pasture and level though surface very uneven. In NW quadrant is circular raised area (diam. 17m), defined by a scarped edge (H 0.65m; Wth 2.5m), which backs up against inner face of internal bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-108 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. Oval area (35m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m), with external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.2m) W->E. Fosse replaced by natural gully E->W. Interior is level and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-136 Mass-rock
  Description

  On steeply sloping ground on the E slopes of Gortnaclohy Mountain, now covered with a large modern coniferous plantation. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Visited by the ASI in 1997 when described as a concrete wall surmounted by a cross-shrine with concrete altar in front of shrine. No surface remains of the mass rock were recorded. The area is visible on Google Earth orthoimages to the immediate E of a local road. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 August 2021

Architectural heritage

• Cantogher Creamery, creamery, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey with dormer attic corrugated-iron former creamery, built c. 1900, having single-bay lean-to to front (north-east) and single-bay double-height block to side (south-east). Pitched corrugated-iron roof with carved timber bargeboards, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rain water goods. Corrugated-iron lean-to roofs elsewhere. Corrugated-iron walls with concrete plinth/footing visible throughout. Square-headed window openings with timber surrounds and sills throughout, having six-, eight- and twelve-pane timber casement windows. Single-pane timber casement windows to rear (north-west) elevation with wrought-iron window guards. Square-headed door openings with timber surrounds throughout, having replacement timber panelled door flanked by timber panelled sidelight to front elevation of house and timber battened door to front elevation of additional block. Later single-pitch corrugated-iron outbuildings to north-west. Located within own grounds having rendered square-profile piers with render capping supporting double-leaf wrought-iron gates to south-east. Rendered stepped approach with wrought-iron railing to north-east.

• Ashford Girls' National School, school, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan four-bay double-height former girls' national school, built in 1931, having gable-fronted two-bay projecting bay to front (north-east) and single-bay porch to rear (south-west). Now in use as a Montessori school. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, eaves course and recent cast-iron styled aluminium rainwater goods. Lean-to corrugated-iron roof to rear porch. Rough-cast rendered walls with tooled limestone date plaque to front elevation of projecting bay. Ocular ventilation openings at plinth height. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and raised render surrounds throughout, having replacement six-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with raised render surround to side (south-east) elevation of central gable-fronted projecting bay, having tooled limestone step and timber battened door. Later five-bay single-storey toilet block to south-west of school, having roughcast rendered wall linking toilet block to school. Roughcast rendered boundary walls to front having chamfered render coping, square-profile piers with chamfered render capping and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

• Saint Ita's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1835. Comprising four-bay nave with porch to side (north-west), three-bay single-storey sacristy to side (south-east) and recent single-bay boiler house to rear (south-west). Pitched slate roof with rendered eaves course, rendered bell cote to side (south-east) elevation, cross finial to side (north-west) elevation and replacement uPVC rainwater goods with cast-iron downpipes. Bitumen-clad flat roof to porch with rendered eaves and uPVC rainwater goods to porch. Rendered flat roof to boiler house. Pitched artificial slate roof to sacristy with uPVC rainwater goods. Pitched artificial-slate canopy to front (north-east) elevation of sacristy having fluted timber brackets. Rendered walls with rendered plinth and quoins to nave, porch and sacristy. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth to rear elevations of nave, porch, and boiler house. Pointed arch window openings with render sills throughout nave and porch, having render block-and-start surrounds and hoodmouldings with corbelled label stops to front and side (south-east) elevations of nave. Raised render reveals to rear elevations of nave and porch. Timber Y-tracery and lead-lined stained glass windows to front and rear elevations of nave. Intersecting timber tracery to side (north-west) elevation of nave containing three lead-lined stained glass windows surmounted by lead-lined stained glass overlights. Timber-framed lancet windows to side and rear elevations of porch with margined lead-lined stained glass windows. Square-headed window openings with render sills and surrounds to sacristy having uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with render surround to front elevation of porch, having double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed door openings to sacristy having raised render surrounds to front and rear elevations and channelled render surround to side (south-east) elevation, having uPVC doors. Timber battened ceiling to interior, balcony to western end supported on carved timber octagonal columns accessed via timber staircase. Elliptical-headed chancel arch with rendered soffit on timber corbels. Pointed arch statuary recesses flanking timber reredos accommodating statues of Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Ida. Marble pulpit and altar with trefoil-headed arcades springing from coloured marble columns. Located within own grounds, having rusticated stone enclosing walls having render coping and rusticated square-profile stone piers with domed capping supporting single and double-leaf wrought-iron gates.

• Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron letter box, installed c. 1880. Raised royal insignia of Queen Victoria and crown cipher to front (south-west), having manufacture's name to base. Panelled surround to door, and raised lettering to letter slot hood.

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 20 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 Gortnaclohy.

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.

• Gortnaclohy, Ballagh5 sales

Name

Gortnaclohy · Gort na Cloiche

Area

3,047,405 m² (304.74 ha, 753.03 acres)

Civil parish

Killeedy, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Cleanglass, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cleanglass electoral division: 264 people in 101 households; 93% of households own their home; 14% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballagh, Cantogher, Cleanglass North, Clooncon, Killeedy South, Mauricetown

Placenames

Gortnaclohy 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.