Gotoon

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gotoon, from 257 m² to 190,567 m² (19.06 ha, 47.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 210 hectares consisting of the following: 843,000 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 29 no. hardstanding locations used for electrical skids; 3 no. electrical plant rooms; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the R513 and L1509 public roads; new access points from the R513, R516, L1509 and L51309 public roads, and upgrades to existing access points from the L1507, L1509 and L51309 public roads; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; security gates; boundary fencing and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660918

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  a 2-storey dwelling house, garage, advanced treatment system, tertiary filter, a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22318

• 18 May 2021N/a

  a 2-storey dwelling house, garage, advanced treatment system, tertiary filter, a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 21667

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 Gotoon.

Recorded monuments

• LI040-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a high flat topped mound surrounded by a deep wide fosse. Outside this there was a bank, of which only a small portion remains, on the N.E. side. The bank seems to have been deliberately levelled elsewhere and spread over the surrounding field. The mound is nearly 20' [6m] high over the fosse bottom and the overall diameter is 216' [66m]. The structure was densely overgrown with bushes, which are now cut away. Situated in low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 238). Tree-covered monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2020

• LI040-030 Enclosure
  Description

  Described by Doody (2008, 137) as a 'subrectangular ditched enclosure, c. 75m x 50m, possibly platformed'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 11 November 2013

• LI040-031 Standing stone
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a small circular earthen platform surrounded by a fosse. The platform top slopes gently from east to west. The entrance is not recognisable. The maximum height of the platform is 4' 6" [1.37m] and the overall diameter is 84' [26m]. The fosse has disappeared on the east owing to the making of a drain and fence on that side. Situated in wet low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 238-9). Faint cropmark of levelled monument barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Standing stone to N of earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a triangular limestone slab 4' [1.2m] high and 9" [0.23m] thick. It looks ancient. It stands in the same field as the above monument and to the north of it. It is not on the O.S. map' (ibid.). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2020

• LI040-199001 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In wet pasture, on the floodplains of the Camoge River that forms townland boundary with Ballycahill. A possible barrow (LI040-199002-) lies 25m to the SE. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 63; AP 5/2101) as a small circular cropmark of a possible barrow. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 63 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• LI040-199002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In wet pasture, on the flood plains of the Camoge River that forms townland boundary with Ballycahill. A possible barrow (LI040-199001-) lies 25m to the NW. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 64; AP 5/2101) as a small circular cropmark of a possible barrow. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 or Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 64 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• LI040-200 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In wet pasture, on the floodplains of the Camoge River. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 122; AP 5/2101) as a small circular cropmark of a possible barrow. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 or Google Earth orthoimaes. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 122 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• LI040-291 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, immediately S of a watercourse. Enclosure (LI040-030----) lies 65m to N. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped mound (diam. c. 12m). Identified by archaeologist Edmond O’Donovan in 2015 from examination of aerial photography. Visible as a grass-covered mound on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages, where it is intersected at E by field boundary running NW-SE. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 July 2021

Architectural heritage

• Ballycahill Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over the River Camoge, built c. 1800, having coursed rubble limestone walls. Round-headed arches with tooled limestone voussoirs. Cement repairs to upstream (south) elevation. Cement block walling to upstream river bank.

• Gotoon House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile five-bay single-storey former house and dispensary, built c. 1860, with gabled bay to front (east) elevation, canted bay window to south and two-bay return. Pitched slate roofs with overhanging eaves having decorative render corbels. Rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth and stringcourse. Elliptical-headed and round-headed window openings with painted tooled stone sills and decorative moulded render surrounds comprising pilasters and arches. Paired square-headed openings to ground floor with render surrounds and painted stone sills. Replacement one-over-one pane uPVC sash windows throughout. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door and plain fanlight and projecting render surround comprising pilasters and arch.

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

At the centre of the townland of Gotoon, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Gotoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Gotoon · Geotún

Area

1,133,123 m² (113.31 ha, 280 acres)

Civil parish

Hospital, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Hospital, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,296 people lived in 494 households in the Hospital electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahill, Barrysfarm, Coolalough, Coolscart, Kilfrush, Rathanny

Placenames

Gotoon 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.