# Kerrikyle, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathronan, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ceithre Choill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,625,044 m² (162.5 ha, 401.56 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 19,521 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathronan, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/rathronan.md - Barony: Shanid - Electoral division: Ardagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,037 people lived in 384 households in the Ardagh electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31661 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121248 - Centre: latitude 52.510274, longitude -9.10215 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kerrikyle, from 713 m² to 150,792 m² (15.08 ha, 37.26 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1664049: 150,792 m² (15.08 ha, 37.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664049.md - Parcel 1642173: 136,524 m² (13.65 ha, 33.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642173.md - Parcel 1641035: 119,362 m² (11.94 ha, 29.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641035.md - Parcel 1642175: 116,649 m² (11.66 ha, 28.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642175.md - Parcel 1654185: 75,206 m² (7.52 ha, 18.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654185.md - Parcel 1604375: 73,798 m² (7.38 ha, 18.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604375.md - Parcel 1642176: 65,633 m² (6.56 ha, 16.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642176.md - Parcel 1652317: 59,997 m² (6 ha, 14.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652317.md - Parcel 1663593: 57,718 m² (5.77 ha, 14.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663593.md - Parcel 1642177: 55,649 m² (5.56 ha, 13.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642177.md - Parcel 1652121: 52,953 m² (5.3 ha, 13.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652121.md - Parcel 1651035: 49,900 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651035.md - Parcel 1613866: 47,568 m² (4.76 ha, 11.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613866.md - Parcel 1612570: 44,597 m² (4.46 ha, 11.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612570.md - Parcel 1601119: 42,179 m² (4.22 ha, 10.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601119.md - Parcel 1674152: 36,966 m² (3.7 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674152.md - Parcel 1658774: 36,168 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658774.md - Parcel 1606823: 32,189 m² (3.22 ha, 7.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606823.md - Parcel 1610985: 31,157 m² (3.12 ha, 7.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610985.md - Parcel 2385681: 30,214 m² (3.02 ha, 7.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2385681.md - Parcel 1610552: 28,887 m² (2.89 ha, 7.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610552.md - Parcel 3348509: 24,843 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3348509.md - Parcel 1612220: 23,862 m² (2.39 ha, 5.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612220.md - Parcel 1607888: 23,440 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607888.md - Parcel 1661837: 23,132 m² (2.31 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661837.md - Parcel 1609879: 21,048 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609879.md - Parcel 2385680: 19,891 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2385680.md - Parcel 1657068: 19,797 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657068.md - Parcel 1636796: 19,521 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636796.md - Parcel 1612068: 14,721 m² (1.47 ha, 3.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612068.md - Parcel 1662920: 10,499 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662920.md - Parcel 1652617: 8,406 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1652617.md - Parcel 5804833: 6,702 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5804833.md - Parcel 1636795: 5,838 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636795.md - Parcel 1654173: 4,639 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654173.md - Parcel 1667253: 4,500 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667253.md - Parcel 1619430: 4,484 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619430.md - Parcel 5595560: 4,226 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5595560.md - Parcel 3348515: 4,077 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3348515.md - Parcel 1611636: 3,945 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611636.md - Parcel 3348513: 3,487 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3348513.md - Parcel 1660793: 3,457 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660793.md - Parcel 3348570: 3,401 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3348570.md - Parcel 1662293: 3,357 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662293.md - Parcel 5291504: 2,949 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5291504.md - Parcel 1615465: 2,861 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615465.md - Parcel 1600061: 2,620 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600061.md - Parcel 1606443: 2,112 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606443.md - Parcel 2522255: 2,105 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522255.md - Parcel 1613199: 1,864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613199.md - Parcel 1601242: 1,596 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601242.md - Parcel 5486471: 1,545 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5486471.md - Parcel 1654144: 1,392 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654144.md - Parcel 1615123: 1,165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615123.md - Parcel 5167840: 1,130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5167840.md - Parcel 1611164: 876 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611164.md - Parcel 1630192: 713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630192.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Kerrikyle in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 8 Aug 2025, Limerick County Council 2560784: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (i) existing substructure works, specifically the completed installation of house foundations; (ii) Planning permission to complete the construction of a single-storey residential dwelling, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter, and all ancillary site development works (previously granted permission under planning application reference 20/535 and amended under planning application reference 24/346). File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560784/0 - 29 May 2025, Limerick County Council 257012: Refused. Extension of duration. Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. 20/535: demolition of existing dwelling house and garage, construction of a replacement dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/257012/0 - 9 Sept 2024, Limerick County Council 24346: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the change of house type and relocation of vehicular entrance from previously approved planning permission ref. no. 20/535 and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24346/0 - 13 Jun 2024, Limerick County Council 24243: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a revision to site boundary from previously approved Planning Permission Ref. 21/1448 and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24243/0 - 15 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211448: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of a two storey replacement dwelling house, entrance, driveway, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211448/0 - 27 Apr 2021, Limerick County Council 21548: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls and the installation of a mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21548/0 - 19 Jun 2020, Limerick County Council 20535: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of existing dwelling house and garage, construction of a replacement dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20535/0 - 7 Dec 2017, Limerick County Council 171138: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/171138/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI028-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-001----. In coniferous forest, on steep ENE-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), could not be located in dense undergrowth. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kerrikyle. ## 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 Kerrikyle, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kerrikyle. - 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/kerrikyle.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kerrikyle.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kerrikyle.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Kerrikyle 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) - Ballylin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballylin-120289.md - Ballyvoghan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyvoghan.md - Glenastar: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glenastar.md - Glendiheen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glendiheen.md - Glensharrold: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glensharrold.md - Glenville: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glenville.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. --- 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/kerrikyle - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/kerrikyle