Kilgobbin

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgobbin, from 5 m² to 704,985 m² (70.5 ha, 174.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Kilgobbin 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.

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  construction of a slatted unit for dairy cows and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 26129

• 29 Mar 2022Refused

  the construction of a new roadside boundary, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22348

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21492

• 14 Apr 2020Conditional

  the demolition and replacement of 6 no. semi-detached cottages, the demolition of existing sheds, the installation of 6 no. wastewater treatment units, polishing filters and ancillary site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Limerick County Council, 20314

• 19 May 2017N/a

  consist of the construction of a domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17460

• 4 Apr 2017N/a

  the construction of a domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17285

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

Recorded monuments

• LI012-071 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland 150m N of 18th century Kilgobbin House and 70m W of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Cloonanna. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area defined by a bank. The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts an irregular shaped area (int. dims. 31m NE-SW x 16m NW-SE; ext. dims. 44m NE-SW x 32m NW-SE) defined by a bank from NNE through S to NW and a scarp from NW to NNE. Google Earth orthoimage taken 2004 shows the enclosing bank from E through S to W with the remainder of the area covered with vegetation. Monument covered with trees on 2020 Google Earth imagery. See attached Google earth orthoimages taken 14/02/2020 and 26/05/2004 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 19 June 2020

• LI012-074 Church
  Description

  Westropp records the following about Kilgobbin Church; 'An ancient parish, now merged. Killmacgoban, 1201. Killagoban, 1296 (Plea R. 22 of xxv Ed. I, m.48); Kilgubban, 1298; Kilghobain, 1410 and 1418; Kilgaban, 1615b. Fabric - A rude, late little oratory, 27½ [8.35m] feet long and 19 feet [5.8m] wide, outside; only the west gable, with defaced door and belfry, and parts of the sides, exist' (Westropp 1904-5, 379). Begley (1906, 119) recorded that 'The north, south, and west walls of this old church are still remaining. Its external length was 27 feet [8.3m] and its breadth 9 feet [2.75m]. The stones that have formed the west doorway have been removed. This church is often mentioned in the Black Book'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 October 2018

• LI021-014 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In lowlying level wet pasture with poor views in all directions. Surveyed by ASI in 2000 and described as consisting of a raised circular-shaped area (dims. 16m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 6.60m; H 1.4m). Interior gently undulating and clear of undergrowth. Levelled monument (overall diam. 54m) visible today as a faint cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and Google Earth orthophoto taken 14/02/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 July 2020

• LI021-146 Enclosure
  Description

  On a relatively level area of undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions, c. 85m to E of a townland boundary with Mondellihy. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. A field boundary runs E-W across this area. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 53/A/3, p. 62). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

• LI021-147001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise, in undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. A field boundary runs E-W across this area. Possible enclosure (LI021-147002-) 50m to N. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 53/A/4, p. 65). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

• LI021-147002 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise, in undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Possible enclosure (LI021-147001-) 50m to S. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 53/A/4, P. 65). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

• LI021-148 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight W-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate to poor views in all directions. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Ringfort (LI021-015----) 230m to E. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 53/A/5, p. 65). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

• LI021-179 Pit
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions, 140m N of a townland boundary with Rineroe. An enclosure (LI021-148----) lies 250m to E. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a series of pits during monitoring of topsoil-stripping along the proposed route of the N20/N21 Limerick bypass. Monument excavated (Licence No. 99E0423) in 1999 by Ciara McManus and described as a roughly circular-shaped ring (diam. 5m) of black, charcoal-rich soil, with a small, circular-shaped pit to S. Another large circular-shaped pit was excavated, c. 50m to E (McManus 1999, 1). Excavation of a spread revealed the existence of three badly truncated pits, set out in a triangular arrangement, all filled by a charcoal-rich, silty clay, and a number of small random post-holes (McManus 1999, 1-3). It proved difficult to determine the extent and function of these pits due to their disturbance. The presence of the small post-holes on site suggests that this may be the remains of a structure, where perhaps the spreads represent the remains of slots as opposed to pits. No immediately datable material was recovered from the site and so no date range can be offered for this activity at present. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached excavation plan and location map taken from McManus 1999 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 August 2020

Architectural heritage

• Kilgobbin House, country house, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1777, having porch to front (south) elevation, canted full-height bay to west elevation, recent single-storey extension to east elevation and three-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron brackets, rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Hipped and pitched slate roofs to extensions with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having bipartite four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening to rear with spoked fanlight over multipane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to rear having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to porch, east and west elevations, with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening to porch having timber panelled door. Round-headed opening beyond porch with spoked fanlight over half-glazed timber panelled door. Carved Ionic limestone columns to porch supporting entablature having triglyph style motifs and roundels with floral motifs supporting carved cornice. Carved Ionic limestone pilasters to porch, east and west elevations. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-west. Hipped thatched roof. Rubble limestone walls with partial brick walls to south elevation. Square-headed opening to east elevation having timber battened door and flanking fixed windows. Rubble limestone walled garden to south. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with pitched slate roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed openings, some with bipartite two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, some with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, and some having fixed windows. Square-headed openings, some with brick voussoirs having timber battened doors. Elliptical-headed arch to east elevation with double-leaf timber battened doors. Timber battened stalls to interior. Two-bay two-storey outbuilding to south-east, having extensions to south and west elevations. Pitched slate roof and rendered chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls with cast-iron patris plates. Rendered walls to south and west elevations. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, those to first floor having brick voussoirs. Square-headed openings with timber battened doors. Pair of square-profile rubble limestone piers to east leading to east courtyard. Pair of roughcast rendered piers to south having double-leaf cast-iron gates and rendered sweeping walls terminating in rubble limestone boundary walls.

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 Kilgobbin, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_817 (ZIP).

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

Name

Kilgobbin · Cill Mhac Gobáin

Area

1,733,696 m² (173.37 ha, 428.41 acres)

Civil parish

Adare, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Adare South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,225 people lived in 730 households in the Adare South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adare, Ballyloughnaan, Cloonanna, Gortaganniff, Lissaleen, Mondellihy, Rineroe

Placenames

Kilgobbin 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.