# Kilrodane, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Newcastle, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cill Rodáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,221,406 m² (122.14 ha, 301.82 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,861 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Newcastle, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/newcastle.md - Barony: Shanid - Electoral division: Newcastle Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,491 people lived in 875 households in the Newcastle Rural electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31907 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121351 - Centre: latitude 52.481811, longitude -9.068395 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilrodane, from 51 m² to 301,818 m² (30.18 ha, 74.58 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 3378973: 301,818 m² (30.18 ha, 74.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3378973.md - Parcel 1589977: 251,601 m² (25.16 ha, 62.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589977.md - Parcel 1657778: 68,364 m² (6.84 ha, 16.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657778.md - Parcel 1663516: 61,723 m² (6.17 ha, 15.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663516.md - Parcel 1657081: 56,521 m² (5.65 ha, 13.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657081.md - Parcel 1656158: 55,698 m² (5.57 ha, 13.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656158.md - Parcel 1654211: 43,351 m² (4.34 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654211.md - Parcel 1621493: 42,740 m² (4.27 ha, 10.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621493.md - Parcel 1658403: 42,682 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658403.md - Parcel 4990254: 33,511 m² (3.35 ha, 8.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990254.md - Parcel 1621494: 32,896 m² (3.29 ha, 8.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621494.md - Parcel 1656375: 32,277 m² (3.23 ha, 7.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656375.md - Parcel 1593778: 31,866 m² (3.19 ha, 7.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593778.md - Parcel 1653877: 30,566 m² (3.06 ha, 7.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653877.md - Parcel 1613873: 23,591 m² (2.36 ha, 5.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613873.md - Parcel 1608520: 11,246 m² (1.12 ha, 2.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608520.md - Parcel 1664130: 8,586 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664130.md - Parcel 1611588: 6,383 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611588.md - Parcel 1609395: 6,146 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609395.md - Parcel 5910487: 5,117 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5910487.md - Parcel 4990265: 5,036 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4990265.md - Parcel 1644204: 4,862 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1644204.md - Parcel 1654629: 4,460 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654629.md - Parcel 5176611: 4,282 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5176611.md - Parcel 6019513: 4,155 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6019513.md - Parcel 5612832: 4,142 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5612832.md - Parcel 1669179: 3,861 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669179.md - Parcel 1630160: 3,617 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630160.md - Parcel 1653057: 3,521 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653057.md - Parcel 1650805: 3,140 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650805.md - Parcel 1599435: 3,030 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599435.md - Parcel 1603337: 2,648 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603337.md - Parcel 1605852: 2,357 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605852.md - Parcel 2514504: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514504.md - Parcel 3265820: 2,281 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265820.md - Parcel 1655191: 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655191.md - Parcel 1607180: 2,047 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607180.md - Parcel 1610840: 2,012 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610840.md - Parcel 1637489: 1,986 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637489.md - Parcel 1590605: 1,921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590605.md - Parcel 5656238: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5656238.md - Parcel 1611815: 1,624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611815.md - Parcel 2514556: 1,563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514556.md - Parcel 1664491: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664491.md - Parcel 1667160: 1,517 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667160.md - Parcel 3265819: 1,433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265819.md - Parcel 1662758: 616 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662758.md - Parcel 1596730: 353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596730.md - Parcel 1653396: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653396.md - Parcel 2514575: 332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514575.md - Parcel 1624753: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624753.md - Parcel 2514502: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514502.md - Parcel 1612028: 51 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612028.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Kilrodane 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 26 Mar 2026, Limerick County Council 2681: Conditional. Retention. the existing storage shed and office space and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2681/0 - 4 Feb 2025, Limerick County Council 2523: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2523/0 - 16 Jan 2024, Limerick County Council 2460024: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an easy feed slatted cubicle house with underground slatted tank, feed barriers, feed passage, ancillary concrete and walkway, and all associated ancillary site works at our farmyard. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460024/0 - 14 Mar 2022, Limerick County Council 22296: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. detached domestic shed with adjoining stable/ bike shelter, a detached music room and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22296/0 - 16 Mar 2021, Limerick County Council 21311: Conditional. Permission. construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21311/0 - 2 Oct 2019, Limerick County Council 19977: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/19977/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilrodane. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI028-127: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-127----. In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (c. 26m NNW-SSE) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 2.8m). Both inner bank (int. H c. 1m; ext. H 1.45m) and external bank (int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.6m) are covered by dense overgrowth except SW->N where fosse is used as rubbish dump. Entrance (Wth 2.2m) through both banks at SSE. Interior level, waterlogged with covered with rough-pasture and irises. Field boundary abuts enclosure at SSE, on N side of entrance. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI028-128: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-128----. In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular area (26.5m N-S; 25.6m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with an intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.15m) low internally along E arc and incorporated into field boundary system SSW->NNW. Fosse (Wth 1.4m) is deepest SSW->NNW but covered here by dense overgrowth. External bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.3m) evident NNW->SSW but overlain by field boundary SSW->NNW. Entrance (Wth 2.7m) through both banks at ESE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI028-129: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-129----. In pasture, on E-facing slope. Oval area (28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.95m; Wth 6m) NE->SSW, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.2m) SSW->NNW, and by slightly curving field boundary probably incorporating bank NNW->NNE. Interior is under pasture and slopes gently down to E. Opening, with gate, through bank at NNW leading onto slightly raised trackway (Wth 4.1m) which crosses N edge of enclosure on E-W axis. Field boundaries, not shown on 1923 OS 6-inch map, abut bank at SSW and W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI028-130: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-130----. In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (21.4m N-S; 21.7m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.5m; Wth 5m) NNE->SSW, and enclosed by a field boundary (int. H 1.05m) W->NNW. Interior under pasture and slopes gently down to E. A trackway (Wth 3m) crosses W edge of interior immediately inside field boundary. Band of nettles grow along face of scarp E->SSW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI028-131001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-131001-. No visible surface trace of church within levelled graveyard (LI028-131002-). Dedicated to St Rodan; no vestige of site in 1840 (OSL vol. 1, 24). Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as 'there was a little church and burial ground dedicated to St. Rodan, but both have been destroyed and the spot which they occupied is now part of a meadow' (ibid.). Westropp (1904-5, 402) recorded the following details on Kilrodane; ‘Kilrodan, with New Grange, 1349 (Close R.); Kilvidane, 1657 (D.S.B. 7). Site - The church and graveyard are now levelled'. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 08 January 2019 - LI028-131002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-131002-. In pasture, on SW-facing slope, with stream short distance to SW. Roughly oval area (26m N-S) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.7m; H 0.55m) SW->NNW, and by band of differential grass growth NNW->E; no enclosing element apparent E->SW in area covered by tall grass. There is a gradual rise from periphery towards centre where a concrete pillar stands (OS trig. station). No visible surface trace of gravemarkers, nor trace of church (LI028-131001-), dedicated to St Rodan, which is said to have stood here (OSL vol. 1, 24). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI028-131003: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI028-131003-. Holy well located in field to S of St. Rodan's church site (LI028-131001-) and levelled graveyard (LI028-131002-). Described in the Ordnance Survey Letters as 'there was a little church and burial ground dedicated to St. Rodan, but both have been destroyed and the spot which they occupied is now part of a meadow' (ibid.). The following folklore was recorded from Ardagh National School about Kilrodane Well; 'In former times there was a church-yard and also a well in Kilrodane. The remains of them are still to be seen in Mr. Hogan's land' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 174; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921957/4913310/4935463). See attached photo taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00309 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17035. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 October 2020 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 Kilrodane. ## 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 Kilrodane, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_437, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_437.zip (ZIP). - 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/kilrodane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilrodane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilrodane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Kilrodane, Ardagh: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilrodane-ardagh.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ardvone: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ardvone.md - Ballylahiff: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballylahiff-120285.md - Coolcronoge: https://everytownland.com/limerick/coolcronoge.md - Doocatteen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doocatteen.md - Dromrahnee: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dromrahnee.md - Enaghgare: https://everytownland.com/limerick/enaghgare.md - Gortnaglogh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnaglogh.md - Killard: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killard.md - Reerasta South: https://everytownland.com/limerick/reerasta-south.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/kilrodane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/kilrodane