# Knockacraig, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dromcolliher, barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cnoc an Chraobhaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,835,308 m² (183.53 ha, 453.51 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,667 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dromcolliher, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/dromcolliher.md - Barony: Connello Upper - Electoral division: Dromcolliher, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 928 people lived in 374 households in the Dromcolliher electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 15% 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/31758 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121368 - Centre: latitude 52.336224, longitude -8.924739 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacraig, from 118 m² to 346,605 m² (34.66 ha, 85.65 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1601887: 346,605 m² (34.66 ha, 85.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601887.md - Parcel 1646642: 244,605 m² (24.46 ha, 60.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646642.md - Parcel 1645326: 233,340 m² (23.33 ha, 57.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645326.md - Parcel 5237559: 198,845 m² (19.88 ha, 49.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5237559.md - Parcel 1620787: 181,558 m² (18.16 ha, 44.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620787.md - Parcel 1657617: 145,011 m² (14.5 ha, 35.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657617.md - Parcel 1613061: 137,323 m² (13.73 ha, 33.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613061.md - Parcel 1649565: 127,777 m² (12.78 ha, 31.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649565.md - Parcel 1664975: 66,234 m² (6.62 ha, 16.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664975.md - Parcel 1674019: 54,994 m² (5.5 ha, 13.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674019.md - Parcel 1620786: 20,425 m² (2.04 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620786.md - Parcel 1597665: 7,234 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597665.md - Parcel 1666296: 7,020 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666296.md - Parcel 1619990: 5,945 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619990.md - Parcel 2383325: 5,493 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2383325.md - Parcel 1613550: 5,132 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613550.md - Parcel 1611860: 4,724 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611860.md - Parcel 1651993: 4,363 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651993.md - Parcel 1650268: 3,848 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650268.md - Parcel 1616262: 3,486 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616262.md - Parcel 1595693: 3,193 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595693.md - Parcel 1664631: 3,131 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664631.md - Parcel 3799186: 3,115 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3799186.md - Parcel 3703765: 2,648 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3703765.md - Parcel 1599499: 2,623 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599499.md - Parcel 1594077: 2,497 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594077.md - Parcel 1606573: 2,283 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606573.md - Parcel 1617121: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1617121.md - Parcel 1640833: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640833.md - Parcel 1615258: 1,580 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615258.md - Parcel 1625162: 1,529 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625162.md - Parcel 1597018: 1,426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597018.md - Parcel 1619916: 1,420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619916.md - Parcel 5155473: 756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5155473.md - Parcel 1588885: 549 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588885.md - Parcel 3703764: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3703764.md - Parcel 1637127: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637127.md - Parcel 1646898: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646898.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockacraig 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 11 Sept 2026, Limerick County Council 26206: N/a. Permission. construction of a loose straw bedded shed, feed passage and concrete apron. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/26206/0 - 20 Sept 2022, Limerick County Council 221014: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of an existing dwelling house and doctors' surgery and the construction of a replacement dwelling house, which will consist of a 2-storey dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/221014/0 - 16 Jan 2018, Limerick County Council 1824: Conditional. Permission. the extension of existing poultry house and the construction of poultry house, soiled water tank and associated site works. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been submitted as part of the planning application. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/1824/0 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 Knockacraig. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI054-036: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI054-036----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular (diam. c. 30m) enclosure on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Field boundary curves to respect enclosure NW->E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI054-037: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI054-037----. In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. A circular band of rougher ground (diam. c. 50m) in pasture field indicates location of enclosure. Surrounding field boundaries have also been levelled. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI054-038: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI054-038----. In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, site is still discernible as faint dip (D c. 0.15m; Wth 1.3m) defining circular area (diam. 34.5m). A field boundary runs outside dip NE-SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI054-039: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI054-039----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, curving field boundary respects line of enclosure NNE->SE, and very slight scarped edge can be traced SSW->NNW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to N. Field boundary, shown abutting enclosure at SW on 1901 OS 6-inch map, has been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI054-049: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI054-049----. In area of rough scrub on poorly drained land. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 27m) defined by a scarp and external ditch visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthoimages. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 30 May 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 Knockacraig. ## 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 Knockacraig, 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_599, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_599.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/knockacraig.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockacraig.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockacraig.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockacraig 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) - Ballinlongig: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballinlongig.md - Barnagarrane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/barnagarrane.md - Carroward West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carroward-west.md - Farrihy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/farrihy.md - Woodfield: https://everytownland.com/limerick/woodfield.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/knockacraig - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/knockacraig