# Knockadea, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballylanders, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cnoc Uí Dheá. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,567,187 m² (156.72 ha, 387.26 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 22,318 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballylanders, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/ballylanders.md - Barony: Coshlea - Electoral division: Cullane, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 408 people lived in 141 households in the Cullane electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 29% 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/31572 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121369 - Centre: latitude 52.327118, longitude -8.332932 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockadea, from 289 m² to 260,866 m² (26.09 ha, 64.46 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1591591: 260,866 m² (26.09 ha, 64.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591591.md - Parcel 1664983: 227,794 m² (22.78 ha, 56.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664983.md - Parcel 1591551: 140,642 m² (14.06 ha, 34.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591551.md - Parcel 1673935: 131,887 m² (13.19 ha, 32.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673935.md - Parcel 1602259: 128,768 m² (12.88 ha, 31.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602259.md - Parcel 1672728: 127,084 m² (12.71 ha, 31.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672728.md - Parcel 4654797: 120,656 m² (12.07 ha, 29.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654797.md - Parcel 1591590: 92,163 m² (9.22 ha, 22.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591590.md - Parcel 1672731: 55,711 m² (5.57 ha, 13.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672731.md - Parcel 1591545: 53,442 m² (5.34 ha, 13.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591545.md - Parcel 1672732: 52,674 m² (5.27 ha, 13.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672732.md - Parcel 1591537: 38,312 m² (3.83 ha, 9.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591537.md - Parcel 3810715: 31,907 m² (3.19 ha, 7.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3810715.md - Parcel 1590724: 22,318 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590724.md - Parcel 1665558: 21,817 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665558.md - Parcel 1653513: 16,284 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653513.md - Parcel 4654795: 10,610 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654795.md - Parcel 1591546: 10,385 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1591546.md - Parcel 1647469: 5,954 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647469.md - Parcel 5008084: 4,028 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5008084.md - Parcel 1627334: 2,762 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627334.md - Parcel 1636862: 2,551 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636862.md - Parcel 1597920: 1,971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597920.md - Parcel 1608426: 1,868 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608426.md - Parcel 1636774: 1,204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1636774.md - Parcel 1672679: 1,164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672679.md - Parcel 1670329: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670329.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockadea 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 7 Feb 2025, Limerick County Council 2560094: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a two-storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, entrance, and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560094/0 - 23 Mar 2017, Limerick County Council 17255: Conditional. Permission. to construct an extension to the front of the existing school comprising of a new main Entrance and Lobby, Administration/Reception area, Library/Resource room & all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17255/0 - 10 Sept 2003, Cork County Council 03/4531: Conditional. Permission consequent. Dwellinghouse and sewerage treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/4531 - 28 Jul 2003, Cork County Council 03/3765: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling, garage and waste water treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3765 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 Knockadea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI057-070: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI057-070----. The location of three cinerary urns discovered in May of 1929 in the townland of Knockadea has been recently identified by local historian, Nioclàs Ó Duinnín. The discovery of this burial site was described by Power (1931, 55-6) as follows; ‘ These were unearthed in May, 1929, at base of a clay-and-stone fence close to the Co. Cork boundary, by a labourer (in the employment of Mr. William Brazil Lee) as he was engaged in repairs of the "ditch." Although other urns (one of them is in the National Museum) had previously been found in the same field the present workman was unfortunately unaware of the pottery's value, and it was not until he had broken all three objects into pieces that the owner of the farm came on the scene. Mr. Lee collected the scattered fragments of the least injured vessel and, later, when the writer visited the place, the remains of a second urn (food vessel) were rescued together with some nearly hopeless particles of a third. The first urn and the food vessel have been restored by Miss E. Barnes and, of the third vessel, portion of the rim has been reconstructed - enough to indicate diameter and general character of the pot. When found the fully restored burial urn lay mouth downwards, with a quantity (about two " fist-fulls") of ashes and calcined bones underneath. This vessel is an unusually fine specimen of its class -18" [0.45m] in height by 12" [0.3m] and 5" [0.12m] diameter at mouth and base respectively – and the outline is relieved by two raised bands which divide the whole surface into three panels or storeys, of which one only - the topmost - carries ornament. Decoration in question is an etched pattern of multiple chevron, alternately inverted and averted. The raised bands, hoops or fillets are important; at first I was inclined to regard them as having been worked outwards from the material of the pot by hand pressure or kneading of the soft clay; possibly, however, they are true incrustations - that is, strips of paste added to the vessel subsequent to moulding, but before firing. The material is rather coarse, but well-burnt, and the urn is now of a good ochraceous brown in its lower part and black, or at least very dark hued, towards the mouth. The lip, which is thin, straight and sharp edged, has, beneath it, a triple band of fine moulding. The food vessel was found in the same cist with the burial urn just described; it stands 4½" [0.11m[ high with a diameter, at the mouth, of 5" [0.12m] and the ware is of unusual delicacy with ornament to match. The little vessel must, in fact, have been the fine china or Belleek ware of its period; its minute ornament is a criss-cross etched all over and, necessarily, by a finely pointed pin. In shape the little urn is a kind of prolato-spheroid with a slightly depressed and moulded waist (shoulder groove or neck) about 2" [0.05m] below the rim. Unfortunately it was not possible to reconstruct the beautiful little vessel in its entirety and unfortunately also, our photograph does not succeed in bringing out the delicate detail. Enough has, however, been recovered to indicate shape and lines. Our third urn of strictly burial type - was of coarser and thicker ware than either of the others. Owing to smallness of the shreds into which the finder succeeded in reducing it has been impossible to reconstruct more than an arc of the mouth. This shows that the urn was of great girth - 14" [0.35m] diameter at the rim, and that the lip was of the same type as the lip of its companion No. I. As the cists (or cist) had been already entirely destroyed when I first visited the place I am unable to describe them (or it) very definitely. There appear (nothing more definite can be said) to have been two chambers, in one of which were urns Nos. I. and II, and in the other the broken No. Ill. The definitely certain chamber was small and fined by rather small flagstones, notwithstanding the great size of the urn (No. I). From the accounts given I could not make up my mind as to existence of a second compartment; indeed it looks as if No. Ill might have been a reinterment - someone had previously disturbed the urn and, dreading unpleasant consequences, had reburied it. Within two or three hundred paces of our urn-field are two hitherto unrecorded dolmens’. Urns now located in Cork Museum was described by Kavanagh (1976, 367) as; ‘Found while repairing a ditch. The Urn (H 36cm x R.D. 30cm x B.D. 12cm) was inverted and accompanied by a Food Vessel, all contained in a cist. The large vessel contained cremated bones, but as the burial was disturbed by the workmen further details were not recorded. Reverend Power suggests the presence of a third vessel in this burial, but as there is some confusion between the finds from Kilwatermoy, Co. Waterford and those from Knockadea it is difficult to establish the correct details. This is a rather lop-sided vessel encircled by two cordons. The first cordon is very pronounced in places while elsewhere it is of average size. The second cordon is moulded into the body, although still quite distinct. The rim is bevelled internally but undecorated. External decoration is limited to the area between the rim and first cordon. It takes the form of a filled chevron motif in impressed cord. This is framed by three fines of cord impressions immediately below the rim and two further lines on the upper side of the first cordon. The cord impression is broad and in places the motif is carelessly arranged. The ware is pink to grey in colour with dark grey patches. It is coarse but compact. The Food Vessel associated with this vessel is of unusual shape. It has a 'collar ' with a waisting immediately under it. It is decorated with incised patterns’. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James O'Brien and Nioclàs Ó Duinnín Date of revised upload: 21 February 2022 - LI057-071: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI057-071----. The location of three cinerary urns discovered in May of 1929 in the townland of Knockadea has been recently identified by local historian, Nioclàs Ó Duinnín. The discovery of this cist burial 'near Knockadea' was described by Waddell (1970, 123) as; ‘A small vault' approximately 3 ft. [0.9m] x 2 ft. [0.6m] found c. 1916; it contained 'fragments of dried bones'. Six feet [1.8m] away an inverted encrusted urn burial [LI057-072----] was found'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James O'Brien and Nioclàs Ó Duinnín Date of revised upload: 21 February 2022 - LI057-072: Urn burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI057-072----. The location of three cinerary urns discovered in May of 1929 in the townland of Knockadea has been recently identified by local historian, Nioclàs Ó Duinnín. The discovery of two cist burials 'near Knockadea' was described by Waddell (1970, 123) as; ‘A small vault' [LI057-071----] approximately 3 ft. [0.9m] x 2 ft. [0.6m] found c. 1916; it contained 'fragments of dried bones'. Six feet [1.8m] away an inverted encrusted urn burial [LI057-072----] was found'. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James O'Brien and Nioclàs Ó Duinnín Date of revised upload: 21 February 2022 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 Knockadea. ## 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 Knockadea, 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 high, 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 Knockadea. - 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/knockadea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockadea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockadea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockadea 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) - Ballybrien: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballybrien.md - Cullane Middle: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cullane-middle.md - Cullane South: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cullane-south.md - Derrylahan (Co. Cork): https://everytownland.com/cork/derrylahan-42246.md - Fahanasoodry: https://everytownland.com/limerick/fahanasoodry.md - Labbamolaga East (Co. Cork): https://everytownland.com/cork/labbamolaga-east.md - Labbamolaga Middle (Co. Cork): https://everytownland.com/cork/labbamolaga-middle.md - Labbamolaga West (Co. Cork): https://everytownland.com/cork/labbamolaga-west.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/knockadea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/knockadea