Knockaderry

119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockaderry, from 24 m² to 327,327 m² (32.73 ha, 80.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knockaderry 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.

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  a change of design to the dwelling house from that previously granted under planning file 21/1488 and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360223

• 19 Apr 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, packaged wastewater treatment system, domestic garage, front entrance, and all associated services

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22430

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with soil filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211488

• 5 Mar 2021N/a

  addition of side and rear extensions to existing house with connections to existing services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21264

• 1 Mar 2021Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter and carry out all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21236

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201406

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  (1)construction of a hurling wall, fencing and lighting surrounding an all-weather playing surface; (2) retain and complete filling to the rear of playing pitch and re-alignment of the pitch; (3) construct a pedestrian walkway, new fencing and pedestrian lighting to the perimeter of re-aligned playing pitch; (4) construct an open spectator area and new dug-outs to re-aligned pitch and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191066

• 12 Apr 2019Conditional

  revised site boundary to the rear and side, relocation of previously permitted garage and associated changes to ancillary works. Retention Permission is also sought for minor alterations to the dwelling elevations and additional floor area of 11.6 sq.m to that previously approved under 15/798

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19357

• 6 Dec 2018Conditional

  demolition of existing dwelling house and erect a replacement house, driveway, garage, install a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 181186

• 14 Jun 2018Conditional

  the construction of a slatted beef house, a fodder store, an unroofed silage pit, and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18596

• 4 Apr 2017Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of a mechanical aeration unit & soil polishing filter system with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17291

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockaderry.

Recorded monuments

• LI029-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing hill slope. Circular area (diam. 38.5m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 1m; D 1.65m) S->E. Bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2.5m), best preserved where incorporated into field boundary system S->NW, lowers at ENE for c. 6m. Fosse, widest along W side (Wth 5.4m), shallows out noticeably NW->E. Interior, under pasture, rises up gently at edges to meet enclosing bank. Farm passage skirts around outer edge of fosse S->NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI029-154 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 35m) defined by a fosse visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthophotos. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 June 2020

• LI036-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (diam. 45m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.8m) with external partially waterlogged fosse (D 0.85m; Wth 0.7m). Breaks in bank at N (Wth 0.9m), NNE (Wth 1.5m) and ENE (Wth 1.85m), but none matched by causeway across fosse. Interior and most of enclosing element is masked by dense overgrowth. Field boundary abuts enclosure at N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, atop hillock. Monument, depicted on 1924 OS 6-inch map as roughly circular embanked enclosure, has been partially levelled and incorporated into pasture field. Now apparent as circular area (diam. 78m) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.35m; Wth 4m) with an external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 3m). Line of fosse accentuated by band of darker grass, whilst stunted growth along top edge of scarp may indicate line of a levelled bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 27m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. 0.6m; ext. 0.9m) with an external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 3m). Field boundary crosses fosse at N and abuts bank. Level interior mostly covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight SW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (42m N-S; 45m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 2m), with external fosse (Wth 3.4m) NW->S and external earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.1m) WNW->NE. Outer face of external bank is stone faced at NW; external bank is incorporated in field boundary NW->SSE. Interior of site slopes gently down to S and is under rough pasture covered by mature beech trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-006 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. Roughly rectangular slightly raised area (33m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m) ENE->NW with an external fosse (D 0.2m) ENE->NW. Earthen bank and fosse levelled NW->ENE. S half of interior raised 0.65m above levelled N half of site. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on crest of E-W running ridge. Roughly circular area (24m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.65m). Interior level and under pasture. Field boundary skirts enclosure at N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. However, this is now discernible as roughly circular area defined by scarped edge (H 0.15m; Wth 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 6m). A NE-SW running field boundary skirts outer edge of fosse at SE. Interior level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI037-116001 Hut site
  Description

  Test-trenching Graham Hull (07E0179) 'in advance of a proposed housing development located a cremation burial cemetery (21 pits) and a circular hut site (2m diameter). These features are very probably prehistoric in date. Linear features were also found and these may relate to early field systems.' The above description is posted on the web at the following internet address: http://www.excavations.ie/ (accessed 27 August 2012). This is the record for the hut site. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 27 August 2012

• LI037-116002 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Test-trenching Graham Hull (07E0179) 'in advance of a proposed housing development located a cremation burial cemetery (21 pits) and a circular hut site (2m diameter). These features are very probably prehistoric in date. Linear features were also found and these may relate to early field systems.' The above description is posted on the web at the following internet address: http://www.excavations.ie/ (accessed 27 August 2012). This is the record for the flat cemetery (cremation burials) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 27 August 2012

• LI037-116003 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Test-trenching Graham Hull (07E0179) 'in advance of a proposed housing development located a cremation burial cemetery (21 pits) and a circular hut site (2m diameter). These features are very probably prehistoric in date. Linear features were also found and these may relate to early field systems.' The above description is posted on the web at the following internet address: http://www.excavations.ie/ (accessed 27 August 2012). This is the record for all the excavated features, excluding the hut site (LI037-116001-) and the cremated burials (LI037-116002-). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 27 August 2012

Architectural heritage

• Knockaderry House, country house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former country house, built c. 1780, having off-centre two-bay two-storey over basement projecting bay with later gable-fronted porch to front (east). Later single-bay single-storey folly to side (south). Three-bay two-storey lean-to and three-bay single-storey block with dormer attic to side (north). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, tooled stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped slate roof to projecting bay with tooled stone eaves course. Pitched slate roof to side (north) block having rendered chimneystacks, timber fascia and uPVC rainwater goods. Recent corrugated-iron lean-to roof to two-storey block with rendered chimneystack. Carved timber bargeboards to gable-fronted porch. Rendered walls to front elevation with roughcast rendered walls elsewhere. Crow stepped parapet to side (south) elevation of folly having rendered turret to south-eastern corner and channelled tooled limestone pier to side (south) elevation. Diminishing square-headed window openings throughout, having corbelled tooled limestone sills and moulded render surrounds to front elevation with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Decorative tooled limestone sills to rear elevation having timber casement windows with wrought-iron window guards to basement level. Internal timber panelled shutters to ground floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Tooled limestone and render sills to side (north) elevations of two-storey and single-storey blocks having six-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and timber casement windows to ground. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of single-storey block. Pointed arch window openings to front elevation of folly having render Y-tracery. Square-headed door openings having timber panelled door and timber battened door with rivets to side (north) elevation. Arched door opening to front elevation of front porch having moulded tooled stone surrounds. Courtyard to north-west, comprising two-stage storage tower and entrance to east with timber beam pulley block to side (north) elevation of tower. Two-storey barn with lean-to return to north of entrance. Six-bay two-storey former carriage block with central two-bay two-storey break-front bay and integral carriage arch forming northern range. Recent sheds and outbuildings with rubble stone and recent render walls to north and west. Rubble stone enclosing wall to west having square-headed gate opening with channelled ashlar limestone piers, voussoirs and keystone surmounted by tooled limestone broken-apex pediment. Hipped slate roofs to storage tower and carriage block. Pitched and lean-to corrugated-iron roofs elsewhere. Roughcast rendered walls to storage tower with exposed rubble stone walls to barn and return. Ashlar limestone walls to former carriage block with tooled limestone quoins and tooled limestone cornice to eaves. Round-headed niches having dressed limestone voussoirs to carriage block with tooled limestone impost blocks and keystones. Niches flanking integral elliptical-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs and tooled limestone impost blocks. Round-headed window openings to first floor of breakfront with tooled red sandstone voussoirs and tooled limestone impost blocks and keystones, having dressed limestone sills. Located within own extensive grounds, approached via meandering tree-lined avenue with later splayed entrance having rendered crenellated walls with square-profile piers.

• Saint Munchin's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, built in 1840, comprising three-bay nave with two-bay transepts to sides (east, west). Later porch to front (south) of nave. Two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear (north). Pitched slate roofs with looped terracotta ridge tiles, rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gable copings on corbels with tooled limestone bellcote to front elevation of nave surmounted by wrought-iron cross finial. Pitched artificial slate roofs to porch and sacristy. Rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Rendered walls with plinth and platbands to corners and below eaves. Pointed arch window openings having render sills and surrounds throughout, having lead-lined lattice work windows to side elevations of nave and front elevations of transepts. Lead-lined stained glass windows to rear elevations of transepts. Timber Y-tracery to front elevation openings of nave and porch, lead-lined stained glass windows to nave and single-pane windows to porch. Square-headed window opening to side (west) elevation of porch having rendered sill and surround, having recent timber casement window. Square-headed window openings with render sills to sacristy, having uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door openings with raised render surrounds to porch and sacristy. Double-leaf timber battened doors to side (east) elevation of porch, timber louvered door to side (east) elevation and uPVC door to rear elevation of sacristy. Round-headed door openings to front elevations of transepts having render surrounds and double-leaf timber panelled doors surmounted by single-pane fanlight. Timber arch-braced king post trussed roof to interior with poly chrome Victorian tiled floors with fleur-de-lis motifs and mosaic gravestone. Timber balcony to transepts with timber staircases over timber confession booths. Stepped altar platform to ambulatory having Gothic style carved white marble reredos with polychrome marble panels to arcade and central shrine surmounted by cross. Ornately carved white marble altar with polychrome panels and engaged columns flanked by carved marble pulpit and chair. Circular tooled limestone font with square-profile pedestal having chamfered corners on square-profile plinth block to western transept. Single-bay single-storey outbuildings to north-east of church. Located within own grounds with rendered enclosing walls having render coping surmounted by recent wrought-iron railing. Square-profile gate piers with rendered capping surmounted by recent cast-iron lamps.

• Knockaderry Hall and Library, hall, 1915–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey hall and library, dated 1917, having pedimented projecting porches to front (south), four-bay single-storey extension and recent seven-bay double-height hall to rear (north) with five-bay single-storey lean-to to side (east) of hall. Pitched slate roofs to main block and porches with rendered chimneystacks, gables copings on corbels and moulded rendered eaves courses with cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Flat felt-lined roof to extension. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to hall and lean-to corrugated-iron roof to lean-to. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth to front elevation, having fluted render pilasters surmounted by rendered consoles to front elevation. Rendered walls to side (east, west) and rear elevations of main block. Render quoins surmounted by rendered pediments to porches with central moulded ocular motifs. Tooled stone date plaque to front elevation. Roughcast rendered walls to later hall and lean-to extensions. Square-headed window openings having uPVC casement windows throughout. Moulded render surrounds and render sills to front elevation openings. Square-headed door openings having uPVC doors to porches. Raised render reveals and double-leaf glazed uPVC doors to hall. uPVC door surmounted by blind overlight to rear elevation of extension block. Rendered ramp and stairs with wrought-iron railings to front elevation giving access to porches. Rendered enclosing wall with plinth to side (east) with render coping and timber battened door.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_516 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Knockaderry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Knockaderry · Cnoc an Doire

Area

2,864,892 m² (286.49 ha, 707.93 acres)

Civil parish

Clonelty, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Knockaderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockaderry electoral division: 541 people in 176 households; 87% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyallinan South, Ballybrown, Carrowgar, Evegallahoo, Grange Lower, Grange Upper, Kiltanna, Lissaniska East, Lissaniska West, Loghill

Placenames

Knockaderry 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.