Knocklong

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocklong, from 34,358 m² (3.44 ha, 8.49 acres) to 342,744 m² (34.27 ha, 84.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Knocklong 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.

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  a 10-year planning permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 210 hectares consisting of the following: 843,000 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 29 no. hardstanding locations used for electrical skids; 3 no. electrical plant rooms; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the R513 and L1509 public roads; new access points from the R513, R516, L1509 and L51309 public roads, and upgrades to existing access points from the L1507, L1509 and L51309 public roads; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; security gates; boundary fencing and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660918

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 Knocklong.

Recorded monuments

• LI040-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Mound described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a circular mound of earth surrounded by a fosse, which is partly waterlogged, The surface of the platform slopes from west to east. On the north-east and southwest sides there are berms. The greatest height of the mound over the fosse-bottom is 6' [1.8m] and the overall diameter is 150' [46m]. Situated in low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 243). Monument clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 344/6 on 05/01/2003.

• LI040-083 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a circular flat-topped platform, which is completely surrounded by a berm, and it looks as if the monument was built in two stages and deliberately given this form. It is surrounded by a wide fosse which has been cut into on the north side by a modern fence. The western side of the fosse has been removed by tillage operations in the field. The maximum height of the mound over the fosse-bottom is 8' [2.4m] and the overall diameter is 210' [64m] (O'Kelly 1942-3, 243). Monument clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 343/4 on 05/01/2003. 370/2 on 10/05/2003.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocklong.

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 low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocklong.

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

Name

Knocklong · Cnoc Loinge

Area

465,226 m² (46.52 ha, 114.96 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfrush, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Knocklong, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knocklong electoral division: 918 people in 348 households; 81% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballincarroona, Ballycahill, Kilfrush, Knocklong West

Placenames

Knocklong 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.