# Knocklong, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilfrush, barony of Smallcounty, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cnoc Loinge. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 465,226 m² (46.52 ha, 114.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 88,124 m² (8.81 ha, 21.78 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilfrush, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kilfrush.md - Barony: Smallcounty - Electoral division: Knocklong, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 918 people lived in 348 households in the Knocklong electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31060 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121411 - Centre: latitude 52.443198, longitude -8.426259 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 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); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1608261: 342,744 m² (34.27 ha, 84.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608261.md - Parcel 1672816: 88,124 m² (8.81 ha, 21.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672816.md - Parcel 1590048: 34,358 m² (3.44 ha, 8.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590048.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 10 Aug 2026, Limerick County Council 2660918: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660918/0 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 Knocklong. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI040-079: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-079----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI040-083----. 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. 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 Knocklong. ## 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 Knocklong, about 1 in 10 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. - 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, 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/knocklong.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knocklong.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knocklong.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knocklong 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) - Ballincarroona: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballincarroona-120084.md - Ballycahill: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycahill.md - Kilfrush: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilfrush.md - Knocklong West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knocklong-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/knocklong - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/knocklong