# Lackelly West, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Galbally, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish Leac Eille Thiar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,234,590 m² (123.46 ha, 305.07 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 49,248 m² (4.92 ha, 12.17 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Galbally, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/galbally.md
- Barony: Coshlea
- Electoral division: Duntryleague, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Duntryleague electoral division: 326 people in 132 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31583
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121456
- Centre: latitude 52.436951, longitude -8.372319 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackelly West, from 162 m² to 217,913 m² (21.79 ha, 53.85 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1590055: 217,913 m² (21.79 ha, 53.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590055.md
- Parcel 1602184: 169,698 m² (16.97 ha, 41.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602184.md
- Parcel 1612721: 128,382 m² (12.84 ha, 31.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612721.md
- Parcel 4964884: 117,167 m² (11.72 ha, 28.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4964884.md
- Parcel 1640989: 93,156 m² (9.32 ha, 23.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640989.md
- Parcel 5911056: 89,963 m² (9 ha, 22.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5911056.md
- Parcel 1669023: 69,877 m² (6.99 ha, 17.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669023.md
- Parcel 5037115: 66,389 m² (6.64 ha, 16.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5037115.md
- Parcel 1590659: 63,977 m² (6.4 ha, 15.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590659.md
- Parcel 1650442: 52,366 m² (5.24 ha, 12.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650442.md
- Parcel 1624570: 49,248 m² (4.92 ha, 12.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624570.md
- Parcel 1622550: 30,243 m² (3.02 ha, 7.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622550.md
- Parcel 1608266: 29,913 m² (2.99 ha, 7.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608266.md
- Parcel 1647503: 19,884 m² (1.99 ha, 4.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647503.md
- Parcel 1671963: 13,191 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1671963.md
- Parcel 1670470: 9,684 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670470.md
- Parcel 1642823: 6,691 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642823.md
- Parcel 5037112: 3,882 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5037112.md
- Parcel 1667798: 2,516 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667798.md
- Parcel 5911075: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5911075.md
- Parcel 5911081: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5911081.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Lackelly West 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Lackelly West in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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 Lackelly West.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI041-020: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI041-020----. No surface remains visible of any burial ground in field adjacent to Lackelly Rock (LI041-022----). Possible site of burial ground described by Lynch (1920, 100-2) as following; ' The local tradition is that St. Ailbhe was born at this rock, or under this stone, it is not very clear; but old people were in the habit of visiting the rock and reciting prayers on the 12th of September, the feast of St. Ailbhe, up to forty years ago, and the water which lay in some natural cavities of the rock, was used as a cure. Mr. Healy informed me that in the field where the stone lay human remains (skulls, &c.) had been found many years ago, and that it is believed to have been an ancient cemetery'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 June 2019
- LI041-022: Ritual site - holy/saint's stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI041-022----. Situated on elevated pasture overlooking rock outcrop with the village of Emly 3.3km to the NNE. A recumbent stone barely visible protruding above the surface of the ground overlooking a cliff-face may be the monument marked 'Lackelly Rock' on all editions of the OS 6-inch map. In 1920 (Lynch, 100-01).the following details were recorded about Lackelly Rock; 'Lackelly was the name given to the stone or rock mentioned in the legend of the birth of St. Ailbhe, patron saint of the Diocese of Emly. It derived its name Lackelly / Leac Ailbhe from a large flag stone which lay on the top of the cliff. The cliff must have been much higher when the legend was composed, as the level of the ground at the base has raised in time. When I first made inquiries about Lackelly I was informed by Mr. Healy, of Corbally, that the stone was there. He described it as about seven or eight feet [2.1/2.4m] long and four feet [1.2m] wide, and he believed it had some markings on it; but when I visited the place with him we found there was no stone. The local tradition is that St. Ailbhe was born at this rock, or under this stone it is not very clear; but old people were in the habit of visiting the rock and reciting prayers on the 12th of September, the feast of St. Ailbhe, up to forty years ago, and the water which lay in some natural cavities of the rock, was used as a cure'. The legend of St. Ailbhe's birth recorded the following; 'He is said to have come from a portion of this district in which a chieftain named Cronan ruled. His father was Olcnais, and his mother was Sanclit, both of the chief's household. Sanclit bore a son to Olcnais, and Cronan was so displeased that Olcnais fled from his presence, and the chief ordered the child to be killed. The child was removed from the house and left under a rock, where he was nourished by a she-wolf. Here the infant was found by a good man, Lochan Mac Lugir, who carried him to his house. He was afterwards given to some men from Britain, who were slaves in the eastern part of Cliach. He was reared by them, and named Ailbhe, because he was found living under a rock' (ibid.). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 June 2019
- LI041-023: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI041-023----. No surface remains visible of a church or of any cut stones in the outhouses of the farmhouse located 90m to the W. Site of Corbally Chapel located E of Lackelly Rock (LI041-022----) described by Lynch (1920, 100-2) as following; 'The taxation of Pope Nicholas (1291) for the Diocese of Emly includes the "Chapel of Corbally". From this and other records it is clear that in former times Corbally was a well-defined area, extensive enough to justify the description "Oenach Culi in Corballi'. These townlands [Lackelly East/West] formed part of an older Corballi, and Lackelly was the name given to the stone or rock (LI041-022----) mentioned in the legend of the birth of St. Ailbhe. The local tradition is that St. Ailbhe was born at this rock, or under this stone, it is not very clear; but old people were in the habit of visiting the rock and reciting prayers on the 12th of September, the feast of St. Ailbhe, up to forty years ago, and the water which lay in some natural cavities of the rock, was used as a cure. Mr. Healy informed me that in the field where the stone lay human remains (skulls, &c.) had been found many years ago, and that it is believed to have been an ancient cemetery (LI041-020----). Close to the rock on the S. E. in a field at the entrance to Mr. Kincaid's farm the remains of an old church stood some years ago. No portion of it is now to be seen there, but I was shown the moulded stones of the doors and windows built into the openings of the out-offices on the farm. The farm offices were probably built with the remains of the old church. This was probably the "Chapel of Corbally," before referred to, as included in the taxation of Pope Nicholas, and held by the Hospitallers of Aney. As an ancient centre of devotion, and no doubt a source of revenue, it is natural to suppose that a chapel would be maintained here. This church stood just on the boundary line of the present parish of Ballyscadden, and may have been the site of the ancient church of Kilrath mentioned in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, which was close to the fort of Coirpre and Brocan. On the Down Survey map of Coshlea, Rathgullane evidently a monumental rath is marked close to this in Ballyscadden parish'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 June 2019

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 Lackelly West.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lackelly West.
- 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/lackelly-west.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lackelly-west.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lackelly-west.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lackelly West 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)

- Ballyholahan East (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyholahan-east.md
- Ballyholahan West (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyholahan-west.md
- Corbally: https://everytownland.com/limerick/corbally-120775.md
- Scarteen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/scarteen.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.

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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.

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