Lemonfield

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lemonfield, from 62 m² to 391,491 m² (39.15 ha, 96.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Lemonfield 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.

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new agricultural farm building on an existing organic farm, comprising of a covered dungstead storage area, hay storage area, and machinery shed for the storage of agricultural machinery and equipment, together with all associated site works. The proposed development is for agricultural purposes only and relates to the ongoing operation of the existing organic farming enterprise

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660242

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460520

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey extension, incorporating new kitchen and dining, utility, bathrooms and two bedrooms to the rear of the property. Works to also include refurbishment of the existing dwelling, a new wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter and all ancillary drainage, site works and external landscaping

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360928

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  revisions to the development permitted under planning reference number 19/787('the parent permission') comprising a change of house design from that permitted under the parent permission including revised roof treatment from that specified in condition no. 12 of the parent permission , revised house location within the applicants property and associated alteration of site boundaries(red line area), extension of access driveway, new waste water treatment unit and soil polishing filter and all related site development and excavation works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21278

• 25 Jun 2020Refused

  revisions to the development permitted under Planning Register Reference Number 19/787(the parent permission) comprising a change of house design from that permitted under the parent permission, including revised roof treatment from that specified in Condition No. 12 of the parent permission; revised house location within the Applicants property and associated alteration of site boundaries(red line area); extension of access driveway, new waste water treatment unit and soil polishing filter and all related site development works and excavation works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20554

• 9 Aug 2019Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwelling house, driveway, mechanical aeration unit, soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19787

• 20 Feb 2018Conditional

  the construction of a slatted agricultural livestock unit to include a livestock crush and livestock handling pens, haybarn to include farm storage shed and farm office, new farm entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18143

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 Lemonfield.

Recorded monuments

• LI013-080001 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 371) gives the following details on Knocknagall Church; Knocknagall (13). A parish in Pubblebrian. Knocknaghauill, dedicated to St. Brigid, 1410; Cnocknegall (O'Brien, Inquis.), 1584. "The church and trees of Knocknegawell," 1607 (Perambulation, p. 156). Cnocnangall, hill of the foreigners (O'Donovan). It was in repair 1657 (D.S. (A.) 11). Fabric - The church is in Lemonfield; about 10 feet [3m] of the south, and 30 feet [10m] of the north, wall remain. It had a nave and chancel, and seems of late masonry'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 October 2018

• LI013-080002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gentle rise, surrounded partly by mature woodland and overlooking pasture to S. Indicated on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as 'G. Yd.'; a sub-rectangular area (c. 80m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by a barb wire fence. The ruins of a church (LI013-080001-), are evident in the N quadrant of the graveyard. A grave has been built into the E wall of the church. The graveyard is still in infrequent use. The headstones visible date to the 20th Century.

• LI013-083 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a natural platform in gently rolling pasture. The monument, depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as an oval area (c. 15m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by a scarped edge, is now inacessible as it is covered by dense scrub vegetation. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 April 2013

Architectural heritage

• Cahervally House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland glebe house, built 1817, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; single-bay (five-bay deep) two-storey central return (north). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired fine roughcast central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves. Rendered walls. Square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (porch) with cut-limestone sill, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash window having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed opposing door openings ("cheeks") with two cut-limestone steps supporting wrought iron-detailed cast-iron bootscrapers, doorcases with three quarter-engaged colonettes on plinths supporting cornice on "patera"-detailed fluted friezes framing glazed timber panelled doors. Segmental-headed door opening into glebe house with margined tooled cut-limestone threshold, doorcase with three quarter-engaged Composite colonettes supporting cornice on "patera"-detailed fluted frieze framing timber panelled door having sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows having two-over-two (ground floor) or two-over-one (first floor) sidelights. Square-headed window openings (north) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having battlemented capping supporting spear head-detailed flat iron double gates.

• Orchard House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, with single-bay return and having single-bay single-storey addition to east elevation. Single-bay single-storey porches to front (south) and rear (north) elevations, two-bay two-storey extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Timber bargeboards to gables. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted tooled stone sills. Two-over-two pane replacement timber sliding sash windows. Replacement uPVC windows to rear. Pointed arch door opening having timber panelled door with timber framed sidelights and overlight. Approached by single tooled limestone step, flanked by recent cast-iron lamps. Coursed rubble limestone boundary walls. Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear. Pitched slate roof. Coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and red brick voussoirs, and having replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door openings with red brick voussoirs.

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, 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_954 (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 Lemonfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Lemonfield · Léim an Fhia

Area

1,751,015 m² (175.1 ha, 432.69 acres)

Civil parish

Knocknagaul, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Roxborough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Roxborough electoral division: 1,580 people in 542 households; 93% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ashfort, Cahervally, Derryknockane, Dooneen, Greenhills, Lissanalta, Rootiagh

Placenames

Lemonfield 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.