Lickadoon

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lickadoon, from 148 m² to 398,566 m² (39.86 ha, 98.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lickadoon 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.

• 29 Apr 2024Conditional

  the installation of a new upgraded domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated siteworks

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460397

• 20 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling, modify existing site entrance and install on-site effluent waste water treatment system. Permission is sought for a change of use of existing dwelling house to use as farm/workshop/storage uses including ancillary home office. Permission is sought for solar PV installation to roof structure of new dwelling and converted farm workshop including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360161

• 2 Jun 2022N/a

  the construction of a new dwelling, modify existing site entrance and install on-site effluent wastewater treatment system. Permission is sought for a change of use of existing dwelling house to use as farm/workshop/storage uses including ancillary home office. Permission is sought for solar PV installation to roof structure of new dwelling and converted farm workshop. Permission is also sought to construct a slatted cattle shed complete with underground effluent storage tanks associated concrete yards and aprons as part of existing farm enterprise and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22622

• 18 Jun 2019Conditional

  an extension to the existing school building. The extension shall be used as a disabled accessible WC and shower room ancillary to the use of the school and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19586

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 Lickadoon.

Recorded monuments

• LI013-102 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on a gentle rise in poorly drained pasture. The monument, named 'Toberstroke' on the OS 1924 map, consists of a spring located immediately to the SW of a very large old ash tree with a whitethorn tree immediately to the W. The spring fills a shallow pond (diam. c. 1.8m E-W) which feeds a stream to the W. A sub-oval peaty mound (c. 8m E-W x 11m N-S) shelters the well from the E. A wall, which is described by Ó Danachair (1955, 202) as enclosing the well, is no longer standing. There is a scattering of field stones around the area of the spring which may be derived from ther wall. The well was reputed to have a cure for sore eyes and for stroke (ibid.). According to Ó Danachair (ibid.) rounds were made usually on Saturdays and rags and medals were left on the whitethorn. The following folklore was recorded from Knockea National School about Tobar Stróic; ' This well is situated in the townland of Lickadoon, not far from Lickadoon Castle, the reputed birthplace of Archbishop Hurley who was executed in the reign of Elizabeth. This legend is told in connection with the well: When Limerick was besieged by Ireton in 1651, the castle of Lickadoon was occupied by the Cromwellian soldiers. It is said that the soldiers washed their clothes in the well one day, and to the great surprise of the neighbors the following morning the well had removed. A large stone marks the spot where the well originally stood. The well is now situated about four hundred yards to the north of the castle, beside a large ash tree. A good many people do rounds there. The old people used to say that the proper time to make the rounds was between sunset and sunrise. The waters of the well were believed to cure persons suffering from a “stroke”. Hence it’s name.' (The Schools’ Collection, 0525, Page 061; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922103/4852429/4948453). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00250 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24559 and F025.21.00249 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24558. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020

• LI013-104 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Lickadoon Castle described by the Ordnance Survey as 'this castle is about 60 feet [18.3m] high and in a square form of about 20 feet [6.1m] side' (OSNB Caheravally Parish, 279). The building was described in 1840 as 'on a level spot of land. At the eastern end it has a square tower not distinguishable from the rest of the building on the outside. This tower, which contains the stairs leading to the top of the castle, measures fifteen and a half feet by seven and a half feet (inside). The main body of the castle or western portion measures twenty three feet three inches by sixteen feet three inches (inside). It had five floors, of which the second remains, the three upper ones having been destroyed. The walls are about seventy feet high and eight feet ten inches in thickness' (OSL Caheravally Parish, 53). Westropp (1906-07, 88) recorded the following details about Lickadoon Castle and bawn (LI013-104001-); '1336 Leakdon vill and "fossa" held by Bishop Maur[ice]. de Rupefort (B.B.L., p. 138). 1351 W. de Bermingham held Kathirlagh, Athnedesche, and Lekedon (Pipe R.) 1581 W. duff Hurley, of Lickadowne, pardoned (Fi., 3768). 1585 Dermod O'Hurly, "Titular" Archbishop of Cashel, who had been born at "Lycadoon," was executed in Dublin (O'Reilly "Memorials," p. 55). 1600 garrisoned by Carew (Pac. Hib. I., p. 86). 1607 Dom Roche, C[astle]. of Lyckadowne, alias Kiltourge (Inq. Chan., 2a). 1655 The C[astle]. bawne, and twelve cabins held by Jordan Roche (C.S., xxix., p. 19) granted to Duke of York, and in 1703 sold to Dr. T. Smith, Bishop of Limerick. Fabric - A peel tower, 70 feet [21.3m] high, 15½ feet [4.7m] by 7½ feet [2.3m] inside; walls, 8 feet 10 inches [2.7m] thick; the spiral stair in the eastern section, with the usual large gables and slit windows (O.S.L., 8, p. 151)'. Donnelly (1999, 33) stated that the 'sketch of Lickadoon included with O'Donovan's Ordnance Survey Letters (1840, Vol 2, 53) shows a building which is similar externally to buildings in Type 1, but the damaged and truncated ruins that survive today could belong to any one of that group's five sub-divisions'. See attached drawing of castle c. 1840 taken from Ordnance Survey Letters Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 November 2020

• LI013-104001 Bawn
  Description

  Westropp (1906-07, 88) recorded the following details about Lickadoon Castle (LI013-104----) and bawn; '1655 The C[astle]. bawne, and twelve cabins held by Jordan Roche (C.S., xxix., p. 19) granted to Duke of York, and in 1703 sold to Dr. T. Smith, Bishop of Limerick. Fabric - A peel tower, 70 feet [21.3m] high, 15½ feet [4.7m] by 7½ feet [2.3m] inside; walls, 8 feet 10 inches [2.7m] thick; the spiral stair in the eastern section, with the usual large gables and slit windows (O.S.L., 8, p. 151)'. The present farmyard boundary wall may be the remains of the bawn wall or may follow the line of the original bawn wall of Lickadoon Castle. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 November 2020

• LI013-105 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated W of a tributary of the Ballynaclough River in flat, well-drained pasture. There are very gentle natural undulations at this location but the monument, shown as a sub-oval enclosure (diam. c. 70m), is no longer evident.

• LI013-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in low-lying, gently undulating pasture, overlooked to the NE by Knockea Hill. Monument, depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank with an external fosse. The enclosure has been levelled but is still evident as a sub-circular area (c. 20m SW-NE) defined E to SW by the remains of a levelled earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; Wth 1.9m; ext. H 0.1m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 May 2013

• LI013-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in level pasture. Monument, depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. 30m) has been levelled but is still evident as a sub-circular area (28m N-S; 25.5m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4m; H 0.15m). The scarp is truncated to the E by a modern garden fence and a pump house has been built in the NE quadrant. The interior slopes gently down to W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 May 2013

• LI013-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated immediately N of a stream in a sheltered location in undulating rolling pasture with moderate views to N, E and W. The monument is depicted on the 1840 OS six-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. 40m) but on the 1924 OS 6-inch map the enclosing element is missing NE to S. The enclosure is now partially obscured by scrub vegetation but is evident as a sub-oval area (47.7m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (int. H 0.2m; Wth 1.9m; ext. H 0.3-0.7m) S to NW and by a very gentle scarp NW to S. A fosse (Wth 1.8m) and a counterscarp bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.5m) are evident in the NW. The interior slopes down gently to the SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 May 2013

• LI013-110 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located immediately W of a field boundary on a natural rise in rolling pasture. Monument, depicted on the 1840 six-inch map as a sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) has been levelled and there is now no evident trace of it. The location has been the subject of small scale stone quarrying. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 May 2013

• LI013-112 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on low-lying, poorly drained ground in gently rolling pasture. Sub-oval area (16.9m NW-SE; 18.5m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; Wth 1m; ext. H 0.3m) which is well-preserved all round. There is a dip in the bank to the NE (Wth 3.5m) and a shallower dip to the SSW (Wth 1.5m). Either of these may be the original entrance. The interior is waterlogged and slopes gently down to the NE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• LI013-118 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in low-lying marshy pasture, on a low ridge E of the Ahanload River, with good views from NW to E. Monument, depicted as a circular enclosure covered by trees (diam. c. 30m) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and was not evident on the ground when the site was inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 31 May 2013

• LI013-158 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in rolling pasture, with good views to N and NW. There are some gentle undulations at the site location. A gentle scarp (Wth. 4.2m; H 0.3m) defines an area (35m N-S) to N and E. This is enclosed by a possible drain (Wth 1.7m; H less than 0.1m).

• LI013-189 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in undulating pasture overlooked to NE by Knockea Hill. Indicated with hachures on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as the SW arc of a bank and external fosse. The bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth. 2.40m; H 2m) is flat-topped with a steep internal edge. The fosse (Wth. 3.85m; D 1.65m, ) is flat-bottomed with steep sides. In the S the fosse is wider and shallower (ext. D 0.5m;Wth. 7m) and the bank is slightly smaller (Wth. 1.8m; ext. H 0.3m; int. H 0.35m).

• LI013-191 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated immediately S of a stream, on an E-facing slope down to poorly-drained pasture. A drop in the stream bed at this location creates a small waterfall. Rectangular area (c. 30m E-W; 11m N-S) enclosed by a bank (int. H 0.1m; Wth. 3.1m; ext. H 0.4m) to S and E, and by a field boundary to W and the stream to N. Local information suggests there was a mill at this location.

• LI013-203 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located immediately W of a field boundary on a gentle W-facing slope in gently rolling pasture. Sub-oval area (30m N-S; 21.8m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth. 4.9m; H 0.8m) from SE to NNW. There is a gentle dip in the scarp to the S (Wth. 4.8m) The scarp is not visible to the N and E, where there is a field boundary and a nursery for small trees. There is a very large mature deciduous tree to the NE of the interior. The interior is even and slopes down to SW.

Architectural heritage

• Lickadoon Castle, country house, 1760–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey over basement house, built in 1779. Square-headed door opening with semi-circular pediment. Square-headed window openings to ground floor with semi-circular pediments. Stone built enclosed yard to rear.

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_1000 (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 Lickadoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Lickadoon · Leic an Dúin

Area

2,710,795 m² (271.08 ha, 669.85 acres)

Civil parish

Caheravally, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

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

Ballyogartha, Carrigmartin, Drombanny, Edwardstown, Knockea, Oatlands, Raheen, Roxborough, Toberyquin

Placenames

Lickadoon 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.