Liscreagh

209 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Liscreagh, from 0 m² to 190,608 m² (19.06 ha, 47.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 151 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Local Center (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jun 2026N/a

  a new single storey house complete with a connection to the public sewerage and a new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 26153

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. 19/1298: the construction of 27 no. houses comprising: 3 no. 2-bed single-storey end of terrace houses (type A); 4 no. 3-bed detached single-storey houses (type B); 6 no. 3-bed semi-detached two-storey houses (type C); 8 no. 2-bed two-storey terraced houses (type D); 1 no. 2-bed single-storey end of terrace house (type E); 1 no. 2-bed single-storey terraced houses (type F); 4 no. 2-bed single-storey terraced houses (type G); together with all associated site development works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 257024

• 15 Jul 2025Conditional

  a rear extension and attached storage sheds to existing dwelling house as-built

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560697

• 26 Jun 2025Conditional

  altering the roof of existing dwelling by changing the roof from thatched to slated finish, and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560616

• 23 Dec 2022Conditional

  NEW DWELLING, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER, ENTRANCE & AL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2260019

• 20 Jan 2022N/a

  the change of use of a single storey shop unit (known as Aherne's Shop) to a child care facility with an enclosed outside play area including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2255

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey side extension, construct new single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, construct box dormers to front of rear elevations, alter existing window and door opes in front and rear elevations, remove concrete roof barges, construct domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211276

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  the construction of 27 no. houses comprising: 3 no. 2-bed single-storey end of terrace houses (type A); 4 no. 3-bed detached single-storey houses (type B); 6 no. 3-bed semi-detached two-storey houses (type C); 8 no. 2-bed two-storey terraced houses (type D); 1 no. 2-bed single-storey end of terrace house (type E); 1 no. 2-bed single-storey terraced houses (type F); 4 no. 2-bed single-storey terraced houses (type G); together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 27 homes · Limerick County Council, 191298

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  mixed use agricultural buildings

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 191212

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 Liscreagh.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Liscreagh.

Architectural heritage

• War of Independence Memorial, monument, 1950–1970 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding monument, erected c. 1960. Comprising limestone ashlar Celtic cross on tapered base with inscribed limestone plaques, and Celtic strap work and figurative detailing. Set back on a mound with limestone walls, square-profile limestone piers and flight of limestone steps.

• Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary, church/chapel, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform-plan Romanesque Revival style Roman Catholic church, begun in 1904. Comprising gable-fronted projecting entrance and carved limestone campanile style bellcote with marble columns and cross finial to front (west) elevation, four-bay nave, two-bay transepts, canted chancel and two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roofs having limestone copings, cross finials, terracotta ridge tiles and sandstone eaves course. Hipped slate roof to chancel with sandstone eaves course. Hipped slate roof to sacristy having sandstone chimneystack and eaves course. Rusticated sandstone walls with buttresses having limestone caps and limestone plinth course. Round-headed tripartite openings to front with limestone hoodmouldings, block-and-start surround, continuous sill course and stained glass windows. Round-headed openings having alternating sandstone and limestone voussoirs, limestone hoodmouldings, block-and-start surrounds and stained glass windows. Limestone multifoil rose stained windows with alternating sandstone and limestone voussoirs to transepts, north and south elevations. Entrance comprising ashlar limestone surround, paired marble columns with carved limestone capitals supporting limestone hoodmoulding with carved sawtooth motifs over double-leaf timber battened doors having wrought-iron strap hinges. Timber scissors truss roof with render corbels to interior. Carrara marble high altar 'Cornonation of the Belssed Virgin Mary' designed and executed by Edmund Sharpe. Geometric tiled floor. Round-headed arcade having marble columns and render capitals. Mosaic tiling to chancel. Timber gallery to entrance. Pair of cast-and-wrought-iron piers to west having cross finials, double-leaf cast-iron gates and inscribed plaque to north pier. Sandstone boundary walls with cast-iron railings.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey house, built c. 1880, having shopfront to front (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having cast-iron post box, render strip quoins, pilasters and plinth course. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, render surrounds and painted stone sills. Recessed square-headed openings having timber panelled door and half-glazed timber panelled door. Shopfront comprising square-headed display opening with camber-headed bipartite fixed window.

• Post box, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1935, with raised P&T initials. Set into roughcast rendered wall.

• Moroe Muintir na Tíre Hall, community centre, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey community hall, built c. 1940. Comprising gable-fronted centre-bay, three-bay single-storey gable-fronted porch to front (west) elevation. Five bays deep. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron vents and rendered plinth having cast-iron cross finial. Pitched slate roof with timber bargeboards to porch. Rendered walls with render plinth course and pilasters to corners, those flanking centre-bay having urn finials. Diocletian window to centre-bay with render surround, keystone, concrete sill and replacement fixed window. Round-headed openings to porch with render surrounds, keystones, replacement fixed windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to north and south elevations having replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to porch with render surround and double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed opening to front elevation, south end bay having timber battened door.

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

At the centre of the townland of Liscreagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1171 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Liscreagh, Murroe22 sales

Name

Liscreagh · Lios Críche

Area

582,710 m² (58.27 ha, 143.99 acres)

Civil parish

Abington, and its townlands

Barony

Owneybeg

Electoral division

Abington, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,367 people lived in 433 households in the Abington electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappercullen, Garranbane, Gortavacoosh, Knockanerry, Mongfune, Moroe

Placenames

Liscreagh 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.