Lismakeery

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismakeery, from 54 m² to 450,570 m² (45.06 ha, 111.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lismakeery 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.

• 26 Jun 2024Conditional

  construction of a Horse Walker and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24255

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  (ref. no. of outline permission 22/1042) the construction of a dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission consequent · Limerick County Council, 23416

• 26 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 221042

• 14 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed, slatted tank, calf house and concrete apron

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20646

• 7 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of cubicle houses, slatted tanks, roofed drafting area, roofed collecting yard and concrete aprons within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20593

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 Lismakeery.

Recorded monuments

• LI019-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on W-facing slope into river valley, immediately below brow of ridge. Circular area (31m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.05m) best preserved ENE->SE. Bank, which is much eroded, has been stone faced to match adjoining field walls at NW and SE. Parts of enclosing element and interior covered by overgrowth, otherwise level interior is under pasture. Site occupies NE corner of paddock associated with ruinous farmhouse to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope with large marsh down-slope to N. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Now evident as band of nettles (Wth 5.6m) SSW->NW. Mound of earth and stones (H 0.9m; Wth 4.8m), probably derived from enclosure, extends along W side of adjacent field boundary for c. 90m. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1m), best preserved SSE->NW. Bank lowers NW->NNE becoming scarp-like NNE->SSE (H 0.85m; Wth 1.8m). Dip in bank (W 4m; H 0.4m) at ESE. Interior, under pasture, slopes gently down to E. Field boundary kinks gently around enclosure on S side. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI019-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop low ridge. Oval area (34.9m N-S; 26.6m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 2.6m; Wth 3.2m) which grades to earthen bank (int. H 0.75m) SW->W and N->ENE. Scarp has near-vertical face which has been faced with stones in fashion of surrounding field boundaries. Facing rises into low wall (int. H 0.4m) atop scarp E->SE. Entrance at SW where there is a gap in scarp (Wth 4.4m) and gradual slope (H 0.65m; Wth 5.45m) up into interior from field level. There is a kink in scarp face at S which contains a blocked-up lintelled recess (H 0.9m; Wth 0.5m, D 0.8m). This faces trackway which skirts enclosure SE->SW but exact nature of recess is unclear. Level interior is covered by trees some of which have fallen. There is a dump of tree stumps and earth along verge at W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-066 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Lismakeery Old Castle described in 1840 as 'a rectangular building, the walls and gables are standing. The west and south walls are about 20 ft. [6m] high; part of the north and east walls are of the same height, but other parts are not more than 10(12) ft. [3-4m] high. It would seem that the entire was much higher formerly' (OSNB Lismakeery Parish, 1249). Westropp (1906-7, 207-8) recorded the following details about Lismakeery Castle; 'An appanage of Keynsham. 1302 Lismaceyre. 1582 Pardon to "W. Lacye, of Lysmakire (Fi. 3842). Jas. Reough Lacy held the C[astle]. (Des. R., 72; Peyton, p. 89). Granted to F. Berkeley, who leased it to Edm. Drew (Fi. 5242). Called Lisvikerry, Lismackerry, Lismacdyrrye (1591 Valor and Inq. Chan., ix., 74). 1615 Maur. Berkeley settled it on his wife with reversion to his brother Henry and their sisters (Deeds, P.R.O.I., p. 58). 1629 Edm. Fitzgerald, of Lissakaire C[astle]. alias Tryenlassamacdirry, or Garrinp'son; he had enfeoffed Edm. Lacy in 1609 (Inq. Chan., ix., 74). 1655 The ruinated C[astle]. held by Lord Brohill (C.S., xxii., p. 71). It was traditionally regarded as a de Lacy C[astle]. in 1840. Fabric - It is quite defaced; the south and west walls 20 feet [6m] high, and barely 12 feet [3.65m] of the other sides (O.S.L., 9, p. 451)'. Castle depicted on 17th century Down Survey map of Connello Barony (Hib. Reg.). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Lord Brohill, am English Proprietor, was the owner of 'a ruinated Castle' on the lands of Lismakeery (Simington 1938, 310). Classified by Donnelly (1999, 22, 37) as a Type 5 tower house which consists of a castle with 'rectangular floor plans each of which is unique to an individual site, though each building had architectural features which placed them firmly within the Irish Gothic tower house tradition'. Castle described by Salter (2004, 90) as follows; 'Most of the vault over the second storey has survived the loss of the NE corner and the removal of the upper levels reached by a straight stair in the east wall from the south-facing entrance. There may have been a projection at the NW corner.' Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 December 2020

• LI019-067 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In low-lying level pasture. Indicated as hachured circular area (diam. c. 10m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map. monument levelled, no extant trace. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-068 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying marshy pasture, on the W bank of a stream. The Monument, depicted on the 1923 OS 6-inch map as a circular mound (diam. c. 10m), has been levelled. However, a band of burnt material (H 0.32m; L 8.5m; Wth 0.9m) runs along the edge of the stream. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-069001 Church
  Description

  Just N-of-centre in graveyard (LI019-069002-). Roofless ruin of rectangular (20.1m E-W; 8.8m N-S) gable-ended church built of roughly coursed limestone with pinnings; walls partially ivy-clad though much of ivy recently cleared from structure. Doorway is W-of-centre in N wall has segmental arch over doorway; door surround has pointed arch and deep outside chamfer. Lit by four windows: in centre of E and W gables and near W end of both N and S walls. East window is missing its light but embrasure covered by segmental arch; base of light incorporated into an altar that was constructed in the 1980s. Window in W wall is covered by ivy and at attic level. South window is covered by flat arch and single light has ogee-head; N window has lintel covering embrasure and single ogee-headed light. There are two blocked-up presses: one near N end of E wall and the second just E of window in N wall. There is a stone head on outside of W gable, just above and to S of window; head protrudes through ivy. Head is roughly triangular in profile with 'bulbous' eyes and mouth and flat triangular nose. Interior is clear of overgrowth and contains six headstones, the earliest dated 1847, though there is a headstone placed against E wall with date of 1789. In 1840 a 'nearly destroyed small belfry' was noted atop W gable (OSL vol. 1, 140) but this now covered by ivy. Formerly parish church of Lismakeery built in 15th/16th century; it was still in 'good repair' in 1615 (Westropp 1904-5, 393). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI019-069002 Graveyard
  Description

  At N end of low N-S ridge, approached by passageway from public road to S. Rectangular graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by stone wall. Just N-of-centre is ruin of parish church of Lismakeery (LI019-069001-). Most recent burials lie N of church. Scattering of headstones S of church date to 19th and 20th centuries. Ringfort (LI019-070---) lies immediately to S of graveyard. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI019-070 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop limestone ridge, terrain falls away to W into river valley. Roughly circular area (38.4m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 2.7m). Bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 3.4m), with sheer external face, becomes scarp-like along E side. Entrance (Wth 2.9m) at SSW. Fosse is covered with nettles along base and sides. Interior is under pasture and slopes down very slightly to NW. Field boundaries abut bank at NW and SE cutting fosse. Graveyard (LI019-06902-) 10m to N. (Westropp 1016-17, 30) Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI019-269 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Discovered by Brian Halpin (02E0750) during 'topsoil-stripping of Bord Gáis Éireann's Pipeline to the West ... when a further small burnt spread was situated c. 17m west of the above site (LI019-268----), on the opposite side of the stream. After this area had been cordoned off, heavy machinery destroyed all trace of the possible archaeology.' Grogan, E., O’Donnell, L. & Johnston, P. (2007) The Bronze Age landscapes of the Pipeline to the West, Wordwell, p259. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

Architectural heritage

• Bettyville house, country house, 1760–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1770, having shallow pedimented breakfront to front (east) elevation, two-bay two-storey addition to rear (west) elevation and lean-to to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Oculus with fixed window to pediment. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight, sidelights with timber risers and timber panelled door. Flight of concrete steps with metal railings to entrance. Three-bay three-storey building to west having single-bay two-storey addition to east and render crenellations to north elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to addition with render chimneystack to gable end. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills.

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 Lismakeery, about 1 in 5 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_511 (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.

No address of the register names Lismakeery with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Lismakeery · Lios Mhic Thíre

Area

2,112,642 m² (211.26 ha, 522.05 acres)

Civil parish

Lismakeery, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Lismakeery, the unit of the census

Census 2022

479 people lived in 167 households in the Lismakeery electoral division. 97% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyclogh, Ballycullen, Baunreagh, Conigar, Liffane, Milltown North

Placenames

Lismakeery 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.