Lissaniska West

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissaniska West, from 30 m² to 402,198 m² (40.22 ha, 99.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Lissaniska West 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.

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  A) an agricultural shed comprising of cubicles with a slatted slurry storage tank, B) an underground soiled water storage tank, C) silage pits, D) a dungstead, E) an extension to existing milking parlour, F) an extension to existing poultry unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560934

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 Lissaniska West.

Recorded monuments

• LI036-092001 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating woodland copse. Roughly oval area (c. 45m N-S; c. 35m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.65m) NNW->E and WNW->NW; bank incorporated into field boundary E->WNW but absent WNW->NNW. Drain cut along inner base of bank on all sides except at NW. Bank broken at NE by recently constructed entrance (Wth 2m). Interior surface is very uneven and covered by trees. A holy well (036-09202---) is located to NW of centre within enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-092002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In woodland copse, in NW quadrant of enclosure (LI036-09201-). Roughly circular pool (2.8m N-S; 2.4m E-W; Max. D 0.65m) with roughly stone lined edges. Outflow drain exits from W side of pool and runs ENE-WSW through enclosing bank of 036-09201---. According to Ó Danachair (1955, 211) 'no tradition of devotions'. According to OS Letters 'a holy well dedicated to St Mida or Ida.' See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00268 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17020 and F025.21.00269 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31094. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 October 2020

• LI036-093001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Circular area (50m N-S; 48.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 3.4m) with external waterlogged fosse (D 0.95m; Wth 1.9m). At SW scarp levelled out over arc of c. 15m; running out from this are two low parallel earthen banks, 14.7m apart. Recently constructed pathway crosses fosse and scarp at N. Interior is level and under rough pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-093002 Earthwork
  Description

  For description of this monument see LI036-093001-.

• LI036-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in W-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34.5m N-S; 35.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 2.6m) with external fosse (D 1.2m; Wth 1.4m). Break in bank (Wth 2m) at ESE. Interior is level and under pasture. Field boundary, on NE-SW axis, skirts site NE->SW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In marshy pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.8m) SSW->NE and defined by a scarped edge (H 0.8m; Wth 2.2m) NE->SSW, with an external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 2.4m) around full perimeter. Entrance (Wth 2.2m) at NNW, also numerous small gaps in bank and scarped edge. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (42m N-S; 40.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.1m) ENE->ESE, and defined by scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 2m) ESE->ENE, with an external fosse (D 1.3m; Wth 2.3m) around full circumference. A field boundary runs along outer line of fosse SW->SSE. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lissaniska West.

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 20 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_516 (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 Lissaniska West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Lissaniska West · Lios an Uisce Thiar

Area

1,173,337 m² (117.33 ha, 289.94 acres)

Civil parish

Clonelty, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Knockaderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockaderry electoral division: 541 people in 176 households; 87% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Arddrine, Ballynakill Beg, Grange Upper, Knockaderry, Lissaniska East, Walshestown

Placenames

Lissaniska West 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.