# Mellon, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ardcanny, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Mullán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,364,225 m² (236.42 ha, 584.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,274 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ardcanny, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/ardcanny.md - Barony: Kenry - Electoral division: Ballynacarriga, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 947 people lived in 310 households in the Ballynacarriga electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31983 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121544 - Centre: latitude 52.663575, longitude -8.824097 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mellon, from 24 m² to 1,118,525 m² (111.85 ha, 276.39 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1613801: 1,118,525 m² (111.85 ha, 276.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1613801.md - Parcel 1592195: 197,134 m² (19.71 ha, 48.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592195.md - Parcel 1593837: 96,684 m² (9.67 ha, 23.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593837.md - Parcel 1615395: 89,923 m² (8.99 ha, 22.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615395.md - Parcel 1659508: 62,863 m² (6.29 ha, 15.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659508.md - Parcel 1596783: 57,720 m² (5.77 ha, 14.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596783.md - Parcel 1667270: 55,780 m² (5.58 ha, 13.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667270.md - Parcel 1588347: 55,004 m² (5.5 ha, 13.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588347.md - Parcel 1660260: 45,613 m² (4.56 ha, 11.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660260.md - Parcel 1662249: 44,748 m² (4.47 ha, 11.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662249.md - Parcel 1609412: 44,454 m² (4.45 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609412.md - Parcel 1661311: 42,304 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661311.md - Parcel 1603768: 41,156 m² (4.12 ha, 10.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603768.md - Parcel 1642990: 38,716 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642990.md - Parcel 1602513: 38,598 m² (3.86 ha, 9.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602513.md - Parcel 1588592: 37,426 m² (3.74 ha, 9.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588592.md - Parcel 1610187: 37,006 m² (3.7 ha, 9.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610187.md - Parcel 1660737: 35,089 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660737.md - Parcel 1608954: 33,387 m² (3.34 ha, 8.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608954.md - Parcel 4965186: 9,274 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965186.md - Parcel 1610529: 7,283 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610529.md - Parcel 1618255: 4,656 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1618255.md - Parcel 1648955: 4,498 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1648955.md - Parcel 1608099: 4,493 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608099.md - Parcel 1647733: 4,419 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647733.md - Parcel 1616278: 4,374 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616278.md - Parcel 1663411: 4,342 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663411.md - Parcel 1674316: 4,242 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674316.md - Parcel 1653754: 4,208 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653754.md - Parcel 4965183: 2,480 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965183.md - Parcel 1650312: 2,218 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650312.md - Parcel 1615223: 1,922 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615223.md - Parcel 1622224: 1,829 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622224.md - Parcel 1611523: 1,667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611523.md - Parcel 1614434: 1,046 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614434.md - Parcel 1614955: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1614955.md - Parcel 1666651: 611 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666651.md - Parcel 4965395: 599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965395.md - Parcel 4965189: 24 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965189.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mellon in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 10 Aug 2026, Limerick County Council 2660917: N/a. Retention. a single-storey extension as constructed to the rear of existing dwelling and associated renovation works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660917/0 - 3 Apr 2025, Limerick County Council 2560287: Conditional. Retention. 2 no. sheds to the rear of the dwelling house. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560287/0 - 22 Jun 2024, Limerick County Council 2460620: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an extension to the rear of an existing dwelling and associated renovation works. Permission is also sought to relocate and replace the existing septic tank with a wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460620/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 - Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA, site code 004077, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004077 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore, site code 000435 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI004-005: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-005----. In pasture, atop low hill with panoramic views. Roughly circular area (25m N-S; 25.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.05m) NNE->SE and defined by scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 1.7m) SE->NNE. Bank, littered with field stones and wood debris, is abutted by recent (not shown on 1923 OS 6-inch map) field boundary at SE. Scarp, best preserved SSE->WSW, dips at W for c. 6m. Interior, under pasture, has dip down towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI004-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-006----. In pasture, on gently NW-facing slope, immediately E of public road and N of avenue. Roughly circular area (26.7m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by scarped edge WNW->SW, but truncated by road SW->WNW. Scarp is best preserved at N (H 1.8m; Wth 10.1m) but very indistinct E->SW. Interior, under pasture, rises very gently towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI004-007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-007----. In pasture, at N end of low ridge, in area of outcropping limestone, immediately to E of roadway. Circular area (diam. 30m) defined by scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 3.45m), best preserved at E where it is obscured by briars. Scarp incorporates bedrock at SE. Interior, heavily masked by dense overgrowth of briars, is accessible only at S and W verges. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI004-008001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-008001-. Situated in reclaimed grassland with ringfort (LI004-007----) 85m to NNW, Mellon Castle (LI004-023----) 470m to NE, ringfort (LI004-006----) 240m to SSW, stream 25m to W. Glebe land of church immediately to W as depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Ruins of rectangular church with entrance porch at W end standing in N quadrant of square-shaped graveyard (LI004-008002-). Medieval parish church of Ardcanny in the barony of Kenry was also known as Teampall Ard Caithne. Church ruins described in the Ordnance Survey Letters of 1840 as following; 'The ruined church of this parish is a modern building which was roofed until about 2 years ago, when the roof was removed for the purpose of repairing it, but it has remained since in its present roofless condition. It is situated in the Glebe of Mellon, about a quarter of a mile south of the Shannon, not on very high ground. It is called Teampull a Mhulláin' (OSL Vol. 2, 5). Westropp (1904-5, 387) gives the following details about Ardcanny Church; A parish and prebend. Ardcatini, 1201; Ardchatin, 1204; Ardatny, 1291; Ardcathny, 1302 and 1418, being then prebendal. Ardcanny, in Kenryhurragh (Peyton, p. 216). Ard Cana, ' Hill of Cana' (O'Donovan) ; but Ardcanny, in Kerry, was Ardnacaitne, "Arbutus Hill". Fabric - A late church, locally Templeamhullain, from the townland of Mellon or Maeleen. It was roofed in 1838. St. Bridget's well (LI004-003----) is half a mile [780m] to the west (O.S.L., 8, p. 5). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 October 2018 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006. - LI004-008002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-008002-. Situated on rise of ground with good views in all directions. Remains consist of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 36m N-S x 42m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate and stile at W end of N wall. Ardcanny church ruins (LI014-008001-) stands in N quadrant of graveyard. Inscribed 18th century datestone incorporated into pier of gateway may date the construction of the church and graveyard wall. The stone bears the name Michael Nevil with the date October 27th 1786. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 December 2018 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006. - LI004-023: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI004-023----. A Desmond castle surrendered to English in 1569; there was a 'good house and six small cottages' here in mid-17th century (Westropp 1906-7, 162). Probably on or near site of present Mellon House which was built in 1780 (Bence-Jones 1978, 204). Rinekirky Castle in Mellon described by Westropp (1906-7, 162) as following; '1569 Rynekirkey C[astle]. in Kenry surrendered to the English (C.S.P.L). 1583 The Knight of Glan, Roynkyrkey in Ardecanghe (Des. R., 74b; Peyton, 215; Hardiman Map, 1590, No. 63). 1637 Reinkirky and Mollane held by Garrett EitzGerald (Inq. Chan., 227, 249) ; Mullane with a good house and six small cottages, Gerrott oge and Morrish FitzGerald (C.S., pp. 6, 7). 1703 Sold to Phineas Bury, who granted it to T. Westropp, of Ballysteen, who in 1744-5 left it to his second son Mountiford, whose descendants hold it. It is at the mouth of the Maigue'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Gerrott Oge fitz Gerrald of Mullane held in Mullane [Mellon] 'one good house, & six smale cottages' & 'on the North with ye River of Shannon - there is a salmon weare belonging to ye p[re]mises unsett in the River of Shannon' (Simington 1938, 345). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 08 January 2020 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Mellon House, country house, 1770–1790, Regional interest, registry number 21900403, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21900403. Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1780, having four-bay single-storey addition to south. Skirt slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings to first floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to ground floor having nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening to south elevation with spoked fanlight over eight-over-six pane timber sliding sash window and limestone sill. Square-headed openings to basement with three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Segmental-headed opening having spoked fanlight over half-glazed timber panelled door with flanking timber pilasters having grape motifs, sidelights with render risers and flanking pilasters having grape motifs. Limestone threshold to entrance. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to east with hipped slate roof and metal weathervane. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Square-headed opening having replacement timber battened door. L-plan multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with hipped slate roof and rendered chimneystacks. Rubble limestone and sandstone masonry walls. Segmental-headed arches having brick voussoirs and inset square-headed door openings. Multiple-bay single-storey with dormer attic outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof, brick chimneystacks and rooflights. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Brick dovecotes to south elevation, now blocked up. Square-headed openings having replacement casement windows. Segmental-headed carriage arches with red brick voussoirs and inset replacement doors. Pair of square-profile rubble limestone and sandstone piers to north leading to courtyard. Pair of square-profile chamfered limestone piers to west having carved caps, plinths and double-leaf cast-iron spear-headed gates. Flanking pair of cast-iron spear-headed pedestrian gates terminating in second pair of limestone piers. Sweeping walls with limestone copings terminating in third pair of limestone piers. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Mellon, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mellon. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mellon.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mellon.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mellon.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mellon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballydoole: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballydoole-120213.md - Ballynacarriga: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynacarriga.md - Cartown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cartown.md - Mountpleasant: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountpleasant.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mellon - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/mellon