Moneymohill
Moneymohill is a townland in the civil parish of Dunmoylan, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Muine Maothail.
- Area
- 253.2 ha
- 626 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 11,261 m² (1.13 ha, 2.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneymohill, from 1,061 m² to 432,168 m² (43.22 ha, 106.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Moneymohill 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Jun 2020Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, site entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20545
5 Nov 2019N/a
upgrading an existing agricultural entrance to a forest road bellmouth to facilitate timber harvesting, haulage operations and associated site works to existing forestry lands
Permission · Limerick County Council, 191092
5 Nov 2019N/a
upgrading an existing agricultural entrance to a Forest Road Bellmouth to facilitate timber harvesting, haulage operations and associated site works to existing forestry lands
Permission · Limerick County Council, 191095
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- LI018-086001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying pasture, close to E bank of White River. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Conjoined to its NE side was similar enclosure (LI018-08602-) also now levelled. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-086002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying pasture, close to E bank of White River. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Conjoined to its SW side is similar enclosure (LI018-08601-) also now levelled. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-087 Mound
Description
In lowlying pasture, close to the E bank of the White River. This monument, which is depicted as a circular mound (diam. c. 10m) on the 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of the mound was evident when the site was inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-090 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled but faint outline of its profile is discernable in field of tall grass. Ring of darker grass growing in slight hollow (Wth c. 3.5m; D c. 0.2m) defines roughly circular area (31.5m N-S; 34m E-W). Slight trace of outer/counterscarp bank (H c. 0.3m; Wth c. 3m) evident NW->NE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-091 Cliff-edge fort
Description
In gently undulating pasture, on the W side of a stream. A roughly circular area (20m N-S; 21.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.05m) E->SW, and defined by a scarped edge (H 1.1m; Wth 1m) SE->N, and defined by a steep cliff edge (H c. 6m) N->SE which rises from the W bank of the stream. The ground rises sharply beyond the enclosing element on the landward side. The interior is level and under grass, though its surface becomes uneven along the top edge of the scarp. A similar enclosure lies directly across the stream to the NE (LI018-064---). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-094 Enclosure
Description
In undulating pasture. Rectangular area (c. 28m N-S; c. 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank on W, N and E sides but no visible trace of enclosing element on S side. On N side bank incorporated into E-W field boundary. Bank best preserved on W side (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.25m) but reduced on E side to low broad bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.45m; Wth 3.5m). Enclosing bank and much of interior overgrown with trees and bushes. Interior level with uneven surface. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-095 Ringfort - rath
Description
In undulating pasture, on N-facing slope. Oval area (26m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m) SE->SW, and defined by scarped edge (H 1.3m; Wth 5.5m) SW->SE. Lime kiln built against scarped edge at N. At SE scarp has been quarried away, probably when kiln constructed. Interior level and under grass; in NE quadrant is shallow depression (3m x 2m; D 0.4m) with up-cast mound (3m x 2m; H 0.4m) on S side. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-112 Standing stone
Description
In undulating pasture. An upright stone (H 1.3m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.2m), which is rectangular in profile and section, with its long axis aligned E-W. The top of the stone inclines upwards to the E. The edges of the stone have been polished smooth by cattle rubbing against it; they have also worn a shallow hollow in the ground around its base. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI018-113 Standing stone
Description
Atop hillock, in undulating pasture. Upright stone (H 1.1m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.2m) with long axis NNE-SSW. Edges of stone worn smooth by cattle rubbing against it. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
- Moneymohill National School, school, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey former school, built c. 1810, having central gabled breakfront to south (front) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, timber eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having snecked roughly dressed stone walls and roughly dressed quoins exposed in places. Smooth rendered walls to east and west elevations. Square-headed openings to ground floor, front elevation with tooled limestone sills, roughly dressed stone voussoirs and timber framed windows. Square-headed openings to first floor having tooled limestone sills. Lunette opening to first floor of breakfront with tooled limestone sill and timber framed window. Roughcast rendered piers to south flanking double-leaf wrought-iron gate.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Moneymohill, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moneymohill.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Moneymohill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Moneymohill · Muine Maothail
- Area
- 2,531,876 m² (253.19 ha, 625.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dunmoylan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shanid
- Electoral division
- Dunmoylan West, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyane, Briskagh, Cahernagh, Cloonty, Finnoo, Gortadroma, Mohernagh, Moyreen
- Placenames
- Moneymohill 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.