Montpelier

124 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Montpelier, from 22 m² to 253,235 m² (25.32 ha, 62.58 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 Montpelier 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.

• 29 Jan 2026N/a

  alterations to an existing dwelling house, the demolition of existing rear flat roof area, the demolition of an outbuilding the construction of a proposed 73m2 extension to the rear of existing dwelling, the upgrading of existing entrance and a proposed new driveway to access the proposed new extension to the rear of the property, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660080

• 19 Dec 2025N/a

  1. Raw Water Intake & Pumping Station site (RWI&PS) which will consist of: a Bankside Intake Chamber, Raw Water Pumping Station Building, 2 no. Microfiltration Buildings, Electricity Substation, (Totalling 3,165m² Gross Floor Area (GFA), maximum building height of 10.9m over finished ground level); 4 no. surge vessels; associated below ground tanks; 670m access road from the R494; 16 no. car parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); landscaping, lighting, and other ancillary above and below ground works; on a c. 4.1 ha permanent site at Garrynatineel and Kilmaglassderry, Co. Tipperary, and associated re-profiling works to the Parteen Basin. 2. Raw Water Rising Mains (RWRM) which will consist of twin steel underground pipelines (each 1,500mm diameter) extending 2km from the pumping station at the RWI&PS site to the Raw Water Balancing Tanks at the head of the proposed Water Treatment Plant, laid at a minimum depth of cover of 1.2m above crown of pipe. 3. Water Treatment Plant site (WTP) which will consist of: 2 no. Raw Water Balancing Tanks, 3 no. Water Treatment Module Buildings, 2 no. Sludge Dewatering Buildings, 2 no. Sludge Storage Buildings, Chemical Dosing Manifold Building, Chemical Dosing Building, High Lift Pumping Station, an Electricity Substation, Washwater Settlement building, Control and Visitor Building (Totalling c. 53,300m² GFA, maximum building height of 15.6m over finished ground level); associated pumping stations, lagoons, attenuation pond, above and below ground tanks, 5 no. surge vessels; 640m access road from the R445; 50 no. car and 4 no. coach parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); ground and roof mounted PV panels; landscaping, lighting, and other ancillary above and below ground structures and works; on a c.31 ha permanent site at Incha Beg, Knockadromin and Greenhills, Birdhill, Co. Tipperary. 4. A single 1,600mm diameter steel underground treated water pipeline (covering a distance of approximately 37km in County Tipperary) extending in a generally north-eastern alignment between the proposed Water Treatment Plant and the proposed Break Pressure Tank, laid at a minimum depth of cover of 1.2m above crown of pipe. 5. Break Pressure Tank (BPT) site which will consist of: a below ground covered Break Pressure Tank (volume 13,776m3); control building (c. 800m² GFA, 7.5m height); 794m access road from the L1064; 10 no. car parking spaces; telemetry mast (14.0m height); ground and roof mounted PV panels; Bat

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25323980

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  the revised location of septic tank and percolation area together with revised site boundary from that originally granted planning permission, (P00/777 refers), together with all associated incidental and ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561055

• 29 Sept 2025Refused

  the demolition of an existing shed and the construction of a new garage and ancillary works for site

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560989

• 25 May 2025Refused

  the demolition of an existing shed and the construction of a new Garage and ancillary works for site

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560485

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  a new dormer type house, complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2546

• 5 Oct 2024Conditional

  the construction of detached two storey dwelling, detached garage, new entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system, connection to necessary services together with all associated incidental ancillary and site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460996

• 27 Sept 2023Conditional

  a new boat storage container and planning permission for works to include new decorative cladding at the front and sides of the container

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360708

• 17 May 2023N/a

  a new single storey house complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23257

• 12 Aug 2022Conditional

  replacement cattle crush as constructed together with all associated incidental works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22890

• 18 Nov 2019Conditional

  relocation of the existing Ardnacrusha Birdhill 38Kv Line

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191128

• 14 Oct 2019Conditional

  (a) provision of 12 no. residential units comprising; 3 no. single storey 2 bedroom dwellings; 4 no. two storey 2 bedroom dwellings, 5 no. two storey 3 bedroom dwellings; (b) hard landscaping including roads, footpaths, parking, garden walls, and public lighting; (c) soft landscaping including lawns, trees and hedgerows; (d) provision of new water connections, a foul sewer connection, and a surface water drainage system; (e0 all associated site works

  Permission, 12 homes · Limerick County Council, 198009

• 20 Sept 2019Conditional

  relocation of the existing Ardnacrusha Nenagh Birdhill 38Kv Line

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19941

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI001-006 Burial ground
  Description

  In grassland, 50m S of the River Shannon and 450m E of a castle (LI001-014----) and O'Brien's Bridge (LI001-005----/CL054-004----). The island of Inishlosky on which a church (CL054-007001-) and graveyard (CL054-007002-) stands lies 100m to NE. Oval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 45m N-S x 27m E-W) annotated 'Lisheen Grave Yard' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map which is visible today as a tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. The enclosing element of the graveyard on the E side forms the townland boundary with Fairyhall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• LI001-014 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Gaelic castle built in the early 16th century at the Limerick end of O'Brien's Bridge (LI001-005----) (Hodkinson 1998, 22-23). The townland of Montpelier was formerly known as 'Portcrushy' (Lower and Upper Portcrusha) as annotated on the 1654-8 Down Survey map of Stradbally parish (NLI, MS 718) and 'Lower Portcrushy' as annotated on the Down Survey map of Clanwilliam Barony (Hib. Reg.). The adjoining townland of Portcrusha lies to the S of Montpelier. The present multi-period stone bridge was first built in the late 17th century and was probably built on the site of a medieval stone and or timber bridge built in the early 16th century that was destroyed towards the ends of that century. The medieval stone bridge was defended by two castles, one standing on the Limerick side (LI001-014---) of the River Shannon and the second castle (CL054-015----) on the County Clare side. The bridge and its castles were described in 1536 by the English as following; 'On Saterday we came to the said bridge, and after the hoost was encamped, the Deputie with the gunners viewed the same. On this side [Limerick] was a strong castell, buylded all of hewen marbell; and at thother ende [Clare] another castell, but not of such force, booth buylde within the water, somewhat distaunt from the lande. At this eande they had broken 4 arches of the bridge, betwixt the castell and the lande. The gunners bent all the ordenaunce upon the grete castell, on this side, shotynge at it all that day; but the castell was of soch force, that thordenaunce ded in maner no hurte to yt, for the wall was at the lest 12 or 13 fote [4m] thick, and both the castels wer well warded with gunners, galowglas, and horsemen, havyng made suche forifications of tymber, and hoggesheedes of erthe' (Anon. 1834, 351). The destruction of the castles and the bridge by the English was completed the following day when, the Lord Deputy 'caused every of tharmy to make a fagott of a fadome in length to fill that parte of the water betwixt the lande and the castell [LI001-014----], and divised certain ladders to be made; which done, he appoynted a certayne of his awen retynew, and a company of Maister Sayntclows to gyve thassaulte; which we assure you they executed hardely, so as with playne manhode and force the scaled the bridge, which thothers perceyveng, scope oute at thother ende therof, by footemanship; and so they lost booth the bridge, the castels, ther ordenaunce, and all that was els therin; which castels and bridge the Deputie and we have caused to be broken downe to the grounde'(ibid., 352). The two castles (LI001-014----;CL054-015----) defending the bridge are mentioned in 1538 when 'James of Desmond [was] commanded to cast down the strong castles built on O'Brien's Bridge' (Cal. S.P. Ire.,42)'. It is possible that this is the castle referred to in a diary kept by a Parliamentarian officer during the campaign of 1650. With reference to O’Brien’s Bridge the entry for 1 June 1650 records that ‘It hath the name of a bridge if any had beene there aunciently which might occasion the name, yet were there not now so much as the ruins of any such thing. Toward the other shore and in the water standeth the stump of an old castle. This we hoped to possesse by ladders to that end prepared, and having gained it to cleere at least in part the contrary shore for a landing place for more men to be sent after. On the land and neere the water were the ruinses of an old house wherein was a guard of the enemies for opposeing our landing. This also being gained might be (as we conceived) some defence for the present, joyned with that of the castle answering it. We had also prepared pallisadoes, and turne-pikes for a suddaine entrenchment untill we could worke ourselves into more security and thereby secure a place for our landing at leasure when thereunto fitted, which was not at present hoped for.’ At daybreak on the following day ‘Capt. Draper (of Coll. Sadlers regiment) ordered by his Ex[cellency; Henry Ireton commander of the New Model Army in Ireland] to fall downe the river with 3 files of firelockes, and to passe to the opposite shore at Brians bridge, resolutely performed his worke and notwithstanding the opposition made he gained the house on the other side. The castle also in the water was possessed by others appointed to that worke. Those first landing were ordered to fasten long ropes or cables to the shoare whereby boats might be towed over, which was done and was of great use for our speedy passing over, so as within an houre we had landed 500 men on Thomond side of the water. The enemy at first with some horse and foote gave opposition but by the loud shoutings of our men from the other side and sounding of trumpets and discharging our great shot, and by shot made from the castle and house last taken, it pleased God to strike such terror into their hearts that they quitted their worke and fled.’ (Gilbert 1879-80, iii, 230-1) It should be noted that the castle is referred to above as standing in the water which would suggest that it was in or near the centre of the river. The entry also references the ruins of an old house on the opposite shore. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 April 2020

Architectural heritage

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, comprising single-bay single-storey extension to south elevation with recent uPVC conservatory to front (east) elevation. Single-bay single-storey extensions to rear (west) and north elevations. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with painted concrete sills. Round-headed opening with render surround having keystone and glazed overlight over timber panelled 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 Montpelier, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1085 (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 Montpelier with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Montpelier · Montpelier

Area

1,074,834 m² (107.48 ha, 265.6 acres)

Civil parish

Stradbally, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Castleconnell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,607 people lived in 1,298 households in the Castleconnell electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolready, Derryhasna, Fairyhall, Portcrusha

Placenames

Montpelier 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.