Moorestown

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moorestown, from 742 m² to 1,586,339 m² (158.63 ha, 391.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Moorestown 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.

• 22 Oct 2021Conditional

  Dwelling extension (main family unit) linked to existing farmhouse (to be used as a granny flat), connect to upgraded sewage system and percolation pp 12/556, new entrance from farm avenue and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211474

• 27 Aug 2018Conditional

  a slatted unit for cattle and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18851

• 9 Nov 2017Conditional

  Extension of permission to file ref no. 12/557 : the construction of a dwelling house, garage, installation of a septic tank & percolation area, roadside entrance, driveway and a geothermal installation area and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 177048

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 Moorestown.

Recorded monuments

• LI048-061 Standing stone
  Description

  In wet pasture, 55m N of Loobagh river that forms townland boundary with Garrynlease and 100m SW of townland boundary with Killeen. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and 1897 ed. 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Pillar Stone’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Standing stone listed by Grogan (1989, 272) in Moorestown townland. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 August 2021

• LI048-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture with enclosure (LI048-064----) 300m to the SE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank, truncated at SW and SE by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW, intersected at NE by a field boundary running NW-SE. Annotated ‘Moorestown fort’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is shown as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 27m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp from SE-W-N-E-SE with external fosse from NW-N-E-SE, transected at S and W by post-1700 field boundaries. 'Cave' in SE quadrant represents the remains of a souterrain (LI048-082----). Westropp (1916/17, 23) noted the presence of a souterrain inside Moorestown fort. Monument clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and the Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 August 2021

• LI048-064 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, 14m N of the Barranahown River that forms townland boundary with Killeen. An enclosure (LI048-064----) and souterrain (LI048-082----) lie 300m to the NW. Shown on the 1897 ed. 25-inch map as an oval-shaped mound or platform (dims. c. 16m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW) defined by a scarp with external fosse from N-NE. Annotated ‘Mote’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch. Overgrown monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Possible external fosse overgrown with trees visible to the NE with faint trace of curving cropmark running E-W. A linear cropmark running N-S intersects the monument at W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 August 2021

• LI048-066001 Earthwork
  Description

  In a cleared area of modern coniferous forest plantation close to the top of Slievereagh Mountain. Souterrain (LI048-066002-) lies to immediate S. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi six-inch map. Hachured as a small hollow depression on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. May be the remains of quarry holes of post-1700 date. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 September 2021

• LI048-066002 Souterrain
  Description

  In cleared area of modern coniferous forest plantation close to the top of Slievereagh Mountain. Possible earthwork (LI048-066001-) lies to immediate N. Not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Annotated ‘Souterrain’ on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 September 2021

• LI048-082 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture within the SE quadrant of ringfort (LI048-063----) known locally as 'Moorestown fort'. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Cave’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map where it is shown as a circular-shaped opening (diam. c. 3m) in SE quadrant of ringfort. Westropp (1916/17, 23) noted the presence of a souterrain inside Moorestown fort. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 2 September 2021

• LI048-126 Standing stone
  Description

  On low rise of ground in rough pasture with good views of Slievereagh and Cush Rock 2.5km to NE. River Loobagh 34m to S which marks townland boundary with Garrynlease. Standing stone (H 1.14-0.9m x 0.38m x 0.4m) rectangular in plan with tapering top and packing stones around base which was identified by Billy O'Brien of Kilfinnane. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by James and Billy O'Brien Date of upload: 23 September 2021

Architectural heritage

• High Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch sandstone road bridge over River Barranahown, built c. 1800. Roughly dressed coursed walls with rendered copings, curved parapet wall to south and recent metal railings to north parapet wall. Dressed voussoirs to segmental-headed arches. Dressed V-cutwater having rounded cap to south elevation.

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 Moorestown, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moorestown.

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 Moorestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Moorestown · Baile an Mhóraigh

Area

3,313,364 m² (331.34 ha, 818.75 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfinnane, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Kilfinnane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,147 people lived in 474 households in the Kilfinnane electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintober, Ballinvreena, Ballyriggin, Bosnetstown, Cush, Garrynlease, Glenlary, Killeen, Kilmurry

Placenames

Moorestown 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.