# Moorestown, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilfinnane, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile an Mhóraigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,313,364 m² (331.34 ha, 818.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 29,297 m² (2.93 ha, 7.24 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilfinnane, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kilfinnane.md
- Barony: Coshlea
- Electoral division: Kilfinnane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30986
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121597
- Centre: latitude 52.375179, longitude -8.438286 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moorestown, from 742 m² to 1,586,339 m² (158.63 ha, 391.99 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1657689: 1,586,339 m² (158.63 ha, 391.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657689.md
- Parcel 6148315: 243,558 m² (24.36 ha, 60.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6148315.md
- Parcel 1600116: 160,700 m² (16.07 ha, 39.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600116.md
- Parcel 1604967: 140,227 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604967.md
- Parcel 1667829: 128,219 m² (12.82 ha, 31.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667829.md
- Parcel 1673749: 124,982 m² (12.5 ha, 30.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673749.md
- Parcel 1625872: 124,896 m² (12.49 ha, 30.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625872.md
- Parcel 1669535: 111,877 m² (11.19 ha, 27.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669535.md
- Parcel 1603269: 73,968 m² (7.4 ha, 18.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603269.md
- Parcel 1598585: 71,446 m² (7.14 ha, 17.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598585.md
- Parcel 5212436: 69,721 m² (6.97 ha, 17.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212436.md
- Parcel 1602598: 65,972 m² (6.6 ha, 16.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602598.md
- Parcel 1590099: 41,444 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590099.md
- Parcel 1665814: 33,766 m² (3.38 ha, 8.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665814.md
- Parcel 1607270: 29,297 m² (2.93 ha, 7.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607270.md
- Parcel 1595105: 23,362 m² (2.34 ha, 5.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595105.md
- Parcel 1660430: 23,190 m² (2.32 ha, 5.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660430.md
- Parcel 1661777: 14,687 m² (1.47 ha, 3.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661777.md
- Parcel 1608638: 14,090 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608638.md
- Parcel 1655439: 8,523 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655439.md
- Parcel 1655765: 6,146 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655765.md
- Parcel 1605534: 4,260 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605534.md
- Parcel 1597764: 3,979 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597764.md
- Parcel 6148286: 3,428 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6148286.md
- Parcel 1659840: 2,412 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659840.md
- Parcel 1620220: 2,410 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620220.md
- Parcel 1650658: 1,817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650658.md
- Parcel 1659022: 879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659022.md
- Parcel 1630702: 742 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630702.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 22 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211474: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211474/0
- 27 Aug 2018, Limerick County Council 18851: Conditional. Permission. a slatted unit for cattle and associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18851/0
- 9 Nov 2017, Limerick County Council 177048: Conditional. Extension of duration. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/177048/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moorestown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI048-061: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-061----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-063----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-064----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-066001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-066002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-082----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI048-126----. 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

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)

- High Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810, Regional interest, registry number 21904815, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21904815. 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.

## 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 Moorestown, 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 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 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/moorestown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/moorestown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/moorestown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Moorestown 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)

- Ballintober: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballintober.md
- Ballinvreena: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballinvreena-120142.md
- Ballyriggin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyriggin.md
- Bosnetstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/bosnetstown.md
- Cush: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cush.md
- Garrynlease: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garrynlease.md
- Glenlary: https://everytownland.com/limerick/glenlary.md
- Killeen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/killeen-121313.md
- Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilmurry.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.

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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/moorestown
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/moorestown