# Mountblakeney, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbreedy Minor, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cnoc an tSoipéalaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,266,624 m² (226.66 ha, 560.09 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 30,769 m² (3.08 ha, 7.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbreedy Minor, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kilbreedy-minor.md - Barony: Coshma - Electoral division: Tobernea, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 694 people lived in 238 households in the Tobernea electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% 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/31104 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121606 - Centre: latitude 52.385039, longitude -8.639103 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountblakeney, from 529 m² to 375,438 m² (37.54 ha, 92.77 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5976058: 375,438 m² (37.54 ha, 92.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5976058.md - Parcel 1606633: 259,355 m² (25.94 ha, 64.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606633.md - Parcel 1594138: 195,010 m² (19.5 ha, 48.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594138.md - Parcel 3802559: 178,720 m² (17.87 ha, 44.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3802559.md - Parcel 1594522: 133,822 m² (13.38 ha, 33.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594522.md - Parcel 1601877: 120,860 m² (12.09 ha, 29.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601877.md - Parcel 5408495: 87,046 m² (8.7 ha, 21.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408495.md - Parcel 1665635: 81,959 m² (8.2 ha, 20.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665635.md - Parcel 1658701: 72,124 m² (7.21 ha, 17.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658701.md - Parcel 1657928: 70,942 m² (7.09 ha, 17.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657928.md - Parcel 1609844: 69,226 m² (6.92 ha, 17.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609844.md - Parcel 1596991: 66,137 m² (6.61 ha, 16.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1596991.md - Parcel 1662875: 64,646 m² (6.46 ha, 15.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662875.md - Parcel 1661775: 62,035 m² (6.2 ha, 15.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661775.md - Parcel 5408479: 54,746 m² (5.47 ha, 13.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5408479.md - Parcel 1604320: 54,575 m² (5.46 ha, 13.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604320.md - Parcel 1624807: 52,399 m² (5.24 ha, 12.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624807.md - Parcel 1669111: 47,201 m² (4.72 ha, 11.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669111.md - Parcel 1606048: 45,351 m² (4.54 ha, 11.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606048.md - Parcel 1656714: 35,927 m² (3.59 ha, 8.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656714.md - Parcel 3829941: 35,377 m² (3.54 ha, 8.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3829941.md - Parcel 5306665: 26,162 m² (2.62 ha, 6.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5306665.md - Parcel 5976082: 24,390 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5976082.md - Parcel 1656984: 24,204 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656984.md - Parcel 1650475: 10,660 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650475.md - Parcel 1603266: 4,495 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603266.md - Parcel 4263041: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4263041.md - Parcel 1659295: 4,093 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659295.md - Parcel 1609048: 3,809 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609048.md - Parcel 1637525: 3,150 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637525.md - Parcel 1620891: 2,762 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1620891.md - Parcel 1622483: 2,640 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622483.md - Parcel 1619799: 2,544 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619799.md - Parcel 1647072: 2,460 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647072.md - Parcel 1646551: 2,394 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646551.md - Parcel 1612948: 2,365 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612948.md - Parcel 1626973: 2,202 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626973.md - Parcel 1671984: 2,155 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1671984.md - Parcel 1604887: 1,481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1604887.md - Parcel 5976056: 1,403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5976056.md - Parcel 5976081: 817 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5976081.md - Parcel 1590335: 529 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1590335.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountblakeney 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) No planning application touches the townland of Mountblakeney in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## 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 Mountblakeney. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI047-035: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-035----. In reclaimed pasture, 185m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Ballynagoul. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 39m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp at W and N transected by post-1700 field boundary at E running N-S. Partial cropmark visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 which shows enclosing element to E of post-1700 field boundary. Levelled monument visible as a faint cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 August 2021 - LI047-036: Barrow - bowl-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-036----. In reclaimed pasture 90m N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Garrynderk North. Castle (LI047-039----) lies 160m to SE. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped mound (diam. c. 12m) defined by a fosse with traces of an external bank from SW-W-NW, reduced to a scarp elsewhere. Intersected at S by drainage ditch running NW-SE. Outline of tree-covered mound with fosse and traces of an external bank are visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 13 August 2021 - LI047-037: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-037----. In reclaimed pasture. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a square-shaped earthwork. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a square-shaped area (dims. c. 46m NW-SE; 46m NE-SW) defined by a bank reduced to a scarp at S with external bank from SE-S-W and NW-N-NE and intervening fosse. Truncated at N and E by a drainage channel. Described by Westropp (1916/1917, 21) as a fort measuring ‘250 feet [74.2m] across’. Levelled monument visible as square-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 48m N-S by 52m E-W), intersected at NE by a linear cropmark running roughly E-W on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 September 2021 - LI047-038: Habitation site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-038----. In reclaimed pasture. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Habitation site excavated in 1986 by Margaret Gowen on the Bruff-Mallow gas pipeline where the monument was listed as site 1/5/3 (Gowen 1988, 179). Monument has been fully excavated and is not visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 September 2021 - LI047-039: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-039----. Westropp (1906-7, 192) recorded the following details about Mountblakeney (Cnoc an tSoipéalaigh) Castle; 'The south wall of the C[astle]. is down'. In 1939 folklore collected from Effin School recorded that; 'There is a castle in Mount Blakeney and it belonged to the Blakeneys. There is only a small portion of the walls now standing. It was a big castle and it's length is about 24 feet [7.3m] by 22 [6.7m] wide' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 057). May be the same castle as Thomastown Castle which is described in the 1659 Civil Survey of Limerick where it is recorded that in the townland of Thomastown there stood, 'a ruinous Castle & a Mill seate' (Simington 1938, 122). The townland of Thomastown lies immediately to the E of Mountblakeney. No surface remains visible on OSi orthoimages or on Google Earth orthophotos. Cross reference with Thomastown Castle (LI047-087----). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2021 - LI047-040: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-040----. In reclaimed pasture 140m W of the townland boundary with Thomastown. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp. Intersected at SW by trackway running NE-SW. Partial outline of levelled monument visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages. Site recently inspected by Anne Carey, Archaeologist, NMS and was described as follows; 'There may be evidence for the remains of a scarp, noted on the HEV monument description, on the southern side of the monument only, where there is an arc or curved area of low ground, running from east to west. The arc measures 3m in width and c. 33m in length (east-west), and it has a gradual rise on its northern side, enclosing the southern side of the circular-shaped earthwork (Site Visit 03/05/2022). See attached Google Earth orthoimages and photographs taken by Anne Carey. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Anne Carey Date of revised upload: 1 June 2022 - LI047-041: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-041----. In reclaimed pasture 150m W of the townland boundary with Thomastown. Earthwork (LI047-042----) lies 250m to E. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 21m E-W) enclosed by a bank from N-S-W reduced to a scarp elsewhere with external fosse from W-NW. Outline of scrub-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimages where it is intersected at E by field boundary running NW-SE. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountblakeney. ## 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 Mountblakeney, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_956, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_956.zip (ZIP). - 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/mountblakeney.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountblakeney.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountblakeney.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountblakeney 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) - Ballynagoul: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynagoul.md - Cloonlogue: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cloonlogue.md - Effin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/effin.md - Garrynderk North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garrynderk-north.md - Kilbreedy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilbreedy-121256.md - Thomastown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/thomastown-121873.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/mountblakeney - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/mountblakeney