Mulderricksfield
Mulderricksfield is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmoylan, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Páirc Mholdraig.
- Area
- 122.3 ha
- 302 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 2,936 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mulderricksfield, from 45 m² to 303,891 m² (30.39 ha, 75.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Mulderricksfield 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
17 Jul 2026N/a
‘the installation of a 24-metre high lattice telecommunications support structure accommodating antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU’s), lightning finial and all associated equipment; ground-based equipment cabinets within a compound enclosed by 2.4 metre high palisade fencing with a 1.0 metre wide access gate; fibre chamber; construction of a new access track from compound to the existing access track; concrete foundation; and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660814
19 Dec 2025Refused
the installation of a 24-metre high lattice telecommunications support structure accommodating antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU’s), lightning finial and all associated equipment; ground-based equipment cabinets within a compound enclosed by 2.4 metre high palisade fencing with a 1.0 metre wide access gate; fibre chamber; construction of a new access track from compound to the existing access track; concrete foundation; and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561358
28 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of (I) milking parlour building with collecting yard, flow channel, slatted tank, Crush, Dairy, meal bin (ii) Access roadway and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560738
14 Jan 2025Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the west of the existing dwelling house, the installation of a wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 258
15 Jul 2022Conditional
the extension to the rear of existing dwelling and permission for a proposed wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter
Retention · Limerick County Council, 22785
2 Sept 2020Conditional
a domestic garage and all associated works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20863
22 May 2019Conditional
(1) construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling house and domestic garage, (2) retention for the relocation of entrance, driveway & septic tank as granted under planning permission ref. 96/2603. (3) Planning Permission is sought for the construction of a single storey extension to the west of the existing dwelling house, the installation of a wastewater treatment system unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 19505
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 Area of Conservation: Barrigone SAC 000432
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Barrigone 000432
Recorded monuments
- LI010-088 Enclosure
Description
On low rise, in undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-090 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been partially levelled. Immediate area of site now covered by dense overgrowth but what survives appears to be arc W->E of collapsed dry-stone wall (H c. 0.3m; Wth c. 4m) covered by sod. This occupies S end of narrow field whose S field boundary appears to truncate enclosure E->W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-099 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying level area, newly planted with coniferous trees. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled, except for arc of earth-and-stone bank (C 18m; H c. 0.65m; Wth c. 1.15m) NW->NE. Otherwise area of site covered by tall rough grass and newly planted trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI010-139 Furnace
Description
A probable iron furnace excavated by Graham Hull (02E0872) and described as 'a single, subcircular scoop was excavated, measuring 0.86m (north- south) by 0.65m. The sides of the feature sloped gently down to an uneven base, 0.05m deep. The fill was a fine, dark grey/black silt, containing charcoal and small quantities of iron slag.' This description is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 2 August 2012): http://www.excavations.ie/ Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 2 August 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mulderricksfield.
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 Mulderricksfield, about 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_462 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mulderricksfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Mulderricksfield · Páirc Mholdraig
- Area
- 1,222,617 m² (122.26 ha, 302.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoylan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shanid
- Electoral division
- Craggs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 258 people lived in 92 households in the Craggs electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyclogh, Ballyellinan, Craggs, Glenbane East, Hazelfield
- Placenames
- Mulderricksfield 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.