Patrickswell

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Patrickswell, from 224 m² to 539,809 m² (53.98 ha, 133.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Patrickswell 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.

• 12 Feb 2026Conditional

  the construction of an entrance , dwelling house, garage, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660139

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, attached carport, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560355

• 4 Aug 2023Conditional

  the construction of extension to existing dwelling house, relocate and upgrade DWWTS and retention permission for existing garden shed and covered patio and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23400

• 16 Nov 2022Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221211

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, septic tank & percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22138

• 28 Feb 2020Conditional

  demolition of existing store, construction of an open slurry tank, dairy wash tank, dairy and plant room, milking parlour, cubicle house, cubicle house extension, easy feed passage, conversion of existing store to milking parlour and collecting yard area, new entrance, silage slab and associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20179

• 20 Jan 2020N/a

  demolition of existing store, construction of an open slurry tank, dairy wash tank, dairy and plant room, milking parlour, cubicle house, cubicle house extension, easy feed passage, conversion of existing store to milking parlour and collecting yard area, new entrance, silage slab and associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2031

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  a single storey extension to side of existing cottage. Alterations to existing elevations of cottage. Demolition of storage area to side of cottage. Provision of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. Modifications to front side boundary wall and entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19375

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  the construction of a dormer style dwelling house, an entrance, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1998

• 3 May 2018Conditional

  a detached domestic garage

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18426

• 12 Jan 2018Conditional

  construction of a two storey extension to rear of existing cottage. Alterations to existing elevations of cottage. Demolition of storage area to side of cottage. provision of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. Provision of car parking. Modifications to front site boundary wall and entrance. All associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 1820

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: Glen Bog SAC 001430
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glen Bog 001430

Recorded monuments

• LI032-063001 Church
  Description

  No surface remains visible of the medieval church site in Patrickswell graveyard (LI032-063002-) (O'Kelly 1944, 31). See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 304/31 date taken 13/09/2002. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2019

• LI032-063002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval church site (LI032-063001-) of Patrickswell stood in N quadrant of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 38m N-S x 41m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance stile at SW angle. St. Patrick's well (LI032-063003-) 25m to N. See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 304/31 taken 13/09/2002. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• LI032-063003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Patrick's covered well stands on W facing slope of rising ground with stream and second open-air well to W, site of medieval church (LI032-063001-) and graveyard (LI032-063002-) 30m to SW. Penitential (LI032-063003-) station known locally as 'St. Patrick's Bed' lies immediately to E. Tobar Phádraig/Patrickswell was described by John O'Donovan in 1840 as follows; 'this td. is said to have derived its name from this well, at which, according to tradition, St. Patrick celebrated Mass. On the centre stone are engraved the letters I H S (OSNB, Knockainy Parish, 1215). St. Patrick's holy well was described by Ó Danachair (1955, 215) as following; 'The well is enclosed in a small rectangular structure of masonry; over the opening is a slab with I H S and two crude angel figures. Close by are two small ponds and a mound, called "St Patrick's Bed" on which a tree grows. Three other trees stand close to the well. Devotions are still practised, especially on St Patrick's Day. The pilgrims usually make nine rounds of the well and five of the "Bed" [LI032-063004-); pebbles are used to tally the rounds. Water from the well and from each of the two ponds is drunk and carried away to be drunk at home. The water cures eye and stomach ailments and headaches; it is often brought to refresh those who are ill. Small religious objects, coins and flowers are left as offerings. Legends - Water from the well cannot boil. A fish was seen by people cured at the well. A woman who broke a branch from a tree by the well was reproved by a voice from the well. A man cut away portions of one of the trees; he was struck blind, but repented and was cured at the well. St Patrick'. The following folklore was recorded from Kilmallock National School about St Patrick's Well; 'The local inhabitants say that St. Patrick slept a night under a tree near this well. The tree can still be seen near the well. It is very tall and thick. The well is divided into 3 parts. The first part of the well, where the water rises up out the ground is partly covered with stone flags and the water of which cannot be boiled because a local inhabitant cut down some of St. Patricks Tree (which grew over the well) for firewood. It is said that a curse befell the local tree cutter and *himself suffered mental agony afterwards and his family and cousins died without issue. Every St. Patrick's Day people pay "rounds" at this well. A round consists of walking around the well and the tree saying while doing so "The Hail Mary" seven times at the well and "The Lord's Prayer" and five Hail Marys at the tree. Three or five "rounds" will suffice. Then the pilgrim should drink some of the water in the well; and some people say that the pilgrim should then gaze into the well and if he sees a fish there the person will be cured. "Rounds" are paid at this well from 1st March to St. Patrick's Day. The water of this well is often taken to people who are too sick to travel to the well; and they drink the water. The water is supposed to cure people suffering from head-aches, sore eyes and stomach pains' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0516, Pages 418-9; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922068/4849597). According to local tradition (information panel); 'it is recorded that the waters of the wells here have a special efficacy for eye ailments and people visited the Well to pray and be cured. The water from St. Patrick's Well with its curative properties is known locally as 'Dionacht' which means protectiveness. The term 'dionacht ar ghalair' means immunity against disease. To access the 'dionacht', the pilgrim must visit the Well on St. Patrick's Day and make the 'Rounds' which consisted of the following; ‘1. Collect 9 pebbles from the pathway; 2. Make 9 circuits of the well, throwing away a pebble each time a ‘Round’ is completed; 3. Recite the Our Father/Hail Mary/Gloria during each ‘Round’; 4. Finish the ‘Round’ at the well and pause for a while before continuing on to complete another ‘Round’; 5. When all 9 ‘Rounds’ are completed, collect 5 pebbles and proceed to the nearby mound; i.e. St. Patrick’s Bed; 6. Complete 5 ‘Rounds’ of the mound reciting each of the above-mentioned prayers; 7. Return to the well and take 3 sips of water from the covered well. The visit (pilgrimage) to the well is now complete. Several ‘Visits’ may be made to the well. On your last ‘Visit’, half-fill a bottle with the water from the covered well, and then fill the other half with water from the other two wells’. it is recorded that a week-long 'pattern' took place at St. Patrick's Well around the 17th of March with a 'Gathering Day' and a 'Scattering Day'. The statue of St. Patrick was placed on top of the covered well by the local community in 2021. See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00450 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31012; F025.21.00451 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31013 and F025.21.00189 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16995. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 November 2022

• LI032-063004 Burial mound
  Description

  St. Patrick's Bed or Leaba Phádraig stands on top of a hillock overlooking St Patrick's holy well (LI032-063003-) immediately to W. Church site (LI032-063001-) and graveyard (LI032-063002-) 30m to SW. Semi-circular shaped mound defined by a scarp and berm which is transected at S by a public road running roughly E-W. Stones protruding from the summit of the mound may be the remains of rock outcrop of of a possible structure. A tree and briars stands on the site of the protruding stones. St. Patrick's holy well (LI032-063003-) and St. Patrick's bed described by Ó Danachair (1955, 215) as following; 'The well is enclosed in a small rectangular structure of masonry; over the opening is a slab with I H S and two crude angel figures. Close by are two small ponds and a mound, called "St Patrick's Bed" on which a tree grows. Three other trees stand close to the well. Devotions are still practised, especially on St Patrick's Day. The pilgrims usually make nine rounds of the well and five of the "Bed" [LI032-063004-]; pebbles are used to tally the rounds. Water from the well and from each of the two ponds is drunk and carried away to be drunk at home. The water cures eye and stomach ailments and headaches; it is often brought to refresh those who are ill. Small religious objects, coins and flowers are left as offerings. Legends - Water from the well cannot boil. A fish was seen by people cured at the well. A woman who broke a branch from a tree by the well was reproved by a voice from the well. A man cut away portions of one of the trees; he was struck blind, but repented and was cured at the well. St Patrick'. According to local tradition (information panel); 'St. Patrick is reputed to have slept on the hillock behind the well, sheltering under a tree. This is known as St. Patrick's Bed or Leaba Phádraig. For generations people took pieces of this tree away as souvenirs or 'relics'. See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 304/31 taken 13/09/2002. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 November 2022

• LI032-064 Stone circle
  Description

  National monument No. 247. Situated at the base of the W facing slope on the Hill of Knockderc/Knockderk with good views of the surrounding countryside. Depicted as a conjoined setting of stones forming two C-shaped areas open to E and annotated as 'Stone Circles' on the 25-inch OS map. In 1833 the presence of possible stone circles was recorded as following; 'Along the road leading from its Cross towards Kilmallock, other circles and Druidical works are obvious, under a hill called Knockderk, marked Q in the plan' (Croker 1833, 112). In 1913 Lynch recorded that 'the stone circles at the foot of Knockderk, described by Crofton Croker in his article on Lough Gur, are there still' (Lynch 1913, 19). O'Kelly doubted the existence of these stone circles when he recorded the following about the monument on Knockderc Hill; 'There are four circles marked on the O.S. map on this hill. Three are on the W base and one on the top near the highest point. In fact, they do not exist and it is doubtful if they ever did exist. the site on top of the hill shows some ancient field fences and a rather doubtful circular enclosure, but there is no trace of a stone circle. The W base of the hill is strewn all over with large blocks of basaltic rock which have rolled down from higher up. If one selects suitable stone from among these and eliminates others, any number of circles can be formed. It must have been in this way that three circles came to be marked on the O.S. map' (O'Kelly 1944, 31). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 May 2018 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 303/28 and 29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-065001 Field system
  Description

  In rocky pasture on the NE summit and around Knockderc in Patrickswell townland, 180m E of the townland boundary with Loughgur. The field system is later than and overlies the stone circle (LI032-065003-); it is located on the NW side of the hill 140m E of the stone circles (LI032-064----)-; St Patrick’s Well, church and graveyard (LI032-063001/002/003/004-) are located 440m to N and Caheer Baelee (LI032-065004-) and a further stone circle (LI032-065002-) are located 330m to SW. The field system is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map but is later partially depicted as a single E-W orientated wall S of a stone circle (LI032-065003-) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch and the Cassini 6-inch map. Field boundaries are visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. In addition to the E-W field wall, further relic field boundaries extend N and S from the stone circle (LI032-065003-). A rectangular field enclosure (ext. dims. c. 44m N-S; 95m E-W) survives as an earthwork in the field surface under the existing field system on the NE side of Knockderc 290m ENE of the stone circle (LI032-065003-), this may be a separate or linked early field system. The field system is faintly visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AVT018) taken 20/07/1968 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016 and 20/09/2020. The aerial images clearly show that the field system overlies the stone circle (LI032-065003-) and is not to the S of it as depicted on the OSi maps. See attached Cambridge Aerial photos AVT018 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 303/28 and 29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-065002 Stone circle
  Description

  In rocky scrub woodland on the lower W-facing slope of Knockderc with excellent views to W, 80m E of the townland boundary with Loughgur. Located 250m S of two conjoined stone circles (LI032-064----); 320m SW of a stone circle (LI032-065003-) and a later field system (LI032-065001-) and lies 100m NW of Caheer Baelee (LI032-065004-). The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is depicted as a ‘stone circle’ (ext. diam. c. 40m E-W) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch and later Cassini ed. 6-inch maps. The NE quadrant of the site is not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi map. The site is now heavily overgrown by encroaching scrub woodland visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. The site is partially visible as a circular feature within the woodland on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 (ext. diam. c. 31m N-S; 29m E-W). The monument is unlikely to be a Bronze Age ceremonial stone circle, the ‘stone circles’ on Knockadoon Peninsula at Lough Gur have been archaeologically excavated and identified as Late Bronze Age settlement enclosures surrounding domestic houses (Cleary 2018, 153). See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 303/28 and 29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-065003 Stone circle
  Description

  In pasture on the N-facing higher slope of Knockderc with excellent views N, 195m E of the townland boundary with Loughgur. St Patrick’s Well, church and graveyard (LI032-063001/002/003/004-) are located 440m to the N. Located 155m E of two conjoined stone circles (LI032-064----); 320m NE of a stone circle (LI032-065002-) on the W of the hill and within a later field system (LI032-065001-). The monument is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is annotated ‘Stone Circle’ with a central hollow partially surrounded by an arrangement of stones forming an irregular shaped area with and a linear field boundary to the S on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch and later Cassini OSi 6-inch maps. Relic field boundaries are visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 running over the monument to the N, S, E and W. The site is visible as a circular-shape embanked enclosure (ext. dims. c. 35m N-S; 45m E-W; bank Wth. 11.5m) on Google Earth orthoimages taken 04/04/2013; 28/06/2018 and 20/03/2020. The monument is unlikely to be a Bronze Age ceremonial stone circle, the ‘stone circles’ on Knockadoon Peninsula at Lough Gur have been archaeologically excavated and identified as Late Bronze Age settlement enclosures surrounding domestic houses (Cleary 2018, 153). See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 303/28 and 29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-065004 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  On a rocky promontory immediately above a cliff on the SW side of Knockderc. The site occupies a strategic location where the ground falls steeply to the W, S and E. A 20th century quarry has removed much of the S and E of the monument; a small part may survive along its W margin or elsewhere. The ground to the N is flat and extends onto the summit of the hill. The site has panoramic views to the S, W and SE. Located 350m SSE of two conjoined stone circles (LI032-064----); 330m S of a stone circle (LI032-065003-) and a later field system (LI032-065001-) and 110m SE of a stone circle (LI032-065002-). The site is not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map which illustrates the rocky promontory. It is identified as an antiquity called ‘Caheer Baelee’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch and the Cassini OSi 6-inch maps. O’Kelly (1944, 31) discounted the monument citing Lynch (1913, 19) who wrote that; ‘on Knockderk there is a large seat formed out of the natural rock called Cathaoir "Baelee", and Cahir Baelee'. Depicted on the OSi map as a natural out cropping boulder in which there is a hollow roughly resembling a seat. It is now called the ‘Lady’s Chair’. The extent of the quarry is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. Fitzpatrick (2004, 167) doubted that 'Caheer Baelee' / 'Cathaoir Baelee' represented the remains of an inauguration chair but instead was the remains of a so-called landlords' chair named after the Bailey family who acquired lands around Lough Gur in the 17th century. Máire MacNeill (1962, 346-7) suggested that Knockderc was a Lughnasa Site based on the wide panoramic views from the hilltop, the presence of a stone seat, folkore beliefs in treasure buried in the hill, subterranean cavity etc. See attached Google Street View July 2019 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020

• LI032-067001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 24m W of the townland boundary with Kilcullane defined by a small S-flowing stream. The monument is located on gently undulating ground at the base of Knockderc Hill 620m SE of St Patrick’s Well, church and graveyard (LI032-063001/002/003/004-). Immediately N of and abutting a rectangular-shaped annexe (LI032-067002-). The site is depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped monument. Depicted as a circular-shaped platform or earthwork on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map with outcropping rock in the centre. The enclosure is clearly visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as a near perfect circle (ext. diam. c. 37.5m). O’Kelly (1944, 30-1) described the site as an earthwork of Type B consisting of ‘a circular platform with a bank at its edge. It is surrounded by a continuous fosse and the entrance is not recognisable. The maximum height of the bank over the fosse is 5’ [1.52m] and the overall diameter is 120’ [36.58m]. In the NW quadrant of the interior there is a cluster of four flag-like standing stones, all of which are laminate split from a single parent flag by the roots of a bush growing beside them. The stones are 2’6” high [0.76m]’. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017; 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. The site is likely to be a ringfort, although has characteristics similar to a ditch-barrow monument. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 304/29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-067002 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 25m W of the townland boundary with Kilcullane defined by a small S-flowing stream. The monument is located on gently undulating ground at the base of Knockderc Hill 620m SE of St Patrick’s Well, church and graveyard (LI032-063001/002/003/004-). Immediately S of a ringfort (LI032-067001-). The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps. The enclosure is clearly visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 as a rectangular enclosure or annexe (ext. dims. 22m NNE-SSW; 35m ESE-WNW). The annexe is transected at N by a relic field boundary running WNW-ESE. The field boundary is visible 5m S of the ringfort (LI032-67001-). The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017; 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 18 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 304/29 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-192 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, abutting a public road to S, 20m E of a watercourse which also marks a boundary with Loughgur townland and Lough Gur lies 1.35km to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified as a roughly rectilinear-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 214: AP 5/2012). Monument is visible as a very faint rectilinear-shaped cropmark (38m N-S; 31m E-W) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and a similar, faint cropmark on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 204. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 13 November 2020

• LI032-193 Earthwork
  Description

  In improved pasture, 50m NW of a public road and 200m W of a townland boundary with Kilcullane. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 172: AP 4/3605), as a short linear-shaped cropmark running N-S with a small L-shaped cropmark close to E. The two cropmarks are visible on the Bruff aerial photographic survey form part of a very faint, roughly semicircular-shaped cropmark (C 25m) from WSW-W-N-E which is apparent on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 172. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 13 November 2020

• LI032-204 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, traversing a townland boundary between Loughgur to N and Patrickswell to S. Not specifically depicted on OSi historic maps, although it follows a gently curving line of field boundaries which are depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 174: AP 4/3605), as a long, narrow, gently curvilinear-shaped scar on the landscape and interpreted as a potential road or trackway. Earthwork of old road is visible extending (approx. 700m) in a gentle curvilinear-shape, from the base of the E side of a prominent hillock known as Knocksrahir (412ft/125m) in the townland of Patrickswell, to the base of the W side of a hillock known as Knockbolg in the townland of Lough Gur to N, which is best seen on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012 and partially seen on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. Where best seen on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, at the S end it is visible as a sunken feature (Wth 30m) and narrows (Wth 20m) on approach to and beyond the townland boundary with Loughgur. The end of this feature to N and S terminates at a field boundary and is not apparent beyond this in either case, on these modern aerial orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 174 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November 2020

• LI032-225 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, to the immediate N of a drainage ditch and 75m W of a townland boundary with Kilcullane. An archaeological complex consisting of a church, graveyard, penitential station and a holy well (LI032-063001-/02-/03-/04-) are located 240m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 213: AP 5/2012) as a pennanular-shaped cropmark which is open from E-SE-SSE. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped cropmark (55m N-S; 44m E-W) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 07/05/2006 and 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 07/05/2006 and 20/09/2020 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 213 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November 2020

• LI032-348 Stoup (present location)
  Description

  Medieval stoup (dims. 0.34m x 0.36m x H 0.26m; bowl dims. 0.21m x 0.2m x D 0.08m) which was originally located at Mainister-na-galliagh church (LI032-043002-) and was removed to its current location where it has been built into a stone pier on the W side of the entrance from the grounds of St Patrick's R.C. Church to the modern cemetery built onto the S side. A 17th century sundial (LI032-349----) originally from Lisadell, Co. Sligo has been inserted into the top of this stone pier (pers. comm. parish priest St Patrick's Church, 7 November 2022). A second stoup of post-medieval date now used as a flower planter is visible in the E quadrant of the church grounds just inside the E gateway. According to the parish priest this was taken from an earlier 18th century R.C. Church located nearby and moved to the present location. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 9 November

• LI032-349 Sundial
  Description

  A square-shaped horizontal brass 17th century sundial (dims. 02.5m x 0.25m) originally from Lisadell, Co. Sligo that has been inserted into the top of a stone pier on the W side of the entrance from the grounds of St Patrick's R.C. Church to the modern cemetery built onto the S side (pers. comm. parish priest St Patrick's Church, 7 November 2022). The dial is decorated in the four corners with an eight-petal flower design and has an inscription which reads 'Time is Swiftly Fading' with the date 1697 above. The dial shows the time from 1 to 12 in Roman Numerals. On the outside ring there is a fractional time ring and in the centre there is an 8 point compass. It has a pierced brass gnomon. A medieval stoup (LI032-348---) has also been recently built into the side of this stone pier. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 9 November

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding barn style gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c. 1820. Comprising five-bay nave and single-bay single-storey sacristy with lean-tos to rear (north) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof having open work bellcote to front (south) elevation with wrought-iron cross finial. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render quoins and plinth course. Pointed arch openings to nave with render hoodmouldings, stained glass windows and painted stone sills. Pointed arch opening to front elevation having render hoodmoulding, stained glass window and painted stone sill. Pointed arch opening to front elevation with moulded render surround, fluted pilasters and double-leaf timber battened doors. Pointed arch opening to east elevation having concrete surround and double-leaf timber battened doors. Carved timber altar to interior. Timber gallery with trefoil-headed panels and cast-iron columns. Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers to east having carved caps and spear-headed double-leaf cast-iron gates. Rendered boundary walls with limestone copings.

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 Patrickswell, 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 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 Patrickswell.

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

Name

Patrickswell · Tobar Phádraig

Area

2,037,202 m² (203.72 ha, 503.4 acres)

Civil parish

Knockainy, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Knockainy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

784 people lived in 279 households in the Knockainy electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gortnaskagh, Kilballyowen, Kilcullane, Loughgur

Placenames

Patrickswell 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.