Rahanagh

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahanagh, from 433 m² to 135,555 m² (13.56 ha, 33.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rahanagh 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.

• 23 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a single storey store room

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25207

• 17 Sept 2024Refused

  the construction of 6 no. dwelling houses and associated site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460924

• 27 Feb 2024Conditional

  the (A) construction of a 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing school comprising of 2 no. classrooms and ancillary rooms and (B) construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing school comprising additional circulation space , with connections to all existing services along with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460164

• 18 Jul 2023Conditional

  the construction of a two metre wide community walkway within the boundary of the playing fields with tarmacadam surface, appropriate lighting and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23382

• 19 Oct 2020Conditional

  the installation of floodlights, erection of ball wall and enclosure fencing, new vehicular entrance, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201045

• 5 Aug 2020Conditional

  extension of duration for planning ref 15/838

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 207021

• 10 Jul 2020N/a

  the installation of an all weather playing surface, erection of enclosure fencing/ball wall, stop nets, floodlights, new vehicular entrance, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20631

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  existing prefabricated standalone classroom serving existing school building as presently constructed with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20584

• 8 Aug 2018Conditional

  the demolition of existing extensions and outbuildings, the construction of a new single storey extension, the widening of the existing vehicular entrance & installation of new entrance gates, the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary works to the site and existing dwelling

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18796

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  upgrading of an existing site entrance onto a public road in order to conduct a forestry operation

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18538

• 14 Jun 2017N/a

  demolition of existing extensions and outbuildings, the construction of a new single storey extension and ancillary works to the site and existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17543

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 Rahanagh.

Recorded monuments

• LI036-117 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Site is tightly enclosed by earthen field boundary, except at NW where portion of boundary is removed; enclosed area is covered by mature trees and dense undergrowth. Circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.3m) with an external fosse (D. 0.3m; Wth 3.8m). A field boundary completely encircles site, a short distance (c. 10m) outside enclosing element except NNE->ESE where it runs along outer edge of fosse. Bank levelled (Wth 12m) NW->NNE, and there is corresponds gap in surrounding field boundary. Fosse is infilled NW->NNE with debris from removed section of field boundary. Interior level, dry and almost completely covered by impenetrable overgrowth. There is a small pool (diam. 3m) of water in NW quadrant. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-119 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Roughly circular area (26m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.8m; Wth 2.8m). Site enclosed along base of scarp by field boundary and drain ESE->WNW; elsewhere scarp is much eroded by cattle. Interior level, dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Sub-circular area (25m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.45m), with an external fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.7m) SSW->SSE. Breaks in bank at E (Wth 3.6m) and NNW (Wth 1.4m). Stream runs along line of fosse SSE->SSW. Interior level and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1839, comprising six-bay nave with single-bay two-storey sacristy to rear (east). Single-storey lean-to porches to sides (north, south) of sacristy with recent lean-to boiler house and two-bay single-storey flat-roofed toilet block to rear (east). Pitched slate roof to nave and sacristy with tooled limestone gable copings on corbels, tooled limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone bellcote to apex of front (west) elevation surmounted by cross finial, having pointed arch gallery accommodating cast-bronze bell. Rubble stone chimneystack to sacristy. Slate lean-to roofs with tooled limestone coping, corbels and cast-iron rainwater goods to porches. Lean-to corrugated-iron and bitumen-clad roofs to additional boiler house and toilet block having uPVC rainwater goods. Snecked tooled limestone walls with plinth to front elevation and western most bays of side (north, south) elevations of nave, having flush tooled limestone stringcourses to sill and impost levels of front elevation windows. Roughly coursed dressed rubble stone walls to nave and sacristy with tooled limestone quoins to nave. Tooled limestone date plaques and mounted fonts flanking door openings to side elevations of nave. Rendered walls to boiler house and toilet block. Pointed arch window openings with chamfered block-and-start surrounds, voussoirs and hoodmouldings throughout, having tooled limestone sills, and relieving arches to front elevation openings and western most bays of side elevations. Lead-lined stained glass windows to front elevation openings, lead-lined quarry glazed windows with stained glass margins to western most bays of side elevations. Replacement render sills to side elevations of nave having timber Y-tracery with lead-lined lattice work windows. Ocular window opening to front gable of nave, having chamfered tooled limestone surround, hoodmoulding with label stops and dressed limestone relieving arch enclosing multiple-foil rose window with tooled limestone bar tracery and lead-lined stained glass windows. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone voussoirs and tooled limestone sills to side (north, south) elevations of sacristy having nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor. Replacement timber casement windows to ground floor of side (north) elevation of sacristy and to toilet block. Pointed arch door opening with tooled limestone hoodmoulding with label stops to front elevation of nave, having dressed limestone voussoirs to relieving arch, chamfered tooled limestone block-and-start surround, tooled limestone step and double-leaf timber battened doors. Pointed segmental-headed door openings with tooled limestone label mouldings with label stops to side elevations of nave, having tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds, voussoirs, tooled limestone steps and double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted by timber battened tympanum having tooled limestone panels to spandrels. Square-headed door opening with dressed stone voussoirs and keystone to side (east) elevation of northern porch, having tooled stone stepped approach, plinth blocks and timber battened door. Timber battened door to side (north) elevation of additional toilet block. Timber louvered door to side (east) elevation of boiler house. Scissor braced timber roof to interior having octagonal timber porch to west end of nave with balcony accessed via timber staircase. Central pointed arch panel with crucifixion behind reredos over cinquefoil headed plaster arcade and flanked by pointed arch light boxes with lead-lined stained glass windows. White marble reredos with polychrome panels and pedestal containing central shrine with finial. Located on stepped timber platform. Tooled white marble octagonal font and carved timber altar, pulpit and chair to ambulatory. Mosaic tiled floor to west of nave with freestanding timber confessional booth and altar with statue of Saint Therese of Lisieux flanking porch. Stained glass windows to western end of nave by Harry Clarke, in memory of Catherine and John funded by the John Hanley, the Baron of Broadway. Situated within own grounds with tree-lined avenue having recent commemorative cross to north-west of church mounted on tiered limestone plinth. Rubble stone enclosing walls having splayed entrance to west comprising dressed rubble limestone walls with ashlar tooled limestone piers having plinth, chamfered corners and tooled limestone capping. Tooled limestone cross motifs to front elevations of gate piers supporting single and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Wall mounted cast-iron post box to south-western end of entrance walls

• Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c. 1880, having royal cipher and insignia above canopied letter slot with raised lettering. Moulded panels to door and embossed makers name stamp to base. Red brick surrounds, mounted within enclosing wall of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Located adjacent to cross road.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_412 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Rahanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Rahanagh · Raithneach

Area

675,238 m² (67.52 ha, 166.85 acres)

Civil parish

Killeedy, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Monagay, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Monagay electoral division: 1,260 people in 446 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylinane, Ballynahown, Crean, Gardenfield, Glebe, Rathcahill East

Placenames

Rahanagh 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.