Rathkeale

373 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathkeale, from 8 m² to 125,214 m² (12.52 ha, 30.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 244 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 48 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Sept 2026N/a

  alterations to the existing dwelling house previously granted under Ref. No. 13/261, comprising changes to the front bay window, provision of stone finish to the front external elevation, and reconfiguration of the front of the site to improve car parking provision, together with all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2661027

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  the demolition of existing party wall to combine two existing properties into a single dwelling, the demolition of existing rear extensions and the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing properties. Planning Permission is also being sought for the continuation of works already commenced along with the change of use of ground floor to one of the existing properties from retail to residential and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660646

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  erection of a proposed new bungalow dwelling and domestic shed with proposed new connections to mains water and public sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660647

• 1 May 2026Refused

  the completion of works as previously granted under planning ref number 10/40 namely the construction of dwelling nos. 1, 10 & 11 the completion of internal roadways, road markings, signage and all other associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 2660496

• 19 Mar 2026Refused

  unauthorised works to existing dwelling, namely the demolition of gable to the existing dwelling for which there is no record of permission/permission for the demolition of the existing dwelling and for the construction of a new replacement dwelling house with all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2669

• 29 Jan 2026Conditional

  a change of house type from that previously approved under planning application reference 24/61057

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660082

• 5 Dec 2025Refused

  the construction of 2 no. detached two storey houses, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2561270

• 4 Dec 2025N/a

  the change of use of existing ground floor public house to residential area to be used in association with existing ground floor residential devlopment and existing first floor residential development, permission for amendment of several doors and windows at ground floor level and first floor level on side elevations and all associated site works. The works related to a protected structure, RPS ref no. 1555(limerick county development plan) and NIAH Ref. 21831035

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561264

• 13 Oct 2025N/a

  the change of use of existing ground floor public house to residential area to be used in association with existing ground floor residential development and existing first floor residential development, permission for amendment of several doors and windows at ground floor level and first floor level on side elevations and all associated site works. The works related to a protected structure, RPS Ref No. 1555 (Limerick county development plan) and NIAH Ref. 21831035

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561036

• 23 Jul 2025Refused

  unautorised works to existing dwelling, namely the demolition of the gable to the existing dwelling for which there is no record of permission. Permission for the renovation and extension to existing two storey dwelling house with third floor dormer windows to the rear of the house, gable windows & door including all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25251

• 28 Mar 2025Conditional

  alterations to the front façade of the house

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2594

• 5 Mar 2025Conditional

  demolition of existing unauthorised side extension to my property and to replace with new side extension, with new connections to public mains water & public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560170

• 19 Feb 2025N/a

  the construction of 2 no. detached two storey houses, connection to public foul sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2560136

• 23 Jan 2025N/a

  the erection of a new viewing stand between the two existing pitches, 2 no. new dugouts and the erection of 6m high, ball stop nets at the North end of the playing pitches and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2518

• 5 Dec 2024Conditional

  the construction of 1no. two storey dwelling house, driveway, modification to front boundary wall, modification to existing vehicle entrances, connection to existing public services and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461211

• 2 Dec 2024Conditional

  the construction of 4 No. dwellings, service road and site entrance, boundary walls, connection to public services including all associated site development works

  Permission, 4 homes · Limerick County Council, 2461188

• 28 Nov 2024Conditional

  a proposed new bungalow dwelling, with existing boundary walls and entrance gate and all associated site works on my site at Fairhill, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick.

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461175

• 24 Oct 2024Conditional

  the erection of a proposed new two storey dwelling, with new connections to public mains water & public foul sewer, utilizing existing boundary walls and entrance gate and all associated site works on my site

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461057

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  the installation of a new window to the side gable of an existing apartment and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461037

• 17 Oct 2024N/a

  a proposed new bungalow dwelling, with existing boundary walls and entrance gate and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461031

• 25 Sept 2024Refused

  alterations made to front facade of my house, namely the addition of granite stone surrounds and cills to the windows and door and granite quoins on either side of the property, the alteration of window sizes and design on the ground floor and first floor windows and the removal of one door and the change of design to the remaining door all at my property

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2460955

• 24 Aug 2024N/a

  The development that will principally comprise of: Demolition of Existing Welfare Units and Installation of 11 new Welfare Units. The development also proposes the following: Hard Landscaping Including: Extending Concrete Paving areas on each Bay, Bin stores, upgrading asphalt on entrance road, new asphalt areas to improve access. Upgrading of Perimeter and Bay Boundary Walls Including: Demolition and rebuilding of screen walls between bays, construction of new boundary bay walls for extended bay areas. Upgrading of Services where required. All associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24179001

• 19 Aug 2024N/a

  the erection of a proposed new bungalow dwelling, with existing boundary walls and entrance gate and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460829

• 14 Aug 2024N/a

  the construction of a new domestic dwelling house, to include connections to all public services and associated development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460810

• 29 May 2024Refused

  an additional dwelling unit onto the end of terraced units and connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24224

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Rathkeale.

Recorded monuments

• LI020-156 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on a break in a gentle E-facing slope. A rectangular limestone upright (H 1.06m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.16m), leaning slightly to the S, with its long axis aligned E-W. The edges of the stone have been rubbed smooth by cattle, who have also worn a shallow hollow around its base. This stone was removed sometime prior to 2005 judging by aerial photographic evidence and an unfinished bungalow now occupies the site. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload/revision: 6 September 2016

• LI029-029 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope, in area of outcropping limestone. Squat deeply-fissured limestone boulder (H 0.95m; Wth 0.9m; girth 2.9m), with long axis N-S, inclining gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI029-031001 Historic town
  Description

  The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about the historic town of Rathkeale; 'Rathkeale is situated on the river Deel fourteen miles south-west of Limerick city on the Tralee road. The placename appears to be derived from Rath Caola or Rath Gaela, Coala's or Gaela's fort. The name indicates that there was a pre-Norman settlement here, probably to be equated with the ringfort immediately south of the town. After the coming of the Normans Rathkeale formed part of the lands granted by John to Hamo de Valognes in 1199 (Empey 1981, 10) but the exact descent of the property is unclear. It appears to have been held by the Waspayl family during the first half of the thirteenth century and subsequently by the Mautravers (Westropp 1906-7, 213). By the middle of the fourteenth century, however, it seems to have come into the hands of the Desmond Geraldines. The settlement is only occasionally mentioned in medieval documents. In 1300 the community of the town paid 40s towards the subsidy for the war in Scotland (Mills 1905, 304; cf Berry 1914, 57). The history of the town in the later middle ages is largely unknown. The town came to prominence again during the Desmond rebellion and it is likely that much of the present linear town plan is actually of post-medieval origin. The street plan is linear and consists of a long street running from north-east to south-west called Main St. on the north side of the river and Church St. on the south side. A number of smaller streets branch off to the east and west. There is little in the way of documentary evidence to indicate what the houses of the town formerly looked like. The Civil Survey notes the existence of a "stone house of Morrish Casey" but it is not clear if it was actually inside the town or not (Simington 1938, 297). It is to be presumed that the weekly market occurred in Main Street but the square in front of the Court House may have been used at a later date. There is a Fair Green to the north of the town and the O.S. map notes a market place immediately east of the abbey. The latter is now gone and is a roadway leading to a new estate of houses. In the early seventeenth century Sir John Dowdall was granted a weekly market on Thursdays at "the high cross of Rathkeale" (Westropp 1906-7, 214). In the absence of a major cross-roads cutting through the town itself it must be assumed that this refers to a freestanding market cross.' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 217-19) Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019

• LI029-031002 Bridge
  Description

  The Urban Survey of Limerick recorded the following details about the historic bridge of Rathkeale; 'The bridge is mentioned in 1655 as being in the possession of M. Harbart who also owned the castle (Westropp 1906-7, 214). Lewis (1837, ii, 499) notes that it was 'in a delapidated and dangerous state'. The present two-part remains probably incorporate the medieval bridge. The original width of the bridge was 4.7m which was subsequently widened to 7.8m. It is built of rubble limestone. The central arches were re-faced but traces of the original arches with wicker work centering can be seen in two round arches on either side of the river and in the central arch' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 219). Deel Bridge described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a; ‘Five-arch humpback road bridge, originally built c. 1747, carrying a road over the River Deel. Bridge incorporates earlier fabric. Rubble stone walls with segmental arches having cut stone voussoirs rubble stone V-cutwaters with rendered plinths’ (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21831007). Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019

Architectural heritage

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and render parapet to south-east (front) elevation, above render bracketed cornice. Rendered walls with rusticated detailing and quoins to ground floor and end pilasters with fluted columns and decorative capitals to first floor, front elevation. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to first floor with render surrounds incorporating flanking pilasters with decorative capitals, shouldered architraves, decorative sills joined by sill course and having cast-iron railings. Those to ground floor with rusticated voussoir details and decorative render panels above. Elliptical-headed door opening to ground floor, missing pedimented doorcase, with timber panelled double-leaf door flanked by timber engaged columns, with timber architrave, frieze and cornice and cobweb fanlight above. Plinth wall with cast-iron railings to boundary.

• Irish Palatine Heritage Centre, railway station, goods shed, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built in 1867, now in use as a heritage centre. Having multiple-bay single-storey block to south-east elevation, recent glazed lean-to addition to south-west (rear) and gabled north-west bay to north-east (front) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with cut limestone chimneystacks, overhanging sheeted eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with cut limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows, cut limestone sills, surrounds and voussoirs. Square-headed door opening to ground floor, front elevation, set within gabled projection with pitched slat roof, and having timber battened door with cut limestone surround and lintel. Square-headed opening to ground floor north-west elevation with cut limestone surround and lintel, now blocked. Remains of detached gable-fronted former goods shed to south-west with single-bay single-storey lean-to to south-east elevation. Roof gone. Lean-to slate roof to lean-to. Rubble stone walls with buttresses. Square-headed openings to side elevations now blocked, having red brick relieving arches above. Lunette opening to north-east gable, now blocked, with cut limestone surround and sill. Segmental-arched openings to gables with cut limestone surrounds and voussoirs, one now blocked, one with timber battened door.

• House, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1920, with pitched slate roof and rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls, channelled to ground floor, with render platband dividing storeys. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement uPVC door and overlight.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to ground floor with decorative cast-iron sill guards. Segmental-headed door opening with decorative render surround comprising pilasters and fluted arch. Timber doorcase comprising pairs of engaged columns with decorative capitals, each pair flanking sidelight with decorative timber tracery, pairs flanking timber panelled door with frieze, cornice and cobweb fanlight above.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, one of a pair. Pitched slate roof with render coping to south gable, render eaves course, and rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with render shouldered surrounds, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to ground floor with decorative cast-iron sill guards. Segmental-headed door opening with rendered engaged columns having decorative capitals flanking timber panelled door with cobweb fanlight.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, one of a pair. Pitched slate roof with render copings to north gable, render eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Render walls. Square-headed openings with render shouldered surrounds, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to ground floor with decorative cast-iron sill guards. Segmental-headed door opening with decorative render surround comprising pilasters and fluted arch. Timber doorcase comprising pairs of engaged columns with decorative capitals, each pair flanking sidelight with decorative timber tracery, pairs flanking timber panelled door with frieze, cornice and cobweb fanlight above.

• Saint Anne's Convent, convent/nunnery, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey convent, dated 1850, with projecting gabled north bay to east (front) and west (rear) elevations and three-bay two-storey hipped-roofed block to north. Pitched slate roofs with cut limestone copings, brackets and cross finial to gabled bay. Rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods to north block. Rendered walls, lined-and-ruled to north block, with cut limestone quoins to gabled bay. Lancet recess to gabled bay with dressed chamfered limestone block-and-start surround. Render quoins to north block. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows throughout. Those to gabled bay, front elevation with dressed chamfered block-and-start surrounds. Elliptical-headed door opening to north block with timber panelled door flanked by rendered engaged columns with Ionic style capitals, decorative frieze and cornice and plain fanlight. Render label moulding above. Cut limestone step. Rendered boundary wall with cut limestone copings surmounted by cast-iron railings. Cut rusticated limestone square-profile piers to pedestrian entrance with carved caps and cast-iron gate. Rubble stone boundary wall to west (rear) with pointed arch opening set in slight projection surmounted by carved limestone cross finial with raised lettering and date. Timber battened door to opening with cut limestone voussoirs and surround.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Gothic Revival cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, begun in 1866, consecrated in 1873 and tower and spire completed in 1881. Five-bay nave elevations having side aisles, that to north with single-bay single-storey gabled porch, gabled transepts, three-stage square-plan tower to south-west corner, canted chancel to east and multiple gabled single-storey sacristy with gabled porch and lean-to to south-east. Single-bay double-height gabled chapels to east elevation, each side of chancel, that to south with lean-to to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with copper ridge tiles, carved limestone bracket course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and carved limestone cross finials. Octagonal-profile dressed limestone chimneystack to sacristy. Dressed limestone steeple to tower having carved cross finial to top and gabled projections with pointed arch vent openings. Snecked cut limestone walls with cut limestone buttresses and plinth course. Clock faces with carved gables and carved stringcourses to tower. Triple lancet openings to aisles with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Lancet openings paired beneath circular openings to clerestory with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and quarry glazed windows. Triple lancet windows to transept gable, each with carved limestone hoodmoulding and having dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Cinquefoil openings to transepts with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and carved limestone hoodmouldings. Circular panels to transept gables with carved limestone inset with multifoil openings, and having carved hoodmoulding above. Paired lancet openings to north elevation of north chapel with multifoil opening above, all having dressed and chamfered limestone surround and carved limestone hoodmoulding above. Trefoil openings to east and west elevations of north porch with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds. Cinquefoil openings flanking entrance to west elevation with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and carved limestone hoodmouldings. Trefoil-headed lancet windows to west elevation, paired beneath circular openings, circular recess above with central circular opening surrounded by eight circular openings, all these having dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and all grouped beneath carved limestone hoodmoulding. Lancet openings to tower with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Paired lancet openings to third stage of tower with carved limestone roll moulded surrounds, hoodmouldings and louvers. Lancet openings to sacristy with dressed chamfered limestone surrounds. Triple trefoil-headed openings to chancel, with multifoil opening above, all having stained glass windows and set within dressed chamfered limestone surround with carved hoodmoulding above. Triple trefoil-headed openings to east of north chapel, with pair of trefoil openings above and further smaller trefoil opening above, all having stained glass windows and set within dressed chamfered limestone surround with carved hoodmoulding above. Circular recessed panel to east elevations of sacristy and south chapel forming surround to circular opening surrounded by further circular openings, having carved hoodmoulding above. Square-headed opening to west with timber battened door, shouldered dressed and chamfered surround with carved multifoil motif tympanum above, all flanked by carved limestone paired columns with roll moulded stepped surround above and carved limestone hoodmoulding. This all set within gabled projection with cross finial and cinquefoil recessed panel to gable and having carved statue of the Virgin Mary and child above, on a plinth and with gable above. Pointed arch openings to porch, tower and north transept with timber battened double-doors and carved surrounds comprising stepped roll mouldings, flanking paired colonettes and hoodmouldings. Square-headed openings to south-east corner of tower and to sacristy with shouldered square-headed surrounds and timber battened doors, that to sacristy approached by cut limestone steps. Pointed arch opening to lean-to to sacristy with timber battened door and dressed and chamfered limestone surround and carved hoodmoulding. Interior features including timber gallery, organ, colonnade with carved marble columns, plastered walls, scissors truss ceiling, stained glass windows, timber pews to walls, reredos and marble altar table. Graveyard to north with variety of carved stone grave markers, accessed via wrought-iron gate. Rubble stone boundary walls to east and west with cut copings surmounted by wrought-iron railings and having wrought-iron gates to entrances. Set on a height, with cut limestone steps to entrance.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, those to first floor with render sill course, those to ground floor with cast-iron sill guards. Round-headed door opening with timber panelled door and fanlight, having fluted render surround.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay three-storey bank, built 1866, with two-storey return to north (rear) having lower gabled single-bay two-storey block to rear. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved limestone corbelled cornice to south (front) elevation. Cut limestone walls with dressed flush limestone quoins, channelled limestone to front elevation below impost course. Camber headed window openings to second floor with shouldered carved limestone surrounds, cut limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to first floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and continuous dressed limestone sill course. Those to outer bays with carved limestone surrounds comprising flanking pilasters with fluted consoles and pediments. Those to central bays with carved limestone shouldered surrounds and cornices. Round-headed openings to ground floor one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with fanlights, stepped carved limestone surrounds incorporating decorative keystones and shared impost course. Square-headed openings to rear with dressed flush limestone surrounds and voussoirs, some with timber sliding sash windows, some with replacement windows. Round-headed openings to return and to ground floor of rear with dressed flush limestone surround and voussoirs. Flat arched opening to gabled rear block with tripartite one-over-one flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed door openings to front elevation with timber battened doors and fanlights, recessed within carved limestone square-headed surrounds with cornices, incorporating Corinthian style columns, imposts, fluted arches with decorative faced keystones. Cut limestone plinth wall surmounted by cast-iron railings to area.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached pair of four-bay two-storey houses, built c. 1820, now also in use as shops having shopfronts to ground floor south (front) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows. Shopfronts comprising fluted pilasters with acanthus capitals flanking openings, architrave, fascia and cornice. Rendered stall risers. Square-headed openings with plate glass windows having timber column mullions. Square-headed openings with recessed timber glazed doors. Central square-headed opening with timber panelled door and overlight.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over half-basement bank, built c. 1880, with two-bay two-storey returns to south (rear). Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, sawtooth pattern brick eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted brick walls with carved limestone plinth course. Rendered walls to rear. Square-headed openings to first floor, north (front) and west elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, carved shouldered surrounds to heads and continuous carved limestone sill course. Round-headed openings to ground floor, front and west elevations with round-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, carved pointed arch surrounds to heads, carved limestone continuous impost course and sill course. Square-headed opening to ground floor west elevation with shouldered limestone surround to head and sharing impost and sill courses with other windows to same level. Camber and square-headed openings to rear with replacement windows. Shouldered square-headed opening to front elevation, approached by double sided flight of cut limestone steps. Timber battened door with dressed limestone surround having quatrefoil and circular recesses, gabled canopy with trefoil hood, carved finial and carved brackets. Rendered boundary wall to south-west with square-profile cut limestone piers to entrance.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, formerly in use as shop and having shopfront to ground floor north (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising timber pilasters flanking openings, patterned architrave, frieze and cornice. Square-headed opening with fixed timber window having timber mullions and cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed door openings to each side with timber panelled doors and overlights.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, formerly in use as shop and having shopfront to ground floor north (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising timber pilasters flanking openings, and supporting architrave, frieze and cornice. Square-headed opening with fixed timber window having timber mullions and cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed door openings with timber panelled doors and overlights.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, formerly also in use as shop, with shopfront to ground floor, north (front) elevation. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising timber pilasters flanking openings with timber architrave, fascia and cornice above. Square-headed openings with plate glass windows divided by timber mullions. Recessed square-headed opening with timber panelled half-glazed door and overlight. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door and overlight.

• House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1820, formerly in use as shop and having shopfront to ground floor, south (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with render surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising timber pilasters flanking openings, supporting architrave, fascia and cornice. Square-headed opening with fixed timber multiple pane window having cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door with multiple pane coloured glass overlight.

• House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790, formerly two houses, in use as shop and having shopfront to ground floor east (front) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed opening with moulded render surrounds and one-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening with replacement timber door. Shopfront comprising render channelled pilasters with render architrave, fascia and cornice above. Square-headed opening with fixed pane timber window. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door.

• Round House, house, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited attached two-bay two-storey house and pub, built c. 1920, with chamfered south-west corner and pubfront to ground floor, south and west elevations. Hipped roof with rendered octagonal-profile chimneystack. Rendered parapet with cornice. Rendered walls, lined-and-ruled to first floor with quoins. Segmental-headed openings to first floor with render surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Pubfront to ground floor comprising moulded render fluted pilasters, architrave, fascia with raised lettering and cornice. Square-headed openings with replacement windows and sill guards. Square-headed opening to chamfered corner with timber panelled door and overlight.

• Áras Pobail Ráth Caola, court house, prison/jail, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Formerly detached four-bay two-storey former courthouse and bridewell, built c. 1830, with gabled breakfront, and flanked by wings, that to east two-bay two storey with hipped roof, that to west single-bay two-storey with hipped roof. Pitched slate roof with render eaves course. Pediment to gabled breakfront with bell to top. Rendered wall with render plinth course and quoins. Square-headed recent carved limestone plaque to central bay. Recent clock inset to pediment. S quare-headed openings, those to main block and west wing with render surrounds and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to east wing with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to first floor with timber panelled double-leaf door, with carved limestone cornice above. Square-headed openings to ground floor with replacement fittings. Cut limestone flight of limestone steps to entrance. Cast-iron railings surmounted on cut limestone plinth wall to boundary. Circular-profile cast-iron piers to entrance with double-leaf cast-iron gates.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1830. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered and red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls, channelled to ground floor, with render quoins. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to first floor with shouldered render surrounds, those to ground floor with cast-iron sill guards. Square-headed door opening with recent timber door and overlight.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_595 (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 Rathkeale with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Rathkeale · Ráth Caola

Area

1,223,366 m² (122.34 ha, 302.3 acres)

Civil parish

Rathkeale, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Rathkeale Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathkeale Urban electoral division: 1,408 people in 544 households; 58% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeylands, Englishtenements, Enniscoush, Kyletaun, Wolfesburgess East, Wolfesburgess West

Placenames

Rathkeale 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.