Rathpalatine
Townland in the civil parish of Mahoonagh, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ráth na bPalaitíneach
Parcel 1663155
- Area
- 271,365 m² (27.14 ha, 67.06 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 2,471 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Rathpalatine
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Oct 2025Conditional
the construction of an agricultural metal-clad shed to accommodate straw-bedded cubicles, with a central underground slatted effluent tank, partial removal of rear ditch & all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561063
7 Nov 2017Conditional
an extension to the existing loose house comprising an agricultural store and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 171039
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.
- LI045-067 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.2m) and with counterscarp bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.4m) SSW->NW. Latter incorporated into field boundary NNE->SSW. Gap (Wth 3m) through bank at NNE. Interior level and largely under pasture but with some scrub cover. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-068 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on slight W-facing slope. Circular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.3m; Wth 4m) with an external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m). Farm trackway skirts site WNW->N. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.6), with an external fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 0.6m) WSW->ENE. Bank levelled and fosse largely infilled with rubble ENE->WSW. Field boundaries, which abutted site at W, N and E, have been removed. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. A recently constructed farm building stands immediately E of enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-071 Moated site
Description
In level elevated pasture; c. 30m to N of 045-070---. Sub-rectangular area (33m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.95m) with an external fosse (D 1.1m; Base Wth. 1.3m). E and W sides slightly bowed; bank best preserved on E and S sides. Field fence skirts site on E side. Interior level; dry and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-072 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intermediate fosse (Wth 2.6m) and external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2m). Both inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.95m) and external bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.5m) covered by dense overgrowth, which also completely masks interior. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 140.6 ha
- 348 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 5,595 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathpalatine, from 592 m² to 285,816 m² (28.58 ha, 70.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathpalatine 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
29 Jan 2021N/a
a 2 storey dwelling house and domestic garage, entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 2174
31 May 2019Refused
a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 19537
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathpalatine.
Recorded monuments
- LI045-068 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on slight W-facing slope. Circular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.3m; Wth 4m) with an external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.2m). Farm trackway skirts site WNW->N. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on slight S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 36m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.6), with an external fosse (D 0.55m; Wth 0.6m) WSW->ENE. Bank levelled and fosse largely infilled with rubble ENE->WSW. Field boundaries, which abutted site at W, N and E, have been removed. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. A recently constructed farm building stands immediately E of enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-073 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Roughly circular area (44m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.85m) with an external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 2.4m). Bank has been levelled NNE->E and fosse infilled E->WSW. Farm trackway skirts site NE->E. Interior, under pasture, slopes gently up towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-074 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.15m) with an external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 3.6m). Most of enclosing element and all of interior are covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathpalatine.
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
- About 1 in 10 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathpalatine.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathpalatine with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Rathpalatine · Ráth na bPalaitíneach
- Area
- 1,406,345 m² (140.63 ha, 347.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mahoonagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Broadford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Broadford electoral division: 993 people in 349 households; 85% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Rathpalatine 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.