Ringmoylan
Ringmoylan is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcornan, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Rinn Mhaoilín.
- Area
- 88.3 ha
- 218 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 3,922 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ringmoylan, from 56 m² to 221,407 m² (22.14 ha, 54.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ringmoylan 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
19 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a slatted shed, roofed feed passage, straw bedded area, cattle crush, concrete aprons and to roof over existing slatted tank
Permission · Limerick County Council, 24475
31 Jul 2023Conditional
the modifications to an existing planning permission 16/653, modifications consists of first floor extension to front porch as constructed and a relocated larger domestic garage as constructed, and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360550
8 Dec 2022Conditional
the demolition of an existing single storey outbuilding, the internal modification of the existing single storey cottage to provide a 'Granny Flat', and the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling with new wastewater treatment unit, percolation area and ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 221314
6 Dec 2017Conditional
a new house, garage, waste water treatment works and percolation area, site entrance and access road
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171137
13 Oct 2017Conditional
existing slatted beef unit and permission to extend existing slatted beef unit and new cattle handling yard and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 17942
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore 000435
Recorded monuments
- LI003-014 Windmill
Description
"Freestanding circular-plan two-stage former windmill, built in 1735. Rubble stone walls having remains of render. Concrete support to west elevation. Segmental-arched opening with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs to south elevation. Segmental-arched opening having roughly dressed limestone voussoir to west elevation. This windmill was built by William Bury to grind wheat for the charter school, which he had established at the gates of Shannongrove in 1735, is an example of a small-scale enterprise for specific consumers. Although now derelict, this former windmill retains much of its original form and is a strong focal point and unusual feature within the surrounding landscape." This description by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) is posted on the web at the following internet address (accessed 3 August 2012): http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ringmoylan.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ringmoylan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ringmoylan.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ringmoylan, Pallaskenry8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ringmoylan · Rinn Mhaoilín
- Area
- 883,380 m² (88.34 ha, 218.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcornan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Castletown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 460 people lived in 174 households in the Castletown electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymartin, Drommoher, Shannongrove
- Placenames
- Ringmoylan 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.