Rockstown

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockstown, from 96 m² to 362,895 m² (36.29 ha, 89.67 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 Rockstown 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.

• 11 Jul 2022Conditional

  the construction of a two storey extension to the side of dwelling with a single storey connection, raise roof of existing dwelling by 0.5m, demolish bathroom extension and chimney, fenestration changes to dwelling, construct a domestic garage, installation of a proprietary treatment unit and sand polishing filter, relocation of entrance with new boundary wall, and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22771

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  demolition of the existing rear and side single storey extension and construction of a dormer extension to the side and rear of dwelling, detached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22177

• 7 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of an agricultural shed with a slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21964

• 23 Jul 2019Conditional

  a single storey extension to act as a granny flat to side of existing dwelling. Decomission existing old septic tank and install a secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter to rear of dwelling

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19728

• 23 Aug 2017Conditional

  a slatted agricultural livestock unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17789

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 Rockstown.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-108 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Castle described in 1840 as following; 'The castle is placed on a limestone rock, about 3 or 4 chains [60-80m] in diameter and proportionally high. It is about 60 feet [20m] and abut 24 feet each side, being square in plan. The Bourkes are said to have inhabited it' (OSNB, 707). Westropp (1906-7, 90-1) recorded the following details about Ballynacarrig Castle; '1583 Ballnecarrig C. held by W. Bourke (Des. R., 37). 1600 Jas. Gould held C. of Ballynecarrygie or Rockstowne (Inq. Chan., 40b). 1655 Capt. G. Ingoldesbye held C. and bawn of Ballinacarriggie (C.S., xxi., p. 35), Ballinecarrig (D.S.A., 24). Fabric - A tower standing on rocks, with a wide outlook. It is 50 feet [15m] high, measures 26 feet [8m] by 24 feet [7.3m] inside, and has four stories well preserved (O.S.L., 8, p. 366). Views in Du Noyer's sketches, R.S.A.I. collection (iii. 41a, iv. 62). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 January 2019

• LI022-108001 Bawn
  Description

  Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Castle (LI022-108----) situated on top of natural rock outcrop the edge of which may have been fortified with a bawn wall (approx. diam. 60m). The Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Captain George Ingoldesbly, an English proprietor, in 1640 was in possession of 'one castle and Bawen thereunto belonginge' (Simington 1938, 81). Traces of a possible enclosure or bawn wall is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

• LI022-109001 Church
  Description

  Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Church ruins stand in NE corner of graveyard (LI022-019002-) described in 1840 as following; 'This church, which, in older times, was a friary, is now a ruin, overgrown with ivy. It is about 40 feet [12m] long by 20 feet [6m] wide, and is about 6 feet [1.8m] high. Attached to it is a graveyard, with some trees planted in and about it' (OSNB, 707). A stone plaque in the church wall reads: Here rests what remains of James Barry of Friarstown and his wife Anatisa 5th in descent of David Barry of same, 1655. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

• LI022-109002 Graveyard
  Description

  Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Church ruins (LI022-109001-) forms the NE corner of quadrant of a square-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 29m N-S x 29m E-W) enclosed by a post 1700 stone wall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

• LI023-029 Mass-rock
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture with views all around. Named 'Carriganaffrin' (mass rock) on 1928 OS 6-inch map. No visible trace of this monument at site. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 1 November 2013

Architectural heritage

• Rockstown Church, mausoleum, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Mausoleum, dated 1830, including Tudor-headed door opening with cut-limestone plaque in west wall of Rockstown Church [SMR LI022-109001-].

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rockstown.

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

Name

Rockstown · Baile na Carraige

Area

1,155,464 m² (115.55 ha, 285.52 acres)

Civil parish

Fedamore, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballybricken, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballybricken electoral division: 1,932 people in 646 households; 91% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Friarstown, Grange, Loughanstown, Rochestown, Skoolhill

Placenames

Rockstown 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.