Routagh
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ruaiteach
- Area
- 139.6 ha
- 345 acres
- Land parcels
- 82
- registered freehold, median 2,505 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- P1
- Agriculture
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Routagh, from 30 m² to 841,664 m² (84.17 ha, 207.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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
- P1Agriculture
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Aug 2026N/a
a dwelling extension including an attached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660890
12 Dec 2025Conditional
converting a domestic garage to living accommodation consisting of playroom, office, toilet and the removal of 2 no. garage doors and replacing same with 2 no. triple glazed windows and all associated works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 25394
31 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, new site entrance, new main entrance with canopy, new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, energy efficiency upgrades including new double glazed windows, landscaping to side and rear and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560752
25 Jun 2025Conditional
change of house plan as constructed including construction of a double garage instead of a single porch
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560608
17 Apr 2025Refused
Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. No. 24/109: the change of house extension design previously granted (20/191) for the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, new site entrance, new main entrance with canopy, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, energy efficiency upgrades including new double glazed windows, landscaping to side and rear and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 257010
25 Apr 2024Refused
the construction of a part two storey, part single storey farmhouse incorporating a family flat, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460383
26 Mar 2024Conditional
the change of house extension design previously granted(20/191) for the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, new site entrance, new main entrance with canopy, new waste water treatment plant and percolcation area, energy efficiency upgrades including new double glazed windows, landscaping to side and rear and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 24109
23 Feb 2024Conditional
the construction of a dwelling, site entrance, domestic garage, install on-site effluent treatment system including all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460152
21 Mar 2022Conditional
the decommissioning of existing septic tank and soak pit and replacement wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22312
12 Aug 2021Refused
the construction of a part two storey, part single storey farmhouse incorporating a family flat, agricultural shed, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 211155
6 Aug 2021Conditional
alterations and extension to existing dwelling to include permission for part use of existing dwelling as self contained family use accommodation. Permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage and a waste water treatment system including all associated site development works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 211125
13 Nov 2020Conditional
a dwelling extension and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 201170
10 Aug 2020Refused
the construction of a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house incorporating a family flat, agricultural shed, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20776
6 Apr 2020Conditional
change of use of gym/storage building to use as an independent living unit and construction of new glazed link to main house
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20284
4 Mar 2020Conditional
the construction of a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, new main entrance canopy, energy efficiency upgrades including new double glazed windows, landscaping to side and rear and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20191
2 Mar 2020Refused
the construction of a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house incorporating a family flat, agricultural shed, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, alterations to existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20180
11 Mar 2019Conditional
bedroom, living room and porch extensions
Retention · Limerick County Council, 19223
22 Dec 2017Conditional
the construction of a single storey extension to the existing dwelling house and the construction of a garage store to the rear of the existing garage. Retention permission for a home office and garage store in the existing garage which has been extended from that granted under planning ref no. 06/1328
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171231
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 Routagh.
Recorded monuments
- LI013-021 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated in well-drained gently undulating pasture. Indicated on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval area (c. 40m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from S to NE and enclosed entirely by a field boundary. The perimeter of the monument is now obscured by dense scrub vegetation but parts of an enclosing dry-stone wall-bank is evident (ext. H 0.6m; Wth. 2.4m; int. H 0.4m) at S and SE. The interior slopes gently down to the E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 19 March 2013
- LI013-205 Mound
Description
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope in gently undulating, well-drained pasture. Sub-circular area (14m E-W; 11m N-S) characterised by a growth of mature hawthorns on a scatter of stones. The stones vary in size (0.3m x 0.2m x 0.1m) and are collected in mounds (Wth c. 1m; H c. 0.3m).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Routagh.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_975 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Routagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Routagh · Ruaiteach
- Area
- 1,395,845 m² (139.58 ha, 344.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Roxborough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Roxborough electoral division: 1,580 people in 542 households; 93% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyclogh, Ballysheedy East, Ballysheedy West, Drombanny, Rathurd, Roxborough
- Placenames
- Routagh 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.