Sandylane
Sandylane is a townland in the civil parish of Abington, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Bóthar Sceiche Gainimh.
- Area
- 177.4 ha
- 438 acres
- Land parcels
- 114
- registered freehold, median 2,169 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sandylane, from 7 m² to 196,319 m² (19.63 ha, 48.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Sandylane 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
11 Dec 2025N/a
the construction of single storey extensions to both sides of existing dwelling
Permission · Limerick County Council, 25393
19 Jun 2025N/a
the construction of a home gym to the rear of the house
Retention · Limerick County Council, 25205
20 Oct 2024Conditional
the construction of single storey dwelling house, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461036
2 May 2023Conditional
an extension to existing dwelling house all ancillary site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360279
17 Sept 2021Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211304
9 Sept 2021Conditional
elevational changes and resultant additional floor space to existing house as constructed from those permitted under planning ref 05/3030 and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 211260
1 Sept 2020Conditional
decommissioning of existing septic tank and soak-pit, installation of packaged wastewater treatment system and eco-flo filter
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20860
10 Jul 2020Conditional
the construction of a new field entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20626
10 Jul 2020Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20625
4 Mar 2020N/a
the construction of a new dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20192
8 Nov 2019Conditional
construction of an independent living unit to the rear of existing dwelling, new wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191104
20 Aug 2019Conditional
a single storey extension to the rear of an existing dwelling, as well as elevational changes and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 19829
22 Mar 2019Conditional
an extension to the rear of the house
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19266
12 Apr 2017Conditional
a new roundabout controlled junction is to be constructed necessitating alteration to the present junction layout and the construction of a new Regional Road R513 approach to the junction and the alteration of the existing N24 approaches to the junction, Road and Drainage impact attenuation, Fencing and Accommodation, Landscaping, Public Lighting, Associated Site Works, the implementation of the works proposed will result in a rearrangement of the existing road network include the relocation of points of access onto the national and local road network and the extinguishment of public rights of way by a separate statutory process
Permission · Limerick County Council, 178006
27 Feb 2017Conditional
to construct an extension
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17181
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 Sandylane.
Recorded monuments
- LI014-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated in low-lying, poorly-drained, gently undulating pasture. Indicated with hachures as an embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 19 June 2013
- LI014-040 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a S-facing slope, immediately S of the N24 road and immediately W of a field boundary. Indicated on the 1923 OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) immediately SW of and truncated by the N24 road. The monument is no longer evident and a hayshed has been built on the site, surrounded by a now decrepit concrete-post fence. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 20 June 2013
- LI014-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated in low-lying, poorly-drained pasture. The monument, heavily obscured by dense scrub vegetation, consists of a roughly circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 3.3m; H 0.9m) with an external fosse (Wth 7m) and an earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; Wth 2.6m; ext. H 0.1m). There are traces of a further external bank at NW (int. H 0.6m; Wth 3.7m ext. H 0.1m). There is a gap in the enclosing element at S (Wth 1m). The fosse is wide and flat-bottomed and the external bank is relatively flat-topped. Comoiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 20 June 2013
- LI014-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in poorly-drained pasture. The monument is largely obscured by scrub vegetation. It consists of a roughly circular area (20m NE-SW; 18m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; Wth 1.1m; ext. H 0.7m). There is a dip in the bank at WSW (Wth 4.5m). The interior is uneven and slopes down to the SE. The interior and the enclosing bank have been poached by cattle. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 20 June 2013
- LI014-171 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed grassland. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 33m; exdt. diam. 50m) defined by a fosse visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13 and earlier OSi orthoimages. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 3 June 2020
Architectural heritage
- House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1790. Hipped thatched roof with brick chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers having stepped caps, double-leaf cast-iron gates and rendered walls terminating in second pair of piers. Rendered boundary walls to site.
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding gable-fronted cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built c. 1820. Comprising limestone open work bellcote to front (east) elevation, two-bay nave, transepts and two-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roofs with render eaves course. Single-pitched slate roof to lean-to. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having blind square-headed niche to north transept. Pointed arch openings with Y-traceried stained glass windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed openings to lean-to having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Timber galleries to interior north and south transepts. Glazed timber porch to east elevation. Marble memorial plaques to west elevation. Pair of square-profile rusticated limestone piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates. Rusticated boundary walls having cast-iron railings.
- House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810, having lean-to to west elevation and three-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and limestone copings. Rendered walls having render strip quoins, plinth course and stringcourse. Square-headed openings with ornate render surrounds, painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having paired Doric style engaged columns, entablature, dentilated cornice and glazed overlight over double-leaf timber panelled doors with flanking sidelights. Pair of rendered square-profile piers having ball finial caps and single-leaf cast-iron gate. Rendered boundary walls having ornate cast-iron railings.
- House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1790, having windbreak and shopfront to front (south) elevation. Single-bay single-storey extension to east elevation and recent three-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped and pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystack. Pitched artificial slate roof to rear extension. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed openings to east extension having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening to windbreak with glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Shopfront comprising timber pilasters, fascia and square-headed bipartite display window.
- M. O'Neill, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having render shopfront and windbreak to front (south), render shopfront to east elevation. Two-bay single-storey extension and conservatory to rear (north) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed opening to windbreak having timber battened door with cast-iron strap hinges. Shopfront to front comprising fluted render pilasters, fascia with raised lettering and moulded cornice. Square-headed fixed display window having moulded render surround, painted stone sill and cast-iron sill guard. Shopfront to east comprising render pilasters and fascia with raised lettering. Square-headed fixed display window having moulded render surround, painted stone sill and cast-iron sill guard. Rendered walls to east with single-leaf cast-iron gate.
- P. Hanly, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former coach house, built c. 1820. Comprising projecting end bay, shopfront and lean-to porch to front (north) elevation. Two-storey and single-storey extensions to rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Single-pitched slate roof to porch. Rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to west end bay having bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed display window to ground floor, projecting bay with fixed tripartite window. Square-headed opening to porch having glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Shopfront comprising scrolled timber consoles, fascia and cornice. Gable-fronted outbuilding to east with pitched slate roof. Rubble limestone walls to north elevation, rendered walls to west, east and south elevations. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to north elevation having roughly dressed voussoirs and replacement window. Three-bay two-storey outbuilding to west. Render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings. Square-headed door openings. Square-headed carriage arch.
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 Sandylane, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sandylane.
- 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
No address of the register names Sandylane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Sandylane · Bóthar Sceiche Gainimh
- Area
- 1,774,344 m² (177.43 ha, 438.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abington, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Caherconlish West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,318 people lived in 774 households in the Caherconlish West electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boher, Bohergar, Cloghnadromin, Grange West, Killinure, Knockanea, Tobermalug
- Placenames
- Sandylane 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.