Shanagolden

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanagolden, from 7 m² to 66,327 m² (6.63 ha, 16.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Shanagolden 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.

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  the removal of the existing front boundary wall and the construction of a new vehicular entrance and front boundary wall, the installation of permeable paving to the front yard to provide off-street car parking, the dishing of the public footpath at the road edge, and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660335

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  the carrying out excavation, reduced site levels, construction of concrete retaining abutement boundary wall. And permission to widen the existing site entrance and provision of truck parking facility and associated site development works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 24149

• 10 Apr 2024Conditional

  a single-storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24143

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  provision of additional lighting, tarmacadam surface to the existing walkway and associated works at our playing fields

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23441

• 23 Aug 2023Conditional

  (1) the demolition of a substandard semidetached dwelling house & detached garage, (2) to replace them with a new semidetached dwelling house and a new detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23423

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  the change of use of existing Gala kitchen to Takeaway kitchen and takeaway facility with existing shop

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 221184

• 21 May 2021N/a

  change of use of existing structure from car showroom to workshop and ancillary rooms for weld radiographic inspection involving internal revisions and elevational changes; a new extension(part single storey and part two storey) located between front of existing building and the public street, to comprise offices, reception, staff facilities, weld radiographic inspection room and circulation space; external works to include an increase in height of side and rear boundary walls, provision of a private company vehicle wash facility, parking, site circulation, provision of a new centrally located front site entrance to replace 2no. existing site entrances and to provide a new front boundary wall. All proposed works as detailed to include ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21691

• 14 May 2021Conditional

  replacement of existing butcher shop with a two storey dwelling house using existing foul and storm services on site and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21642

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  smoking shelter/awnings at side & front of Old Stand Bar/Restaurant

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21121

• 14 Jan 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing dwelling/sheds/stair core and construction of a new storey & half extension to existing storey & half petrol station/retail/office outlet together with new forecourt/shed/parking area and associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2128

• 11 Feb 2020N/a

  fascia sign at hardware unit

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2095

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. Outline Planning Ref. 19/463

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191275

• 10 May 2019Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house and domestic garage, entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 19463

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  the change of use of a section of an existing retail unit from retail to off-licence

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181124

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 Shanagolden.

Recorded monuments

• LI019-012 Historic town
  Description

  The following description of this monument is taken from 'The Urban Archaeological Survey of County Limerick' compiled by John Bradley, Andrew Halpin and Heather A. King (Office of Public Works, 1985). "Shanagolden is situated twenty miles west of Limerick city close to the Shannon estuary on the Foynes road. Referred to as Sengualainn in the twelfth century history Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh the placename appears to mean "old shoulder"; perhaps an allusion to the hill on which the village stands. The mention of Shanagolden in the Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh is its first appearance in history. This source tells us that a battle was fought here in 968 between Mahon, king of Munster, and the Norsemen of Limerick and Waterford (Todd 1867, 9). The lands of Shanagolden or-Sengola, as it is termed in later documents, appear to have belonged to the diocese of Limerick in Anglo-Norman times (MacCaffrey 1907, 26) but whether they formed part of the pre-Norman diocesan lands or not is unknown. It was granted by Bishop Hubert de Burgh to the canons and vicars of St. Mary's, Limerick, between 1225 and 1250 (ibid., 46) but it seems to have functioned during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as -an episcopal manor. A rental of the manor, made in 1336, survives in the Black Book of Limerick and this states that the burgesses of Seanguala rendered 100s annually to the bishop (ibid., 159). This reference indicates that the settlement was a borough. Its history after 1336, however, is unknown. It is to be presumed that, in conjunction with many other Limerick boroughs, it was deserted in the later middle ages. The present street pattern is linear and consists of one main street running from north to south east. It is unclear, however, if this street follows the line of its medieval predecessor or not. The absence of references to Shanagolden in the later middle ages would lead one to believe that the settlement was abandoned. It is likely then that the present street pattern is of post-medieval origin." Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Shanagolden Creamery, creamery, chimney, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey double-pile former creamery, built c. 1920, having three-bay single-storey extension to east. Pitched slate roof. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course and fascia having raised lettering. Square-headed openings with decorative render surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening to extension having cast-iron window and sill guard. Square-headed opening having double-leaf corrugated-iron doors. Square-headed opening with metal door to extension. Shopfront comprising ornate render surround. Square-headed display window having replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening with replacement uPVC. Render shopfront surround, now blocked up. Square-headed opening to rear (north) elevation having timber battened door. Flight of concrete steps to entrance. Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding to south. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed opening having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window and concrete sill. Square-headed openings with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sill. Square-headed opening having timber panelled door. Square-headed opening with double-leaf timber battened door. Brick chimney to north with tapered shaft.

• Spring Rice Monument, monument, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone monument and fountain, erected in 1900, comprising round-profile stepped plinth, carved limestone pedestal with round profile basin surmounted by carved limestone Celtic cross with interlacing motifs in relief and figure of Christ. Carved Gaelic script and spout to font face.

• Bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone road bridge over an unnamed tributary, built c. 1810. Rubble stone walls with rubble cappings. Segmental-headed arch with dressed limestone voussoirs.

• The Old Dispensary, building misc, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former dispensary, built c. 1860, having gabled dormer windows to front (south-west) elevation and extension to rear (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack and timber bargeboards to gables. Snecked rusticated limestone walls. Square-headed openings having brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening with brick block-and-start surround and glazed overlight over timber battened door. Square-headed opening having brick block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Cast-iron railings set in limestone plinths and single-leaf cast-iron gates to site.

• Elm Ville, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, having lean-to to rear (north) elevation. Skirt slate roof with brick chimneystacks and overhanging eaves with timber brackets. Rendered walls having render strip quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening to rear, first floor having replacement uPVC window and limestone sill. Square-headed opening with render surround comprising chamfered Doric-style pilasters supporting entablature and cornice over timber panelled door with glazed overlight. Square-headed opening to lean-to having replacement timber battened door. Limestone steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile cut limestone piers with carved caps and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Pedestrian entrance to north comprising square-profile cut limestone pier having carved cap and single-leaf wrought-iron gate. Rusticated limestone boundary walls with cast-iron railings.

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

At the centre of the townland of Shanagolden, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Shanagolden with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Shanagolden · Seanghualainn

Area

287,715 m² (28.77 ha, 71.1 acres)

Civil parish

Shanagolden, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Shanagolden, the unit of the census

Census 2022

922 people lived in 370 households in the Shanagolden electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycormick, Kimeheer, Monavaha, Parkmore, Shanagolden Demesne

Placenames

Shanagolden 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.