# Sreelane, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmurray, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Sraoilleán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 465,760 m² (46.58 ha, 115.09 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 666 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): S1 University, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmurray, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kilmurray.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Ballysimon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 16,540 people lived in 5,566 households in the Ballysimon electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31234 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121839 - Centre: latitude 52.673467, longitude -8.57328 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sreelane, from 24 m² to 278,108 m² (27.81 ha, 68.72 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1653766: 278,108 m² (27.81 ha, 68.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653766.md - Parcel 5297476: 31,261 m² (3.13 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5297476.md - Parcel 3265890: 14,282 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265890.md - Parcel 1647735: 11,824 m² (1.18 ha, 2.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647735.md - Parcel 1645238: 2,875 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645238.md - Parcel 1589539: 2,422 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589539.md - Parcel 1650676: 1,048 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650676.md - Parcel 1663415: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663415.md - Parcel 1642993: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642993.md - Parcel 5635236: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5635236.md - Parcel 5283568: 82 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5283568.md - Parcel 5635215: 61 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5635215.md - Parcel 5635237: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5635237.md - Parcel 3936900: 24 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3936900.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - S1 University (Education): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 16 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - S5 Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 - G5 Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/media/documents/2023-05/Limerick-Development-Plan-Volume-1-Written-Statement-including-Variation-No-1.pdf#page=387 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 13 Mar 2026, Limerick County Council 2660290: N/a. Permission. the extension of the existing Left Turn Lane at Feeney Way, at the main entrance road of the University of Limerick Campus, at the junction with Plassey Park Road, in the townland of Sreelane. Additional works included are the removal of an existing raised pedestrian crossing; installation of new road and cycle line markings, and the installation of additional road gullies. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660290/0 - 24 Oct 2025, Limerick County Council 2561088: Conditional. Permission. installation of 9 no. shrouded antenna, and 3 no. transmission dishes on ballast mounted supporting poles together with 3 equipment cabinets, radio equipment, cabling and associated site works located on the rooftop. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561088/0 - 9 Oct 2025, Limerick County Council 2561026: Conditional. Permission. internal alterations comprising, the demolition of internal partitions at basement and ground level, the installation of a lift between basement and ground level, the construction of disabled wheelchair refuge lobbies in the existing basement and ground level toilets and the reconfiguration of the basement level male toilets to provide wheelchair accessible toilets at Plassey House (A protected structure – RPS No. 1601), University of Limerick, Sreelane Townland, Castletroy, Limerick. The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561026/0 - 29 Nov 2024, Limerick County Council 2461180: Conditional. Permission. the removal of the existing valley gutters and polycarbonate rooflights, the construction of new valley gutters, rooflights and access hatch together with air handling units and associated ductwork. The site is located approx. 130m from Plassey House (a protected structure) and approx. 650m from Plassey Mill (a protected structure). The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461180/0 - 23 Jun 2020, Limerick County Council 20543: Conditional. Permission. extension of the existing common room mezzanine at the Millstream Building, University of Limerick, Sreelane, Co. Limerick. The development will comprise of a mezzanine extension of 59.5 sq.m and minor elevational modifications. The site is located circa 153 metres from Plassey House(a protected structure) and circa 509 metres from Plassey Mill and Headrace(a protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within an Architectural Conservation Area. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/20543/0 - 26 Apr 2018, Limerick County Council 18396: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an external lift to the south of the Foundation Building, University of Limerick, Sreelane, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. The development will consist of a three storey lift enclosure (16.5m2) between the upper plaza level and lower ground floor terrace level with a glazed link to the first floor level of the Foundation Building. The lift enclosure (13.2m high) will be clad in brickwork, concrete spandrel panels and copper roofing to match the existing building. The site is located circa 155m from Plassey House (protected structure) and circa 542m from Plassey Mill and Headrace (protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within architectural campus falls within an architectural conservation area. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18396/0 - 13 Dec 2017, Limerick County Council 171165: Conditional. Permission. a three storey over partial basement Student Centre, GIA 3530M2, providing a foyer space, auditorium (200 seat) meeting rooms offices a shop and café, along with site clearance and new landscape, paving, external works including an enclosed bicycle stand. The site is located approx. 130m from Plassey House (a protected structure) and approx. 680m from Plassey Mill, and associated millstreams (a protected structure). The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/171165/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sreelane. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Milford House, country house, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 21819001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21819001. Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement former country house, built c. 1770. Now in use as a convent and hospice. Comprising breakfront with cut limestone portico to front (west) elevation, four-bay three-storey extension and gable-fronted chapel with apse and six-bay nave to south elevation, two-storey over basement bay windows to north elevation and multiple-bay three-storey extensions to rear (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof having timber brackets and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to chapel and copper half-dome to apse. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings to second floor and basement having painted concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to first and ground floors with render block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills having ornate consoles and replacement uPVC windows. Paired square-headed openings to south extension with render block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills having ornate consoles and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed full-height stained glass window to extension, south elevation. Square-headed tripartite openings to bay windows with render block-and-start surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to bay windows, east and west elevations with render block-and-start surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed openings to chapel apse having stained glass windows. Oculi and round-headed openings to nave, south elevation, having stained glass windows. Oculus to chapel, rear elevation, having limestone surround, inset sexfoil motif and stained glass window. Limestone entrance comprising pilasters with fluted plinths, curved shafts and fluted capitals supporting ornate entablature with keystone, open pediment having concrete statue and square-headed opening with half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled door. Limestone steps to entrance with rendered walls having limestone copings. - Milford House, gate lodge, 1860–1880, Regional interest, registry number 21819002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21819002. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1870, comprising gabled-fronted projecting end bay and porch to front (west) elevation. Breakfront to south elevation and gable-fronted end bay and extension to east (rear) elevation. Pitched and hipped tiled roof with red brick chimneystack and timber bargeboards. Red brick walls having brick plinth and stringcourse to gables. Roughcast rendered walls to gables with timber details. Camber-headed openings with inset square-headed timber casement windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening to south elevation with tooled limestone sill and timber casement window. Square-headed opening having timber panelled double-leaf doors with limestone plinths. Camber-headed opening to rear having inset square-headed and replacement uPVC door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to south-west having render caps and roughcast rendered boundary walls. - Plassy Mills, mill (water), 1820–1830, Regional interest, registry number 21900504, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21900504. Detached L-plan multiple-bay six-storey former corn mill, built in 1824, with extension to west. Now in ruins. Dressed limestone walls having cast-iron patris plates, limestone quoins and red brick flue. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone label mouldings and sills. Pointed arch window openings to south elevation with limestone hoodmoulding to ground floor opening. Cross loop openings to east and west elevations, having limestone surrounds. Remains of internal round-headed door opening to north elevation with brick voussoirs, now partially blocked up. Cut limestone internal spiral staircase. South elevation partially rebuilt c. 1970. - Plassey House, country house, 1760–1780, Regional interest, registry number 21900505, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21900505. Detached L-plan multiple-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1770, comprising three-bay front block with pedimented shallow breakfront having single-storey portico. Rebuilt in the 1870s. Recessed two-bay three-storey block to west with two-bay two-storey extension. Recent extensions to rear. Hipped slate roofs with bracketed eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls having quoins and plinth courses. Square-headed openings to first floor with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, render entablatures, sills and continuous sills course. Those to west block having pedimented architraves. Square-headed openings to ground floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with flanking Corinthian style pilasters and render sills. Portico comprising Corinthian style columns supporting entablature with render cornice. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled doors with flanking sidelights. Ornate cornicing to interior. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Sreelane, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_996, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_996.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/sreelane.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/sreelane.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/sreelane.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Sreelane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Dromroe: https://everytownland.com/limerick/dromroe-120935.md - Newcastle: https://everytownland.com/limerick/newcastle.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/sreelane - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/sreelane