Tulligmacthomas
Townland in the civil parish of Dromcolliher, barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Tulaigh Mhic Thomáis
- Area
- 274.1 ha
- 677 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 4,424 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tulligmacthomas, from 531 m² to 448,407 m² (44.84 ha, 110.8 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
No zone of a development plan covers Tulligmacthomas 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
2 Sept 2026N/a
(i) demolition of existing open slurry pit and (ii) Extend existing slatted livestock unit. Proposed slatted livestock unit extension to incorporate cubicles, scrapers, easy feed area & underground slatted tank with external agitation & ancillary external concrete. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2661016
16 Jul 2026N/a
the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing, vehicular entrance and carry out all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660809
5 May 2026N/a
as constructed dwelling house and detached domestic garage (change of design of garage from that previously granted under planning ref. 01/2190) and change of site layout from that previously granted under planning ref. 01/2190 and all associated ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660505
17 Jul 2025Conditional
Uisce Éireann intends to apply for a 10-year planning permission to construct a new wastewater treatment plant (WwTP) at Coolaboy, Dromcollogher, Co. Limerick. The Proposed Development will comprise the construction of a new WwTP to provide treatment capacity for a population equivalent (PE) of 1,350 (10 years) and 1,550 (30 years). The wastewater will be treated and discharged via an outfall pipe into the River Deel at a location approximately 6.5 kilometres to the northwest of the WwTP. The outfall pipe will be located primarily in public roads in the townlands of Coolaboy, Mundellihy, Ballinlongig, Cloonmore and Tulligmacthomas. The existing WwTP will be decommissioned and demolished upon completion of the Proposed Development. The Proposed Development will comprise: i) Development of a new preliminary wastewater treatment plant including infrastructure such as bypass channels and screens; grit and fats, oils, greases (FOG) removal plant; storm water overflow tank; sludge drying reed beds; flash mixer chamber; return liquor pumping station facilities; caustic and ferric dosing storge tanks; flow to full treatment (FFT) pumping station; final settlement tank flow split chamber; 2 no. final clarifiers; sludge draw off chamber (return-activated sludge and waste-activated sludge pumping station); static mixer; wash water pumping station; tertiary disk filter; and final effluent pumping station. ii) Development of an ESB sub-station, control building, and fuel tank. iii) Provision of approx. 54m of new gravity sewer to direct flows to the new WwTP. This will replace an existing combined sewer overflow which will be decommissioned after the process switchover. iv) Provision of adequate site lighting, access gates, access stairs, walkways, car parking and electric charging facilities, and site boundary hedging and fencing. v) Provision of photovoltaic (PV) panels on the site of the existing WwTP following its decommissioning. vi) Provision of site drainage infrastructure including a hydrocarbon interceptor, construction of outfall pipe along public roads, and headwall in Tulligmacthomas. vii) Realignment and widening of existing site entrance, including provision of a new access road into the site and a bridge within the site. viii) All hard and soft landscaping throughout the site, and all associated and ancillary site works. The Proposed Development will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560698
13 Nov 2020Conditional
erection of polytunnel for commercial use and all ancillary works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 201166
28 Nov 2018Conditional
existing stable block containing 3 no. stables and 2 no. tack rooms, outbuilding containing barn and feed store and existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 181151
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 Tulligmacthomas.
Recorded monuments
- LI045-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. 1.3m) with an external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth 0.6m). All of site is covered by dense overgrowth except for small clearing at N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.45m) with an external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 1.2m). Interior and most of enclosing element are covered by dense scrub overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (40m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m) with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 2.3m). A watercourse has recently been cut into fosse SW->NE. Level interior is covered by marshy pasture with patches of overgrowth. In N half of interior is linear ridge (H 0.45m; 9m N-S; 2.6m E-W). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-047 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on land sloping down to E towards stream. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. However, it is still discernible as circular area (35m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by low rise (H 0.1m; Wth 1m) with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 2m). Interior slopes down gently towards centre. According to local information site was levelled in mid 1980s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on land sloping down gently to W. Monument, depicted as tri-vallate embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. However, it is still discernible as circular area (diam. 41m), defined by scarped edge (H 0.2m; Wth 1.4m) with two external concentric banks. Middle bank (H 0.1m; Wth 2.3m) separated from scarp by short space (Wth 2m). Outer bank (H 0.1m; Wth 2m) is only evident NE->E and WSW->NNW. Surrounding field boundaries have been removed and land drained. According to local information enclosure levelled to present state in 1970s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1956).
- LI045-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled but is still discernible as circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by very shallow fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 2.3m). A slight rise on inside lip may be remains of levelled bank. Causeway across fosse at S (Wth 1.2m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI045-052 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope overlooking River Deel. Sub-circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (ext. H 0.9m) with an external fosse (D 0.35m; Wth 2m). Enclosing element is truncated by field boundary and drain SE->SW. Most of enclosing element and all of interior is covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
- Broken Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding triple-span road bridge, built c. 1820, spanning the River Deel. Camber-headed arches with tooled limestone voussoirs and dressed stone soffits. Springing from dressed rubble stone piers with tooled limestone quoins and later render skirting to base. Triangular tooled limestone cutwaters to south elevation with tooled limestone and render capping. Dressed rubble stone spandrels surmounted by dressed rubble stone parapet walls with dressed rubble stone coping. Coursed dressed rubble stone abutments to banks.
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 5 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tulligmacthomas.
- 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 Tulligmacthomas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Tulligmacthomas · Tulaigh Mhic Thomáis
- Area
- 2,740,617 m² (274.06 ha, 677.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromcolliher, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Electoral division
- Dromcolliher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dromcolliher electoral division: 928 people in 374 households; 71% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahaveheen, Bohard, Callahow, Cloonmore, Cloonpasteen, Feohanagh, Mundellihy
- Placenames
- Tulligmacthomas 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.