Wolfesburgess West

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Wolfesburgess West, from 22 m² to 117,173 m² (11.72 ha, 28.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P1Agriculture
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.4Utilities (Other gas and electricity uses)
  Rathkeale Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Jan 2025N/a

  the erection of a new viewing stand between the two existing pitches, 2 no. new dugouts and the erection of 6m high, ball stop nets at the North end of the playing pitches and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2518

• 5 Jul 2022Conditional

  the recreation roofed structure and outdoor recreation area and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22751

• 25 Mar 2021Conditional

  change of use to Unit 2 from Light Industrial/Business Centre Units to Laundry and all associated elevational alterations. Change of use to Unit 10 from Veterinarian Clinic to Light Industrial/Business Centre Units. Extension to Unit 11 and all associated elevational alterations. Widening of existing access road to Units 10,11,12,13,14,15A and 15B and new access gates to these units. Alterations to existing parking. New access to road from the development to Rathkeale Industrial Estate adjacent to Unit 2 to the North of the site. New palisade fencing and access gate to the proposed yard of Unit 2 and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 218003

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  change of use from warehouse storage to offices and training room and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191270

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 Wolfesburgess West.

Recorded monuments

• LI029-017 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, at base of SW-facing slope, on N bank of River Deel. No visible surface trace of 'mill in ruins' depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI029-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop E end of ridge. Monument, depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Steep scarped edge (H 3.3m; Wth 7.7m) NNW->SE in area of site is more likely result of quarrying than remains of enclosure. Otherwise, No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI029-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument, depicted as isolated embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map has since been incorporated into gardens of Fort George country house. A roughly circular area (21.5m N-S; 24m E-W) is enclosed by earthen bank SSW->NNE. Bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.5m) has been ornamentally paved over with stone and brick. A paved footpath follows line of bank NNE->SW. Interior under lawn, with paved circular area (diam. c. 4m) containing sundial at centre. Steps lead up to interior from adjoining house at SSW and SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Wolfesburgess West.

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

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_553 (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.

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

Name

Wolfesburgess West · Burgáiste an Bhulbhaigh Thiar

Area

585,973 m² (58.6 ha, 144.8 acres)

Civil parish

Rathkeale, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Rathkeale Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathkeale Urban electoral division: 1,408 people in 544 households; 58% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlematrix, Cloghanarold, Enniscoush, Knockaunavad, Kyletaun, Rathkeale

Placenames

Wolfesburgess West 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.