Curraghnaboul
Curraghnaboul is a townland in the civil parish of Dromkeen, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Currach na bPoll.
Parcel 1589463
- Area
- 337,160 m² (33.72 ha, 83.31 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 380 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Curraghnaboul
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- LI023-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
In clearing surrounded by coniferous forestry, on a NE-facing slope with restricted views. Circular area (22m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.3m; H 0.8m) NNW-S that has been truncated by field boundarie at SW and NW. Scarp is best preserved at N, where monument has been raised to compensate for hill-slope. Trace of fosse (basal Wth 1m; overall Wth 6.15m; D 0.2m) E-S. Interior slopes down very gently from scarp into centre. Drain borders field boundaries to SW and NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 1 November 2013
- LI023-028 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In conspicuous depression, in NW corner of small pasture field, at end of forestry trackway. Rectangular well (1.2m N-S; 0.8m E-W; D 0.8m; long-axis N-S) defined by moss covered drystone wall. Well is fed by natural spring (D 0.55m) at NNE. Well area may have continued to E, where it is obscured by thick growth of vegetation (2m N-S; 2.5m E-W). Overflow area (1.8m N-S; 0.8m E-W; D 0.55m) abutting to N is separated from main well by flagstones. Depth of water in well 0.2m. Pathway of paving slabs and wooden bench approach a wider paved area to W. Mature deciduous trees grow around well on western side, each with a wooden box attached containing religious memorabilia. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 202) as 'known over a wide area, and rounds are often made, especially in May and September, and on Saturdays … now said to be Our Lady's Well.' The following folklore was recorded from Tinnatarriff National School about Dromkeen Well; 'It is known as Tobardomhnaigh and is specially supposed to cure sore eyes. People visit it on Saturdays, make rounds there, wash their eyes in the water, drink some of it and leave some relic on the tree which grows near the well. It is said that years ago a farmer lived quite near this well and that one day he came home early from a fair and his wife had no dinner ready for him. She ran to the blessed well for water, as it was the nearest but but if she left it down in the pot for a week it would never boil or get hot. There is a well worn path around the well and many a rosary is said by those, principally women, who pray fervently there when they wish to obtain a cure'(The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 007; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922084/4850709). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00126 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16978; F025.21.00130 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16979 and F025.21.00131 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24586. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020
- LI023-136 Enclosure
Description
This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 232: AP 4/3735.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1174 (ZIP).
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 33.7 ha
- 83 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 337,160 m² (33.72 ha, 83.31 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Curraghnaboul, from 337,160 m² (33.72 ha, 83.31 acres) to 337,160 m² (33.72 ha, 83.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Curraghnaboul 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
No planning application touches the townland of Curraghnaboul in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 Curraghnaboul.
Recorded monuments
- LI023-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
In clearing surrounded by coniferous forestry, on a NE-facing slope with restricted views. Circular area (22m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by scarped edge (Wth 3.3m; H 0.8m) NNW-S that has been truncated by field boundarie at SW and NW. Scarp is best preserved at N, where monument has been raised to compensate for hill-slope. Trace of fosse (basal Wth 1m; overall Wth 6.15m; D 0.2m) E-S. Interior slopes down very gently from scarp into centre. Drain borders field boundaries to SW and NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 1 November 2013
- LI023-028 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In conspicuous depression, in NW corner of small pasture field, at end of forestry trackway. Rectangular well (1.2m N-S; 0.8m E-W; D 0.8m; long-axis N-S) defined by moss covered drystone wall. Well is fed by natural spring (D 0.55m) at NNE. Well area may have continued to E, where it is obscured by thick growth of vegetation (2m N-S; 2.5m E-W). Overflow area (1.8m N-S; 0.8m E-W; D 0.55m) abutting to N is separated from main well by flagstones. Depth of water in well 0.2m. Pathway of paving slabs and wooden bench approach a wider paved area to W. Mature deciduous trees grow around well on western side, each with a wooden box attached containing religious memorabilia. Described by Ó Danachair (1955, 202) as 'known over a wide area, and rounds are often made, especially in May and September, and on Saturdays … now said to be Our Lady's Well.' The following folklore was recorded from Tinnatarriff National School about Dromkeen Well; 'It is known as Tobardomhnaigh and is specially supposed to cure sore eyes. People visit it on Saturdays, make rounds there, wash their eyes in the water, drink some of it and leave some relic on the tree which grows near the well. It is said that years ago a farmer lived quite near this well and that one day he came home early from a fair and his wife had no dinner ready for him. She ran to the blessed well for water, as it was the nearest but but if she left it down in the pot for a week it would never boil or get hot. There is a well worn path around the well and many a rosary is said by those, principally women, who pray fervently there when they wish to obtain a cure'(The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0520, Page 007; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922084/4850709). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00126 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16978; F025.21.00130 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16979 and F025.21.00131 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24586. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Curraghnaboul.
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 Curraghnaboul, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1174 (ZIP).
- 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 Curraghnaboul with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Curraghnaboul · Currach na bPoll
- Area
- 337,402 m² (33.74 ha, 83.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromkeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Caherconlish East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 576 people lived in 187 households in the Caherconlish East electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castle-Erkin South, Dromkeen North, Gortnadromin, Moanroe, Moigh
- Placenames
- Curraghnaboul 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.