Faha Demesne

95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faha Demesne, from 94 m² to 140,130 m² (14.01 ha, 34.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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 Faha Demesne 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.

• 17 Sept 2024Conditional

  the construction of a domestic garage with revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460922

• 20 Oct 2021Refused

  extension of duration for 15/1031 for the demolition of existing sub-standard dwelling house, outhouse and the construction of a replacement dwelling house, garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 217042

• 29 Jul 2021N/a

  construction of two dwellings, each with their own waste water treatment systems, each with their own site entrances, site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 211079

• 9 Jul 2021Refused

  a storey and a half dormer dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21976

• 24 Jun 2021N/a

  construction of 2 dwellings, each with their own waste water treatment systems, each with their own site entrances, site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 21891

• 19 Mar 2021Conditional

  a shed and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21337

• 19 May 2020Conditional

  construction of a domestic garage/store, revisions to design of extension to gate lodge/dispensary(previously granted under planning permission 17/419) and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20405

• 4 Jul 2019Refused

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

  Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 19661

• 5 Oct 2018Refused

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

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18978

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, single storey dwelling house, domestic waste water treatment system & polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18427

• 11 May 2017Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of the restoration and internal alterations of the existing house and residential annex to form a single family residence. The works to include the repair of existing sash windows and external doors. Insertion of door opening within ground floor sash window ope to west elevation, insertion of new window opes with sash windows to house, 2 no. to north elevation, reinstatement of sash window 1 no. to east elevation, (replacing existing door) 5 no. new windows and external doors to the annex, the construction of a sunroom to rear west elevation, re roofing the house in natural slate, installation of solar panels - 6 m2 to house south facing roof, installation of roof lights to the annex roof, rewiring, plumbing and thermal/acoustic insulation, installation of a new sewerage treatment system and rainwater harvesting system. The extension, restoration and conversion of the gate lodge medical dispensary and change of use to form a separate dwelling, alterations to the roadside boundary wall including blocking up existing vehicular entrance/exit, forming new site access including revised drive layout and on-site parking to Auburn House and the former dispensary, together with landscaping and external works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17419

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 Faha Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• LI012-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on slight NW facing slope with good views in all directions. Situated on an 'Old Deer Park' belonging to Faha House located 980m to NE. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 36m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.1m; base Wth. 6.05m) and external fosse (base Wth. 2.1m) best preserved from NNE through E to SSE with an entrance gap (Wth. 6m) at NW. The slightly undulating interior is densely overgrown. Field boundaries intersect the enclosing element at NE and SW. Monument visible as a tree-covered earthwork on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 19 June 2020

• LI012-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on slight NNE facing slope with good views in most directions. On the 'Old Deer Park' standing adjacent to a laneway on the demesne lands of Faha House located 580m to NE. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 28m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m; base Wth. 3.25m) from S through N to NNE and from NE to SE reduced to a scarp from NNE to NE and SSE to S with traces of an external fosse visible throughout. A quarry pit (diam. 8m, D 0.5m) has been dug into the external face of the bank at E. The level interior is densely overgrown. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 21 June 2020

• LI012-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on slight NE facing slope with the ruins of Faha House located 330m to SE. Not depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map. The 1897 2OS 5-inch map depicts the monument as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 30m; approx. ext. diam. 40m) planted with trees. Present remains consist of a slightly raised circular-shaped area (diam. 30m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m; base Wth. 6.10m) disturbed on all sides by animal activity and dumped material. The undulating interior is densely overgrown. Outline of tree-covered monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

• LI012-082 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In pasture on slight NE facing slope, on demesne lands of Faha House located 525m to NNE. Depicted on the 1840 0S 6-inch map as a grove of trees adjacent to a roadway leading to Faha House and not as an antiquity. On this map the earthwork is shown as a roughly circular-shaped area indicated by a solid line in the same fashion as the surrounding field boundaries. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 28m) and not as an antiquity on the OS 25-inch map. No surface remains visible today of levelled earthwork on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2020. Possible designed landscape feature associated with Faha House. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

• LI012-083 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In level pasture, on the demesne lands of Faha House located 220m to NW. Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map or the 1897 25-inch map. Earthwork depicted as a small mound enclosed by a on the 1923 OS 6-inch map. No surface remains visible today. Faint cropmark of levelled earthwork visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019 and Digital Globe orthophoto 2011-13. Representation of earthwork on revsied OS 6-inch map suggests possible barrow monument, however its location on demesne lands may suggest the remains of a designed landscape feature. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

• LI012-084 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In level pasture immediately S of an entrance road to Faha House. Situated on the demesne lands of Faha House that is located 150m to the E. Not depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a landscape feature on the 1897 OS 25-inch map where it is shown as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted area (approx. diam. 38m) indicated by a solid line in the same fashion as the surrounding field boundaries. No surface remains visible today. Cropmark of levelled enclosure visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. This image clearly shows the levelled earthwork standing beside the avenue to Faha House along with earthworks related to the designed landscaping of Faha House and its demesne as shown on the 1840 OS map. Probably the remains of a tree-ring associated with the landscaping of the demesne lands of Faha House. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 22 June 2020

• LI012-161 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture on the demesne lands of Faha House. Depicted as a grove of trees on 1840 OS 6-inch map. Cropmark of enclosure (approx. diam. 27m) clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached aerial photograph taken from Google Earth. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 June 2020

• LI012-162 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture on the demesne lands of Faha House. Depicted as a grove of trees on 1840 OS 6-inch map. Cropmark of enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached aerial photograph taken from Google Earth. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Faha House, country house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Hipped slate roof with cut limestone eaves course and rendered chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled render over rubble limestone walls with render quoins. Square-headed openings to first floor, some with remains of render surrounds, brick voussoirs, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Square-headed window openings to ground floor, some blocked up, some with brick surrounds and bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to rear (east) elevation with red brick voussoirs, now blocked up. Square-headed opening having remains of render surround, brick voussoirs and glazed overlight over timber battened door. Remains of round-headed carriage arch to south with red brick voussoirs, now blocked up, adjoining surviving wall of ruined Faha House. Thirteen-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-west having pedimented carriage arch. Hipped slate roof. Roughly dressed painted limestone walls. Round-headed arches with red brick voussoirs. Square-headed window openings having red brick voussoirs and limestone sills. Square-headed door openings with red brick voussoirs and replacement timber battened doors. Former glasshouse to north having gable-fronted centre-bay with round-headed carriage arch. Rubble limestone walls. Seven-bay single-storey block to rear (north) elevation comprising centre-bay with pointed arch niches having brick voussoirs, strip pilasters with limestone caps and inset blind quatrefoil motifs and pointed arch window openings, now blocked up. Pointed arch window openings having brick voussoirs to recessed bays. Rubble limestone walled garden to north with north wall having brick wall to interior. Six-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with lean-to to west elevation. Pitched slate roof having brick eaves course. Painted rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with brick voussoirs and concrete sills. Square-headed door openings having brick voussoirs. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to north-east set within limestone walled garden. Pitched slate roof having brick chimneystack. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings. Round-headed door openings with brick voussoirs.

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 Faha Demesne, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_879 (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.

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

Name

Faha Demesne · An Fhaiche

Area

1,780,623 m² (178.06 ha, 440 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkeedy, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Patrickswell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,490 people lived in 543 households in the Patrickswell electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyanrahan East, Ballyanrahan West, Ballycarrane, Ballyveloge, Briska Beg, Briska More, Kilcolman, Lurraga

Placenames

Faha Demesne 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.