Moanoola

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moanoola, from 19 m² to 186,354 m² (18.64 ha, 46.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moanoola 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.

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  the demolition of the existing storage shed and the construction of a single storey modular built full day-care childcare service in its place and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660553

• 20 Dec 2025Conditional

  removal of previous lobby and construction of replacement lobby at front door; Construction of pitched roof over flat roof of previously permitted extension; Change of roof coverings from slate to profiled steel; Removal of chimney and all associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561370

• 10 Sept 2025Conditional

  construction of an inlet works; construction of a storm water holding tank complete with cleaning system; construction of a sludge holding tank; construction of 247m2 sludge drying reed beds; construction of control kiosk and all ancillary site development works including hard and soft landscaping. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is submitted as part of thee planning application.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560907

• 13 Jul 2022Conditional

  an off-licence use as part of an existing shop, including all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22775

• 12 Nov 2021Refused

  a 10-year permission and 35 year operation for a solar farm on four land parcels as described herein; North Parcel(Gortnakistin townland) approximately 23.78 hectares, Central Parcel(Ballyvalode & Keeloges townlands) approximately 43.49 hectares, South Central Parcel(Gortyvahane and Moanroe townlands) approximately 34.7 hectares, South Parcel(Garryduff, Moanroe, Moanoola and Kilmacogue townland) approximately 39.27 hectares. The Central Parcel, South Central Parcel and South Parcel are collectively referred to as the Main Solar Farm; a route corridor of 0.58 hectares for an underground internal network cable along the R507 and L5040 public roads for approximately 600 metres and within the solar farm lands for approximately 1,260 metres. The total site area for the proposed development is approximately 141.8 hectares. The proposed development on these parcels comprises of 755,000sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; inverter/transformer stations; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; new internal access tracks; associated drainage infrastructure; site entrances to the R507 public road(site entrance to main solar farm) and the L5040 public local road(North Parcel); CCTV cameras and all associated site services and works. Works for the internal network cable comprise trenching for an underground medium voltage electrical cable and associated joint bays and infrastructure, for a distance of approximately 560 metres on the R507 Regional Road, approximately 100 metres on the L5040 Local Road and approximately 1,260m within the solar farm lands. As part of a separate Strategic Infrastructure Development(SID) planning application provision of a 110kV electrical substation with electrical control building, associated compound with palisade fence and 2no. overhead line masts, which is to be located within the main solar farm, will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála in due course. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211565

• 11 Jan 2021Conditional

  construction of new entrance, construction of new site boundaries and change of use of existing funeral home(planning ref. 92/1316) to domestic dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2116

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  demolition of front porch & existing rear extension to dwelling & for permission to carry out renovations to existing dwelling & permission to construct new front porch & extension to rear of dwelling & for permission to construct replacement entrance & front boundary wall & associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18642

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  retention permission for the existing dwelling house & detached garage & full planning permission for a waste water treatment unit & polishing filter including all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17475

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 Moanoola.

Recorded monuments

• LI025-033001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On flat pasture 140m E of the N tip of the townland boundary with Castlelloyd. One of five barrows (LI025-033002-/003/004/005-) in a barrow cemetery. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12. Not visible on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 10.1; AP 4/3621) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 9m). The ring-barrow is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 10.1 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 September 2020

• LI025-033002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On flat pasture 140m E of the N tip of the townland boundary with Castlelloyd. One of five barrows (LI025-033001/003/004-/005-) in a barrow cemetery. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12. Not visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 10.2; AP 4/3621) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7.5m). The ring-barrow is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 10.2 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 September 2020

• LI025-033003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On flat pasture 140m E of the N tip of the townland boundary with Castlelloyd. One of five barrows (LI025-033001/002/004/005-) in a barrow cemetery. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12. Not visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 10.3; AP 4/3621) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 10m). The ring-barrow is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 10.3 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 September 2020

• LI025-033004 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On flat pasture 140m E of the N tip of the townland boundary with Castlelloyd. One of five barrows (LI025-033001/002/003/005-) in a barrow cemetery. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12. Not visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 10.4; AP 4/3621) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 8m). The W side of the monument appears to have been cut by a later ring-barrow (LI025-033003-) in the group. The ring-barrow is visible on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 10.4 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 September 2020

• LI025-033005 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On flat pasture 140m E of the N tip of the townland boundary with Castlelloyd. One of five barrows (LI025-033001/002/003/004-) in a barrow cemetery. The ring-barrow is not depicted on historic OSi maps, but is visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12. Not visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 10.5; AP 4/3621) as a circular ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 7m). The ring-barrow is not clear on the most recent Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 10.5 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 22 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Oola National School, school, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay single-storey school, built in 1940, comprising four-bay single-storey block with uPVC porch to south-west having adjoining two-stage square-plan gable-fronted tower. Single-storey U-plan block to north-west elevation. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods, render eaves course, terracotta ridge tiles and red brick chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to tower. Flat roofs to south-west and north-west blocks. Rendered walls having red brick risers, render plinth course and inscribed limestone plaque to south-east elevation. Red brick walls to tower, south-west elevation. Square-headed openings with painted sills, render surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening to south-west block having timber battened door, obscured by porch. Recent concrete steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile stone clad piers with render caps, double-leaf metal gates and stone walls with render copings.

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted barn style Roman Catholic church, built in 1838, comprising gable-fronted breakfront to front (south-west) elevation having adjoining porches to south-east and north-west elevations. Four-bay nave having single-bay single-storey sacristy to rear (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with mixed cast-iron rainwater goods and cast-iron cross finial to breakfront. Flat roofs to porches and sacristy. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course to front elevation and sacristy, lined-and-ruled rendered walls to nave. Pointed arch openings with Y-tracery stained glass windows and limestone sills. Pointed arch opening to south-west elevation having painted sill and stained glass window. Square-headed openings to porches having render surrounds and timber battened double-leaf doors. Square-headed openings to sacristy with painted sills and timber casement windows, square-headed opening to sacristy having timber battened door with overlight. Rendered steps to entrance. Marble altar to interior. Freestanding gable-fronted bell tower to east having pitched slate roof, cross finial and cast-iron bell. Square-profile rendered piers to west having double-leaf metal gates and flanking pedestrian single-leaf pedestrian gates with square-profile rendered piers. Roughcast rendered boundary walls with render copings and plinths to site.

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1880, comprising cylindrical shaft with banding, fluted neck, spout and cap, having finial. Set on render base.

• Oola Garda Síochána Station, house, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former house, built in 1884, having porch to front (south-west) elevation. Now in use as garda station. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, painted brick eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth course and red brick quoins. Square-headed openings having limestone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to porch, north-west elevation, with red brick surround and timber battened door. Rendered steps to entrance. Pair of roughly dressed square-profile limestone piers to south-west having red brick quoins and single-leaf metal gate. Snecked limestone boundary walls with render copings, pair of double-leaf cast-iron gates to south-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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Moanoola.

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 Moanoola with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Moanoola · Móin Úlla

Area

542,119 m² (54.21 ha, 133.96 acres)

Civil parish

Oola, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Oola, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Oola electoral division: 1,119 people in 427 households; 82% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlelloyd, Garryduff, Glebe, Moanroe, Oolahills East, Oolahills West

Placenames

Moanoola 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.