Islandea

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Islandea, from 17 m² to 291,480 m² (29.15 ha, 72.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.4Utilities (Other gas and electricity uses)
  Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  change of opening hours 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Monday to Friday only to new opening hours 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Monday to Saturday and to retain signage

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561153

• 3 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension at the rear and side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25170

• 18 Aug 2024Conditional

  the construction of a granny flat to the side / front of Dwelling; with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460825

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  the development that consists of: Works to raise the height of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, the former Adare Railway Station platform and associated roadworks and level crossing works. The works shall include: (a) River Maigue Railway Bridge - increase height of existing bridge a protected structure, including alterations to the existing abutments, piers and adjacent existing railway embankments, (b) Former Adare Railway Station Platform - increase the level of part of the existing platform associated with former Adare Railway Station a protected structure, to match new height of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, including provision of retaining wall, timber fencing, security fencing, drainage channel and retention of original copping stones, (c) Road Lift - alterations to existing road L1423, a former canal, to raise the road and railway level crossing to match new level of the River Maigue Railway Bridge, including reconstruction of the road, footpath, kerbs and walls, installation of retaining walls, road restraint system, road drainage and line marking, (d) Railway Embankment - increase height of existing railway embankments to match new level of the River Maigue Railway Bridge and level crossing including installation of retaining walls and alterations to existing railway embankments, (e) Railway Level Crossing - installation of signage, barriers, traffic guidance signage, road traffic lights, line marking, Relocatable Electrical Building and associated fencing, (f) Quay Interface - alterations to existing car park and former Quay a protected structure and car park, including alteration to existing height restriction barriers, provision of new kerbs and footpath, resurfacing of level from road into carpark and installation of new infrastructure for public lighting, line marking and drainage. The River Maigue Railway Bridge is a Protected Structure. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening report and a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23201

• 31 Jan 2023Conditional

  the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360039

• 16 Nov 2022Conditional

  the retention of the existing vehicular entrance and service roadway providing access to the existing foul water pumping station together with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 221213

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  construction of an extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211409

• 4 Mar 2021Conditional

  an existing telecommunications support structure(previously granted permission under Planning ref. 11/250 Limerick County Council), together with antennas, dishes, equipment cabinets, fencing, access gate and track and all associated site development works. The development will continue to provide high speed wireless broadband and data services

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21255

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  demolition of attached garage and construction of a two storey extension to the side of dwelling with a single storey extension at the rear, smooth plaster finish to front elevation of existing dwelling, amend front boundary wall to create an additional parking space and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21158

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  an existing 25m high telecommunications support structure (total height with antennas 26.7m) carrying telecommunications equipment, together with existing equipment container and associated equipment within a fenced compound as previously granted under local authority reference 11/1047. The development will continue to form part of Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd. existing and future telecommunications and broadband network

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20360

• 4 Dec 2019Conditional

  demolition of existing inlet works and pumping station. Construction of a new inlet works, inlet and storm and final effluent pumping stations, storm tank, control building and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191200

• 27 Jun 2017Refused

  to construct 2 two storey semi-detached dwellings, site boundary and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17597

• 4 May 2017Refused

  Extension of Permission from Ref No: 11/692 (the provision of (1) modifications to previous permitted development permission reference no. 04/2915 to include for a reduction in the number of houses constructed from 113 units and a créche to 14 no. units and associated infrastructure; (2)(a) the provision of 52 no. new residential units; (b) a temporary construction road off Station Road; (c) 2 no. temporary advertising signs)

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 177018

• 9 Feb 2017Conditional

  the construction of single storey extensions to the front and rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the boundary wall height, and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17111

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI021-118 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, 200m SE of the N21 road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 40m N-S; 37.5m E-W). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as an oval-shaped area (37m E-W; 27m N-S) which is slightly raised (H 1m) above the surrounding ground level. According to local information, the raised area was quarried in the past and was known as a sand pit. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

Architectural heritage

• Adare Railway Station, railway station, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single- and two-storey former railway station, built in 1856, comprising two-bay two-storey gabled block with two-bay single-storey block to north-east, in turn having two-bay single-storey recessed block with single-bay gablet to north-east. Two-bay single-storey shed block attached to south-west. Now disused. Lean-to timber canopy to rear (north-west) supported by timber posts with timber bench within. Pitched slate roofs with, overhanging eaves, timber bargeboards, dressed limestone eaves course and cut limestone chimneystacks with carved copings. Cut limestone walls with cut plinth course, tooled quoins and cast-iron vents. Camber-arched openings with cut limestone voussoirs and sills and block-and-start surrounds, now infilled with metal. Detached gable-fronted former goods shed to south-west, with pitched roof, rubble limestone walls, lunette opening with cut voussoirs and remains of fixed timber window and square-headed opening with timber battened double-leaf doors. Railway track to north-west with metal and timber track with cut limestone copings to platform.

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 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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_780 (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 Islandea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Islandea · Oileán Uí Aodha

Area

832,295 m² (83.23 ha, 205.66 acres)

Civil parish

Adare, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Adare South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Adare South electoral division: 2,225 people in 730 households; 72% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackabbey, Curraghbeg, Curraghbridge

Placenames

Islandea 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.