Milltown
Milltown is a townland in the civil parish of Knockainy, barony of Smallcounty, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Baile an Mhuilinn.
Parcel 1601842
- Area
- 166,613 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 193 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
- Milltown
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 6 recorded monuments.
- LI040-008 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Ó Danachair (1955, 216) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberaclareena on 1840 map. The well is on the south side of the road, about five feet below road level, and reached from the road by a flight of steps. It is now dry and overgrown by bushes and briers. The spring issues on the north side of the road and is sometimes used for domestic purposes. Old people in the district remember rounds being made, and rags hanging on the bushes, but devotions have long since ceased'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019
- LI040-152 Road - road/trackway
Description
In reclaimed wet pasture, 110m SW of Morningstar River that forms townland boundary with Milltown. Enclosures (LI040-247/248----) and possible barrows (LI040-253/254----) lie to the E . Not marked on OSi historic maps. Linear features identified as a possible trackway during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/10,000, 60) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline. Monument visible as a linear cropmark (L c. 400m) running NW-SE on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. It is not clear if this linear feature is the route of the gas pipeline as the original photograph showing the linear feature is not present in the paper file for this potential monument. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 8 June 2021
- LI040-247 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In reclaimed pasture 100m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Possible barrows (LI040-253/254----) lies 15m to SW and 25m to SE respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of a cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 04/04/2013. See attached oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 June 2021
- LI040-248 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In reclaimed pasture 45m W of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Monument is visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 04/04/2013. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 29 June 2021
- LI040-253 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In reclaimed pasture 110m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Ditch barrow (LI040-254----) lies 22m to SE and barrow (LI040-247----) lies 15m to NE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127.01; AP 5/2069) as a possible barrow. Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff image labelled Bruff 127.01, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 June 2021
- LI040-254 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In reclaimed pasture 115m SW of the Morningstar River that marks the townland boundary with Milltown. Ditch barrow (LI040-253----) lies 22m to NW and barrow (LI040-247----) lies 25m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible barrow by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127.02; AP 5/2069). Visible as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a ditch on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP (348) 22). Faint traces of a cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff image labelled Bruff 127.02, oblique aerial image (ASIAP (348) 22) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 June 2021
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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 47.9 ha
- 118 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 2,222 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 518 m² to 166,613 m² (16.66 ha, 41.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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
6 Mar 2024Conditional
the construction of a vehicular entrance , dwelling house, domestic waste water treatment system & polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460187
7 Jul 2023Conditional
the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house and the construction of five garden sheds including all ancillary site works.
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2360482
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 Milltown.
Recorded monuments
- LI040-008 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Ó Danachair (1955, 216) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Toberaclareena on 1840 map. The well is on the south side of the road, about five feet below road level, and reached from the road by a flight of steps. It is now dry and overgrown by bushes and briers. The spring issues on the north side of the road and is sometimes used for domestic purposes. Old people in the district remember rounds being made, and rags hanging on the bushes, but devotions have long since ceased'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Milltown.
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 Milltown, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Milltown.
- 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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Milltown · Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 479,155 m² (47.92 ha, 118.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockainy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Electoral division
- Knockainy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 784 people lived in 279 households in the Knockainy electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardykeohane, Kilballyowen, Kyle, Meadagh, Milltown, Mullans
- Placenames
- Milltown 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.