Castle-Erkin South

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castle-Erkin South, from 182 m² to 216,718 m² (21.67 ha, 53.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Castle-Erkin South 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.

• 25 Sept 2024Conditional

  the construction of an extension to the side and a porch to the front of existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460953

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19744

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 Castle-Erkin South.

Recorded monuments

• LI014-086001 Church
  Description

  Site of cruciform R. C. Chapel of post medieval date depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing outside the graveyard immediately to the S. No surface remains visible of this levelled church known locally as 'Kilmurry Chapel'. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books recorded the following; 'This chapel was thrown down and removed to the S. corner of Ballyvorneen, at the parish boundary of Ballybrood, where it was rebuilt' (OSNB). Westropp (1904-5, 441) recorded that 'the modern R. C. church was built in 1820 on the old site'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 October 2018

• LI014-086002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated immediately S and E of roads at a crossroads on a hill overlooking undulating pasture, with good views to N, E and S. Site of R.C. Chapel (LI014-086001-) depicted to S of graveyard on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Graveyard depicted on the 1923 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular area (c. 20-30m N-S; 20m E-W). The graveyard is still in use. Most of the graves are orientated E-W. One 19th century grave in the E of the site is orientated ESE-WNW. There are several 19th century headstones evident as well as recumbent slabs, which have become covered over by vegetation. Many of the older grave slabs have subsided. There is a possible embankment in the NE of the site (Wth. 4.4m; H 0.9m) where the ground falls away sharply from S to N.

• LI014-087 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a SE-facing slope in rolling pasture with good views from NE to SW. The monument is evident as a roughly circular area (20.5m NW-SE; 17.5m SW-NE) defined by a scarped edge (Wth c. 5m; H 2.3m), withan external fosse (Wth 4.2m; D. 0.5m) from NW to NE. The interior slopes down to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 June 2013

• LI014-088001 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in undulating pasture with good views. Earthwork associated with the levelled site of ‘Castle Erkin’ (LI014-088002-). Site visited in 2005 and described as a sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. 60m N-S x 20m E-W) defined to S and E by a scarp (Wth 7.9m; H 0.9m). Cropmark of rectangular-shaped enclosure visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 20011-2013. This cropmark may represent the levelled remains of Castle Erkin or possibly the enclosing bank of a bawn surrounding the castle. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 3 July 2020

• LI014-088002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  No surface remains visible of the levelled Castle Erkin, the low cropmark visible in this field may represent the remains of a bawn (LI014-088001-) associated with the castle. Alternatively the earthwork may present the footprint of Castle Erkin. Westropp (1906-7, 95) recorded the following details about Castle Erkin; '1237 A Scotch merchant, Erkin, got license to trade in Ireland (C.S.P.I., 2424). Castlelurkan appears in several Elizabethan Fiants (4935 and 6513). 1604 J. Burke held C[astle]. at his death (Inq. Chan., 29b); 1630 Livery on death of said J. Bourke to his son Walter (Pat. E). 1638 Edm. Lord Castleconnell at his death held C[astle]. (Inq. Chan., 216). 1655 W. Borke held it (C.S., xxi., p. 14; D.S.A., 14, 18). 1662 Capt. Alex. Downing and his wife Una, dau. of late owner, T. Bourke, claimed it (C.S.P.I., 1660-2). Part of it was confirmed to Ulysses Burgh'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 July 2020

• LI014-125 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope in undulating pasture with good views to S and W. The monument consists of a roughly circular area (6.4m E-W; 5.7m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1m; H 0.25m) with an external fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.25m), and remains of a counter-scarp bank (int. h 0.1m; Wth 1.3m; ext. H 0.3m) from NE to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 25 June 2013

• LI014-139 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in NE corner of a field of undulating pasture, with good views to W and S, two barrows (LI014-125/126----) lie c. 20m to the SSE. Site of Castle-Erkin (LI014-088002-) 190m to NW. Site surveyed by the ASI in 2005 and described as consisting of an oval-shaped area (30m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (Wth. 3.8m; H 0.4m) from NNW to SSE and by a fosse (Wth. 3.5m) at NW and from NNW to SSE, with an external bank (int. H 0.4m; Wth. 1.3m; ext H 0.2m) visible from NNE to SSE. The faint outline of the monument is visible on the Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2005-2012. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 July 2020

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house, built c. 1790. Hipped thatched roof with brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening with timber battened door.

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 Castle-Erkin South, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1152 (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 Castle-Erkin South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Castle-Erkin South · Caisleán Oircín Theas

Area

998,071 m² (99.81 ha, 246.63 acres)

Civil parish

Caherconlish, 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

Ballyadam, Castle-Erkin North, Curraghnaboul, Drombane, Gortnadromin, Lombardstown, Moigh, Woodfarm

Placenames

Castle-Erkin South 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.