Rathmore North

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmore North, from 795 m² to 588,509 m² (58.85 ha, 145.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathmore North 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.

• 1 Sept 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new two storey dwelling, garage, a new site entrance, a septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560876

• 22 Oct 2021Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211478

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  the construction of two agricultural sheds with slatted tanks, modifications to existing shed, new silage base and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2164

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 Rathmore North.

Recorded monuments

• LI031-019 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Rathmore Castle described in 1840 as 'a square Castle of remarkable height about seventy feet and measuring thirty feet six inches on the outside from north to south and thirty six feet four inches from east to west. Its walls are six feet nine inches thick and remarkably well built. There seem to have been outworks but they are not now traceable' (O'Flanagan 1929, 116). Westropp (1906-7, 176-7) recorded the following details about Rathmore Castle; 'Supposed to be the fort (and fair green) of Aenagh beag (Aenagh Cloghair, or Enagh culi) claimed by King of Cashell, 902 ("Book of Rights"). 1148-51 Turlough O'Brien defeated the Norse, and built Monasteranenagh Abbey near it. Lewis says that the C[astle]. was built in 1306 by the Earl of Desmond, but it seems later. 1579 It was held by the Irish and Spaniards, and taken by Malbie after the third battle of Monasteranenagh. The Earl complains that it and the "town" were spoiled, and certain of his evidences and writings taken (C.S.P.L). 1583 "Rathmore, a large C[astle]. in parts ruinous, with a barbican, ruined on the north, and a courtyard, enclosed with a stone wall in great decay. There are in the same C[astle]. divers necessary places, or bedrooms, strongly built for defence," with an iron door. Granted by the Earl, and Elinor, his wife, to Maur. Sheighan for 99 years, at a peppercorn rent (Des. R., 6; Peyton, p. 14). 1600 Surrendered to Carew by the followers of the Sugan Earl (Pacat. Hib.). 1615 Jas. Casey settled it on T. Casey, who, in 1637, bequeathed it to his daughters. They held it and a mill-seat in 1655 (Inq. Chan.,198; C.S., xxxi., p. 15). Sir Drury Wray next owned it. It was forfeited, and was sold 1703 (Trustees' Map, " 21 "). Fabric - Tradition, in 1840, said that it was built by the Danes, and levelled by Cromwell. A fairly perfect peel tower, 30 feet [9.1m] by 34 feet [10.3m]; the walls, 6 feet 9 inches [2.05m]; features of the late fifteenth-century type (O.S.L., 9, p. 386).' The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Mrs. Ann Casy, English Proprietor, was the owner in Rathmore which contained a 'Castle, Mill seate & tenn Cabbins upon it' (Simington 1938, 104). Classified by Donnelly (1999, 22, 37) as a Type 5 tower house which consists of a castle with 'rectangular floor plans each of which is unique to an individual site, though each building had architectural features which placed them firmly within the Irish Gothic tower house tradition'. Rathmore Castle described by Salter (2004, 93) as follows; 'This tower measuring 10.7m by 8.8m has five storeys with a vault over the fourth level. A thick end wall contains a latrine at ground level, five upper chambers, and a sixth chamber with its inner wall carried on an arch over one end of the topmost principal chamber. In 1580 this Desmond castle was captured by Sir Nicholas Malby, Governor of Connacht, after his nearby victory over Sir John Desmond and the Papal Legate Saunders'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• LI031-019001 Bawn
  Description

  Rathmore Castle (LI031-019----) and bawn described in 1840 as 'a square Castle of remarkable height about seventy feet and measuring thirty feet six inches on the outside from north to south and thirty six feet four inches from east to west. Its walls are six feet nine inches thick and remarkably well built. There seem to have been outworks but they are not now traceable' (O'Flanagan 1929, 116). Westropp (1906-7, 176-7) recorded the following details about Rathmore Castle and bawn; '1583 "Rathmore, a large C[astle]. in parts ruinous, with a barbican, ruined on the north, and a courtyard, enclosed with a stone wall in great decay. There are in the same C[astle]. divers necessary places, or bedrooms, strongly built for defence," with an iron door. Granted by the Earl, and Elinor, his wife, to Maur. Sheighan for 99 years, at a peppercorn rent (Des. R., 6; Peyton, p. 14). 1600 Surrendered to Carew by the followers of the Sugan Earl (Pacat. Hib.). 1615 Jas. Casey settled it on T. Casey, who, in 1637, bequeathed it to his daughters. They held it and a mill-seat in 1655 (Inq. Chan.,198; C.S., xxxi., p. 15)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 December 2020

• LI031-021 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  In pasture, 5m S of a public road which also marks a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosures (LI031-022/023----) lie 90m to N and Rathmore Castle (LI031-019----) lies 160m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Described by Gowen (1988, 180) as a pit and hearth (Ref. TR/2/34/1 & 1A) which were fully excavated as part of the Limerick Gas Pipeline in 1986. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped tree-planted earthwork with a rectangular-shaped cropmark (40m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) adjoining to SW, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020

• LI031-023 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture and abutting a watercourse to the immediate W which also forms a townland boundary with Lacka. An enclosure (LI031-022----) lies 35m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (Ref. BGE 1/5000, 2457). Monument is not visible on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and BGE orthoimage marked 182. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020

• LI031-024 Enclosure
  Description

  In wet pasture, at the W edge of a poorly drained area and 180m to N of a townland boundary with Rathmore South. Rathmore Castle (LI031-019----) lies 390m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified on the Limerick Gas Pipeline (Ref. Map 6, Site 6/28). Monument is not visible on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 and Bord Gais Eireann orthoimage marked 182. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 30 October 2020

• LI031-026 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 360m E of a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosure (LI031-027----) and ring-barrow (LI031-028----) lie 35m and 150m to NE, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument is visible on 1:5000 Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (No. 2497) as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument is visible as a faint, circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 43m) on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and BGE aerial photo marked 181 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• LI031-027 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 420m E of a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosure (LI031-026----) and ring-barrow (LI031-028----) lie 35m to SW and 90m to NE, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument is visible on 1:5000 Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (No. 2497) as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument is visible on map of Limerick Pipeline – Curraleigh West (Ref. Map 6, Site 6/31). Monument is not visible on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photo shown as the central monument in a line of three monuments. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• LI031-028 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 490m E of a townland boundary with Lacka. Enclosures (LI031-026/027----) lie 90m and 125m to SW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument is visible on 1:5,000 Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (No. 2497) as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. 37m) defined by an inner fosse, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and BGE aerial photo shown as the north most monument in a line of three monuments. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• LI031-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 315m W of a townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh. Enclosure (LI031-031----) lies 200m to SE and ring-barrow (LI031-033----) lies 270m to E, respectively. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (45m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE) which is truncated across the W edge by a public road. Referred to by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as Earthwork Type B and described as: ‘A circular platform on the edge of which there is a bank. It is surrounded by a fosse. The entrance is on the E side where the fosse is causewayed opposite a break in the bank. The overall diameter is 100’ (30m)’. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• LI031-030 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 325m NE of a townland boundary with Rathmore South. Enclosure (LI031-140----) lies 285m to E. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork (43m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) which is traversed across the NW edge by a field boundary running NE-SW. Referred to by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as Earthwork Type A and described as: ‘A circular earthen platform surrounded by a fosse. There is no trace of a bank. The entrance is on the E side where the fosse is interrupted and there is a ramp leading to the platform. The overall diameter is 120’ (37m)’. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on ASI aerial photograph (ASIAP 329, 7) taken 05/10/2002, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 308/30 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI031-031 Enclosure
  Description

  On a spot height (236ft/72m), in pasture, 205m SW of a townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh. Ring-barrow (LI031-033----) lies 175m to NE and ringfort (LI031-029----) lies 200m to NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork (39m NW-SE; 37m NE-SW) which is traversed across the NE edge by a field boundary running NW-SE and across the NW edge by a field boundary running NE-SW. Referred to by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as Earthwork Type A and described as: ‘An almost circular platform which has not got a fosse. It is considerably higher at the S side than at the N. On the E edge of the platform is a large limestone flag, which may have been standing erect at one time. A former land-owner decided to use it as a gate post and bored a small hole through the stone near one end. When the flag was moved bones were found below it and it was then decided to return it to its original position. Local tradition holds that it was a burial ground’. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• LI031-032 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  This monument is located in undulating, low-lying pasture NW of the Camoge river. The monument looks onto a broken circle of hills which surround the county from Foynes in the NW to Drumcollliher in the S and the Galty Mtns in the SE. It comprises a broken circuit of bank (Wth 5m, H 1m), inside of which is a silted-up fosse (Wth 4m, D 0.4m) giving the monument an overall diameter of c. 42m. There is a definite break in the E (Wth 2m). The bank either side of this is squared off and retained by a stone revetment (O'Kelly, 1944-5, 49). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 3 February 2012 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 308/31 taken 13/09/2002 and 329/7 taken 05/10/2002.

• LI031-033 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, 15m SW of a townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh. Enclosure (LI031-031----) and ringfort (LI031-029----) lie 175m to SW and 270m to W, respectively. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (34m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a field boundary from W-NW. Classified by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as a ring-barrow and described as following: ‘This consists of a low bank inside which there is a fosse, while the centre is occupied by a low mound. The bank and fosse are continuous on the E, S and N sides, but on the W a modern fence has been built over them. The overall diameter is 90’ (27m) and the maximum height of the mound is 8’ (2.4m).’ Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped area defined by a fosse with external bank, on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 November 2020

• LI031-036 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 235m SW of a townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh and 445m WNW of the Camoge River. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a pennanular-shaped earthwork which is open to W. Classified by O’Kelly (1944, 49) as Earthwork Type B and described as: ‘A platform on the edge of which there is a bank. It is surrounded by a fosse. The bank is very slight and the W side of the monument is almost obliterated. The overall diameter is 325’ (99m)’. Monument is visible as a subcircular-shaped earthwork (76m NW-SE; 74m NE-SW) best seen on aerial photograph (ASIAP 329, 9 & 10) taken 05/10/2002 and on OSi aerial orthoimage taken 2005-2012. Also visible on Digital Globe aerial orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 November 2020

• LI031-123 Enclosure
  Description

  Rathmore Castle immediately adjacent to enclosure. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Described in 1889 as 'near Rathmore, where a massive tower and rath still stand east of the Abbey' (Westropp 1889, 232). Monument described in 1920 as, 'A small fifteenth-century peel tower [LI031-019----], on a rising ground, about a mile eastward, appears to have justified its name by being beside a semi-circular platform, over 6 feet (1.8m) high on which the modern cottage stands in tufted trees. This is evidently a fort, but quite defaced by its later uses. There is a low, straight-sided earthwork south-east from the road near it’. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotos taken between 2005-2012 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 16 March 2021 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 308/30 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI031-138 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture 330m E of a watercourse and immediately S of townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh. Ringfort (LI031-036---) lies 265m to SW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a sub-circular-shaped depression (dims. 35m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) truncated at N by field boundary running E-W. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 43) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bord Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick pipeline. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021

• LI031-140 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture 50m W of watercourse. Enclosure (LI031-030---) lies 300m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 44) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021

• LI031-141 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture 220m W of Camoge River that marks the townland boundary with Meanus. Enclosure (LI031-036----) lies 340m to NW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 44) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a circular cropmark on OSi orthophoto taken between 2006-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2020. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021

• LI031-208 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat pasture 40m SW of the townland boundary with Cloghnamanagh and 825m NW of the Morningstar River. Standing stone (LI031-034----) lies 225m to NNE and ring-barrow (LI031-032----) lies 365m to SW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. The enclosure is not visible on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-12; it is faintly visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 75: AP 4/3647) as a sub-rectangular enclosure orientated NE-SW (ext. dims. c. 45m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE). The earthworks are not visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 16/03/2016 and 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the site labelled Bruff 75 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 20 October 2020

• LI031-230 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on reclaimed grassland, ditch barrow (LI031-028----) 150m to SW. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 34m) defined by a fosse is visible on OSi orthoimages teken 2005-12. Faint outline in monument visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 November 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmore North.

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 Rathmore North, about 1 in 5 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 Rathmore North.

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

Name

Rathmore North · An Ráth Mhór Thuaidh

Area

2,908,451 m² (290.85 ha, 718.69 acres)

Civil parish

Monasteranenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Rathmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

307 people lived in 101 households in the Rathmore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymartin, Boherygeela, Boolavoord, Cloghnamanagh, Lacka, Meanus, Mortgage, Rathmore South

Placenames

Rathmore North 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.