Newtown

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newtown, from 376 m² to 237,666 m² (23.77 ha, 58.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Newtown 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.

• 6 Aug 2026N/a

  the construction of an entrance off existing farm passageway, gate lodge dwelling for farm labourer use, domestic wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660902

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  construction of a loose house with an effluent tank, an extension to the easyfeed unit incorporating a slatted tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201017

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 Newtown.

Recorded monuments

• LI024-202 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat former pasture now partially covered by a forestry plantation, abutting the townland boundary (a tributary of the Reask River) with Bohernagraga on the W. A ring-barrow (LI024-202----) is located 250m to WSW. The site is not depicted on OSi historic maps. The enclosure is partially visible as a curving earthwork surviving on the field surface on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and as a boundary between deciduous and coniferous trees on the Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 47 AP 4/3673) as a portion of an enclosure (ext. dims. c. 93m N-S; 74m E-W). The enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 25/03/2017 and 18/11/2018. See attached Bruff survey image showing the ring-barrow labelled Bruff 47 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• LI024-278 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 166: AP 4/3674) and described by Doody (2008, 134) as a 'subcircular ditched enclosure, c. 30m x 35m'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• LI033-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 330m SW of Newtown House. Enclosure (LI033-155----) 185m to NW. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped platform defined by a scarp with fosse, bank and external fosse only visible from E-S-W-WNW. Gap in outer bank visible at SSE. Fosse, bank and external fosse were not shown from WNW-N-ENE on OSi 25-inch map. A stream lies 40m to SW. Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a raised oval-shaped platform ( dims. 36m N-S; 44m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (Wth 9.7m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.15m) and wide fosse (Wth 11.6m; basal Wth 1.6; D 0.8m) with outer bank (Wth 6.7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.05m) and causewayed entrance gap (Wth 5.5m) at NW. Entrance gap may be a modern feature. Poorly preserved inner bank visible from NW-E, SSE-S and W-NNW, reduced to a scarp elsewhere. Fosse and outer bank visible from visible from ENE-SE and from WSW-W. A field boundary running E-W to the immediate N has been removed and a farm track running NNW-SSE lies 30m to W. Described in 1960-4 as a; ’Platform 180 feet (55.8m) in diameter with traces of a bank at its edge. Encircled by a 15 feet (4.57m) wide ditch which has an outer bank except on its SE side where the level of the field is higher than the earthwork. Platform 10 feet (3m) high’ (O’Dwyer 1964, 96; Newtown 75). Monument is clearly visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and profile of monument drawn by O'Dwyer 1964 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 March 2021 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 310/27, 28, 29, 30 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI033-097 Linear earthwork
  Description

  In improved pasture 30m N of a watercourse marking the townland boundary with Rahard and 50m W of a second watercourse. Ring-barrow (LI033-167----) lies 200m to NE. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 83; AP 4/3624) as a cursus. Visible as a raised linear earthwork (L 75m; Wth 8m) running NE-SW with an extension at SE that curves from SE-S-W on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. The NW end on the monument is intersected by a paleochannel or old watercourse running NW-SE on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. The monument may represent a trackway connecting an old watercourse with an enclosure. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff image showing monument labelled Bruff 83 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 13 April 2021

• LI033-102 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture 160m NE of the townland boundary with Rahard. Ringfort (LI033-041----) lies 300m to NW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 83; AP 4/3625) as an enclosure. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 40m) bisected by a farm track running NE-SW and at N by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff image Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 13 April 2021

• LI033-155 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 500m W of Newtown House. Enclosure (LI033-041----) lies 185m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Surveyed by the ASI in 2007 and described as a raised oval-shaped platform (dims. 25m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.15m) with possible fosse (Wth 10.95m; D 0.4m) that may represent a drainage channel. Monument is visible as a cropmark on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 22 April 2021

Architectural heritage

• Newtown House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former country house, built c. 1820, comprising recessed centre bay with portico to front (north) elevation, breakfronts with box bay windows to east and west elevations, five-bay single-storey extensions and recent porch with concrete steps to rear (south) elevation. Date stone of 1863 and inscription from Psalm 127 on east extension. Hipped slate roof having overhanging eaves, render eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render strip quoins and inscribed limestone plaque to east elevation. Square-headed openings having two-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Render surrounds to centre bay, first floor and breakfronts, first floor windows. Round-headed opening to extension, east elevation having render surround, limestone sill and Y-tracery two-over-four pane timber sliding sash window. Camber-headed openings to box bay having half-glazed timber panelled doors with flanking sidelights and limestone step. Entrance comprising chamfered painted stone pilasters having blind roundels to capitals supporting limestone entablature and cornice. Segmental-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door having flanking sidelights. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with render plinths, limestone caps, rendered walls having limestone copings and flight of limestone steps to entrance. Pair of cast-iron piers to north having double-leaf cast-iron gates, single-leaf pedestrian gates, limestone plinths and cast-iron railings terminating in tapering square-profile limestone piers with carved caps and plinth courses.

• Kiln, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone limekiln, c. 1820, having segmental-headed opening with roughly dressed voussoirs above kiln furnace. Now disused. Situated to the south of Newtown House.

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 Newtown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Newtown.

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

Name

Newtown · An Baile Nua

Area

1,684,889 m² (168.49 ha, 416.35 acres)

Civil parish

Tuoghcluggin, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Templebredon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

588 people lived in 197 households in the Templebredon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyneety North, Boarheeny, Bohernagraga, Gortnaboola, Knockballyfookeen, Maelra, Newtown North, Newtown South, Rahard, Treanmanagh

Placenames

Newtown 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.