Martinstown

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Martinstown, from 94 m² to 478,869 m² (47.89 ha, 118.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Martinstown 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.

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrance, garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660465

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) energy system and associated site works. The proposed development will comprise a 231.84 kWp solar PV array on approximately 1,125.74 m² of land within the existing agricultural holding. The development will consist of 336 photovoltaic panels, each with a capacity of 690 Wp, mounted on galvanised steel support structures in a fixed, south-facing, portrait layout. The proposal includes all associated underground electrical cabling and connections to the existing residential electricity supply, as well as the use of temporary access routes and a temporary construction compound/set-down area

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560649

• 3 May 2022Conditional

  a dormer style dwelling to include a vehicular entrance, installation of wastewater treatment, connection to public water supply and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22491

• 12 Jan 2022Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house and associated site works, including entrance and wastewater treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2221

• 27 Aug 2021Conditional

  dormer style dwelling to include a vehicular entrance, installation of wastewater treatment, connection to public water supply and associated development works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211208

• 17 Feb 2021Conditional

  removal of existing portacabins and containers and diesel tanks, and construction of a machinery storage shed with associated detached single storey staff welfare building, and associated site development works including erection of diesel storage tanks, construction of a service yard and wash bay, decommission existing septic tank and effluent treatment plant, and construction of a new replacement effluent treatment system and tertiary treatment and percolation area, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21170

• 26 Sept 2019Conditional

  a hay & machinery storage shed and Retention Permission for an existing agricultural machinery shed

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19951

• 17 Jan 2019Conditional

  a dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1930

• 2 Jul 2018N/a

  a dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 18671

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  permission to construct an extension consisting of a single classroom with en-suite toilets, accessible wc, extended main entrance; to the side and rear of existing school, decommissioning of existing percolation area, upgrading and relocation of existing wastewater treatment system (permitted previously under planning ref: 11212), new sand polishing filter and all associated site works all within revised site boundaries

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17155

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 Martinstown.

Recorded monuments

• LI048-011 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, 120m W of Martinstown House. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised circular platform defined by a scarp. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch as a raised irregular-shaped platform (dims. c. 26m NW-SE; 18m NE-SW) defined by a scarp. Trace of poorly preserved monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Trace of monument visible as a raised circular-shaped area, with partial fosse at W and NE, to immediate W of modern track on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 August 2021

• LI048-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 73m W of Martinstown Stream. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch as a raised D-shaped platform (diam. c. 26m) defined by a scarp from SE-S-W-N-NE and intersected at E by a post 1700 field boundary running N-S. Monument visible as a raised circular platform defined a scarp with fosse from S-W-N-NE, intersected by modern road at E and SE, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Monument visible as a circular-shaped platform with fosse on Google Earth orthoimages. Aerial photograph taken 13/09/2002 shows the remains of a curvilinear ditch 50m to NW of platform which may be an outer enclosing element associated with the platform. This curvilinear ditch may represent the remains of some form of bailey or outer enclosing element to NW of platform. See attached aerial photographs (ASIAP) taken 13/09/2002 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 August 2021

• LI048-013 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, 160m NW of Martinstown Stream. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular shaped area enclosed by a bank. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch as a raised D-shaped platform (diam. c. 28m) defined by a scarp from NW-N-E-S-SW, intersected at W by a post 1700 field boundary running N-S. Faint trace of levelled earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Possible trace of raised irregular-shaped area (diam. c. 23m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 19/03/2015. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 August 2021

• LI048-094 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture immediately S of a local access road. Enclosure (LI048-013---) lies 300m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic 6-inch maps. Identified as a possible enclosure on oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken 19/09/2002. Cropmark of monument is visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 35m) defined by a fosse on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 13/08/2021. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 September 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Martinstown, 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 Martinstown.

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.

• Martinstown, Kilmallock11 sales

Name

Martinstown · Baile Mháirtín

Area

2,125,150 m² (212.52 ha, 525.14 acres)

Civil parish

Athneasy, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Emlygrennan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

850 people lived in 300 households in the Emlygrennan electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinscaula, Bosnetstown, Cush, Darranstown, Kilbreedy East, Teermore

Placenames

Martinstown 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.