Bulgaden

Area

102,080 m² (10.21 ha, 25.22 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,133 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

Bulgaden

Planning applications on this parcel

• 8 Oct 2020Conditional

  a change of house type from that permitted under planning reference 19/938. This application relates to a Protected Structure RPS Reg No. 191

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201005

• 19 Sept 2019Conditional

  construction of a dwelling, site entrance and install effluent treatment system. Furthermore, permission is sought to construct a replacement building for farmyard use including associated site development works. This application relates to a Protected Structure R.P.S Reg. No. 191

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19938

• 16 Nov 2018N/a

  construction of dwelling, site entrance, install effluent treatment system including all associated site development works. This application relates to a Protected Structure R.P.S Reg. No. 191

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 181120

• 28 Sept 2018N/a

  construction of dwelling, entrance, install effluent treatment system including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18947

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.

• LI040-056 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  No surface remains of a possible tower house annotated 'Site of Bulgaden Hall' on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Castle site stands in courtyard of house located to S. Westropp (1906-7, 192-3) recorded the following details about Bulgaden Fox; 'J. Fox, of Bulgedine, was pardoned (Fi. 3040). Peyton gives Bulgedden Buske C[astle]. "Boskagh" being the Fox family (p. 11b). 1587 Sir E. Fitton was granted the head-rent of Jas. Fox in Ballygidden; it was £6 in "half-face" (Fi. 5032). 1655 Ballyvullygiden, ruinous C[astle]. of Edm. ffox (C.S., xxxi., p. 13). Bulligiden Fox, "in it stands a C[astle]. and a rath" (D.S.A., 34). 1666-7 Granted to Capt. Rob. Morgan (Act Sett.)'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Edmond Ffox of Bulgaden, an Irish Papist was the owner in 1641 of 'a Ruinous Castle & 24 Cabbins upon it' (Simington 1938, 102). A tower house like castle is depicted standing beside 'a Rath' on the 17th century Down Survey map of Small County barony (Hib. Reg.). Tower house depicted on the Down Survey map of Uregare Parish (NLI, MS 718). Bulgaden Hall described in 1826 as; 'once the superb seat of John Evans, Esq. who was brother to the first Lord Carbery: its present fine remains prove it to have ranked amongst the most magnificent mansions in Munster; but it is now almost in ruins, none of the family having resided here for many years' (Fitzgerald 1826, 390). In 1850 the ruins of Bulgaden Hall were described as; 'nought remains but the foundation walls and a solitary stone, bearing the family arms, which no doubt once occupied a prominent place in this splendid pile, though now lying among the rank grass and thistles of its deserted court' (Burke 1850, 122). See attached Down Survey map of Small County Barony and Uregare Parish map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 May 2021

• LI040-057001 Earthwork
  Description

  In walled garden of Bulgaden Hall (LI040-056----) the site of which is located 45m to S. Not indicated on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as sub-circular shaped area defined by a scarp from N-E-SE with curving field boundary from S-W-N. Described by Westropp (1916-17, 22) as a small low mote. Scrub-covered monument visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 30 April 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 349/23 on 05/01/2003.

• LI040-057002 Designed landscape - formal garden
  Description

  In walled garden on the demesne lands of Bulgaden Hall (LI040-056----). Linear earthwork running diagonally on a NE-SW axis visible on Bruff aerial photographs (Bruff AP 5 2116) and on oblique aerial photographs (ASIAP (349) 23) taken 05/01/2003. Cropmark of linear earthwork visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. This linear earthwork is shown on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a tree-lined avenue leading to Bulgaden Hall. Remains of demesne landscape feature associated with Bulgaden Hall clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Earthworks visible on orthoimage represent the remains of demesne landscape feature possibly a formal garden of uncertain date. See attached ASIAP (349) 23 and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 30 April 2021

• LI040-058 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 217) recorded the following details about this holy well; "St Patrick's Well" on 1840 map. A small well, roughly lined with stone. Some trees and bushes grow around it. No devotions now, but formerly visited for the cure of coughs and colds. St Patrick's Day was a day of special devotion. Legends: The well moved when profaned. St Patrick blessed the well. A Protestant lady threw in some silver coins as an offering; an impious Catholic drained the well to get the money, which he spent on drink, but was struck dead as he left the tavern'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 July 2019 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 349/23 on 05/01/2003.

• LI040-230 Embanked enclosure
  Description

  This site is located at the base of a long E facing slope in a level marshy area. Views are restricted to the W, due to slope and clear to the NE and SE. This is a large sub-circular enclosure (Dims. c. 70m E-W by c. 60m N-S) which is defined by a low, broad bank (Wth 9m, H 1.1m). There is a possible circular feature to the W of the interior. Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14/03/2012 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 349/23 on 05/01/2003.

• LI040-261 Designed landscape - ornamental canal
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on the demesne lands of Bulgaden Hall (LI040-056----) which lies 367m to the W. A stream which marks the townland boundary lies 10m to E. An enclosure (LI040-230----) lies 75m to the SW. Possible remains of an ornamental pond or canal of post-1700 dated associated with Bulgaden Hall. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a long rectangular sunken shaped area (dims. c. 212m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a scarp from SW-W-N-E-SE. Identified as an earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (AP 5/2116). Monument visible as a rectangular shaped earthwork on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. No earthwork is depicted at this location on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. See attached Bruff survey image and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 6 July 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 349/23 on 05/01/2003.

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.

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.

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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.