Bulgaden Eady

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bulgaden Eady, from 24 m² to 151,249 m² (15.12 ha, 37.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bulgaden Eady 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.

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  existing garage for domestic use

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 26143

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing milking parlour, construction of a milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, drafting & handling facilities, waiting yard, meal bin, water storage tanks & underground slatted tanks. Construction of agricultural livestock shed comprising of straw bedded area, cubicles and underground slatted slurry tanks. Construction of silage pit and all other associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21503

• 9 Apr 2021Conditional

  construction of an independent living unit extension to their existing dwelling house, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21458

• 7 Jul 2017Conditional

  an extension to existing dwelling house and all associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17654

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 Bulgaden Eady.

Recorded monuments

• LI040-093 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Westropp (1906-7, 193) recorded the following details about Bulgaden Eady; 'There was a legendary Battle of Belgaden between Fiacha-Labhrain and Eochy, King of Munster, a.m. 3751. 1583 Edy. Lacy held Bulligidinea(dy), evidently called from his name (Inq. Exch., 11; and Des. R., 32). 1612 Odo, or Eady, Lacy, of Bruree, was granted the C[astle]. and manor of Boullygidinebeg or Ballygidineady (Pat. R.). 1655 See D.S. A., 50, 56. It was confirmed to Capt. Hugh Massy, 1666-7. Fabric. - It measures 22½ feet [6.85m] by 18 feet [5.5m] , with walls 7½ feet [2.3m] thick, and has two doors to the south, the western leading to a spiral stair; the lower story is vaulted'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Henry Wall of Miltowne in Co. Cork, an Irish Papist was the owner in 1641 of Bulgaden Eady on which 'there is an old ruinous Castle' (Simington 1938, 236). A tower house like castle is depicted at Bulgaden Eady on the 17th century Down Survey map of Cpshlea barony (Hib. Reg.). Annotated 'Bulgiden Castle' on the Down Survey map of Athenesie and Kilbreedy Parish (NLI, MS 718). The terrier of this parish map recorded that in Bulgaden Eady there 'is a good Castle and orchard with severall Irish Cabins' (ibid.). In November 2001 archaeological monitoring was carried out by Ken Wiggins under licence No. 03E0170 in a field close to Bulgaden Castle. The results of the monitoring were summarised as following; 'The remains of Bulgaden Castle stand just 11m from the north-eastern corner of the field. Groundwork associated with the construction of a single dwelling on the site was monitored in November 2001. A large ditch, aligned north-west to south-east, measuring 5-6.5m in width, was identified at the base of some of the foundation trenches for the dwelling. The surface of the ditch fill was not otherwise disturbed by the foundation layout, and construction work was allowed to continue on that basis. The ditch probably formed part of the defences of the castle during its occupation, from the late medieval period to the 16th/17th centuries' (Wiggins 2003). Bulgaden Eady Castle described by Salter (2004, 69) as follows; 'In a field behind a school lies a tower measuring 11 .4m by 10m with a entrance facing SE and two double-splayed loops in the lowest level, whilst the second storey is vaulted. Nothing remains of the upper storeys reached by a straight stair in the SW wall. The castle was held by Eady Lacy in 1583. It was confiscated c 1652 and given to Captain Massey'. See attached Down Survey map of Coshlea Barony, Athenesie and Kilbreedy Parish map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 May 2021

Architectural heritage

• Bulgaden Creamery, creamery, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey former creamery, dated 1891, with single-bay single-storey addition to south-west elevation. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, lean-to roofed addition. Coursed rubble limestone walls with tooled quoins. Segmental-arched window openings with painted brick block-and-start surrounds and tooled limestone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with painted brick block-and-start surround. Concrete cart-loading platform to door opening. Segmental-headed door opening with painted brick block-and-start surround and tooled limestone keystone with date. Openings blocked by painted sheet metal throughout. Freestanding cast-iron water pump to south comprising circular-profile shaft with fluted head, having plaque, spout with foliate detailing and cow-tail curvilinear handle. Coursed rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site.

• Lady House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, with single-storey flat-roofed porch to front (east) elevation, two-bay single-storey addition to south, two-bay two-storey and single-bay two-storey additions to rear (west). Pitched slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge crestings and red brick chimneystacks. Red brick cornice to porch. Coursed limestone rubble walls with tooled limestone quoins. Rendered walls to two-bay single-storey addition. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed window opening to central bay, front elevation, with red brick block-and-start surround. Replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Paired segmental-headed window openings to east elevation south addition having render sills. Replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings to south of porch having timber panelled half-glazed 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 Bulgaden Eady, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Bulgaden Eady · Builgidín Éide

Area

1,505,601 m² (150.56 ha, 372.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbreedy Major, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Bulgaden, the unit of the census

Census 2022

332 people lived in 121 households in the Bulgaden electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balline, Ballinscaula, Ballygrennan, Bawntard North, Bulgaden, Bulgadenhall, Gibbonstown

Placenames

Bulgaden Eady 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.