Dooradoyle

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland: too many to draw here.

• G3Semi Natural Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• M3District Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Data Centre (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  the change of use of the permitted retail unit located in Unit 17, Crescent Shopping Centre, with a GFA of 139.4 sqm, to a café/restaurant unit use, and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660935

• 11 Aug 2026N/a

  alterations to previously approved permission ref No 18/591 to include reduction of glazing to the rear extension including associated elevational changes, alteration to roof profile on the rear extension to include velux rooflights, library space at first floor to the side of existing dwelling, pitched roof to front entrance canopy, enlargement of front window and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660921

• 10 Aug 2026N/a

  (1) change of use from existing physiotherapy clinic use to current medical centre use (2) Permission for change of use from dwelling/residential use to overall building use as a medical centre, (3) permission for change of use of existing domestic shed to medical centre use including all necessary internal and external alterations (4) the construction of a rear extension to Acorn House including all internal and external alterations, (5) alterations to existing car parking including the provision of bicycle parking, the construction of a new front boundary (in part) (6) associated signage, including all associated site development works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660913

• 5 Aug 2026N/a

  a relocation of the RAMu Clinic portacabin building from internal courtyard of the UHL Emergency Department to the front area of the Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centre as part of the enabling works to facilitate the Emergency Bedroom Accommodation. The application is located within an Architectural Conservation Area and there is an existing Protected Structure on the Hospital Campus (RPS Reg. No. 1649 Ref. No. S.E. 30 Hospital Chapel). No works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this application

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660901

• 24 Jul 2026Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension at the rear of existing dwelling house, a first floor extension to the southern side of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660848

• 16 Jun 2026Conditional

  permission for 1) retention of the conversion of carport into a bedroom, ensuite and utility room

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 26147

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  the application is located within an Architectural Conservation Area and there is an existing Protected Structure on the Hospital Campus (RPS Reg. No. 1649 Ref. No. S.E. 30 Hospital Chapel). No works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this application. The proposed development consists of a relocation of the RAMu Clinic portacabin building from internal courtyard of the UHL Emergency Department to the front area of the Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centre as part of the enabling works to facilitate the Emergency Bedroom Accommodation

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660651

• 9 Jun 2026N/a

  a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660641

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  7 no. residential apartments consisting of 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 3 no. one bedroom apartments, roof terrace amenity area, bin storage, disabled car parking space, bicycle racks, connection to main drainage and associated works. Original Planning Ref. No. 20/1058

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 267040

• 27 Apr 2026Conditional

  change of use from montessori to residential private house. The demolition of a domestic garage, single story extension and chimney stack. The construction of a single story extension to front, side and rear of existing building and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660477

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  existing side and rear extensions to existing dwelling including retention of a rear covered external pergola area. Permission is also sought for additional roof window to rear elevation and all associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660459

• 2 Apr 2026N/a

  demolition of existing attached garage, store, utility, & conservatory at side of house; demolition of front porch, detached store at side of site, detached garden store at rear of site. Alterations to include new windows to replace existing windows new sliding door, new front entrance door & side screen; installation of external wall insulation with smooth render finish; new vehicular entrance, including new driveway, new front side [party] wall, & new rear boundary walls to enclose rear garden. [2] Construction of 1no. two storey semi-detached house to gable of existing detached house to form 2no semi-detached houses block; new end boundary wall to rear garden. Existing driveway & vehicular entrance to No.16 Springfield Drive, to service this proposed house. [3] Construction of 2no. semi-detached 3 storey houses at rear of site, including demolition of section of existing site boundary wall at rear, to public footpath, to form 2no. open plan driveways; including 2no bin store units; new party boundary fence at rear of proposed houses to form 2no. back gardens; new boundary railings section to replace section of existing site boundary wall [at public footpath]; Ancillary site works, including land-scaping; connections to existing mains sewerage system and public water supply

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 2685

• 7 Mar 2026Conditional

  for a single storey extension to the side of his house comprising of garage, store, gym and lobby. Also retention permission of windows on the North and South elevations with stone clad finish to part of the front East elevation on the main house with associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660261

• 6 Mar 2026N/a

  the demolition of the existing single storey dwelling and associated outbuildings, closing of the existing entrance and permission for the subsequent construction of a new 5 storey apartment building to comprise 10 No. studio apartments, 10 No. 1 bed apartments, 15 No. 2 bed apartments, 5 No. 3 bed apartments, new entrance, surface car and bicycle parking, bin storage, Foul and Storm water networks, connection to necessary services together with all associated incidental ancillary and site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660253

• 20 Feb 2026Conditional

  construction of a detached garden building comprising office, playroom and a storage room at the rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2638

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  (1) Extending existing single storey annex to the side of existing dwelling. (2) Construct a first floor extension over existing ground floor annex and proposed ground floor extension area. (3) Construct a flat roof single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561382

• 11 Dec 2025Conditional

  a change in capacity from seventy children to one hundred children at any one time. No extensions or changes to the building will be made

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25392

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  the construction of new two-storey side and single-storey rear extensions and all ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561051

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  a). to construct a new porch to the front of the existing house; b). to construct a new single storey extension to the side of the house; c). to make alterations and elevational changes to the existing house; d). all associated site works and services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561038

• 15 Sept 2025Refused

  a front and side boundary wall to include piers and railings as constructed

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560923

• 12 Sept 2025Conditional

  construction of single and two storey extensions to front, side and rear of existing house and glazed double doors to ground floor of North gable

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560917

• 6 Sept 2025N/a

  a 1.2m high palisade fence present along the north eastern boundary, a 2.4m high gate across the car park entrance road within the campus along with associated fencing, a swing barrier across the campus entrance off St. Paul’s Roundabout, retain and reinstate 3 No. demountable posts across the vehicle entrance off Springfield Drive and Traffic Management system operated within the campus. The development will consist of PERMISSION for the following - Installation of active travel measures including 2 new pedestrian entrances from Springfield Drive, new internal footpath connections, replacement of existing internal steps with sloped access path and the installation of new cycle parking and The installation of a ball wall within an existing sports pitch

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560897

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  extension to side of bungalow

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25262

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  the construction of the 3rd floor extension comprising of 16no. acute inpatient bed spaces with associated clinical and support accommodation including a link corridor at the 3rd floor level connecting the new medical ward with the southern stairwell. The works will also include a vertical ex-tension of existing southern and northern stairwell adjoining the hospital street; a construction of 2no. 4-storey high evacuation lifts with associated protected lobby at each level, as well as provision of additional 16no car parking spaces. Retention permission is also sought for the extended plantroom at 2nd floor of existing acute inpatient ward. The Hospital Chapel within the Hospital Campus is a Protected Structure (RPS. Reg. 1649). No works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this application

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560751

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  the removal of existing prefabs and the construction of a 3-storey office block extension and associated site works to serve the existing Cancer Care building at the University Hospital Limerick, St. Nessan’s Road, Dooradoyle, Limerick, V94F858. The application includes the retention of 6 existing parking spaces. The Hospital Chapel within the Hospital Campus is a Protected Structure (RPS. Reg. 1649). No works are proposed to the Protected Structure as part of this application

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560609

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Dooradoyle.

Recorded monuments

• LI013-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located N of a cross roads and W of a green area in a housing estate. The monument, indicated on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as an embanked oval enclosure (diam. c. 50m N-S by 40m E-W), has been levelled and no trace of it was evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 February 2013

• LI013-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in the centre of a housing estate. The monument is heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. The monument is depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular enclosure incorporated into a field boundary to W. The remains consist of a sub-rectangular area (diam. c. 26m N-S by c. 20m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H. 0.85m Wth. 1.6m) from NNW to SSW. The bank is best preserved to E. The bank has been revetted externally with concrete slabs to N and has been breached to NE and S to facilitate a concrete-slab path. A mortared stone wall (H 1m) truncates the enclosure from WNW to WSW. To the NW the bank survives 5m W of the mortared stone wall. The interior is uneven and is strewn with fallen deciduous trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 February 2013

• LI013-116 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in an estate of newly built apartments. The mill, depicted on the 1924 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure (15m NE-SW by 10m NW-SE) and named on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as 'Shanwillen Old Mill' has been demolished and there is now no evident trace of the structure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 31 May 2013

• LI013-121 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a field of rough pasture, immediately N of the N20 road. The site was identified on aerial photographs during preliminary archaeological work on the N20 link road (OS 2, 2937) as one or possibly two circular crop marks indicating levelled enclosures. There was no evident trace of the enclosures on the ground when the site was inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 31 May 2013

• LI013-179001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulacht Fia excavated prior to the construction of the N20/21 road improvement scheme. Enclosure (LI013-121----) c.55m to the west, fulacht fia (LI013-180----) c.45m to the north. Archaeological material initially identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping carried out by Audrey Gahan under Licence No. 97E0289 (Gahan 1997). The results of the testing recorded the remains of fulacht fia material in two of the three trenches monitored (www.excavations.ie 1997:338; Gahan 1997). Excavations in 1997 by Cia McConway under an extension to Licence No. 97E0289 revealed one fulacht fia and the results were summarised as following; ‘As the site had been used as a rugby pitch, it had been scarped and levelled. As a result the archaeological deposits had been severely truncated and compressed. Excavation located a burnt mound, in the form of two kidney-shaped ‘arms’ oriented roughly north–south. The western ‘arm’ measured 14.5m x 7m x 0.15m deep and was composed of blackened and heat-shattered stone. The eastern ‘arm’ measured 22.5m x 9m x 0.5m deep, the stone having been compressed into the underlying soft natural clay. This was composed of heat-shattered, blackened stone and red burnt stony soil. The ‘arms’ enclosed a central clay-lined trough, 2.58m x 2m x 0.54m, cutting through the subsoil. There was a shallower ‘basin’-type feature located along the western edge of the trough. A second subsoil-cut trough was located to the east of the burnt mound, measuring 1.96m x 1.42m x 0.36m. This pit had not been lined though there was a small post-hole in each corner, suggesting that they had held a small wooden frame, probably a spit. There was a cluster of stake-holes around the eastern edge of this trough and, though their function is unclear— they possibly held a windbreak—they undoubtedly have an association with the process of cooking. Both troughs were subrectangular in shape and filled with a black, greasy clay, packed with blackened and heat-shattered stone’ (www.excavations.ie 1997:339, McConway 1997). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 29 June 2020

• LI013-179002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulacht Fia excavated prior to the construction of the N20/21 road improvement scheme. Enclosure (LI013-121----) c.55m to the west, fulacht fia (LI013-180----) c.45m to the north. Archaeological material initially identified during monitoring of topsoil stripping carried out by Audrey Gahan under Licence No. 97E0289 (Gahan 1997). The results of the testing recorded the remains of fulacht fia material in two of the three trenches monitored (www.excavations.ie 1997:338; Gahan 1997). Excavations in 1997 by Cia McConway under an extension to Licence No. 97E0289 revealed one fulacht fia and the results were summarised as following; ‘As the site had been used as a rugby pitch, it had been scarped and levelled. As a result the archaeological deposits had been severely truncated and compressed. Excavation located a burnt mound, in the form of two kidney-shaped ‘arms’ oriented roughly north–south. The western ‘arm’ measured 14.5m x 7m x 0.15m deep and was composed of blackened and heat-shattered stone. The eastern ‘arm’ measured 22.5m x 9m x 0.5m deep, the stone having been compressed into the underlying soft natural clay. This was composed of heat-shattered, blackened stone and red burnt stony soil. The ‘arms’ enclosed a central clay-lined trough, 2.58m x 2m x 0.54m, cutting through the subsoil. There was a shallower ‘basin’-type feature located along the western edge of the trough. A second subsoil-cut trough was located to the east of the burnt mound, measuring 1.96m x 1.42m x 0.36m. This pit had not been lined though there was a small post-hole in each corner, suggesting that they had held a small wooden frame, probably a spit. There was a cluster of stake-holes around the eastern edge of this trough and, though their function is unclear— they possibly held a windbreak—they undoubtedly have an association with the process of cooking. Both troughs were subrectangular in shape and filled with a black, greasy clay, packed with blackened and heat-shattered stone’ (www.excavations.ie 1997:339, McConway 1997). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 29 June 2020

• LI013-180 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified by Audrey Gahan (Licence 97E0289) during archaeological monitoring associated with the N20/N21 Limerick Bypass (www.excavations.ie 1997; 338). Excavated under licence no. 99E0289 ext. by Cia McConway (McConway, 1997). The site was located on a former rugby pitch and had therefore been scarped and levelled. The results of the excavation were summarised as following; ‘Excavation located a burnt mound, in the form of two kidney-shaped ‘arms’ oriented roughly north–south. The western ‘arm’ measured 14.5m x 7m x 0.15m deep and was composed of blackened and heat-shattered stone. The eastern ‘arm’ measured 22.5m x 9m x 0.5m deep, the stone having been compressed into the underlying soft natural clay. This was composed of heat-shattered, blackened stone and red burnt stony soil. The ‘arms’ enclosed a central clay-lined trough, 2.58m x 2m x 0.54m, cutting through the subsoil. There was a shallower ‘basin’-type feature located along the western edge of the trough. A second subsoil-cut trough was located to the east of the burnt mound, measuring 1.96m x 1.42m x 0.36m. This pit had not been lined though there was a small post-hole in each corner, suggesting that they had held a small wooden frame, probably a spit. There was a cluster of stake-holes around the eastern edge of this trough and, though their function is unclear— they possibly held a windbreak—they undoubtedly have an association with the process of cooking. Both troughs were subrectangular in shape and filled with a black, greasy clay, packed with blackened and heat-shattered stone’ (www.excavations.ie; McConway 1998, 114). Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 29 June 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_951 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Dooradoyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Dooradoyle · Tuar an Daill

Area

1,913,535 m² (191.35 ha, 472.84 acres)

Civil parish

Mungret, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Ballycummin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballycummin electoral division: 19,394 people in 6,719 households; 66% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinacurra (Weston), Ballykeeffe, Ballysheedy West, Gouldavoher, Rossbrien, Sluggary

Placenames

Dooradoyle 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.