Newcastle

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  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
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  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
• G3Groody Valley Green Wedge (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  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
• S1University (Education)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Traveller Specific Accommodation (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• C6High Tech/Manufacturing Campus (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  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

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI005-025 House - fortified house
  Description

  Newcastle Clanwilliam described by Westropp (1906-7, 87) as following; '1583 Castelenoo C[astle], held by W. Bourke, also called "Castellano Trylan" and "Nestermoy" (Des. R., 37; Peyton, 257). 1607 Dom. Roche owned Newcastle-Clanwilliam, meared with the water called Griodane on the west, and the Shannon on the north (Inq. Chan., 2a). 1619 H. Holcroft was granted the C[astle]. and bawn of Newcastle (Pat. R.). 1623 1655 Jordan Roche held it, with fifteen acres of orchard (Inq. Chan. II., C.S. xxix., p. 9), granted to Duke of York, and sold, 1703, to Hollow Blades Company. Fabric - A late peel tower; the west wall and a side turret had fallen before 1840; the latter, it is said, in 1800. It is about 50 feet high [15m], and measures 27½ feet [8.4m] by 21 feet 8 inches [6.6m], with large windows and high gables and chimneys. An improbable tradition makes it the residence of King William during the siege of Limerick (O.S.L., 9, 24)'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that in 1640 Jordane Roche late of Limerick of held in New Castle a 'castle and fifteen Acres of an Orchard mearing on the North'(Simington 1938, 465). Castle described in 1840 as following; 'in the townland of Newcastle stands on a rock a Castle of the same name. It is all perfect except the west wall which is entirely destroyed. It is fifty seven feet four inches [17.5m] by twenty one feet eight inches [6.6m] and the people assert that it had a square tower at the south west corner which fell, with the west side about forty years since [c. 1800]. The remaining walls are fifty feet [15.25m] high and five feet six inches [1.7m] in thickness, and have windows and apertures for five stories [OSL Parish of Kilmurry'. A Temporary Preservation Order was placed on the monument in 1984 (TPO 1 of 1984) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 09 January 2020

• LI005-025001 Bawn
  Description

  No surface remains visible of bawn belonging to Newcastle Clanwilliam (LI005-025----) mentioned in a 1619 land grant to H. Holcroft who was granted 'the C[astle]. and bawn of Newcastle' (Westropp 1906-7, 87). A Temporary Preservation Order was placed on the monument in 1984 (TPO 1 of 1984) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 09 January 2020

• LI005-026001 Church
  Description

  In 1840 the Ordnance Survey Letters recorded that 'The site of the original church of Kilmurry which is in the glebe is occupied by the protestant church which was built abut 40 years ago. There is an old graveyard attached which is still much used' (OSL Vol. 1, 23). Westropp gives the following details on Kilmurry Church; 'A parish in Clanwilliam. Kilmehurrok, 1291, 1302. In 1325 Ade de Gouly and Bichard Perpoint had a suit about Kilmoroke, which Gouly's great-grandfather, Begin Le Flemyng, held (Plea B. 148 of xviii Ed. II.). Kilmurray dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, 1410; Kilmohurk, alias Kilmurry, held by the Prior of Athissell, 1418. Temple Moyrry, 1586 (Peyton). Kilmeremagdalyn granted to Bart. Cusack, 1551 (Fiant, 744) ; Killingally, alias Kilmahallock, held by Bishop of Killaloe, 1633 ; Kilmury, D. S. (A) 1 and 4. Site - The modern I. C. church occupies the old site since 1810' (Westropp 1904-5, 365). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 October 2018

• LI005-026002 Graveyard
  Description

  19th century Kilmurry C. of I. church standing on site of medieval church (LI005-026001-) in W quadrant of graveyard which has been extended to the E. On the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map the graveyard consisted of a roughly rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 52m N-S x 68m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W. The E boundary of the old graveyard forms the townland boundary with Castletroy. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• LI006-088 Fulacht fia
  Description

  At the S end of Carrowkeel Housing development, 320m S of the R445. Not marked on any of the OS maps. Archaeological testing of a mound of archaeological potential was undertaken by Tracy Collins under licence No. 02E1402. The results were summarised as following; ‘Three trenches were dug by machine. It was quickly realised that the mound was a natural feature. However, in the longest trench a spread of stony burnt material was discovered, along with two circular pits, which were also filled with the burnt material. These features were interpreted as the remains of a burnt mound, perhaps a fulacht fiadh, with two associated pits, which may have functioned as troughs’ (www.excavations.ie 2002:1145; Collins 2002). The burnt stone material was recorded for a length of 24m N-S while the associated pits were 1m in diameter. Compiled by Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload 15 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Demesne walls/gates/railings, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of painted square-profile monolith limestone piers, built c. 1890. Comprising carved rounded caps with recessed panels, recessed panels to piers and acanthus-headed cast-iron railings terminating in carved limestone piers.

• Kilmurry Arts and Heritage Centre, church/chapel, 1800–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1812, comprising three-bay nave, three-stage square-plan pinnacled tower with spire to front (west) elevation, and single-bay single-storey vestry to east elevation. Pitched slate roof to with limestone copings, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed limestone spire to tower with cast-iron weathervane. Rubble limestone walls having cut limestone stringcourses to tower. Pointed arch openings to nave having cut limestone surrounds with inset trefoil-headed lancet stained glass windows. Pointed arch opening to east elevation having limestone surround and Y-tracery stained glass windows. Pointed arch opening to tower, first stage, east elevation having cut limestone surround and inset trefoil-headed stained glass window. Camber-headed opening to tower, second stage with cut limestone label mouldings, voussoirs and timber louvered fittings. Pointed arch opening to tower, third stage having cut limestone voussoirs and timber louvered fittings. Pointed arch opening to tower, north elevation, with timber battened door. Pointed arch opening to chancel, south elevation having timber battened door. Graveyard to site. Pair of cut limestone square-profile piers to east with single-leaf cast-iron gate. Rubble limestone boundary walls with stile to east.

• Glanleam, house, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey International Style house, built c. 1940, comprising porch and bows to end bay front (south) elevation, bows to east and west elevations. Recent extension to rear (north) elevation. Flat roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls having channelled render to centre-bay, front elevation. Square-headed openings with concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Porch comprising channel rusticated piers and moulded concrete canopy over square-headed replacement uPVC door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to south with double-leaf metal gates.

• Castleview House, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1850, comprising return to rear (south) elevation and gablet to front (north) elevation centre-bay. Sprocketed hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber brackets and cast-iron rainwater goods. Timber bargeboard to gablet, front elevation. Rendered walls having render plinth course and pilasters to corners with recessed panels and fluted capitals. Square-headed openings to ground floor with surrounds having cornice, concrete sills and tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Paired camber-headed openings to first floor with render impost course, concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Venetian window to first floor having render surround, concrete sill and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to east and west elevations first floor having concrete sills and camber-headed bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to east and west elevations, ground floor with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window and concrete sills. Camber-headed entrance comprising surround having keystone, render pilasters, and glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Slate step to entrance. Pair of rendered square-profile piers to north having render caps, single-leaf gate and roughcast rendered boundary walls.

• Cooltara, house, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan two-bay two-storey International Style house, built in 1937, originally on a butterfly plan of two rectangular blocks at ninety degree angles with a curved middle section facing south. Comprising recessed block to north-west and bow having recent porch to rear (south-west) elevations. Flat roof with rendered chimneystacks and parapets to front (north-east) and south-east elevation. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed opening to first floor having red brick partition, concrete sill and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to rear, north-west and south-east elevations, first floor, with concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor, rear elevation, having red brick pilasters and replacement uPVC windows. Entrance comprising concrete canopy, brick walls and square-headed opening with timber battened door. Pair of square-profile roughcast rendered piers to north-east having double-leaf cast-iron gates and roughcast rendered boundary walls.

• Yoma, house, 1935–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan three-bay three-storey over basement house, built in 1937, comprising flat roof with rendered chimneystacks and parapet. Rendered walls. Metal railings to front (north) and rear (south) elevations. Square-headed wrap-around openings to front elevation having red brick pilasters, concrete sills and timber casement windows. Square-headed opening with concrete canopy, red brick surround and glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door. Flight of concrete steps to and balcony to entrance. Square-headed opening to basement having half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening with aluminium door to garage.

• Cooleen, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey irregular-plan International Style house, built in 1936, comprising pilaster and recessed end bay to front elevation, extension to south, external brick flue and single-bay two-storey projecting block with recent conservatory to rear (west) elevation. Flat roof having rendered parapet walls, brick and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Square-headed wrap-around windows to corners. Brick jamb to ground floor window, south elevation. Entrance comprising brick jambs, concrete cantilevered canopy and square-headed half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rubble stone piers to south having rubble stone boundary walls.

• Sunninghill, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey International Style house, built in 1936, comprising projecting three-bay two-storey main block with curved porch to front (east) elevation, single-bay single-storey extension to south elevation and curved single-storey bay to rear (west) elevation. Rendered parapet having render eaves course, stepped motifs to corners and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render plinth course and platbands beneath window openings. Square-headed openings having render surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed wrap-around window to rear. Square-headed strip window to front elevation, first floor with render surround, brick jambs and replacement uPVC windows. Recessed square-headed openint to porch having render surround and keystone over half-glazed timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rubble stone piers to south with single-leaf timber doors.

• Saint Mary Magdalen's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, built in 1873. Comprising three-bay nave, square-plan three-stage tower to south, having canted bay to west elevation, canted chancel to rear (east) elevation, gable-fronted porch and two-bay sacristy with extension to south elevation. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone copings, and cast-iron cross finials. Limestone pediments to tower with inset blind roundels and cross motifs. Cut limestone chimneystack and cast-iron ridge crestings to sacristy. Snecked limestone walls having buttresses with cut limestone platband. Cut limestone plinth course to tower and chancel. Paired lancet stained glass windows to west elevation having stained glass oculus over with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds. Lancet stained glass windows having limestone surrounds to west elevation. Lancet stained glass windows to south elevation, first bay with limestone surrounds. Paired lancet stained glass windows to nave having stained glass oculus over with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds. Shouldered square-headed opening to sacristy having replacement casement window and limestone surround. Paired lancet quarry glazed windows to tower, first stage with tooled limestone surrounds. Paired lancet stained glass windows to tower, second stage having stained glass windows and louvered vents. Lancet stained glass windows with limestone surrounds to chancel. Gable-fronted entrance to tower, south elevation having inset pointed arch opening having carved limestone surround and timber battened double-leaf doors with cast-iron strap hinges. Inscribed date plaque to gable apex. Pointed arch opening to porch, north elevation, having roll moulded limestone surround and timber battened double-leaf doors with cast-iron strap hinges. Timber scissors truss roof to interior. Gallery to west. Pair of chamfered square-profile limestone piers with carved blind roundels having cross motifs, carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Snecked limestone boundary walls to site.

• House, 1820–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with attached five-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1970, to side. Recent multiple-bay single-storey extension to rear (north) and porch to east. Pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof having render chimneystacks to house. Pitched thatched roof to porch. Rendered walls with render plinth course and quoins. Rendered walls having render quoins to west elevation. Square-headed openings with render surrounds, concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to west addition, first floor having render surrounds, concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to west addition, ground floor having render surrounds, concrete sill, brick voussoirs and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening with render surround and timber battened door. Square-headed opening having render surround and double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed opening porch to east with timber panelled 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 Newcastle, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_997 (ZIP).

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

Name

Newcastle · An Caisleán Nua

Area

2,823,986 m² (282.4 ha, 697.82 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmurray, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballysimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,540 people lived in 5,566 households in the Ballysimon electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castletroy, Dromroe, Kilbane, Newtown, Reboge, Reboge Meadows, Rivers, Sreelane

Placenames

Newcastle 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.