Sreelane
Sreelane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurray, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Sraoilleán.
Parcel 1645238
- Area
- 2,875 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- S1 University (Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
S5 Education and Community Facilities (Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Sreelane
Planning applications on this parcel
13 Mar 2026N/a
the extension of the existing Left Turn Lane at Feeney Way, at the main entrance road of the University of Limerick Campus, at the junction with Plassey Park Road, in the townland of Sreelane. Additional works included are the removal of an existing raised pedestrian crossing; installation of new road and cycle line markings, and the installation of additional road gullies
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660290
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 20 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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.
- Area
- 46.6 ha
- 115 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 666 m²
- Zoning
- S1
- University
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sreelane, from 24 m² to 278,108 m² (27.81 ha, 68.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- S1University (Education)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Mar 2026N/a
the extension of the existing Left Turn Lane at Feeney Way, at the main entrance road of the University of Limerick Campus, at the junction with Plassey Park Road, in the townland of Sreelane. Additional works included are the removal of an existing raised pedestrian crossing; installation of new road and cycle line markings, and the installation of additional road gullies
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660290
24 Oct 2025Conditional
installation of 9 no. shrouded antenna, and 3 no. transmission dishes on ballast mounted supporting poles together with 3 equipment cabinets, radio equipment, cabling and associated site works located on the rooftop
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561088
9 Oct 2025Conditional
internal alterations comprising, the demolition of internal partitions at basement and ground level, the installation of a lift between basement and ground level, the construction of disabled wheelchair refuge lobbies in the existing basement and ground level toilets and the reconfiguration of the basement level male toilets to provide wheelchair accessible toilets at Plassey House (A protected structure – RPS No. 1601), University of Limerick, Sreelane Townland, Castletroy, Limerick. The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561026
29 Nov 2024Conditional
the removal of the existing valley gutters and polycarbonate rooflights, the construction of new valley gutters, rooflights and access hatch together with air handling units and associated ductwork. The site is located approx. 130m from Plassey House (a protected structure) and approx. 650m from Plassey Mill (a protected structure). The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461180
23 Jun 2020Conditional
extension of the existing common room mezzanine at the Millstream Building, University of Limerick, Sreelane, Co. Limerick. The development will comprise of a mezzanine extension of 59.5 sq.m and minor elevational modifications. The site is located circa 153 metres from Plassey House(a protected structure) and circa 509 metres from Plassey Mill and Headrace(a protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within an Architectural Conservation Area
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20543
26 Apr 2018Conditional
the construction of an external lift to the south of the Foundation Building, University of Limerick, Sreelane, Castletroy, Co. Limerick. The development will consist of a three storey lift enclosure (16.5m2) between the upper plaza level and lower ground floor terrace level with a glazed link to the first floor level of the Foundation Building. The lift enclosure (13.2m high) will be clad in brickwork, concrete spandrel panels and copper roofing to match the existing building. The site is located circa 155m from Plassey House (protected structure) and circa 542m from Plassey Mill and Headrace (protected structure). The University of Limerick campus falls within architectural campus falls within an architectural conservation area
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18396
13 Dec 2017Conditional
a three storey over partial basement Student Centre, GIA 3530M2, providing a foyer space, auditorium (200 seat) meeting rooms offices a shop and café, along with site clearance and new landscape, paving, external works including an enclosed bicycle stand. The site is located approx. 130m from Plassey House (a protected structure) and approx. 680m from Plassey Mill, and associated millstreams (a protected structure). The University of Limerick falls within an Architectural Conservation Area
Permission · Limerick County Council, 171165
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sreelane.
Architectural heritage
- Milford House, country house, 1760–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement former country house, built c. 1770. Now in use as a convent and hospice. Comprising breakfront with cut limestone portico to front (west) elevation, four-bay three-storey extension and gable-fronted chapel with apse and six-bay nave to south elevation, two-storey over basement bay windows to north elevation and multiple-bay three-storey extensions to rear (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof having timber brackets and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to chapel and copper half-dome to apse. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings to second floor and basement having painted concrete sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to first and ground floors with render block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills having ornate consoles and replacement uPVC windows. Paired square-headed openings to south extension with render block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills having ornate consoles and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed full-height stained glass window to extension, south elevation. Square-headed tripartite openings to bay windows with render block-and-start surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to bay windows, east and west elevations with render block-and-start surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed openings to chapel apse having stained glass windows. Oculi and round-headed openings to nave, south elevation, having stained glass windows. Oculus to chapel, rear elevation, having limestone surround, inset sexfoil motif and stained glass window. Limestone entrance comprising pilasters with fluted plinths, curved shafts and fluted capitals supporting ornate entablature with keystone, open pediment having concrete statue and square-headed opening with half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled door. Limestone steps to entrance with rendered walls having limestone copings.
- Milford House, gate lodge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1870, comprising gabled-fronted projecting end bay and porch to front (west) elevation. Breakfront to south elevation and gable-fronted end bay and extension to east (rear) elevation. Pitched and hipped tiled roof with red brick chimneystack and timber bargeboards. Red brick walls having brick plinth and stringcourse to gables. Roughcast rendered walls to gables with timber details. Camber-headed openings with inset square-headed timber casement windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening to south elevation with tooled limestone sill and timber casement window. Square-headed opening having timber panelled double-leaf doors with limestone plinths. Camber-headed opening to rear having inset square-headed and replacement uPVC door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to south-west having render caps and roughcast rendered boundary walls.
- Plassy Mills, mill (water), 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan multiple-bay six-storey former corn mill, built in 1824, with extension to west. Now in ruins. Dressed limestone walls having cast-iron patris plates, limestone quoins and red brick flue. Square-headed window openings with cut limestone label mouldings and sills. Pointed arch window openings to south elevation with limestone hoodmoulding to ground floor opening. Cross loop openings to east and west elevations, having limestone surrounds. Remains of internal round-headed door opening to north elevation with brick voussoirs, now partially blocked up. Cut limestone internal spiral staircase. South elevation partially rebuilt c. 1970.
- Plassey House, country house, 1760–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan multiple-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1770, comprising three-bay front block with pedimented shallow breakfront having single-storey portico. Rebuilt in the 1870s. Recessed two-bay three-storey block to west with two-bay two-storey extension. Recent extensions to rear. Hipped slate roofs with bracketed eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls having quoins and plinth courses. Square-headed openings to first floor with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, render entablatures, sills and continuous sills course. Those to west block having pedimented architraves. Square-headed openings to ground floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with flanking Corinthian style pilasters and render sills. Portico comprising Corinthian style columns supporting entablature with render cornice. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled doors with flanking sidelights. Ornate cornicing to interior.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Sreelane, 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 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_996 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Sreelane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Sreelane · Sraoilleán
- Area
- 465,760 m² (46.58 ha, 115.09 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.
- Placenames
- Sreelane 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.