Dooradoyle

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
• N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Semi Natural Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  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
• M3Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  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
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  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
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  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.

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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

At the centre of the townland of Dooradoyle, 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, 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_951 (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 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

19,394 people lived in 6,719 households in the Ballycummin electoral division. 66% of households owned 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.