Cloontemple

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloontemple, from 60 m² to 115,074 m² (11.51 ha, 28.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & 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.

• 28 May 2026N/a

  a new dwelling house, site entrance, connections to existing town services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 26135

• 18 Feb 2026Conditional

  erection of a 24 metre high telecommunications monopole with antennas, dishes and associated equipment attached, and with equipment cabinets at ground level all enclosed by security fencing

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660170

• 1 May 2025Conditional

  installation of a floodlighting system to the training area. The works will include the erection of 6no. floodlighting poles with 2no. 500 watt LED lights at the top of each pole

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560392

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  demolition of an existing domestic garage and construction of a new dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2532

• 4 Jul 2023N/a

  demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of a new dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23359

• 24 May 2022Conditional

  the construction of three terraced houses

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 22576

• 25 Jun 2021Conditional

  demolition of 2no. existing terraced dwelling houses and construction of 2no. replacement terraced dwelling houses, boundary walls and all ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 21897

• 3 Apr 2020Conditional

  the steel framework and roof timbers of a farm machinery shed and permission for the completion of the sheeting of the farm machinery shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20283

• 20 Jan 2020Conditional

  6 no. free standing floodlights and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2029

• 10 Aug 2017Conditional

  demolish the existing kitchen and shed attached to the rear of the existing cottage and to construct a new extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage which will consist of entrance lobby, bathroom, 3 bedrooms, kitchen/dining, utility and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17754

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  1. Construction of a first floor over the existing workshop area of building, 2. Provision of an internal fire escape stairs. 3. Relocation of existing boilers from inside the existing building to a location external to the building and all associated site works. The building is a protected structure RPS No. M29M (10) and is on the NIAH Ref. No. 21827008

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17177

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 Cloontemple.

Recorded monuments

• LI029-107001 Church
  Description

  Only the S wall and part of the E gable of the medieval church ruins of Ballingarry survives upstanding in the graveyard (LI029-107002-) immediately S of the C of I church. No surface remains visible of the N wall and W gable. Westropp (1904-5, 408-9) recorded the following details on Ballingarry; ‘It is said that a templary was founded here, 1172, suppressed and given to the Hospitallers, 1304; that a Cistercian cell was founded, 1198, at Kilson, or Kilshane, and given to the Abbey of Corcomroe, "de petra fertili," in Clare, and lastly a cell of Augustinian nuns at some unknown site near the village (Lewis, i., p. 114). For these I find no old authority. The church is Garthe or Le Garth in 1291, 1302, and 1400. It belonged to Keynsham, 1418. Ballingharry dedicated to St. Euanganus, Aug. 1st, 1410. Pardon to the church of Sir Thomas de Lees, of Le Garth, 1346 (Pat. R.); Garthe in Lym, 1395 (Mem. R., m. 35). Henry IV. to the bailiffs and commons of the vill of Garth, "whereas the greater part had been destroyed by Irish foes and English rebels," grants certain customs to wall the town, 1408 (Pat. R.); Malachi Nadde was vicar, 1550 (Fiants, 491); Ecc. Garie, 1591; Ballingarry, 1586 (Peyton, p. 56) and 1615 a., " Ballengarie, Gare, or Garrestown, the advowson being part of estate of the dissolved abbey of Kensam," granted to Sir Robert Boyle, 1603 (Pat. R.) Fabric - Part of the east gable with two round-headed windows remained. It was disused in 1810; near it is the well of SS. Peter and Paul (O.S.L., 8, p. 60). Parts of the north wall and of a tower used as the McCarthy vault also remain. The I. C. church was built 1820'. Church ruins described in 1840 as following; 'Part of the east gable of the old Church of this Parish, which fell and so became disused about thirty years ago [1810], remains in a grave yard still in use, which adjoins the modern Church, but is separated from it by a stone wall. The window on this gable consists of two parts, is round arched and formed of cut stone. The traces of the foundation of other parts of this building are observable' (OSL, 22). Molony (1905, 258) described the building as following; 'The old parish church of Ballingarry stood in the village within 14 feet [4.25m] of, and parallel to, the modern structure. Only part of its eastern gable and northern side wall remain, the side wall now forming part of the boundary wall between the old and new graveyards. About 17 yards from the old church, in a south-eastern direction, is a tower of comparatively modern appearance, now a mausoleum, but, according to tradition, once used as a vestry'. C. of. I Church described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a 'Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1820. Comprising four-bay nave and three-stage square-profile tower to front (west) elevation having sandstone crenellations' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No,. 21827008). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-107002 Graveyard
  Description

  Medieval church ruins (LI029-107001-) stands in S quadrant of large rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 68m N-S x 84m E-W) enclosed by a post 1700 stone wall with entrance gate in centre of W wall. C of I church stands immediately N of medieval church ruins in centre of graveyard. Concentration of memorials of post 1700 date in area S of medieval church ruins. Fewer burials in area to N of C of I church. Original graveyard appears to have been located to S of medieval church ruins with this building forming the N boundary of the graveyard which was later extended to the N when a new C. of I. church was built. The boundary of this smaller burial ground is depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-107004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Holy well dedicated to Ss. Peter and Paul located in close proximity to the medieval church ruins (LI029-174001-) in Ballingarry graveyard (LI029-174002-). Westropp (1904-5, 408-9) recorded that near the church ruins was, ‘the well of SS. Peter and Paul (O.S.L., 8, p. 60)'. Well marked on 25 inch map in area 25m to ENE of medieval church ruins could be the holy well dedicated to Ss. Peter and Paul mentioned in the Ordnance Survey Name Books (OSNB, 197). Molony (1905, 259) recorded that 'Close to the churchyard is the well of SS. Peter and Paul'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

• LI029-114 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on NNW-facing slope into valley, immediately below brow of hill. Monument, depicted as oval embanked enclosure (c. 50m SW-NE; c. 30m SE-NW) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Described in 1840 (OSNB, No 85, 229) as 'a fort ... named Paddock fort'. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Ballingarry Church, church/chapel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built in 1820. Comprising four-bay nave and three-stage square-profile tower to front (west) elevation having sandstone crenellations. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone copings. Roughly dressed sandstone walls. Paired lancet quarry glazed window openings to nave having tooled sandstone surrounds. Pointed arch openings to nave, west elevation and tower, ground floor, west elevation having quarry glazed windows and sandstone voussoirs. Pointed arch openings to tower, first and second floors with timber vents. Triple lancet window to east elevation with limestone surround, limestone and sandstone voussoirs. Pointed arch opening to tower, south elevation having sandstone voussoirs and timber battened door. Square-headed shouldered opening to north elevation with chamfered limestone surround and timber battened door. Limestone steps to entrance. Graveyard to north with limestone grave markers and mausoleum. Pair of square-profile sandstone piers to west having render caps, replacement double-leaf gates and render over rubble sandstone sweeping walls.

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cloontemple · Cluain an Teampaill

Area

278,099 m² (27.81 ha, 68.72 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry(Croom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Ballingarry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballingarry electoral division: 970 people in 369 households; 75% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherhenesy, Cloonregan, Gorteen, Kilshane, Knightstreet, Rylanes

Placenames

Cloontemple 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.