Castletroy

124 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletroy, from 6 m² to 185,911 m² (18.59 ha, 45.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C6High Tech/Manufacturing Campus (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 83 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 63 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3District Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1University (Education)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 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

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI006-017001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The castle of Caladh an Treoigh [Castletroy] stands on the S bank of the River Shannon and was described by Westropp (1906-7, 86) as following; '1197 H. Troy was first provost of Limerick; the family is often named. T. Troy, bailiff of Limerick, witnessed Edm. Wyndebald's will, 1361 (Arthur MSS., Len. 62). 1583 W. Bourke held Vill of Castlellane Trylane, C[astle]. of Callatroo (Des. R., 37, Peyton 257). 1610 Held by Mac Keough of Clonkeen, and 1655 the ruined C[astle], eel weir, &c, of Callahintroy, by Lord Brittas (C.S. xxix., p. 8). 1666 Granted to Duke of York. 1688 Shown as standing in the Shannon (Trustees' Map, 22). 1703 Sold to Hollow Blades Company'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that in 1640 Theobald Lord Baron of Brittas was the proprietor in 'CallaghItroy' of a 'ruined castle an orchard & an Eele weare upon it' (Simington 1938, 465). The castle standing on the S bank of the Rver Shannon is depicted on the late 17th century map Hibernia Delineatio. Castle described in 1840 as following; 'In the townland of Castle-Troy on the southern bank of the Shannon there is a castle which gave name to the townland. Its east and north sides are in tolerable preservation, but the other two are nearly destroyed, only ten feet [3m] of the west and six feet [1.8m] of the south wall remaining. It measures on the inside thirty one feet six inches [9.6m] by twenty one feet two inches [6.45m], and the walls are seven feet six inches thick [2.3m] and the sides, which are perfect, about seventy feet [21.3m] in height, and contain windows for five floors (stories)' (OSL Kilmurry parish). Castle remains described by Salter (2004, 78) as following; 'The 18m high east end of this 10.4m wide tower of the MacKeoughs of Glenkeen [Clonkeen] is built out as a prow containing the spiral staircase with a tier of sizeable vaulted rooms behind it, whilst other passages and small rooms lay over the SE facing entrance doorway. The result is a very rare five-sided building with a greatest length of 16.5m. The SE corner has an angle-loop at second storey level and corbels for a bartizan containing a chamber at fourth storey level. The main part of the tower further west contained rooms about 6m square, the lowest level being vaulted and the second level having a fireplace on the north, but this part is much ruined by the loss of the SW corner and most of the south wall. On the NW corner this part also had a room in a bartizan at fourth storey level'. See attached image of Castletroy taken from Hibernia Delineatio, courtesy of TCD. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2020

• LI006-017002 Bawn
  Description

  In 1991 an archaeological survey carried out by Celie O’Rahilly as part of an environmental impact report recorded the possible presence of a levelled bawn defending the castle (LI006-017001-) at Castletroy. The levelled bawn was described by O'Rahilly as following; 'Immediately around the structure [Castle Troy] is raised ground, to the east, south and west, which may be the remains of the bawn'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that in 1640 Theobald Lord Baron of Brittas was the proprietor in 'CallaghItroy' of a 'ruined castle an orchard & an Eele weare upon it' (Simington 1938, 465). The 'orchard' described in the 1654-56 Civil Survey may have been the walled garden or bawn attached to the medieval castle of Castletroy. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 May 2020

• LI006-017003 Gateway
  Description

  In 1991 an archaeological survey carried out by Celie O’Rahilly as part of an environmental impact report recorded the possible presence of a gateway belonging to levelled bawn (LI006-017002-) defending the castle (LI006-017001-) at Castletroy. The levelled bawn and gateway was described by O'Rahilly as following; 'Immediately around the structure [Castle Troy] is raised ground, to the east, south and west, which may be the remains of the bawn. In the adjoining north-south running field boundary, to the east of the bawn is an elaborate gate feature which may relate to an entrance feature although its axis, east-west is at variance with an access to the bawn (Which should be north-south). This consists of two arched wall on either side of the modern gate with rebates into which the gate is fixed by spud stones' (SMR File). This gateway may be related to Castletroy House located 70m to W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 May 2020

• LI006-059 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying grassland approx. 40m W of the Mulkear River, that forms the townland boundary with Ballyvollane. The site is not indicated on the 1840 OS 6-inch map or any subsequent OS maps. Identified in 1990 by Celie O’Rahilly as a possible ring-barrow when it was described as following; 'Located in the south-east corner of the area, on flat ground, is a possible Ring Barrow. It consists of a trace of a circular feature defined by a very low bank, ca. 30m in diameter, in the centre of which is a depression. This appears to have been recently infilled with clay' (O'Rahilly 1990). An Archaeological Assessment Report carried out by Aegis Archaeology Ltd. in 2009/10 recorded the following details about this monument; 'The fieldwork and survey carried out a part of this report has the found that the dot (on www.archaeology.ie) is slightly too far to the north. The true location is marked by means of an arrow on figure 5. The site is visible as a sub-circular platform approximately 30m in diameter, and 0.6m above the surrounding ground level. The sides of the platform slope gently towards exterior ground level. No trace of the bank mentioned in the O'Rahilly report was noted. A depression was noted in the NE quadrant of the site, measuring 3m north-south by 2m east-west, 0.3m deep. A possible ditch although very indistinct, was noted from S through E to NW, (in parts discernible as an area of greener vegetation than the surrounding land) averaging 3m wide and 0.2m deep, although the suggestion of the ditch at S has been augmented by tractor tracks. the ditch could not be clearly defined at W, due to flattened long grass at this side' (Coyne 2009, 12-13). Google Earth orthoimage taken 2018 indicates faint traces of a sub-circular shaped cropmark at this location. Compiled by Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 11 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Park House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, having porch to front (south-east) elevation, canted extension to south-west elevation and recent extension to rear (north-west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves having render brackets. Hipped slate roof to porch having overhanging eaves and render brackets. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Round-headed openings to porch with fixed windows and concrete sills. Elliptical-headed opening to porch having replacement double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors. Limestone threshold to entrance.

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 Castletroy, 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 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_1020 (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 Castletroy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Castletroy · Caladh an Treoigh

Area

1,199,155 m² (119.92 ha, 296.32 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmurray, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballyvarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Newcastle, Rivers

Placenames

Castletroy 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.