Rathcahill East

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcahill East, from 80 m² to 327,861 m² (32.79 ha, 81.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathcahill East in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  the construction of a slatted house, feed passages, slatted tank and concrete aprons

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2689

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  a dwelling house (change of design from that previously granted under planning ref. 21/1599), detached domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, new site entrance and carry out all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24418

• 23 Oct 2023Conditional

  new farm entrance

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23512

• 13 Sept 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22993

• 21 Feb 2022Conditional

  the construction of a machinery, hay and straw store

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22193

• 18 Nov 2021Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, new site entrance and carry out all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 211599

• 24 Aug 2020Conditional

  construction of a slatted animal house complete with underground slatted tanks, construction of a calf house, the demolition of an animal loose house and all associated site works on their lands

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20826

• 19 Feb 2018Conditional

  the construction of a milking parlour, dairy, cubicle house, slatted tank, straw bedded house and calving pens

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18138

• 2 Nov 2017Conditional

  a domestic garage and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 171013

• 29 May 2017Conditional

  Hay & straw store, loose house for goat rearing, effluent tank, manure store

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17484

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• LI036-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight E-facing slope. Roughly circular area (26.9m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m) with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 3.6m). Gaps in bank, caused by cattle accessing interior, at E and SE. Bank removed NW->N and fosse infilled NW->NE. Trackway runs N-S though centre of site. Interior level, waterlogged and covered by overgrowth along margins. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. D-shaped area (40m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.3m) NW->SW, with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 2.4m) NW->NE. From SW to NE site defined by a very slight linear depression. Field boundary skirts external base of bank N->NNW. Interior slopes down gently to E. Entire site under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on steep E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 33m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.85m) with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 1.6m) and counterscarp bank (H 0.2m). Gap (Wth 3.2m) through bank at ESE. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Roughly D-shaped area (44m N-S; 50m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intermediate fosse (Wth 5.2m). Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.8m) in very straight on W side though external bank (int. H 1.85m; ext. H 1.35m) is more rounded. Causeway entrance at NNE (Wth 4m). Gap (Wth 5m) in both bank at SSW probably caused by cattle accessing interior. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level dry pasture. Circular area (diam. 60m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2.4m) with external fosse (Wth. 3.4m; D 1.35m). Gap in bank (Wth 2.8m) and causeway (Wth 7m) across fosse at W. Interior level and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On N side of public road. Rectangular area in grass (12m N-S; 16m E-W) enclosed by hedging on W, N, and E sides by low wall with railing on S side. Well is located midway along S wall. Well is enclosed by 2m high circular stone wall (diam. c. 2.8m); access to well via segmental arched opening on S side of wall with steps down to well head. Well head enclosed by elliptical plastered wall (1.5m N-S; 2m E-W; 1m deep) with shrines on ledge on N side of well. According to local tradition parish church of Rathcahill (LI044-133---) was located across the road from the well. O'Donovan in 1840 (OSL vol. 2, 10) noted the circular stone wall and said that pattern was held here on 15th August, which was 'still partly continued'; according to Ó Danachair (1955, 211-2) well reputed to cure sore eyes and had a rag tree. See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, is now largely covered by dense overgrowth. As far as could be ascertained site is enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse. Bank levelled and fosse infilled NW->NE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Sub-circular area (28m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.7m) with external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m). Break in bank (Wth 3.6m) and causeway (Wth 6.4m) across fosse at E. Interior level and under grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1924 OS 6-inch map, is now almost completely covered by dense overgrowth. From what is accessible site appears to be enclosed by an earthen bank with an external fosse. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI044-135 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. monument consists of two rectangular enclosures. Site A is located 8.00m E of 044-004 and consists of a rectangular area (7.00m N-S; 16.00m E-W) defined by an earthen bank. Interior levelled up to compensate for natural slope. Site B is located immediately to E of Site A in level pasture and consists of a rectangular area (28.00m N-S; 30.00m E-W) defined by low earthen banks. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathcahill East.

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 Rathcahill East, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_413 (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 Rathcahill East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Rathcahill East · Ráth Chathail Thoir

Area

2,985,489 m² (298.55 ha, 737.73 acres)

Civil parish

Monagay, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Monagay, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,260 people lived in 446 households in the Monagay electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylinane, Ballymurragh East, Ballymurragh West, Crean, Glenmore, Lissurland, Rahanagh, Rathcahill West

Placenames

Rathcahill East 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.