Baggotstown

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baggotstown, from 60 m² to 183,954 m² (18.4 ha, 45.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Baggotstown 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.

• 16 May 2025Conditional

  (1) retention of development namely a previous change of use of part of existing dwelling for child minding services, (2) permission for change of use from dwelling (part of) / domestic garage (ground floor only) to full pre-school and after-school service by way of increased floor area (from that of (1) above) and all associated works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560451

• 24 Feb 2021Conditional

  the construction of new perimeter enclosure fencing to training area to include the installation of a sand based pitch and an astro-turf pitch with ball-wall, erection of additional flood lighting together with all associated site works at the existing sports field

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21209

• 17 Feb 2021Conditional

  the construction of 1no. dwelling house, 1no. single storey domestic garage, modifications to existing site entrance, driveway, front boundary treatment, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21172

• 26 Mar 2020Conditional

  the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20265

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 Baggotstown.

Recorded monuments

• LI040-010 Burial mound
  Description

  In pasture, immediately E of a road that forms townland boundary with Kyle and 100m S of townland boundary with Kilballyowen. A cist cemetery (LI040-009----) lies 200m to the NW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Discovered in 1987 during the bulldozing of a mound (H c. 1m; diam. c. 10m) which was then excavated by Raghnall Ó Floinn of the National Museum of Ireland under Licence No. E1109, the results of which were summarised as follows; ‘The cist was uncovered in the course of levelling part of a mound, c. 1m in height and 10m in diameter. It was centrally placed and the mound had been erected over it. The short rectangular cist (0.85m by 0.6m) was overlain by two capstones, one on top of the other. The floor of the cist consisted of a single flagstone. It contained the cremated remains of two individuals accompanied by a piece of worked bone and by two food vessels – a tripartite bowl and a biconical vase – set mid-way along each of the long sides’ (Ó Floinn 1987, 19). The excavation of this burial mound was recently described by Cahill & Sikora (2011, 255-62) as follows; 'In May 1987, a short cist containing cremated bone, two bowls and a bone object was discovered during the bulldozing of a mound at Baggotstown, near Bruff, Co. Limerick. The site was found near the centre of the mound when the capstones of the cist were struck by the machine. Both vessels had been removed from the cist by Mr J. Crowe, who then reported the find to the NMI. A rescue excavation was undertaken by Raghnall Ó Floinn. The human remains from the site were analysed by Barra Ó Donnabháin. The mound was located along the west side of a field, and the field fence curves slightly around the western edge of the mound. The cist was in the centre of the mound, which measured c. 1m high by 10m in diameter and had clearly been dug into the old ground level. Approximately half of the mound (the southern half) had been removed in the bulldozing. Hollow spaces between the boulders above and to the west of the cist and a protruding flagstone at least 0.7m long by 0.1m thick suggested the possibility of a second cist set in the body of the mound, but the area was not investigated at this time. The cist was rectangular in plan, with its long axis aligned approximately north/south. It measured 0.85m long by 0.6m wide by 0.4m deep internally at floor level. It had originally been formed of four main edge-set slabs, but the eastern side stone had been badly shattered by the disturbance and the southern end stone had split, perhaps in antiquity, owing to the pressure of the capstone. The slabs would originally have been substantial in size, the western side stone measuring 1.01m long by 0.18m thick by approximately 0.4m high. The end slabs had been set between the ends of the long sides and these now inclined inwards. A number of small stones had been wedged in the spaces between the end and side stones and also between the capstone and the side stones. All of the cist slabs were limestone of local provenance. The floor of the cist was formed of a rectangular flagstone measuring 0.78m by 0.55m, which fitted against the sides except along the west, where there was a gap of 0.02–0.03m. The cist was covered by two capstones, one on top of the other. Only one of these remained on site at the time of excavation; this was roughly triangular in outline and measured 1.15m long by 1.06m wide. The cist contained the cremated remains of an adult male and a juvenile (1987:50), two bowls and a polished bone cylinder. Two fragments of animal bone and an animal tooth, probably that of a cow, were found among the cremation. Soil and sods had clearly slipped into it on discovery. On removal, it appeared that a deposit of cremated bone had been spread out on the floor of the cist. At its centre it measured 0.12m thick but was spread into the floor of the cist close to the northern side stone, and mixed through the fill along the eastern side of the cist were small mollusc shells. A sample of the cremation from the cist yielded a date of 3495±40 BP, which calibrates to 1923–1695 BC. Brindley (2007, 248) places both vessels in stage 3 of the bowl typology, which is dated to 1980–1930/20 BC.'. Monument visible today as a scrub covered circular-shaped mound on Digital Google orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached plan of monument taken from Cahill and Sikora and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 May 2021

• LI040-014 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture sloping gently to NE, a possible barrow (LI040-015----) lies 140m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Tarbett (1989, 7) as one of two ring-barrows, ‘Ringbarrow B’ and described as follows; ‘This poorly surviving barrow is located in the lower NE quadrant of the same field next to the roadway. The interior platform of the barrow is circular and slightly raised above the surrounding ground level. It is outlined by a shallow fosse, 10cm deep, which can only be traced at the N, SE and SW. An enclosing low sized bank is visible at the N and SW measuring no more than 20cm in height. No bank or ditch can be traced at the NE. This barrow, larger than the former (LI040-015----) measures 12m in diameter. A later bank orientated from E-W partially cuts through the enclosing bank of the monument at the South.’ Possible faint trace of monument visible as circular cropmark on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about location of monument on the Historic Environment Viewer. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 May 2021

• LI040-015 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture sloping gently NE, a possible ring-barrow (LI040-014----) lies 140m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Tarbett (1989, 7) as one of two ring-barrows, ‘Ringbarrow A’ and described as follows; ‘This barrow, located in the NE quadrant of the field is the better surviving of the two monuments. It is relatively small measuring only 10m in diameter from mid bank to mid bank. It is outlined mostly by a shallow fosse with a maximum depth of 20cm. The fosse encircles a slightly raised interior platform which is ovoid in shape and which slopes to the NE. A low sized enclosing bank is only noticeable at the SE where it measures no more than 20cm in height.’ No surface remains visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain about location of monument on the Historic Environment Viewer. See attached location map and drawing from C. Tarbett and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 May 2021

• LI040-168 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  A 'Corn Mill' depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map may be built on the site of a medieval watermill depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Any Parish. The location of the Corn Mill closely matches the location of the watermill on the Down Survey map. The watermill is depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Any Parish (NLI, MS 718). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that on the lands of Maurice Baggott of Baggotstown there stood 'a Castle [LI040-012----], tenn cabbins & two mills' (Simington 1938, 99). No surface remains of any mill building at this location today on the Digital Globe aerial photograph. However a linear earthwork visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph at this location may be the remains of the mill-race belonging to the medieval watermill. This watercourse takes water from the Morningstar River to the S of the watermill and the tail-race feeds into the river to the N of the mill site. See attached image of Baggotstown Mill taken from 1657 Down Survey map of Any Parish. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 March 2020

• LI040-168001 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  A building to the N of a 'Corn Mill' (LI040-168----) depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map may be the second watermill mentioned in the 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick. The location of the Corn Mill closely matches the location of the watermill on the Down Survey map. The watermill is depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Any Parish (NLI, MS 718). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that on the lands of Maurice Baggott of Baggotstown there stood 'a Castle [LI040-012----], tenn cabbins & two mills' (Simington 1938, 99). No surface remains of any mill building at this location today on the Digital Globe aerial photograph. However a linear earthwork visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph at this location may be the remains of the mill-race belonging to the medieval watermill. This watercourse takes water from the Morningstar River to the S of the watermill and the tail-race feeds into the river to the N of the mill site. See attached image of Baggotstown Mill taken from 1657 Down Survey map of Any Parish. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 March 2020

• LI040-186 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified on aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 40, Bruff 49: AP 5/2053). Described by Doody (2008, 137) as a 'subrectangular ditched enclosure, c. 55m N-S x 39m E-W, with an internal bank (3.3m wide) and internal features. Interior (43m N-S x 25m E-W) slightly raised; ditch 3m wide'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 11 November 2013

• LI040-187 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified on aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 40, Bruff 50: AP 5/2053). Described by Doody (2008, 137) as a 'subcircular ditched enclosure, c. 35m x 25m, with possible entrance on NE side'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 11 November 2013

• LI040-238 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 105m W of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Baggotstown East. Enclosure (LI040-187----) lies 75m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark from aerial photograph (ASIAP (347) 4) taken 05/01/2003. Faint trace of cropmark (diam. c. 25m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. Outline of possible enclosure clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached aerial photograph (ASIAP (347) 4) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 June 2021

Architectural heritage

• Baggotstown House, country house, 1740–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement country house, dated 1745, with three-bay two-storey addition to north-east and three-bay breakfront and projecting end bays and canted bay windows to front (south) elevation. Hipped replacement slate roof with rendered square-plan stepped chimneystacks and moulded render eaves course. Coursed limestone and sandstone rubble walls, some rendered. Square-headed openings with tooled limestone sills and red brick surrounds, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, some with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to sides and rear. Replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to bay windows. Pointed arched window openings with replacement timber framed windows. Square-headed window openings with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows flanking door. Rectangular basement window opening to ground level with cast-iron bars. Square-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround having stressed key-stone. Blocked square-headed window opening over door with dated keystone. Timber panelled door with rectangular overlight. Cast-iron Doric columns to grounds near front elevation. Square courtyard to rear having two-storey west range with five bays remaining. Pitched slate roof. Coursed rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with multiple-pane timber framed windows. Square-headed door openings with timber door frame. Single-bay coursed limestone rubble wall with square-plan chimneystacks to north-west corner of courtyard. Segmental-headed door opening with tooled limestone surround. Seven-bay two-storey north range. Pitched slate roof. Coursed tooled limestone walls, slate hung to east gable. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills having timber framed louvered windows. Segmental-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and timber framed windows. Segmental-headed door openings with tooled limestone voussoirs and timber door frames. Round-headed carriage arch with tooled limestone voussoirs. Seven-bay single-storey south range attached to rear addition of house. Coursed rubble limestone walls with concrete block wall over. Square-headed window and door openings. Wall to east of courtyard area with castellated pediment having round-headed carriage arch. Three-bay single-storey gate lodge. Hipped slate roof with projecting eaves. Rendered walls with strip quoins. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and quarry glazed casement windows. Square-headed door opening with timber door frame and continuous hoodmoulding over. Entrance with tooled limestone sweep walls having pointed coping and plinth course. Terminating in square-profile piers with pointed caps. Recent aluminium single-leaf gate.

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 Baggotstown, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Baggotstown · Baile an Bhagóidigh

Area

1,570,169 m² (157.02 ha, 388 acres)

Civil parish

Knockainy, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Uregare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

654 people lived in 223 households in the Uregare electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baggotstown East, Baggotstown West, Ballynalahagh, Ballyvulhane, Correenfeeradda, Kilballyowen, Kyle

Placenames

Baggotstown 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.