Park
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of North Liberties, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Pháirc
Parcel 1663740
- Area
- 238 m²
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 212 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- S5 Education and Community Facilities (Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
R2 Existing Residential (Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Park
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_973 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 97.7 ha
- 241 acres
- Land parcels
- 1,195
- registered freehold, median 244 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 73
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1,195 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Park, from 2 m² to 62,622 m² (6.26 ha, 15.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1,038 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2City Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Semi Natural Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Jul 2026Conditional
the construction of an additional storey to the existing dwelling at first floor level with changes to the existing ground floor layout and elevations, permission to knock an existing boiler house and all associated siteworks
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660843
5 May 2026Conditional
the demolition of a chimney stack and construct a single storey lean-to extension for a wheelchair accessible bathroom, to the south side of the house, with consequent changes in the elevations
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660502
30 Apr 2026Refused
the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling house, new site entrance, boundary walls, and connection to services including all associated site works. Original Planning Ref. No. 21/648
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 267037
17 Apr 2026Conditional
the construction of a single-storey side and rear extensions to an existing dwelling including the following works (a) construction of a new raised roof over the entire dwelling, (b) attic conversion to part of the new roof, (c) elevational changes including roof lights, (c) demolition of the rear conservatory, (b) demolition of a separate garage, and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660438
10 Dec 2025Conditional
works to an existing building to include provision of 5 No new roller shutter doors to the front elevation and the provision of new security fencing to the entire site
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561304
24 Oct 2025Conditional
change of use from a coffee shop (previously permitted under planning application reference 24/60815) to an Audiologist
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561084
22 Sept 2025Conditional
25 no. residential units: 8no. duplex units with 8no. one-bedroom units and 8no. two-bedroom units (total 16 units) in 2no. three-storey blocks, and also 9no. three-bedroom, two-storey houses in Corbally Limerick. There will also be a bike store and bin store, extensive landscaping including rewilding of the remainder of the lands including a bat house. There will be an improved entrance onto Corbally Road via existing laneway, drainage works, attenuation and all ancillary works at a site to the west of Corbally Road, and bounded by the Ennis-Limerick Rail line to the north, and the Abbey river to the west, Corbally, Limerick. A Natura Impact Statement and Appropriate Assessment Screening Report shall also be submitted
Permission, 25 homes · Limerick County Council, 2560953
21 Aug 2025Refused
a change of use of the existing premises from a former hardware store to a takeaway restaurant, together with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560832
18 Jul 2025Refused
a change of use from retail use to restaurant and takeaway use
Permission · Limerick County Council, 25242
18 Jul 2025Conditional
The development, Limerick Navigation and Park Canal 5-year Maintenance Works along the Abbey River and Shannon River Navigation from Quay Lock to Ardnacrusha Tail Race junction and the Park Canal, in the townlands of Rebouge, Rebouge Island, Park, Monamuck, Irishtown, St. Francis Abbey, English Town, King’s Island, Corbally, Monabraher, Co. Limerick., will consist of essential maintenance works along the Shannon Navigation and Park Canal, as outlined in the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) submitted with the planning application and in accordance with Waterways Ireland’s statutory remit comprising of the following: • Removal from the navigation, along the Abbey River and River Shannon to the Ardnacrusha Tail Race, overhanging branches and infringing trees (including dead trees) that have fallen over more than 60 degrees out into the navigation channel causing a hazard to passing vessels. • Maintenance of overgrown vegetation impacting and overgrowing the water portion of the Park Canal, aquatic weed management as required, and removal of debris and litter. • Maintenance of the south back drain associated with the Park Canal. • Removal of vegetation impacting Park Canal structures and undertaking necessary physical minor repairs to Quay/Limerick Lock Chamber and associated Footbridge, Troy’s/Park Lock Chamber and Park Bridge and associated canal or lock wing and quay walls. The proposed works will involve maintenance to, but not altering the materials or the character of Protected Structures No. 6063 Canal Footbridge at Lock Quay and No. 6064 Canal Quay and Lock Walls at Lock Quay. The vegetation works will involve working within close proximity to or within the curtilage of, but not undertaking any works to, RPS No. 3478 Stone and Brick buildings at Quay Lock, RPS No. 3319 Lock Quay Carriage Arch, RPS No. 6058 O’Dwyers Bridge and RPS No. 3314 Athlunkard Boat Club An Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany the planning application
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560704
22 May 2025Refused
demolition of existing single storey side extensions and the construction of a new single storey side extension and a first floor extension over existing building, alterations to existing elevations, site entrance, new front boundary wall, connection to existing public services, the proposed development will result in the subdivision of the site and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 25164
17 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a single storey granny flat to the side of the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461260
9 Dec 2024Conditional
the extension, refurbishment and change of use of an existing garage including minor alterations to the front façade of the garage and ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461236
9 Dec 2024Conditional
a two bedroom dormer bungalow, demolish existing domestic store, upgrade existing entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24459
5 Dec 2024Conditional
a lattice, communications tower measuring 36metre in height, an equipment shelter, fencing and associated works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461207
27 Nov 2024Refused
42 no. residential units, (8no. semi-detached houses, 20no. terrace houses, 14no. duplex units in 2no. 3 storey blocks), construction of all associated roads, site entrance, boundary treatments, footpaths, car parking, street lighting, new gravity foul and surface water sewers along Plassey Walk, Canal Bank Road and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 42 homes · Limerick County Council, 2461173
29 Oct 2024Refused
change of use of a garage to a one bedroom apartment and retention permission of a garage
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24421
10 Oct 2024Refused
the demolition of existing single storey side extension and the construction of a two storey side extension and a first floor extension over existing building, alterations to existing elevations, site entrance, new front boundary wall, connection to existing public services and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 24394
5 Sept 2024Conditional
a two storey extension to the side and a single storey extension to the rear of her house with all ancillary site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2460886
31 Aug 2024Conditional
a single storey extension (to provide for accessible Bedroom and Bathroom accommodation) to the north west facing side elevation of the dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460870
27 Aug 2024Conditional
the development that will consist of: The demolition of the existing single storey school buildings (area 3,101m²) on site and the construction of an 8,387m² two and four storey 650 pupil post-primary school, including general teaching and administration rooms, a PE hall, a Special Education Needs facility, external stores, ESB substation, 56 No. car parking spaces, 68 No. bicycle parking spaces, bus and car set down / pick up facilities, 3 No. hard play court areas, grass play areas, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments and associated development works. The site is adjacent to the Lower Shannon SAC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application and will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the office of the planning authority
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460855
14 Aug 2024Conditional
the Sub-division and Change of use of an Existing Pub and Function Room at unit 5, Corbally Centre to the following: 5 No. separate uses (a) Coffee shop on the ground floor, (b) Retail unit on the ground floor, (c) Nail Salon on the ground floor, (d) Office on the first floor, (e) Commercial kitchen in the basement. Including all associated elevational changes, revised vehicle parking arrangement to the rear, enlarged communal bin store and the addition of sheltered bicycle parking and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460815
8 Mar 2024Conditional
the demolition of an existing single storey side extension. Construction of a new single storey side extension and 1.5 storey side extension with dormer windows and associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2485
2 Jan 2024Conditional
demolition of an existing garden pergola structure and to modify an existing site entrance and form new ramped access to existing dwelling plot. Permission is also sought to construct 2 No. dwellings, new combined site entrance, boundary walls, off-street parking, connection to public services, including all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460001
18 Oct 2023Conditional
the demolition of boundary walls and outbuildings and part demolish existing derelict dwelling house, on our site at Canal Bank ( off Saint Lelia Street ), Limerick and to construct the following development; Ground Floor Level: 2 number Retail Units with services, Residential Storage rooms, Bin Storage / Bicycle parking area, external access stairwells and entrances to vertical circulation stairwells. First and Second floor levels : A total of 8 number 2 bedroom dual aspect apartments ( 4 per floor overlooking Canal ) including associated stairwells, balconies and services . This application also seeks permission for new connections to all public services and all ancillary site works.A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted as part of this planning application
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360759
The 25 most recent of 73 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
- LI005-113 Bastioned fort
Description
At the beginning of the campaigning season in 1651 the only major towns not yet captured by Parliamentary troops were Sligo, Galway and Limerick. In May 1651, Lieutenant-General Henry Ireton advanced towards Limerick with an army of 8,000 and on 3 June they arrived on the Clare bank of the river Shannon to the north of the city. After his attempts to enter the city from this side were repulsed, he decided to besiege it and starve the garrison into submission. He now moved the bulk of his army back across the river to the south of the city. By late June Ireton’s engineers began constructing an extensive network of ditches, earthen ramparts and forts to encircle the southern section of the city, known as Irish Town. The siege works effectively surrounded Irish Town and ran in an arc from Singland Hill on the north to the river’s edge on the west. They are represented on a detailed map of the siege drawn in 1651 (O'Flaherty 2010, Map 10) as incorporating four separate bastioned forts placed at strategic locations. The largest of these, at the northern end of the works, is referred to in the 17th century sources as ‘Ireton’s Fort’ (LI005-113----). This was located on an eastern spur of Singland Hill. To the south on another spur of the same hill was ‘Cromwell’s Fort’ (LI005-028----) and beyond this to the west were two further forts linked by earthen ramparts and redoubts. Both Ireton’s Fort and Cromwell’s fort were garrisoned with 800 soldiers (IBP Report 2009 – Limerick, 1651). The siege of Limerick continued throughout the summer and conditions for the inhabitants and defenders were grave. Contemporary accounts indicate that by September, the city was suffering greatly from a shortage of food and provisions and plague was taking its toll. By late October the Parliamentary army looked to bring the siege to a rapid conclusion and decided to mount a further assault on the city. The engineers had by this time identified a section in the town’s defensive wall, which had not been reinforced by earthen ramparts, and so was more vulnerable to artillery fire. Ireton established a battery of 28 siege guns directly opposite this point of the wall and the Parliamentary army began battering this position in preparation for an assault. The effect of this battery seems to have finally convinced many within Limerick that the town had to surrender before it was sacked. On 27 October 1651 Limerick surrendered and the Parliamentary Army occupied the city. As the siegeworks were no long necessary they were abandoned. The siegeworks erected by Ireton were used again during the War of the Two Kings, 1689-91. King William came before Limerick with a large army in August 1690. The army chaplin and chronicler, George Story, has recorded what happened on this occasion. The defending Jacobites had refortified the works and had placed a number of companies in Ireton’s Fort. However, on seeing the Williamite army approach they abandoned the fort without firing a shot. (Story 1693, 114-5). The Williamites immediately took the forts, moved four field pieces into Cromwell’s Fort and began firing on the city and its outworks. After an unsuccessful and bloody assault on a breach in the wall of Irish Town (where the Williamites suffered huge casualties and were forced to retreat) William decided to raise the siege. On 30 August he took the road for Waterford from where he sailed to England, never to return. His army then left the city to go into winter quarters. The Williamites returned in the following year and Story records that the defenders had refortified the various forts, including ‘Ireton’s Fort’ and had ‘built another some distance to the right, where formerly stood an old church, and a third was begun also with a line of communication from one to the other, but not as yet finished’ (1693, 187). The Jacobites had placed two field artillery pieces in Ireton’s Fort. On the 25 August ‘When the greatest part of our army was got up, our detached body of foot, under the Command of Lieut. Gen. Mackay, was ordered to attack Ireton’s Fort, and the old Church-Fort, where we expected the enemy had lodged a party; our men made a line cross the fields, and were sustained by several entire regiments of foot and a body of horse. We advanced towards both the forts at one tune, and found the upper one deserted: and when we came almost within musket-shot of Ireton’s Fort, the Irish quitted that also, and retired towards a little stone fort nigh the outworks of the town. Our men seeing them draw off, rushed forwards and fired; but to no great purpose, for the enemy, after some faint returns, presently lodged themselves in the other fort: and towards the evening Count Nassau with a party attacked Cromwell’s Fort, standing to the left of the other, which the Irish had made pretty defensible, and wherein they had then about 500 men lodged: our grenadiers were in the front, who were saluted with a volley of shot from the enemy; but this being a thing they were now pretty well used to, they ran forwards, and threw in their grenades; and then being followed by the whole party, the Irish in less than half an hour left the fort to our discretion: we had only two or three killed, and the enemy about ten, though some made them a great many more.’ Ireton’s Fort and Cromwell’s Fort ‘were now ordered to be called Mackay's and Nassau’s forts’ after the two officers who commanded the troops that took them on that day.’ (Story 1693, 187-9) The forts were now garrisoned by the Williamites who placed gun batteries nearby from which to bombard the city which eventually surrendered with the signing of the infamous ‘treaty’ of capitulation on 3 October. The Williamites withdrew their army from the various outworks and forts and left a garrison in the town. The fort is shown on the map of the city published by Story (1693, facing 224). The fort appears to have been levelled in the first half of the 18th century. It is not marked on William Eyres’ map of the city c. 1752 (O’Flaherty 2010, map 16*) and its precise location is unknown. Simms (1967, 110) placed it on the high ground of Singland Hill ‘above the Penny Well’ which corresponds with the location indicated here; at the junction of the townlands of Singland, Park and Rebogue. This should only be considered as indicative of the general area where it was situated. *The index to the map incorrectly named ‘Cromwell’s Fort’ (LI005-028----) as Mackay’s Fort (i.e. Ireton’s Fort; C on the map) and mistakenly named the fort to the west as Nassau’s Fort (B on the map). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 February 2018
Architectural heritage
- Janemount House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey over basement rendered villa style house, built c. 1830, with a central broken base pedimented to Doric entrance porch. Flat-roofed accretions to rear, c. 1890. Hipped slate roof with central valley from which rise two rendered chimneystacks, with limestone cappings and octagonal clay pots. Sprocketed eaves, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted ruled and lined rendered basement elevation, smooth rendered painted walls to ground floor with rendered platband at ground floor level, rusticated quoins and moulded frieze architrave beneath eaves. Square-headed window openings throughout with painted stucco pedimented window heads to façade openings, rendered reveals and painted stone sills throughout, with replacement uPVC windows. One-over-one timber sash windows with ogee horns and frosted glass to flat-roofed accretion. Doric entrance porch arrived at by sweeping flight of limestone steps flanked by rendered piered sides, with four pilasters supporting a parapet entablature with a broken base pediment over round-arched porch door opening with raised and fielded panelled door leaf, spoke wheel fanlight, uPVC sidelights and porch windows. Three-centred arched front door opening with painted stucco architrave and tripartite doorcase comprising stop-chamfered corners enclosing sidelights over flat-panelled bases, original flat-panelled timber door leaf and simple spoke wheel fanlight. Tiled porch floor, c. 1980. Round-arched door opening to rear with timber doorframe incorporating spoked fanlight; panelled timber door with margin-paned glazed upper panel. Entrance hall running the depth of the house giving access to principal reception rooms to either side, and giving access to basement level via single flight of stairs enclosed from hall by turned timber balustrade and terminating newel. Fine decorative plasterwork to entrance hall and reception room comprising low relief foliated band running along the flat of the ceiling with water leaf detailing beneath. Low relief oak leaf garland ceiling bosse to entrance hall and in reception room surrounding acanthus centrepiece. Original joinery elements including architraves, flat-panelled timber doors, splayed shutter boxes, with flat-panelled shutters, soffits and window backs. Original polished marble chimneypieces. Original staircase to basement level. Nineteenth-century tiled bathroom with mosaic floor covering and roll top bath.House located within limited grounds which historically had greater extend today suggested by the nineteenth-century quadrant limestone entrance gates, single-storey gates lodge and avenue with mature trees. Gravelled front site with stepped basement area to front and side elevations. Site enclosed from road by rendered plinth wall with mild steel railings, erected c. 1980, terminating with square-plan rendered piers supporting nineteenth-century wrought-iron gates with integrated dog guard rail, and cast-iron spearhead finials.
- Curramorna House, house, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1885, distinguished by paired arched window and door openings with red brick surrounds. Lean-to accretion to rear. Conservatory to west, c. 2000. Hipped slate roof with central valley, with bull nose moulded clay ridge tiles. Timber sprocketed eaves, with uPVC rainwater goods. Four chimneystacks faced with red brick laid in Flemish bond with stringcourses and brick corbelled coping having concrete flaunching and plain clay pots. Smooth rendered front and side elevation with red brick quoins. Roughcast rendered rear elevation. To first floor paired and single round-arched window openings with red brick surrounds, detailed red brick drip mouldings limestone sills and two-over-two timber sash windows, with arched upper sashes and ogee horns. Paired segmental-arched window opening to ground floor with surround and sash windows as above. Single-storey three-sided canted bay window with rendered base, continuous limestone sill, red brick piers and parapet cornice with cast-iron cresting. Two-over-two and single-pane timber sash windows with ogee horns. Plain square-headed and round-arched window openings elsewhere with rendered reveals, limestone sills, two-over-two, three-over-six and six-over-six timber sash windows some with ogee horns. Segmental-arched door opening with red brick surround as per windows, tripartite timber doorframe forming sidelights over panelled bases, plain segmental fanlight and flat-panelled timber door leaf, opening onto encaustic tile entrance platform. Intact interior with Victorian tilework to entrance hall. Original joinery details evident. Site enclosed by late twentieth-century rubble limestone faced boundary wall entered through rusticated limestone gate piers with wrought-iron railings, having integrated dog guard rail and cast-iron finials.
- Janemount Lodge, gate lodge, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay single-storey rusticated rendered gate lodge, c. 1830, prolonged to either side by flat-roofed extension. Pyramidal hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and single pot rendered chimneystack to apex. Metal rainwater goods. Rusticated rendered walls. Pointed arch window openings, rendered reveals, painted stone sills, and original pointed arch upper sash having Gothic switch track glazing bars over single-pane and six-pane lower sashes. Timber-framed entrance porch with glazed double doors, glazed sides over timber riser giving access to pointed arch door opening.
- Store/warehouse, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-ended single-bay two-storey limestone former canal warehouse, built c. 1840, on the south bank of the canal east of Lock Quay. Eight-bay side elevations. Prolonged by an additional fifteen bays to east, which is now roofless. Recent fire damage. Pitched natural slate roof terracotta comb ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods on brick eaves. Square-plan red brick chimneystack to east end of roofed section. Squared and tooled limestone ashlar faced walls laid in courses to gabled front elevation and coursed rubble limestone to remaining elevations. Gauged brick camber-arched window openings to first floor with remains of timber casement windows. Segmental-headed red brick arched door opening to gable, now boarded-up. Gauged brick flat-arched window openings to side elevations with tripartite timber casement windows and iron bars.
- Lock Mills, arch, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding limestone carriage arch, built c. 1890, formerly the entrance arch to the Lock Mills. Situated on the banks of the canal and attached to coursed limestone rubble walls, which give access to the canal bank. Forming a single elliptical arch standing on square-plan piers with limestone ashlar voussoirs springing from plain limestone stringcourse. Parapet above with raised blocking course to centre with incised lettering reading: 'Lock Mills John Norris Russell 1844'. Metal gates, c. 1990.
- Bridge, 1750–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch hump-back red brick and limestone canal bridge, erected in 1757, crossing the canal at Lock Quay canal harbour. In use as footbridge. Rubble limestone and red brick west elevation laid in English garden wall bond, with red brick parapet wall and brick coping rising from a moulded limestone stringcourse, returning on the curve along quay sides. Limestone ashlar faced east elevation with wrought-iron railed parapet having spearhead finials, c. 1800, returning on the curve along quaysides. Gauged red brick slightly pointed arch springing from squared limestone block faced quay walls. Limestone ashlar abutment piers. Limestone setts to carriageway, c. 1995. Bridge gives access to nineteenth-century multiple-bay two-storey limestone rubble buildings to the north of the canal.
- Canal (section of), lock, 1750–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of cut limestone canal lock walls, dated to 1757, with bridge crossing the canal and new operational steel lock gates, c. 1995. Quay walls of squared ashlar limestone with a moulded coping stone to ground level, to north and south of the lock, returning at the west end beside the modern lock gates. Each pier terminates at the Abbey River to the west with a carved decorative attenuated S-scrolls. The bridge rises from the lock walls with limestone steps to both sides at the east end.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_973 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Park with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Park · An Pháirc
- Area
- 976,522 m² (97.65 ha, 241.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick's, and its townlands
- Barony
- North Liberties
- Electoral division
- Abbey A, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Abbey A electoral division: 4,626 people in 1,727 households; 78% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Park 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.