Carheeny
Carheeny is a townland in the civil parish of Kildimo, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Na Caithríní.
Parcel 1670783
- Area
- 14,743 m² (1.47 ha, 3.64 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 22 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Carheeny
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_776 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 93.4 ha
- 231 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 4,547 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carheeny, from 61 m² to 269,473 m² (26.95 ha, 66.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carheeny 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Jun 2025Conditional
the demolition of existing single storey annex & outbuilding to side of existing dwelling house & for the construction of a two storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling house, installation of a new upgraded wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, construction of a new domestic garage to rear of site, relocation of existing vehicular entrance together with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560588
19 Apr 2025Conditional
construction a livestock shed to incorporate an underground slatted slurry tank with external agitation and associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560341
17 Jul 2024Conditional
the erection of a garage for private domestic use and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460712
13 Dec 2023Conditional
the following development; (a) to upgrade, extend and complete the existing derelict dwelling house and adjoining outhouse including conversion of outhouse for use as part of dwelling; (b) install new domestic wastewater treatment system; (c) all associated site works and services
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360924
25 Oct 2022Refused
a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 221146
21 Feb 2022N/a
a dwelling house, waste water system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22195
18 Feb 2022N/a
a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22184
18 Feb 2022N/a
a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22183
5 Nov 2021Conditional
construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house, entrance, driveway, garage, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211542
21 Dec 2017Conditional
construction of a new entrance and boundary wall and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 171214
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
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore 000435
Recorded monuments
- LI012-168 Enclosure
Description
Situated on reclaimed grassland. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 60m) visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthophotos Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 7 April 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carheeny.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Carheeny, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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_776 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carheeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Carheeny · Na Caithríní
- Area
- 933,926 m² (93.39 ha, 230.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kildimo, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Ballynacarriga, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 947 people lived in 310 households in the Ballynacarriga electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardlahan, Ballyculhane, Ballynacarriga
- Placenames
- Carheeny 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.