Clonkeen (Molyneux)
Clonkeen (Molyneux) is a townland in the civil parish of Clonkeen, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Cluain Caoin (Molyneux).
Parcel 2424022
- Area
- 25,302 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 338 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
- Clonkeen (Molyneux)
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 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 87.4 ha
- 216 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,286 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonkeen (Molyneux), from 327 m² to 219,963 m² (22 ha, 54.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Clonkeen (Molyneux) 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
4 Aug 2026Conditional
extensions to the dwelling consisting of a bay window to the front of dwelling, extensions to the side and rear of dwelling, a domestic garage attached to the side of the dwelling and for a dog kennel
Retention · Limerick County Council, 26182
23 Oct 2024Conditional
the conversion of attic of existing house containing 2 bedrooms, bathroom & storage to be used as part of existing house together with the addition of 2 dormer windows & velux to front of house
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461049
30 Aug 2019Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter & with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19863
12 Apr 2019Conditional
demolition of old extension at rear of existing dwelling. Retention for extension and renovations and all ancillary site works. Planning Permission is also sought for demolition of old extension to side of existing dwelling and erection of new extension comprising of study and entrance porch
Retention · Limerick County Council, 19355
29 Jan 2018N/a
demolition of old extension to side of existing dwelling and erection of new extension comprising of study and entrance porch. Retention permission for demolition of old extension at rear of existing dwelling and retention of extension and renovations and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 1871
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonkeen (Molyneux).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonkeen (Molyneux).
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 Clonkeen (Molyneux), 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonkeen (Molyneux).
- 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 Clonkeen (Molyneux) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Clonkeen (Molyneux) · Cluain Caoin (Molyneux)
- Area
- 873,941 m² (87.39 ha, 215.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonkeen, 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
- Ballyvarra Wood, Clonkeen (Barrington), Killeenagarriff, Maddyboy
- Placenames
- Clonkeen (Molyneux) 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.