Kilmallock

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmallock, from 8 m² to 7,135 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Special Control Area (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education and Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Kilmallock Local Area Plan 2019-2025, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the installation of additional foul/storm pipework and for creating new window openings on all elevations of the rear extension to the existing main building. Planning permission is also sought for the change of use of the ground floor and 1st floor of the main building which is a Protected Structure, Reg. No. 1371) from retail outlet/dwelling to 3 No. apartments and associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 26194

• 5 May 2026Refused

  alterations and change of use of public house, butcher shop, abattoir and previous overhead residential accommodation, to use as 8 no. apartments and all associated site works as constructed on site (the development encompasses the existing town wall, which is a protected structure)

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 26116

• 20 Jun 2025Conditional

  the change of use of an Old Mill to residential use consisting of 4 No. apartments and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560598

• 11 Apr 2025Conditional

  Permission for the sub-division of the existing building to form 3 no. town houses with rear gardens and boundary fences, construction of two storey extensions to rear of existing building, re-instatement of existing sash windows and re-plastering of front and side elevations to accommodate rough cast lime mortar plaster, connection to existing public sewer, surface water and water mains. Removal and repair to existing abutment wall at side of building and make good all round and all associated site works. Note: This building is a Protected Structure Ref No RPS Reg. No 1383. NIAH Ref No 21813032

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 25110

• 23 Jul 2024Refused

  an additional perimeter netting to the all-weather pitch; along with ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460733

• 1 Mar 2024N/a

  the sub-division of the existing building to form 3 no. town houses with rear gardens and boundary fences, construction of two storey extensions to rear of existing building, reinstatement of existing sash windows and re-plastering of front and side elevations to accommodate rough cast lime mortar plaster, connection to existing public sewer, surface water and water mains. Removal and repair to existing abutment wall at side of building and make good all round and all associated site works. This building is a protected structure ref. no. RPS Reg. No. 1383 NIAH Ref. No. 21813032

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 2464

• 25 Sept 2023N/a

  the creation of a new riverside amenity area on the site of a recently demolished building, at the junction of Wolfe Tone Street and the River Loobagh, adjacent to the River Loobagh Riverside Park in Kilmallock, County Limerick. The amenity area will consist of areas of planting, grassland and natural play areas. The works will include removal of existing fencing that encloses the site and installation of new footpaths to provide improved access to the Riverside Park from Wolfe Tone Street. The works will also include upgrade to surface of existing Loobagh riverside walk, installation of benches and signage explaining local nature information and archaeological history about the Kilmallock Town Defences that cross part of the site. New amenity lighting is proposed local to the riverside amenity area. Limerick City & County Council has carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Report in accordance with the requirements of Article 120(1B)(b)(i) and has determined that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment. Accordingly, it has been determined that ElA is not required in respect of this proposed development. Nonetheless, a person may within 4 weeks from the date of the notice, apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination. Such a submission should be addressed to the Secretary, An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. Limerick City & County Council has carried out an Appropriate Assessment (A) Screening Report and has determined a that a full Appropriate Assessment is not required in respect of this proposed development

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 238012

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  the change of use of the property at Sarsfield street, Kilmallock, Co.Limerick V35 D578 from a licensed betting shop to a coffee shop/cafe

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360095

• 25 Oct 2022Conditional

  a single storey extension incorporating(bedroom, W.C. & hallway) and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221148

• 4 Oct 2022Conditional

  proposed development works which includes breaking openings in the external wall for windows and for skylights on the roof along with permission for retention to retain windows and doors already fitted and works to the inside of the building which includes a new stairs and shaft, subdivision of the first floor ad works in connection with necessary fire stopping to safely subdivide the building for the development of an apartment at first floor level with direct access out onto the car park access roadway above the existing car garage sales premises and bicycle shop

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221074

• 28 Jul 2022Conditional

  a change of use of the ground floor from a retail unit to a 'take-away' restaurant for the sale of hot food for consumption off premises and inclusive of a cooker extraction system

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22829

• 8 Jun 2022N/a

  the change of use of an existing structure to use as a dwelling including alterations to the front elevation and to retain the as constructed first floor extension and permission to complete the works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22645

• 16 May 2022Conditional

  side pedestrian access gate on to Wolfe Tone Street for dwelling house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22534

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  change of use from residential property to part of licensed premises and retention permission of alterations to front façade

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21272

• 16 Dec 2019N/a

  a change of use from a public house to a Café/Indian restaurant with opening hours of 10.30am to 12am, signage and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191244

• 12 Mar 2019Conditional

  5 dwellings made up of 3 x 3 bed terrace and 2 x 3 bed semi detached units and associated site works

  Permission, 5 homes · Limerick County Council, 19233

• 6 Mar 2019N/a

  change of use from residential property to part of licensed premises and alterations to front façade

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19198

• 27 Feb 2019Conditional

  the internal extension of the existing single storey mid-terrace Ladbrokes licensed betting office, to incorporate the adjoining vacant single storey mid-terrace 'Burkes' retail premises. Proposed works shall include for the formation of 3 no. structural openings through the existing party wall, the associated change of use of the extended part (Burkes) from retail to licensed betting office, the internal amalgamation of the adjoining units together with all associated internal alterations, new shopfront signage to front (southwest) elevation and all associated site development works. Ladbrokes licensed betting office being a protected structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19166

• 13 Sept 2018Conditional

  Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. No. 13/181 : (a) the demolition of the nightclub building at the rear of the Old Oak, (b) demolition of the former post office and barber shop facing onto Sarsfield Street, (c) construction of a new retail unit with an office on the first floor and an apartment on the second floor fronting onto Sarsfield Street, (d) construction of a pedestrian access archway and walkway from Sarsfield Street to the rear of the site, (e) construction of an enclosed deck area for the Old Oak Pub & Coffee Shop, (f) construction of a new retail unit with delivery loading bay on Sarsfield Street, store, toilets, staff room, office and service rooms and a screened recycling and bin storage area, (g) construction of 2 smaller retail units within the site, (h) new car park area, (i) construction of an new entrance to the car park, (j) modification of the existing stone wall to include piers and iron railing and all associated site works on or under land (there is a protected structure within the curtilage of this site)

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 187033

• 2 Aug 2018Conditional

  off license facilities as part of the existing convenience shop and minor elevation alterations to the shop front

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18777

• 8 Jun 2018N/a

  five dwellings made up as: three 3 bed terrace and two 3 bed semi-detached units and associated site works

  Permission, 5 homes · Limerick County Council, 18576

• 13 Mar 2018Conditional

  an extension to existing facility, including associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18230

• 20 Jun 2017Conditional

  change of use of ground floor laundrette to Asian Restaurant with take-out facility, including signage with ground floor rear extension and alterations to window and door on rear elevation

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17570

• 13 Jun 2017Conditional

  5 No. two storey dwellings, site boundary and all associated site works

  Permission, 6 homes · Limerick County Council, 17540

• 27 Apr 2017N/a

  construction of a pathway and ancillary works extending from Glenfield Road to Supervalu carpark in the townland. The works will include a pathway within Protected Structure No. M(60)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 178004

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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 Kilmallock.

Recorded monuments

• LI047-022001 Historic town
  Description

  Historic town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 146-51); 'Kilmallock is a small town located in south Limerick on the river Loobagh. The town derives its name from a monastery founded by St. Mocheallog in the early seventh century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 39). It was/plundered in 1015 (Ann. Inisf.) and it is recorded that Flaithnia O Tigernain, lector of Cell Mo-Chelloc died in 1027 (Ann. Inisf.). The early church site (LI047-019001-) has been identified with the remains on Kilmallock Hill about 1 mile NW of the town but the presence of the base of a round tower (LI047-022022-) within the fabric of the medieval parish church (LI047-022009-) of SS Peter & Paul suggests that by the tenth or eleventh century the monastery had moved down onto the low-lying ground occupied by the town today. It is puzzling, however, that from the thirteenth century the main church of Kilmallock was dedicated, not to St Mocheallog, but to the apostles Peter and Paul. At the time of the arrival of the Anglo-Normans Kilmallock appears to have belonged to the church and to have formed part of the estates of the bishop of Limerick. It is the bishops then who were most likely the founders of the medieval town. This was not an unusual phenomenon. Cashel was founded by the archbishops of Cashel while Swords was established by the archbishops of Dublin. There are few documentary references of a secular nature, however, to give us an insight onto the organisation of the medieval town. The most important is a small collection of deeds dating, it would seem, to the close of the thirteenth century which are preserved in the Black Book of Limerick (MacCaffrey 1907). These deeds show that the street plan of the present town was established in the thirteenth century and they provide evidence for the existence at that time of defences (LI047-022006-), a cross (LI047-022059-), stone houses and many burgage plots. The importance of the town in the Anglo-Norman colony is indicated by the grants of murage which were made during the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and by the strong and impressive walls which the townsmen eventually built. During the later middle ages the town seems to have come substantially under the control of the earls of Desmond and the number of documented and surviving sixteenth and seventeenth century houses (LI047-022002-/005-)indicate that its prosperity continued into the 1600s. Much of the town's importance in the sixteenth century may be attributable to the fact that it was an outpost of government rule in the difficult times of the Munster Plantation. The three-day plundering of the town in 1571 by James FitzMaurice (AFM) indicates just how exposed the settlement was. The Elizabethan map of the town, which appears to have been prepared for Carew, provides a very good insight into the layout of the town in the 1590s and it has been drawn on heavily in the ensuing report (TCD, MS 1209/62). The street pattern of Kilmallock is cross-linear and is formed by two intersecting streets. Sarsfield St (formerly High St) and Sheares St (formerly St John's St) ran north from the intersection while Lord Edward St (formerly Ivy St) ran south. Wolfe Tone (formerly Water) Street was to the east of the intersection while Emmet (formerly Blae, and probably the medieval Blapatstret - see Maccaffrey 1907, 74) Street ran west. Other streets are recorded in the Civil Survey of 1654-6: Friar's Lane was the street joining Queen's (subsequently King's) castle with the Friar's Gate; Church Lane (modern Orr St.) led from the cross in High St to the churchyard (LI047-022010-); Common Cart Lane was immediately inside and to the north west of Blossom Gate and south west of the cross; while Crooked Lane has been identified as being the eastern section of modern Orr St' (Andrews 1968, 33). The series of deeds in the Black Book of Limerick (MacCaffrey 1907, 73-82) indicate that there were substantial number of burgage plots in late thirteenth century Kilmallock. The deeds themselves relate to some twenty-seven properties and specifically mention the presence of stone houses, including one belonging to Radulph of Kilkenny (MacCaffrey 1907, 74). It is clear from this reference, however, that the majority of houses in Kilmallock at the time were of wood. Houses of stone and timber are again recorded in the town in 1571 (AFM). Many of the medieval burgage plots still form an essential Component of today’s town and can be observed running back from the main street to the town wall. The Cromwellian Surveys list many of the properties in the town and their owners (Lee 1965, 151) while Andrews (1968) identifies the position of six castles and six tower houses by combining the information provided by the Civil Survey and Jones Elizabethan map. Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. The best-known of these is the so-called "Sarsfield’s House" (LI047-022002-), which was partly demolished about 1930. Lee (1965, 150) suggested that it was called after a Sarsfield who was Viscount Kilmallock (Croker 1824, 77) but this title is not included by Leeson in his list of British peerage titles. In 1992 the town walls were described by Thomas (1992, 132) as following; 'W wall, 525m, from S gate almost to NW corner; E wall, 150m from NE corner and about same length at the church [LI047-022009-], which is also the N wall of the graveyard [LI047-022010-]; S wall, an isolated few meters in mid-section, now difficult to see. These stretches vary from 1—2m in height, cemented on top usually, and beyond them are lower remnants embedded in new walls. Gate —Blossoms, S, a tall structure with broad flat-topped central part and narrow slit window over high rounded archway, sufficiently wide for single traffic; one flanking tower survives, slightly higher and rounded (on outside); similar to Clock Gate, Youghal, prior to later 18th century redesigning (Fleming 1914, sketch 18 — considered by him to be 'scarce older than 17th century'; photographs — Westropp 1916 and Shaffrey 1975, 95) — this or another gate may feature on the corporation seal, dated 1585 but possibly remade 1720—30 (Armstrong 1914). Fosse — partly natural provided by R. Loobagh on E side especially in bridge area, and by lake to W; possible remains of fosse along N half of W wall. Other Fortifications—triangular earthen ditch and platform beyond fosse near NW corner, possibly remains of 17th century earthworks'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022002 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Sarsfield House in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-1); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. The best-known of these is the so-called "Sarsfield’s House", which was partly demolished about 1930. Lee (1965, 150) suggests that it was called after a Sarsfield who was Viscount Kilmallock (Croker 1824, 77) but this title is not included by Leeson in his list of British peerage titles. Sarsfield’s House On the site of the Cinema. This was built of limestone masonry. It was a three floored, three-bayed house with rectangular windows with transoms, mullions and rectangular hood mouldings. The door had a segmental arch and a rectangular hood-mould. It had chimneys and cut stone fireplaces in its gable wall. Only the side walls remain with three chimneys and a limestone mantlepiece. This is probably identified with House B on Andrew’s (1968, 35) map (Leask 1941, 73-5). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022004 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Stone house listed as House B standing on Sarsfield St. in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-1); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. House B - When the house to the north of Parkinson’s Supermarket was exposed recently, seventeenth century cut limestone fireplaces and chimneys could be seen in its south wall, indicating that Parkinson’s Supermarket is built on the site of a seventeenth century house'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022005 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Stone house listed as House C standing on Sarsfield St. in the town of Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 150-2); 'Many of the houses standing in present-day Sarsfield St. are undoubtedly 17th century structures concealed by cement or plaster and, regrettably, diagnostic identifying features are not always immediately recognisable. The well-known picture by Thomas Mulvaney, now in the National Gallery of Ireland, shows a number of such houses before they were plastered over. House C - The house immediately to the north of Parkinson’s Supermarket has a chamfered pick dressed door jamb visible on the street frontage and is also of seventeenth century date'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022007 Gatehouse
  Description

  The following description of this monument is taken from 'The Urban Archaeological Survey of County Limerick' compiled by John Bradley, Andrew Halpin and Heather A. King (Office of Public Works, 1985). "Blossom's Gate This consists of a three-floored tower with a round arch (partly modernised) spanning the road on the west side of the town. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins. A pointed door on the north west side of the arch provides access to a stairs which is lit by narrow flat lintelled windows. The first floor is lit from the west by a large pointed light with modern surrounds. There is also a small pointed single light with a similar one in the east wall. The second floor or roof level is missing. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload/revision: 5 March 2015

• LI047-022008 Castle - tower house
  Description

  National monument No. 173. Annotated 'The Queen's Castle' on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). Later renamed 'King's Castle' and annotated 'King John's Castle' on the latest OSI 5k map. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 158-9) as following; 'The remains, which spanned St John' St., consist of a three-floored structure with base batter and protruding rectangular stair turret, lit by small rectangular slits, on the north-east. It is built of coursed limestone with long and short quoins and a pointed arch over the street. The modern street is diverted around the tower. There is a chamber to the west of the arch at ground floor level which was lit from north and south by rectangular windows with rectangular hoodmoulds (possibly inserted and now blocked) while the first floor was lit from the north by a small single light pointed window and from the south by two wide pointed openings. A similar arrangement occurs on the floor above although there is a large rectangular opening in the south wall. A drainage course occurs above this floor and the tower had stepped merlons'. This castle was described by Thomas (1992, 135) as following; 'The Queen's Castle (now King's) is one of the features named on the 1600 map and survives astride the middle of the main street rather as a gate; it has been dated to the 15th—16th century (Bradley 1985, 452); it may be the 'main guard' of the Elizabethan period, a successor to the original castle first referred to in 1204—6 (Cal. doc. Ire. I 289; Westropp 1906), or even the original north gate (Nat. Mon. Irel. 30 suggests a late 15th century gate-tower). Excavations within the walled town of Kilmallock (LI047-022---) by John O'Connor under licence No. 99E0215 on the 'King's Castle' as part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring work was described by the excavator as following; 'Advance test pits were dug under the archway of the King's Castle to determine the presence of archaeological deposits ahead of the insertion of ground lights. A cobbled surface (F275) was revealed extending south east of the arch at King's Castle. The cobbles were all c. 0.3m long and c. 0.1m wide. The surface was roughly in line with the entrance archway of the castle and measured c. 16m long by 4m wide. The lower layer of cobbles is a well made road consistent with surfaces found elsewhere in the town. An area of a field measuring 53m NE-SW by 60m NW-SE was to be stripped for the construction of a carpark. From it position, size and orientation the ditch (F60) would appear to be a defensive feature pre-dating the enclosure of the enlarged town by a stone wall. This supports the suggestion that King's Castle is sited on the original northern line of the town. No evidence exists for the presence of a defensive bank neither is there any indication of a trench which may have supported a wooden palisade or a wall foundation' (O'Connor 1999, 30). See attached elevation and plan of castle taken from the Urban Survey of Kilmallock Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2019

• LI047-022009 Church
  Description

  National monument No. 408. Described in the Urban Survey (Bradley et. al. 1989, 159-62) as following: 'Westropp (1904-5, 419-21) has listed all of the important early references to this church. It is sufficient to observe here that it appears to have replaced a pre-Norman church (as the round tower fragment indicates) and that the dedication to SS Peter & Paul is recorded from the thirteenth century. The church consists of a thirteenth century nave and chancel with wide aisles, possibly additions of the fifteenth century, a thirteenth century south transept and a fifteenth century south porch (now gone) and pointed south doorway with ogee-headed hood mould (Leask 1955-60, iii, 83). It is built of roughly coursed limestone; the stonework in the east wall and below the windows of the chancel is of dressed masonry. The east gable has a five-light window of slender graduated lancets and the chancel is lit from the south by three twin-light cusped pointed windows. A similar window occurs in the south wall of the aisle with a rectangular hood mould and there is a large triple-light window with switch-line tracery close to the west end. The west wall of the south aisle has a twin-light window with rectangular hood mould while the west wall of the nave has three graduated lancets over a pointed doorway. Close to the junction of the nave with the north aisle is the earliest building on the site. This is the base of a round tower which is incorporated into the west wall and protrudes from it to the west. Only the lower 3m appear to be original, the remainder is a construction of the 13th century when the nave was built (Barrow 1979, 146). The north aisle is lit by three twin-light and one single-light narrow windows. The transept has two widely spaced lancets in the south wall and blocked windows in the east and west walls.'

• LI047-022010 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated in N quadrant of the historic town of Kilmallock (LI047-022001-) overlooking the River Loobagh. Medieval ruins of Kilmallock Church (LI047-022009-) dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul stands in centre of graveyard which consists of a sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 63m N-S x 78m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at S. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2019

• LI047-022011 Tomb - unclassified
  Description

  16th century altar-tomb at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 160); 'Altar tomb. 16th cent. Fragments lying on the ground. One panel has a crucifixion with INRI, the date 1594 and the letters ..ENXERE BEATE +.... Mems Dead v (1901-3), 232. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022012 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  17th century Verdon-Coppinger tomb at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 160); 'Verdon-Coppinqer tomb. 1627. - Rectangular slab carved with a male and female figure in Elizabethan costume, two winged angles with trumpets, coats of arms and an inscription: DNO IONNI VERDVNO/ EIVS QVE RELICIAE ILLS D. ALSON HALY CON-IVGI SVAE ILLS/ D. WALTERVS COP/ PINGE/ R EQVES AVRATVS HOC FVN-ERIS ET AMORIS MONVMENT/ VM POSVIT ANO DNI/ 1627/ D. ALSONA HA/ LY OBIIT ANO SALVTIS 1626 2/OCTOBR : ETATIS SVE 6/ D. IONNES VERDVN OBIIT ANO/ SALVTIS/ 1614:19 AVGVSTI. AETATIS SVAE 63 The following is above the coats of arms SVRGITE M/ ORTVI/ VENITE AD IVDICIVM Mems Dead i (1888-91), 214-7; Westropp 1904-5, 420-1'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022013 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  17th century Fitzgerald/Bourke tomb at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 160-1); 'Large tomb chest and mensa with ornamented side panels standing against the east wall of the north aisle. The mensa has a small cadaver and a figure of Death while the side panels are decorated with coats of arms of the FitzGeralds and FitzHaryes and an inscription: THOMAS FITZ/ GERALD/ ESQVIER/ DIED 1630/ MS IOANE FITZGEA/ RALD ALS BOV/ RKE RELICT/ BV/ ILT THIS MONVMENT/ COMES VIRTVTIS INVIDIA Roe 1969, 16-7'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022014 Memorial stone
  Description

  17th century memorial stone at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 161); 'Anastacia Verdon. 1632. Slab with a coat of arms: Or a fret gules. Surrounded by an inscription: NECNON MATRONAE RELIGIOSIS-POSTIVC TVOSV OBITV EIVS -SIMAE ANASTASIAE VERDON/ PARENTV GENEROSI HEROIS GEORGII VE-RDONI QVONDA CO-NSVLIS KILLOCENS-IS ANO SALVT-IS NRAF. 1632/ QVAE' OBIIT 18 XBR-IS ANO DNI 1597 IACOBVS VERDON-VS FILIVS ET HAER-ES EORVM HOC MONVMENTVM FIERI CVRAVIT ANO DNI/ NON FVGIAM PRIVS EXPERIAR NON MORS MIHI TERROR. Mems Dead v (1901-3), 232'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022015 Memorial stone
  Description

  17th century memorial stone at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 161); ; 'White Knights. Commermorative slab. 17th cent. A slab with the following inscription: IHS/ HIC TVMVLVS ERECTVS FV-IT IN MEMORIAM ILLIVS STE-MMATIS GERALDINORVI1 QVI VVLGO VOCANTVR EQVIES ALBI/ IOANNES CVM FILIO SVO/ EDMVNDO ET MAVRICIO FI-LIO PREEFATI EDMVNDI/ ET MVLTI ALII EIVSDEM FAt1IL-IEE HIC TVMVLANTAR PREEF-ATVS ... Mems Dead i (1888-91), 97'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022016 Memorial stone
  Description

  17th century memorial stone at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 161-2); 'Burgate family. 1642. Mural monument with a coat of arms (Ermine a chevron between three boar's heads gules) and an inscription in relief in Roman lettering: TERTIA LUX CAESOS MEMORAT SEPTEMBRIS IN ANNO/ QUEM LEGIS HEU NONDUH TRES TENET URNA SENES/ MARTE NEPOS FRATRESQUE RUUNT TRIA PIGNORA JUSTO/ JUS PATRIAE CAUSAM REXQUE FIDESQUE PROBANT/ INTEGER ATTRITIS REPERITUR CANDOR IN EXTIS/ VIRGINIS ET VERI PURPURA MARTYRII/ LILIA PURPUREOS INTER SUDANTIA FLUCTUS/ TRES MERUERE TRIUM NOMINA MARMOR HABET/ FRES. GEORG: EDW: NEP ALEX: BURGATE Mems Dead i (1888-91), 97-8'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022017 Memorial stone
  Description

  17th century memorial stone at Kilmallock described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 162); 'Elizabeth Webb. 1684 Incised inscription on a flat slab: HEARE LEYETH THE DODDY OF ELIZ THE DAVGHTER OF DANIEL WEBB SE OF RACHCANON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 14 DAY OF MAY 1684 Mems Dead v (1901-3), 233'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022019 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  National monument No. 680. The Medieval Mansion is situated on the W side of Sarsfield Street to the south of King John’s Castle (LI047-022008-). It was one of several houses built along Sarsfield Street from the late 15th century onwards. The mansion may be represented on Joanes’s map of c. 1600 as a large square building situated to the SW of King John’s Castle (LI047-022008-) itself a National Monument in State ownership (173). It is a stone building, rectangular in shape, with a double pile plan, presenting a three bay elevation to the street front. It is currently two storeys high but would originally have comprised of three floors of accommodation below the roof. The ground floor of dressed limestone walling is punctured by four openings and displays a slight batter from ground floor upwards. A large flat-headed central double doorway, which is not original, is flanked two by original pointed-arched gothic doorways. The original entrance is likely to have had a dressed stone surround, arched like the existing doorways either side, or as a flat-headed opening surmounted by a hood moulding like the windows above. To the S of one of the gothic arches is a flat-headed window opening. Between the ground and first floor there is a plat band with regular corbels. There are three flat-headed windows at first floor level, each with a hood moulding above and unexpressed sills. It would appear that the stone mullions of these windows were sheared off to allow for replacement by larger windows. The roof was replaced in the 19th century. In the interior the ground floor of the front range leads through to the range behind without an intervening corridor, and thence to an adjoining storage building or barn behind which runs at right angles to the main block. A degraded wooden staircase is located at the N end of the front range and leads to the first floor. The above description is derived from Gifford and PLB, 2009 Kilmallock Town Walls Conservation and Management Plan, Limerick County Council, Limerick. Date of upload/revision: 7 September 2016

• LI047-022022 Round tower
  Description

  Partial remains of Early Christian round tower (H of original surviving fabric c. 3m; base diam. 5.2m) that has been heightened when incorporated into the W end of the 13th century Collegiate Church of Kilmallock dedicated to SS Peter and Paul (LI047-022009-). Round tower associated with Early Christian monastery of Kilmallock founded by St Mocheallóg (Ceall Mocheallóg), son of Tolodhrán, whose feastday fell on the 26th of March (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 39; Ó Riain 2011, 462). Present remains of round tower described by Lalor (1999, 181-3) as follows; ‘Its identity is so completely subsumed into the fabric of the later buildings that, without examples from elsewhere, it would probably be passed without comment. Only the bottom dozen courses can be said to represent the masonry of the tower; what stands above it is late medieval, although it is possible that some of the upper masonry conceals the core of the earlier wall. The masonry of the tower's superstructure, like the adjacent walls of the church, has putlock holes (absent in the original portion of the Round Tower), and the general aspect of the rebuilding, in a number of periods, is extremely dramatic in its profile and roofline’. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 3 December 2021

• LI047-022023 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  An archaeological assessment by Ed. O'Donovan under licence No. 97E0225 was carried out as part of a planning submission for a new access road at Wolfe Tone Street, Kilmallock. The site was located within the medieval walled town on the south-eastern side of the street and stretched from the street front to the rear of the site, across the line of the town wall and beyond to a new Health Board Day Care Centre. Test excavation and an inspection of the rear boundary wall (thought to contain elements of the medieval town wall) were carried out on the site. The establishment and organisation of the medieval town can be referenced to a small collection of deeds dating from the end of the 13th century which are preserved in the Black Book of Limerick (J. MacCaffrey, The Black Book of Limerick (Dublin, 1907)). These reveal that the street-plan of the present town was established in the 13th century, and the earliest references to the town defences describe the 'communal fosse' as a boundary marker (ibid., 74). In 1308 a grant was set up 'to the burgesses of Kylmehallock….murage for three years for the purpose of enclosing and strengthening their town' (Calendar of Justiciary Rolls, III, 5). In 1374 the town received another grant to collect murage for ten years in order to enclose the town with a stone wall (Chartae, priviligia et immunitates, 68) and this was followed by a similar grant in 1409 (Calendar of the Patent and Closed Rolls of Chancery in Ireland, I, 42). The walls were obviously being constructed and repaired from the late 13th century to the 15th century. The surviving remains are thought to belong mostly to the 14th and 15th centuries. Four distinct phases of building of the town wall are evident in the eastern carpark boundary wall. The earliest phase of the wall has been demolished across most of its length. However, 1.15m of it extends onto the south-western corner of the site. This wall is likely to be medieval in date. It was replaced by the Phase II stretch of walling. The wall was only visible on its inner face as the external face was obscured by dumped material. No date was established for this portion of walling, although it is likely to be post-medieval. In the third phase, the top of the Phase II wall was heightened with the addition of limestone wall, bonded with a concrete-like mortar. The final phase consists of a concrete cavity block wall at the north-eastern end of the eastern carpark boundary wall. In the excavation Trenches 3 and 5 revealed evidence that the site was scarped (c. 0.8m) during the construction of the carpark. Trenches 1, 2 and 4 uncovered several archaeological features below the disturbed layer. It was difficult to date these features as they did not yield datable material (pottery etc.), although the absence of finds suggests an early date (medieval). The function of the pits is uncertain, but they may relate to medieval domestic activity as it was common for refuse-pits to be located at the rear of buildings (Wolfe Tone Street was originally a medieval street). The 'ditches' uncovered in Trenches 1, 6 and 8 could represent early boundaries or drainage ditches contemporary with or earlier than the town wall. It is clear from the historical background that prior to the construction of the town wall a 'fosse' demarked the extent of the borough in the 13th century. It is also evident that 17th-century defences were constructed outside the town wall to fortify it. Consequently, neither the function nor date of the ditch is certain, although it is almost certainly of some antiquity' (www.excavations.ie)'

• LI047-022024 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  This work was carried out by Celie O Rahilly under licence No. 97E002 in order to assess whether there were any archaeological remains at the front of the site below the recently demolished buildings. The site is located on the northern side of Sheares Street, to the north-west of 'King's Castle', which, according to the Urban Survey, 'originally functioned as the entrance to the town on the north-west and that Sheares Street represents an extension of the medieval town, probably in the 16th century' (p. 156). There are three plots, 7-9m wide by 60-55m long, with the houses on the front and long gardens extending to the town wall to the north-east. The layout of the plots along this section of Sheares Street reflects the medieval pattern and it was expected that evidence of occupation would survive on the frontage. Five trenches were initially opened by B.J. Hodkinson in January 1996. In this assessment four cuttings were opened by mechanical excavator and depths were measured from the level of the footpath, which varied from 88.13m to 88.23m OD. The rear wall of two of the former houses was located 7m from the footpath. The central property was originally identical but was added to at a later stage. Ground level behind the rear wall was at a lower level by approximately 0.7m at 87.39m OD. In Cuttings 1, 3 and 4 natural clay occurred at c. 0.9m at the front of the site and in Cutting 2 the natural shale at 1.1m. To the rear of the back wall of the original houses the level of the natural clay was similar in Cutting 1 only, with a drop in all the others, varying between 1.35m and 1.5m. In Cuttings 1 and 3 there was evidence for activity at the level of the natural clay. This was also identified by B.J. Hodkinson in his Cutting 3 ('two features of indeterminate shape and date cut into subsoil') and Cutting 4 ('Several amorphous features were cut into the subsoil'). The complete absence of any finds from these lower deposits means that it is not possible to put a date on this activity, nor was there any evidence of structural remains such as one might expect to find on the frontage. Monitoring of the proposed foundations along the frontage and to the rear of the site was also carried out. These latter were cut through the dark soil. On the north side boulder clay was reached, but on the south side the depth of soil was deeper. No archaeological features, deposits or finds were noted, and the only find was a piece of cut stone from the rubble' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022025 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological test excavation was carried out by Ed O'Donovan under licence No. 97E0366 on a proposed development site on Wolfe Tone Street, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. Four trenches were mechanically excavated on the site. The excavation did not reveal deep or complex archaeological deposits, but it did shed light on the development of the site in relation to its topography and the growth of the town. A deposit of relatively sterile grey clay was identified in all four trenches overlying the natural boulder clay. This consisted of a grey silty stony clay, with a low animal bone content. The deposit appeared to be natural in origin and may be related to sporadic flooding along the banks of the Loobagh River. It appears to date from the medieval period, when this portion of the town remained apart from areas of domestic habitation, which are likely to have been located on the high ground along Sarsfield Street and Lord Edward Street. 'Pits and ditches' were identified in Trenches 3 and 4. Little or no dating evidence was present in the features, although the absence of identifiable or datable finds suggests an early date (pre-1800). The 'ditch' identified in Trench 4 could be a continuation of a feature recorded on an assessment on an adjacent site (i.e. Trench 1 in site No. 346 above, 'ditch'). It is clear from the historical background that prior to the construction of the town wall a 'fosse' demarked the extent of the borough in the 13th century (see refs in No. 346 above). Trench 1 revealed the presence of a clay floor between 0.39m and 0.48m below the concrete floor along the street front. It is likely to date from the 19th century as a thin deposit of sooty silt immediately above it contained sherds of creamware delph. It would appear from the archaeological profile that domestic habitation on this portion of Wolfe Tone Street first occurred in the 19th century. The boundary at the rear of the site is located along the line of the town wall. No section of the original town wall appears to survive above ground level. No trace of the foundation courses of the demolished town wall was uncovered in Trench 4 (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022026 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  The proposed development is an urban renewal scheme. An archaeological assessment recommended that a series of test excavations be carried out by Sarah McCutcheon under licence No. 98E0538 to ascertain the remains and to allow for advance mitigation. Test-pits 1-4 were excavated where the proposed works were breaching the line of the medieval defences. The excavations were undertaken to ascertain how much, if any, of the medieval wall survived and to pinpoint the location of any gate structures so that the impact of the scheme could be mitigated in advance. Test-pits 5-7 were excavated in the area of the proposed carpark within the medieval town. Test-pits 8-10 were incorporated into this testing strategy in an area that may be developed in the future outside, but adjacent to, the town wall. At the northern limit of the town (Test-pit 1) it appears that existing services and road widening had removed all traces of the town wall at the eastern side of the street. At the postern leading to the Dominican Priory (Test-pit 2) modern backfill extends below the proposed level of the surface water sewer by c. 0.9m. At the eastern Watergate no trace of the wall was found in the test-pit (3), and modern backfill had accumulated over the natural gravel to a depth of 1.5m. At the southern gate (Ivy Gate, Test-pit 4) remains of the town wall and possibly the gate-tower were established. These consisted of the basal courses of a wall 1.3m wide that extended 3.1m into the street. A stone setting to the south-east, at right angles to the town wall, may represent a second wall and possibly the base of a gate-tower. Both walls were abutted by a cobbled surface. In the green-field site boulder clay was generally established at 0.6-0.7m below existing ground level. Above this was a homogeneous 'garden soil'/silty clay, which contained pottery from a wide date range (13th-19th century). Some of this layer may have accumulated in medieval times; however, in the test-pits excavated no upstanding features were recorded. The remaining features (pits and drains) were cut into the boulder clay and were only recognisable at this level, given the similarity of the overlying strata. In the area closer to the street it appears that accumulated layers have been scarped and only features (pits) cut into the boulder clay remain, at a depth of 0.35-0.54m below ground level. In the area proposed for future development the town wall was revealed below the existing ground level. Some layers of silt and charcoal were established c. 20m from/exterior to the town wall. Elsewhere in the field there was an accumulation of 'garden soil'/silty clay lying above undisturbed boulder clay. Sherds of medieval pottery were found in this layer, but it was featureless in the areas excavated' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022028 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Testing was carried out by Ken Hanley under licence No. 99E0056 before a private housing development to the south of Shears Street, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. The site, which measured 67-110m long x 27-48m wide, lay inside the town wall. A proposed estate road would link onto Sarsfield Street, c. 12.5m to the south of King's Castle. Ten test-trenches were inserted, Trenches 1-8 in the main field site and Trenches 9 and 10 along the proposed estate road. The work was carried out on 30-1 January 1999 and 6-7 February 1999. Overall, the ten test-trenches revealed a substantial amount of archaeological activity. There were clear stratigraphic similarities between all of the trenches. In general, sod and topsoil cover thickened from east to west across the site. Below this was a widespread, mid-grey/brown, silty clay, which appeared to form a stratified 'garden soil' horizon. This occurred at various depths, ranging from 86.17m OD (Trench 2) to 87.88m OD (Trench 7). Finds from this layer suggest a medieval origin, with some modern (probably agricultural) disturbances. This general layer sealed a substantial quantity of cut features, consisting mostly of pits and plough furrows. Pottery retrieved from some of these features pointed to a medieval date. Field ditches were also identified running through Trenches 2-5 and 9. These lined up with existing property divisions leading from the main street and would appear to have represented medieval property or garden allotments. Several furrow cuts and pits pre-dated the field ditches, suggesting a medieval subdivision of earlier holdings. There was no evidence of any substantial structural activity, apart from an occasional stake- or post-hole and a crude wall in Trench 3. A solitary foundation wall was uncovered in Trench 10. Trench 1 produced tentative evidence to suggest that a large quantity of clay was introduced to raise the ground level inside the town wall. Based on these findings, further archaeological monitoring and excavation were recommended before the development' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022029 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  A small-scale excavation by Cia McConway under licence No. 99E0363 was carried out on subsoil-cut features discovered during the monitoring of topsoil-stripping of a carpark area during the ongoing drainage scheme at Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. The site lies just beyond King John's Castle and is enclosed by the town wall. The excavation was carried out in tandem with the drainage scheme, monitored by J. O'Connor. As the area was to be used as a carpark, it was agreed with the relevant authorities in Dúchas that the exposed features would be recorded in plan and a small sample investigated; the remaining features were sealed with terram and gravel. Investigations suggested that these features dated to the 13th/14th centuries and had subsequently been cut through by post-medieval cultivation furrows. A large, post-medieval ditch was excavated running north-south through the middle of the site. Excavations showed that this ditch had followed the line of an earlier ditch, which, though narrower, was much deeper than the post-medieval one. The earlier ditch was filled with a noxious-smelling, black/grey clay and has been dated by the associated finds to the early medieval period. It is likely, given the location and dimensions of this ditch, that it was part of the original town defences' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022030 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Monitoring of groundworks by Meriel McClatchie under licence No. 00E0305 associated with a housing development was undertaken at a site to the rear of Sheares Street, Kilmallock, on various dates from May to July 2000, in compliance with planning conditions. The site is located within the medieval walled town of Kilmallock, to the west of Sheares Street. Sheares Street represents an extension of the medieval town, probably dating to the 16th century. The site was previously a greenfield site, rectangular in shape and measuring c. 110m east-west by c. 50m. It is bounded on the west side by the medieval town wall. An archaeological assessment of the site was had been undertaken by Kenneth Hanley. He concluded that, although the site is within the medieval town wall, no evidence existed for extant archaeological remains. Later test-trenching undertaken by Mr Hanley (Excavations 1999, 168, 99E0056) uncovered a substantial number of archaeological features, including field ditches, furrows and pits. Artefacts recovered included material ranging in date from the medieval period to modern times. In the 2000 season, topsoil-stripping was monitored and revealed a substantial layer of garden soil beneath the topsoil. This was up to 0.5m deep. The layer contained a wide range of artefacts, including medieval, post-medieval and modern material. A number of archaeological features, similar to those encountered by Mr Hanley, were exposed beneath the garden soil layer. All of the features were cut into boulder clay, and many seemed to have been truncated. Features that were to be disturbed by development, including furrows and pits, were excavated. A field ditch, c. 2.8m wide, was also excavated in areas of development, and an adult human skeleton was recovered from a shallow grave cut into the field ditch. The excavated features contained medieval and post-medieval artefacts, such as pottery sherds and animal bone. It seems likely that most of the archaeological features uncovered at the site were related to agricultural activity. The licence has been extended so that further groundworks associated with the development can be completed' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022032 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  An assessment carried out by Celie O Rahilly in July 1998, on behalf of Limerick County Council, recommended that the corner site at Orr Street/Wolfe Tone Street should be tested once demolition of the standing buildings had occurred. A test excavation by Sarah McCutcheon under licence No. 01E0300 was subsequently undertaken on the footprint of the development. Archaeological remains were discovered in three trenches and the licence was upgraded to excavation. The foundations for the buildings, which had been demolished, were deep and had scarped much of the medieval material. The foundations consisted of stone walls, which may have supported earlier buildings than those demolished. The layers abutting the stone walls contained a mix of post-medieval and modern material and appeared to have been infilled. The surviving medieval features were patchy and survived best where the underlying boulder clay sloped down towards Orr Street. Seven pits and five shallow gullies were recorded. One of the gullies was covered by a wattle screen. The foundation course of a stone wall extending north-west/south-east and supported by timber piles was also excavated. Orr Street is a medieval lane within the town wall, leading to the Collegiate Church of SS Peter and Paul. The presence of refuse pits close to the street frontage may indicate an alignment onto Wolfe Tone Street for the medieval plots' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022034 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  A test excavation was carried out by Miriam Carroll under licence No. 03E0777 on a proposed development site at Wolfe Tone Street, Kilmallock. The site is within the medieval walled town (SMR 47:22) and the ruinous remains of the town wall form the south-eastern boundary of the development area. Four trenches were excavated on the site, three of which revealed potential archaeological remains. Portions of two possible wall foundations were uncovered in Trench 2, which was located towards the west side of the site. The foundations were uncovered at a depth of 0.8m below present ground level and, although not fully exposed, appeared to be at right angles to each other. The material overlying the possible foundations consisted of a grey/brown garden soil containing sherds of 18th-20th-century pottery. Trench 3 was located in the eastern portion of the site and measured c. 18m in length. Two possible wall foundations, a pit and a possible stone drain were uncovered in this trench. As in Trench 2, a grey/brown garden soil containing sherds of 18th-20th-century pottery overlay these features. Trench 4 was also located at the west side of the site, parallel to Trench 3, and measured c. 18m in length. A wall foundation was uncovered at the west end of the trench. It was exposed for a length of 7.1m and extended in a north-west/south-east direction. It appeared to measure 1m in width and was constructed of medium to large limestone blocks. This wall may represent the remains of a possible burgage plot division indicated on the first-edition OS map of the town. Also uncovered in Trench 4 was a possible stone drain, which may relate to a similar feature uncovered in Trench 3, and a stone-filled feature at the east end of the trench. A grey/brown garden soil measuring 0.6m in thickness overlay the features uncovered in Trench 4. No datable finds were recovered from the features exposed. It is possible, however, that they may be medieval or post-medieval in date' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022035 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  A test excavation by Annette Quinn under licence No. 04E0783 of a proposed development site at Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock, was undertaken. The site is in the centre of the medieval town at the junction of Sarsfield Street and Emmet Street. It is roughly rectangular, with an 11m frontage on Sarsfield Street and a length of 22m fronting onto the northern end of Emmet Street. Prior to demolition, a modern single-storey flat-roofed building occupied the northern portion of the site and fronted onto Sarsfield Street. A concrete yard was located to the rear of the building and a high concrete wall formed the eastern boundary of the site with Emmet Street. The development consists of the construction of a three-storey building at Sarsfield Street that will comprise a retail outlet, storage area and three apartments. Five test-trenches were excavated within the development area. Numerous potential archaeological features were uncovered throughout the site. The lack of any depth of stratigraphy was notable over the northern two-thirds of the development area and the features uncovered in this area largely consisted of pits and linear trenches cutting natural boulder clay. A number of walls and in situ deposits were uncovered, however, at the south end of the site, where the stratigraphy appeared to be deeper. The recovery of medieval pottery sherds from several test-trenches indicated that some of the features uncovered dated to the medieval period. Post-medieval finds such as clay-pipe stems were also recovered and it is possible that some activity on the site dated to this period. The potential significance of the archaeology on the site was augmented by its prime location in the centre of the original medieval town and its position on the street front. The results of the test excavation and the level of archaeological deposits and walls on the site meant that the features uncovered would be directly impacted on by the construction of the proposed building. A full archaeological excavation was subsequently carried out. Excavation at the north end of the site revealed a number of irregular-shaped pits filled with stone, animal bone, medieval pottery and clay-pipe stems. No evidence for houses or any stone structures were uncovered fronting directly onto Sarsfield Street. Excavation at the centre of the site revealed a number of deep pits, probably dating to the medieval period. These were filled with highly organic material such as wood and straw and contained finds of bone and leather. Medieval pottery was also recovered from these features. One example was wood-lined and possibly represented a small cistern-like feature. The partial remains of a possible stone house were uncovered towards the east side of the site. The structure consisted of the remains of a wall foundation built within a large rectangular cut. The north and east side of this feature were largely removed by a modern concrete beam and post-medieval pits. A number of small stake-holes were located at the base of the cut. Excavation at the rear of the site indicated that several phases of activity were present. The earliest features excavated in this area consisted of several large pits, measuring 1-2m in depth by 2-3m in length. These waterlogged pits were filled with layers of highly organic material (80%) which contained medieval pottery sherds, leather, wood, straw and animal bone. A roughly cobbled laneway (orientated east-west) was located at the south end of the site adjacent to and extending under the southern site boundary. An earlier metalled surface was uncovered under the lane, which may suggest that repairs or upgrading was carried out. The lane was bounded to the north by a substantial medieval wall foundation which cut the northern side of the latter. A number of less substantial walls extended from this wall in a north-south direction and may represent the remains of medieval houses or outbuildings. A significant amount of modern disturbance was present on the site, including a series of drains, manholes and a large cut to facilitate a modern diesel tank. It is likely that the tank and associated cut destroyed evidence for a possible house fronting on to Emmet Street. An initial examination of the pottery recovered from the site suggests a 12th- to 14th-century date for the main occupation of the site, with later post-medieval activity at the northern end' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022036 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Testing of a proposed development site by Miriam Carroll under licence No.05E0263 at Wolfe Tone Street, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, was undertaken as part of an impact assessment. The site is located within the medieval town wall, a standing portion of which forms the south-eastern boundary to the development area. The testing was largely concerned with the exposure in full and investigation of a wall (possible town wall) identified during previous testing of the site (Excavations 2003, No. 1166, 03E0777). Two cuttings were opened on the site in which a total length of c. 24m of the medieval town wall was exposed. Two sections were excavated against the inner and outer face of the wall. The cut of the wall foundation trench was identified in the section excavated against the inner wall face and sherds of medieval pottery were recovered from the fill. A roughly semicircular or D-shaped area of rubble and earth was identified immediately north-east of the wall and may represent the remains of a rubble foundation for a structure such as a corner tower. A number of other test-trenches also excavated on the site revealed the presence of post-medieval features further to the north of the town wall, as well as archaeological deposits of possible medieval date further to the south and south-west'(www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022038 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Test-trenching was carried out by Linda G. Lynch under licence No.05E1235 in advance of a development of three dwelling houses and associated site works. The development is within the zone of archaeological potential of the historic town of Kilmallock. Three test-trenches were excavated. All were 10m in length and varied between 1.3m and 1.5m in width. Numerous features, including walls and soakaway pits, were identified in the two trenches located just to the west of Sheares Street. These appear to represent habitation activity on the site in modern times. A large ditch and four pits were identified in the two test-trenches to the rear of the site (off Sheares Avenue). At least one of the pits may be medieval in date, while it is surmised that the ditch is pre-16th century in date. These features are archaeological in nature. Further monitoring of the area of the site fronting onto Sheares Street, as well as the excavation of the features identified at the rear of the site, is scheduled for 2006'(www.excavations.ie)..

• LI047-022039 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Testing of a proposed development site by Annette Quinn under licence No. 05E1373 at Castlecourt, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock, was carried out as part of a pre-planning assessment. The proposed development consisted of the construction of six dwelling houses on a greenfield site adjacent to and within the standing medieval town wall. Seven trenches were excavated on the site within the footprint of the proposed buildings. These revealed the presence of a number of potential archaeological features within the site. The features were encountered at depths ranging between 0.7-1.4m below present ground level and all appeared to cut the natural boulder clay. They generally consisted of linear trenches and shallow pits and are likely to relate to agricultural activity on the site. A lack of datable finds from the majority of the features uncovered makes it difficult to assign them to any particular period, although one sherd of medieval pottery was recovered from the upper levels of F12, a large linear feature. Excavation of an adjacent site at the rear of Shears Street by Meriel McClatchie in 2000 revealed similar features dating to the medieval and post-medieval period (Excavations 2000, No. 587, 00E0305). (www.excavations.ie)

• LI047-022040 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Four pits excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Outfall to Sarsfield Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works.

• LI047-022041 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Three pits excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Sarsfield Street to carpark' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works.

• LI047-022042 Excavation - miscellaneous
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  Various features excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'carpark' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works, excluding the ditch which is part of the town's defences (LI047-022006-).

• LI047-022043 Well
  Description

  A well within the walled town of Kilmallock (LI047-022---) was excavated by John O'Connor under licence No. 99E0215 on the 'Sarsfield Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring work; all other features in this section are covered by LI047-022044-. The well was described by O'Connor as following; 'On 31st August and 1st September the footpath was removed on the south-west side of Sarsfield Street between CH32 and CH168. At Ch155 the top of a circular limestone and mortar well (F208) was exposed. It was found 0.89m from the shop front and was c. 1.38m in diameter. It was constructed of roughly hewn limestone blocks c.0.18m by 0.15m by 0.12-0.2m. The well still contained water and initially only the top seven courses were visible. The water was pumped out and eight more courses were revealed. There were three possible building phases visible in the well. the most recent phase was represented by the addition of the four upper courses, which were regularly coursed and mortar bonded. The middle phase consisted of the fifth and sixth courses, which were also regularly coursed but showed no evidence of having been mortar bonded. The remaining courses were of the earliest phase of works and were randomly coursed with no obvious evidence of bonding material. The well was measured at 7.6m deep but may have been deeper. When the well was recorded it was covered with a wooden board and then concrete poured over this' (O'Connor 1999). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 01 October 2019

• LI047-022044 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Various features, except the well (LI047-022043-) excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Sarsfield Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring work.

• LI047-022046 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Various features excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Wolf Tone Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works.

• LI047-022047 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Various features excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Orr Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works.

• LI047-022048 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Various features excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Emmet Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works.

• LI047-022049 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Various features excavated by John O'Connor (99E0215) on the 'Sheares Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring works

• LI047-022050 House - medieval
  Description

  Medieval stone house uncovered during archaeological excavation under licence No. 04E0783 by Annette Quinn of Tobar Archaeological Services the result of which were summarised as following; 'The site is in the centre of the medieval town at the junction of Sarsfield Street and Emmet Street. It is roughly rectangular, with an 11m frontage on Sarsfield Street and a length of 22m fronting onto the northern end of Emmet Street. Prior to demolition, a modern single-storey flat-roofed building occupied the northern portion of the site and fronted onto Sarsfield Street. A concrete yard was located to the rear of the building and a high concrete wall formed the eastern boundary of the site with Emmet Street. The development consists of the construction of a three-storey building at Sarsfield Street that will comprise a retail outlet, storage area and three apartments. Five test-trenches were excavated within the development area. Numerous potential archaeological features were uncovered throughout the site. The lack of any depth of stratigraphy was notable over the northern two-thirds of the development area and the features uncovered in this area largely consisted of pits and linear trenches cutting natural boulder clay. A number of walls and in situ deposits were uncovered, however, at the south end of the site, where the stratigraphy appeared to be deeper. The recovery of medieval pottery sherds from several test-trenches indicated that some of the features uncovered dated to the medieval period. Post-medieval finds such as clay-pipe stems were also recovered and it is possible that some activity on the site dated to this period. The potential significance of the archaeology on the site was augmented by its prime location in the centre of the original medieval town and its position on the street front. The results of the test excavation and the level of archaeological deposits and walls on the site meant that the features uncovered would be directly impacted on by the construction of the proposed building. A full archaeological excavation was subsequently carried out. Excavation at the north end of the site revealed a number of irregular-shaped pits filled with stone, animal bone, medieval pottery and clay-pipe stems. No evidence for houses or any stone structures were uncovered fronting directly onto Sarsfield Street. Excavation at the centre of the site revealed a number of deep pits, probably dating to the medieval period. These were filled with highly organic material such as wood and straw and contained finds of bone and leather. Medieval pottery was also recovered from these features. One example was wood-lined and possibly represented a small cistern-like feature. The partial remains of a possible stone house were uncovered towards the east side of the site. The structure consisted of the remains of a wall foundation built within a large rectangular cut. The north and east side of this feature were largely removed by a modern concrete beam and post-medieval pits. A number of small stake-holes were located at the base of the cut. Excavation at the rear of the site indicated that several phases of activity were present. The earliest features excavated in this area consisted of several large pits, measuring 1-2m in depth by 2-3m in length. These waterlogged pits were filled with layers of highly organic material (80%) which contained medieval pottery sherds, leather, wood, straw and animal bone. A roughly cobbled laneway (orientated east-west) was located at the south end of the site adjacent to and extending under the southern site boundary. An earlier metalled surface was uncovered under the lane, which may suggest that repairs or upgrading was carried out. The lane was bounded to the north by a substantial medieval wall foundation which cut the northern side of the latter. A number of less substantial walls extended from this wall in a north-south direction and may represent the remains of medieval houses or outbuildings. A significant amount of modern disturbance was present on the site, including a series of drains, manholes and a large cut to facilitate a modern diesel tank. It is likely that the tank and associated cut destroyed evidence for a possible house fronting on to Emmet Street. An initial examination of the pottery recovered from the site suggests a 12th- to 14th-century date for the main occupation of the site, with later post-medieval activity at the northern end' (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022051 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Testing of a proposed development playground site by Annette Quinn under licence No.05E1161 at Castlecourt, Sarsfield Street, Kilmallock, was carried out as part of an impact assessment. The proposed development consisted of the construction of a playground on a greenfield site adjacent to and within the standing medieval town wall. Five trenches were excavated on the site within the proposed development area. These revealed the presence of a number of potential archaeological features, encountered at depths ranging between 1.1–1.95m below present ground level, and all appeared to cut the natural boulder clay. They generally consisted of linear trenches, including one large ditch-like feature, and shallow pits. A lack of datable finds from the majority of the features uncovered makes it difficult to assign them to any particular period, although it is possible that at least some of them may be medieval in date. Previous excavation of an adjacent site at the rear of Shears Street by Meriel McClatchie in 2000 revealed similar features dating to the medieval and post-medieval period (Excavations 2000, No. 587, 00E0305).

• LI047-022052 House - 16th century
  Description

  Testing was carried out by Linda G. Lynch under licence No. 06E0266 in advance of the proposed renovation and extension of a building. This development is to be extended into the backyard of the existing house, the northern boundary of which is formed by the extant wall of an earlier medieval building (and also forms part of the extant structure on site). The site lies to the south-east of King’s Castle, the building which now projects into the main street of Kilmallock. Three trenches were excavated by machine and cleaned by hand across the site in order to ascertain if there were archaeological deposits remaining on the site and, if so, at what depth. Several layers were identified on the site that may be archaeological in nature. In Trenches 1 and 3 an archaeologically sealed layer was identified at a depth of c. 0.6m below the existing ground level. Pottery of a late medieval or post-medieval date was found at this depth and it is likely that there is material of an earlier date beneath this. Nothing of an archaeological nature was identified in Trench 2. Material in this trench appeared to have been disturbed, possibly during the construction of later drains (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022053 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Testing was carried out by Linda G. Lynch under licence No. 06E0266 in advance of the proposed renovation and extension of a building. This development is to be extended into the backyard of the existing house, the northern boundary of which is formed by the extant wall of an earlier medieval building (and also forms part of the extant structure on site). The site lies to the south-east of King’s Castle, the building which now projects into the main street of Kilmallock. Three trenches were excavated by machine and cleaned by hand across the site in order to ascertain if there were archaeological deposits remaining on the site and, if so, at what depth. Several layers were identified on the site that may be archaeological in nature. In Trenches 1 and 3 an archaeologically sealed layer was identified at a depth of c. 0.6m below the existing ground level. Pottery of a late medieval or post-medieval date was found at this depth and it is likely that there is material of an earlier date beneath this. Nothing of an archaeological nature was identified in Trench 2. Material in this trench appeared to have been disturbed, possibly during the construction of later drains (www.excavations.ie).

• LI047-022054 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  'Creggs' building on the Main Street, west side, in Kilmallock. This is undergoing archaeological excavation 30/13/2014.

• LI047-022055 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  The 'Mint' building on the Main Street, west side, in Kilmallock. According to Bradley (1989, 154) 'A mint appears to have been in operation at Kilmallock in 1472 (Dolley 1972, 26) but no coins with the mint signature of Kilmallock survive. A token dated 1673 and bearing the name of Matthew Meade was also struck at Kilmallock (Lee 1965, 147). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 01 October 2019

• LI047-022056 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  'O'Grady's' building on the Main Street, west side, in Kilmallock.

• LI047-022057 Bridge
  Description

  Multi-arched stone bridge depicted on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). On this map the bridge is shown spanning the River Loobagh and is connected to the walled town of Kilmallock (LI047-022----) via a road running through a gatehouse annotated 'The water Porte' [Water Gate] which was located to the N end of Wolfe Tone Street. This medieval road is labelled on the town map of Kilmallock as 'The high way to the White Knight his country' (ibid.). Stone bridge described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [NIAH] as following ; Four-arch humpback road bridge over the River Loobagh with overflow arch, built c. 1800, with fabric dating from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Rubble limestone walls dressed to east and west elevations, dressed parapet walls. Cut limestone voussoirs to segmental-headed arches. V-cutwaters to east elevation. Cut limestone copings to parapet walls. An elegantly composed bridge, which forms an appealing feature on the River Loobagh. With fabric dating to the thirteenth century, this medieval bridge is of considerable importance within Kilmallock and is the main river crossing into the east of Kilmallock' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21813031). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022059 Cross - Market cross
  Description

  The market cross or the "cross of John FitzRichard" in the historic town of Kilmallock has not been identified. It was located along the High St (now Sarsfield St.) at the junction with Orr St as shown on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). Described in the Urban Survey of County Limerick as following (Bradley et. al. 1989, 149-50); 'The first reference to a cross at Kilmallock is to the "cross of John FitzRichard" which is mentioned in a deed in the Black Book of Limerick which Westropp (1904-5, 420) has dated to the 1280s (MacCaffrey 1907, 77). It is not clear, however, if this was the market cross or not. From the context it is evident that it stood in what was then called Flemyngystret. It is possible that it is the cross shown on the Elizabethan map of Kilmallock immediately outside King’s castle (Andrews 1968). The Civil Survey records Church Lane as running "from the cross to the churchyard" and the cross itself is shown in the middle of modern Sarsfield St. (High St.) at its junction with Orr St. on the Elizabethan map (Andrews 1968, 35). The market place was evidently located in High Street and probably concentrated around the intersection with Church Lane. A Fair Green is located outside the walls on the south side of the town. No trace of the market cross survives'. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2019

• LI047-022063 House - medieval
  Description

  No surface remains visible of medieval house and bawn depicted on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). On this map a large house standing inside a walled area possibly a bawn is depicted standing on an island on the River Loobagh immediately E of the town wall (LI047-022006-) and parish church (LI047-022009-) of Kilmallock. A multi-arched stone bridge (LI047-022057-) crossing the River Loobagh is shown to the E of the house and bawn. Thomas (1992, 135) described this island and its house as following; 'The island (1600 map) has a rather artificial shape with a clear boundary and a central building which, while not a mill, could have been a church set in parkland or a house, possibly of the bishop of Limerick or a noble, its setting being more unique than its structure which was similar to the houses along the main street (1600 map)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 September 2019

• LI047-022064 Bridge
  Description

  No surface remains visible of bridge depicted on a map of Kilmallock town dating from c. 1600 (TCD, MS 1209/62). On this map the bridge is shown spanning the River Loobagh to the S of the Dominican Friary (LI047-022018-) and to the N of the church (LI047-022009) and graveyard (LI047-022010-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 September 2019

• LI047-022085 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  This tomb bears the coat of arms of the family with the motto ‘AUXILIUM MEUM AB. ALTO’. The shield is blazoned with two lion heads above an ermine chevron with one lion head below. The crescent between the two lions indicates a second son. Above the shield is a knight’s helmet with a closed visor and the crest has a hand brandishing a dagger. The mantling of oak leaves sweeps round from the top of the helmet and drapes each side of the shield. The tomb’s inscription reads; ‘Here lieth the body of Lieutenant William Blakeney of Thomastown, who deceased the last of March, An dom 1664’. William Blakeney received a grant of 450 plantation acres in the townlands of Thomastown and Gortnepequiney at the time of the Cromwellian plantations. The memory of the Blakeneys still survives in the district in the townland name Mountblakeney. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 3 December 2021

• LI047-098 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  On the W side of Sarsfield Street within the historic town of Kilmallock (LI047-022001-), 28m E of the town wall (LI047-022006-). Archaeological layer with worked timber was identified by Tracy Collins during archaeological pre-development testing (Licence 05E0033 Ext.) in advance of development of the site into apartments and parking. A protected structure located on the site was retained and incorporated into the new development. The results of the testing were summarised as following; ‘Seven trenches were excavated, four within the extant structures on the site and three to the rear. The trenches varied in depth from 0.8m to 1.4m. Trench 3, measuring 3m by 1m, yielded a thick archaeological layer with organic material, from which one worked timber was recovered. Other finds included animal bone, modern pottery and a clay-pipe stem. The proposed development allowed that the archaeological material found in the testing could be preserved in situ’ (www.excavations.ie 2006; No. 1276, Collins 2006). Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 20 August 2021

Architectural heritage

• Lynch's, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1820, with shopfront to front (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins and plinth course. Segmental-headed openings having moulded render surrounds with replacement aluminium windows. Those to first floor having render architraves, those to second floor with moulded concrete sills. Shopfront comprising render pilasters, supporting timber fascia with render cornice having cast-iron ridge crestings. Square-headed display opening comprising inset round-headed tripartite window with ornate carved spandrels and cast-iron sill guards. Square-headed opening having inset round-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window with concrete sill. Square-headed openings having inset round-headed glazed overlights with carved spandrels over timber panelled doors.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1810, having render shopfront to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render quoins and decorative render fascia to second floor. Square-headed with moulded render surrounds, concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising scrolled render consoles, fascia and moulded cornice. Square-headed display windows. Square-headed opening having overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door with flanking fluted pilasters. Square-headed opening having double-leaf timber battened doors.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, having render shopfront to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and parapet with pediment detail. Rendered walls having ornate moulded render eaves course and plinth course. Square-headed openings to first floor with render surrounds and bipartite timber casement windows. Render shopfront having render Doric style pilasters, fascia and cornice. Square-headed display windows, now blocked up. Recent aluminium shopfront to south end bay. Square-headed glazed overlight over square-headed display window and square-headed opening with half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1810, having render shopfront to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render quoins, decorative render motif to ground floor, centre-bay and render plinth course. Square-headed openings with shouldered render surrounds, concrete sills and timber casement windows. Those to second floor having render brackets, those to first floor with render keystones. Shopfront comprising consoles having floral motif, fascia with brackets and moulded cornice. Square-headed display opening having replacement uPVC window and concrete sill. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1810, having render shopfront to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having render quoins, decorative render motif to ground floor, centre-bay and render plinth course. Square-headed openings with shouldered render surrounds, concrete sills and timber casement windows. Those to second floor having render brackets, those to first floor with render keystones. Shopfront comprising consoles having floral motif, fascia with brackets and moulded cornice. Square-headed display opening having replacement uPVC window and concrete sill. Square-headed opening with replacement uPVC door.

• House, 1550–1650 · National interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile late medieval former merchant's house, built or improved between 1571-87, with alterations and repairs in the eighteenth, ninteenth and twentieth centuries. Formerly in use as a warehouse. Pitched slate roofs with brick chimneystack, render copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed limestone walls to ground floor, roughly dressed limestone walls to first floor having render panel to centre-bay and bracketed platband. Square-headed openings to first floor with limestone hoodmouldings, surrounds and timber casement windows. Square-headed window opening to ground floor having chamfered limestone surround, sill and timber fittings. Pointed arch openings with chamfered limestone surrounds and timber battened doors. Square-headed opening to centre-bay having double-leaf timber battened doors.

• Creamery, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former creamery, built c. 1880, having two-bay single-storey extension to north elevation. Pitched slate roof with vents to ridge and overhanging eaves. Rubble limestone walls having roughly dressed quoins. Square-headed window openings to east elevation, first floor, now blocked up. Square-headed door openings to east elevation, ground floor, now blocked up. Square-headed door openings to south and west elevations with render surrounds, now blocked up. Round-headed window opening to north elevation having dressed limestone voussoirs. Cast-iron overflow pipe to west elevation.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having single-storey lean-to to rear (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with render and brick chimneystacks. Snecked dressed limestone walls to front (north) elevation render walls to east and rear elevations. Square-headed openings having limestone voussoirs, sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening with limestone voussoirs and glazed overlight over replacement timber panelled door.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked dressed limestone walls. Square-headed openings having limestone voussoirs, sills and replacement aluminium windows. Square-headed opening with limestone voussoirs and glazed overlight over replacement timber panelled door.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Snecked dressed limestone walls. Square-headed openings having limestone voussoirs, sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to ground floor with limestone voussoirs, replacement uPVC window and concrete sill. Square-headed opening having limestone voussoirs and glazed overlight over double-leaf timber panelled doors.

• House, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with pitched slate roof having brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having shopfronts to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge crestings and brick chimneystack. Rough-cast rendered walls to first floor and rendered walls to ground floor having Doric style pilasters to end bays. Square-headed openings to first floor with render continuous sill course and bipartite twelve-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows having banded Doric style engaged columns to timber mullions. Square-headed display openings to ground floor with timber casement windows and flanking square-headed openings with glazed overlights over glazed doors. Square-headed opening having render surround and timber panelled door.

• Post box, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c. 1890, with V.R. insignia and crown, set in rendered wall. Manufacturer's name appears on base in raised lettering: 'W.T. Allen & Co. London'.

• Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, church/chapel, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church, built between 1878-79, and completed in 1889. Comprising square-plan four-stage tower to north elevation, six bay nave with side aisles, having gable-fronted porch to south elevation and gable-fronted transept to north elevation. Transept to south elevation with adjoining two-bay two-storey sacristy to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge crestings, limestone brackets and copings having cross finial motifs, cast-iron rainwater goods and octagonal-plan limestone pinnacles with wrought-iron finials to east and west elevations. Single-pitched slate roofs to side aisles having limestone brackets, cast-iron rainwater goods and octagonal-plan limestone pinnacle with wrought-iron finial to south elevation. Pitched and hipped slate roofs to sacristy having cast-iron ridge crestings, limestone brackets, copings with cross finial and Tudor Revival style chimneystack. Pitched slate roofs to transepts having limestone copings with cross finials, cast-iron ridge crestings and square-plan pinnacles having wrought-iron finials. Octagonal limestone spire to tower with pinnacles and wrought-iron cross finial. Snecked limestone walls having plinth course, corner buttresses to nave, east and west elevations with pediment motifs, stepped corner buttresses to side aisles and transepts. Inscribed limestone date stone to east elevation. Recessed pointed arch niche to front (east) elevation having limestone engaged columns with banded shafts, roll and hoodmouldings with inset rose window having carved quatrefoil motifs. Blind quatrefoil motifs to spandrels and blind pointed arch arcade with continuous limestone hoodmoulding and engaged columns. Pointed arch opening to south side aisle, east elevation and transepts, west elevation having limestone engaged columns, roll and hoodmouldings over inset stained glass quatrefoil openings and paired stained glass lancet windows. Oculi to clerestory with inset sexfoil stained glass windows. Paired stained glass lancet windows to side aisles having continuous limestone sill course and hoodmouldings. Stained glass lancet windows to chancel, west elevation with continuous limestone hoodmoulding, sill course and engaged columns with banded shafts. Stained glass oculus with hoodmoulding and limestone relieving arch over. Pointed arch opening to north transept having limestone traceried stained glass window with hoodmoulding and stained glass oculus over. Quatrefoil stained glass openings over paired lancet stained glass windows to sacristy. Shouldered square-headed openings to sacristy, first floor having limestone surround and stained glass windows. Lancet stained glass windows to sacristy, ground floor, west elevation. Lancet stained glass windows to tower, first stage with limestone hoodmouldings. Oculi having inset sexfoil stained glass windows over lancet stained glass windows to second stage. Pointed arch arrow slit quarry glazed windows to third stage, with continuous limestone impost course. Pointed arch window openings to fourth stage having compound columns with banded shafts and limestone hoodmouldings. Entrance to front elevation comprising pedimented carved limestone surround with finial to apex and figural label stops over roll-moulded pointed arch surround with engaged columns, carved heraldic plaque to tympanum and paired trefoil-headed openings having timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. Pointed arch opening to porch, south elevation having inset trefoil-headed opening, limestone surround and engaged columns flanking timber battened double-leaf doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. Pointed arch opening to sacristy having cut limestone surround and glazed overlight over timber battened door. Scissors truss timber roof to interior having limestone corbels. Pointed arch arcade to east with marble columns supporting open work render gallery with marble engaged columns. Pointed arch arcade to nave having render hoodmoulding and marble columns with limestone bands, plinths and render Corinthian style capitals. Ornate mosaics to chancel and transepts. Marble reredos to transepts and side aisles, east elevation. Marble open work rails to altar. Pair of square-profile limestone piers having engaged columns with banded shafts, trefoil-headed pedimented caps and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Single-leaf pedestrian wrought-iron gates having square-profile rusticated piers and rusticated boundary walls with wrought-iron railings to east. Snecked limestone boundary walls to south. Cemetery to site.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course having cast-iron vent. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door.

• Church View, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course having cast-iron vent. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over replacement uPVC door.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge crestings, brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course having cast-iron vent. Square-headed openings with limestone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door.

• 1798 Monument, monument, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding carved limestone monument, erected c. 1950. Comprising square-plan base, tapered inscribed plinth and Celtic cross. Spear-headed cast-iron railings set on limestone plinth.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course with cast-iron vent. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Render surround to ground floor window. Square-headed opening with render surround and glazed overlight over replacement half-glazed timber panelled door.

• M.J. Feore, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with bakelite shopfront to front (south-west) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings to first floor having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with painted stone sills. Shopfront comprising square-headed display openings with timber mullions and tiled risers. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed opening having double-leaf timber battened doors.

• , 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840. Pitched slate roof with dentilated rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves having render brackets and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to first floor with render architraves and continuous sill course. Square-headed tripartite opening to ground floor having render surround comprising entablature with round-headed architrave over one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows having fluted mullions and ornate wrought-iron sill guards. Square-headed opening comprising render surround with fluted Corinthian style fluted columns supporting entablature and ornate cornice over glazed overlight over timber panelled door with egg and dart surround.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. Now in use as an office. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves having render bracketed eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills, render shouldered surrounds and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening with shouldered render surround and glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Camber-headed opening having replacement uPVC glazed overlight and door.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with render shopfront to front (south-west) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed openings having render surrounds with keystones over timber casement windows. Shopfront comprising Doric style pilasters, fascia and dentilated cornice. Square-headed display openings with timber casement windows. Square-headed opening having flanking pilasters and glazed overlight over half-glazed timber panelled door.

• Peter O'Sullivan, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with shopfront to front (south-west) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, bracketed eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Camber-headed openings to first floor with replacement uPVC windows. Shopfront comprising tiled pilasters, render fascia and moulded render cornice. Square-headed display opening having flanking tiled panel and cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed display opening with timber casement window and cast-iron sill guard. Square-headed opening having half-glazed timber panelled door.

• Store/warehouse, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace gable-fronted three-bay four-storey former warehouse, built c. 1830, having gablet to north elevation. Pitched slate roof. Dressed limestone walls with rendered walls to ground floor, front (east) elevation. Oculus to third floor having brick surround. Camber-headed window openings with limestone sills and brick block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed window openings to ground floor, now blocked up. Square-headed opening having timber battened door. Pair of square-profile dressed limestone piers with corrugated-iron gate. Dressed limestone boundary walls to east.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1800. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted dressed and rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having battened timber half-door.

• Ivy Cottage, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1800. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having painted stone sills, timber shutters and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having battened timber half-door.

• School, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey former school, built c. 1830, with shopfront to front (north-west) elevation. Now in disuse. Pitched slate roof having limestone copings and brick chimneystacks. Render over rubble limestone walls with cast-iron lamp to first floor. Square-headed openings having limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Cast-iron sill guards to ground floor windows. Shopfront to ground floor having timber fascia. Square-headed display openings with multiple-paned windows and brick risers. Square-headed openings with glazed overlights over replacement timber doors.

• Baalbec House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace corner-sited two-bay three-storey with dormer attic house, built c. 1830, having chamfered entrance bay to north elevation with brick pediment, canted oriel window to first floor, and two-bay single-storey extension to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Dressed limestone walls to first and second floors, with limestone strip quoins and brick stringcourse. Rendered walls to ground floor having render pilasters, plinth course and moulded render cornice. Square-headed openings to dormer attic with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to second floor with brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Oculus to second floor, north-east elevation having brick surround and quarry glazed window. Square-headed openings to first floor with brick pediments, block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to oriel having replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed display openings with glazed overlights over bipartite fixed glazed windows having cast-iron sill guards. Square-headed opening to chamfered corner with glazed overlight over double-leaf timber panelled doors. Square-headed opening to west elevation having render hoodmoulding with ornate stops and glazed overlight over timber panelled door.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, having render shopfront to front (south) elevation. Now in use as office. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls and render plinth course. Square-headed openings to second floor having concrete sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Camber-headed openings to first floor with moulded render surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront comprising render fascia and moulded cornice. Square-headed display opening having bipartite glazed window with ornate timber mullions. Square-headed openings with glazed overlights over timber panelled doors. Square-headed opening having double-leaf timber battened doors.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay three-storey bank, built in 1877, comprising three-bay three-storey return to rear (north) elevation and single-bay two-storey entrance block with gablet to east elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, limestone brackets and copings with pedimented stops. Hipped slate roof to east block having limestone brackets. Snecked ashlar limestone walls with carved stringcourse and date stone having hoodmoulding over to east block. Square-headed bipartite openings to second floor with limestone mullions and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed bipartite openings to first floor having limestone transoms, mullions and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed openings to ground floor with limestone hoodmouldings, sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite ogee-headed opening to west end bay having limestone label moulding and fixed windows. Ogee-headed opening to east block with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed openings to east elevation having brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills, some with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, some with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening, now blocked up, having limestone label moulding and carved spandrels. Round-headed door opening to east block with limestone label moulding and timber battened door having cast-iron strap hinges. Cast-iron railings set in limestone plinths to front.

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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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1003 (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.

No address of the register names Kilmallock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Kilmallock · Cill Mocheallóg

Area

129,662 m² (12.97 ha, 32.04 acres)

Civil parish

St. Peters and St. Pauls, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmallock

Electoral division

Kilmallock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmallock electoral division: 2,389 people in 962 households; 65% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyfarm, Ash Hill, Deebert, Glenfield, Gortboy

Placenames

Kilmallock 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.