Skehanagh

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skehanagh, from 19 m² to 286,678 m² (28.67 ha, 70.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Skehanagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  construction of single storey extension to the existing cottage, alterations to the existing entrance arrangement, installation of new onsite wastewater treatment system, connection to necessary services together with all associated incidental ancillary and site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660847

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new Community Hub Development Building with a new septic tank and percolation area which is also to serve the existing Dressing Room Building, decommissioning of the existing septic tank and percolation area serving the existing Dressing room building, extension to existing car-parking, realigning carpark spaces and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461098

• 18 Aug 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new two-storey dwelling house of 278.7m2, the construction of a single-storey outbuilding garage & plant room of 38.5m2, the provision of a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary works, site entrance together with hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460826

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  a 264m² two-storey dwelling house, 31m² single storey garage building, provision of wastewater treatment system and associated works, new site entrance and all ancillary site works on this 0.239ha / 0.59 acre site

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460784

• 28 Mar 2024Refused

  extension of permission for planning ref. 18/1144: the construction of a new two storey dwelling house with adjoining domestic garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new site entrance and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 247006

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  an extension to their existing Dressing Room Building consisting of a gymnasium with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460167

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  (1) The conservation of the original main dwelling house, including the repair of all historic elements, minor fenestration changes, the relocation of the front entrance door to a more central location and linking the main house to the existing out building in the front yard. (2) Planning permission is also sought for the change of use of this former out building in the front yard to provide a kitchen and dining room. (3) And all associated site works on and under land. Skehanagh House is a recorded Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360438

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  the installation of a new replacement packaged waste water unit with eco-flo filter to include the decommissioning of the existing septic tank with soak-pit and all other ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 221076

• 23 Dec 2021Refused

  two storey dwelling house, stables, garage, with septic tank and percolation area, new entrance gates, single storey gate lodge with septic tank and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 211830

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with ancillary site works. The development is within the curtilage of a Protected Structure-Skehanagh House, which is on the Record of Protected Structures RPS 700

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21939

• 14 May 2021Conditional

  the installation of a new astroturf facility with associated lighting, fencing and associated site works at existing hurling wall

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21645

• 27 Nov 2019Conditional

  installation of a new walking track with associated lighting, erection of new fencing and lighting at the existing hurling wall, installation of new dugouts and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191172

• 26 Nov 2018Conditional

  the construction of a new two storey dwelling house with adjoining domestic garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new site entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 181144

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 Skehanagh.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-011 Moated site
  Description

  On an E-facing slope, in pasture, with good views from NNE-E-SE and which are restricted elsewhere, 100m S of the townland boundary with Ballymurphy. Depicted on the revised 1897 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped earthwork. An enclosure (LI022-013----) and a fulacht fiadh (LI022-012-----) lie 230m to ENE and 260m to NE. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a rectangular-shaped area (38m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a scarp (Wth 2.2m; H 0.2m) and an external fosse (Overall Wth 5.45m; base Wth 2m; D 0.3m). The scarp is slightly raised above the interior level at the NE and SW corners. The fosse is visible along the W and N sides, it is absent along the N portion of the E side and the S side. The fosse has been recut as a land drain at the NW corner and along the central and S portion of the E side and an earthen field boundary aligns the outer edge. Monument is visible as a large oval-shaped tree-planted feature on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 01/10/2015 and 06/02/2018. See attached sketch plan by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-013 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight N-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with moderate to restricted views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. A fulacht fiadh (LI022-012----) lies 150m to NW and a moated site (LI022-011----) lies 230m to SW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2001 and described as a slightly raised, roughly circular-shaped area (16m E-W; 15m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.1m; H .025m) mainly reduced to a scarp. A short portion of the scarp is levelled from WSW-W-WNW giving a slight crescentric shape to the monument. The interior is undulating and clear of overgrowth. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached sketch plan by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-016 Moated site
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, with moderate to restricted views in all directions. A townland boundary with Ballyshane lies 45m to E. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork and on the revised 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped tree-planted earthwork. An enclosure (LI022-013----) lies 240m to NW. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2001 and described as a raised, roughly rectangular-shaped area (23.5m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by the remains of an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.2m) and a fosse (overall Wth 7.2m; base Wth 4m; D 0.2m) with a causewayed entrance (Wth 2m) at SE. The bank is present all around although is almost reduced to a scarped edge, being best preserved at the NW, NE and SW corners where it is at its highest (int. H 0.5m) above the level of the interior. The fosse is visible along the S half of the E side and for the duration of the S and W sides. The interior is level, dry and planted with mature ash trees. The monument appears to be a moated site that has been landscape as a grove of trees. Monument is visible as a rectangular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached sketch plan by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-017 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slightly undulating E-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate to good views in all directions. Directly abutting the townland boundary with Skehanagh to N. An oval-shaped cropmark (LI022-263----) lies 40m to S. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Not indicated on 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map indicating that the earthwork was levelled bteween these map dates. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is visible as a subrectangular-shaped cropmark (43m E-W; 38m N-S) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 August 2020

• LI022-263 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slightly undulating E-facing slope, in pasture, with moderate to good views in all directions. Levelled enclosure (LI022-107----) 40m to N. An oval-shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 50m N-S; 51m E-W) is visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on OSi orhtophoto taken 2005-12. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 August 2020

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, church/chapel, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted single-cell Roman Catholic church, built in 1864, having five-bay nave elevations, lower gabled chancel and gabled sacristy to east elevation and entrance porches to west, north and south elevations. Pitched artificial slate roof with limestone copings terminating in carved limestone brackets, limestone cross finials, timber barge-boards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Gabled bellcote to west. Snecked limestone walls havning cut limestone plinth, with carved date plaque and recessed motif located above door. Lancet window openings to nave with cut limestone block-and-start surrounds to clear and stained glass windows. Triple lancet windows to chancel. Pointed arch openings having recessed timber battened doors with carved limestone hoodmouldings with stops and chamfered jambs. Square-headed opening to sacristy with blank pointed arch above having timber battened door with limestone block-and-start surround, approached by limestone steps. Upper cruck arch braced timber roof to interior. Pointed arch cut limestone arch to altar, timber gallery to rear. Double-leaf cast-iron gates to front of site flanked by octagonal profile gate piers with trefoil motifs and pointed capping stones. Dressed limestone plinth wall with cast-iron railings. Graveyard to south with upstanding grave markers.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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

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

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

Name

Skehanagh · An Sceachánach

Area

1,005,829 m² (100.58 ha, 248.55 acres)

Civil parish

Ballycahane, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Kilpeacon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilpeacon electoral division: 561 people in 192 households; 94% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahane Lower, Ballymurphy, Ballyregan, Ballyshane, Ballyveelish, Glebe, Kilpeacon, Marlbrook, Newtown

Placenames

Skehanagh 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.