Knightstreet

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knightstreet, from 41 m² to 26,045 m² (2.6 ha, 6.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Local Center (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Mar 2026Conditional

  a hobby shed, two garden sheds, a timber open-sized gazebo and a polytunnel in the rear garden area

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2671

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  A) Construction of a single storey 2No. classroom ASD unit, Mainstream classroom and SET room extension to the rear of the existing school and erect signage, B) Extend existing staff carpark, C) Relocate existing basketball court, extend existing play area together with new sensory garden, D) Relocate existing gas tank, E) proposed new plant, F) Demolishing and removing existing prefab, together with connections to all existing services along with all associated site works.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560472

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  raising the rear walls and construction of a new roof to create a first-floor extension to house no.'s 1, 2 and to subdivide house no 3 into 2 no. separate dwelling units and to reconstruct existing first floor rear extension with new roof and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24236

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  the demolition of an existing disused building and the construction of a dwelling house & domestic garage, to be served by connection to water supply, connections to existing public foul and surface water drainage infrastructure. Permission to widen the existing vehicular entrance, build a new front boundary wall and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460529

• 28 Mar 2022Conditional

  the following: (i) to change the opening hours from 9am-3pm at present to 7:30am-6:00pm (ii) to add the type of service to include breakfast club, preschool, part time and afterschool and (iii) to amend condition no. 2 of planning permission ref. no. 13/51. The amendment will allow for an increase in the number of children to be accommodated in the playschool on any one day from 26 to 36

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22339

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  modifications to windows and canopy on the front elevation of the house and a new window opening on the gable of the house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21941

• 4 Sept 2020Conditional

  change of house type and minor relocation changes to the dwelling house on site 1 from that previously granted under planning reference 14/489 and extended under 19/7016: construction of 8 no. dwelling houses, waste water treatment systems, services roads and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20869

• 5 May 2020Conditional

  the construction of 1 no. single storey garage with wc facilities to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20356

• 3 Apr 2020Conditional

  the steel framework and roof timbers of a farm machinery shed and permission for the completion of the sheeting of the farm machinery shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20283

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 14/489: construction of 8 no. dwelling houses, waste water treatment systems, services roads and all ancillary site services

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 197016

• 14 May 2019Conditional

  (1) construction of a first floor to existing rear single storey extension, which will consist of a bedroom and family bathroom, (2) construction of a first floor to existing gable garage, which will consist of an en-suite and storage space, and (3) to replace existing front door to garage with new window to match existing and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19477

• 10 Jan 2019Conditional

  is being sought for a domestic garage to the rear of the existing house and permission for the construction of a single storey domestic shed to the rear of the existing house and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 1912

• 21 Nov 2018N/a

  the construction of a single storey domestic shed to the rear of the existing house and all ancillary site works. Retention Permission is being sought for a domestic garage to the rear of the existing house

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 181129

• 30 Oct 2018Conditional

  alter and extend the existing national school, alter the existing front pedestrian entrance and erect signage, along with all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181050

• 7 Dec 2017Conditional

  the change of house type on previously approved planning 14/489 for sites 7 & 8, from house type C to house type B and all ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 171140

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  1. Construction of a first floor over the existing workshop area of building, 2. Provision of an internal fire escape stairs. 3. Relocation of existing boilers from inside the existing building to a location external to the building and all associated site works. The building is a protected structure RPS No. M29M (10) and is on the NIAH Ref. No. 21827008

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17177

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 Knightstreet.

Recorded monuments

• LI029-106 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Ballingarry Castle described in 1840 as following; 'Ballingarry Castle, the walls of which are in a state of perfect preservation, is situated in the townland of Knight Street, immediately adjoining the Village of Ballingarry. It measures thirty eight feet [11.6m] by twenty six and a half feet [8m] on the outside. On the southeast side there is a window. Some of the glass till remains in it. Towards the east corner of the same side, there is a square port-hole, and over it a small narrow glazed window. On the south west side there is a double pointed window, the frame work of which is of wood; it has a very modern appearance. Above this on each side there are two windows of this form, having still some glass in them. On the north west side near the ground there is a window, and near the top of this side there is a window having ornamental moulding of cut stone. On the north corner there is a square tower, the north west side of which is a continuation of the wall of the castle; this tower is about a hundred feet [30m] in height, and contains several narrow square windows. The entrance is at the north east. On this side there is a window of ornamental cut-stone and two plain square windows having the glass still remaining in them. The walls of this castle are about sixty five feet [20m] high, three feet nine inches [1.14m] in thickness and built of regular-sized stones cemented with lime and sand mortar. The tower contains the stairs leading to the top of the building. The castle consists of three stories the ceiling over the second floor being arched and plastered. On the third floor there is fixed a large old chimney piece brought from Kilmallock by Mr. Gibbons, who at one period fitted up this castle as a dwelling place. On the centre of the upper part of this chimney piece there is a slab having the following letters and figures raised on it; 16 . I.H.S . 38. Towards the edges of the chimney piece on each side of this slab are the letters S. H. on the left, and E. H. on the right. Ballingarry Castle is said traditionally to have been an erection of the Knights Templars, from whom the name of the townland in which it is situated, and a street in the village is called Knight Street' (OSL, 23-4). The castle building was described by Westropp as a 'picturesque tower, but greatly modernised. It was repaired in 1821 for the Rev. T. Gibbings, and was called; Parson's C[astle], 1827, being used as a barrack during the Rockite troubles (Fitzgerald i., 381). According to Molony (1905, 262), 'Ballingarry Castle belonged to the de Lacy family down to the time of the Desmond confiscations. It stood a siege for the Desmond cause in 1569, and was taken by assault, and its garrison of forty men put to the sword. Its owner, John Lacy, was attainted in 1583. It belonged to John Massey in 1641; was a ruin at the end of the seventeenth century, but was restored in 1821 for his residence by the Rev. Thomas Gibbings, while the glebe-house was being built. It then became a soldiers' barrack during the "Colonel Rock " troubles in the district; subsequently was used as an auxiliary hospital, and is now ingloriously ending its days as a cow-house. It consists of an oblong tower 53 feet [16m] in height, bearing a turret which attains a further altitude of 15 feet [5m]. It has stepped battlements, and is of graceful proportions; but its beauty is marred by some cow-stalls having been built against its walls'. Castle described in 2004 as a, 'lofty de Lacy tower measures 11.4m by 8m at the level of the hall on the third storey where a large window embrasure has a piscina on one side and has evidently contained an altar. Other embrasures have seats and two-light windows. A spiral stair in a corner leads down to the entrance and cellar. The stair to the battlements is squinched out over the re-entrant angle between the end wall and a wing containing a latrine and bedchamber' (Salter 2004, 62). Westropp (1906-7, 223) recorded the following details on Ballingarry; ‘Ballingarry C[astle]. is a reputed Templary. The place is called Le Garth in 1291. In 1319 Garthbyboys was held by T. de Lees, and given in charge to W. Hampton (Grossi Fines). It had evidently belonged to the Byboys family. W. Byboys witnesses charters in 1228 (B.B.L., pp. 34, 74). In 1252 H. Byboys witnessed that T. f. Rob had enfeoffed H. Aunsell, and had not been disseised by him (Plea R., m. 4 d). 1289 Rad. Biboys and Ric. del Esse. (See Plea R., 14. m. 2.) 1290 Alice, mother of Robert Byboys, was unjustly disseised of her lands in Cortynath (Ib., 16, m. 24). 1295 Eliz. Byboys is summoned to the King's Bench in a suit of the Abbot of Keynsham; and Tho. Byboys also appears in the suit against Roger de Lees (Justic. R., pp. 27,48). 1336 Dandree, alias Villa Rectoris, held by Bishop de Rupefort (Rental). 1408 The town was walled (Pat. R.). 1411 Tho. Saleys, alias Cristour, held Garthbiboys in Limerick Diocese (Cal. Papal Letters, p. 281). 1569 Capt. J. Warde reported that Lieut. Creeves was wounded before Garrystown C[astle]. The place was then stormed and the garrison of forty men put to the sword (C.S.P.L, xxix., No. 68). 1578 Ger., Earl of Desmond, owned a "platea "called "strat, militis" in Ballingarry, and Lacy held the C[astle]. (Inq. Exch., 10,11, 54). 1586 Shradenruddery, or Knightstreet, granted to Billingsley (Fi. 5171; Carew i., p. 450) Shanaclone C[astle]. at Knightstreet (Peyton, 56, 63). 1612 The manor, C[astle], and town of Garestown granted to W. "Casie" (Lacey) (Pat. R.). 1641 J. Mason held the C[astle], mill [LI029-116----], and fair of Ballingarry. 1653 The Agents of Connolough pay £30 for hay for the garrison of Ballingar (Account R., 8); Ballingarrie or Dadrienarrylane (C.S., 38). 1667 Confirmed to J. Odell (Act Sett.). 1691 Burned by the Irish garrison of Newcastle'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019

Architectural heritage

• Echo Lodge, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built in 1884, comprising recessed centre-bay and portico to front (south-east), bay windows to south-west elevation, first floor and recent multiple-bay extensions to rear (north-west elevation) and north-east elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, timber brackets and rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having limestone quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings with bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows having render keystones and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to bay windows and rear elevation having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Round-headed opening to north-east elevation with one-over-one pane timber sliding margin sash windows and limestone sill. Round-headed openings to portico south-west and north-east elevations having fixed windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening having timber panelled door and flanking square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and limestone sills. Portico comprising limestone Doric columns supporting carved frieze with inscription and entablature having flanking render Doric style pilasters. Flight of limestone steps to entrance. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to south with double-leaf acanthus-headed cast-iron gates having sweeping walls terminating in second pair of piers.

• Quaid, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house and former shop, built c. 1850, having render shopfront to front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed openings to first floor with moulded render surrounds and painted sills with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed openings to second floor having fixed windows and continuous concrete sill course. Square-headed opening with moulded render surround and glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Tripartite shopfront comprising render pilasters having scrolled consoles with acanthus style motifs supporting moulded render entablature over render fascia with raised lettering. Square-headed display openings having timber casement windows. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door.

• Sheehy, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house and former shop, built c. 1800, having timber shopfront to front (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed openings to first floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed openings to north and south elevations having fixed windows. Square-headed opening to ground floor with timber casement window and concrete sill. Square-headed opening having replacement half-glazed timber panelled door. Tripartite shopfront comprising timber engaged columns supporting entablature over fascia with raised lettering. Square-headed display openings with inset bipartite round-headed fixed windows having carved timber surrounds. Square-headed opening with flanking timber engaged columns and timber battened double-leaf doors.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace pair of two-storey houses, built c. 1840. Comprising three-bay house to south and two-bay house to north. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with painted stone sills. Square-headed openings having timber panelled doors. Rendered walls to site with render copings. Flight of concrete steps to entrances having cast-iron balustrades and railings.

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1870, with round fluted shaft, spout, moulded base, fluted domed cap, round turning knob to side and bucket stand. Set into concrete paving at edge of street. Maker's mark, now illegible, to shaft.

• Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former glebe house, built in 1822, having extension to west elevation. Hipped sprocketed slate roof with rendered central chimneystack and limestone eaves course. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening with moulded render surround and glazed overlight over timber panelled double-leaf door. Flight of limestone steps to entrance.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Knightstreet.

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

Name

Knightstreet · Sráid an Ridire

Area

419,949 m² (41.99 ha, 103.77 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry(Croom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Ballingarry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballingarry electoral division: 970 people in 369 households; 75% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamucky, Cloonregan, Cloontemple, Doonbeirne, Downs, Rylanes, Rylanes

Placenames

Knightstreet 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.