Rivers

752 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rivers, from 9 m² to 473,763 m² (47.38 ha, 117.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 58 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 662 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Local Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6High Tech/Manufacturing Campus (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI006-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Formerly in pasture, now sub-divided by two gardens of modern house plots, the Mulkear River lies 150m to W with Annacotty Bridge 200m to SSE. Annotated 'Bundotia Fort' on the 1840 OS 6-inch map when it is depicted as a circular shaped enclosure defined by a bank intersected at W and S by a post 1700-field boundary. Depicted as a semi-circulalr shaped earthwork with SW quadrant levelled by modern field boundary on the revised 1897 OS 25-inch map. Present remains consist of a D-shaped area (c. 21.5m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp which is transected at SW by a modern field boundary running NW-SE as depicted on the OS 25-inch map. The enclosure is now bisected by a recent property boundary running NE-SW. The S third of the site has been damaged by mechanical excavation around c. 1996 where the scarped edge of the enclosure was pushed back onto the modern property boundary forming a mound of soil c. 0.65m high. The northern portion is less denuded and is defined by the curving scarped edge to the monument that rises above the field surface. The landowner of the N quadrant of the enclosure described a ‘hole’ located outside the NNE edge that was filled in c. 1960, suggesting the potential location of a partially collapsed souterrain. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• LI006-019 Earthwork
  Description

  On level ground within The Willows housing estate, 165m W of the Mulkear River. Natural spring well 13m to SSE as shown on OS 6-inch maps. The site is described from cartographic and aerial photographic evidence only. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Shown as a raised circular-shaped shaped area (approx. int. diam. 26m) defined by a scarp on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Depicted as a small sunken area enclosed by a bank similar to a pond-barrow on the Cassini OS 6-inch map. Outline of tree-covered monument in centre of housing estate clearly visible on Google Earth orthophotos taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 July 2020

• LI006-063 Enclosure
  Description

  In the north west corner of a field of rough pasture which slopes from south to north, adjacent to the Annacotty roundabout junction R445 and L1165. Remains consist of an oval-shaped enclosure defined by a ditch was identified by Celie O'Rahilly from examination of OSi 1:10,000 aerial photographs (OS 3/9195 taken 13/09/1985) prior to the construction of the Limerick ring road. This monument is not indicated on any edition of the OS maps. No surface remains visible of this extant enclosure site the precise location of which has now been identified by archaeological test trenching (Tobin 2018). Test excavations in 2005 by Cia McConway and Niall Gregory under Licence No. 05E1251 revealed the remains of a possible fulacht fiadh (LI006-094001----), possible kiln corn-drying (LI006-094002----) and other miscellaneous features (LI006-094003----), in the NW quadrant of this field but the trenches failed to locate the presence of the enclosure (www.excavations.ie 2005:952; McConway 2008, 237). The excavator suggested that the site of the possible enclosure may have been severely impacted or possibly destroyed by the construction of the roadworks (McConway and Gregory 2008, 237). However an archaeological assessment and test excavations carried out in 2017 by Red Tobin under Licence No. 17E0450, identified the precise location of the extant enclosure and he summarised his findings as following; ‘These trenches confirmed the location of the Enclosure (diam. 50.17m N-S x 33.97m E-W) ditch in 5 out of the 6 trenches. It is likely that the Enclosure suffered some damage during the roadworks to the north and west of the field. The ADS trenches (05E1251) show that the interior of the enclosure displays evidence of intense activity in the past. The antiquity of the enclosure remains unknown. The excavation confirmed that archaeological material does not extend beyond the limits of the enclosure ditch’ (www.excavations.ie 2017:283; Tobin 2018). A geophysical survey which failed to identify the presence of the enclosure was carried out in this field by JML Surveys under licence No. 17R0144 as part of the archaeological assessment (Leigh 2017). The above features excavated in 2005 wee all located inside the enclosure and have been reinterpreted as features associated with this monument. These archaeological features were described as the following; Feature 1 is roughly circular in plan (Dims. L 0.53m, W 0.48m) consisting of charcoal-rich deposit and high quantity of fired sandstone. Feature 2 is sub-rectangular in plan (Dims. L 2.02m, W 1.13m) consisting of charcoal rich brown to black clay. See attached images taken from Archaeological Assessment Report by Redmond Tobin Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2020

• LI006-094002 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Test excavations in 2005 by Cia McConway and Niall Gregory under Licence No. 05E1251 revealed the remains of a possible fulacht fiadh (LI006-094001-), possible kiln corn-drying (LI006-094002-) and other miscellaneous features (LI006-094003-), all of which were located inside an enclosure (LI006-063----) (www.excavations.ie 2005:952; McConway 2008, 237). Examination of the excavation report found that this potential site was actually a feature recorded within the enclosure (LI006-063----). Feature 2 is sub-rectangular in plan (Dims. L 2.02m, W 1.13m) consisting of charcoal rich brown to black clay (McConway and Gregory 2006, 5). This entry has therefore been reclassified as a redundant record as it is only a feature from the interior of an excavated enclosure. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 16 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Mill (water), 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay four-storey double-pile former mill, built c. 1790. Comprising four-bay single-storey over basement addition to north and gable-fronted single-bay three-storey extension to south elevation. Now in use as restaurant. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls and cast-iron ties. Rendered walls to north addition. Camber-headed openings with limestone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber casement windows. Square-headed openings to north addition having limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to south extension, east elevation with red brick surrounds and timber louvered vents. Camber-headed openings to west elevation having red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber battened doors. Square-headed opening to north elevation having timber battened door.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rivers, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1055 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Rivers · Cluain Cliabh

Area

1,950,764 m² (195.08 ha, 482.04 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmurray, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballyvarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyclogh, Ballynagowan, Ballyvollane, Castletroy, Garraunykee, Knockbrack West, Mountshannon, Newcastle, Newtown, Raheen, Richhill, Thornfield, Woodstown

Placenames

Rivers 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.