Thomastown

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Thomastown, from 109 m² to 535,076 m² (53.51 ha, 132.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Thomastown 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.

• 14 Nov 2023Refused

  extension of permission for planning ref. 18/746: a dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 237030

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  a 2-storey dwelling house, garage, an advanced effluent treatment system and tertiary filter, a new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21666

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  demolition of an existing dwelling house and permission to construct a new replacement dwelling house in a new location, garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201018

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  construction of a slatted tank and feeding barrier in an existing agricultural shed

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20359

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  construction of a two storey dwelling, garage (domestic use), waste water treatment system, entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19511

• 24 Jul 2018Conditional

  a dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18746

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  change of use from private bungalow to residential care centre, & permission to convert bungalow to two self catering apartments & to construct an extension for one self catering apartment & to upgrade existing septic system by the installation of a Bio mechanical unit & polishing filter

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 17237

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 Thomastown.

Recorded monuments

• LI047-042 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 100m E of the townland boundary with Mountblakeney. Possible ringfort (LI047-041----) lies 250m to W. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by a scarp with fosse from SE-W-NE. Outline of earthwork defined by a fosse, is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimages where it is intersected at E by farm track running NW-SE. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-045 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, 40m NE of the townland boundary with Effin. Depicted as a circular-shaped earthwork on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised semi-circular-shaped area (dims. c. 24m NE-SW; 13m NW-SE) truncated at SE by railway track running NE-SW. Outline of overgrown monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-046 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, 50m S of a railway track. Depicted a a walled orchard on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. c. 20m) in centre of walled orchard with Ha-Ha like feature to W and house to E. Outline of earthwork is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. May be the remains of a landscape feature or a mound that has been reused as a landscape feature. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-047 Mound
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture immediately W of a stream that marks the townland boundary with Kilbreedy. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earrthwork. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (diam. c. 15m) defined by a scarp with traces of an external fosse. Outline of overgrown monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 30m N of a field boundary that marks the townland boundary with Tobernea West. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised sub-rectangular-shaped area (dims. c. 40m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp with fosse. Outline of scrub-covered monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 40m N of a field boundary that marks the townland boundary with Tobernea West. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam c. 23m) enclosed by two banks with intervening fosse. Outline of overgrown monument is visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages where it is intersected at W by field boundary running N-S and at NW by a field boundary running NW-SE. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• LI047-095 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 230m E of the townland boundary with Mountblakeney. Earthwork (LI047-042) lies 200m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible enclosure from aerial photographs (ASIAP). Faint trace of oval-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 33m N-S; 31m E-W) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 19 August 2021

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1870, with banded shaft, fluted neck and cap with finial. Curved handle. Set back from road having rubble and concrete wall to site.

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 Thomastown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_981 (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.

• Thomastown, Kilmallock5 sales

Name

Thomastown · Baile Thomáis

Area

3,848,138 m² (384.81 ha, 950.9 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbreedy Minor, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Tobernea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

694 people lived in 238 households in the Tobernea electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Breesheen South, Effin, Kilbreedy, Mountblakeney, Tobernea, Tobernea East, Tobernea Middle, Tobernea West

Placenames

Thomastown 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.