# Ballycullane Lower, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilfergus, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Chathláin Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 663,628 m² (66.36 ha, 163.99 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,191 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilfergus, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/kilfergus.md
- Barony: Shanid
- Electoral division: Glin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Glin electoral division: 1,207 people in 491 households; 74% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/30739
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120203
- Centre: latitude 52.561141, longitude -9.332151 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycullane Lower, from 109 m² to 186,061 m² (18.61 ha, 45.98 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1663382: 186,061 m² (18.61 ha, 45.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663382.md
- Parcel 1672948: 136,835 m² (13.68 ha, 33.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1672948.md
- Parcel 4812740: 99,711 m² (9.97 ha, 24.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4812740.md
- Parcel 1625306: 87,673 m² (8.77 ha, 21.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625306.md
- Parcel 1666393: 72,505 m² (7.25 ha, 17.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666393.md
- Parcel 1619388: 40,469 m² (4.05 ha, 10 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619388.md
- Parcel 1597716: 14,952 m² (1.5 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597716.md
- Parcel 1650621: 3,533 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650621.md
- Parcel 1608063: 3,227 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608063.md
- Parcel 5471967: 3,156 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5471967.md
- Parcel 1659067: 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659067.md
- Parcel 4812728: 2,887 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4812728.md
- Parcel 1595600: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595600.md
- Parcel 1642935: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642935.md
- Parcel 1659339: 2,116 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659339.md
- Parcel 1625307: 1,098 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1625307.md
- Parcel 1658755: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658755.md
- Parcel 5440957: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5440957.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 25 Sept 2025, Limerick County Council 2560970: N/a. Permission. a renewable energy development as defined by The European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The Proposed Development, subject of this application, will consist of: The development and operation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with a total area of 285.74ha, 94.98ha of which lies within Co. Limerick. The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 40 years and comprises the following - i. Construction and operation of up to 270,591 sqm. of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.96 metres. ii. Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. iii. Up to 9 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. iv. Construction and operational access to the site by 3 no. site entrances using existing field access points. v. 2 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. vi. Provision of single storey substation control building of 217 sqm and associated works. vii. 33kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. viii. Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. ix. The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life. The elements of the Proposed Project located in Co. Limerick, as described above in i – ix, are the subject of this planning application. The remaining elements, including the construction of 524,178 sqm of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.96 metres, internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units, up to 20 no. electrical / inverter transformer skid units, construction and operational access to the site by 6 no. site entrances, using 4 no. existing field access points and 2 no. new access points, 3 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project, 33kV collector cab. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560970/0
- 6 Aug 2021, Limerick County Council 211129: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. dwelling house as constructed, domestic garage as constructed from those previously permitted under planning application reference 18/1008. retention is also sought for an additional domestic garage constructed on site. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211129/0
- 16 Oct 2018, Limerick County Council 181008: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a new storey and a half dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment and percolation area, entrance, drive and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/181008/0
- 5 Sept 2017, Limerick County Council 17824: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17824/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycullane Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI017-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-004----. In gently undulating pasture. Circular area (24m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.45m; Wth 3m) with external fosse (D 0.15m; Wth c. 5m) and external bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.45m). According to local information monument levelled-out to present form c. 1958. Enclosure under grass but differential growth-pattern (darker grass and concentration of weeds) accentuates line of fosse. External bank truncated NE->SE by field drain. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 21/1956).
- LI017-007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-007----. In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-009: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-009----. In undulating pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular enclosure bisected by field boundary (axis SW-NE): section to NW levelled c. 1958 but faint trace of enclosing element discernible; section to SE obscured by dense overgrowth of bushes etc. but enclosing element intact. Northwest section defined by scarped edge (H c. 0.55m; Wth 3m) with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth c. 1.3m), and with external bank NE->E (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.75m). Southeast section enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse: inner bank (int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.7m); flat-bottomed fosse (Wth c. 2.8m); external bank (int. H 2.1m; ext. H 1.1m). Level interior (diam. c. 28m) is covered by dense overgrowth on SE side but is under grass on NW side. Levelled enclosure (LI017-028---) c. 30m to SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 22/1956).
- LI017-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-010----. In undulating pasture. Oval area (38m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks. Inner bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.7m) runs full circuit but external bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.3m) only evident E->SW; banks are 4.6m apart. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-011----. In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 60m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is no longer evident. Site is now occupied by a piggery. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-053: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-053----. In improved pasture 80m E of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Kilmurrily and county boundary with Kerry. Ringfort (LI017-004---) lies 160m to SE and ringfort (KE003-030---) 200m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps it was identified from an aerial photograph as a circular cropmark indicating a levelled circular-shaped enclosure. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. Possible cropmark (diam. c. 40m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken between 2011-13. Faint oval-shaped cropmark (dims. c. 48m N-S x 75m E-W) visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 15/04/2020. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 6 April 2021

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycullane Lower.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_305, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_305.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballycullane Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballycullane Upper: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-upper.md
- Ballydonohoe: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballydonohoe-120211.md
- Ballygoghlan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballygoghlan.md
- Ballynagaul: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynagaul.md
- Court: https://everytownland.com/limerick/court-120784.md
- Farranmiller: https://everytownland.com/limerick/farranmiller.md
- Kilmurrily (Co. Kerry): https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilmurrily.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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