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

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

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,309,126 m² (130.91 ha, 323.49 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,441 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 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): 1,207 people lived in 491 households in the Glin electoral division. 74% of households owned 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/30740
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120204
- Centre: latitude 52.551857, longitude -9.32348 (WGS 84)

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

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycullane Upper, from 264 m² to 200,900 m² (20.09 ha, 49.64 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1665260: 200,900 m² (20.09 ha, 49.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665260.md
- Parcel 1624529: 164,227 m² (16.42 ha, 40.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624529.md
- Parcel 1670589: 104,391 m² (10.44 ha, 25.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670589.md
- Parcel 1640045: 97,645 m² (9.76 ha, 24.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1640045.md
- Parcel 2485234: 85,586 m² (8.56 ha, 21.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485234.md
- Parcel 1638332: 83,755 m² (8.38 ha, 20.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1638332.md
- Parcel 1630147: 77,785 m² (7.78 ha, 19.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1630147.md
- Parcel 1624528: 64,056 m² (6.41 ha, 15.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624528.md
- Parcel 1647590: 50,264 m² (5.03 ha, 12.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647590.md
- Parcel 1643384: 43,334 m² (4.33 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643384.md
- Parcel 1666392: 42,100 m² (4.21 ha, 10.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666392.md
- Parcel 1673365: 41,425 m² (4.14 ha, 10.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673365.md
- Parcel 1659869: 41,338 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659869.md
- Parcel 1606794: 34,814 m² (3.48 ha, 8.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606794.md
- Parcel 5161747: 28,573 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5161747.md
- Parcel 1611222: 23,353 m² (2.34 ha, 5.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1611222.md
- Parcel 1658734: 19,730 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658734.md
- Parcel 1624527: 15,176 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624527.md
- Parcel 3389428: 11,335 m² (1.13 ha, 2.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389428.md
- Parcel 5568029: 8,595 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5568029.md
- Parcel 1589068: 8,441 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589068.md
- Parcel 1606503: 7,305 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606503.md
- Parcel 3615073: 6,223 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3615073.md
- Parcel 1610132: 6,214 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610132.md
- Parcel 1657040: 6,139 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657040.md
- Parcel 3268293: 5,777 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3268293.md
- Parcel 1656333: 4,193 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656333.md
- Parcel 4286208: 4,057 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4286208.md
- Parcel 1653993: 3,016 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653993.md
- Parcel 1589468: 2,521 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589468.md
- Parcel 1664569: 2,473 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664569.md
- Parcel 5161728: 2,334 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5161728.md
- Parcel 1601960: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601960.md
- Parcel 1622452: 2,169 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622452.md
- Parcel 1650622: 2,100 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650622.md
- Parcel 1655691: 1,994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655691.md
- Parcel 1602651: 1,933 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602651.md
- Parcel 3389463: 631 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389463.md
- Parcel 1662174: 334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662174.md
- Parcel 1655366: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655366.md
- Parcel 5161751: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5161751.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycullane Upper 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.

- 7 Nov 2025, Limerick County Council 25363: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a slatted house, roofed feed passages, slatted tank, holding pens and concrete aprons. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/25363/0
- 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
- 12 Feb 2024, Limerick County Council 2442: Conditional. Retention. the (1) Retention Permission for as-constructed equestrian centre comprising 17no. stables, office/canteen, feed store, tack room, toilet facilities and attached hay barn, (change of design from that previously granted under planning ref. 98/189) (2) Retention permission is also sought for a change of site layout from that previously granted under planning ref. 98/189. (3) Planning Permission is also sought for change of use of part of existing stable block to low-capacity pet crematorium, cold store area and processing room and all associated ancillary site works. This development is within the site of a recorded monument, LI017-027, Ringfort-Rath. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2442/0
- 15 Dec 2023, Limerick County Council 23604: N/a. Retention. the (1) Retention Permission for as-constructed equestrian centre comprising 17no. stables, office/canteen, feed store, tack room, toilet facilities and attached hay barn, (change of design from that previously granted under planning ref. 98/189) (2) Retention permission is also sought for a change of site layout from that previously granted under planning ref. 98/189. (3) Planning Permission is also sought for change of use of part of existing stable block to low-capacity pet crematorium, cold store area and processing room and all associated ancillary site works. This development is within the site of a recorded monument, LI017-027, Ringfort-Rath. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/23604/0

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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 Upper.

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

- LI017-027: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-027----. In undulating pasture, on NE-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.9m). Much of bank and all of interior are covered by dense overgrowth. Gap in bank at NW (Wth c. 1m). Field boundary, travelling on N-S axis, abuts bank at NE and SE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-028: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-028----. In undulating scrubland, at foot of N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, appears to have been levelled. No trace of monument evident in area covered by scrub overgrowth. Ringfort (LI017-009---) c. 30m to NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-029: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-029----. In undulating pasture, on N-facing slope. Oval area (19m N-S; 15m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 5m; Wth 14m) NE->SE, and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.65m) with external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 1.2m) S->NE. Bank is truncated by E-W field boundary SE->S. Interior level and under grass except for slight dip inside bank S->W which is covered in rushes. Immediately beyond field boundary to E is ringfort (LI017-030---) probably conjoined with this one. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-030: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-030----. In marshy terrain, on N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled but trace of enclosing element discernible NW->SW. This consists of slight scarped edge (H c. 0.25m; Wth 3m) with external fosse (D c. 0.95m; Wth c. 5m). There are traces of a slight counterscarp bank NW->NE and E->SE (H c. 0.25m). Enclosure truncated SW->NW by N-S field boundary. Immediately beyond field boundary to W is ringfort (LI017-029---) probably conjoined with this one. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-031: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-031----. In low-lying uneven marshy terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked oval enclosure (c. 15m E-W; c. 20m N-S) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-032: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-032----. In a plantation of coniferous trees. There is now no evident surface trace of the 'dolmen' excavated in 1935 by T.F. Riley on behalf of National Museum of Ireland after a polished stone axe was found 'inside the dolmen' by local school children. According to the excavator 'the most careful searching failed to reveal any trace of either artefact or skeletal material' (NMI). The sketch accompanying this report shows a capstone (gable-shaped in plan: c. 1.5m x c. 1.7m) supported along its edge by seven irregularly placed uprights. The report also mentions another 'dolmen' (LI017-034---), a 'mound' (LI017-035---) and a 'pillar stone' (LI017-036---) in the vicinity. According to local information these structures removed when the area was planted with trees in the 1970s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-033: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-033----. In low-lying marshy terrain. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. Site is now evident as circle (24m N-S; 22m E-W) of taller grass and slightly dryer ground in field of rough marshy pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-034: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-034----. In a plantation of coniferous trees. There is now no evident surface trace of the 'second overturned dolmen' mentioned by T.F. Riley in his report on the excavation of a 'dolmen' in 1935 (NMI). The site is located on an accompanying sketch map 50m E of the excavated 'dolmen' (LI017-032---). According to local information the two structures were removed when trees were planted here in the 1970s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-035: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-035----. In a plantation of coniferous trees. There is now no evident trace of the 'mound' mentioned by T.F. Riley in his report on the excavation of a 'dolmen' in 1935 (NMI top. files). The mound is located on his sketch map c. 50m ESE of the dolmen (LI017-032---). According to local information the mound was removed when the trees were planted here in the 1970s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI017-036: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI017-036----. In a plantation of coniferous trees. There is now no evident trace of the 'pillar stone' mentioned by T.F. Riley in his 1935 excavation report of a nearby 'dolmen' (see LI017-032---). He located the stone 150m E of the 'dolmen' (LI017-032---). According to local information the stone was removed when the trees were planted here in the 1970s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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 Upper.

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballycullane Upper, about 1 in 10 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballycullane Upper.
- 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-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballycullane Upper 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 Lower: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-lower.md
- Ballygoghlan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballygoghlan.md
- Ballynagaul: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynagaul.md
- Tullyleague: https://everytownland.com/limerick/tullyleague.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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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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballycullane-upper
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