Barna

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barna, from 207 m² to 372,175 m² (37.22 ha, 91.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Barna 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 2025Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system with percolation area, entrance off existing farm driveway and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25369

• 7 Oct 2025Conditional

  construction of a domestic garage to the rear left hand side of the site and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561023

• 23 Jan 2025Conditional

  A) Construct a single storey granny flat extension to the rear of the existing Residence with all ancillary site works, B) Construct a single storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing Residence, C) Retention Planning Permission to retain as constructed front Porch to the existing Residence, D) Retention Planning Permission to retain as constructed Bedroom and utility room extension at the North side of the existing Residence

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2516

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  the construction of an entrance, a storey and a half type dwelling house and detached garage, provision of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211362

• 26 Aug 2019Conditional

  a two storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19840

• 28 Sept 2018Conditional

  using blasting as an extraction method in the quarry

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18952

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Galtee Mountains SAC 000646
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galtee Mountains 000646

Recorded monuments

• LI050-008 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 170m SW of the townland boundary with Kilsanlan and 30m S of a local road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped platform delimited by planted trees. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 65m N-S, 55m E-W) enclosed by a bank from W-N-E reuced to a scarp elsewhere which serves as a field boundary. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999 and described as no surface remains visible of levelled monument known locally as a ‘lis’. Levelled earthwork visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 4 October 2021

• LI050-012 Earthwork
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on slight NW-facing slope with excellent views from S-NNE. An enclosure (LI050-014---) lies 110m to the SE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area defined by a curving scarp from W-N-E and curving field boundaries from E-S-W. Levelled monument surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (10m N-S; 12m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 6m; H 0.45m). No surface remains visible of levelled earthwork or field boundaries on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Faint trace of levelled earthwork and relic field boundaries on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

• LI050-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight NW-facing slope with excellent views from S-NNE, 20m NE of the River Aherlow that forms townland boundary with Ballynamuddagh. An enclosure (LI050-012---) lies 110m to the NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as a raised circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, intersected at NE by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S. Shown on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with external fosse from SE-S-W-NW. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a slightly raised circular-shaped area (23.7m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a bank (Overall Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.45m) with waterlogged fosse incorporated into a field boundary. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3.1m) at NNE and modern gap (Wth 1.3m) at W. Overgrown interior slopes slightly to NW but raised slightly to compensate for natural slope. Scrub-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

• LI050-015 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  In pasture. Annotated ‘Cromlech’ on 1940 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted standing immediately NE of field boundary with farmhouse to NW. Recorded by Lynch (1910, 111-12) as follows; ‘Borlase states that in the Barony of Coshlea, Townland of Barna and Parish of Galbally, a Cromleac is marked on Ord. Surv. Map No. 50. I had a search made for this Cromleac and find that it has disappeared. The covering stone would appear to have been the last to remain. My correspondent states that “up to about four years ago [c. 1906] it stood about 600 yards [550m] from the public road at the end of the passage to a farm house. It was a large stone, sufficient to afford shelter to ten men from the rain. About that time the sons of the farmer blasted it and used it for draining purposes”. Comment on this act of vandalism is needless’. The Megalithic Survey of Ireland (De Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 79) recorded that; ‘It was not described in the earlier documents of the [OS] survey and its nature is uncertain. The O.S. name book for the 1901 edition records its destruction: “This has been blasted and has not the appearance of a cromlech. It stands on a fence and slightly inclines over the road. When this road was made this cromlech was disturbed and a portion of it broken up and used for metalling the road" '. Described in 1999 as no surface remains visible of Cromlech and the road has been widened. In the field to the NE, the ASI described a possible collapsed standing stone (dims. 1.2m N-S; 0.6m E-W, D 0.3m) that was partly buried, roughly rectangular in shape and orientated NNW-SSE. Recumbent stone visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 4 November 2021

• LI050-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight NW-facing slope with excellent views from W-NE, 50m SW of a watercourse that forms townland boundary with Baunteen. An enclosure (LI050-017---) lies 175m to the N. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area defined by a scarp and truncated in the NW by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. Surveyed by the ASI in 1999, described as a circular-shaped area (diam. 30m) enclosed by a bank (Overall Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.85m) from NE-E-S-SW, external bank from N-E-S (Overall Wth 3m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.4m)and intervening fosse (Wth at base 2m) from N-E-S-W. Intersected from W-N by a stream running NE-SW. Possible entrance gap (Wth 4.1m) at S and modern gap (Wth 1.5m) at SE. Interior level, wet and densely overgrown. Tree-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 November 2021

• LI050-021 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the ridge of Lyracappul, on the townland boundaries between Barna and Ballynamuddagh. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Mound’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Depicted on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular area defined by a scarp. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 November 2021

• LI050-022 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the ridge of Lyracappul Mountain, on the townland boundaries between Barna, Carrigeen Mountain and Baunteen. Two cairns (LI050-023001-/003-) lie 150m to the NE. Not marked on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated ‘Mound’ on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Depicted on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular area defined by a scarp. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 7 November 2021

Architectural heritage

• Barna House, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, comprising porch to front (west) elevation, single-bay two-storey extension to rear (south) elevation and lean-to to east. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Single-pitched corrugated-iron roof to rear extension. Rendered walls having moulded render stringcourse and fluted strip quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to rear. Square-headed openings with moulded render surrounds, limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to porch having replacement uPVC door. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-east having hipped corrugated-iron roof. Painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed window opening. Square-headed openings with corrugated-iron doors. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-west having pitched slate roof. Square-headed door openings. Round-headed niche. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south with pitched corrugated-iron roof. Painted rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with corrugated-iron doors.

• Barrack Bridge, bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c. 1810, with coursed rubble walls with roughly dressed copings to parapet walls. Dressed voussoirs to segmental-headed arches.

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 Barna, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Barna.

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

Name

Barna · An Bhearna

Area

3,940,471 m² (394.05 ha, 973.71 acres)

Civil parish

Galbally, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Riversdale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

272 people lived in 98 households in the Riversdale electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamuddagh, Baunteen, Carrigeen Mountain, Keeloges, Kilscanlan, Park

Placenames

Barna 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.