Boherboy
Boherboy is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcornan, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Bóthar Buí.
- Area
- 31.3 ha
- 77 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 3,520 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boherboy, from 206 m² to 75,794 m² (7.58 ha, 18.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Boherboy 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Jul 2026N/a
the change of use of a portion of an existing storage building to a car valeting commercial business, the erection of metal sheeting and signage and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660762
26 Mar 2026Conditional
a change of house design and relocation of domestic garage to rear of dwelling granted planning under planning ref. no. 24/61275
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2678
17 Mar 2026N/a
the change of use of the formerly vacant service station to a café, the alterations to the front façade of the building, the installation of toilets, benches, seating areas to the front and rear of the property and the erection of signage on site & on the building together with all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660301
14 Oct 2025Refused
the change of use of the former filling station to a café and for the existing car wash. Planning permission for the construction of new sanitary facilities for the café. Change of use of part of the existing public house/restaurant and function room to provide a gymnasium, a barber shop, and a modified public house/restaurant. Construction of a ground floor extension to provide an access corridor to the rear of the proposed gym; construction of a ground floor extension to provide a new entrance and sanitary facilities for the restaurant and to provide access to the first floor existing residential area. Construction of a first floor extension to the rear to accommodate a fitness studio, changing rooms and ancillary gymnasium areas; a separate first floor extension to staff office facilities; and a new roof connecting with the existing pitched roof structure. Alterations and change of use of the existing go-kart track to an athletics/walking track. Change of use of the existing track viewing area/ changing room structure to sports injury treatment rooms. Alterations to the façade and change of use of the existing storage building to a hydro training area. Construction and installation of 2 no. paddle courts with enclosed glass panel walls. Change of use of the existing barn structure to a car valet and cleaning area. Site development works including: installation of 6 no. sauna and plunge pool pods and a wave pool in a new external recreation area; installation of a new wastewater treatment system; improvements to SUDS drainage infrastructure; alterations to existing vehicle entrances; provision of new parking areas and internal roads; modifications to site walls; installation of new footpaths and pedestrian areas; and all associated site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2561037
18 Dec 2024Conditional
construction of a new dwelling and detached garage, the installation of a waste-water treatment system, a new vehicle entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461275
5 Jan 2024N/a
the demolition of existing single storey function room / night club / restaurant / petrol station & canopy, toilet blocks / 1st. floor living accommodation and construction of new 2 storey 20 bed country lodge, including refurbishment of existing original public bar. Provision of new foul treatment unit & rainwater retention system and associated site development works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 246
9 Jun 2022Refused
the demolition of existing single storey function room/nite club/restaurant, toilet blocks/1st floor living accommodation and construction of new 2 storey 20 bed country lodge, including refurbishment of existing original public bar & petrol station/associated site development works and replace existing on site treatment unit
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22649
16 Jul 2021Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211016
22 Dec 2020Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201402
26 Nov 2019Conditional
construction of a dwelling, garage, entrance, effluent treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191159
21 May 2019Conditional
the construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19503
29 Jan 2019Conditional
the construction of a garage and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 1964
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Askeaton Fen Complex SAC 002279
- Special Area of Conservation: Curraghchase Woods SAC 000174
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curraghchase Woods 000174
Recorded monuments
- LI011-073 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope, surrounded by marsh E->NW. Circular area (diam. 23.5m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (D 0.3m, Wth 1m) ENE->NW. Bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2.15m) best preserved along N arc, but denuded to scarped edge SSE->SSW. Dip in bank at W (Wth 2.35m) matched by causeway across fosse. Earth-and-stone counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.3m) E->NW. Dry-stone field wall abuts bank at E and NW. Interior, heavily masked by briars; in NW quadrant are remains of rectangular structure (9.8m N-S; 3.4m E-W) consisting of collapsed stone wall (Wth 0.8m; H 0.3m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boherboy.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Boherboy, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boherboy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Boherboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Boherboy · An Bóthar Buí
- Area
- 312,638 m² (31.26 ha, 77.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcornan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Kilcornan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 839 people lived in 278 households in the Kilcornan electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyshonickbane, Blossomhill, Cragreagh, Currahchase North, Dromlohan
- Placenames
- Boherboy 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.