Bruree

302 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bruree, from 5 m² to 129,348 m² (12.93 ha, 31.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 177 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.3Utilities (Mixed/general gas and electricity uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Apr 2026N/a

  (a) the demolition of an existing 2 storey dwelling and associated garden walls to the south of existing DeValera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre structure to create accessible public realm with the installation of feature lighting, footpath. (b) a new single storey linear extension to the north of the existing structure (c) a new single storey triangular extension to the east of the existing structure (d) road enhancements along with the provision of 11no. car park spaces and 5 no. bicycle racks to the rear (e) the refurbishment and repurposing of the structure as an interpretation centre with multi-purpose community space including all ancillary site works at the DeValera Museum and Bruree Heritage Centre (Protected Structure RPS no.1036, NIAH Ref no. 21804014)

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660380

• 20 Nov 2025Conditional

  the demolition of existing substandard dwelling house and replace it with a new single-storey dwelling house of similar size and footprint, to include connecting to the public sewer and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561207

• 9 Oct 2025Conditional

  a new roof to 2 no. existing dwellings resulting in an increase in the overall height of the dwellings, provision of a new first floor to both dwellings and box dormers to the rear, elevational changes and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561025

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  extension of the public house to include a function area and outside covered smoking area, toilets storage area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25219

• 29 Apr 2025Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing substandard extension and replacing it with a new extension to the rear of existing dwelling, convert part of existing garage into a home office, associated renovation works, connect to the public sewer and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560383

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  a new food production factory. The ground floor will include: a new entrance, reception/office, entrance hall, toilets, staff room, product testing room, production area, fridge room, ingredients and packaging areas, pallet store, transpost office, deliveries, maintenance shed, boiler house, bunded storage tanks, staff and visitor parking and connection to the existing foul and stormwater systems. The first floor will include: sales office, stair shaft, toilet, production area store

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461240

• 26 Jul 2024N/a

  the demolition of 2 No. existing dwellings and permission for 2 No. dwellings; along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460756

• 8 Aug 2023Conditional

  ball wall, astro turf pitch with perimeter fence including netting, astro turf LED lights and gravel path LED lights

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23403

• 27 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling house, installation of a new upgraded domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360456

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  existing entrance

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22660

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  the front porch, side extension, rear extension and two dormer roof windows to existing dwelling house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22242

• 6 May 2021N/a

  construction of a two storey creative area comprising music room, study studio, study and toilets, modification to entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21598

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  the demolition of two steel frame/clad storage structures and the construction of a storage warehouse including office and toilets, aggregate storage bays and associated site works including storm water attenuation tanks

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21559

• 13 Apr 2021Conditional

  existing sun porch to front elevation of the dwelling house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21476

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  construction of a general purpose store shed

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21229

• 10 Dec 2020Conditional

  the construction of 13 unit retirement village comprising 3 single storey buildings, access of existing estate road, connection into existing services and neighbouring surface water drainage system(planning re. 04/2608 & 07/114) and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201316

• 7 Sept 2020Conditional

  the construction of 3 dwellings and associated site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 20882

• 15 Apr 2019Conditional

  the construction of 2 no. dwelling houses and all associated site works and Retention Permission of existing services as constructed

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19366

• 13 Aug 2018Conditional

  reducing the number of houses for Planning Ref. No. 17/939, from 20 units down to 16 units, including revised 8 no. 3 bedroom houses, 6 no. 2 bedroom houses and 2 no. bungalows

  Permission, 16 homes · Limerick County Council, 18809

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  the erection of 6 No. Town houses, 14 No. Semi detached houses, on part of existing foundations (planning ref no. P05/1902) service road, footpaths, and connect to ancillary services

  Permission, 20 homes · Limerick County Council, 17939

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 Bruree.

Recorded monuments

• LI039-114 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 204) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St Munchin's Well on 1889 25-inch O.S map. In Bruree village, behind the old village pump. No devotions now, but rounds were made within living memory. The water cured bad stomach and sore eyes. Legends: The well moved when desecrated. The saint caused the well to spring up when refused a drink'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019

• LI039-197 Enclosure
  Description

  A large circular enclosure (diam. c. 120m) is evident on Google Earth and Bing aerial photographs at this location. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 September 2013

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, begun in 1922 and opened in 1925, comprising seven-bay nave and six-bay side aisles with gable-fronted porches having chamfered corners. Square-plan three-stage tower to front (south) elevation having battered base, two-bay single-storey chapel to west and three-bay single-storey sacristy to east elevation. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron ridge crestings, limestone copings with cross finials and bracketed eaves course. Limestone spire having crenellations and wrought-iron finial. Limestone chimneystack to sacristy. Snecked limestone walls having stringcourse and inscribed plaque to front. Stained glass oculus over round-headed stained glass windows to front elevation. Stained glass oculi to nave with limestone surrounds. Oculi to nave north end bays having inset quatrefoil stained glass windows. Round-headed openings having limestone surrounds and stained glass windows. Round-headed openings to tower. Round-headed opening with limestone hoodmoulding and double-leaf timber battened doors. Round-headed openings to porches having limestone hoodmouldings and double-leaf timber battened doors with cast-iron strap hinges. Round-headed opening to chapel having limestone chamfered surround and double-leaf timber battened doors with wrought-iron strap hinges. Timber scissors brace roof to interior. Pointed arch arcade having marble columns with render capitals. Timber gallery. Timber gallery to rear of church. Pair of square-profile snecked limestone piers and boundary walls with cast-iron railings.

• Bruree Lodge, house, country house, 1810–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-story house, built c. 1870, with original house dating to c. 1820. Complex comprising two-bay two-storey recessed block to west and single-bay two-storey recessed block to east. Four-bay two-storey extension to rear (north) elevation having single-storey lean-tos. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to main building and east block, pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks to west block and extension to rear. Rendered walls with plinth course. Paired camber-headed openings having painted stone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door having flanking sidelights with timber risers. Tiled threshold to entrance. Segmental-headed opening to west block with glazed overlight over timber panelled door with flanking side lights. Multiple-bay range of outbuildings to north set around a courtyard. Pitched corrugated-iron roofs. Square-headed openings with timber battened half-doors, some with glazed overlights.

• Bridge, 1775–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Seven-arch bridge over river, c.1800. Rubble limestone walls with triangular cutwaters having domed pyramidal capping. Series of seven round arches with voussoirs. Sited spanning River Maigue.

• The Old Mill, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c. 1860. House having two-storey elevation to rear (south) elevation. Extension to west. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having bipartite six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to east and rear elevations having tripartite two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with flanking one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having timber panelled door with flanking sidelights with panelled risers. Limestone threshold to entrance. Rubble limestone boundary walls to north.

• The Old Mill, miller's house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay to ground floor (and two-bay to upper floor) two-storey mill manager's house, built c. 1860, having extensions to east and west elevations. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls and render plinth course. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Square-headed opening to west elevation, ground floor having bipartite two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with cast-iron sill guards.

• The Old Mill, mill (water), 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached L-plan former mill, built c. 1860, comprising four-bay four-storey east block with extensions to east and five-bay three-storey split level block to west. Cast-iron water wheel to south. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone copings and render eaves course. Red brick chimneystacks to east block. Render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, those to south and west elevations with red brick voussoirs. Square-headed openings to north elevation, some blocked up, some having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings with corrugated-iron doors. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to north-west having render caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Mill race to south.

• De Valera Museum, school, 1865–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached H-plan former national school, built in 1869, comprising three-bay single-storey blocks to north and south elevations and recessed entrance bay to front (west) elevation. Two-bay single-storey extension to rear (east) elevation. Now in use as a heritage centre. Hipped slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed sandstone and limestone walls having limestone quoins and date plaques to south elevation. Rendered wall to north elevation. Square-headed openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and casement windows. Square-headed opening to front recess having timber battened door and red brick block-and-start surround. Square-headed opening to north elevation with timber battened door. Rubble limestone boundary walls to west.

• Briar Cottage, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1850. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Painted stone walls. Square-headed openings having painted brick voussoirs and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening having painted brick voussoirs and timber battened half-door.

• House, 1940–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay single-storey house, built in 1947, having shared projecting gable-fronted bay. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls and rendered plinth course. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, concrete sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening with half-glazed timber battened door. Flight of concrete steps to entrance. Roughcast rendered boundary walls to south having pair of square-profile piers with single-leaf cast-iron gate.

• Bruree Railway Station, railway station, goods shed, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay two-storey former railway station, built c. 1862, comprising single-bay single-storey extension to south elevation and extensions to north with recent gabled porch to rear (west) elevation. Veranda to front (east) having cast-iron columns and timber trusses, gable-fronted blocks to north and south elevations. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, timber bargeboards and rendered chimneystacks. Single-pitched roof to veranda. Rendered walls with plinth course. Square-headed openings to front and rear elevations, having concrete sills and remains of bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Venetian window to north block, rear elevation with render surround and remains of one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to rear having timber panelled doors. Limestone platform to east. Detached five-bay single-storey goods shed to south. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Roughly dressed limestone walls with cut limestone quoins. Square-headed arches to east having timber lintels, brick relieving arches and surrounds. Tripartite window openings to west elevation with brick relieving arches and surrounds. Now blocked up. Camber-headed window openings to north elevation having brick surrounds, now blocked up. Diocletian window to north having brick voussoirs, limestone sill, now partially blocked up. Diocletian window to south with brick voussoirs, limestone sill, and brick mullions, now blocked up. Camber-headed openings to south elevation, having brick surrounds, now blocked up. Square-headed door openings to north and south elevations, with brick relieving arches and replacement metal doors.

• Bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c. 1862, having abutments to east and west elevations. Snecked rusticated walls with cut copings. Parapet walls and square-headed arch rebuilt with concrete blocks.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bruree.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Bruree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Bruree · Brú Rí

Area

593,374 m² (59.34 ha, 146.63 acres)

Civil parish

Bruree, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Bruree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bruree electoral division: 1,294 people in 406 households; 72% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhinnaught, Ballynoe, Fortyacres, Garroose, Knockfenora, Knockmore

Placenames

Bruree 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.