Carrons

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrons, from 1,691 m² to 282,481 m² (28.25 ha, 69.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Carrons 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Refused

  six (6) wind turbines with a tip height of 158m, a rotor diameter of 136m and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas. A 38kV on-site substation compound containing a substation building, associated electrical equipment and transformers with separate client side and ESB entrances. The building will contain a control room, switchgear room, ESB room and store room, underground electrical and communications cabling between the wind turbines and on-site substation. Grid Connection Option A: 2.54km-long 38kV underground cable connection from the on-site substation to the existing Carrons substation to the west of the site. Grid Connection Option B: Loop into the existing 38kV onsite overhead line via the proposed 38kV substation. A new temporary site entrance off the L1219 local road to the west of the permanent site entrance for the construction phase only. Upgrade of an existing farm entrance and access track off the L1219 local road in the northwest of the site to serve as a permanent site entrance for the wind farm when operational. Approximately 3.4km of new site access tracks with associated turning areas and drainage. This includes approximately 490m of temporary access tracks which will be reinstated following construction. Upgrade of approximately 470m of existing site access tracks. A 9m-long clear span bridge crossing of the Ahacronane River by an internal site access track to the northwest of turbine T1 and an associated 1.5m x 1.0m relief culvert. A permanent meteorological mast with a height of 90m, a foundation and hardstand. Two (2) material storage areas with a total capacity of approximately 39,300m3. A temporary construction compound with an area of approximately 1,375m2. All associated site development works, including drainage, diversion or undergrounding of low voltage powerlines, landscaping and revegetation. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) which have been prepared in respect of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the proposed development, and works to facilitate turbine delivery from the port of Foynes to the wind farm site entrance via L6188, N69, L1222, L1220 and L1219. The Applicant is seeking a 10-year planning permission and 35-year operational life, initiating from the date of full commissioning of the entire wind farm. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Di

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561367

• 8 Dec 2025Refused

  Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. 20/1082: the relocation of the existing site entrance and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 257039

• 2 Oct 2025N/a

  six (6) wind turbines with a tip height of 158m, a rotor diameter of 136m and all associated foundations and hardstanding areas. A 38kV on-site substation compound containing a substation building, associated electrical equipment and transformers with separate client side and ESB entrances. The building will contain a control room, switchgear room, ESB room and store room, underground electrical and communications cabling between the wind turbines and on-site substation. Grid Connection Option A: 2.54km-long 38kV underground cable connection from the on-site substation to the existing Carrons substation to the west of the site. Grid Connection Option B: Loop into the existing 38kV onsite overhead line via the proposed 38kV substation. A new temporary site entrance off the L1219 local road to the west of the permanent site entrance for the construction phase only. Upgrade of an existing farm entrance and access track off the L1219 local road in the northwest of the site to serve as a permanent site entrance for the wind farm when operational. Approximately 3.4km of new site access tracks with associated turning areas and drainage. This includes approximately 490m of temporary access tracks which will be reinstated following construction. Upgrade of approximately 470m of existing site access tracks. A 9m-long clear span bridge crossing of the Ahacronane River by an internal site access track to the northwest of turbine T1 and an associated 1.5m x 1.0m relief culvert. A permanent meteorological mast with a height of 90m, a foundation and hardstand. Two (2) material storage areas with a total capacity of approximately 39,300m3. A temporary construction compound with an area of approximately 1,375m2. All associated site development works, including drainage, diversion or undergrounding of low voltage powerlines, landscaping and revegetation. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) which have been prepared in respect of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the proposed development, and works to facilitate turbine delivery from the port of Foynes to the wind farm site entrance via L6188, N69, L1222, L1220 and L1219. The Applicant is seeking a 10-year planning permission and 35-year operational life, initiating from the date of full commissioning of the entire wind farm. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directiv

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561003

• 16 Feb 2021Conditional

  construction of a poultry house, soiled water storage tank, rainwater harvesting tank, upgrade existing agricultural entrance and carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21166

• 6 Nov 2020Conditional

  demolition of existing porch and conservatory, modification to existing roof to accommodate changes, construction of 2 no. mixed single/two storey extensions to existing dwelling house and associated site works and services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201135

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  the relocation of the existing site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201082

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 Carrons.

Recorded monuments

• LI019-190 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Monument, depicted as roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. 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

• LI019-191 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks, with intervening fosse (Wth 2.7m). Inner bank (int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.95m) is completely masked by overgrowth E->S. On inside face at NE and SW are remains of dry-stone facing. Outer bank (ext. H 1.1m) is best preserved along W side where field boundary runs tangentially to it, but lowers at ENE (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.55m). Fosse, completely masked by overgrowth E->S, is littered with loose stone. Break in inner (Wth 2.5m) and outer (Wth 3.8m) banks at E. A low earth-and-stone bank (H 0.3m) curves in sympathy with outer bank NNW->N, c. 4m outside it. Flat interior is heavily masked by dense overgrowth. Farm passageway, running E-W, passes immediately S of enclosure. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-192 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, near base of S-facing slope, with marshy ground separating enclosure from stream c. 30.5m to SE. Circular area (23.3m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.45m; Wth 9.15m) best preserved ENE->SSW. Scarp lowers SSW->WNW (H 0.4m; Wth 3.75m) fading out entirely WNW->NNW. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI019-276 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Identified by Maurice Hurley in 2010 during archaeological monitoring associated with a wind farm development. Archaeological pre-development testing had been undertaken at the site in 2004 by John Kavanagh (Licence 04E1718), when eight trenches excavated revealed nothing of archaeological significance (www.excavations.ie 2004, Site No. 0991; Kavanagh 2007, 240). Hurley recorded a spread of charcoal and small shattered stones (dims. 9.5m N-S x 7.4m E-W) located on low-lying boggy ground in the area of the electricity substation compound. The site was recorded and preserved in situ. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 15 July 2020

Architectural heritage

• The Presbytery, house, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, having gablet, projecting end-bay and porch to front (west) elevation, bay window and adjoining gable-fronted chapel to north. Half-hipped and pitched slate roof with render brackets, timber bargeboards and rendered chimneystacks. Timber finial to gablet. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Tripartite square-headed opening to ground floor with replacement uPVC window and shared concrete sill. Elliptical-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door and render hoodmoulding over. Pitched slate roof having render copings and render cross finial. Rendered walls. Paired square-headed openings to west with replacement uPVC windows. Pair of square-profile rendered piers to west having stepped caps with ball finials, double-leaf cast-iron gates and single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian entrances.

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 Carrons, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Carrons · Na Cairne

Area

1,286,476 m² (128.65 ha, 317.9 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolman, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Dunmoylan East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

523 people lived in 180 households in the Dunmoylan East electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyegny, Ballyneety, Ballysteen, Dunmoylan, Kilcolman, Rathnagore

Placenames

Carrons 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.