Courtbrown

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Courtbrown, from 261 m² to 567,648 m² (56.76 ha, 140.27 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 Courtbrown 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.

• 27 Jun 2025Conditional

  the construction of a slatted house, roofed feed passage, slatted tanks, cattle crush, holding pens, calf creep area, and concrete apron

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25215

• 19 May 2025Conditional

  a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25158

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore 000435

Recorded monuments

• LI010-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On low rise, in gently undulating pasture. Arc of enclosing earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m) survives SE->NE (diam. 30m N-S) but is not evident NE->SE. Level interior is covered by trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-001 House - fortified house
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill with panoramic views over surrounding countryside. Courtbrown Castle let in 1615 and owned by P. Maunsell in 1642-52 (Westropp 1906-7, 205). Described in 1840 as 'a mere fragment, one conspicuous gable only remaining ... it does not appear to be very ancient' (OSL vol. 1, 144). No visible surface trace now evident. Probably a fortified house of the early 17th century, these are often styled "Court". Westropp (1906-7, 204-5) recorded the following details; '1581-3 Moriertagh mac Mortagh O'Sheehy held Brownescourt or Brownestown (Des. R., 23; Inq. Exch., 11, 54; Fi. 3842); part of estate of dissolved Abbey of Keynsham. It is shown as Courtbrowne C[astle]. (Peyton, p. 86; Hardiman Map 2). 1615 Maur. Berkeley let the C[astle]. to T. Martin, of Ballynash (Inq. Chan., 72b). 1642-52 Peter Maunsell held Courte Browne, Athskeaton (Dep. T.C.D., p. 302). 1655 Owned by Mrs. Crofton and Lord Broghill (C.S., p. 65). Fabric - Some fragments of the "Court" remain. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In marshy pasture, at foot of W-facing valley slope. Sub-circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (D 0.5m; Wth 5.5m); most of enclosing element and all of interior masked by dense overgrowth. Bank (int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2.85m), best preserved SW->NW, with pointed top and sheer external face. Fosse is waterlogged SSE->SW where crossed by abutting field boundaries at either end. Interior only accessible along W edge as otherwise covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, atop limestone hillock rising up from marshy ground. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been partially levelled. However, scarped edge (H 1.5m; Wth 3.9m) which defines site survives S->N. A limestone boulder lies atop scarp at S. Level interior is strewn with fallen trees. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-004 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill, in area of outcropping limestone. Ovoid area (12.5m N-S; 26.6m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m) NNW->ENE and almost linear scarped edge (H 1.5m; Wth 3.25m) SE->W; no enclosing element evident ENE->SE and W->NNW. Interior covered by mature trees and surface is heavily poached by cattle and strewn with stones. 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 Courtbrown.

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 Courtbrown, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_507 (ZIP).

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

Name

Courtbrown · Cúirt an Bhrúnaigh

Area

2,435,651 m² (243.57 ha, 601.86 acres)

Civil parish

Askeaton, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Iveruss, the unit of the census

Census 2022

350 people lived in 125 households in the Iveruss electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynash, Ballysteen, Mitchelstown, Moig North, Moig South

Placenames

Courtbrown 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.