# Courtbrown, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Askeaton, barony of Connello Lower, Co. Limerick; in Irish Cúirt an Bhrúnaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,435,651 m² (243.57 ha, 601.86 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,550 m² (2.45 ha, 6.07 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Askeaton, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/askeaton.md - Barony: Connello Lower - Electoral division: Iveruss, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32105 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120786 - Centre: latitude 52.633935, longitude -8.982428 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Courtbrown, from 261 m² to 567,648 m² (56.76 ha, 140.27 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1671406: 567,648 m² (56.76 ha, 140.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1671406.md - Parcel 1593042: 541,524 m² (54.15 ha, 133.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593042.md - Parcel 1600968: 325,352 m² (32.54 ha, 80.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600968.md - Parcel 1600969: 205,929 m² (20.59 ha, 50.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600969.md - Parcel 1646023: 121,816 m² (12.18 ha, 30.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646023.md - Parcel 1641965: 111,596 m² (11.16 ha, 27.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641965.md - Parcel 1646022: 84,379 m² (8.44 ha, 20.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1646022.md - Parcel 1600520: 84,012 m² (8.4 ha, 20.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600520.md - Parcel 1624561: 59,532 m² (5.95 ha, 14.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624561.md - Parcel 1621482: 55,689 m² (5.57 ha, 13.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621482.md - Parcel 1621483: 55,137 m² (5.51 ha, 13.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1621483.md - Parcel 1595346: 49,469 m² (4.95 ha, 12.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595346.md - Parcel 1658214: 47,540 m² (4.75 ha, 11.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658214.md - Parcel 1645539: 45,300 m² (4.53 ha, 11.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645539.md - Parcel 1641966: 24,550 m² (2.45 ha, 6.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641966.md - Parcel 1643343: 17,544 m² (1.75 ha, 4.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643343.md - Parcel 1641273: 12,636 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641273.md - Parcel 1643272: 8,057 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643272.md - Parcel 1624614: 7,806 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624614.md - Parcel 1643257: 7,369 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643257.md - Parcel 4188198: 4,142 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4188198.md - Parcel 1624932: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624932.md - Parcel 1597632: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597632.md - Parcel 1673684: 1,901 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673684.md - Parcel 1593696: 1,342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593696.md - Parcel 1598366: 1,210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598366.md - Parcel 1626724: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1626724.md - Parcel 1588135: 957 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588135.md - Parcel 5882056: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5882056.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 27 Jun 2025, Limerick County Council 25215: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a slatted house, roofed feed passage, slatted tanks, cattle crush, holding pens, calf creep area, and concrete apron. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/25215/0 - 19 May 2025, Limerick County Council 25158: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/25158/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 - Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA, site code 004077, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004077 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inner Shannon Estuary - South Shore, site code 000435 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI010-051: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI010-051----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI011-001----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI011-002----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI011-003----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI011-004----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Courtbrown. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_507.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/courtbrown.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/courtbrown.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/courtbrown.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Courtbrown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballynash: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynash.md - Ballysteen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballysteen-120423.md - Mitchelstown: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mitchelstown.md - Moig North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/moig-north.md - Moig South: https://everytownland.com/limerick/moig-south.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/courtbrown - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/courtbrown