Cummeen

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cummeen, from 766 m² to 192,996 m² (19.3 ha, 47.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Cummeen 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 Jul 2026Refused

  temporary event accommodation and ancillary infrastructure to serve the Ryder Cup 2027, comprising: on Site A, a tent area, glamping accommodation, a bar/lounge, a wellness area, a picnic space, sanitary facilities, water facilities, a services compound, and emergency facilities; and on Site B, campervan parking, car parking, sanitary facilities, water facilities, a services compound, and emergency facilities; together with all associated site works, access arrangements, temporary structures, signage, and boundary treatments. The development is temporary in nature and all structures will be removed and the lands reinstated following the event

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660854

• 27 Apr 2018Refused

  four two storey dwelling houses, waste water treatment systems, entrances, and site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18403

• 2 Mar 2017Conditional

  retention of two existing field entrances

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 17193

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Adare Woodlands 000429

Recorded monuments

• LI021-119 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, 200m SE of the N21 road. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a possible enclosure from examination of 1:4000 OSi aerial photographs (OS2 No. 6641) where it is visible a circular feature or cropmark (Adare Bypass Constraint Study, Ref. 31/A/1, p. 41). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 July 2020

• LI021-157001 Quarry
  Description

  In level pasture, with good views in all directions. Possible enclosure (LI021-157003-) lies 50m to SSE and enclosure (LI021-157003-) lies 75m to SE. Annotated ‘Quarry’ and depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped quarry enclosed. Post-1700 quarry site identified as a possible enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study in (Ref. 31/A/2, p. 41). Site surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Site of filled-in quarry is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. Filled in 19th century quarry that had been enclosed by a 19th century field boundary. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 August 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI021-157002 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views from E-S-W, which are restricted elsewhere. Enclosure (LI021-157003-) lies 20m to E. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a curvilinear field boundary enclosing a semicircular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m) from NW-N-E-SE. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 31/A/3, p. 41). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as no surface remains visible. Potential monument is visible as a curvilinear field boundary on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 August 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

• LI021-157003 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views from E-S-W, which are restricted elsewhere. Possible enclosure (LI021-157002-) lies 20m to W. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as an enclosure in the Adare Bypass Constraint Study (Ref. 31/A/4, p. 41). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a slightly raised penannular-shaped area (diam. 17m) enclosed by the remains of a low bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m; Wth 2.8m) visible from ESE-S-W-N-NNE, best preserved from S-SSW-SW. The interior has a slight S-facing slope, is dry and clear of overgrowth. Monument is visible as a pennanular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 August 2020 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cummeen.

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 Cummeen, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_781 (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 Cummeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Cummeen · An Coimín

Area

433,188 m² (43.32 ha, 107.04 acres)

Civil parish

Adare, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Adare South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,225 people lived in 730 households in the Adare South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Adare, Baurnalicka, Graigue, Rower Beg

Placenames

Cummeen 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.