Doon
Townland in the civil parish of Kilkeedy, barony of Pubblebrien, Co. Limerick; in Irish Dún Bleisce
- Area
- 17.7 ha
- 44 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 1,906 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doon, from 170 m² to 28,277 m² (2.83 ha, 6.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Doon 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Aug 2026N/a
an agricultural shed and Retention Permission for an agricultural entrance and all ancillary works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 26190
16 Mar 2026Conditional
a Dwelling House, Garage, Entrance, onsite waste-water treatment and disposal system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660300
28 Nov 2025N/a
partially constructed agricultural shed and Planning Permission for completion of same agricultural shed and all ancillary site works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 25384
17 Jul 2024Conditional
the formation of a new agricultural entrance to replace the former blocked up entrance
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460710
7 Jun 2024Conditional
a change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. 20/1391 and all associated works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 24237
27 Feb 2023Conditional
The development works will consist of: (a) Extension of the existing embankment on the landowner's side. (b) Construction of a shared raised footpath and cycleway, with a macadam-finished surface. The shared path will extend from the roundabout and continue around the bend onto the L-1403 local road. (c) Provision of an uncontrolled crossing on the L-1403 at the end of the proposed footway. (d) Fencing along walkway with timber posts and tensioned mesh fencing on the land-owner's side. (e) Relocation of the existing open drain where required, and piping under access ways into private property. (f) Minor repair works to the N69/L-1403 junction. (g) Accommodation works for affected landowners
Permission · Limerick County Council, 238002
18 Dec 2020Conditional
a dwelling house, garage, entrance, onsite wastewater treatment and disposal system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201391
8 Oct 2018Conditional
the construction of a single extension to the side of existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18983
21 Aug 2017Conditional
the demolition of a section to the rear of the existing dwelling and build a kitchen utility, bathroom and two bedroom extension and all other associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17781
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doon.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Doon.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doon.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_848 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Doon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Doon · Dún Bleisce
- Area
- 176,672 m² (17.67 ha, 43.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilkeedy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Pubblebrien
- Electoral division
- Clarina, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clarina electoral division: 1,993 people in 697 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybrown, Corcamore, Elmpark Demesne, Glebe
- Placenames
- Doon 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.