Durnish
Durnish is a townland in the civil parish of Robertstown, barony of Shanid, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Dairinis.
- Area
- 75.7 ha
- 187 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 4,272 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- P3
- Marine Related Industry
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Durnish, from 37 m² to 296,045 m² (29.6 ha, 73.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P3Marine Related Industry (Aquaculture and fishing)
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Feb 2026Conditional
construction of a workshop at our existing facility including all associated site works. Works shall also include the dismantling/demolition of an existing store on the site
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660220
24 Jun 2025Conditional
construction of covered industrial type warehouse unit (with typical maximum ridge height of 15m above finished floor level) with associated external storage, parking and circulation areas, Upgrade of existing site services and all ancillary works associated with the warehouse development
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560602
29 May 2025Conditional
a field access gate to folio plot LK24546 including, ancillary works, alteration to the existing road embankment and road grass margin off the L6188 Durnish to Foynes Port access road.
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560505
29 May 2025Conditional
a field access gate to folio plot LK2908 including, ancillary works, alteration to the existing road embankment and road grass margin off the L6188 Durnish to Foynes Port Access Road
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560506
18 Apr 2024Conditional
change of use of the existing temporary store and canteen facility to a permanent welfare building associated with the existing workshop and manufacturing facility. Works will involve the redevelopment of the existing single story building, alteration to previously approved parking areas, connection to site services and associated ancillary site development works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 2460347
25 Oct 2023Conditional
extension of pemrmission for planning ref. 18/21: a storage yard, a workshop/shed for storage and maintenance of machinery, 2 no. 9m cubed diesel tanks and a canteen including toilet facilities
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 237028
13 Jan 2023Conditional
Construction of three covered industrial type warehouse units with associated external storage, parking and circulation areas, Upgrade of existing site services and all ancillary works associated with the site development, The application is for a 10 year permission and will include the submission of an Natura Impact Statement (NIS) to the Planning Authority
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360011
21 Dec 2022N/a
Construction of three covered industrial type warehouse units with associated external storage, parking and circulation areas, Upgrade of existing site services and all ancillary works associated with the site development, The application is for a 10 year permission and will include the submission of an NIS to the Planning Authority.
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2260009
1 Jul 2022Conditional
construction of seven covered industrial type warehouse units (with typical maximum ridge height of 14m above raised ground level) with associated external storage, parking and circulation areas; upgrade of existing site services and all ancillary works associated with the site development. This application is for a 10-year permission
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22742
8 Apr 2022Conditional
the construction of a 950m2 solar panel array with an export capacity of approximately 250KWh to be mounted on the roof of existing Bulk Store Warehouse to include ancillary works associated with the development
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22396
28 Oct 2021Conditional
construction of extension to existing bulk storage units and all associates site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 211500
28 Aug 2019Conditional
the construction of a single storey industrial packaging shed with conveyors supply mechanism, rectangular roller tray outfeed and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19853
18 May 2018Conditional
a ten year permission for minor amendments to phase 1 of the approved development under reg. ref. 14/603 and later amendments under reg. ref. 15/818. Amendments will comprise of the following; (I) construction of a new 600 sq. m covered storage and packaging plant building to adjoin the existing approved production building, (II) reduction in size of the approved packaging area by 600 sq. m, (III) relocation of the permitted biomass torrefier building by 8m to accommodate the positioning of the new covered storage and packaging plant building, (IV) all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18491
12 Jan 2018Conditional
a storage yard, a workshop/shed for storage and maintenance of machinery, 2 no. 9m cubed diesel tanks and a canteen including toilet facilities
Permission · Limerick County Council, 1821
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
- 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
- LI010-009 Enclosure
Description
In rough uneven terrain, with frequent outcrops of limestone. Roughly oval area (26m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by collapsed stone wall (Wth c. 1.3m; H c. 0.5m). Wall is covered by thicket of bushes and difficult to access in places. Interior surface uneven, stony and overgrown with bushes. 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 Durnish.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Durnish, about 1 in 20 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Durnish with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Durnish · Dairinis
- Area
- 757,442 m² (75.74 ha, 187.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Robertstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shanid
- Electoral division
- Shanagolden, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 922 people lived in 370 households in the Shanagolden electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Durnish 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.