# Farranafina, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oola, barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick; in Irish Fearann an Phaghanaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 298,535 m² (29.85 ha, 73.77 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,599 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oola, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/oola.md - Barony: Coonagh - Electoral division: Templebredon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 588 people lived in 197 households in the Templebredon electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32474 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120977 - Centre: latitude 52.529426, longitude -8.294888 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farranafina, from 36 m² to 104,027 m² (10.4 ha, 25.71 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1674142: 104,027 m² (10.4 ha, 25.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674142.md - Parcel 1622242: 53,995 m² (5.4 ha, 13.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622242.md - Parcel 1650798: 53,484 m² (5.35 ha, 13.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650798.md - Parcel 1660423: 42,914 m² (4.29 ha, 10.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1660423.md - Parcel 5523671: 6,731 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5523671.md - Parcel 4865304: 6,634 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4865304.md - Parcel 1663343: 4,331 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663343.md - Parcel 3268193: 2,980 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3268193.md - Parcel 1627255: 2,792 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627255.md - Parcel 1667013: 2,703 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667013.md - Parcel 1668999: 2,494 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668999.md - Parcel 1624749: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1624749.md - Parcel 1658053: 2,109 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658053.md - Parcel 1653866: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653866.md - Parcel 1598667: 2,024 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1598667.md - Parcel 1592367: 1,975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592367.md - Parcel 1670439: 1,935 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670439.md - Parcel 1665119: 1,925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665119.md - Parcel 1665700: 1,910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665700.md - Parcel 1647565: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647565.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Farranafina 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 13 Jun 2025, Limerick County Council 2560570: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a dwelling extension to the existing dwelling to accommodate ancillary family accommodation which includes for modifications to the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560570/0 - 9 Oct 2024, Limerick County Council 24391: Conditional. Retention. a domestic extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, an extension to the existing domestic storage shed, a boundary wall and including all associated site development works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/24391/0 - 5 Feb 2021, Limerick County Council 21111: Conditional. Permission. construction of an easyfeed unit, milking parlour, dairy, plant room and collecting yard with slatted tank and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21111/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Farranafina. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI033-098: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI033-098----. In improved pasture on the demesne lands of Newtown House, located 500m to W. Incorporating the area surrounding ring-barrow (LI033-167---), linear earthwork(LI033-097----) and enclosure (LI033-099----) within the townlands of Farranafina, Garryheakin, Rahard and Newtown North. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 85; AP 4/3624) as a field system. Visible as a pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each, extending into several fields (400m N-S x 400m E-W) visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. Many of the linear cropmarks appear to be the remains of drainage ditches rather than a pre-1700 field system. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff image showing monument labelled Bruff 85 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 13 April 2021 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 Farranafina. ## 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 Farranafina, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Farranafina. - 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/farranafina.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/farranafina.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/farranafina.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Farranafina 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) - Clashanea: https://everytownland.com/limerick/clashanea.md - Garryheakin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garryheakin.md - Gortaclareen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortaclareen.md - Newtown North: https://everytownland.com/limerick/newtown-north.md - Prospect: https://everytownland.com/limerick/prospect-121701.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/farranafina - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/farranafina