Farrihy
Farrihy is a townland in the civil parish of Killagholehane, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Fhairche.
- Area
- 417.2 ha
- 1,031 acres
- Land parcels
- 141
- registered freehold, median 3,347 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
141 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farrihy, from 28 m² to 386,818 m² (38.68 ha, 95.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 47 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
No zone of a development plan covers Farrihy 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
12 Feb 2026Conditional
a dwelling house as constructed & reduced site boundaries & all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660143
16 Apr 2025Conditional
the construction of a slatted shed, cubicle house, feed passage, straw bedded pen, manure pit and concrete apron
Permission · Limerick County Council, 25123
3 Sept 2024Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24339
15 Dec 2023Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23603
30 Nov 2023Conditional
the construction of a new domestic house, domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system, entrance & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360885
29 May 2023Conditional
the construction of an agricultural entrance and carry out all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360362
11 May 2023Conditional
(i) the construction of a new calf house, (ii) the construction of a new underground soiled water tank, (iii) the development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 23248
28 Mar 2022Conditional
the construction of a slatted cubicle house, cattle crush, auto drafting unit, roofed feed passage and concrete aprons
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22346
18 Feb 2022Conditional
a new dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system, bored well, entrance and associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 22180
6 Dec 2021Conditional
(phase 1)the provision of 11 no. residential units, consisting of 2 no. 1 bed units, 1 no. 4 bed unit, 6 no. 2 bed units, 2 no. 3 bed units, (phase 2)the provision of 7 no. residential units, consisting of 5 no. 1 bed units, 2 no. 2 bed units, hard landscaping including new footpaths, new entranceways, boundary treatments and boundary walls, upgrading of foul sewers and surface water drainage and all associated site works
Permission, 18 homes · Limerick County Council, 218012
1 Jun 2021Conditional
construction of a detached domestic garage
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21768
19 May 2021N/a
the construction of a dwelling house and detached domestic garage, domestic waste water treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21670
10 May 2021N/a
the provision of 18 no. residential units, consisting of 7 no. 1 bed units, 1 no. 4 bed unit, 8 no. 2 bed units, 2 no. 3 bed units; hard landscaping including new footpaths, new entranceways, boundary treatments and boundary walls; upgrading of foul sewers and surface water drainage and all associated site works
Permission, 18 homes · Limerick County Council, 218005
10 Mar 2021Conditional
demolition of existing outbuildings and construction of a slatted cubicle house, calf house, calving pens, cattle drafting area, meal bins and concrete aprons
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21288
27 Mar 2020Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, new site entrance and carry out all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20260
10 Sept 2019Conditional
a new single storey dwelling house, secondary treatment system and polishing filter, entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19901
16 Aug 2019Conditional
construction of a classroom extension to the existing school building with all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19823
4 Jul 2019N/a
Extension of Permission for Planning Ref. 16/306: the construction of a dwelling house, garage and 4 serviced sites each consisting of a dwelling house and garage and connection to public services and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 197019
21 Dec 2018Conditional
the installation of a precast slatted tank and associated works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 181286
20 Feb 2018Conditional
demolition of existing derelict dwelling and construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18144
12 Dec 2017Conditional
the construction of 2 no. poultry houses and all associated site works. The development requires an EPA Industrial Emissions License (formerly Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control License). An Environment Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted as part of the planning application
Permission · Limerick County Council, 171159
8 May 2017Conditional
the construction of an unroofed silage pit and concrete yards
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17404
2 Feb 2017Conditional
make alterations and construct an extension to the existing dwelling house for use as a granny flat
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 1783
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 Farrihy.
Recorded monuments
- LI054-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on upper slopes of S-facing side of E-W ridge. Circular area (18.5m N-S; 19.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.55m; Wth 0.9m) with external fosse (D 0.1m; Wth 1.8m). Scarp is heavily eroded by cattle. Interior, and enclosing element W->NE, are covered with dumps of material from field boundary clearance. Mature oak trees grow along top edge of scarp. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI054-044 Earthwork
Description
In rough pasture. Not marked on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised D-shaped area (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; 43m NE-SW) defined by a scarp from NW-N-E-S-SW and at W by a post-1700 field boundary running NW-SE. Tree and scrub covered earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 11 November 2021
- LI054-045 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Enclosure identified on oblique aerial photograph taken in 2002 (ASIAP). Possible monument visible as an oval shaped area (dims. c. 76m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) enclosed by field boundaries on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached oblique aerial photograph (ASIAP) and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 11 November 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Farrihy.
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
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_556 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Farrihy, Broadford11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Farrihy · An Fhairche
- Area
- 4,172,328 m² (417.23 ha, 1,031 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killagholehane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Broadford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 993 people lived in 349 households in the Broadford electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinlongig, Barnagarrane, Boola, Cahernagh (Leland) (Co. Cork), Gortnagark (Co. Cork), Knockacraig, Springfield, Tullaha
- Placenames
- Farrihy 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.