Finnoo

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Finnoo, from 56 m² to 308,482 m² (30.85 ha, 76.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Finnoo 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.

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461038

• 5 Sept 2023Conditional

  the decommissioning of existing septic tank system and the installation of a new replacement packaged wastewater unit with tertiary treatment filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360647

• 21 Nov 2022Conditional

  the (a) demolition of fire damaged two storey detached dwelling, (b) construction of replacement two storey detached dwelling and (c) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221226

• 19 Apr 2022Conditional

  the construction of an extension to a dwelling house along with elevational changes with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22433

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  dwelling house, garage, entrance, boundary walls an onsite waste water treatment and disposal system and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211250

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  extension to existing cottage, to upgrade existing waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21680

• 8 May 2019Conditional

  as built revisions to previously approved workshop, planning ref. 04/212. These revisions include an additional 29 sq.m of floor area, elevation changes and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19456

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• LI018-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on verge of steep fall down to E bank of White River. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with external fosse SW->SSE on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, it is still evident in field of tall grass as roughly oval area (27.5m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by low broad rise (H c. 0.4m; Wth c. 3m) with external fosse (D c. 0.35m; Wth c. 2.2m). Ring of darker grass highlights area of fosse Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-060 Cliff-edge fort
  Description

  In dense woodland. An oval area (28m N-S; 41.6m E-W) enclosed NE->SE by an earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.3m) with an external fosse (D 0.65m; Wth 2m), and defined SE->NE by a steep-sided slope forming part of a dried-up meander of the White River. At NE is a break in the bank (Wth 4.5m) which gives entry to the interior. The interior surface is uneven, and in the SE quadrant is a low earthen mound (3.2m x 1.6m; H c. 0.35m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-097 Burial ground
  Description

  Located immediately S of public road and N of Gerald Griffins GAA club. Annotated‘ Ardnakisha Burial Ground’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map where it is located to the S of the public road. However the extent or precise location of the burial ground is not depicted on this map. The burial ground is not depicted on the 1897 0S 25-inch map which shows a disused quarry in the area of the burial ground. Tree-covered area to the S of the quarry visible on Google Earth orthoimages may be the site of this burial ground. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 9 July 20202

• LI018-106 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a low-lying marshy area. A roughly D-shaped mound (5.3m E-W; 4.5m N-S; H 0.6m) of burnt material, lying immediately S of an oval-shaped waterlogged depression (3.4m N-S; 2.6m E-W; D 0.4m). In the centre of the depression are some stones embedded in ground which may be part of a stone-lined trough. On the N side of the depression is a smaller mound of burnt material (5m E-W; 2m N-S; H 0.3m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-114 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying marshy pasture. An oval mound (H c. 0.25m; 16.25m N-S; 12.5m E-W) of burnt material, with a central hollow (D c. 0.35m; 7.2m N-S; 5.3m E-W). According to the landowner the mound was reduced to its present height in the recent past. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying pasture, immediately N of a water spring. An oval mound (H 0.5m; 19m N-S; 14.75m E-W) of burnt material. In the centre of the mound is a circular depression (D 0.4m; 7.2m N-S; 7.5m E-W). The area immediately around the mound is waterlogged and covered in rushes. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch road bridge, built c. 1810, carrying road over the River White. Rubble stone walls having cut limestone V- cutwaters to south elevation and cut limestone voussoirs to semi-circular arches. Roughly dressed limestone copings to parapet walls. Inscribed plaque to north wall.

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 Finnoo, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Finnoo.

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 Finnoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Finnoo · Fionnú

Area

2,723,034 m² (272.3 ha, 672.88 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoylan, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Mohernagh, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhahill, Cloonty, Curra More, Lisready (Cripps), Mohernagh, Moneymohill

Placenames

Finnoo 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.