Garrison
Townland in the civil parish of Dromkeen, barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Garastún
- Area
- 59.9 ha
- 148 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 8,316 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrison, from 1,815 m² to 331,316 m² (33.13 ha, 81.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Garrison 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
6 Jul 2023Conditional
relocating and altering the effluent treatment system and polishing filter granted under Pl. Reg. No. 19/1295 and the carrying out of associated site works and services
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360479
23 Dec 2019Conditional
a new extension to the front, side and rear of the existing dwelling along with a new domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 191295
31 Jul 2019Conditional
as constructed dwelling to include for design scale, location and orientation on the site from previously granted planning application reference number: 11/48 and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19755
10 May 2018Conditional
change of site boundaries from those previously granted under planning ref: 17/306
Permission · Limerick County Council, 18450
11 Apr 2017Conditional
to construct a storey and a half style dwelling house, garage, entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system & percolation area & all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17306
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 Garrison.
Recorded monuments
- LI024-183 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In pasture, in SE corner of field, 120m W of a stream that marks townland boundary with Kilduff. Ring-barrow (LI024-184----) lies 120m to SE. Not depicted on OS historical mapping. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 36; AP 4/3672) as a small circular cropmark of a possible ring-barrow. Cropmark is visible on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff survey image marked Bruff 36 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 July 2020
- LI024-185 Field system
Description
In pasture bordered by townlands of Ballynaclogh at E and Race at S. Enclosures (LI024-227/228----) located 150m to SE. Not depicted on the OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 38; AP 4/3671). Visible as a series of linear ditches and other features on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13. Cleary visible a series of small fields on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 38. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 27 July 2020
- LI024-262 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In low-lying poorly drained pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 15m E of a townland boundary with Pallas. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Ring-barrow (LI024-261----) lies 95m to NW. Monument identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 262: AP 4/3670). Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark (approx. diam. 8m) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 262. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 October 2020
- LI024-355 Ring-ditch
Description
In reclaimed grassland. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 9m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 July 2022
- LI024-356 Ring-ditch
Description
In reclaimed grassland. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 9m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthophoto Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 19 July 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garrison.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garrison.
- 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 Garrison with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Garrison · An Garastún
- Area
- 599,348 m² (59.93 ha, 148.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromkeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coonagh
- Electoral division
- Grean, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Grean electoral division: 1,548 people in 533 households; 82% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynaclogh, Kilduff, Pallas, Race
- Placenames
- Garrison 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.