Garroose

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garroose, from 78 m² to 490,081 m² (49.01 ha, 121.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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 Garroose 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.

• 28 May 2026N/a

  a) Demolition of existing shed & existing prefabricated structure, b) Extension to the existing ladies unit, comprising of bedroom accommodation with en-suites, visitor toilets & reception area, c) Erection of two transitional houses to the west of the site, comprising of 5 bedrooms with en-suites per house and ancillary living areas, d) and all associated site works. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 R.P.S Ref No. 391 and is also listed on the N.I.A.H Ref. No. 21804006.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660604

• 20 May 2025Conditional

  proposed amendments to the façade of existing 19th Century Building at Courtyard single storey extension, comprising of: a) Increased height of existing parapet wall to the Courtyard single storey extension. b) Proposed new roof and rooflights to the existing single storey extension. c) The replacement of existing windows with new vertical windows and all associated works at Bruree House, Garroose, Bruree, Co. Limerick. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 R.P.S. Ref. No.391 and is also listed on the N.I.A.H Ref. No. 21804006.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560470

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  the demolition of an existing entrance lobby to the 19th Century Building, extension to the 19th Century Building at Court Yard; comprising of a reception area and flat roof link to the adjoining building and all associated works at Bruree House, Garroose, Bruree, Co. Limerick. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, RPS Ref. No. 391 and is also listed on the N.I.A.H Ref. No. 21804006

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460682

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  the development that will consist of: Retention permission for a two storey pitched roof extension to the rear of the original house incorporating 2 No Velux roof windows to the extension and 1 No velux roof window to the rear of the original house together with ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23612

• 17 Jan 2023Conditional

  the (a) Demolition of existing entrance canopy on the Northwest building, (b) Extension to the Northwest building and hip roof, comprising of a recreational area & flat roof link corridor to the adjoining building, (c) Amalgamation of 2 windows into 1 window, (d) Extension of existing retaining wall, and all associated works at Bruree House, Garroose, Bruree, Co. Limerick. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028 R.P.S. Ref. No.391 and is also listed on the N.I.A.H Ref. No. 21804006

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2323

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  change of house type from that previously mentioned granted under planning ref. 21/398

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211647

• 31 Mar 2021Conditional

  construction of a new storey and a half dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, bored well, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21398

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  milking parlour/dairy slatted collecting yard and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201374

• 19 Nov 2020Conditional

  extension constructed on the eastern side of our existing dwelling which includes kitchen, bedroom, bathroom on ground floor & 2 no. bedrooms at first floor level, alterations to the original windows and front door of the western(front) elevation, sun room to the southern elevation, new pitch roof to existing garage(domestic use), outbuilding which includes store and carport and the installation of a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 201196

• 8 May 2019Conditional

  the construction of 114KWP photovoltaics solar farm system, underground cable, an inverter building and all associated site works. These works are being carried out within the curtilage of a Protected Structure

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19455

• 28 Mar 2019Conditional

  works relating to three sides of the existing two storey courtyard accommodation, at Bruree House as follows; first floor internal alterations consisting of new bedroom and bathroom layouts, replacement of aluminium/PVC windows at first floor level and all ancillary site works. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick County Development plan R.P.S. Ref. No. B39(3) and is also listed on the N.I.A.H Ref. No. 21804006

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19295

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  removal of extension to existing courtyard building, construction of a new two storey accommodation building, alterations to existing garden layout and all ancillary site works. Bruree House is listed as a Protected Structure in the Limerick County Development plan RPS B39(3) and also listed on the N.I.A.H ref. no. 21804006S

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181273

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  the installation of an underground pumped outfall pipeline for the conveyance of treated waste water from our waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North, County Cork to a discharge point on the river located approximately 2km north of the waste water treatment plant site. The outfall pipeline installation, which is proposed as part of an upgrade of the existing waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North shall be routed across agricultural lands in the townlands of Creggane and Garrane in County Limerick to a discharge point on the River Maigue. The upgrade of the existing waste water treatment plant at Rathgoggan North including a section of the new outfall pipeline within the waste water treatment plant site shall be subject to approval of a separate application for planning permission to Cork County Council. The development works relate to an activity for which a revised Industrial Emissions Directive Licence is required

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17270

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Garroose.

Recorded monuments

• LI039-103 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (20.2m N-S; 22.3m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.45m; Wth 1.85m) with external fosse (D 0.25m; Wth 1.95m), and with counterscarp bank (H 0.2m) SW->NNW. Scarp and fosse are barely discernible ENE->ESE. Causeway entrance (Wth 2m) at W. Enclosing element is covered by mature coniferous trees, some now fallen. Level interior is under grass which has been heavily poached by cattle. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI039-198 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is evident on Google Earth and Bing aerial photographs at this location. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 September 2013

• LI047-003 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat marshy pasture. Oval area (25m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by scarped edge (H 1.1m; ), with external waterlogged fosse (D 0.2m; Wth. 3.4m) NW->ENE. Domestic rubbish, including heaps of earth and stone, has been dumped along inner edge of scarp ESE->ENE and NW->ENE. Scarp is incorporated into field boundary system ESE->NW where a shallow field drain has been cut along its base. Flat-bottomed fosse is heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. Entrance (Wth 6m) at E. Interior, under marshy rough pasture, slopes down gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI047-004 Moated site
  Description

  In level pasture. Rectangular area (31m N-S; c. 25m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.85m), which is completely covered by dense overgrowth of briars and bushes. Interior slopes gently down to S and is covered by tall meadow grass. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 29 August 2012

• LI047-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level marshy terrain. Circular area (diam. 37m) enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m). Bank (int. H 1.2ml ext. H 2.35m), best preserved W->E, is heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth. Breaks in bank at W (Wth 2m) and ESE (2.5m). Waterlogged fosse, clogged with organic debris, is very shallow at W and ESE. Flat interior is covered with bushes and strewn with fallen trees. Earth-cut fox covert on inner bank face at N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI047-079 Enclosure
  Description

  In marshy pasture, on gently undulating terrain. Evident as small circular feature on aerial photograph (BGE 1/10,000). No visible surface trace evident. Landowner remembered pond-like feature which was infilled c. 45 years ago with rubble from old dwelling house. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI047-094 Earthwork
  Description

  In wet pasture 320m E of the River Maigue that marks the townland boundary with Garrane. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a large oval-shaped area (dims. c. 60m N-S; 80m E-W) defined by a scarp with external waterfilled ditch on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. Uncertain antiquity. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 19 August 2021

Architectural heritage

• Cuan Mhuire, gate lodge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with dormer attic former gate lodge, built c. 1870, having verandah to front (west) elevation and lean-to to rear (east) elevation. Timber columns, trusses and bargeboards to verandah. Now in use as a house. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, terracotta ridge crestings and timber bargeboards. Cast-iron roof lights to rear. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Shouldered square-headed openings to dormers having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor having bipartite two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening with glazed overlight over timber panelled door. Brick boundary wall to rear.

• Cuan Mhuire, country house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey Gothic Revival country house, built c. 1830, comprising two-bay two-storey gabled projection to front (south-east), lean-tos to front, south end bay, extension to south elevation, canted extension to north-east elevation and full-height bay window to rear (north-west) elevation. Hipped slate roofs having terracotta ridge tiles, ridge crestings, finials, rendered chimneystacks and timber bracketed eaves course. Rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings having chamfered surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Paired square-headed openings to gabled projection, first floor with render hoodmoulding with ornate stops. Pointed arch tripartite openings to gabled projection, ground floor having chamfered surrounds, carved limestone transoms with dog tooth motifs, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and render hoodmoulding. Square-headed openings to north-east canted extension having ornate chamfered surrounds and stained glass windows. Square-headed paired openings to full-height bay window, rear elevation with chamfered surrounds, carved limestone transoms having dog tooth motifs and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch opening to front having glazed overlight, painted stone transom with dog tooth motifs, flanking Corinthian style marble columns with render caps and glazed overlight over timber panelled double-leaf doors. Limestone steps to entrance. Square-headed opening to north-east canted bay having chamfered surround, stained glass overlight with limestone transom having dog tooth motifs over double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled doors. Rendered steps to entrance. Flight of limestone steps with chamfered limestone copings to north-west. Range of outbuildings to south. Nine-bay two-storey north-east range comprising gabled breakfront with open-work limestone bellcote having cast-iron weathervane and projecting gabled end bays. Pitched slate roofs. Rubble sandstone walls with brick quoins. Round-headed openings to first floor with brick surrounds, limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed openings to ground floor having limestone block-and-start surrounds, sills and replacement uPVC windows. Limestone entablatures to recessed blocks, ground floor windows. Elliptical-headed carriage arches to gabled end bays with rusticated limestone surrounds, having inset square-headed window openings. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to breakfront with rusticated voussoirs and ashlar piers. Multiple-bay two-storey ranges having pitched slate roofs. Rubble sandstone walls. Segmental-headed openings with limestone block-and-start surrounds and uPVC windows. Segmental-headed openings with timber battened doors. Pair of square-profile rendered piers with sweeping walls terminating in second pair of piers.

• San Giovanni, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, with gable-fronted porch to front (west) elevation and single-bay single-storey extension to rear (east) elevation. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render plinth course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Camber-headed openings to first floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Paired camber-headed openings to ground floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and shared concrete sills. Paired camber-headed openings to porch having replacement uPVC windows and shared concrete sills. Camber-headed opening to porch with replacement uPVC door. Recent rubble limestone walls and piers to site.

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

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 low, low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Garroose · Garbhas

Area

3,112,958 m² (311.3 ha, 769.23 acres)

Civil parish

Bruree, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Bruree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,294 people lived in 406 households in the Bruree electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhinnaught, Ballynagoul, Ballynoe, Bruree, Garrane, Knocksouna, Mounteagle

Placenames

Garroose 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.