Glenmore East
Townland in the civil parish of Killeedy, barony of Glenquin, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Gleann Mór Thoir
- Area
- 296.1 ha
- 732 acres
- Land parcels
- 122
- registered freehold, median 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
122 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenmore East, from 62 m² to 224,569 m² (22.46 ha, 55.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Glenmore East 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
27 May 2026Conditional
erection of a Domestic Dwelling, entrance gates and piers, bored well & Secondary Treatment System and soil polishing filter and connections to all existing services & associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660594
7 Apr 2026Conditional
the construction of a slatted house, feed passages, slatted tank and concrete aprons
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2689
12 Mar 2026N/a
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, driveway, packaged wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660283
8 Apr 2025Conditional
demolition of an existing dwelling house and to construct a replacement dwelling house, a detached garage, alterations to the existing site entrance, new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25107
13 Mar 2024Conditional
existing mobile home for use during construction period served by existing septic tank which will be decommissioned on completion of proposed dwelling house, and Planning Permission to (a) construct a new single storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, install new mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter system, upgrade existing entrance and access with all associated site works, (b) change of use of existing derelict cottage to garden shed/store
Retention, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460224
1 Jun 2021Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21769
7 Jul 2020Conditional
construction of a slatted shed, slatted tanks, storage area, cattle crush, race, holding pens and concrete aprons
Permission · Limerick County Council, 20595
15 May 2020Conditional
Extension of permission for planning ref. 15/132
Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 207014
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
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- LI044-036001 Church
Description
In NW quadrant of enclosure (LI044-036002-). Fragmentary ivy-clad remains of rectangular church (24m E-W; 6.3m N-S) of which only S and W walls, and short return of N wall (L c. 2m) now stand; E wall reduced of pile of rubble and N wall down to foundation level. Doorway near W end of S wall covered by wicker-centred arch; jambs of door surround survive but arch fallen. Slit window in centre of S wall missing its light; window near E end of S wall has square-set embrasure missing its top, and light missing its surround. Immediately E of latter is partially collapsed aumbry (Wth 0.72m; D 0.54m). Remains of late-medieval parish church of Glenmore or Strand (Westropp 1904-5, 405), known as Teampull na h-Inghine Baoith, which was reduced to its present condition in "great gale" of 1839 (OSL vol. 1, 28). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI044-036002 Graveyard
Description
In level pasture. Trapazoidal area (N side 68m; S side 68m; E side 52m; W side 70m) defined by a scarped edge (ext. H 0.45m) with external fosse (Base Wth. 1m; D 0.35m). Remains of late-medieval parish church of Strand (LI044-036001---) in NW quadrant. Interior level and under grass. Though no evident graves or gravemarkers site presumably remains of graveyard enclosing church. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI044-038 Moated site
Description
In level wet pasture. Rectangular area (c. 29m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.75m) with external fosse (Base Wth. 0.6m; D 0.3m). Break (Wth. 3.8m) in bank at NE with ramp across fosse. Bank raised at corners; very slight on N side. Interior level with N side under pasture and S side overgrown. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post-box, installed c. 1930, bearing raised logo P&T of the Post & Telegraphs to front (south-east).
- Water pump, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c. 1910, comprising moulded pedestal supporting fluted shaft with bucket stand, banded neck, spout and handle. Fluted cap with acorn finial, having makers stamps to pedestal and shaft. Mounted on footpath adjacent to bridge within the village of Strand.
- An Tigh Bothántaíochta, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan three-bay single-storey thatched former house, built c. 1860. Having two-bay single-storey projecting end-bay front (east). Now in use as community centre. Hipped and pitched thatched roof with rendered chimneystack and render gable coping to side (north). Rendered walls with tooled limestone commemorative plaque to side (north) elevation of projecting end bay. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having replacement four-pane timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings having timber battened Dutch door to front elevation opening and timber battened door to side (north) elevation of projecting end bay. Attached single-bay corrugated-iron former school to side (north) elevation, having pitched roof with double-leaf corrugated-iron doors to front elevation. Rendered enclosing walls with circular profile piers and rendered capping. Cast-iron water pump to east with banded shaft, bucket notch to spout and cow-tail handle mounted on cylindrical-profile pier. Square-profile piers with render capping supporting single-leaf timber battened gate. Located at the south end of the village of Strand.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Glenmore East.
- 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
- Glenmore East, Strand6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Glenmore East · An Gleann Mór Thoir
- Area
- 2,961,068 m² (296.11 ha, 731.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killeedy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Glenquin
- Electoral division
- Monagay, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Monagay electoral division: 1,260 people in 446 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Arranagh, Ballykenny, Glenmore, Glenmore West, Glenquin, Lissurland, Rathcahill West
- Placenames
- Glenmore East 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.