Gormanstown
Townland in the civil parish of Athneasy, barony of Smallcounty, Co. Limerick; in Irish Baile Uí Ghormáin
- Area
- 37.4 ha
- 92 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 16,151 m² (1.62 ha, 3.99 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gormanstown, from 403 m² to 162,939 m² (16.29 ha, 40.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Gormanstown 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
2 Apr 2026Conditional
an extension to existing milking parlour collecting yard including slatted tank and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2687
11 Nov 2021Conditional
construction of 2 no. livestock underpasses and effluent holding tanks and new entrance and all associated siteworks
Permission · Limerick County Council, 211558
16 Feb 2017Conditional
construction of agricultural shed containing cubicles, feeding passage and slatted tank
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17131
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 Gormanstown.
Recorded monuments
- LI040-061015 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed pasture, to the S of a group of 4 barrows – ring-barrows (LI040-0610016-/061019-). Not marked on the OSi historic maps. Small circular cropmark (Site No. 040282) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2553) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2553) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 29 April 2021
- LI040-061016 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed pasture, to the N of a group of 3 barrows – ring-barrows (LI040-0610017-/061019-). Not marked on the OSi historic maps. Small circular cropmark (Site No. 040226) identified during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/50000 2553) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph from Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline (BGE 1/50000 2553) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 29 April 2021
- LI040-061017 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed pasture 70m E of townland boundary with Ballynamona. One of 6 possible barrows (LI040-061015/019-/ LI040-061021-) concentrated in an area measuring 175m NS x 300m E-W in the N of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible ring-barrow (site No. 040283) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2553) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann gas pipeline (Grogan 1989, 231). Faint cropmark visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthophotos. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 May 2021
- LI040-061018 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed pasture 125m E of townland boundary with Ballynamona. One of 6 possible barrows (LI040-061015/019-/ LI040-061021-) concentrated in an area measuring 175m NS x 300m E-W in the N of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site (site No. 040224) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2554) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. Doubtful antiquity. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 May 2021
- LI040-061019 Barrow - unclassified
Description
In reclaimed pasture 140m E of townland boundary with Ballynamona. One of 6 possible barrows (LI040-061015/019-/ LI040-061021-) concentrated in an area measuring 175m NS x 300m E-W in the N of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site (site No. 040225) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2554) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 May 2021
- LI040-061020 Earthwork
Description
In reclaimed pasture 50m N of townland boundary with Ballynamona. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site (site No. 040227) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2553) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint oultine of irregular-shaped cropmark (dims. 48m NS x 60m E-W)visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 May 2021
- LI040-061021 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In reclaimed pasture 90m W of townland boundary with Gormanstown (Phillips). One of 6 possible barrows (LI040-061015/019-/ LI040-06021-) concentrated in an area measuring 175m NS x 300m E-W in the N quadrant of the townland. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site (site No. 040223) during examination of aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2554) taken 03/11/1984 on the Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Faint cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 28 May 2021
- LI040-216001 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In pasture, 40m S of townland boundary with Baggotstown West and 160m NE of the Morningstar River. A possible ditch-barrow (LI040-216002-) lies 20m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 89; AP 5/2105). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage. Faint trace of circular-shaped cropmark visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/09/2019 . See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 89 and Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 2 July 2021
- LI040-216002 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In pasture, 50m S of townland boundary with Baggotstown West and 125m NE of the Morningstar River. A possible ditch-barrow (LI040-216001-) lies 20m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 88; AP 5/2105). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 88 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 2 July 2021
- LI040-216003 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In pasture, 37m W of townland boundary with Bottomstown, a possible ditch-barrow (LI040-260----) lies 50m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 90; AP 5/2105). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 90 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 2 July 2021
- LI040-260 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, 12m W of townland boundary with Bottomstown, a possible ditch-barrow (LI040-216003-) lies 50m to the NW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible enclosure by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 140; AP 5/2105). No surface remains visible on the Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Bruff survey image showing cropmark labelled Bruff 140 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 5 July 2021
Architectural heritage
- Gormanstown Bridge, bridge, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
Description
Two-arch humpback road bridge, built c. 1780, over the Morningstar River. Coursed rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone plinths. Round-headed arches with tooled stone voussoirs. Cut limestone V-cutwater to upstream pier.
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 Gormanstown.
- 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
- Gormanstown, Bulgaden7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Gormanstown · Baile Uí Ghormáin
- Area
- 374,170 m² (37.42 ha, 92.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Athneasy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Smallcounty
- Electoral division
- Uregare, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Uregare electoral division: 654 people in 223 households; 90% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baggotstown West, Ballincolloo, Ballydaly, Ballynamona, Bottomstown, Gormanstown (Grady), Gormanstown (Phillips), Magherareagh
- Placenames
- Gormanstown 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.