# Gortnacreha Upper, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cloncagh, barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Gort na Creiche Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,807,624 m² (180.76 ha, 446.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,370 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cloncagh, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/cloncagh.md - Barony: Connello Upper - Electoral division: Ballynoe West, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Ballynoe West electoral division: 336 people in 117 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31677 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121152 - Centre: latitude 52.424754, longitude -8.924728 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnacreha Upper, from 130 m² to 433,261 m² (43.33 ha, 107.06 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1610287: 433,261 m² (43.33 ha, 107.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610287.md - Parcel 5973818: 179,765 m² (17.98 ha, 44.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5973818.md - Parcel 1655972: 179,026 m² (17.9 ha, 44.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655972.md - Parcel 1610254: 147,915 m² (14.79 ha, 36.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610254.md - Parcel 1601855: 119,633 m² (11.96 ha, 29.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1601855.md - Parcel 1674362: 102,875 m² (10.29 ha, 25.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674362.md - Parcel 1595640: 86,678 m² (8.67 ha, 21.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1595640.md - Parcel 1650733: 75,581 m² (7.56 ha, 18.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650733.md - Parcel 1608047: 74,839 m² (7.48 ha, 18.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608047.md - Parcel 1602701: 61,303 m² (6.13 ha, 15.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602701.md - Parcel 1662322: 55,300 m² (5.53 ha, 13.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1662322.md - Parcel 1610255: 46,887 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610255.md - Parcel 1610257: 42,470 m² (4.25 ha, 10.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610257.md - Parcel 1655900: 37,831 m² (3.78 ha, 9.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655900.md - Parcel 1655974: 37,467 m² (3.75 ha, 9.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655974.md - Parcel 1610256: 29,384 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610256.md - Parcel 1606455: 23,167 m² (2.32 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606455.md - Parcel 1655973: 11,956 m² (1.2 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655973.md - Parcel 1610160: 11,624 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610160.md - Parcel 1610253: 6,767 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610253.md - Parcel 1655901: 5,973 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655901.md - Parcel 1654663: 4,856 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654663.md - Parcel 1661008: 4,066 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661008.md - Parcel 1657095: 4,033 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657095.md - Parcel 1653912: 3,791 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653912.md - Parcel 1609833: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609833.md - Parcel 1593893: 2,526 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1593893.md - Parcel 1609462: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609462.md - Parcel 1605033: 1,883 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605033.md - Parcel 3847453: 1,703 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847453.md - Parcel 1655902: 1,685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655902.md - Parcel 1639559: 1,647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1639559.md - Parcel 4916283: 1,290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4916283.md - Parcel 1659827: 1,195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1659827.md - Parcel 1673489: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673489.md - Parcel 5742040: 438 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5742040.md - Parcel 1668057: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668057.md - Parcel 3265993: 270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265993.md - Parcel 1627179: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627179.md - Parcel 1606911: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606911.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Gortnacreha Upper in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 26 May 2026, Limerick County Council 2660589: N/a. Permission. carrying out alterations of and extension to existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank and construct a new waste water treatment system and polishing filter, demolish existing haybarn and outbuilding and carry out all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660589/0 - 5 Mar 2026, Limerick County Council 267022: Refused. Extension of duration. alterations and extension to existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank and construct a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, demolish existing hay barn and outbuilding and carry out all associated site works. Original Planning Ref. No. 21/112. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/267022/0 - 7 Oct 2025, Limerick County Council 2561021: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of existing out buildings and single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, the construction of a single storey and storey and a half style extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling, modifications to vehicular entrance, the installation a wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561021/0 - 5 Feb 2021, Limerick County Council 21112: Conditional. Permission. alterations and extension to existing dwelling house, decommission existing septic tank and construct a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, demolish existing hay barn and outbuilding and carry out all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/21112/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortnacreha Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI037-075: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI037-075----. In pasture, on sharp N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) with an external fosse (D 0.7m; Wth 1.8m). Interior, mostly under pasture but with some scrub cover, has a level N half but S half slopes down to N. Field boundaries which abutted enclosure at E and N have been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI037-076: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI037-076----. In pasture, near E end of summit of low hill. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. However, it is still discernible as circular area (diam. 24m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.1m) with external fosse (D 0.1m). A field boundary runs along line of fosse NE->E. Interior is level and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 323/ 21, 22, 23 , 24 on 05/10/2002 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortnacreha Upper. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility 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 Gortnacreha Upper. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnacreha-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnacreha-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnacreha-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Gortnacreha Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/limerick/carrowmore.md - Clooncooravane South: https://everytownland.com/limerick/clooncooravane-south.md - Garbally: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garbally-121016.md - Garrane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/garrane-121028.md - Gortnacreha Lower: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnacreha-lower.md - Kilmeedy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilmeedy.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/limerick/gortnacreha-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/gortnacreha-upper