Gortnagross

237 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnagross, from 2 m² to 486,777 m² (48.68 ha, 120.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Gortnagross 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.

• 10 Apr 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, driveway and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660409

• 26 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and a new wall to the front boundary and existing access point along with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660065

• 21 Oct 2025Refused

  demolition of the existing house and to build a new house along with all associated site works. Retention Permission for a domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561064

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, front entrance and boundary wall with a pumped connection to public sewer and all ancillary site works. Previous Planning Permission Reference Number 15/993

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25265

• 18 Nov 2024Conditional

  change of boundaries and vehicular entrances as built to house on sites 1and 2, Rear extension to house on sites 1 and 2, And a domestic garage to site 1

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2461132

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  (a) Demolition of existing rear extension to existing cottage, (b) Construct a single storey extension along with elevational changes to existing cottage (c) utilise existing access road and install pumping station with new wastewater connection to public foul sewer with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2461053

• 27 Mar 2024Conditional

  the construction of a community park, consisting of a children's playground with sensory area, an all-weather mini playing surface, car park with splayed entrance, walking route with 1100mm high bollard lighting, a utility building comprising kitchenette, wheelchair accessible wc, and grounds maintenance storage, timber structure gazebo, and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24114

• 27 Mar 2024Conditional

  of existing dwelling constructed to wall plate level under planning permission reference number 18/900. Planning permission for completion of dwelling with connection to all public services and all ancillary works. Planning permission for vehicular entrance and boundary wall with all ancillary works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 24115

• 24 Jan 2024N/a

  the construction of extensions to front(north) and both gables(east &west) and all ancillary works to the bungalow

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2421

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single storey 4 bedroom dwelling house , a single storey storage shed , use existing entrance with simple splayed wall and a packaged wastewater treatment unit and a packaged tertiary treatment with soil polishing filter all with associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360325

• 8 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, connection to public sewer with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221316

• 15 Jun 2022N/a

  foundations to 2 no. dwelling houses and permission to complete the construction of 2 no. dwellings, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Limerick County Council, 22676

• 29 Apr 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, connection to public services, entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22486

• 31 Mar 2022Conditional

  for the conversion of an existing house to 2no townhouses

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 22355

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  (a) the demolition of an existing single storey attached garage, (b) construct extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling house with elevational changes, connection to existing services with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22246

• 21 Sept 2021Conditional

  construction of a new single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, mechanical aeration unit with polishing filter system and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 211318

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  demolition of detached domestic sheds, breaking out new window ope side(west) elevation, construction of single storey extension to side (west) and rear, construction of detached domestic garage to side(west) and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211173

• 30 Mar 2021Conditional

  extension of duration for 15/993 for the construction of a storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, front entrance with a pumped connection to public sewer and all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 217015

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  removal of roadside boundary wall to provide off road parking

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21317

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  extension of duration for 15/976

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 217009

• 10 Dec 2020Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, (part single storey, and part two storey), incorporating integrated garage. Solar and photovoltaic panels, and roof lights to roof. New access road, utilising of existing site entrance. Construction of new pumping station, and new wastewater connection to existing public sewer and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201312

• 21 Oct 2020Refused

  erection of a freestanding 21m high monopole telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated equipment all enclosed in security fencing

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 201062

• 20 Oct 2020Conditional

  existing extension to the side of his dwelling house and also to retain garage and carport as constructed for private domestic use adjacent to his house and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 201056

• 1 Sept 2020Conditional

  construction of 2 no. dwelling houses, new entrance with connection to public foul sewer with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 20857

• 18 Sept 2019Refused

  a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new entrance with connection to public foul sewer with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 19932

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• LI034-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on terrace in N-facing slope. Area of site covered by dense overgrowth of scrub and tall grasses. Roughly circular area (36m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank. Bank overlain/replaced by field boundary NE->SE and covered by dense overgrowth SE->WSW. Bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.45m) best preserver WSW->NW. From NW->NE bank becomes scarp-like (int. H 0.2; ext. H 1.3m); along here ground falls away from external face of scarp in series of steps. Field boundary which abutted external bank face at NW has been removed. Interior surface noticeably uneven, and slopes down gently to ENE. In E quadrant is irregular-shaped depression (2m N-S; 2.5m E-W; D c. 0.4m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI034-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  According to Ó Danachair (1955, 215) in this townland was a well named 'Tobar Mhichíl ... now used to supply water to Athea ... an old man, born in 1816, stated that his grandfather used to make rounds at this well' (ibid.). There is no well marked on the OS maps in the location given by Ó Danachair and an extensive search of the area did not reveal an such well nor is there any local knowledge of its existence. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 23 August 2012

Architectural heritage

• C.P. Mullane, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former shop, built c. 1860, having timber shopfront to front (north). Two-storey projecting bay to rear (south). Now in use as house. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to rear projecting bay. Rendered walls throughout with render quoins to front elevation. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills and uPVC casement windows throughout. Square-headed door opening to front elevation, having timber panelled door with brass fittings, surmounted by single-pane overlight. Timber shopfront comprising pilasters surmounted by architrave, frieze with raised lettering and cornice. Square-headed window openings with timber sills over rendered stall risers. Having fixed timber-framed single-pane display windows with carved timber spandrels. Central recessed porch with square-headed door opening having double-leaf glazed timber doors surmounted by bipartite overlight. Round-headed sidelights to porch with tooled limestone step and decorative double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Located at eastern end of Athea overlooking the River Galey.

• Athea Garda Síochána Station, garda station/constabulary barracks, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey garda station, built c. 1920, having gable-fronted end bays to front (west). Hipped slate roof to central block with pitched slate roofs to gable-fronted end bays, having brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Course of dog-tooth bricks below rendered eaves course with timber facia. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth throughout. Recent intercom insert with rendered reveals to side (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with raised render reveals and render sills throughout. Timber-framed tripartite windows to front and rear elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights to front elevation. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights to rear elevation. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation of gable-fronted end-bays. Four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to side (north, south) elevations. Timber casement windows to rear and side (north) elevation of southern gable-fronted end-bay. Round-headed recessed tympanums over windows to front elevation of gable-fronted end-bays. Square-headed door openings having raised render reveals throughout, with glazed timber door to rear and side (south) elevation openings. Tooled limestone step to side (south) elevation opening. Render surround and glazed timber door surmounted by single-pane overlight to side (north) elevation. Rendered footpath surrounding house. Recent corrugated-iron outbuilding to south-east. Roughcast rendered enclosing walls with render coping and square-profile piers having render capping, double-leaf galvanised-iron and single-leaf wrought-iron gates.

• Athea Carnegie Library, library/archive, 1915–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey Carnegie library, dated 1917, having ashlar limestone break-front porch to front (east). Hipped slate roof with roughcast rendered chimneystack with oversailing red brick cornice, timber clad eaves and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth. Tooled limestone date plaque to front elevation. Ashlar tooled limestone to porch continuing as quoins to south elevation. Square-headed window openings having tooled limestone sills, raised render reveals and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having chamfered reveals to porch, tooled limestone step and timber battened door. Recent render ramp to approach with galvanised-steel railing. Rendered and recent concrete enclosing walls with rendered piers and wrought-iron gate. Located on slope to the southern end of Athea.

• Water pump, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c. 1920, comprising moulded pedestal, fluted shaft with bucket stand, banded neck, spout and fluted cap with acorn finial. Now disused. Located on footpath to south-east of Athea.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey thatched vernacular house, built c. 1860, having single-bay lean-to addition to side (east) and three-bay single-storey extension to rear (north). Hipped thatched roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched artificial slate roof to extensions. Corrugated-iron roof to lean-to. Rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone sills to front (south) elevation with timber casement windows. Render sills to extensions. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber panelled and timber battened doors to front elevation, glazed timber door to side (east) elevation. Three-bay single-storey with dormer attic converted outbuilding to east, having pitched artificial slate roof with uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Round-headed window opening with rendered sill to side (west) elevation, having and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone sills and lintels to gable of side (south) elevation with timber casement window. Square-headed door openings throughout, having timber battened Dutch door to side (west) elevation. Double-leaf timber battened doors to side (west) elevation. Located within own grounds, having rubble stone enclosing walls with rendered square-profile gate piers having single-leaf timber battened pedestrian gate and double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gates.

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

At the centre of the townland of Gortnagross, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_334 (ZIP).

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.

• Gortnagross, Athea17 sales

Name

Gortnagross · Gort na gCros

Area

3,519,837 m² (351.98 ha, 869.77 acres)

Civil parish

Rathronan, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Rathronan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

937 people lived in 361 households in the Rathronan electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Athea Upper, Cool West, Templeathea West, Tooradoo

Placenames

Gortnagross 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.