Graiguesparling
Graiguesparling is a townland in the civil parish of Adare, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is An Ghráig (Sparling).
- Area
- 55.7 ha
- 138 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 2,893 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graiguesparling, from 39 m² to 236,424 m² (23.64 ha, 58.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Education and Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism Related Development (Tourism and related)
Adare Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Sept 2026N/a
a temporary planning permission for 1 year is sought for the provision of temporary luxury-under-canvas accommodation to serve the 2027 Ryder Cup, comprising: (i) 180 no. guest accommodation tents that will provide for 360 no. people; (ii) 30 no. staff accommodation tents that will provide for 90 no. people; (iii) 20 no. catering and guest services tents; (iv) 6 no. catering vehicles; (v) 10 no. WC/shower units; (vi) pedestrian access via Rathkeale Road; (vii) vehicular access via the existing entrance via the R519; (viii) generators, water tanks, and wastewater tanks; (ix) a car parking area; (x) a staff campervan area; (xi) and all ancillary works necessary to carry out the development. This application includes a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2661104
12 Dec 2023Conditional
the construction of a two storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works(reference number of outline permission 21/381) and permission for a detached garage(permission)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23595
1 Sept 2022Conditional
a development which will consist of; (a) demolition of one chimney stack and porch canopy to front elevation, (b) construction of a single storey extension to rear and side(south) and new porch canopy to side(north) elevation, (c) alterations to opes including (i) widening door ope to front at ground floor level, (ii) new door ope to side(north) elevation at ground floor level, (iii) blocking up one window, forming two new window opes and altering one window ope to side(south) elevation at ground floor level and (d) all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 22951
2 Dec 2021Conditional
construction cubicle shed with underground effluent tanks, walled silage slab and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 211663
21 Jun 2021Conditional
construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21879
12 Apr 2021Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works(outline permission ref. no. 20/1133)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21465
29 Mar 2021Conditional
a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 21381
23 Feb 2021Conditional
new enclosure and flood lighting to 4no. tennis courts, practice court and 2no. ball-walls, the reorientation of existing grass pitches to accommodate 2no. GAA size pitches and 2no. soccer size pitches and a lawn/bowls green, together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 21200
5 Nov 2020Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 201133
29 Oct 2020Conditional
existing detached storage shed/fuel store, together with all associated site and incidental works
Retention · Limerick County Council, 201104
2 Sept 2019Conditional
construction of a milking parlour with collecting/drafting yards, meal bin, dairy, office, plant rooms, slatted tank, concrete yard and all associated site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 19874
15 Aug 2017Conditional
construction of a cubicle shed incorporating slatted tanks and all ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17771
26 Jul 2017Conditional
a pavilion/service building incorporating changing rooms, toilets and meeting rooms (395sqm), treatment plant, percolation area, car parking, earth works and ancillary site works
Permission · Limerick County Council, 17713
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 Graiguesparling.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Graiguesparling.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Graiguesparling.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Graiguesparling, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_819 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Graiguesparling with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Graiguesparling · An Ghráig (Sparling)
- Area
- 556,973 m² (55.7 ha, 137.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Adare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshma
- Electoral division
- Adare South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,225 people lived in 730 households in the Adare South electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beabus, Drehidtarsna, Graigue
- Placenames
- Graiguesparling 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.