# Granagh, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballingarry(Croom Ra), barony of Connello Upper, Co. Limerick; in Irish Greanach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,484,508 m² (148.45 ha, 366.83 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,453 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballingarry(Croom Ra), https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/ballingarry-croom-ra.md - Barony: Connello Upper - Electoral division: Coolrus, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 469 people lived in 154 households in the Coolrus electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/30593 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121190 - Centre: latitude 52.451216, longitude -8.755468 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Granagh, from 170 m² to 578,738 m² (57.87 ha, 143.01 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1643038: 578,738 m² (57.87 ha, 143.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1643038.md - Parcel 1594936: 324,433 m² (32.44 ha, 80.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594936.md - Parcel 1607946: 285,742 m² (28.57 ha, 70.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607946.md - Parcel 1663547: 84,914 m² (8.49 ha, 20.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1663547.md - Parcel 1669651: 50,557 m² (5.06 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669651.md - Parcel 1589612: 29,819 m² (2.98 ha, 7.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589612.md - Parcel 6057954: 18,129 m² (1.81 ha, 4.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6057954.md - Parcel 1606378: 16,001 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606378.md - Parcel 1599366: 9,773 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599366.md - Parcel 1654483: 6,534 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654483.md - Parcel 1669088: 5,759 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669088.md - Parcel 1666348: 4,594 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666348.md - Parcel 1612904: 4,504 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612904.md - Parcel 1622526: 4,488 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622526.md - Parcel 1650521: 4,483 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650521.md - Parcel 1655200: 4,311 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1655200.md - Parcel 1602702: 4,251 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602702.md - Parcel 1605519: 4,128 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605519.md - Parcel 1631782: 3,453 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631782.md - Parcel 1653407: 3,162 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653407.md - Parcel 1673495: 3,159 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673495.md - Parcel 1594935: 2,784 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594935.md - Parcel 1594114: 2,690 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594114.md - Parcel 1610568: 2,360 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610568.md - Parcel 1627183: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627183.md - Parcel 1597960: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597960.md - Parcel 1609307: 2,172 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609307.md - Parcel 1661180: 2,126 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661180.md - Parcel 1609023: 2,119 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609023.md - Parcel 5492398: 1,952 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5492398.md - Parcel 1592248: 1,723 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1592248.md - Parcel 5398444: 1,695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5398444.md - Parcel 3265953: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3265953.md - Parcel 5492386: 798 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5492386.md - Parcel 1608622: 713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608622.md - Parcel 1647482: 686 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647482.md - Parcel 1609901: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609901.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Granagh 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 29 Jul 2025, Limerick County Council 2560742: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new two-storey dwelling house, attached garage, entrance with front wall, domestic wastewater treatment system & all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560742/0 - 29 Jul 2025, Limerick County Council 2560741: Conditional. Outline permission. the construction of a new two-storey dwelling house, attached garage, entrance with front wall, domestic wastewater treatment system & all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560741/0 - 19 Dec 2024, Limerick County Council 2461285: Conditional. Permission. changes to the site boundaries and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461285/0 - 5 Apr 2024, Limerick County Council 2460299: Conditional. Permission consequent, 3 homes. (Reference number of outline permission 21/1086) 3 No. 2-storey dwelling houses, domestic wastewater treatment systems, entrances & associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460299/0 - 29 Aug 2022, Limerick County Council 22937: Conditional. Retention. the construction of building for use for motorcycle sales, repair, storage & maintenance, and new vehicular entrance and all ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/22937/0 - 15 Oct 2021, Limerick County Council 211431: N/a. Retention. development consisting of construction of building for use for motorcycle sales, repair, storage & maintenance and all ancillary works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211431/0 - 30 Jul 2021, Limerick County Council 211086: Conditional. Outline permission. 3no. 2 storey dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system, entrance and associated site works and planning permission for the construction of 3 serviced sites, entrance, access road and associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211086/0 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 Granagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI038-067: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-067----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.9m) with external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 1.6m). Enclosing element has been partially levelled W->E. Field boundary skirts enclosure N->W. Level interior is covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI038-068: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-068----. In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled save for short arc SW->NW of perimeter defences. This consists of two concentric earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.9m; outer bank: int. H 2m; ext. H 0.8m) separated by fosse (Wth 1.55m), with external fosse (D 0.2m; Wth 1.5m). Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI038-069: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-069----. In pasture, at base of SE-facing slope. Circular area (26.8m N-S; 25.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.9m) S->E, and defined by scarped edge (H 0.65m; Wth 2.7m) E->S. Gap in bank (Wth 2.9m) to SSE. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI038-070: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-070----. In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (30.4m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.6m; Wth 1.5m) with external fosse (D 0.3m; Wth 1.1m). A NW-SE field boundary skirts enclosure on NE side. Interior, partially covered by overgrowth, slopes down gently to N. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - LI038-071001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-071001-. Westropp (1904-5, 411) recorded the following details about Shanboha Church; 'Seanboch Capell, 1400; Seanboth, with Kilmocho chapels, the Abbey of Keynsham held them, 1418; Cnockseanmabothy, 1410. St. Maidoc, or Aidan, of Ferns, founded Cloncagh in this deanery; and it is probable that he founded this church, for it bears the name of another of his foundations, Senboithe, or Temple Shanbo, in Scarawalsh. Fabric - fragments of the east and north walls stood in 1840; it is now nearly levelled'. Church ruins described in 1840 as 'the ruins of an old Church called Shannaboha (Seana Bhoithe) situated in a large grave-yard (LI037-071002-) still in use. This Church is now all destroyed except a small fragment of the east gable and a smaller one of the north side wall, both of which are featureless' (OSL Ballingarry Parish, 25). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 May 2019 - LI038-071002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-071002-. Site of medieval church (LI038-071001-) of Shanboha stood in N quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 42m N-S x 74m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at W end of S wall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 May 2019 - LI038-165: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI038-165----. In reclaimed grassland on N-facing slope, 95m E of townland boundary with Ballyguileataggle. Not marked on the OSi historic maps. Identified during examination of Archaeological Survey of Ireland aerial photograph (ASIAP ) taken 18/09/2005. Monument visible as a large irregular shaped cropmark on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage dated 2011-13. Doubtful antiquity, appears like a natural feature defined by meandering watercourses on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2016. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 April 2021 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) - Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 21903806, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21903806. Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1831. Comprising three-bay nave with single-bay double-height transepts to sides (north-east, south-west). Single-bay double-height gable-fronted chancel to rear (south-east) with two-bay single-storey sacristy to side (south-west). Recent two-bay single-storey boiler house to side (south-west) of southern transept. Single-bay single-storey gable-fronted porch to side (north-east) elevation of nave. Pitched artificial slate roofs having tooled limestone gable copings on corbels, having carved limestone cross finials to gables, rendered eaves courses and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone bellcote surmounted by cross finial to front (north-west) elevation of nave. Flat rendered roof to boiler house with concealed rainwater goods and cast-iron downpipe. Rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Recent skylights to chancel. Rendered walls throughout having rendered corner sited buttresses and plinth. Tooled limestone date plaque to front elevation of nave. Pointed arch window openings with render sills throughout, having lead-lined stained glass windows to nave, transepts and side (south-east) elevation of sacristy. Lead-lined lattice work windows to side (south-west) elevation of boiler house. Group of three lights with chamfered tooled limestone sills and block-and-start surrounds to front and side (south-east) elevations of nave, having chamfered tooled limestone voussoirs and lead-lined stained glass windows with stained glass margins. Triangular window opening to side (south-west, north-east) elevations of transepts having single-pane windows. Pointed arch door openings throughout, having diminishing tooled limestone surround to front elevation, with tooled limestone plinth and impost blocks, recent render ramp to approach and double-leaf glazed timber doors. Flanked by tooled limestone piscina. Glazed timber door to side (south-east) elevation of sacristy surmounted by tripartite overlight. Glazed-timber door to front elevation of northern porch. Square-headed door opening to side (south-west) elevation of boiler house having timber battened and louvered door. Arch-braced timber roof to interior of nave springing from tooled limestone corbels. Recent interior timber porch to north-west end of nave beneath timber balcony having decorative timber panels and timber supporting columns with decorative brackets. Timber Stations of the Cross to walls. Pointed arch flanked by statues of Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph to chancel with render vaulted ceiling to interior. Carved white marble reredos, pulpit and altar depicting Christ carrying Cross flanked by engaged polychrome columns. Marble baptismal font with white marble railing to eastern end of northern transept. Side chapel to north-west corner of nave to Blessed Virgin Mary. Millennium grotto to north-east of church depicting Christ as child. Three-bay single-storey toilet block to east of church. Rendered enclosing walls having render coping and square-profile piers with single and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. - Granagh House, farm house, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 21903810, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC®no=21903810. Detached four-bay two-storey Georgian style farmhouse, built c. 1800, having porch to front (north-west). Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystack, rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to porch with carved timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls throughout. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout, having internal timber panelled shutters and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Render sill to front elevation of porch. Timber casement window to western bay of front elevation and ground floor of side (south-west) elevation. Square-headed door openings with tooled limestone step to side (north-east) elevation of porch having later timber panelled door. Timber battened door to side (south-west) elevation. Cobble and concrete paved farmyard to north-west of house having five-bay single-storey stable block with integral carriage arch and two-bay single-storey barn with lean-to extension forming western range and four-bay single-storey block forming northern range. Pitched slate roofs with white washed rubble stone walls. Integral carriage arch to western range having rubbed red brick voussoirs. Square-headed door openings having single- and double-leaf timber battened doors. Double-leaf timber sliding doors to barn. Rubbed red brick voussoirs to side elevation of northern range. Render enclosing wall to south-east of house having single-leaf wrought-iron gates. Rubble stone and rendered enclosing walls with splayed entrance having render coping and square-profile piers with render capping and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Granagh, about 1 in 10 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Granagh. - 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/granagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/granagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/granagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Granagh, Kilmallock: 7 sales, https://everytownland.com/limerick/granagh-kilmallock.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cappanihane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cappanihane.md - Coolrus: https://everytownland.com/limerick/coolrus.md - Graigacurragh: https://everytownland.com/limerick/graigacurragh.md - Kilmore: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilmore.md - Lisduane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lisduane.md - Liskennett West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/liskennett-west.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/granagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/granagh