Kilmore

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmore, from 155 m² to 716,433 m² (71.64 ha, 177.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilmore 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.

• 3 Oct 2025Conditional

  a calf house, effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 25326

• 30 May 2024N/a

  an extension to the existing dwelling, a change from door to window on the front elevation, the installation of a new wastewater treatment system, an upgrade to existing vehicle entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460533

• 15 Nov 2023Conditional

  extension of permission for planning ref. 17/199: involves the provision of an Asphalt Batching Plant including a bunded bitumen storage area (roof), 6 no. hoppers for insertion of raw material, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) system, conveyor belt system and 5 no. bitumen/fuel storage tanks. The proposed development includes the installation of a new Class 1 (full retention) petrol interceptor & the provision of an emissions stack measuring 22.8m in height (12.8 m above original ground level). The proposal is located within an existing operational quarry on a site measuring 0.82 Hectares and will avail of existing site infrastructure. The site will be accessed off the adjacent local road (LP-1545) via the existing quarry road

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 237031

• 21 Jun 2023Conditional

  1) the retention of the rear ground floor extension as constructed, 2) the retention of the rear first floor attic extension which includes altered roof profile as constructed, 3) the retention of altered front elevations including one roof light, 4) the retention of the front porch and 5) all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23331

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  construction of a slatted unit for dairy cows including calving boxes and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211685

• 22 Oct 2021Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed, feed passage, ancillary concrete and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211476

• 17 May 2021Conditional

  construction of a slatted unit for dairy cows and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21655

• 1 Jul 2020Conditional

  a new roof with an increase in height to accommodate a first floor extension to the existing bungalow

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20573

• 3 Apr 2017Conditional

  construction of a cattle underpass effluent storage tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17286

• 3 Mar 2017Conditional

  involves the provision of an Asphalt Batching Plant including a bunded bitumen storage area (roof), 6 no. hoppers for insertion of raw material, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) system, conveyor belt system and 5 no. bitumen/fuel storage tanks. The proposed development includes the installation of a new Class 1 (full retention) petrol interceptor & the provision of an emissions stack measuring 22.8m in height (12.8 m above original ground level). The proposal is located within an existing operational quarry on a site measuring 0.82 Hectares and will avail of existing site infrastructure. The site will be accessed off the adjacent local road (LP-1545) via the existing quarry road

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17199

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilmore.

Recorded monuments

• LI038-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on low-lying level terrain, overlooked by low hill NW->N. Sub-circular area (31m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.25m; Wth 4m). Scarp is indistinct and difficult to differentiate from undulations of natural terrain, but is best preserved S->N. A farm passage runs close to W side along line of a removed field boundary. Interior, under pasture, slopes down very gently to WSW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, at foot of S-facing slope. Circular area (36.5m N-S) enclosed by three concentric earthen banks (Bank 1: int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m; Bank 2: int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1m; Bank 3: int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) with intervening fosses and external fosse (D 0.9m; Wth 1.2m). Two outermost banks only evident NW->S. Entrance through banks (Wth 4.5m) at SSE; narrow gap through banks at N. Interior covered by coniferous trees and dense undergrowth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-038 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly-rectangular shallow depression (D c. 0.3m; 18m N-S; 24m E-W) only visible surface trace of site depicted as square (L c. 20m) platform on 1923 OS 6-inch map; exact nature of site uncertain. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (28.9m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.9m; Wth 1.95m), best preserver ESE->W. A number of trees grow along scarp. Gap in scarp (Wth 3m) at E used by farm machinery to access interior. Interior, under pasture, slopes down towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-040 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on N shoulder of low hill. Oval area (48m N-S; 31.7m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 2m; Wth 2.5m), with external fosse (D 0.4m; Wth 1.6m) W->NE. Field boundaries abut enclosure at W and NE. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. According to local information enclosure recently levelled by bulldozer and surface of area around site is noticabally uneven but no trace of enclosure is now evident. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-158 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gently undulating terrain. Circular area (18m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.7m; Wth 6m) with external fosse (D 0.45m; Wth 3.2m). Scarp best preserved NW->E, dips slightly at SSE (Wth 0.75m). Fosse is best preserved N->ENE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gentle to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI038-177 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland with stream marking townland boundary with Dohora 75m to N. Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 25m) defined by a ditch visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Outline of enclosure clearly visible on earlier OSi orthoimages. Outline of enclosure visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016 where it shows an old stream or water channel intersecting the enclosure at SSE. See attached Google Earth orthophoto taken 16/03/2016 Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 31 May 2020

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1775–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span limestone road bridge, dated 1776, spanning a former mill race, having later handball alley to side (east) and substantial repair work. Round-headed arch having replacement render archivolt, inserted following bridge collapse, c. 1980, having rendered and dressed rubble stone soffit springing from rendered piers. Rubble stone spandrels with render repairs rising to rubble stone abutments and rubble stone parapet walls. Having rubble stone and render coping with dressed stone stile to northern end of side (west) elevation. Concrete lined basin beneath arch. Tarmac road over bridge. Handball alley to northern end of side (east) elevation comprising rendered walls and base.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Kilmore.

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.

No address of the register names Kilmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Kilmore · An Choill Mhór

Area

3,930,818 m² (393.08 ha, 971.33 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingarry(croom Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Coolrus, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Coolrus electoral division: 469 people in 154 households; 93% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynabanoge, Coolrus, Dohora, Doorlus, Granagh, Kilmore Demesne, Kingsland, Liskennett West, Morenane

Placenames

Kilmore 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.