# Knockbrack West, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Stradbally, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish An Cnoc Breac Thiar. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 142,247 m² (14.22 ha, 35.15 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,712 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Stradbally, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/stradbally.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Ballyvarra, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31268 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121393 - Centre: latitude 52.682063, longitude -8.497418 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbrack West, from 52 m² to 19,015 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1609418: 19,015 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1609418.md - Parcel 1610703: 13,266 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610703.md - Parcel 1610192: 11,390 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1610192.md - Parcel 1651312: 9,760 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651312.md - Parcel 1654773: 6,799 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1654773.md - Parcel 2425693: 4,181 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2425693.md - Parcel 1615457: 3,604 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615457.md - Parcel 1653442: 3,408 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653442.md - Parcel 1615559: 3,356 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615559.md - Parcel 1645569: 3,271 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645569.md - Parcel 1651303: 3,146 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651303.md - Parcel 1651294: 3,070 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651294.md - Parcel 1650200: 3,016 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1650200.md - Parcel 1651318: 3,001 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651318.md - Parcel 1657474: 2,940 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1657474.md - Parcel 1651328: 2,670 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651328.md - Parcel 1628875: 2,597 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628875.md - Parcel 1606494: 2,514 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606494.md - Parcel 1615553: 2,465 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615553.md - Parcel 1628841: 2,414 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1628841.md - Parcel 1615554: 2,399 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615554.md - Parcel 1594958: 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1594958.md - Parcel 1615455: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615455.md - Parcel 1656410: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1656410.md - Parcel 2526294: 1,889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2526294.md - Parcel 2384410: 1,872 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2384410.md - Parcel 1600518: 1,552 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600518.md - Parcel 1597859: 1,505 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1597859.md - Parcel 1588814: 1,472 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1588814.md - Parcel 1649642: 1,411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649642.md - Parcel 1600004: 1,378 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1600004.md - Parcel 1668146: 1,341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1668146.md - Parcel 1615562: 1,274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615562.md - Parcel 1651308: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651308.md - Parcel 1651398: 1,225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651398.md - Parcel 1615456: 1,190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615456.md - Parcel 3266575: 913 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3266575.md - Parcel 1661212: 904 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661212.md - Parcel 2526296: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2526296.md - Parcel 2384429: 666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2384429.md - Parcel 2386922: 628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2386922.md - Parcel 1599376: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599376.md - Parcel 1605885: 499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605885.md - Parcel 1602384: 477 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602384.md - Parcel 1608961: 468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1608961.md - Parcel 1673881: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1673881.md - Parcel 1615558: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615558.md - Parcel 1661794: 238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1661794.md - Parcel 1605264: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605264.md - Parcel 1658833: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1658833.md - Parcel 1622029: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622029.md - Parcel 1606784: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1606784.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockbrack West 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) 1 application, newest first. - 26 Sept 2026, Limerick County Council 2661127: N/a. Permission. construction a 2 storey extension to the side of dwelling, raise roof height of existing dwelling by 0.6m with the installation of a dormer to the rear and roof lights to the front, fenestration changes to front of dwelling, construction of a domestic garage, installation of a proprietary treatment system and raised soil polishing filter, demolition of hay barn and all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661127/0 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 Knockbrack West. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LI006-058: Boundary stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI006-058----. On the road verge S of the R503 at the intersection of the R503 and a local public road and 450m E of the M7. Annotated 'Liberty Stone' on the 1840 OS 6-inch map where it is depicted standing on the line of the ‘Parliamentary Boundary’ of Limerick City. This stone marked the boundary between the jurisdiction of the Mayor of Limerick City and the rest of the county which was outside his governance. The stone is not indicated at this location on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. The stone is not visible on Google Earth imagery taken 28/06/2018. The Ordnance Survey Letters for the Parish of Stradbally recorded the following details about this inscribed stone; 'Situated in the south corner of Ballynagowan Td., in the front wall of Terence Gleeson's house, near the road side leading from Limerick to Nenagh. This stone is about 3 ft. [0.9m] high and 1½ ft [0.45m] high. It was placed here in 1786 by Sir Christopher Knight, the then Mayor of Limerick' (OSL). Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 11 June 2020 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 Knockbrack West. ## 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 Knockbrack West, about 1 in 5 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 low. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1089, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1089.zip (ZIP). - 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/knockbrack-west.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockbrack-west.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockbrack-west.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockbrack West 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) - Ballynagowan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballynagowan.md - Drominboy: https://everytownland.com/limerick/drominboy.md - Knockbrack East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/knockbrack-east.md - Lisnagry: https://everytownland.com/limerick/lisnagry.md - Mountshannon: https://everytownland.com/limerick/mountshannon.md - Rivers: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rivers.md - Thornfield: https://everytownland.com/limerick/thornfield.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/knockbrack-west - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/limerick/knockbrack-west