Mountcollins

302 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountcollins, from 19 m² to 159,865 m² (15.99 ha, 39.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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 Mountcollins 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.

• 1 May 2026N/a

  (A) Construct a 2 storey building to contain dressing rooms, accessible toilets, meeting rooms, viewing balcony with all associated areas, (B) Install a new on site mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter system, (C) Install new flood lighting to replace existing pitch lighting system, (D) alteration to existing parking areas with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660495

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  conversion of the existing garage into a double-occupancy communal dwelling unit. Works include internal alterations to provide living, dining, and bathroom facilities for persons with intellectual or physical disabilities, along with modifications to external elevations and all associated site works. The proposed unit will have a gross floor area of 98sqm and will be located to the rear of the existing main residential care unit.• Retention Permission for an already installed wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter, including all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561286

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single-story domestic garage, behind existing dwelling house, along with ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2561258

• 29 Sept 2025Conditional

  attic development to dwelling to include fenestration changes to elevations to include roof lights, gable windows, plaster quoin stones, domestic garage with attic storage, all with revised boundaries

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560986

• 15 Jul 2025Conditional

  the construction of a domestic garage/store

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560696

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  a) flat roof extension to rear de bungalow (north side) with all associated site works. (b) retention of flat roof extension to rear of bungalow (south side) with all associated site works. c) Planning Permission to replace flat roof on extension to rear of bungalow (south side) with pitched tile roof to match main house with all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 25203

• 12 Jul 2024Conditional

  the subdivision of a three-storey derelict dwelling into 2 No. three-storey dwellings, alterations to door and window opes to front elevation at ground floor level, the addition of two roof lights to the front, the addition of two dormer window extensions to rear, the addition of two windows to rear elevation at first floor level, the construction of three-storey extensions to the rear, construction of 2m tall boundary walls to rear and all ancillary works at site

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460693

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance and all ancillary works to the dwelling house

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 24215

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  2 no 3 bedroom ( semi detached ) dwellings with associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2460325

• 4 Mar 2024Conditional

  construction of a new slatted livestock house adjacent to existing farm buildings. Proposed livestock house to incorporate easy feed, flow channel & underground slatted slurry tank with external agitation & ancillary concrete. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460183

• 15 Nov 2023Conditional

  a children's playground, including fencing, lighting installations and ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23550

• 26 Apr 2023Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension onto the side of an existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 23226

• 17 Jan 2023Conditional

  the construction of 2 no single storey dwellings , single vehicular entrance ,connection to public mains and sewer and associated services ( previous ref : 07/3615 )

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 2360013

• 10 Jan 2023N/a

  Ashfort Green Ltd wish to apply to limerick City and County Council for permission to construct 2 no single storey dwellings , single vehicular entrance ,connection to public mains and sewer and associated services ( previous ref : 07/3615 ) at Mountcollins village ,Mountcollins , Co Limerick

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360004

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, car port, install a mechanical aeration unit and soil polishing filter, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2246

• 11 Feb 2019Conditional

  a single storey style porch at the front of existing dwelling, two front velux roof lights, two storey rear extension with attic development to an existing two storey dwelling and a garage and shed

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19115

• 21 Aug 2018Conditional

  a single storey extension to the front, side and rear of existing dwelling as built and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 18834

• 10 Apr 2018Conditional

  construction of a farm building with link onto an existing farm building cubicle house consisting of a four bay slatted unit with underground storage tank and all associated site works. Retention Permission is also sought for an agricultural shed/store as built

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18342

• 9 May 2017Conditional

  construction of a bungalow with attic development, entrance, connection to public sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17407

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

• LI052-003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy pasture, 80m from the W bank of the River Feale. A kidney-shaped mound (H 0.7m; 22.3m N-S; 10.1m E-W) of burnt material, with its opening facing W. A second fulacht fia lies 40m to the S (LI052-004---). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI052-004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy pasture, 80m from the W bank of the River Feale. A kidney-shaped mound (H 0.6m; 21.1m N-S; 11.2m E-W) of burnt material, with its opening facing W. A second fulacht fia lies 40m to the N (LI052-003---). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI052-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Monument, depicted as arc of enclosure NE->SE (C c. 20m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, is no longer apparent. Area of site now occupied by dwelling house and garden. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, installed c. 1890, comprising moulded pedestal with bucket stand supporting fluted shaft, banded neck, spout, handle and fluted cap with acorn finial. Maker's stamp to pedestal and shaft. Mounted on rendered plinth to edge road in village of Mountcollins.

• House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1850, having attached two-bay single-storey garage to side (south-east). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, dressed rubble stone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered eaves to side (north-west, south-east) elevations. Low rendered parapet wall to front elevation of garage with render coping concealing roof and rainwater goods. Exposed rubble stone wall with dressed limestone quoins to front (north-east) elevation. Rendered walls to side (south-east and north-west) elevations. Rendered walls to garage. Diminishing square-headed window openings with render and stone sills to front elevation, having timber lintels and raised render surrounds. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, one-over-one- pane timber sliding sash windows to first and second floors and northern bay of ground floor. Square-headed door openings with raised render surrounds, having glazed timber doors. Timber lintel to northern opening. Rendered plinth wall with render coping to north-east, having single-leaf wrought-iron gate, rendered square profile gate piers and rendered stepped approach to pathway.

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, built in 1859, and extended in 1954-55. Comprising eight-bay nave with porch to front (south-east), four-stage bell tower and three-bay single-storey sacristy to side (south-west). Pitched slate roofs to nave and porch with render cross finial to front elevation, having uPVC rainwater goods and cast-iron downpipes. Flat copper-clad roof to sacristy. Rendered open galleried belfry to top stage of bell tower with trefoil-headed openings, having hipped render roof with render cross finial. Roughcast rendered walls to nave, porch and bell tower with rendered plinth, having rendered buttresses to side elevations (south-west, north-east) of nave and platband and below eaves. Rendered walls to sacristy, having recessed porch to side (south-east) elevation. Tooled limestone date plaque to south-east elevation of porch commemorating building of bell tower. Pointed arch window opening with chamfered limestone sill and tooled limestone voussoirs to front elevation of nave, having tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and timber Y-tracery to lead-lined stained-glass windows. Pointed arch window openings with render sills to side elevations of nave and side (south-west) elevation of bell tower. Having raised render surrounds, render hoodmouldings with label stops and timber-framed lead-lined stained glass windows. Lancet window opening with render sill to front elevation of porch, having recent timber-framed lead-lined stained glass window. Square-headed window openings with render sills to northern bays of nave side elevations, having raised render surrounds and lead-lined stained-glass windows. Square-headed window openings with render sills to sacristy, having raised render reveals and timber casement windows. Square-headed louvre openings to side (north-west, south-east) elevations of bell tower, having slate slats. Square-headed door openings having raised rendered surrounds to side (south-west) elevation of porch with double-leaf timber battened doors. Timber raised-cruck roof to interior of nave springing from tooled limestone corbels. Pointed chancel arch having render hoodmoulding with decorative corbelled label stops. Timber Stations of the Cross to side walls of nave and carved timber balcony to south. Rendered pointed vault ceiling to chancel having recessed pointed arch with hoodmoulding over marble reredos to rear. Having marble altar rail to front of chancel, marble floor and octagonal-plan tooled limestone baptismal font. Side chapel containing statue of Blessed Virgin Mary to base of bell tower. Pointed arch recess accommodating tooled limestone font to interior of porch. Outbuilding to north of church. Set within own grounds containing graveyard, having recent enclosing walls with render coping and square profile piers with render capping. Located overlooking the village of Mountcollins.

• Bridge, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span road bridge, built c. 1870, spanning the River Caher. Having camber-headed arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs and rubble stone soffit spring from rubble stone piers with rusticated tooled limestone quoins over rubble stone lined basin with weir to south-west. Rubble stone spandrels surmounted by splayed rubble stone parapet walls with rubble stone coping. Rubble stone-faced embankments to northern bank of river abutting bridge.

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 Mountcollins.

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 Mountcollins with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Mountcollins · Cnoc Uí Choileáin

Area

4,159,603 m² (415.96 ha, 1,027.86 acres)

Civil parish

Killeedy, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Mountcollins, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mountcollins electoral division: 492 people in 220 households; 79% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brosna East (Co. Kerry), Caherlevoy, Crag, Derra (Co. Kerry), Dromtrasna South, Glengort South, Knockcoolkeare

Placenames

Mountcollins 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.