Mountrussell

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountrussell, from 116 m² to 1,438,739 m² (143.87 ha, 355.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Mountrussell 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.

• 16 Dec 2023Conditional

  the construction of (i) cubicle shed with underground slurry tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360945

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21665

• 29 Apr 2020Conditional

  the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of our existing dwellinghouse, single storey extensions to the side, front and rear of our existing dwellinghouse, new dormer type domestic garage and carport link building to the rear of our existing dwellinghouse, refurbishment and alterations of existing dwellinghouse, demolition of existing detached garage building and existing utility to the rear of our existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works including new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20343

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: Ballyhoura Mountains SAC 002036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyhoura Mountains 002036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mountrussell Wood 002088

Recorded monuments

• LI055-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on moderate N-facing slope, with excellent views from NW-E. Annotated ‘Garrynphuca Fort’ on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where depicted as a raised D-shaped area defined by a scarp, intersected at SW by a lane running NW-SE. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped area defined by a scarp, intersected at SW by a field boundary running N-S. Surveyed in 1999 and described as a raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by a bank from S-W (Overall Wth 6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 2.3m) reduced to a scarp (Wth 2.1m; H 2.35m) elsewhere. Site intersected from NE-SE by water channel running from hill to S. Interior level, dry and planted with mature conifers. Tree-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 19 November 2021

• LI055-033 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Wedge tomb known locally as 'Leaba Iscur' or 'Oscur's Grave' described in the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982) as follows; 'This monument lies about 9.5km south-east of Charleville near the head of a broad valley on the northern side of the Ballyhoura Mountains. The tomb, known as "Leaba Iscur", looks northwards along the valley, across the fertile lowlands of Co. Limerick, to the River Shannon and beyond. The outlook elsewhere is confined by the mountains flanking the valley sides. The valley is covered with bog and this has encroached on the tomb, particularly towards the east where peat, up to 0.25m in thickness, lies above some of the stones. The tomb, which is of unusual construction, is reasonably well preserved though most of the roofstones are missing. It consists of a narrow gallery with sidestones overlapped by corbels in several irregular tiers, which narrow the gap to be spanned by the roofstones. A single roofstone is in position across the middle of the gallery. Lynch's plan and sections show a second roofstone covering the eastern end of the gallery and beneath this an inset backstone but these stones are now missing or are concealed by peat and debris. The structure is surrounded by a low mound reaching little above the level of the enveloping bog. The structure appears to have altered little since Lynch made his plan and sections and all of the sidestones on his drawings can be identified. The more westerly of the four on the northern side of the gallery measures 0.7m by 0.4m and is 0.85m high. The backs of the other three sidestones are concealed. These are all about 0.3m high. Their lengths, from west to east, respectively, are; 1.3m, 1.5m and 1.4m. Four stones are visible on the opposite side of the gallery. That at the west is 0.9m long, 0.35m thick and is 0.2m higher than the stone opposite it at the north. It is exposed to a depth of 1.35m within the gallery. The stone next to this is a largely concealed block measuring 0.7m by at least 0.25m and 0.4m high. The third stone is 1.15m long and 0.35m high and the fourth is at least 1.3m long and 0.4m high. The backs of the last two stones and one end of the eastern stone are concealed. The corbelling at either side of the gallery rises to three tiers high, mid-way along its length. Part of the corbeling at the western end of the northern side and much of that at the eastern end of the opposite side is missing. The corbels are all between 0.2m and 1m in length and 0.15m to 0.4m.in thickness. Lynch's section, "B. B", gives a good impression of the corbels on the northern side of the gallery and the slope of the roof. The cross-section, 'A. A" shows the extant roofstone in position, and resting on four tiers of corbels at either side. The roofstone measures 1.4m by 1.2m and is 0.4m thick. A stone 0.85m long, 0.35m thick and 1.1m high, exposed to a depth of 1.7m within the gallery, stands at the south-western corner of the tomb. It would seem to be the sole representative of an outer wall. The gallery was about 5.4m in length. It is 0.95m wide at the entrance, 1.4m wide beyond the entrance stones and narrows to 0.95m wide at the east. Lynch's section shows a decrease in height from west to east. Despite its unusual roofing the structure can safely be classed as a wedge-tomb. The corbelling can be compared with the less elaborate roofing at Knockshanbrittas (Ti. 15) [TS039-021----]'. See attached photographs and plan of wedge tomb taken from the Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV and Lynch 1909-11. Recent photographs supplied courtesy of James O'Brien. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 8 August 2020

• LI055-036 Ogham stone
  Description

  Ogham stone discovered by Crawford in 1908 and described as following; 'The site of an ancient church (LI055-037----) and graveyard is still pointed out at Mountrussell, and goes by the name of "The Bishop's Field", though every trace is now obliterated, and even its name appears to be for gotten. From this, no doubt, the ogam originally came. Of late years it has been set up as a rubbing-post for cattle, in the same field and close to the south wall of the farmyard. As the inscribed end was sunk in the ground, with only a letter or two showing above the grass, and the stone rough and tapering, I at first thought that the remainder of the inscription had been hacked away; but on getting the herd, Patrick Carroll, to dig round it, the lettering was seen extending to the bottom. We then took up the stone entirely, and I found that the inscription covered two angles enclosing one of the broad faces, and extended 3 feet 7 inches [1.09m] on the first, and 3 feet 3 inches [1m] on the second angle. The stone is a rough pillar of coarse red sandstone, 6 feet 4 inches [1.93m] long, and 17 [0.43m] by 12 inches [0.3m] near the centre; it tapers slightly towards the inscribed end, and more decidedly towards the other, which is wedge shaped. It does not appear to have been much damaged, except perhaps at the top; but as the stone is friable and has a rough surface, some of the scores are rather indistinct, and others confused with natural grooves' (Crawford 1908, 52-3). Once prostrate in a field near the house called Mount Russell (Crawford 1908, 52). Now upright beside a tree in the car park of Aherlow House Hotel, Co. Tipperary (TS073-036----). It is red sandstone, 1.93 x 0.43 x 0.3 (converted from Macalister 1945) and bears the inscription: IVAGENI MAQI LAISCEMITA on two angles, up-top-down. (Macalister 1945, 254, no. 259) Cross-referenced with TS073-036----. Compiled by: Nora White Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 26 June 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountrussell.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, 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 Mountrussell.

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

Name

Mountrussell · Garraí an Phúca

Area

4,595,290 m² (459.53 ha, 1,135.52 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingaddy, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Ballymacshaneboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymacshaneboy electoral division: 473 people in 182 households; 90% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvoodane, Brickfield, Coombs, Glenanair West, Jamestown

Placenames

Mountrussell 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.