Tobermurry

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tobermurry, from 1,349 m² to 177,075 m² (17.71 ha, 43.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Tobermurry 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.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  the relocation of existing vehicular entrance serving existing private laneway, new vehicular entrance off the existing private laneway, construction of a dwelling house with attached garage, construction of a carport, installation of septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660929

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  Extension of Duration for Planning Ref. No. 22/1054: the change of house type & garage type under previously permitted governing planning permission reference number 20/1000 together with all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 257021

• 13 May 2025Conditional

  an existing extension to the side of existing warehouse. Planning Permission is also sought to construct a new standalone storage warehouse to the rear of existing warehouse and associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2560438

• 30 Sept 2024N/a

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460974

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  the construction of an extension to an existing agricultural building and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360249

• 28 Sept 2022Conditional

  the change of house type & garage type under previously permitted governing planning permission reference number 20/1000 together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221054

• 21 Jul 2022Conditional

  a new vehicle entrance off the existing private laneway, construction of a dwelling, the installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22801

• 24 Feb 2021Conditional

  the relocation of existing vehicular entrance serving existing private laneway, new vehicular entrance off the existing private laneway, construction of a two storey split level dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21210

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201000

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  demolition of single storey side extension on existing house, new vehicular entrance, construction of a new extension to the side & rear of existing house together with external alterations to elevations with internal modifications, connections to existing main services & all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191146

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 Tobermurry.

Recorded monuments

• LI011-027 Cist
  Description

  In scrubland, on an elevated limestone outcrop overlooking a marshy area to the N. The area had recently been burnt to clear the scrub. No visible surface trace of the 'cist' is now evident. This cist was discovered in the 1920s and consisted of 'a cist and urn' (NMI) which were destroyed at the time. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, in natural depression with higher ground to E and W. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m), has been levelled. A silage pit has been built on site, with large farm shed immediately to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-029 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In woodland, on S verge of pond. Sub-circular well (2.5m N-S, 3m E-W) enclosed by dry-stone wall (H 0.42m; Wth 0.8m). Gap in wall (Wth 0.5m) at WNW forms entrance, leading down to well via 2 stone steps. Partially stone-lined channel drains well at NE. Well dry at time of visit. By 1840 rounds were only occasionally made here (OSL vol. 1, 21) and had ceased completely by 1950s (Ó Danachair 1955, 212); rounds were made on the 15th August (ibid.). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00266 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31095 and F025.21.00265 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17019. See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 30 September 2020

• LI011-145 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on an ENE-facing slope, immediately N of a farm passageway. A sub-circular rise (H 0.2m; 7m N-S; 5.5m E-W) covered with lightly-coloured grass is, according to the landowner, composed of burnt material which is clearly evident when the field is ploughed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Tobermurry, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tobermurry.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Tobermurry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Tobermurry · Tobar Muire

Area

913,373 m² (91.34 ha, 225.7 acres)

Civil parish

Kildimo, and its townlands

Barony

Kenry

Electoral division

Pallaskenry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,104 people lived in 392 households in the Pallaskenry electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynolan, Ballyshonickbane, Drominaclara, Glennameade, Pallas

Placenames

Tobermurry 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.