Currahchase

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currahchase, from 17 m² to 766,906 m² (76.69 ha, 189.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Currahchase 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.

• 10 Mar 2026Refused

  a 2 storey dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, site entrance at junction of existing private road & public road, site of house with new driveway access from private road & all associated site works. Original Planning Ref. No. 21/527

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 267026

• 20 Feb 2026Conditional

  a domestic garage and garden shed ancillary to the existing house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660178

• 14 May 2025Refused

  the installation of thirteen glamping pods, toilets & showers, sauna, pavilion, re-use of existing building for bicycle and bin storage, two storage containers, wastewater treatment system, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560443

• 22 Apr 2021Conditional

  a 2 storey dwelling, septic tank & percolation area, site entrance at junction of existing private road & public road, site of house with new driveway access from private road & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21527

• 24 Jun 2020Conditional

  construction of a granny flat extension to the north side of the existing dwelling house, demolition of existing shed and extension of site boundaries, togwther with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20550

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house with car port and garage, septic tank and percolation area, farm shed, new entrance gates and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19713

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 181249

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  construction of a toilet block, store, entrance, waste water treatment unit, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18939

• 15 Dec 2017Conditional

  the construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to the rear and side of the existing dwelling house, minor front elevation alterations, construction of a front porch, installation of a new waste water treatment system and associated percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171184

• 10 Jan 2017Conditional

  permission to change the extension of existing cottage previously approved under An Bord Pleanala Reference Number: PL13.240994 & change of site boundaries previously approved under Planning Reference Number 16/633.

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 178

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: Curraghchase Woods SAC 000174
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Curraghchase Woods 000174

Recorded monuments

• LI011-115 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On top of a low hill, in a deciduous forest. Roughly circular cairn of stones (H 3.2m; 15m N-S; 16m E-W). The sides are roughly-stepped with the steps decreasing in height from the base upwards. At the top is a flat roughly circular summit (3m N-S; 3.8m E-W). The cairn is best preserved N->E but has suffered a partial collapse along its S arc. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-116 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill. Sub-circular area (30.5m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 0.55m; Wth 5.75m) NE->NW, and enclosed by field boundary (H 1.5m) NW->NE. Interior, under pasture, slopes down gently to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-117 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In deciduous forestry on ridge of high ground. Circular area (23.8m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by stone bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.2m). Bank best preserved with near vertical inner face NNE->SSE; partial collapse of bank SSE->NNE with loose stone falling inwards. Mature deciduous trees in interior. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-118 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the demesne lands of Currah Chase Ho. (LI011-119----), located 870m to S. Now situated in deciduous forest, part of Currahchase Park. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as ovoid -shaped area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a bank. Not depicted on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Levelled monument not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.

• LI011-119 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On low hill, to W of lake. The surrounding demesne is now a forest park. Curragh Chase is large 'two storey over basement' 18th century house, with early- 19th century addition, gutted by fire in 1941 (Bence Jones 1978, 97); walls of house still stand but door and window opes blocked up. According to Westropp (1906-7, 159) probably on site of Curragh Castle which is mentioned in Desmond Roll. The castle referred to in the Desmond Roll is probably the castle in the townland of Currahchase North (LI011-072---) located 2km to the N of Currah Chase house. No evidence to suggest that Currah Chase House was built on site of castle. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 11 April 2022

• LI011-147 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  On a knoll, in mixed woodland, on the grounds of Currah Chase House located 590m to WSW. Depicted as a circular-shaped tree plantation and not as an antiquity on the OS 25-inch map where it is shown as a suboval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 34m), with a subrectangular-shaped annexe (approx. dims. 27m N-S x 30m E-W) partially conjoined to E. Obscured by woodland on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 8 July 2020

• LI020-039 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In wooded area, on E-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by collapsed stone bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). Bank, best preserved E->SW, has lower external height along NW arc where it meets higher ground. Interior, heavily masked by vegetation overgrowth, is littered with loose stones from bank along its verge; slopes down gently to E. Recently constructed avenue leading to dwelling house, skirts enclosure on SW side. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-139 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  In woodland on high ground overlooking a lake to NW, on the demesne lands of Currah Chase House and castle (LI020-119----) standing 337m to NW. Annotated 'Pillar Hill' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map indicating the presence of a pillar stone from which the hill was named. Annotated 'Pillar' on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map. The monument is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020 as the area is covered with trees. An architectural column rather than a standing stone which formed part of the designed landscape feature of the demesne of Curraghchase House. In 1829 Aubrey de Vere of Curragh Chase House recollected how upon the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Bill he ‘remembered climbing to the top of a high pillar on the summit of a hill opposite our house, though how the seat was achieved I cannot conceive, and standing upon it for many minutes, waving a lighted torch round my head in the gathering darkness’ (De Vere 1894, 760-8). See attached photograph courtesy of Stephen Murphy Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 11 April 2022

Architectural heritage

• Curragh Chase, country house, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c. 1750, with two adjoining fronts, shorter one dating to the eighteenth century, longer front dating to c. 1829. House now derelict following a fire in 1941. Having bowed north elevation, full-height canted bay to south elevation and extensions to rear (west). Projecting three-bay end bays to front (east) elevation. Roof missing. Cut limestone walls with cut limestone quoins, plinth course, cornice and raised parapet. Cut limestone platband to south and part of rear elevation. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to part of rear elevation, having render quoins. Mixed red brick and rubble stone walls to north elevation of extension. Square-headed openings having cut limestone sills and voussoirs throughout, now blocked. Those to south elevation having cut limestone surrounds and hoodmouldings. Shared limestone hoodmoulding to ground floor windows, north elevation. Square-headed openings to basement, north elevation, with limestone sills and surrounds and metal railings. Some openings to rear having red brick voussoirs. Square-headed opening to front with cut limestone voussoirs. Limestone slab to entrance. Square-headed opening to north elevation of rear extension with red brick surround and voussoirs, and metal door. Semi-circular opening to threshold with cut limestone surround and cast-iron lid. Raised land to front of house with cut limestone retaining wall with cut limestone copings. Rubble stone wall to rear of house enclosing yard. Segmental-headed arch to south elevation set within cut limestone breakfront, having red brick voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened door. Segmental-headed opening to north elevation, with red brick voussoirs, cut limestone surround, and bellcote to top. Five-bay single-storey stable building to rear. Pitched slate roof having cut limestone eaves course. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with limestone sills, red-brick voussoirs and surrounds. Square-headed opening with red brick voussoirs and surround, and timber battened door. Segmental-headed opening having red brick voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened door. Rubble stone semi-circular retaining wall marking meditation area to site.

• Curragh Chase, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of square-profile ashlar limestone piers, erected c. 1850, having carved caps and acorn finials. Flanking sweeping rusticated limestone walls with cut limestone copings terminating in pair of smaller square-proflie cut limestone piers with carved caps and plinths.

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 Currahchase, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Currahchase · An Chora

Area

4,471,806 m² (447.18 ha, 1,105.01 acres)

Civil parish

Adare, and its townlands

Barony

Kenry

Electoral division

Kilcornan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

839 people lived in 278 households in the Kilcornan electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacdonagh, Ballynagool, Ballynamona, Cowpark, Currahchase North, Kilbreedy, Kyleavarraga Middle, Kyleavarraga North, Kyleavarraga South, Lisnamuck, Stonehall

Placenames

Currahchase 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.