Coombs

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coombs, from 803 m² to 1,403,505 m² (140.35 ha, 346.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Coombs 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.

• 27 Jul 2026N/a

  demolition of existing single storey rear extension, demolition of existing cottage roof and chimney’s, demolition of existing cottage first floor level, demolition of existing front porch roof, demolition of existing shed, demolition of existing garage roof. 2.proposed new cottage roof finish, proposed new front porch eaves and ridge levels, proposed new front porch roof finish, alterations to internal layout of existing cottage, existing cottage to be wrapped with new external insulation with render finish, alterations to existing front elevation windows and door, proposed new single storey rear extension with part flat roof, part pitched roof, proposed new roof lights, alterations to internal layout of existing garage, replace existing roadside gable end garage door with new window, proposed new roadside boundary walls, proposed new vehicle entrance with new walls and piers off the L1533 along with new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660852

• 9 Mar 2026Conditional

  for a utility room and store constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling house, together with a split-level garage and associated storage structures, all ancillary to the primary residential use of the dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for the decommissioning of the existing on-site septic tank system and the installation of a new replacement packaged wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2660270

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  a) Cattle Shed with Slatted Tank, b) Cattle Shed over an existing slatted tank, c) dungstead and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660196

• 3 May 2022Conditional

  an extension to rear, alterations and upgrading of existing cottage, alterations and refurbishment of extension to rear and side including a new flat roof and new entrance door to western side, demolition of annex to rear shed, new entrance drive, together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22489

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

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coombs.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Coombs, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Coombs · Na Cúim

Area

3,152,924 m² (315.29 ha, 779.1 acres)

Civil parish

Ballingaddy, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Ballymacshaneboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

473 people lived in 182 households in the Ballymacshaneboy electoral division. 90% of households owned 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, Baunatlea, Bohernagore, Glenanair West, Mountrussell, Toor

Placenames

Coombs 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.