Curraghkilbran

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghkilbran, from 2,197 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 266,562 m² (26.66 ha, 65.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Curraghkilbran 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.

• 29 Apr 2024Refused

  a change of use of an existing garage to a dwelling unit, construction of extensions to the side of the proposed dwelling comprising kitchen and sun room and a first floor extension with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 24178

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  new dwelling house, new entrance, access roadway, effluent treatment system and percolation area, all associated site works and boundary alterations as may be required

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211271

• 29 Jun 2021Conditional

  a two storey type dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, entrance and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and bored well

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21916

• 4 Mar 2020Conditional

  construction of a cattle shed with slatted tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20189

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 Curraghkilbran.

Recorded monuments

• LI049-201 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture 700m W of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Lyre. Townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen to immediate S and W. Earthwork (LI049-202----) lies 205m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 31m NE-SW; 28m N-W) defined by a scarp with traces of an outer fosse from S-W-NW. Identified as a ringfort (Site 3/6) on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs taken 03/11/1984. Outline of scrub-covered monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 3 November 2021

• LI049-202 Earthwork
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 500m W of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Lyre and 200m E of townland boundary with Ballyfauskeen. Possible ringfort (LI049-201----) lies 205m to SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped raised area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a scarp. Identified as a destroyed ringfort (Site 3/7) on examination of Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a faint circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 3 November 2021

• LI049-203 Enclosure
  Description

  In wet pasture 430m W of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Keeloges. Enclosure (LI049-204----) lies 75m to NE. Not depicted on the historic OSi maps. Identified as a circular enclosure on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 0117) taken 03/11/1984. Visible as a circular cropmark (diam. c. 30m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 October 2021

• LI049-204 Earthwork
  Description

  In wet pasture 370m W of the River Aherlow that marks the townland boundary with Keeloges. Enclosure (LI049-203----) lies 75m to SW. Not depicted on the historic OSi maps. Identified as a circular enclosure on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000; 0117) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 18 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Curraghkilbran, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Curraghkilbran · Currach Chill Bhreathnach

Area

1,138,900 m² (113.89 ha, 281.43 acres)

Civil parish

Galbally, and its townlands

Barony

Coshlea

Electoral division

Anglesborough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

341 people lived in 133 households in the Anglesborough electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfauskeen, Ballyfauskeen, Inchacoomb, Keeloges, Knockaunnacurraha, Lyre, Spittle

Placenames

Curraghkilbran 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.