Leagane

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leagane, from 583 m² to 146,184 m² (14.62 ha, 36.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Leagane 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.

• 17 Nov 2025Conditional

  a single storey/part two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and a tertiary filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25371

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  a domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460669

• 7 Jul 2023Conditional

  a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23365

• 17 Oct 2022Conditional

  change of site layout plan from that previously granted under Planning Ref: 21/1254

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 221116

• 7 Sept 2021Conditional

  the demolition of two no. existing out buildings, enlarge existing entrance, construct a new storey and a half type dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211254

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  the demolition of existing dwelling and Outline Permission for a replacement dormer style dwelling, upgrade of existing vehicular entrance, installation of wastewater treatment system and associated development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19868

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 Leagane.

Recorded monuments

• LI047-072 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 115m E of a roadway that marks the townland boundary with Tobernae West. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular enclosure. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area (dims. c. 29m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by a scarp with fosse and external bank from SE-S-W-N. Truncated at E by stream running N-S and intersected at S by field boundary running E-W. 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: 18 August 2021

• LI047-073001 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture 20m S of the townland boundary with Tobernea Milddle. Tobernea holy well (LI047-089----) 55m to NNW. Earthwork associated with site of Tobernea Castle (LI074-073002-) located in the centre of the earthwork. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised roughly circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 29m) defined by a scarp with fosse from SE-S-SW. Levelled earthwork is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark defined by a fosse on Google Earth orthoimages. Earthwork may be the remains of an earthen bawn of Tobernea Castle. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 24 August 2021

• LI047-073002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Site of levelled castle in pasture in cebtre of circular shaped earthwork (LI047-073001-) with Tobernea holy well (LI047-089----) 55m to NNW. Westropp (1906-7, 173) recorded the following details about Leagane or Tobornea Castle; '1537 Jas. f.Desmond took the profits of the manor of "Tibernius," estate of late Tho., Earl of Kildare (Carew i., p. 132). 1629 W. Creagh, of Miltown, was appointed seneschal of Tuberneagh and other manors of G., Earl of Kildare, as formerly held by Peircy Smith (App. 9 Rep., y. 292). A heap of stones was called Tobornea C[astle], 1840 (O.S.L., 8, p. 344). A doubtful site'. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described the site as; 'there was an old Castle in Leagaun Townland, of which nothing remains now but a heap of rubbish. it was called Leagaun (Líagán) Castle. Tobernea Castle, north of Leagaun Townland, is the name given for in the Name Book of this Parish' (O'Flanagan 1929, 99). The Ordnance Survey Name Books recorded that; 'near a road are the ruins of Tobernea Castle, nearly in the shape of a fort [LI047-073001-]' (OSNB Effin Parish). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 August 2021

• LI047-090001 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture 95m E of a roadway that marks the townland boundary with Tobernea West. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. A possible bowl-barrow (LI047-090002-) lies 65m to NE. Identified as a possible bowl-barrow by Matt Kelleher when visited on the 12/04/1997. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 9m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages dated 14/09/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• LI047-090002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture 160m E of a roadway that marks the townland boundary with Tobernea West. Not depicted on the OSi historic maps. A possible barrow (LI047-090001-) lies 65m to SW. Identified as a possible bowl-barrow by Matt Kelleher when visited on 12/04/1997. Visible as a circular-shaped depression (diam. c. 7m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages dated 14/09/2019. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 August 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Leagane, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_982 (ZIP).

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

Name

Leagane · An Liagán

Area

618,187 m² (61.82 ha, 152.76 acres)

Civil parish

Effin, and its townlands

Barony

Coshma

Electoral division

Tobernea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

694 people lived in 238 households in the Tobernea electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brickfield, Garranekeagh, Tobernea East, Tobernea Middle, Tobernea West

Placenames

Leagane 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.