Mornane
Mornane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcornan, barony of Kenry, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Moirneán.
Parcel 1658216
- Area
- 153,408 m² (15.34 ha, 37.91 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Mornane
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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: Askeaton Fen Complex SAC 002279
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 303.4 ha
- 750 acres
- Land parcels
- 93
- registered freehold, median 4,184 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mornane, from 11 m² to 344,083 m² (34.41 ha, 85.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mornane 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Feb 2026Conditional
the demolition of an existing bungalow dwelling which has been confirmed as containing defective concrete (pyrite), in accordance with the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme, and the construction of a replacement two-storey dwelling house, together with all associated site works and services A report issued by the Housing Agency confirming the presence of defective concrete is available to accompany the application
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660103
15 Aug 2024Refused
the construction of a dwelling house, garage, new vehicle entrance, the installation of a wastewater treatment and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460817
21 Feb 2023Conditional
the construction of dwelling house, garage, entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23106
31 Jan 2023Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, garage, kennel for domestic pets, entrance, installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2361
27 Oct 2022N/a
the construction of dwelling house, kennel for private use, garage, entrance, installation of wastewater treatment and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 221158
25 Jul 2022Refused
the construction of dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, installation of on-site treatment plant and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22811
22 Jul 2022N/a
the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, installation of on-site treatment plant and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22804
24 Feb 2022Refused
construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, installation of on-site treatment plant and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 22209
24 Feb 2022Refused
the construction of dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, installation of on-site treatment plant and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 22210
9 Dec 2020Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, a domestic garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new site entrance wall and gate and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 201308
23 Oct 2020Refused
the construction of a dwelling, garage, the installation of a waste-water treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 201083
21 May 2020Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20408
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Askeaton Fen Complex SAC 002279
Recorded monuments
- LI011-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 34.2m) enclosed by earthen bank, with external fosse (Wth 0.4m; D 0.2m) SSE->SW and WNW->E. Bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.25m) is completely masked by overgrowth N->SE. Break (Wth 2m) in bank at W. Interior, covered with trees but clear of overgrowth, slopes down slightly to W. Field boundaries, which abutted enclosure at E and SW, have been removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI011-054 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on gentle E-facing slope below top of hillock, in area of outcropping limestone. Circular area (28m N-S; 28.8m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks with an intervening fosse (Wth 0.9m). Inner bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m), best preserved NW->ENE, has been levelled SW->NW. Outer bank (ext. H 0.3m), best preserved NE->ESE, is overlain by dry-stone field wall NW->NE. Entrance (Wth 2.6m) through both banks at ESE. Interior, under rough pasture, slopes down gently to E. An earth-and-stone bank (H 0.35m) extends across interior from inner bank at S for c. 10m (on N-S axis) towards centre before fading out. Remains of another earth-and-stone bank (H 0.45m), located 15m ENE of outer bank, runs for c. 12m on NW-SE axis. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI011-055 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope, immediately below top of hillock, in area of outcropping limestone. Sub-circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.75m) which is masked by dense overgrowth. Bank is heavily eroded and littered with loose stones, both inside and outside. These may be remains of collapsed dry-stone wall, foundations of which is evident atop bank at N. Boulders and field clearance debris have been dumped atop bank at NE and elsewhere around circumference. Interior, covered by dense thicket of briars except for small clearing in SE quadrant, dips down gently towards centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI011-057 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on W edge of limestone ridge. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.7m) S->W and defined by scarped edge (H 1.15m; Wth 5.5m) ENE->S. Enclosing element is obscured by dense overgrowth of thorn bushes W->ENE. Interior, covered by dense thicket of thorn bushes, appears to rise up gently towards centre. Boulders have been dumped atop bank at S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – taken on 04/03/2006.
- LI011-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
In gently undulating pasture, in area of outcropping limestone. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been partially levelled. Enclosing site ENE->SSW is earth-and-stone bank (H c. 0.7m) which forms part of surrounding field boundary system. From SSW->NW it is defined by indistinct scarped edge (H 0.4m; Wth 3.7m). There is no enclosing element apparent NW-ENE, where ground very uneven due to limestone outcropping. Roughly circular enclosed area (30.5m E-W) is under pasture broken in places by limestone outcrops. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI011-063 Moated site
Description
In pasture, on gently-undulating terrain. Rectangular slightly raised area (39.5m N-S; 60.8m E-W) enclosed by inner earthen bank, outer earthen bank and intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 0.65m) survives NNW-> N; elsewhere defined by scarped edge (H 1.65m). Outer bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 0.52m) best preserved along SE->SW, does not survive along W side where clipped by field wall running along base of fosse; field wall merges with inner scarp edge at NW where it forms gap (Wth 3.2m). Outer bank replaced by earth and stone field bank along N and E sides, gap (Wth 4.2m) at NW corner. Interior, used as small pasture field, slightly higher S half due to outcropping limestone. Listed as a moated site by Barry (Barry 1981, 84; site no. 29). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LI011-127 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, in area of outcropping limestone. Monument, depicted on 1841 OS 6-inch map as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. 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 Mornane.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Mornane, 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 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 Mornane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mornane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Mornane · Moirneán
- Area
- 3,033,815 m² (303.38 ha, 749.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcornan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kenry
- Electoral division
- Iveruss, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 350 people lived in 125 households in the Iveruss electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyengland Lower, Ballynort, Ballyvogue, Deegerty, Drominoona, Drominycullane, Dromlohan, Graigues, Newtown
- Placenames
- Mornane 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.