Knockmore

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmore, from 1,793 m² to 349,626 m² (34.96 ha, 86.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Knockmore 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.

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2561256

• 3 Mar 2023Conditional

  planning reference number 21/1289. Permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage and single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23132

• 15 Sept 2021Conditional

  a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211289

• 23 Nov 2017Conditional

  demolition of existing extensions and to erect a new extension to the existing house, renovate and carry out alterations to the original house and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171088

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 Knockmore.

Recorded monuments

• LI039-058 Moated site
  Description

  In level pasture. Rectangular area (64m N-S; 23.4m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.75m) with external fosse (D 0.75m; Wth 2.05m); both covered by dense overgrowth of bushes. Causewayed entrance (Wth 2.6m) mid-way along E side. Cattle breaks across bank at SSW and SSE. Field boundary along outer edge of fosse on W side; field drain meets fosse at SW corner. Corners of enclosing bank are rounded and noticeably higher than along sides. Interior level but area of undulations (no discernible pattern) at centre; interior densely overgrown along fringes, especially to N and W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP – 322/2 on 15/10/2002.

• LI039-059 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on S bank of stream. Oval area (15.3m N-S; 19.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.35m; Wth 2m) N->S and enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.35m) S->N. Gap in bank (Wth 1.75) at WNW, and numerous paths have been worn across scarp by cattle. Perimeter partially covered by overgrowth but otherwise interior is level, dry and under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI039-193 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  National monument No. 576. This small cottage, built by Kilmallock Poor Law Union after the 1883 Act, is the childhood home of Eamon de Valera (1882-1975), former Taoiseach and President of Ireland. Described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (Reg. No. 21903913) as follows: 'Detached three-bay single-storey labourer's cottage, built c. 1885. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to north and south elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening having timber battened half-door with recent timber gablet over. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed opening with timber battened door. Limestone cobbles to east. Rubble limestone walls to site having single-leaf cast-iron gate to south.' Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 25 August 2015

Architectural heritage

• Kilbrien Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch sandstone bridge, built c. 1800, with coursed rubble walls with render copings to parapets. Cut voussoirs to round-headed arches. Concrete V-cutwaters to east elevation.

• Teach de Valera, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey labourer's cottage, built c. 1885. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed openings to north and south elevations with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed opening having timber battened half-door with recent timber gablet over. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed opening with timber battened door. Limestone cobbles to east. Rubble limestone walls to site having single-leaf cast-iron gate to south.

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 Knockmore, 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 Knockmore.

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

Name

Knockmore · An Cnoc Mór

Area

909,386 m² (90.94 ha, 224.71 acres)

Civil parish

Bruree, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Upper

Electoral division

Bruree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,294 people lived in 406 households in the Bruree electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bruree, Clogher West, Cloonbrien, Dromacummer East, Fortyacres, Knockfenora

Placenames

Knockmore 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.