Corrabulbeg
Corrabulbeg is a townland in the civil parish of Croom, barony of Pubblebrien, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Baile an Charbaid Beag.
Parcel 1663324
- Area
- 179,090 m² (17.91 ha, 44.25 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
- Corrabulbeg
Planning applications on this parcel
13 Sept 2023Conditional
(1) Planning permission for the erection of a new 2 storey detached house. (2) amendments to the existing field entrance gate and adjoining stone wall. (3) And all associated site works on and under land, including a new wastewater treatment system and associated filtration area. Tory Hill House, on adjoining land in the same ownership is a recorded Protected Structure
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360670
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: Tory Hill SAC 000439
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tory Hill 000439
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- LI021-126 Church
Description
Church building known as Drumassell Chapel depicted in 'Knockdrumashell' (Cnoc Droma Asail) on the 1657 Down Survey map of Pubblebrian barony, where it is shown standing beside a tower house type castle (LI021-139----) in the vicinity of Tory Hill House (NLI, MS 718). Westropp (1904-5, 383-4) recorded the following details on Drumassell or Tory Hill; 'Dromassell, or Tory Hill. There were two forts here in 902, Maghnasail, and Asail (Book of Rights). Juliana Fitzgerald and Henry Berkeley claimed land at Drumassell, 1289 and 1311 (Plea R. 14 of xviii Ed. I., and v Ed. IL); Capella de Drumassyll, spect ad Cromothe, 1418, being given separate from Kileenoghty, with which Reeves, however, identifies it. Cnockgromassill, 1584 (O'Brien's Inq.). The castle and chapel stood in repair to the south-west of Cnockgromassell, 1657 (D.S. (A) 21, (B) 24). Fabric - I found what seemed a rude and featureless oblong ivied church there in 1876 and 1881, but made no notes or sketches; it is not marked on the O. S. maps of 1840 and 1900'. Outline of rectangular church standing adjacent to driveway of Tory Hill House located 175m to W visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. No evidence of any burial ground or churchyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 January 2019
- LI022-111001 Hillfort
Description
The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Possible contour fort identified by Grogan (2005, 113). Positioned surrounding the summit of Tory Hill, an isolated hilltop situated in low-lying terrain, with extensive views from the summit. Possible hillfort overlooks river to E. There is no information regarding the enclosing elements available. No obvious entrance features recorded. No evidence for any internal features on the surface (Grogan 2005, 113). There has been no archaeological investigations of this hillfort and further information is not available. First identified by Grogan (2005, 113).The hillfort is not depicted in any historic mapping.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0687.html) Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 30 January 2020
- LI022-111002 Inscribed stone
Description
An altar stone from Croom with a post medieval ogham inscription. It is now in the National Museum of Ireland (Ref. 1941:117). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 15/12/2016
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 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_912 (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.
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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
- 24.5 ha
- 60 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 51,405 m² (5.14 ha, 12.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corrabulbeg, from 14,903 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres) to 179,090 m² (17.91 ha, 44.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Corrabulbeg 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
7 Apr 2026Conditional
the construction of a straw bedded house, feed passage and soiled water tank with the curtilage of a Protected Structure
Permission · Limerick County Council, 2688
13 Sept 2023Conditional
(1) Planning permission for the erection of a new 2 storey detached house. (2) amendments to the existing field entrance gate and adjoining stone wall. (3) And all associated site works on and under land, including a new wastewater treatment system and associated filtration area. Tory Hill House, on adjoining land in the same ownership is a recorded Protected Structure
Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360670
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: Tory Hill SAC 000439
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tory Hill 000439
Recorded monuments
- LI021-126 Church
Description
Church building known as Drumassell Chapel depicted in 'Knockdrumashell' (Cnoc Droma Asail) on the 1657 Down Survey map of Pubblebrian barony, where it is shown standing beside a tower house type castle (LI021-139----) in the vicinity of Tory Hill House (NLI, MS 718). Westropp (1904-5, 383-4) recorded the following details on Drumassell or Tory Hill; 'Dromassell, or Tory Hill. There were two forts here in 902, Maghnasail, and Asail (Book of Rights). Juliana Fitzgerald and Henry Berkeley claimed land at Drumassell, 1289 and 1311 (Plea R. 14 of xviii Ed. I., and v Ed. IL); Capella de Drumassyll, spect ad Cromothe, 1418, being given separate from Kileenoghty, with which Reeves, however, identifies it. Cnockgromassill, 1584 (O'Brien's Inq.). The castle and chapel stood in repair to the south-west of Cnockgromassell, 1657 (D.S. (A) 21, (B) 24). Fabric - I found what seemed a rude and featureless oblong ivied church there in 1876 and 1881, but made no notes or sketches; it is not marked on the O. S. maps of 1840 and 1900'. Outline of rectangular church standing adjacent to driveway of Tory Hill House located 175m to W visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. No evidence of any burial ground or churchyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 January 2019
Architectural heritage
- Tory Hill House, country house, 1730–1750 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay three-storey over half-basement house, built c. 1740, with single-storey return to rear (north). Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls with dressed quoins. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane replacement timber sliding sash windows, red brick voussoirs to first floor windows, all having limestone sills and render surrounds. Square-headed opening with replacement timber battened door having overlight, approached by concrete steps with splayed rubble limestone side walls. Two-bay two-storey coach house to rear with pitched slate roof and whitewashed rubble walls. Square-headed openings with timber battened fittings. Ranges of single-storey outbuildings to rear with pitched slate roofs and whitewashed walls having square-headed openings with timber battened half-doors. Cast-iron pump to yard with banded shaft and fluted neck and cap having a cow-tail pumping handle. Rubble limestone boundary wall to yard with segmental arch pedestrian entrance having wrought-iron gate. Rubble limestone entrance piers and side walls to front of house with wrought–iron gates. Ruins of early medieval church along avenue.
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 Corrabulbeg, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_912 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Corrabulbeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Corrabulbeg · Baile an Charbaid Beag
- Area
- 244,750 m² (24.48 ha, 60.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Croom, and its townlands
- Barony
- Pubblebrien
- Electoral division
- Garrane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 317 people lived in 108 households in the Garrane electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Corrabulbeg 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.