Grange Lower

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grange Lower, from 243 m² to 443,497 m² (44.35 ha, 109.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Grange Lower 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.

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, install mechanical aeration unit and polishing filter system, construct front boundary entrance walls with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560196

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  for refurbishment of derelict dwelling-house to include new front porch, pitched roof, chimney, fenestration changes, upgrade works to the front boundary and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2461278

• 16 Aug 2024N/a

  the renovation to front porch of existing house and to include internal alterations and renovations to existing house

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2460819

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22938

• 5 Aug 2022Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, garage, effluent treatment system, polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22855

• 26 Mar 2021Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house and detached domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system, new entrance and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21376

• 12 Feb 2021Conditional

  construction of a two storey style dwelling, garage, entrance, driveway, packaged waste water treatment system with eco-flo filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21145

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  construction of a two-storey style dwelling, garage, entrance, driveway, waste water treatment system with eco-flo filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 21108

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  as constructed dwelling house, change of design from that previously granted under planning ref. 77/12759 and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 191108

• 28 Jun 2019Conditional

  erection of 602 sq.m of photovoltaic panels on the roof of the existing building with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19634

• 25 Apr 2017Conditional

  Extension of Permission (construction of dwelling house, garage, effluent treatment system, polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works)

  Extension of duration · Limerick County Council, 177016

• 19 Apr 2017Conditional

  construct a new agricultural entrance

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17342

• 21 Mar 2017N/a

  construct a new agricultural entrance

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 17245

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 Grange Lower.

Recorded monuments

• LI036-037 Bridge
  Description

  Lewis (1837, 74) describes the bridge here as 'a curious old bridge', but the current bridge is of recent construction. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 23 August 2012

• LI036-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (25.9m E-W; 24.5m N-S) defined by scarped edge (H 1.9m; Wth 3.4m), with external fosse (D 0.35m) N->E. Scarp, largely overgrown with briars and bushes, is worn down by cattle on N side. Low earthen bank (H 0.25m; Wth 1m) atop scarp N->NE. Level interior partially overgrown with briars and bushes. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-040001 Church
  Description

  Forming NW corner of graveyard (LI036-040002-). Roofless ruin of rectangular church (14.85m E-W; 8.12m N-S) built of roughly-coarsed rubble stone. Walls stand to full height though gable edgings missing; walls plastered inside and out. Distinct base batter on W wall, slight batter on N wall. Opposite doorways W-of-centre in N and S walls; N doorway narrower and probably an insertion. South doorway has re-built limestone door surround; this has deep chamfer, moulded stop chamfers and nib holes, which are incorrectly re-set. Doorway missing its lintels. North doorway very ruined and gap no blocked-up with rubble which includes fragments from limestone ogee-headed window light. Lit by three windows: in centre of E gable and just E-of-centre in N and S wall, all now much ruined; E window was adopted to take wooden window frame but only set-back for frame survives. Vertical gap in plaster inside church, just E of N and S windows, indicates former wooden partition. Formerly parish church of Grange. Core of church probably late-medieval; by 1615 it was 'up, but not covered' (Westropp 1904-5, 407), but subsequently repaired with insertion wooden windows etc. In 1840 described as 'not long out of use' (OSL vol. 2, 17). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-040002 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, close to E bank of river Deel. Approached by pathway from road to S. Rectangular graveyard (c. 35m E-W; c. 25m N-S) enclosed by low stone wall but with ruin of parish church of Grange forming NW corner. Still in use; earliest headstone noted dated 1777. Covering slab of 19th century chest tomb rests against S wall of church. Chamfered block of limestone, of late-medieval appearance, built into N graveyard wall. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (39.2m E-W) defined by scarped edge (H 1.05m; Wth 1.6m) with external fosse (Wth 3.2m) and counterscarp bank (int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.05m). Entrance at SE (Wth 2m). Fosse is incorporated into field drainage system on W side. Field boundary skirts site on W side. Centre of level interior is under rough grazing but most of perimeter and enclosing element are overgrown with bushes and briars. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture. Formerly circular enclosure now truncated on W side by N-S field boundary. Site (31m N-S; 26.3m E-W) now defined by scarped edge (H 0.45m; Wth 1m) NW->SW, with waterlogged external fosse N->E (D 0.6m; Wth 5m), and counterscarp bank (H 0.25m) N->NE. Interior level and clear of overgrowth; used as foddering area for cattle. A deep spring (3m E-W; 4m N-S) lies just inside scarped edge at SW. No trace of enclosure on W side of field boundary. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI036-213 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, two ringforts (LI036-041/36004-) lie 185m W and 240m E respectively and an enclosure (LI036-214----) lies 260m to the SW. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Hugh Carey during examination of aerial photographs (Bing maps aerial photograph 2014) and described as possible circular enclosure. Levelled monument visible as circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 30m) on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bing maps aerial photograph. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• LI036-214 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, ringfort (LI036-041----) and enclosure (LI036-213) lie 145m to the NW and 260m NE respectively. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified by Hugh Carey during examination of aerial photographs (Bing maps aerial photograph 2014) and described as a possible barrow. Levelled monument visible as circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 10m) on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. A drainage channel running NW-SE lies 30m to the W. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bing maps aerial photograph. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• LI036-216 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped area (approx. int. diam. 32m; ext. diam. 45m) defined by a ditch visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery taken 2011-13. Ordnance Survey Trig. Station marking OD spot height of 158 ft. depicted at this location on the revised 1897 ed. 6-inch map. Cropmark may be related to the activities of the Ordnance Survey. No Trig. Station depicted at this location on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Grange House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with two-storey with dormer attic return to rear (north-west). Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cut limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods, dormer windows to return. Rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills throughout, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening with fanlight and glazed timber door to front south-east) elevation. Rubble stone outbuilding with pitched corrugated-iron roof to west. Cast-iron pump to associated yard. Square-profile rendered gate piers with wrought-iron gates to front of site. Set within own grounds.

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 Grange Lower, 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, low (inferred).

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_490 (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 Grange Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Grange Lower · An Ghráinseach Íochtarach

Area

1,256,907 m² (125.69 ha, 310.59 acres)

Civil parish

Grange, and its townlands

Barony

Glenquin

Electoral division

Knockaderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

541 people lived in 176 households in the Knockaderry electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfraley, Carrowgar, Coolanoran, Evegallahoo, Grange Upper, Knockaderry, Moveedy

Placenames

Grange Lower 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.