Garrane More

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrane More, from 72 m² to 191,449 m² (19.14 ha, 47.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 53 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Education & Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Residential Serviced Sites (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Feb 2026Conditional

  alterations to single storey extension granted under previous planning reference 22/985, to provide an alternate floor plan, new elevation and altering the roof from pitched slate to a flat aluclad zing style, with extended cantilevered canopy over the front door along with all necessary ancillary site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2637

• 6 Dec 2023Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, entrance, garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360906

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  construction of a single-storey extension to existing kitchen, retention of single-storey sunroom to front elevation, retention of detached domestic garage to rear of the site, retention of minor changes to elevations, along with all necessary ancillary site development works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 22985

• 29 Dec 2017N/a

  the extensions to the rear and the side of existing dwelling house with all ancillary site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 171239

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• LI024-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In wet pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope, to the immediate E of a watercourse and to the immediate NE of a townland boundary with Moymore. Not indicated on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted as a subrectangular-shaped field and not as an antiquity on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Described by O’Dwyer (1959, 96) as a ‘low platform’. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a raised subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 51m NNE-SSW; 32m ESE-WNW) defined by a scarp (Wth 0.7-1.95m; H 1-1.7m) from SW-W-N-E, truncated by a concrete wall (long-axis N-S) from E-ESE-SE and truncated by a public road (long-axis E-W) across the S quadrant. An outer fosse (overall Wth 4.05m; basal Wth 1.4m; Dth 0.45m) is present from W-N-E and is truncated by a linear drain (long-axis N-S) from SW-WSW-W. A raised circular-shaped area (diam. 10m) defined by a scarp (Wth 3.5m; H 0.4m) is visible within the SE-quadrant and has been truncated to E by the concrete wall mentioned above. Possible monument is visible as a subrectangular-shaped area on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and a sketch plan which was measured and drawn by the ASI in 2008. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 September 2020

• LI024-021 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, on a N-facing slope, c. 75m E of a townland boundary with Nicker. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Visible as a potential site on aerial photographs (GSIAP R424). Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as no surface remains visible, although there are slight linear undulations and low ridges across this area. Levelled monument is visible as a subrectangular-shaped cropmark (110m NW-SE; 95m NE-SW) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 18/11/2018 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 September 2020

• LI024-115 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved level pasture, on the floodplain of the Dead River and the Mulkear River which are 265m and 285m to NE respectively. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 135: AP 4/3723). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 26m) on ASI aerial photograph (ASIAP 118, 9) taken 23/08/2000 and on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and is not readily visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 July 2020

• LI024-148001 Enclosure
  Description

  In NW corner of a field of pasture 10m S of the townland boundary with Nicker. Enclosure (LI024-148002-) located to the immediate S. Not depicted on OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 86; AP 4/3679) as a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 22m) defined by a scarp from N through E to SW and intersected by field walls at N and W. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 22 July 2020

• LI024-148002 Enclosure
  Description

  In NW corner of field, 40m S of the townland boundary with Nicker. Enclosure (LI024-148001-) located to the immediate N. Not depicted on the OS maps. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 87; AP 4/3679) as a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 24m) defined by a scarp from E through S to W and cut by a NW-SE running field boundary. A scarp on the W side of the field boundary is only surface trace of monument visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 22 July 2020

• LI024-149 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 77: AP 4/3679) and described by Doody (2008, 134) as a 'subcircular platform, c. 50m N-S x 40m E-W, 0.5m high from base of the ditch'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• LI024-276 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on the flood plain of the Dead River and the Mulkear River 345m and 385m to N, respectively and 110m E of a townland boundary with Dromeenboy. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Ditch barrow (LI024-114----) and enclosure (LI024-115----) lie 130m to NW and 135m to E, respectively. Monument identified as a pennanular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 152: AP 4/3723). Monument is not visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013, or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 152. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 12 October 2020

Architectural heritage

• Pallas Grean Constabulary Barrack, RIC barracks, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1870. Comprising gable-fronted porch to front (west) elevation, single-bay two-storey extension with lean-to to rear (east) elevation and two-bay three-storey over basement block to south elevation. Now in disuse. Hipped slate roof having render bracketed eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render platbands. Camber-headed openings having render block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite camber-headed openings to south block, second floor with render block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to rear elevation having render block-and-start surround, limestone sill and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Camber-headed opening to porch with render block-and-start surrounds, glazed overlight, now blocked up over timber panelled door. Flight of limestone steps to entrance having rendered balustrades with limestone copings.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1840, having gable-fronted porch to front (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls having render quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to porch having replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening to porch with replacement uPVC door. Pair of square-profile rendered piers having single-leaf cast-iron gate to east and rendered boundary walls with render copings to site.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1217 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Garrane More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Garrane More · An Garrán Mór

Area

801,055 m² (80.11 ha, 197.95 acres)

Civil parish

Dromkeen, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Grean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Grean electoral division: 1,548 people in 533 households; 82% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dromeenboy, Dromlara, Garrane Beg, Kilduff, Killuragh, Moymore, Nicker, Pullagh, Sunville

Placenames

Garrane More 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.