Mountshannon

121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountshannon, from 33 m² to 162,626 m² (16.26 ha, 40.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 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 Mountshannon 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  subdivision of existing site, detached dwelling house with attached garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance gates and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2660978

• 25 Apr 2026Conditional

  the construction of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, conversion of existing attached garage for habitable use, including internal & elevational alterations to existing dwelling & for permission to demolish existing front open porch and construction of new single storey enclosed front porch. Permission is also sought for the construction of replacement domestic garage, works to widen existing entrance and repair road wall & for installation of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and to de-commission existing septic tank including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2660473

• 24 Oct 2025N/a

  the provision of car and bus parking as part of a Park & Ride scheme associated with the Ryder Cup in 2027. The temporary car and bus park requires a new temporary vehicle access located to the north of the Mackey Roundabout on the R445. All installations associated with the Park & Ride facility are temporary and removable with the lands to be returned to existing use within one month after completion of the Ryder Cup to include reinstatement of boundaries where access provision is proposed. This Part 8 Planning Application is being submitted in conjunction with separate applications for the provision of temporary Park & Ride facilities at Croagh North & South, Croagh West and Patrickswell and will form part of a larger overall transport plan for the Ryder Cup

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 258302

• 7 Aug 2025Conditional

  the as constructed position of a dwelling house partly constructed to first floor level, revised position of the garage foundation on site and planning permission for a change of house and garage design from that previously granted under planning application reference 23/225, permission for the completion of the dwelling, garage and car-port to include a revised position of the wastewater treatment system and percolation area on site and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25267

• 9 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a single storey granny flat extension at the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25179

• 6 Jun 2025N/a

  a two storey dwelling house with attached car port, office & gym, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 25176

• 24 Apr 2025Conditional

  the construction of an extension containing an independent living unit for family use with access to existing house and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560358

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension at rear of the existing dwelling. Permission to construct a single storey granny flat extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 24472

• 26 Apr 2023Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house with, attached car port, garage and gym, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 23225

• 21 Feb 2023Conditional

  the retention of existing garage as constructed and adjacent side boundary block wall 15.2 meters long and 2.4 meters high

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 23105

• 8 Dec 2022Conditional

  retention of alterations to site boundaries from planning file ref. 15/575

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 221311

• 17 Jun 2021Conditional

  the change of use of a portion of the existing dwelling house(the refurbishment of which was recently approved under permission ref 20/517) for use as an osteopathy consulting room, new roadside sign and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 21854

• 31 Aug 2020Refused

  a gateway onto an existing entrance and for the retention of alterations to site boundaries from planning file 15/575 and for permission for the realignment of a front boundary wall

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20845

• 17 Jun 2020Conditional

  refurbishment of existing semi-derelict cottage, installation of new wastewater treatment unit, alterations to the existing entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20517

• 12 Jun 2020Conditional

  change of house design and relocation of percolation area granted under planning reference 18/607 for dwelling house, on site treatment system, entrance gates and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20499

• 20 May 2020Conditional

  amendments to the previously granted permission(reg ref 18605) for a two storey dwelling house, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 20402

• 26 Mar 2020Refused

  a gateway onto an existing entrance and alterations to site boundaries from planning file ref. 15.575. Permission is also sought for the realignment of a front boundary wall

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20257

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  change of house type, granted permission under planning reference 18/606 for dwelling house with attached garage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2082

• 13 Nov 2019Refused

  gateway onto existing entrance and alterations to site boundaries from Planning Ref. 15/575 and Planning Permission is sought for the re-alignment of a front boundary wall

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 191117

• 26 Apr 2019Conditional

  a change of house type granted permission under planning ref. 18/606 for dwelling house with attached garage

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19416

• 3 Apr 2019Refused

  alterations to site boundaries and gateway onto existing entrance

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 19313

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  a dwelling house with attached garage, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18606

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house with, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18607

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house with attached garage, entrance, on site treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18605

• 22 Mar 2018Conditional

  a) road improvement works consisting of widening an existing private roadway, (b) entrance off existing private roadway, (c) dwelling house, (d) garage, (e) septic tank and percolation area and (f) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18273

The 25 most recent of 29 applications.

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 Mountshannon.

Recorded monuments

• LI006-064 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  Now in grassland but originally on the landscaped demesne of the mid-18th century house Mount Shannon located 500m to N. The earthwork is depicted as a non-antiquity on the 1840 OS 6-inch map where the outline of a semi-circular area planted with trees is indicated by a solid line in the same fashion as the surrounding field boundaries. A similar semi-circular shaped tree plantation is depicted on this map 70m to N. The 1897 OS 25-inch map depicts a semi-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 130m NW-SE x 50m E-W) planted with trees and delimited by a field boundary from N through E to S. Earthwork visible today on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 where it survives as a field boundary from E through to S and has been removed from N to E. Probably the remains of a designed landscape feature associated with the landscaping of the Mount Shannon Demesne. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 17 June 2020

• LI006-085 Country house
  Description

  Described by Bence-Jones (1978, 2160 as 'a 2 story C18 house ... remodelled in neo-Classical style post 1813 ... now a ruin.' The house was placed in the Register of Historic Monuments in 1976. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 February 2013

• LI006-106 Hearth
  Description

  In low‐lying and poorly drained, rough pasture, with an existing Iarnrod Eireann line to E and house plots to the W, c. 1.5km to SE of the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Tracy Collins in 2006 during test trenching (Ministerial Direction Order A026/181, NRA Reg. E2334) prior to the construction of the Southern Limerick Ring-Road and excavated in the same year by Áine Richardson as part of Mountshannon 1 (Richardson 2008, 2). This feature consisted of a roughly circular-shaped spread (L 1.02m; Wth 0.98m; D 0.09m) of oxidised clay which was located in the N corner of the site (ibid, 4). The fill was a mid‐pinkish‐red silty clay which contained occasional small sub‐rounded stone inclusions (ibid, 4). This appears to have been an isolated area of in situ burning with no evidence of associated charcoal or ash rich deposits. No other areas of archaeological potential were found in association with this feature. See attached location plan from excavation report. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 July 2020

• LI006-111 Enclosure
  Description

  An enclosure, diam. c. 25m, identified on a LSRR lidar image by Paul O'Keeffe, NRA Assistant Archaeologist, and reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland on 8 March 2013. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 March 2013.

• LI006-112 Enclosure
  Description

  A possible enclosure identified on a LSRR lidar image by Paul O'Keeffe, NRA Assistant Archaeologist, and reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland on 8 March 2013. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 March 2013.

Architectural heritage

• Mount Shannon, icehouse, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding former icehouse, erected c. 1800, and converted into a mausoleum in the nineteenth century. Rubble limestone walls. Barrel-vaulted roof. Red brick walls to interior. Square-headed door opening to south elevation.

• Mount Shannon, country house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1790, having pedimented Ionic portico to front (north) elevation and multiple-bay two-storey extension to east. Remodelled c. 1813. Now in a ruin. Limestone eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Ashlar limestone portico comprising Ionic columns and Doric pilasters supporting entablature and pediment with dentil motifs. Square-headed openings with limestone sills, some having remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door openings to ground floor with render surrounds. Limestone thresholds to entrances. Remains of rubble stone walled garden to east.

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 10 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_1054 (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 Mountshannon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Mountshannon · Baile an Ghaill

Area

1,375,557 m² (137.56 ha, 339.91 acres)

Civil parish

Stradbally, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballyvarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynagowan, Ballyvollane, Carrowkeel, Garraunykee, Knockbrack West, Lisnagry, Raheen, Richhill, Rivers

Placenames

Mountshannon 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.