Tinwear

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tinwear, from 156 m² to 348,198 m² (34.82 ha, 86.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Tinwear 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.

• 9 Jul 2025Refused

  for development at this site.The proposed development, subject of this application, will consist of: i. The construction of 6 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine tip height of 175 metres; a rotor blade diameter of 150 metres; and hub height of 100 metres, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. A permanent 38kV substation compound (control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, security fencing including vegetative screening, underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, site drainage and all ancillary works); iii. Permanent underground electrical (38kV) and communications cabling to the existing Ballyragget 110kV substation in the townland of Moatpark (including joint bays, communication and earth sheath link chambers and all ancillary works along the route); iv. Underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines and meteorological mast to the on-site substation; v. A meteorological mast with a height of 100m above ground and associated foundation and hard-standing area; vi. Upgrade of existing tracks and roads and the provision of new site access roads; vii. All works associated with the upgrade of the existing agricultural access off the L58333 local road (including the installation of fencing and steel gates); viii. 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including temporary site offices and welfare facilities); ix. Accommodation works along the N77 National secondary road in the townland of Ballynaslee, Co. Kilkenny to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal sized loads; x. A borrow pit; xi. Spoil Management; xii. Hedgerow removal; xiii. Biodiversity Management and Enhancement Plan measures (including establishment of new hedgerow, translocation of existing hedgerow and enhancement of existing hedgerow); xiv. Site Drainage; xv. Operational stage site signage; and, xvi. All associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus. A 10-year planning permission and 35-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany this planning application.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560418

• 9 Jul 2025Refused

  i. construct 2 no. wind turbines with an overall turbine tip height of 175 metres; a rotor blade diameter of 150 metres; and hub height of 100 metres, and associated foundations and hard standing areas; ii. Upgrade of existing tracks and roads and the provision of new site access roads; iii. Underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to a proposed 38kV on-site substation located in the townland of Ballynaslee Co. Kilkenny; iv. Accommodation works along the N77 National secondary road in the townland of Durrow Townparks, Co. Laois to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal sized loads; v. Hedgerow Removal; vi. Biodiversity Management and Enhancement Plan measures (including establishment of new hedgerow, translocation of existing hedgerow and enhancement of existing hedgerow); vii. Spoil Management; viii. Site Drainage; ix. Operational stage site signage; and, x. All associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus. A 10-year planning permission and 35-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm is being sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompany this planning application

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2560414

• 27 Sept 2018Refused

  retain entrance as constructed on lands for use by forestry and all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 18586

• 18 Sept 2018N/a

  construct an entrance to the property for use by forestry and all associated site works

  Permission · Laois County Council, 18570

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: River Nore/Abbeyleix Woods Complex 002076

Recorded monuments

• LA035-011 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photographs (GSI, S 33-4). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA035-012 Field boundary
  Description

  Earthworks to the East of Tinwear Brick Works of 18th or 19th century in date, the earthworks are probably also of the same date. The earthworks depicted on the 1906 edition of the OS 6-inch map appear to be the same as the field boundary of the brick works that are depicted on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• LA035-013 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of part of subcircular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDL 15). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

• Tallyho Bridge, bridge, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch limestone road bridge over river Nore, c. 1800, with triangular cut-waters.

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

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

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tinwear.

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 Tinwear with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Tinwear · Tigh an Mhaoir

Area

1,640,420 m² (164.04 ha, 405.36 acres)

Civil parish

Durrow, and its townlands

Barony

Clarmallagh

Electoral division

Durrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Durrow electoral division: 1,383 people in 501 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Archerstown, Ballynaslee (Co. Kilkenny), Clonageera, Durrow Townparks, Grenan, Seskin (Co. Kilkenny)

Placenames

Tinwear 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.