Parkstown

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parkstown, from 26 m² to 564,295 m² (56.43 ha, 139.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 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 Parkstown 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.

• 30 Aug 2025Conditional

  internal and external refurbishment works to the existing dwelling, a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, a new double garage, upgrade works to the existing vehicular entrance and provision of a new driveway and new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560854

• 30 Sept 2024N/a

  the construction of a two storey side and rear extension, alterations to existing cottage elevations, garage, waste water treatment system, alterations to site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 24219

• 12 Sept 2024N/a

  two storey side and rear extension, alterations to existing cottage elevations, waste water treatment system, site entrance, alterations to site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 24207

• 31 Aug 2021Conditional

  construction of a two-storey dwelling, packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic garage, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211297

• 23 Jun 2021Conditional

  existing farm access road and existing hard surface yard and PERMISSION to relocate the existing agricultural entrance to provide a new agricultural entrance and for agricultural shed and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21910

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  demolition of a previous dwelling house and retention permission for a replacement dwelling as constructed, also for permission to build an extension to the front of the dwelling house and provide a new septic tank and percolation area

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20987

• 4 Aug 2020N/a

  to retain dwelling house as constructed i replacement of a previous dwelling house and to retain all associated services, also for permission to build an extension to the front of the dwelling house and provide a new septic tank and percolation area

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20863

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 Parkstown.

Recorded monuments

• TN047-072 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the summit of Carrigeen Hill in undulating terrain. Depicted as a small oval enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map while on the 1952-3 ed. only the NW half of the site is indicated. A raised area in the field appears to be the location of the former site. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-073 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope, below the top of a hill, in undulating terrain. Indicated on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure and on the 1952-3 ed. as an oval enclosure with a field boundary forming the N boundary. A kink in this field boundary outlining the N sector is all that indicates the former site. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-074 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a NW-facing slope in rough pasture. The S half of a roughly circular enclosure is indicated on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map with the N half formed by a townland boundary. The site is similarly marked on the 1952-3 ed. It is now levelled. An earthen field boundary (Wth 1.1m; H 0.6m) which is also a townland boundary kinks in to indicate the N portion of the site. The rest of the site is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-075 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope on a gentle rise in very undulating terrain with a possible ringfort (TN047-076) to the S. Depicted on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure but not indicated on subsequent 1952-3 ed. The site has been levelled but is barely visible as a roughly raised circular area (diam. c. 40m N-S; 22.5m E-W) defined by a gently sloping scarp (H 0.36m). No visible trace of the site E of the field boundary. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-076 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope in very undulating terrain with a nearby ringfort site (TN047-075) to the N. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1843) and 1952-3 ed. OS 6-inch map. The site, which is transected by a hedgerow running N-S, has been levelled but is barely visible as the faint low outline of a bank (ext. H 0.24m) forming the W half of the site (c. 27.5m N-S; 16.8m E-W). No visible trace of the site E of the hedgerow. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a gentle SE-facing slope in undulating terrain. A large roughly circular area (diam. c. 65-70m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.36m), a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.7m; D 1.24m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.65m), with stone-facing on the inner and outer face of the outer bank. There is a large causewayed entrance at E (Wth 4.8m) with some stone lining at the base of the N terminal of the inner bank. A corresponding gap in the outer bank (Wth c. 7m) may have been widened. The inner bank was quarried into in the SW sector and there has been some dumping of scrap metal both here and in the interior. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-078 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a very gentle W-facing slope in gently undulating terrain. Marked as 'castle in ruins' on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map. According to the OS Letters a small portion of the castlewas incorporated in the outbuildings of Parkstown House (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 91). By the 1952-3 OS 6-inch map the castle is indicated as 'site of'. Not visible at ground level; masonry probably used to build Parkstown House. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-079 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in reclaimed pasture. Identified as a circular cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1965-6 (CUCAP, AZV 59; CUCAP, APD 43). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-080 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a SE-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Identified as a circular cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1965-6 (CUCAP, AZV 59; CUCAP, APD 43). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-094 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated at the base of a NW-facing slope in undulating pastureland which has been reclaimed. A circular cropmark identified on an aerial photograph taken in 1974 (GSIAP, S 581/580). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN048-029 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise of ground in flat pasture with good views and nearby enclosure sites (TN048-027, TN048-028) to the W. A townland boundary in the form of an earth and stone bank (Wth 1m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m) is all that survives of a circular enclosure (diam. approx. 25m) which is depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Parkstown House, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house over basement, built c.1790, having two-storey additions to rear. Hipped slate roof with overhanging bracketed eaves and rendered chimneystacks to main house with flat roofs to rear blocks. Rendered walls with render quoins and plinth. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to ground floor and three-over-six pane to first floor, with tooled limestone sills and with raised render reveals. Mixture of replacement uPVC and metal casement windows to rear blocks. Round-headed tooled limestone doorcase to front door, with pilasters, imposts, archivolt and cornice, and having plain over-light, double-leaf timber panelled door and approached by limestone steps. Extensive two-storey outbuildings to south and southwest, having pitched slate roofs and rendered stone walls, incorporating carriage arch, domestic quarters and date stone engraved 1790. Large walled garden to south. Quadrant gateway to road with rendered walls and piers.

• Parkstown Cottage, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached H-plan two-storey house, built c.1840, having three-bay front and rear blocks having single-storey link at right angles to blocks. Canted full-height windowed bays to east and west gable ends of front and to west gable of rear block with timber panels between floors, gabled entrance breakfront to front block, canted projecting single-storey bay to centre of east elevation and verandah in centre of west elevation. Canted window also within verandah. Pitched roofs to higher parts of building and to link, lean-to to verandah and flat roof with crenellations to east canted bay. Scalloped timber bargeboards to end gables with pointed timber finials. Lead tent roofs to canted end bays. Rndered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with raised rusticated quoins. Carved timber side to verandah having trefoil arcade detailing. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, mainly one-over-one pane, but having some two-over-two pane to canted end bays. Front elevation has tripled windows to ground floor and double windows to first floor flanking triple window to breakfront. Front windows have render surrounds and render label-mouldings. Canted entramce having timber double-leaf door with trefoil-headed panels, flanked by one-over-one pane timber sash windows with moulded timber cornice. Rendered outbuilding to rear.

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 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 Parkstown.

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 Parkstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Parkstown · Baile an Phárcaigh

Area

2,519,425 m² (251.94 ha, 622.56 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymurreen, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Ballymurreen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymurreen electoral division: 241 people in 86 households; 91% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymurreen, Curraheen, Drumgower, Kilnoe, Liskeveen, Moycarky

Placenames

Parkstown 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.