Grantstown

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grantstown, from 424 m² to 243,031 m² (24.3 ha, 60.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Grantstown 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 Sept 2026N/a

  the construction of alterations and extensions to existing building, change of use of existing building from commercial to residential, installation of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, demolition of existing outbuilding, and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660947

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  the construction of (i) milking parlour with plant room, dairy, office, storage, flow channel, crush, meal bin, water tank and collecting yard, slatted tank, (ii) cubicle shed with slatted tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660847

• 23 Feb 2025Conditional

  the construction of a calf shed with effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560131

• 1 Jul 2020Conditional

  construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20678

• 22 Jan 2020Conditional

  (a) construction of an agricultural livestock shed with underground slatted slurry storage tanks (b) construction of roof over existing handling and drafting area and slatted tank area (c) extension of existing shed to provide straw bedding area and all associated site works. NOTE the proposed works are to be carried out within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2047

• 6 Feb 2018Conditional

  construction of a cattle underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated work

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600127

• 28 Nov 2017N/a

  construcition of a cattle underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated work

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601305

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 Grantstown.

Recorded monuments

• TS059-089001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On level ground on a gentle E-facing slope in pasture. A small quarry (dims. 23m x 25m) is depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map, 60m to the E of the tower house, though it has been utilised since 1840, it may be the original quarry which provided the stone for the tower house. The views from the battlement of the tower house are extensive, except to the SW where the immediate view is blocked by a neighbouring hill. The following medieval settlements and castles are visible, Cashel (TS061-025----) 10.5km to the E; Ballinaclogh Castle (TS060-040001-) 1.8km to the E; Kilfeakle (TS059-127----) 2.65km to the SSW; Ballysheeda Castle (TS051-011----) 8.5km to the NW and Doneskeagh Castle (TS059-053001-) 2.5km to the NNW. In 1549 Grantstown Castle belonged to David McTheobald Burke of Ballythomas. By 1576 it was the property of the Earl of Ormond and in 1592 it was in the possession of his brother Piers (Peter) Butler (COD V, 35, 262, 278; VI, 52). The Civil Survey (1654-56) lists 'The Countess of Ormond' as the proprietor in 1640, though the tower house is contradictingly described as 'wanting repayre' and 'a good castle in repayre' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 24-5). The tower house (ext. dims. 8.25m N–S; 9.8m E–W; S wall T 2.04m) is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed with a high, slender base-batter (H 2.78m; Wth 0.23m). Between 1999 and 2011 the tower house was restored and damaged or broken out windows and doorways were replaced, though most of the architectural details are original. Many of the upper windows are cusped ogee-headed single or two-light windows, with hollow spandrels and are chamfered externally within an externally chamfered box surround. All the floors were timber, except the fourth floor which rests on a barrel vault. The timber floors have been reconstructed and the floors of the mural chambers have been tiled. In 2011 the tower house was rendered internally and externally with lime plaster. It is entered at the W end of the N wall, through a pointed doorway with a yett-hole at the apex and, unusually, a double yett-hole on the E side. The doorway is protected externally by a machicolation at battlement level. Internally the lobby is protected by a murder-hole overhead, with a guard alcove to the W. From the lobby a doorway gave access to a mural stair in the E wall and another gave access to the ground-floor chamber (dims. 4.35m N–S; 6.92m E–W). This chamber was originally lit by two windows, in the E and W walls, the S wall is occupied by two segmental-headed recesses. The ground-floor chamber has been divided in two by a modern partition running N–S. The first-floor chamber (dims. 4.4m N–S; 5.85m E–W) is accessed from the mural stair (Wth 0.86m), all the steps of which have been reconstructed. This chamber is lit by three single-light windows, in the E, S and W wall and there is a small wall cupboard in the S wall. An alcove at the W end of the N wall provides access to the murder-hole. The mural stairs only rises to first-floor level, above this there is spiral stairs in the NE angle. The original steps are missing and a wooden stairs has been inserted, though some stone steps with a corresponding newel have been reconstructed at the base of the spiral stairs. The stairs is lit by simple flat-headed loops. The second-floor chamber is accessed from the spiral stairs via a small lobby which is lit by a loop. This barrel-vaulted chamber (running E–W) is lit by two windows, in the E and W walls. A flat-headed doorway has been inserted into the N wall giving access to an oubliette which was originally accessed via a sloping chute (dims. 0.6m x 0.6m; D c. 3m with another 2m drop to the floor of the oubliette). The oubliette is a long narrow chamber (dims. 4.3m E–W; 0.94m N–S; H 1.95m) roofed by lintels and is lit by a small loop in the W wall. The access chamber (dims. 2.22m E–W; Wth 0.58m at entrance narrowing to 0.52m at rear; H 1.96m) in the N wall is entered from the spiral stairs, just above third-floor floor level, where the chute opening (dims. 0.52m x 0.41m) is at the rear of the chamber. The third floor is entered from the spiral stairs via a short lobby, through the N wall of the large window embrasure in the E wall. This chamber was lit by two single and two two-light ogee-headed windows, one in the centre of each wall. The two-light S window has unusual rope-pull marks on the outer edge of the sill, suggesting that this opening was used for hauling material into the interior over a considerable time. At the base of the W wall of this S window embrasure there is an opening (dims. 0.5m x 0.5m) giving access to another oubliette, the sloping shaft (D 1m) of which drops into a small chamber (dims. 2.27m E–W; 0.87m N–S; H c. 1.1m) which is lit by a loop in the S wall, this chamber is only accessible by ladder. There is a rim around the opening to this oubliette to support a trap door, probably of timber. In the S face of the window embrasure in the E wall, there is a doorway which gives access to an L-shaped garberobe chamber. This chamber (dims. 2.15m N–S; Wth 0.63m; 2.04m E–W; Wth 1.05m) is lit by two loops. The gardeobe chute exits at ground level at the E end of the S wall. The main third-floor chamber has two wall cupboards, in the S and N walls. There are original corbels along the N wall and one on the S wall, the others being replaced. These, together with beam-holes, carry the wooden beams to support a wooden gallery which runs along all four walls. At gallery level there is an L-shaped chamber (dims. 4.91m N–S; Wth 1.43m; 2.23m E–W; Wth 1.43m), accessed from the spiral stairs, which runs along the E wall. This vaulted chamber with wicker-centering is lit by three windows, a flat-headed loop with a slop-stone sill in the E wall near the N end of the chamber and an unusual and elegant arrangement of a single-light cusped ogee-headed window at the S end of the E wall and an identical window at the E end of the S wall. There is a wall cupboard at the S end of the W wall of the L return of the chamber. An inserted flat-headed doorway in the W wall of this chamber, towards the N end, gives access to the gallery. In the W wall at gallery level there are three arched recesses which give structural support to a mural chamber (max. L 7.45m; Wth 0.66m) along the W wall at battlement level. This chamber is lit by three loops, one at the W end of the N wall and two in the W wall. Immediately below battlement level there is a mural chamber in the E wall which is accessed from the spiral stairs. This vaulted chamber (dims. 4.91m N–S; 1.35m E–W) with wicker-centering is lit by two flat-headed loops. Immediately inside the doorway of this chamber to the W there is a projecting stone with carved depressions to accommodate a locking device. The reconstructed battlements are crenellated with stepped merlons. The original pitch of the gabled roof is preserved in the broken coping stones which project from the E and W faces of the W and E mural chambers respectively. A slated replacement roof has been built immediately below the line of the original roof. There are drainage holes along the N and S walls at the base of the roof slopes. Steps projecting externally from the E and W faces of the W and E mural chambers respectively, gave access to crenellated lookout platforms above both chambers. The W steps are in their original condition while the E steps have been replaced. There does not appear to have been a bawn associated with this tower house. During the laying of a service pipe a trench (Wth c. 0.5m; D 0.4m) 25m long was dug north-eastward from the tower house but no wall foundations were uncovered (Walsh 1999, Unpublished archaeological monitoring report). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• TS059-089002 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, on a NNE-facing slope. Grantstown Castle (TS059-089001-) is c. 60m to SE. Identified as a roughly circular cropmark (diam. c. 22m) on an aerial photography (GSI R. 435/4, 16.4.1974). It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS059-137 Moated site
  Description

  In improved pasture, on an elevated area of land, overlooking lower ground to NW. This monument is indicated as a rectangular area (dims. c. 46m NE-SW; c. 13.5m NW-SE) on the 1st (1840) 6-inch OS map and as a raised area on the 1904 ed., on both editions there is a field boundary running along the SW side and a road running along the SE side. It consists of a raised, rectangular area (dims. 34m NE-SW; 14m NW-SE), defined by scarp (max. Wth 3.7m; max. H 1.2m) to SW (L 15m), NW (L 32m) and NE (L 11m). The interior slopes gently downslope to the NE. Barry (1977, 203) describes this as a moated site with a 'Raised platform 1.75m above field level. No banks. Dry moat 2m-6.80m wide'. The Ordnance Survey ortho image suggests that the monument continues S of the road which transects it from NE-SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 October 2015

• TS060-119 Standing stone
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope just below the crest of a hillock in undulating terrain, in tillage. Standing stone has been removed and is currently located in the Cashel Folk Museum (see TS061-146----). There is a slight hollow (diam. c. 12m) immediately below the crest of a hillock which seems the likely location of the standing stone. According to the landowner the stone was removed c. 20 years ago as a result of field clearance. This monument is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map but is not depicted on the 2nd (1906) ed. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Grantstown Creamery, creamery, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height former creamery, built c. 1920, with corrugated-iron canopy to loading bay. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack, timber louvered vents and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, now boarded up with corrugated-iron sheeting. Square-headed door openings to front elevation, that under canopy reached by metal staircase and having timber battened door, that at ground level having half-glazed timber battened door. Concrete steps up to timber battened door in gable.

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1940, with porch addition, built c. 1960, and single-storey extensions to rear having lean-to and pitched slate roofs. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, decoratively-carved timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to porch with decorative rendered parapet. Painted rendered walls with moulded rendered string course, smooth rendered eaves course and rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, barred to ground floor, with rendered surrounds and painted stone sills. Cast-iron casement windows to porch. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door, sidelights and overlight. Rendered walls and gate piers with wrought-iron pedestrian and double-leaf gates to front boundary of house. Outbuildings with pitched corrugated-iron roofs and rendered walls to north of house.

• Grantstown Hall, gates/railings/walls, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Quadrant gateway to Grantstown Hall, comprising paired Gothic Revival castellated gate piers on circular plan, of ashlar limestone construction, built c. 1870, having decorative double-leaf wrought-iron gates to central vehicular opening. Castellated walls linking paired piers, constructed of roughly coursed limestone and having pointed arch pedestrian entrances with decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gates. Stepped castellated roughly coursed limestone walls continue diagonally from outer piers, terminating in castellated ashlar limestone gate piers on circular plan.

• Grantstown Hall, country house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Tudor Revival three-bay two-storey three-pile house, built c. 1870, front block having two slightly-advanced symmetrical projecting gable-fronts with full-height canted-bay windows and gable-fronted glazed timber porch and canted-bay window to west gable. Multiple-bay lower two-storey blocks parallel to rear with gable ends to east and west elevations, glazed lean-to extension to east and additional lean-to extension filling in north-east end of rearmost block. Pitched slate roofs with rendered brick chimneystacks, some in pairs, having decorative clay chimney pots and ornate carved timber bargeboards and finials to all gables. Hipped slate roofs to canted bays, scalloped to west bay window, all with lead ridge capping. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with render eaves front canted bays. Moulded render coat-of-arms emblem to west gable of front block. Square-headed window openings to front block and to east elevation of middle block, mainly segmental headed to rear blocks, all with timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to first floor front and mainly one-over-one pane windows elsewhere. Replacement uPVC glazing to porch with square-headed door opening to exterior wall of house, having double-leaf timber panelled doors with overlight and flanking sidelights.

• Grantstown Hall, farmyard complex, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Estate farmyard, built c.1870, bounded by castellated random rubble limestone and brick wall to rear of country house, having pointed arch window and door openings, former having leaded glass, and segmental-arched carriage opening. Similarly treated wall to orchard, located to north, having additional rendered bowed section with pointed arch door opening and timber battened door. Two-storey outbuildings around yard to rear having pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and roughcast rendered walls, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and battened timber doors. Outbuilding to north-east of site of random rubble limestone construction with pitched corrugated-iron roof, having raised gables with decorative stepped profiles and oculus openings to gable ends, with segmental-arched carriage opening with rendered brick voussoirs. Courtyard to east of site comprising five-bay one- and two-storey blocks to north side and eight-bay two-storey block to east side, all having pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and random rubble limestone construction with dressed limestone voussoirs to openings, with some blocked segmental carriage arches. Decorative Gothic Revival gates to entrance.

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 Grantstown, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Grantstown · Baile an Ghróntaigh

Area

3,179,560 m² (317.96 ha, 785.69 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfeakle, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Rathlynin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

384 people lived in 125 households in the Rathlynin electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaclogh, Ballinard, Cahervillahowe, Clonmaine, Donaskeagh, Kilfeakle, Kilfeakle Churchquarter, Mountwilliam

Placenames

Grantstown 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.