Gortshaneroe

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortshaneroe, from 1,032 m² to 469,018 m² (46.9 ha, 115.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortshaneroe 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.

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  the completion of a programme of ground investigation works comprising the collection of 16 no. hand augured soil samples and 1 no. rotary percussion hydrogeological borehole - A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660532

• 19 Mar 2024Conditional

  construction of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2455

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: Silvermines Mountains West SAC 002258
• Special Protection Area: Slievefelim to Silvermines Mountains SPA 004165

Recorded monuments

• TN026-058001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'castle of Dunally paretly repaired at the Common Wealthes charge with a little barbicon' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 245). John Kennedy is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). Colonel Henry Prittie received confirmation of his land grant from Charles II which included Dunalley Castle on June 26, 1678, he was attainted in 1689 by James II parliament held in Dublin (Debrett 1820, 1266-7). In 1800 Henry Prittie was created 1st lord Dunalley (ibid., 1268). According to Lewis (1837, 187) ‘the ancient castle of Dunalley, which gives the title of Baron to the Prittie family. This castle was beseiged by the disbanded soldiery of Jas. II., who, after investing it for 21 days, effected an entrance by treachery, and threw Mr. Henry Prittie, its proprietor, from the summit of it, but he escaped unhurt. Here are also the ruins of the old church (TN026-085001-), with a burial-ground (TN026-085002-) attached, which, is the place of sepulture of the Prittie family. An abbey, of which there are no vestiges, is said to have been founded here in 540’. In 1840 the ruins of Dunalley Castle were described by the Ordnance Survey as following; ‘there remains at present merely fragments of the north and west walls about sixteen feet [4.8m] in height at the northwest corner and a fragment of the south wall and a very small portion of the east wall at the southeast corner, which is much shattered. On the east side of the portion of the south wall remaining appears a small portion of what seems to have been the interior of the circular staircase. There are also detached fragments of the building scattered around the portion standing. The parts of the north and west walls which remain are much broken. As nearly as can now be determined this building measured on the inside from east to west twenty and a half feet [6.2m] and nineteen and three-quarter feet [6m] from north to south. The walls are about six and a half feet [1.9m] in thickness, built of limestone mixed with some grit-stones and grouted. Small portions of the external wall remain at the distance of seven paces eastward of the castle. At the distance of about five paces in the same direction there lies a large cut grit-stone, which formed part of a round-arch. This castle is said to have anciently belonged to the O’Kennedys. From it Lord Dunally takes his title. A considerable portion of the building existed until about twenty years ago, when it fell. Dunally Castle is situated on the ascent to a lofty hill’. Destroyed by modern commercial quarrying in the late 1970s. A large pond created by the quarrying operations is now located where the medieval castle was depicted on the OS 6-inch maps. 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. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 July 2016

• TN026-058002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'castle of Dunally paretly repaired at the Common Wealthes charge with a little barbicon' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 245). John Kennedy is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). Described in the OS Letters as a rectangular building (int. dims. 20.5ft (6.2m) E-W; 29.75ft (9m) N-S; wall T 6.5ft (2m)) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble with the possible remains of spiral stairs in the SE angle (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 119). Destroyed by modern commercial quarrying in the late 1970s, large pond occupies site of medieval castle and bawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 July 2016

• TN026-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region. Described in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 120) as a fort consisting of a circular area (diam. 30m approx.) enclosed by a low earthen bank. Not visible at ground level. A modern quarry is now located at this 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortshaneroe.

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 Gortshaneroe, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortshaneroe · Gort Sheáin Rua

Area

2,167,108 m² (216.71 ha, 535.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ormond Upper

Electoral division

Kilmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

705 people lived in 259 households in the Kilmore electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynanoose, Bauraglanna, Cloonanagh, Cranahurt, Garryard East, Garryard West, Knockanroe

Placenames

Gortshaneroe 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.