Foildarrig
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnarath, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Fhaill Dearg
Parcel 507409
- Area
- 22,809 m² (2.28 ha, 5.64 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Foildarrig
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- TN031-070001 Church
Description
This church site was located on an E-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a river with a nearby bowl-barrow (TN031-071) to the SW. The OS Letters describe the site as consisting of the wall-footings of a church which measures 5.7m N-S by 12m approx. E-W with a wall thickness of 1m (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 7). Described in the OS Namebooks (1840) as a children's burial ground (TN031-070002). No visible remains 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
- TN031-070002 Children's burial ground
Description
Situated on an E-facing slope in an upland area with a bowl-barrow (TN031-071) to the SW. Described in the OS Namebooks (1840) as a place for 'still born infants or children dying without baptism'. No visible remains of any children's burial ground in the vicinity of the church site (TN031-070001). 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
- TN031-071 Barrow - bowl-barrow
Description
Situated on flat, poorly drained land in an upland area with church site (TN031-070001) to NE. A poorly preserved round-topped mound (diam. 23m N-S; H 1.2m) enclosed by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 7.5m; ext. D 0.4m) which was waterlogged at time of visit. 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 on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1168 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 48.9 ha
- 121 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 2,219 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foildarrig, from 444 m² to 110,962 m² (11.1 ha, 27.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Jan 2026Unconditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 2610
8 Sept 2025Conditional
change use of portion of existing domestic store to residential use, with modifications, including new windows and door and to erect new ancillary residential extension to same, to form a one bedroom detached residential unit
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 25187
5 Sept 2025Conditional
the change of house type under previously permitted governing permission reference number 21853 together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560869
7 Apr 2025Conditional
extension to the side of house
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2550
16 Nov 2023Conditional
a change of house design, change of garage design, change of site boundary and site layout plan from that granted in planning ref 20-759
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360911
11 Jun 2021Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21853
26 Aug 2020Unconditional
4 no two storey dwellings and all ancillary site development works previously Ref No 15/600567
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 20941
13 Jul 2020N/a
construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20755
13 Jul 2020Conditional
construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20759
9 Jul 2020N/a
construction of an entrance, dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20730
7 Oct 2019N/a
construction of new two storey house complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601098
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
- TN031-070001 Church
Description
This church site was located on an E-facing slope of rising ground overlooking a river with a nearby bowl-barrow (TN031-071) to the SW. The OS Letters describe the site as consisting of the wall-footings of a church which measures 5.7m N-S by 12m approx. E-W with a wall thickness of 1m (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 7). Described in the OS Namebooks (1840) as a children's burial ground (TN031-070002). No visible remains 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
- TN031-070002 Children's burial ground
Description
Situated on an E-facing slope in an upland area with a bowl-barrow (TN031-071) to the SW. Described in the OS Namebooks (1840) as a place for 'still born infants or children dying without baptism'. No visible remains of any children's burial ground in the vicinity of the church site (TN031-070001). 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
- TN031-071 Barrow - bowl-barrow
Description
Situated on flat, poorly drained land in an upland area with church site (TN031-070001) to NE. A poorly preserved round-topped mound (diam. 23m N-S; H 1.2m) enclosed by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 7.5m; ext. D 0.4m) which was waterlogged at time of visit. 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
- TN031-072 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Situated in a slight depression in undulating countryside with the nearby Mulkear River to the S. A disused holy well consisting of a natural spring (dims. 0.9m x 0.5m) with water flowing S towards the nearby river. According to a local landowner the well was known as St Bridget's Well (FitzPatrick 1985b, 160). 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 Foildarrig.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1168 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Foildarrig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Foildarrig · An Fhaill Dearg
- Area
- 489,133 m² (48.91 ha, 120.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnarath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Kilcomenty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcomenty electoral division: 743 people in 247 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barna, Clonbealy, Coole, Freagh, Mackney (Bourke), Mackney (O'Brien), Newport, Oakhampton
- Placenames
- Foildarrig 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.