Freagh
Freagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnarath, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Fraoch.
Parcel 507652
- Area
- 132,918 m² (13.29 ha, 32.84 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 593 m².
- 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
- Freagh
Planning applications on this parcel
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
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
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
15 Feb 2019Conditional
two extensions to the rear of house, also to retain a domestic garage on site
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600124
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1168 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in 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
- 47.8 ha
- 118 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 2,439 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Freagh, from 28 m² to 204,878 m² (20.49 ha, 50.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Freagh 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.
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
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
9 May 2023N/a
(a) completion of dwelling house previously built to all plate level, (b) extension to the rear of the dwelling, (c) septic tank and percolation area, (d) entrance gate and fence to the front, (e) boundary fencing to divide/separate sites and all associated works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23125
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
22 Jan 2021Conditional
an entrance porch to the front of the existing dwelling and a stand alone detached games room situated to the rear of the existing dwelling
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2161
15 Feb 2019Conditional
two extensions to the rear of house, also to retain a domestic garage on site
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600124
27 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct 2 no. poly tunnels. agricultural building to incorporate straw bedded loose housing, 1 no. stable, 2 no. toilets, canteen area, veg prep area, on site waste water treatment and disposal system, soiled water collection tank, dung stead, access roadway and new entrance with recess entrance gates
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600806
1 Jun 2018N/a
to construct 2 no. poly tunnels. agricultural building to incorporate straw bedded loose housing, 1 no. stable, 2 no. toilets, canteen area, veg prep area, on site waste water treatment and disposal system, soiled water collection tank, dung stead, access roadway and new entrance with recess entrance gates
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600701
27 Apr 2017Conditional
(a) change of use from domestic garage to light industrial shed for the engraving of headstones and monuments, (b) 2 no. metal storage containers/tool sheds, (c) 2 no. temporary wooden clad portacabin offices, all in connection with the existing commercial yard
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600432
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Freagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Freagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Freagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Freagh, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1167 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Freagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Freagh · An Fraoch
- Area
- 477,723 m² (47.77 ha, 118.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnarath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Kilcomenty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 743 people lived in 247 households in the Kilcomenty electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coole, Foildarrig, Gortshane West, Oakhampton
- Placenames
- Freagh 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.