Barbaha

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barbaha, from 36 m² to 307,915 m² (30.79 ha, 76.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Barbaha 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.

• 16 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of (I) milking parlour building incorporating dairy, plant, storage, meal bin, rain water storage tank, milk silo, holding yard with crush/ drafting yard, cubicles with feeding area, underground effluent tank with flow channel and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560564

• 15 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, waste water treatment system & percolation area and all other ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2560556

• 14 Oct 2021Conditional

  erection of new calf weaning shed and ancillary dungstead

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211513

• 12 Jul 2021Conditional

  to construct new entrance and access road, to serve dwelling

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211006

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 Barbaha.

Recorded monuments

• TN020-046 Cliff-edge fort
  Description

  Situated on the N slope of a steep ravine overlooking a river. Only the SE portion of a large bivallate enclosure survives consisting of a platform enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a wide flat-bottomed intervening fosse (Wth 5m) (inner bank: Wth 2m; int H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) (outer bank: Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m). The slope of the ravine forms a natural defence at N. 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

• TN020-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a steep-sloping SE face of rising ground in an upland area. A raised circular area (diam. 34m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 2m; ext. H 2-5m at N) with a deep narrow fosse (Wth 2m) visible from S through W to N. The interior slopes steeply from NW to SE and there is a causewayed entrance (Wth 2.2m) at ESE. 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

• TN020-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in an upland area. A natural hillock was scarped and flattened on top to form a ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 25m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank which has been mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1.5m) with external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m) visible from N to E only. No entrance feature visible. 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

• TN020-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the N end of a N-S ridge in an upland area with a ringfort (TN020-055) to the S. A circular area (diam. 24m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at S; 2.15m at N) with slight traces of an external fosse. The interior has been quarried in the NE sector. No trace of an entrance feature. 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

• TN020-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the NE face of a N-S ridge in an upland area with a ringfort (TN020-054) to the N. A raised oval-shaped area (diam. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1m at SW; 2.5m at NE) with slight traces of an external fosse visible from N to E. No entrance feature visible. 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

• TN020-058001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on high ground in an upland area with extensive views; standing stone (TN020-058002) 8m to the E. A circular flat-topped mound (H 0.5m; diam. 10m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.3-0.9m) and external bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.2-0.8m) best preserved at NW. Two large boulders protrude from the surface of the mound one in the S sector and the other in the SE. 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

• TN020-058002 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on high ground in an upland area with extensive views; ring-barrow (TN020-058001) 8m to the W. A tall square-shaped limestone slab (H 1.45m; dims. 1.04m x 0.25m) orientated on a NNW-SSE axis. 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

• TN020-061 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on flat pasture in an upland area. A poorly preserved, low, circular, flat-topped mound (H 0.5m max.; diam. 14m NW-SE) with a slight central depression and traces of a shallow external fosse. 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

• TN020-062 Stone row
  Description

  Situated on platform of ground in upland area overlooking a stream to N, a stone circle (TN019-046001) to the NW and a possible stone pair (TN019-040) to the W. A row of three stones, aligned E-W, 8m in overall length. E stone 1.77m H; Wth 1.4m; T 0.5m; middle stone 1.9m H; Wth 1.38m; T 0.5m: W stone H 1.64m; W 1.1m; T 0.65m. Packing stones visible at base of all three stones. In c. 2010 the easternmost stone (total L 2.35m) of the row fell over. Previous to this it had been leaning to the S. This stone tapers towards the base (to 0.25m) and when it was upstanding only a deep of 0.5-0.58m of the stone was embedded in the ground. At least two packing stone remain in place around the waterlogged socket, which is visible under the tapering base of the stone. One packing stone to the S (dims. 0.26m x 0.1m; H 0.18m above ground) and one to the W (dims. 0.24m x 0.24m; H 0.15m above ground), with a further stone (dims 0.36m x 0.28m; H 0.23m above ground), partially embedded, between these. The next nearest stone, the middle stone of the stone row, is c. 1.2m W of the fallen stone. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 04 December 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Barbaha, about 1 in 10 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 Barbaha.

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

Name

Barbaha · Barr Beathach

Area

3,188,875 m² (318.89 ha, 787.99 acres)

Civil parish

Youghalarra, and its townlands

Barony

Owney and Arra

Electoral division

Youghalarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,001 people lived in 346 households in the Youghalarra electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boolaglass, Burgesbeg, Carriggal, Carrigmadden, Clashabreeda, Coum (Allen), Coumroe, Gortycullane, Knockmore, Mountsack

Placenames

Barbaha 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.