Beakstown

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beakstown, from 185 m² to 230,835 m² (23.08 ha, 57.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Beakstown 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.

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  an extension to the front of the dwelling house, extensions to the rear of the dwelling house consisting of a sunroom and two open-sided shelters, an extension and open-sided shelter to the rear of the garage, a glasshouse and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660611

• 8 Sept 2025Conditional

  a storey & a half dwelling with entrance, garage, septic tank and percolation area with all associated siteworks and ancillary works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2560884

• 17 Jan 2022Conditional

  Retention permission to retain as constructed minor elevational & plan changes to previously granted permission (ref no 17600147) to the sunroom/conservatory extension to the side of my dwelling with all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260016

• 10 Jan 2022N/a

  permission to retain as constructed minor elevational changes to previously granted permission (ref no 17600147) to the sunroom/conservatory extension to the side of my dwelling with all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260005

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  permission to retain as constructed minor elevational changes to previously granted permission (ref no 17600147) to the sunroom/conservatory extension to the side of my dwelling with all associated siteworks at Beakstown House, Beakstown, Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2160008

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  domestic garage as constructed at the rear of dwelling house and associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21947

• 14 Jan 2021Conditional

  as constructed garage and retain roof light window on main house for previously granted permission ref No. 5119477 with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2125

• 8 May 2020Conditional

  Demolition of the existing Fire Damaged Dwelling and construct a replacement dwelling, install a proprietary effluent treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20452

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  change of use of existing garage to granny flat incorporating 2 no. bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen/living space with upgraded treatment plant system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600944

• 31 Jul 2017N/a

  change of use of existing garage to granny flat incorporating 2 no. bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/living space with upgraded treatment plant system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600855

• 16 Feb 2017Conditional

  construct a sunroom/conservatory extension to the side of dwelling with all associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600147

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 Suir SAC 002137

Recorded monuments

• TN041-059 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope in undulating pastureland. An enclosure (diam. 30m) defined by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.42m), a berm (Wth c. 7m) and an external bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.95m). The site is quite overgrown, particularly around the edge of the outer bank and the E half of the inner bank. There is a possible fosse (Wth 2.5m) visible only at S and W where the field boundary runs concentrically with the site. This may be a field ditch. The inner enclosure is clearly visible on an aerial photograph taken in June 1973 (GSIAP, S 466/7). 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

• TN041-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gradual SE-facing slope in undulating pastureland, just off the crest of a hill. Indicated as a circular enclosure on the latest ed. (1952-3) OS 6-inch map and depicted in an area of outcrop on the 1st ed. (1843). The site was levelled c. 20 years ago according to the landowner who remembers the site as consisting of a circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a bank (H c. 1.5m) and outer fosse. Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.19) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. TN041-059 (Concentric Enclosure) is visible in the background. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 09/11/09. 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 by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2010

• TN041-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on quite a steep SE-facing slope in undulating terrain under tillage. Indicated as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not marked on the subsequent 1952-3 revision. There is no clear trace of the site on the ground as it has been levelled but a slight rise appears to indicate the bank in the NW and SW quadrants providing a diameter of 44m. Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.20) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Queries in relation to the reproduction of the aerial photographic image should be addressed to: Dr. Gillian Barrett, 12 Lower Forge, Eardington, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5LQ. UK. Date of this report: 06/11/09 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 by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2010

• TN041-062 Ceremonial enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low sloping E-W gravel ridge, the site utilises the downslope to the N and S, and the end of the ridge to the E. The large size of the monument along with the presence of an inner fosse suggests that this may be the remains of a prehistoric ritual enclosure rather than the remains of a large ringfort (pers. comm. Denis Power 04/12/2017). Described in 1951 by R. D. Fluskey in an Ordnance Survey Field Memorandum as 'an ancient earthwork locally known as a Fort' (SMR File). See attached file for sketch plan and section of the monument drawn by R. D Fluskey on the 22/12/1951. Levelled site is barely visible as a raised area with a central depression, diameter c. 50m N-S. The enclosure (approx. overall diam. 85m N-S x 90m E-W) is depicted on both the 1st (1843) and current (1952-3) eds. of the OS 6-inch maps as a circular-shaped area defined by a wide inner fosse and external bank with a post-1700 quarry hole in the W quadrant. Post-1700 limekiln c. 20m to ENE with levelled field boundary intersecting enclosing bank at NE, SSE and NNW. Interior of monument appears to have been subjected to small scale agricultural quarrying from the post-1700 period onwards. The cropmark of a wide inner fosse and levelled external bank are clearly visible on aerial photographs taken between July 1968 and July 1971 (CUCAP AVT056; AYP080; BDL051; BGN100/101). These cropmarks were not visible at the time of inspection. The aerial photographs taken on 20th July 1968 (CUCAP AVT056) and 11th July 1969 (CUCAP AYP080) shows the monument as a slightly raised circular area defined by a wide internal fosse and broad external bank. Aerial photographs taken 19th of July 1971 shows a large white area inside the monument which may be the result of small scale gravel extraction. In 2000 archaeological testing by Richard O'Brien of a development c. 30m to the southwest of the levelled ringfort, revealed a large sub-soil cut ditch (Wth 3.7m) feature and a possible associated hearth feature (TN041-062001-). The ditch was not investigated further and no finds were recovered. This testing was carried out under Licence No. 00E0892 (Bennett 2002, 325). Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.18) shows cropmark of large circular enclosure defined by two concentric fosses; some traces of internal detail including a linear fosse which may indicate the position of a possible souterrain (TN041-062002-). The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 06/11/09 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 upload/revision: 5 December 2017

• TN041-062001 Habitation site
  Description

  In 2000 archaeological testing by Richard O'Brien of a development c. 30m to the southwest of a levelled ringfort (TN041-062), revealed a large sub-soil cut ditch (Wth 3.7m) feature and a possible associated hearth feature (TN041-062001). The ditch was not investigated further and no finds were recovered. This testing was carried out under Licence No. 00E0892 (Bennett 2002, 325).

• TN041-062002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low, roughly E-W ridge, the site utilising the downslope to the N and S, and the end of the ridge to the E. Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.18) shows cropmark of large circular enclosure (TN041-062) defined by two concentric fosses; some traces of internal detail including a linear fosse which may indicate the position of a souterrain. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 06/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 13 August 2010

• TN041-078 Enclosure
  Description

  Just off crest on S facing slope in undulating terrain, in garden under pasture. Site not marked on either 1st (1843) or 2nd (1952-53) ed. OS 6-inch map but appears on an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 1840) as a semi-circular cropmark, the E side of a possible roughly circular enclosure. No visible trace of site above ground. Landowner never noticed any semi-circular feature in the field. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN041-089 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of a levelled enclosure possible that is visible on the OSI aerial photographs taken in the year 2000. This possible enclosure site is located approx. 180m to the NE of a levelled bivallate ringfort (TN041-062) that is also clearly visible as a bivalate cropmark on the OSI aerial photographs taken in the year 2000. This possible enclosure is barely visible as a partial curved depression in the field. This curving depression may be the remains of a levelled bank or fosse of the enclosure visible from the south to the southwest side of the possible enclosure.

• TN047-002 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on the gentle S-facing slope of a natural rise in pasture. The site is depicted as a rectangular enclosure on the 1952-3 OS 6-inch map. Only the N side survives incorporated into a low field bank and hedgerow. The outline of the fosse surrounding this rectangular site (dims. 41m N-S; c.34m E-W) is visible as differential grass growth (Wth 3.4m). 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

• TN047-008001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in undulating terrain. Beakstown castle is mentioned in Civil Survey as 'the Castle out of repaire in Beakestown' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 66). Beakstown is also mentioned in the Tipperary Depositions that document a year-long siege there by Confederate forces in the 1640s (Cairns 1987, 24). 'Beakstown House' is a ruined shell dating to the nineteenth century. It is a two-storey, four-bay house with the S bay projecting out. The roof is largely intact. The house is said by locals to have been a workhouse and there is no tradition of a castle. A raised area NE of the house, depicted on the 1952-3 OS 6-inch map may have been some form of garden feature (TN047-008002-) or may be the location of the castle. A chamfered jamb incorporated in doorway of the 'Old Corn Mill' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map may have come from Beakstown Castle. 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

• TN047-008002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in undulating terrain. Beakstown castle is mentioned in Civil Survey as 'the Castle out of repaire in Beakestown' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 66). Beakstown is also mentioned in the Tipperary Depositions that document a year-long siege there by Confederate forces in the 1640s (Cairns 1987, 24). 'Beakstown House' is a ruined shell dating to the nineteenth century. It is a two-storey, four-bay house with the S bay projecting out. The roof is largely intact. The house is said by locals to have been a workhouse and there is no tradition of a castle (TN047-008001). A raised area NE of the house, depicted on the 1952-3 OS 6-inch map may have been some form of garden feature/enclosure or may be the location of the castle. A chamfered jamb incorporated in doorway of the 'Old Corn Mill' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map may have come from Beakstown Castle. 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

• TN047-008003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In 2000 archaeological rescue survey of the spoil heap of the levelled Beakstown House by Paul Stevens recovered 134 dressed stone fragments, including 120 late medieval quoins, a late medieval ogee arch fragment, two corbels, two Tudor chamfered door-jambs and a date stone of 1699 now incorporated into the boundary wall of the property. This rescue work was carried out under licence No. 00E0205 (Bennett 2002, 321). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-009 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the W bank of the River Suir. A mill building recently demolished, however, the millrace is still intact and is constructed from cut blocks of limestone indicating an eighteenth/nineteenth-century date for the structure. This could be the possible location of one of the 'two Mills on the River Shewer in repaire' mentioned in the Civil Survey for Beakstown (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 66). 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

• TN047-010 Weir - regulating
  Description

  Situated on the River Suir at Beakstown. A weir is still apparent at this location and may be on the site of one of the two eel weirs in this area mentioned in Civil Survey of 1654-6 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). 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

• TN047-011 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the W bank of the River Suir at Beakstown. An old mill building which appears to incorporate an earlier mill, possibly that mentioned in the seventeenth-century Civil Survey (1654-6) as one of 'two Mills on the River Shewer in repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 66). The mill is marked as 'Old Corn Mill' on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but is not indicated on the subsequent 1952-3 revision. A rectangular building (c. 12m x 4.6m), aligned NE-SW, lies in ruins with the NE, SE and N end of the NW wall and part of the S end of the SW wall intact. The wall thickness varies from 0.6m to 1m and is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble. A doorway at the N end of the NW wall incorporates a chamfered jamb from an earlier building, possibly Beakstown Castle (TN047-008001) which was located c. 200m SW. The millrace runs along the NW face and there is an internal rectangular depression in the ground near the W end of the NW wall to accommodate the inner wheel of the water wheel which is still intact. The NE wall (T 1.25m) appears to earlier - it extends at least 1.5m beyond the present rectangular building, the SE end being broken off. In this wall there is a flat-headed, limestone single-light window (0.15m x H 0.51m), chamfered externally, with drafted margins and hammer tooling. 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

• TN047-099 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated immediately E of Beakstown House on land sloping down to the SE towards the River Suir, in gently undulating pastureland. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 40m NE-SW) which has probably been landscaped as part of a garden feature. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.1m) in the SW quadrant only. The NW sector is quite obscured by vegetation and has been disturbed by a roadway which skirts the edge of the 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

• Beakstown Saw Mill, mill (water), 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-storey woollen mill on River Suir, built c.1790, but incorporating earlier fabric. Hipped slate roof with corrugated-iron sheeting over southern wing. Single and two-storey additions to west, with pitched and lean-to corrugated-iron roofs. Rendered walls. Replacement timber windows in square-headed openings. Round-headed window to western addition. Ruined elements include former mill race upstream from the mill and evidence of foundations of former structures.

• Beakstown Cottage, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house over half-basement, built c.1825, having projecting half-octagonal front entrance porch and with bow with full-height window in rear elevation. Conservatory added to eastern elevation. Hipped replacement slate roof having central cut-stone chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows throughout, with exception of those to porch, with stone sills. Replacement timber panelled front door and spoked fanlight. Flight of limestone steps up to front door, having wrought-iron balusters and handrail. Wrought-iron gates to entry. Millrace of watermill to north of house retained, but main mill building demolished. Converted stone outbuilding to north of house and mill race having pitched slate roof, brick chimneystack to gable end and two carriage arches.

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 Beakstown, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Beakstown, Thurles6 sales
• Beakstown, Holycross5 sales

Name

Beakstown · Baile na mBéac

Area

2,944,948 m² (294.49 ha, 727.71 acres)

Civil parish

Holycross, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Holycross, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,437 people lived in 534 households in the Holycross electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvoneen, Commons, Cormackstown, Fertiana, Glenreagh Beg, Holycross, Knockeen, Lisnagonoge, The Heath

Placenames

Beakstown 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.