Longorchard

214 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longorchard, from 1 m² to 240,869 m² (24.09 ha, 59.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Jan 2025Conditional

  rear extension to house and for existing garden shed to the rear of site

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560036

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  change of use of premises previously used as a doctors surgery and associated offices to use as a staff training facility and associated offices and PERMISSION for RETENTION of gravelled parking area and PERMISSION to extend and complete same, PERMISSION for RETENTION of demolition of old entrance and PERMISSION to build a new recessed entrance and carry out all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23177

• 13 Dec 2022Conditional

  a) a new Astro-turf playing pitch with perimeter fencing and netting above, floodlights, goals and access gates. b) a new ball wall with netting to the top c) relocation of existing carpark and redesign of layout of existing footpath and driveway and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260693

• 11 Mar 2022N/a

  change of use from medical centre health care use to domestic residential use

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 22213

• 23 Sept 2021Conditional

  for an existing bar and lounge extension, toilet facilities and external store, all located to the side and rear of the existing public house known as The Temple Bar and all ancillary works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211415

• 6 Sept 2021N/a

  of a bar and lounge extension and toilet facilities and external store, all located to the side and rear of the existing public house known as The Temple Bar and all ancillary works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211331

• 2 Apr 2020Conditional

  alterations and construction of a single storey extension to dwelling house, construction of a garage including all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20333

• 5 Sept 2019Conditional

  to construct a single storey replacement detached dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, connection to existing public foul sewer, including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600984

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 Longorchard.

Recorded monuments

• TN030-025001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise of ground in an undulating upland area. The parish church of Templetuohy is mentioned in the Civil Survey in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 27). The OS Letters describe the church as destroyed to its foundation with a modern church built near its site (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 85). There are no visible remains of any church in the graveyard (TN030-025002) which contains eighteenth/nineteenth-century headstones. 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

• TN030-025002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise of ground in an undulating upland area. The parish church of Templetuohy is mentioned in the Civil Survey in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 27). The OS Letters describe the church (TN030-025001) as destroyed to its foundation with a modern church built near its site (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 85). There are no visible remains of any church in the graveyard which contains eighteenth/nineteenth-century headstones. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN030-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise of ground in undulating countryside. Only the W half of the ringfort survives as indicated on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map. The E half was destroyed between 1840 and 1904 as it is indicated as a subcircular enclosure on 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The survivng remains consist of a semicircular area (diam. 32m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9) (Stout 1984, 75). Modern houses are built right up to the site at E. 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

• TN030-035 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise of ground in undulating countryside. A poorly preserved site consisting of a circular area (diam. 20m N-S) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) which is destroyed at S by a modern drain and reduced to a scarp at E. No outer fosse or entrance feature visible (Stout 1984, 74). Depicted on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map as an irregular grove of trees associated with a nineteenth-century plantation. 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

• TN030-038 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. Depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 84m) (Stout 1984, 52). Not visible 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

• TN030-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on flat, low-lying pasture in undulating countryside. A circular area (diam. 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.85m) which is destroyed at N by a quarry (Stout 1984, 75). The gap in the bank at E appears to be a modern 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

• TN030-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle rise of ground in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN030-041) to the E. Present remains consist of a circular area (diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) with a possible outer fosse visible at S only. No entrance feature visible (Stout 1984, 74). 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

• TN030-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle rise of ground in undulating countryside with a nearby ringfort (TN030-040) to the W. A raised circular area (diam. 32m E-W) enclosed by a well-preserved, flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) with an entrance gap (Wth 2.8m) at SE (Stout 1984, 74-5). 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

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Gothic Revival Catholic church, built c.1880. Comprises six-bay nave with side aisles having lean-to porches towards west end, gabled transept-like projections, chancel and with gabled sacristy to southeast. Pitched slate roof with carved limestone eaves brackets, ridge crestings and cross finials. Octagonal open-work ashlar bellcote over gable front comprising limestone and marble columns and supported on elaborate corbel whose base forms keystone of rose window, with ashlar spire having metal cross finial. Rusticated limestone chimneystack to sacristy with cut-stone top. Rusticated limestone walls with cut limestone dressings, plinths and plat-bands, and having buttresses to gable front with pinnacles having cross finials. Quatrefoil windows to clerestory. Chamfered pointed-arch windows to gable-front and with four-centred-arch windows to side aisles and chancel containing double ogee-headed lights, all with stained glass. Rose window to gable front and five-light window to east gable, with elaborate tracery and stained glass. Cut limestone pointed-arch order doorway to front with voussoirs of alternately-coloured stones and chamfered pointed-arch porch doorways, all with timber battened double-leaf doors with hood- mouldings, ornate hinges and accessed by steps. Interior has ornate marble main and side reredos and marble colonnade supporting pointed arcade to side aisles. Gallery over entrance end of nave. Timber braced scissors-truss roof. Rusticated limestone piers and snecked limestone walls with cast-iron double-leaf gates to site. Graveyard around church with some elaborate monuments.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic, built c.1800, with flat-roof porch addition. Hipped straw thatched roof with brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-arch windows to front and square-headed elsewhere, having fixed and blocked windows to upper gables and one-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows elsewhere, all with limesstone sills. Replacement glazed timber door. Rubble limestone and concrete outbuildings to site.

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

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

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

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.

• Longorchard, Templetuohy12 sales

Name

Longorchard · An tAbhallort Fada

Area

3,374,950 m² (337.5 ha, 833.97 acres)

Civil parish

Templetouhy, and its townlands

Barony

Ikerrin

Electoral division

Templetouhy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Templetouhy electoral division: 823 people in 322 households; 82% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknockane, Barnalisheen, Boolaree, Cranagh, Derryville, Lisdalleen and Drummin, Tullowmacjames

Placenames

Longorchard 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.