Cloonmore
Cloonmore is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymackey, barony of Ormond Upper, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Cluain Mór.
Parcel 523315
- Area
- 144,148 m² (14.41 ha, 35.62 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 364 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
- Cloonmore
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- TN021-015 Castle - tower house
Description
Located on level ground in a farmyard, N of the Ollatrim River in gently undulating pastureland. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'castle with a Barbicon' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 219). Rory O Kennedy is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). It was known as Killowney until a landlord, Wellington, erected the adjacent house in the early eighteenth century and it became known as Castlewellington (ITA Survey 1945); Castle Willington on the OS 6-inch map. A rectangular tower (dims. c. 12m N-S; 9.25m E-W) of roughly coursed limestone, originally four storeys high with an E-W barrel vault over the second floor - the other floors were of timber supported by corbels. Probably early in the seventeenth century a floor level was inserted providing an extra floor at the top of the tower house. The main entrance was in the W wall through a pointed doorway, rebated and chamfered, with a yett-hole in the top of the rebate. This led into a lobby, protected by a murder-hole, with a guardroom to the S and a second lobby to the N. From this lobby the spiral stairs in the NW angle or the main chamber on the ground floor could be accessed, both through pointed doorways. The ground floor is lit by a flat-headed loop in the E wall and has wall cupboards in the N and S walls. At first floor there is a flat-headed window in the N and S walls and a broken out light in the E wall. Between first and second-floor level there is an L-shaped garderobe chamber in the N wall consisting of a lintelled passage lit by four windows, with a slop-stone near the entrance. The second floor is lit by a two-light window in the E wall and a single-light window in the S and W walls. A doorway in the S side of the window embrasure in the E wall gave access to a mural chamber. There is a fireplace with mantle at the W end of the S wall. At mezzanine level between second and third floor there is a chamber which runs N-S on the E side of the tower house which is accessed via a narrow mural passage along the N wall from the spiral stairs. Also between second and third-floor level there is a chamber running N-S on the W side of the tower house, accessed directly from the spiral stairs. The central space at this level is occupied by the rising second floor. The third floor is entered from the spiral stairs. It is lit by a two-light ogee-headed window in the N wall and a two-light mullion and transomed window in the E wall. A window in the S wall has been broken out. There is a slop-stone near the W end of the S wall. A large single-light ogee-headed window in the N end of the W wall probably also lit this main chamber before an internal partition was created by blocking-up the embrasure arch. This has created a small mural chamber in the W wall accessed from the spiral stairs, with another small chamber beyond this at the S end of the W wall. Most of the third floor rests on the vaulted roof of the second floor, however the E side rests on a wooden floor above the inter-floor chamber below. The parapet is accessed via mural stairs entered from the W side of the window embrasure in the N wall. These stairs become spiral in the NW angle which is roofed by a caphouse. The caphouse has two doors, one giving access to the wall-walk along the N wall and the other to a covered gallery which ran N-S along the W wall, little of it now remains. Bartizans project from the NE and SW corners and a machicolation, supported by two corbels, is centrally placed on the W wall. A fourth floor was inserted at a slightly later date, occupying the roof space of the former third-floor hall. This inserted floor was accessed from a raised flat-headed doorway which was inserted in the small lobby area at the top of the main spiral stairs. Also accessed from this lobby area is a small mural chamber along the W wall. Pigeon boxes, three tiers of which survive, were built along the E wall of this chamber, probably in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. There is a murder-hole in the floor of this small lobby. 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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 89.8 ha
- 222 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 3,565 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- S5
- Social and Public
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonmore, from 171 m² to 176,332 m² (17.63 ha, 43.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
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
25 Apr 2024Conditional
the erection of a dwelling, garage, entrance and wastewater treatment system, including associated works
Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2460314
14 Jan 2022Conditional
a) construction of a new, part two-storey, part single-storey detached dwelling; b) new detached garage; c) new site entrance; d) new connections to existing utilities; e) new waste-water treatment system & percolation area; f) all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260014
4 Oct 2021N/a
the erection of a dwelling, garage, entrance, and wastewater treatment system including associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211463
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 Cloonmore.
Recorded monuments
- TN021-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the SW-facing slope of a ridge in tillage. The N half of the site consists of an earthen bank incorporated into a field boundary (Wth c. 2.5m; H c. 1.4m), while the S half of the site is levelled. A possible fosse at S is indicated by a slight dip in the ground and a cropmark in the corn. The line of the fosse suggests a possible bivallate ringfort (int. diam. N-S 33m; overall diam. c. 48m). 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
- TN021-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the S-facing slope of a ridge, in tillage. A circular area (diam. 63m) the S half of which is levelled, though a low, broad, curving rise indicates the line of the bank. The remaining earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H c. 2m) on the N side is heavily overgrown with nettles and scrub and is incorporated in the field boundary. A curving depression in the interior at NE may indicate a former fosse which suggests that the visible bank is an outer bank, with the internal bank and fosse levelled. This would give an internal diameter of c. 24m. 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
- TN021-020001 Church
Description
Situated on a rise in undulating tillage and pastureland. A roughly rectangular-shaped graveyard (TN021-020002) with no visible remains of a medieval church, except a possible portion of the W gable (L c. 3.3m; H c. 2m; wall T 0.8m), heavily ivy-clad, in the SW corner. South of the old graveyard and at a lower level, lie the ruins of a Protestant church, built c. 1800, probably incorporating the fabric of the earlier church. The oldest visible gravestone dates to 1780. According to the OS Letters the church was situated in the centre of the graveyard and the N end of the W gable was all that survived, incorporated in the E wall of a small school house (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 96-7). There are now no visible remains of the old school house which was marked on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. 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
- TN021-020002 Graveyard
Description
Situated on a rise in undulating tillage and pastureland. A roughly rectangular-shaped graveyard with no visible remains of a medieval church (TN021-020001), except a possible portion of the W gable (L c. 3.3m; H c. 2m; wall T 0.8m), heavily ivy-clad, in the SW corner. South of the old graveyard and at a lower level, lie the ruins of a Protestant church, built c. 1800, probably incorporating the fabric of the earlier church. The oldest visible gravestone dates to 1780. According to the OS Letters the church was situated in the centre of the graveyard and the N end of the W gable was all that survived, incorporated in the E wall of a small school house (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 96-7). There are now no visible remains of the old school house which was marked on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
- Saint Michael's Church (Ballymackey), church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-cell Church of Ireland church, built 1815, with four-bay elevations to nave, vestry to north, and two-stage tower to west. Now ruinous. Roofless, with crenellations and pinnacles to tower. Rendered walls with dressed limestone diagonal buttresses to corners, string courses to tower, and pilaster buttresses to south elevation of nave. Pointed-arch window openings with Y-tracery, hood-mouldings and stone sills. Pointed-arch louvred and square-headed window openings in tower, latter with triple casement lights, with hood and label-mouldings. Pointed-arch door opening to tower with cut limestone clustered jambs, imposts and timber battened double-leaf door and over-door. Graveyard to site, bounded by stone wall with dressed stone piers and cast-iron gates.
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 Cloonmore, 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 Cloonmore.
- 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 Cloonmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonmore · Cluain Mór
- Area
- 897,687 m² (89.77 ha, 221.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymackey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballymackey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 582 people lived in 207 households in the Ballymackey electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinahemery, Ballymackey, Killowney Big, Killowney Little, Knockanglass, Lisnamoe, Riverlawn
- Placenames
- Cloonmore 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.