Nenagh South
Nenagh South is a townland in the civil parish of Nenagh, barony of Ormond Upper, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An tAonach Theas.
Parcel 524228
- Area
- 107 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 106 m².
- Zoning
- M2 Urban Core (Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030) The objective
- Townland
- Nenagh South
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 13 recorded monuments.
- TN020-037 Historic town
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground with good views in all directions. The Anglo-Norman town at Nenagh was founded between 1200 and 1220 by Theobald Walter, the first Butler of Ormond (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 248). There was possibly an earlier settlement here as there are references to 'Aenach thete', which appears to be Nenagh, being burned during raids in 994 and 1056 (Annals of the Four Masters). An inquisition dated 1299 concerning the alteration of a roadway near the town concluded 'that it would not damage any but those who dwell in Theobalds Town of the Nanagh in the street below the castle to the east viz. Robert, son of David and his neighbours dwelling in that street' (CJR, vol. 1, 234). In 1323 the village of the Nanagh accounts for 641 for remitting the account of murage (PRI rep. DK 42nd, 42). In 1305 and 1338 burgesses are mentioned in state papers (CJR, vol. 2, 108; CIPM, vol. 8, 121). The town appears to have suffered in the fourteenth century: first in 1316 Robert Bruce's army wasted the manor of Nenagh but left the castle and settlement intact (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 250), then in 1348 the town was burnt by the O'Kennedys (Prendergast 1851, 392). At the end of this troublesome century, in 1392, the Butlers bought Kilkenny Castle and transferred their chief residence from Nenagh to there (ibid., 393-4). There is a fifteenth-century reference which mentions that the 'reeve and community [were] summoned to seneschal's court' in 1432 (Martin 1981, 47). The town possesses a thirteenth-century castle with curtain wall and gatehouse (TN020-037001) and a Franciscan friary (TN020-037002). Although there is no surviving evidence of town walls (TN020-037006) around Nenagh many historians and archaeologists believe that medieval Nenagh was walled (Bradley 1985, 50-52). In 1287 it is recorded that Walter de la Hyde did 'repairs of roofs and in building a house below the gate; in repairing and roofing other towers and houses; in rebuilding a bridge, gate and palisades which were thrown down by a storm' (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 249). A more substantial fortification may have been built in the fourteenth century as murage was being collected in 1322-3 and 1344-5 (Bradley 1985, 2). Two gates, Thomond Gate at Connolly Street on the west side of the town and the unlocated Sparragibba, were referred to in the seventeenth century (Bradley 1985, 50; Thomas 1992, vol. 2, 173; Grace 1993, 115). According to Sheehan (1949, 8), Sparragibba was located at River Lane, in the angle between Kenyon Street and Connolly Street. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) Thomond gate is described as being located on the W side of Nenagh town (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 211) and there is a reference to the 'Walls' southwestward of Nenagh (ibid., 278). According to the Civil Survey the road from Ballycahill led to 'a gate on the walls of Nenagh called Sparragibba bounded on the southeast wth the lands of Tyone' (ibid., 295). The town is described as containing 'sixty cottages & thatcht houses lately built' (ibid., 295). A parish church (TN020-037007), supposedly of seventeenth-century date but possibly overlying an earlier structure, was located on Kenyon Street, a site now occupied by the remains of an eighteenth-century church. A seventeenth-century market-house (TN020-037006) was demolished in 1812 - it measured in length 12m along Pearse St. and 10m along Kenyon St. (Sheehan 1949, 3). In 1696 a 'Session House and Goal were built' on Pearse Street (Sadlier 1943, 131-54) but this court and jail (TN020-037005) have since been replaced by later building. Two burials (YN020-131) were revealed prior to a development south of Saint Conlan's Road in 2000 (Collins and Lynch 2000). These consisted of adult male inhumations, in close proximity, the better preserved skeleton was orientated almost east-west which suggests a Christian burial (ibid.). There were no accompanying grave-goods (ibid.). In 2001 archaeological testing by Brian Hodkinson for a shop development in Silver Street revealed no archaeological features (Bennett 2003, 385). Testing was carried out under licence no. 01E0890. In 2000 archaeological monitoring by Kenneth Wiggins of a supermarket development on Thomas Mc Donagh Street revealed no archaeological features. Carried out under licence No. 00E0360 (Bennett 2002, 323). 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
- TN020-037001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
National Monument No. 513. Situated on flat ground at the N end of Nenagh town, Nenagh castle was the chief residence of Theobald Walter and served as the main seat of the Butler family until the second half of the fourteenth century. It was in the hands of the Mac Ibrien family in the fifteenth century and returned to Butler ownership in 1533 under Piers Butler, Earl of Ossory (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 254-5). Dated by Leask to the period 1200-1220 based on the use of chevron and [the position of the keep] (its position) in relation to the curtain wall (ibid., 268-9). In 1332 the 'prisoners took the castle of Nennogh and the gates there was burned; which was recovered again and the prisoners kept' (Cal. Carew MSS, 159). In the extent of Nenagh, the castle in 1338 is described as 'A castle surrounded with five towers, a hall, a house beyond the gate, a kitchen with stone walls roofed with shingles' (Cal. inq. post mortem vol. 8, no. 184). The castle is described in the Civil Survey 1654-6 as a 'Castle lately repayred by Collonell Abbott to this mannor apptaineth a court leet and a courte Barron with all the rights, privileges & imunities beloning to a manor', with the Countess of Ormond being listed as the proprietor in 1640 (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 295). After the Williamite wars, Nenagh castle was one of a number of castles to be dismantled as a precaution against their use in any future disorders (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 258). In the eighteenth century Solomon Newsome tried to blow up the castle which left a large breach now visible in the N wall at ground-floor level (ibid., 259). This is an impressive thirteenth-century castle, five-sided in plan, consisting of a circular keep (int. diam. 7.3m; wall T. 5m) at the N angle, flanking towers at the E and W angles, a large twin-towered gatehouse to the S and a curtain wall (T 2.7m) all around. There are no visible remains of the W tower while only fragmentary remains survive of the flanking tower on the E side. There may have been a postern gate or sallyport immediately SW of the E tower as there is the trace of a springing arch of a gateway (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 264). Of the curtain wall only a short stretch survives where it adjoins the SE face of the keep while only the tie stones survive on the W face. The keep itself was constructed with uncoursed rubble limestone with base-batter and stands four storeys high above which there is a Victorian addition from the latter half of the nineteenth century (ibid., 259). The main first-floor entrance at SE consists of of a round-headed doorway (now blocked up) situated between the remaining section of curtain wall (containing a possible garderobe chute) and a short stretch of walling protruding from the keep slightly to the W of the blocked-up doorway. This arrangement of the curtain wall with garderobe and a second wall to the W suggests that the doorway may have been protected by a stone fore-building. The main entrance leads into a lobby area from which the upper floors could be accessed via the spiral stairs contained within the thickness of the wall at S. Access to the ground floor was from the first-floor hall either by a wooden stairs or by a trapdoor in the floor. The ground floor is featureless and has an eighteenth-century breach in the wall at N (ibid., 259). The first floor is lit by two long plunging arrowloops with sandstone surrounds set into deep wide round-arched embrasures at N and S. The second floor appears to have been the main public hall of the castle and is entered through a chevron-decorated arch which was probably lit by a sandstone pointed window set into the wall in a similar fashion to the surviving NW window at third-floor level. Other features of the second floor include a destroyed fireplace at W which had a sloping stone fire-hood in a manner similar to Roscrea castle (TN012-010007-). Beside the fireplace to the N there is a round-arched window embrasure. A doorway in the W splay of this window leads to an external round-arched doorway from which the wall-walk of the curtain wall was accessed. The hall was lit by long narrow plunging arrowloops set into large deep round-arched embrasures set into the wall at NE, E and S. Double corbels set opposite each other provided support for a decorative timber ceiling. The third storey was probably the private residential hall of the lord. It has a partially destroyed fireplace at W with engaged sandstone columns and decorated capitals which supported a sloping stone fire-hood. Lighting was provided by five large windows. The rear arch of the SW window embrasure, which also acts as the entrance lobby, is decorated with a triple roll sandstone moulding while the other window embrasures are flat-headed, segmental and shouldered. The shouldered or Caernarvon arch is generally dated to the end of the thirteenth century and may be part of the refurbishment of the castle during this period (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 249). The W splay of the NW window embrasure contains a doorway which gives access to a box machicolation which helped protect the curtain wall where it joins onto the keep. The pointed N window is of sandstone and is not flush with the external face of the wall; it is set into a segmental-pointed embrasure. The gatehouse (ext. dims. 22.8m E-W; 12.5m N-S) at the S consists of a two-storey central rectangular block with two D-shaped flanking towers of which only the E tower survives. Recent excavations indicate that the gatehouse complex was constructed in two phases with a fine two-storey hall added to the rear of the twin-towered gatehouse in the latter half of the thirteenth century (Hodkinson 1999, 162-82). This two-storey hall had rib vaulting over the ground floor supported by a series of centrally placed pillars (ibid., 165). The first floor was lit by large pointed sandstone windows with the first-floor entrance in the N wall located off-centre to the E (ibid., 164-5). The gatehouse was entered through a large round-headed archway with evidence of a portcullis slot and was accessed by a drawbridge, the two-slot pit of which was unearthed during the recent excavations (ibid., 163-4). The excavation revealed that the ground floor entrance to the W flanking tower is concealed behind blocking. The ground floor chambers of the hall were divided by a central passage, possibly barrel vaulted (ibid., 165). A coin, minted between 1205 and 1218, was discovered in the base of the foundation of the gatehouse which suggests that it was built during the minority of Theobold II, who succeeded Theobold I (ibid., 178). No evidence of an external moat was uncovered although it is very likely that the castle was externally defended by a moat. 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 Part of this monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1984).
- TN020-037002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
Description
Situated on flat ground in the SE sector of the town of Nenagh with a thirteenth-century castle (TN020-0370001) to the NW and a church site (TN020-037007) to the S. A Franciscan friary possibly founded around the year 1250 by Donogh O'Kennedy, bishop of Killaloe, who died in 1252 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 256-7). Nenagh friary was the chief house of the Irish friars and a principal house of one of the five subdivisions of the Franciscans in Ireland (Gleeson 1943a, 157). A provincial synod of the order was held in Nenagh on the feast of St Francis in 1344 (ibid., 160). The friary was destroyed and the monks driven out during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 257). The friary became observant in 1632 and was suppressed during the Cromwellian period (Gleeson 1915, vol. 1, 150). The surviving building consists of a simple undivided rectangular church (ext. dims. 10m N-S; 45.3m E-W; wall T 1.18m) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble with sandstone surrounds used for its architectural features. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 100-101) mention that attached to the S wall of the E end of the friary there was 'a small building called the Sacristy, of which portions of the west and south walls remain, as also a fragment of the east wall attached to the wall of the church. This little building measured thirty three feet nine inches [10.3m] from north to south and twelve feet four inches [3.75m] from east to west'. There are fifteen sandstone lancet windows off-centre to the E on the N wall, though a further lancet is probably blocked up as the OS Letters (ibid.) mention sixteen windows, with three tall lancet windows in the E gable of graduating height with a small ope in the apex of the gable. A sandstone doorway off-centre to the E on the S wall may have led into a sacristy. The original W doorway was remodelled around the fifteenth century by the insertion of a limestone arch and orders. The bellcote on the apex of the W gable appears to be contemporary with the doorway and a vine scroll decorated finial and carved head is inserted into it. Off-centre to the W on the S wall there is a single surviving capital of an engaged column which would have supported a groin-vaulted roof. The capital is decorated with dogtooth ornament typical of the thirteenth century. There is evidence of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century graveslabs in the form of floriated graveslabs in church interior along with nineteenth- and twentieth-century headstones. The OS Letters (ibid., 101) describe 'three fragments of a monumental stone, having raised on it the figure of a warrior in armour…composed of limestone' which was located near the NE inner corner. This tombstone is no longer 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
- TN020-037003 Memorial stone
Description
Seventeenth-century wall plaque of limestone and marble with segmental pediment with hood-moulding beneath which is the inscription surrounded by flat colums, the capitals of which continue the hood-mould, these are flanked by volute brackets. The whole is resting on a red marble plinth supported by two corbels. In total is c.1.2m H and 1.6m W. The inscription incised in Roman capitals is dedicated to Mary Finch who died in 1678. Located on NE wall of St. Mary's Church of Ireland church, immediately E of the door. The inscription reads: HERE LYETH THE BODY OF MARY FINCH DAUGHTER OF PETE BANELL OF TABLY IN CHESHYRE ESQR SHE WAS MARRIED UNTO SYMON FINCH ESQR THE 5th DAY OF AUGT 1651 HER MOTHER WAS SISTER UNTO SR RICHARD GROSVENOR OF EATON IN CHESHYRE K T N SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT KILCOLMAN THE 26th DAY OF JAN 1679 IN THE 59th YEARE OF HER AGE. 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
- TN020-037004 Prison
Description
According to Analecta Hibernica 'In 1696 a Session House and Gaol were built on a piece of ground 40 feet by 20 feet situate in Nengh, and granted to James Harrison of Cloughjordan by Robert Boardman of Nenagh' (No.12, 1943, 131-54). These buildings have been located to Nos.10 and 11 Pearse St., though the locations are now occupied by later buildings. 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
- TN020-037005 Market-house
Description
This market house, of seventeenth-century date, was demolished in 1812. In length it measured 12m along Pearse St. and 10m along Kenyon St. (Sheenhan 1949, 3). 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
- TN020-037006 Town defences
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground with good views in all directions. The Anglo-Norman town at Nenagh was founded between 1200 and 1220 by Theobald Walter, the first Butler of Ormond (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 248). There was possibly an earlier settlement here as there are references to 'Aenach thete', which appears to be Nenagh, being burned during raids in 994 and 1056 (Annals of the Four Masters). An inquisition dated 1299 concerning the alteration of a roadway near the town concluded 'that it would not damage any but those who dwell in Theobalds Town of the Nanagh in the street below the castle to the east viz. Robert, son of David and his neighbours dwelling in that street' (CJR, vol. 1, 234). In 1323 the village of the Nanagh accounts for 641 for remitting the account of murage (PRI rep. DK 42nd, 42). In 1305 and 1338 burgesses are mentioned in state papers (CJR, vol. 2, 108; CIPM, vol. 8, 121). The town appears to have suffered in the fourteenth century: first in 1316 Robert Bruce's army wasted the manor of Nenagh but left the castle and settlement intact (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 250), then in 1348 the town was burnt by the O'Kennedys (Prendergast 1851, 392). At the end of this troublesome century, in 1392, the Butlers bought Kilkenny Castle and transferred their chief residence from Nenagh to there (ibid., 393-4). There is a fifteenth-century reference which mentions that the 'reeve and community [were] summoned to seneschal's court' in 1432 (Martin 1981, 47). The town possesses a thirteenth-century castle with curtain wall and gatehouse (TNO20-037001) and a Franciscan friary (TN020-037002). Although there is no surviving evidence of town walls around Nenagh many historians and archaeologists believe that medieval Nenagh was walled (Bradley 1985, 50-52). In 1287 it is recorded that Walter de la Hyde did 'repairs of roofs and in building a house below the gate; in repairing and roofing other towers and houses; in rebuilding a bridge, gate and palisades which were thrown down by a storm' (Gleeson and Leask 1936, 249). A more substantial fortification may have been built in the fourteenth century as murage was being collected in 1322-3 and 1344-5 (Bradley 1985, 2). Two gates, Thomond Gate at Connolly Street on the west side of the town and the unlocated Sparragibba, were referred to in the seventeenth century (Bradley 1985, 50; Thomas 1992, vol. 2, 173; Grace 1993, 115). According to Sheehan (1949, 8), Sparragibba was located at River Lane, in the angle between Kenyon Street and Connolly Street. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) Thomond gate is described as being located on the W side of Nenagh town (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 211) and there is a reference to the 'Walls' southwestward of Nenagh (ibid., 278). According to the Civil Survey the road from Ballycahill led to 'a gate on the walls of Nenagh called Sparragibba bounded on the southeast wth the lands of Tyone' (ibid., 295). The town is described as containing 'sixty cottages & thatcht houses lately built' (ibid., 295). 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
- TN020-037007 Church
Description
Situated at the S end of the town of Nenagh with the Franciscan friary (TN020-037002) and castle (TN020-037001) to the N and NW respectively. The eighteenth-century church which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and is now disused was possibly built on the site of an earlier church which is described as being in a ruinous condition in 1615 (Sheehan 1949, 39). This Royal Visitation of 1615 described the church as 'ruynous, chancell downe' (Murphy 1914, 218). The precise location of the medieval parish church is unknown. According to Gleeson the Parish church of Nenagh was founded by St Colman (Gleeson 1982, 148) and is mentioned in a deed of c. 1217-21, the advowson being jointly held between the Butlers and the abbots of Abingdon, Co. Limerick (Bradley 1985, 52). According to the OS Letters 'not a vestige' of the parish church now remains 'but it is probable that the modern Church of Nenagh stands near or on its site. This was built about twenty six years ago, close by the site of a former, but comparatively modern Church, til then in use' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 99). The reference goes on to describe how at 'the rear of Barrack Street, about sixty paces north of the Church of Nenagh, and between it and the old Abbey …Mr. Rd. Burr of this town discovered, at the depth of about eighteen inches from the surface of the ground, the foundation stones of some old building. The north and south walls were about thirty feet in length [9m], about twenty feet [6m] from each other and were connected at the east end by a wall, the form of which was that of a curve or segment of a circle, less than a semi-circle. The stones of these old walls which were four or five feet [1.2-1.5m] in thickness have been entirely removed. At this spot was dug up a ring-seal of bronze'. The present church tower was built in 1760 onto the body of the church which existed in the seventeenth century, this church was rebuilt in 1809. The earliest headstone noted, lying broken against the S wall of the graveyard (TN020-037008), dates to 1730. There were two other eighteenth-century headstones noted but the majority are nineteenth century. 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
- TN020-037008 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the S end of the town of Nenagh with the Franciscan friary (TN020-037002) and castle (TN020-037001) to the N and NW respectively. The eighteenth-century church which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and is now disused was possibly built on the site of an earlier church which is described as being in a ruinous condition in 1615 (Sheehan 1949, 39). This Royal Visitation of 1615 described the church as 'ruynous, chancell downe' (Murphy 1914, 218). The precise location of the medieval parish church is unknown. According to Gleeson the Parish church of Nenagh was founded by St Colman (Gleeson 1982, 148) and is mentioned in a deed of c. 1217-21, the advowson being jointly held between the Butlers and the abbots of Abingdon, Co. Limerick (Bradley 1985, 52). According to the OS Letters 'not a vestige' of the parish church (TN020-037007) now remains 'but it is probable that the modern Church of Nenagh stands near or on its site. This was built about twenty six years ago, close by the site of a former, but comparatively modern Church, til then in use' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 99). The reference goes on to describe how at 'the rear of Barrack Street, about sixty paces north of the Church of Nenagh, and between it and the old Abbey …Mr. Rd. Burr of this town discovered, at the depth of about eighteen inches from the surface of the ground, the foundation stones of some old building. The north and south walls were about thirty feet in length [9m], about twenty feet [6m] from each other and were connected at the east end by a wall, the form of which was that of a curve or segment of a circle, less than a semi-circle. The stones of these old walls which were four or five feet [1.2-1.5m] in thickness have been entirely removed. At this spot was dug up a ring-seal of bronze'. The present church tower was built in 1760 onto the body of the church which existed in the seventeenth century, this church was rebuilt in 1809. The earliest headstone noted, lying broken against the S wall of the graveyard, dates to 1730. There were two other eighteenth-century headstones noted but the majority are nineteenth century. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- TN020-037013 Tomb - effigial
Description
Situated on flat ground in the SE sector of the town of Nenagh with a thirteenth-century castle (TN020-0370001) to the NW and a church site (TN020-037007) to the S. A Franciscan friary possibly founded around the year 1250 by Donogh O'Kennedy, bishop of Killaloe, who died in 1252 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 256-7). Nenagh friary was the chief house of the Irish friars and a principal house of one of the five subdivisions of the Franciscans in Ireland (Gleeson 1943a, 157). A provincial synod of the order was held in Nenagh on the feast of St Francis in 1344 (ibid., 160). The friary was destroyed and the monks driven out during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 257). The friary became observant in 1632 and was suppressed during the Cromwellian period (Gleeson 1915, vol. 1, 150). The OS Letters (ibid., 101) describe 'three fragments of a monumental stone, having raised on it the figure of a warrior in armour…composed of limestone' which was located near the NE inner corner. This tombstone is no longer visible inside the Franciscan Friary (TN020-037002). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
And 3 more.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1387 (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.
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- Area
- 26.4 ha
- 65 acres
- Land parcels
- 93
- registered freehold, median 321 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Urban Core
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nenagh South, from 1 m² to 26,992 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 64 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M2Urban Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 61 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 41 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services and Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Nenagh Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 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
27 Aug 2026N/a
1) Demolition of existing single-storey flat roof annex to (side) south of existing dwelling house, and removal of existing chimney stacks; 2) Modifications of existing external elevations and internal layout of dwelling house; 3) Construction of single-storey extensions to the rear (west) and side (south) of existing dwelling house; 4) Widening of existing site entrance gateway and access driveway, and all ancillary site works thereto
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660830
11 Aug 2026N/a
change of use of existing storage shed to workshop
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660780
27 Jul 2026Unconditional
the construction of 67 no. residential units, a new single storey crèche, single storey health centre and a 3 storey, 90 bed nursing home. The residential units will consist of: 5 no. 1-bed semi-detached bungalows, 5 no. 2 bed semi-detached bungalows, 13 no. 2 bed mid-terrace bungalows, 2 no. 2 storey 4-bed semi-detached houses, 2 no. 2 storey 4-bed mid terrace houses, 14 no. 2 storey 3 bed semi-detached houses, 14 no. 2 storey 2 bed mid-terrace houses and 1 no. apartment building consisting of: 8 no. 1-bed apartments and 4 no. 2-bed apartments over 2 storeys, located as follows, (2 no. 2 bed and 4 no. 1 bed apartments on ground floor, 2 no. 2 bed and 4 no. 1 bed apartments on first floor), the proposed development will also include new internal roadways and footpaths, a proposed new distributor road to the north and east of proposed development, pedestrian/cycle access off the existing Tyone Road to the west of the site, vehicular access from the existing Ormond Drive, south of proposed site, new vehicular and pedestrian access, new boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage, site services including new ESB Medium Voltage (MV) substation building and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 26101
20 Mar 2026N/a
the construction of an extension to the side of existing premises, to widen existing shop entrance to front façade, new façade signage and RETENTION PERMISSION for totem sign, parking lot entrance standing sign and existing signage to front façade and PERMISSION for all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660247
2 Dec 2025Conditional
the change of use of the ground floor of the vacant Former ‘Dowlings Public house’ ( Class 12) to commercial/ Pilates Studio use ( Class 2), together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561238
27 Nov 2025N/a
the change of use of the ground floor of the vacant Former ‘Dowlings Public house’ ( Class 12) to commercial/ Pilates Studio use ( Class 2), together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561224
23 Oct 2025Unconditional
construction of 16 semi-detached, three-bedroom, 2-storey houses and 8 three-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses, 8 two-bedroom apartments over four storeys, new entrance gates and access road to existing holiday homes and associated site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 25218
26 Sept 2025Conditional
the alterations to dwelling house and construction of garage on site
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560965
6 Feb 2025Conditional
two rear single storey extensions of a living area and a gym, alterations to existing dwelling, demolition of existing garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560078
18 Dec 2024N/a
for construction of two rear single storey extensions of a living area and a gym, alterations to existing dwelling, demolition of existing garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461109
20 Nov 2024Unconditional
the construction of 16 semi-detached, three-bedroom, 2-storey houses and 8 three-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses, 8 two-bedroom apartments over four storeys, new entrance gates and access road to existing holiday homes and associated site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 24267
16 Sept 2024Conditional
a change of use of part of an existing single storey store building at its existing dairy processing facility; the development works will consist of the following; a) construction of a part two-storey structure within the existing store building to accommodate upgraded packaging facilities; b) building works ancillary to the above including the construction of a new internal stairwell within an existing production area which adjoins the existing store building; c) elevational changes to the existing store building resulting from raising the level of part of its roof to accommodate the above referenced two-storey structure. The development works relate to activities for which an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reg. No. 0791- 03) is held. The raised part of the roof over the existing store building will be at a height of approx. 13.8 metres above ground floor level
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460779
8 Jul 2024Refused
the construction of 16 semi-detached, three-bedroom, 2-storey houses and 8 three-bedroom, two-storey terraced houses, 8 two-bedroom apartments over four storeys, new entrance gates and access road to existing holiday homes and associated site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 24152
6 Jun 2024Conditional
(1) ground mounted solar PV panels with new fence enclosure and access gates; (2) a container battery storage installation with 6 electric vehicle charge points, and associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460449
27 Mar 2024Conditional
the change of use of existing commercial premises to residential
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460219
25 Mar 2024N/a
the change of use of existing commercial premises to residential
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460207
6 Feb 2023Conditional
(1) marque with base for the purpose of function / reception area, (2) canopy over external dining space
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360077
17 Dec 2022Conditional
construction of one-storey extension to rear of property
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260716
1 Dec 2022Conditional
the part demolition of existing stores building and its replacement with a new single storey building to facilitate extension of existing cold store facilities and the provision of a loading dock facility together with all associated site works. The development works relate to activities for which an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reg. No. 791-02) is held.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260663
14 Nov 2022Conditional
installation of 3 no. external water storage silos on site of existing dairy processing facility (the development works relate to activities for which an Industrial Emissions Licence, Reg. No. 791-02, is held)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22631
22 Apr 2022Conditional
the construction of 92 No. residential units. The residential units will consist of; 30 No. 2 storey 4-Bed semi-detached houses, 44 No. 2 storey 3-Bed semi-detached houses, 12 No. 1 storey 2-Bed semi-detached bungalows, 4 No. 2 storey 3-bed end terrace houses, 2 No. 2 storey 2-bed mid terrace houses. The proposed development will also include new internal roadways and footpaths, a proposed new distributor road to the east and south-east of proposed development, pedestrian/ cycle access off the existing Tyone Road to the south-west of the site, vehicular access from the existing Ormond Drive to the south-east of the site, new vehicular and pedestrian access, new boundary treatments, landscaping, drainage, site services including new ESB kiosk, attenuation ponds and foul water pumping station and all ancillary site works, all at Tyone, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application.
Permission, 92 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2260181
28 Mar 2022Conditional
change of use of the subject unit from a shop (as per condition 2 of PA Ref: 17600313) to a warehouse with trade counters selling building related products principally to trade. Internally, the construction of two trade counters (one for general use and one for specialist use). Other internal alterations include construction of staff areas; an internal security wall along the inside of the front (west) elevation and the door on the north elevation; and removal of the temporary wall. There will be a single entrance to the trade counter area and a "goods in", delivery, entrance, to the proposed warehouse area. Two of the emergency exit doors to the rear (east elevation) will be blocked up with panelling. Externally the inclusion of a mechanical plant area at the rear (east elevation) of the building. All signage including an LED downlighter on the main sign at the entrance to the proposed trade counters. All ancillary works in relation to the deveopment
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22255
3 Mar 2022Conditional
a) demolition of existing shed at side of house, b) construction of new extension to side of house including elevational changes to existing dwelling, c) conversion of attic space to living accommodation including provision of new rooflights and d) change of use of section of existing dwelling to shed and e) associated ancillary site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22187
21 Feb 2022Conditional
a healthcare and medical related development across 3 no. blocks, comprising the following: a) a 3 storey HSE Primary Care Building consisting of treatment rooms, offices, meeting rooms, staff and ancillary rooms, GP doctor surgeries, dental surgery, plant and refuse stores with a plant area also at roof level, b) a single storey ancillary medical/medicine dispensary unit attached to the Primary Care Building, c) a 1-2 storey Tusla and HSE outpatient department building consisting of treatment rooms, offices, meeting rooms, staff and ancillary rooms, ancillary outdoor children's play area to the Tusla building, GP surgery, plant, refuse stores with a plant room at roof level, d) the proposed development will also comprise of 250 no. surface level car parking spaces, 76 no. surface level bicycle parking spaces, 26 no. surface level motorcycle parking spaces with access control barriers to parking areas, 1 no. ESB substation, street lighting, landscaping, boundary treatment provision of footpath and cycle paths, signage and all associated site development, drainage and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development, the provision of new vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from the R498 Tyone road and the demolition of the existing detached ESB building and rugby club changing rooms along with all associated structures that are located on the site
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22146
14 Feb 2022N/a
a healthcare and medical related development across 3 no. blocks, comprising the following: a) a 3 storey HSE Primary Care Building consisting of treatment rooms, offices, meeting rooms, staff and ancillary rooms, GP doctor surgeries, dental surgery, plant and refuse stores with a plant area also at roof level, b) a 1-2 storey Tusla and HSE outpatient department building consisting of treatment rooms, offices, meeting rooms, staff and ancillary rooms, ancillary outdoor children's play area to the Tusla building, GP surgery, plant, refuse stores with a plant room at roof level, c) there will also be a single storey detached ancillary medical/medicine dispensary unit, d) the proposed development will also comprise of 250 no. surface level car parking spaces, 76 no. surface level bicycle parking spaces, 26 no. surface level motorcycle parking spaces with access control barriers to parking areas, 1 no. ESB substation, street lighting, landscaping, boundary treatment provision of footpath and cycle paths, signage and all associated site development, drainage and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development, the provision of new vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from the R498 Tyone road and the demolition of the existing detached ESB building and former rugby club changing rooms along with all associated structures that are located on the site
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22117
The 25 most recent of 42 applications.
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 Nenagh South.
Recorded monuments
- TN020-037007 Church
Description
Situated at the S end of the town of Nenagh with the Franciscan friary (TN020-037002) and castle (TN020-037001) to the N and NW respectively. The eighteenth-century church which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and is now disused was possibly built on the site of an earlier church which is described as being in a ruinous condition in 1615 (Sheehan 1949, 39). This Royal Visitation of 1615 described the church as 'ruynous, chancell downe' (Murphy 1914, 218). The precise location of the medieval parish church is unknown. According to Gleeson the Parish church of Nenagh was founded by St Colman (Gleeson 1982, 148) and is mentioned in a deed of c. 1217-21, the advowson being jointly held between the Butlers and the abbots of Abingdon, Co. Limerick (Bradley 1985, 52). According to the OS Letters 'not a vestige' of the parish church now remains 'but it is probable that the modern Church of Nenagh stands near or on its site. This was built about twenty six years ago, close by the site of a former, but comparatively modern Church, til then in use' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 99). The reference goes on to describe how at 'the rear of Barrack Street, about sixty paces north of the Church of Nenagh, and between it and the old Abbey …Mr. Rd. Burr of this town discovered, at the depth of about eighteen inches from the surface of the ground, the foundation stones of some old building. The north and south walls were about thirty feet in length [9m], about twenty feet [6m] from each other and were connected at the east end by a wall, the form of which was that of a curve or segment of a circle, less than a semi-circle. The stones of these old walls which were four or five feet [1.2-1.5m] in thickness have been entirely removed. At this spot was dug up a ring-seal of bronze'. The present church tower was built in 1760 onto the body of the church which existed in the seventeenth century, this church was rebuilt in 1809. The earliest headstone noted, lying broken against the S wall of the graveyard (TN020-037008), dates to 1730. There were two other eighteenth-century headstones noted but the majority are nineteenth century. 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
- TN020-037008 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the S end of the town of Nenagh with the Franciscan friary (TN020-037002) and castle (TN020-037001) to the N and NW respectively. The eighteenth-century church which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century and is now disused was possibly built on the site of an earlier church which is described as being in a ruinous condition in 1615 (Sheehan 1949, 39). This Royal Visitation of 1615 described the church as 'ruynous, chancell downe' (Murphy 1914, 218). The precise location of the medieval parish church is unknown. According to Gleeson the Parish church of Nenagh was founded by St Colman (Gleeson 1982, 148) and is mentioned in a deed of c. 1217-21, the advowson being jointly held between the Butlers and the abbots of Abingdon, Co. Limerick (Bradley 1985, 52). According to the OS Letters 'not a vestige' of the parish church (TN020-037007) now remains 'but it is probable that the modern Church of Nenagh stands near or on its site. This was built about twenty six years ago, close by the site of a former, but comparatively modern Church, til then in use' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 99). The reference goes on to describe how at 'the rear of Barrack Street, about sixty paces north of the Church of Nenagh, and between it and the old Abbey …Mr. Rd. Burr of this town discovered, at the depth of about eighteen inches from the surface of the ground, the foundation stones of some old building. The north and south walls were about thirty feet in length [9m], about twenty feet [6m] from each other and were connected at the east end by a wall, the form of which was that of a curve or segment of a circle, less than a semi-circle. The stones of these old walls which were four or five feet [1.2-1.5m] in thickness have been entirely removed. At this spot was dug up a ring-seal of bronze'. The present church tower was built in 1760 onto the body of the church which existed in the seventeenth century, this church was rebuilt in 1809. The earliest headstone noted, lying broken against the S wall of the graveyard, dates to 1730. There were two other eighteenth-century headstones noted but the majority are nineteenth century. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Teach an Léinn, market house, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited recessed seven-bay two-storey former market house, built 1812. Renovated c.1990 and now in use as educational centre and restaurant. Pitched slate roof with limestone eaves course. Coursed rubble limestone walls with uncoursed cut stone at intervals. Square-headed window openings to first floor and to some ground floor openings, with brick arches, stone sills and replacement windows. Round-headed arcade to ground floor, two arches of which are now entrance and window. Paved forecourt to front.
- Nenagh Church, church/chapel, 1710–1730 · Regional interest
Description
Detached remains of Church of Ireland church, built c.1720, now in ruins, with four-stage square-plan tower to west elevation and roofless remains of D-plan lobby to now demolished nave. Coursed limestone rubble walls with cornice and string course to tower and buttresses to nave. Round-headed doorway to tower with channelled block-and-start surround and triple keystone, cast-iron gate and stone steps. Lancet windows with brick external surrounds and dressed limestone voussoirs and round-headed archway with dressed stone voussoirs between lobby and former nave. Blocked square-headed windows with dressed limestone surrounds to side walls of lobby. Tower has square-headed openings with raised cut-stone surrounds and keystones and narrow loops with chamfered surrounds. Graveyard to east surrounded by coursed rubble limestone wall with segmental-arch opening having dressed stone voussoirs and cast-iron gate.
- Nenagh Railway Station, railway station, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-storey railway station, built 1863, having single-storey building adjoining to southwest. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with dressed limestone quoins and plinth. Timber sliding sash windows with stone sills and moulded stone surrounds, segmental-headed to first floor and square-headed to ground floor of entrance elevation. One window and two blocked windows in platform elevation. Timber panelled doors with overlights and render surrounds. Monopitch slated canopy supported on cast-iron Doric columns to platform and masonry walls to each end. Seven-bay single-storey building attached to south-west with hipped slate roof with rooflight, rendered walls, timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to first floor and six-over-six pane to ground floor, with stone sills and timber battened doors with limestone block-and-start surrounds. Detached single-bay single-storey signal cabin at road bridge and has hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystack, rendered lower and glazed timber upper walls with glazed timber door with stone step and timber surround. Rubble masonry wall with cast-iron gate leads from car park to platform and contains cast-iron post box, c.1905, with royal insignia of Edward VII.
- Nenagh Railway Station, foot bridge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron footbridge over railway with latticed sides, erected 1863. East side has cast-iron column supports with moulded lower sections and newel posts with ball tops; west side supported on cut limestone piers with cornices. Detached single-bay single-storey signal cabin at road bridge, with hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystack, rendered lower and glazed timber upper walls with glazed timber door with stone step and timber surround.
- Nenagh Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay double-height former goods shed, built 1863, with two-bay extension to southwest elevation. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Random coursed cut-stone walls having roughcast render to gable ends and dressed limestone quoins. Segmental-arch openings with brick surrounds, now blocked or half-filled having iron doors. Segmental-arch window openings with stone sills to upper part of southeast, trackside, elevation. Square-headed ways to gable ends with iron doors. Extension has pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystack and walls, square-headed openings and stone sills.
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
- 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, low (inferred). Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1387 (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 Nenagh South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Nenagh South · An tAonach Theas
- Area
- 263,647 m² (26.36 ha, 65.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Nenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Electoral division
- Nenagh East Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,538 people lived in 1,325 households in the Nenagh East Urban electoral division. 49% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Knockanpierce, Nenagh North, Tyone
- Placenames
- Nenagh South 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.