Gorteeny

Area

81,375 m² (8.14 ha, 20.11 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

R2 Existing Residential (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
S5 Social and Public (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
P1 Agriculture (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
M2 Town / Village Centre (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
G1 Amenity (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
R1 New Residential (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective

Townland

Gorteeny

Planning applications on this parcel

• 6 Sept 2025Conditional

  a steel storage/steel fabrication shed, connection to existing sewer along with revised site boundaries to previous planning reference no. 21755

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560877

• 13 Sept 2021Conditional

  erection of steel columns with attached flood lights and a 5 m high hurling wall including all associated site works to the existing playing area

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211357

• 15 Apr 2021Conditional

  the erection of a prefabricated 100m2 ASD unit, including all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21509

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 5 recorded monuments.

• TN034-046 Historic town
  Description

  Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. While there is no firm documentary evidence that Borrisoleigh was a medieval town its name, meaning borough of Ui Luighdheach, would suggest that it had borough status. References in historical sources to Borrisoleigh appear to be relating to Borris (Two-Mile-Borris) (TN042-052). The tower house (TN034-046001) in the present town belonged to the Burke family in the sixteenth century (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 123). An Inquisition taken at Clonmel in 1628 describes Borrisoleigh as the 'manor, castle, town and lands of Borres O Leagh' (Callanan 1936-9, 68). In the Civil Survey 1654-6 Borres Ileigh is described as a 'castle and Bawne of Borres in good repaire, with an orchard, a good garden, a water corne mill in repaire, six thatcht houses and many Cabbins' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 89). A former church and graveyard (TN034-046003) at the W end of the town, levelled between 1840 and 1902-3, may have been part of the earlier settlement. In 2002 archaeological monitoring by Anne-Marie Lennon on a single storey extension to a factory within the zone of archaeological potential revealed nothing of archaeological interest. This monitoring was carried out under Licence No. 02E0211 (Bennett 2004, 471). 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

• TN034-046001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated to the NE of Borrisoleigh Town (TN034-046----) on flat pasture in slightly undulating countryside with a nearby river to the S. A castle of the Burke family (White 1892, 105). The description in the Civil Survey (1654-6) refers to 'the castle and Bawne in good repaire, with an orchard, a good garden, a water corne mill in repaire, six thatcht houses and many cabbins' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 89). 'Richard Bourke als McWalter of BorresIleigh Esqr. Irish Papist' is listed as proprietor (ibid.). The castle was used as a brewery in the eighteenth century when it was radically altered to accommodate this new purpose (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 189). The poorly preserved ivy clad remains of a three-storey tower house (ext. dims. 12.43m NE-SW x 9.53m NW-SE; wall T1.7m) constructed with roughly coursed limestone rubble, with a six-storey high tower at the S angle. The destroyed entrance is at ground-floor level in the NE wall with a drawbar-socket still visible. The ground floor has a barrel vault over with mural stairs in the NW wall which give access to the upper floors. There is a possible destroyed fireplace in the SE wall. All windows have been destroyed or enlarged in the nineteenth century. Spiral stairs in the corner tower (ext. dims. 5.5m x 5.25m) gave access to all the upper floors. There is a double-arch vaulted roof over the second floor and a fireplace at third-floor level in the NE wall. A wall-plaque (TN034-046002-) in the gable of the building to the NW contains a seventeenth-century plaque dedicated to Richard Bourke dated 1643. The inscription, in relief, is written in Latin in Roman script and reads: RICHARD BOURKE ELLICE HURLY MARMORE CURSURGATO. FACIT HOSPESE HOSTIS: HOSPES IN AMPLEXUS SED PROCUI HOSTI. EAT 1643. (White, 1892, 105; ITA Survey, 1945) 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

• TN034-046002 Memorial stone
  Description

  Situated to the NE of Borrisoleigh Town (TN034-046) on flat pasture in slightly undulating countryside with a nearby river to the S. A castle of the Burke family (White 1892, 105). The description in the Civil Survey (1654-6) refers to 'the castle and Bawne in good repaire, with an orchard, a good garden, a water corne mill in repaire, six thatcht houses and many cabbins' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 89). 'Richard Bourke als McWalter of BorresIleigh Esqr. Irish Papist' is listed as proprietor (ibid.). The castle was used as a brewery in the eighteenth century when it was radically altered to accommodate this new purpose (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 189). A wall-plaque in the gable of the building to the NW of the tower house(TN034-046001) contains a seventeenth-century plaque dedicated to Richard Bourke dated 1643. The inscription, in relief, is written in Latin in Roman script and reads: RICHARD BOURKE ELLICE HURLY MARMORE CURSURGATO. FACIT HOSPESE HOSTIS: HOSPES IN AMPLEXUS SED PROCUI HOSTI. EAT 1643. (White, 1892, 105; ITA Survey, 1945) 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

• TN034-046003 Church
  Description

  Located at the W end of the town of Borrisoleigh and depicted on the 1904 OS 6-inch map as being located in the middle of a graveyard. Lewis (1837, 217) mentions the ruins of a church in Borrisoleigh, however, the church marked on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as an upstanding church in the present graveyard, had disappeared by the 1904 edition. There is no definite evidence that this is the site of a pre-1700 church. In the taxation of the Diocese of Cashel in 1302, revenue is collected from the 'burgage of Leth' (CDI, vol. 5, 282). 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

• TN034-046004 Graveyard
  Description

  Located at the W end of the town of Borrisoleigh and depicted on the 1904 OS 6-inch map as being located in the middle of a graveyard. Lewis (1837, 217) mentions the ruins of a church in Borrisoleigh, however, the church marked on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map as an upstanding church in the present graveyard, had disappeared by the 1904 edition. There is no definite evidence that this is the site of a pre-1700 church (TN034-046003). In the taxation of the Diocese of Cashel in 1302, revenue is collected from the 'burgage of Leth' (CDI, vol. 5, 282). 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 5 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.

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.