Caherabbey Lower

Caherabbey Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Caher, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Mainistir na Cathrach Íochtarach.

Parcel 5265154

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Area: 1,030 m²
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 316 m².
Zoning: R1 Residential Existing (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
G5 Open Space (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
P5 Agricultural (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
Townland: Caherabbey Lower

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 15 recorded monuments.

TS075-048 Historic town
Description
On the E bank of the River Suir. In the 3rd century AD there is a reference in the Book of Lecan to the destruction of Cahir fort (Burke 1909, 272) and there are other references to the fort in Brehon law texts (ibid.). In c. 1169 Cahir was granted to William de Braos and in 1215 the ownership of Cahir was granted to Philip Worcester and eventually passed, by his grand-daughters marriage, to the Birminghams, who possessed it until 1332 (ibid.). In 1375 the manor of Cahir was bestowed on James Butler, Earl of Ormond, in whose family it remained almost continuously up to the 19th century (ibid.). Cahir Castle was attacked in 1599 and captured by Elizabethan forces under the Lord Lieutenant Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 132-3). In 1647 Murrough "the Burner" O'Brien, Parliamentarian Lord President of Munster (Inchiquin), captured the castle which in 1650 was surrendered to Cromwell (ibid.). Upstanding monuments in the town include the castle (TS075-048001-); the abbey (TS075-048002-); the church (TS075-048003-); a holy well (TS075-048004-); a bridge ((TS075-048005-); a stone head (TS075-048006-); a stone plaque ((TS075-048008-); mills (TS075-048009-); weirs (TS075-048010-) and a graveyard (TS075-048011-). The precise location and extent of the medieval and early modern town of Caher is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
TS075-048001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
On an island of rock outcrop in the River Suir, S of Castle Street. This castle was built in the 13th century either by Philip Worcester (died c. 1218) or his nephew and heir William who was granted Philip's lands in 1225 (Burke 1909, 272-3). It passed by marriage to the Berminghams, who lost it to the Crown in 1332 (ibid. 273). In 1375 it was granted to James Butler, the third Earl of Ormond and the Butlers continued to live in Cahir castle until the 18th century despite fluctuations in the family fortune (Manning and O'Shaughnessy 1999, 6-16). In 1599 the Earl of Essex, with the aid of newly developed artillery including cannon, culverin and two 'petayers' or mortars, captured the hitherto impregnable castle as part of a campaign to quash an Irish rebellion (Cairns 1985, 110). The castle was again captured in 1647 by Lord Inchiquin on behalf of the Cromwelliams and had to be retaken by Cromwell in 1650 (Manning and O'Shaughnessy 1999, 10). In the 18th century the family left the castle vacant and moved to a new house (now Cahir House Hotel) facing the main square of the town (Bence-Jones 1988, 53). Between 1840 and 1846 repair works were carried out on the castle by the then owner Richard Butler of Glengall and his architect William Tinsley (Manning and O'Shaughnessy 1999, 15-16). No further work was carried out until the castle was taken into State care as a National Monument in 1964. Although Cahir castle was built in the 13th century, its appearance today is largely due to 15th and 16th-century rebuilding and 19th and 20th-century restoration. Within the curtain wall, which itself incorporated six mural towers/turrets, there is a great hall, a square keep and three courts. The keep was actually the gatehouse of the original 13th-century castle and bawn, the latter now forming the inner court. The keep was originally two storeys high. The arched gateway through the centre of the ground floor has a vaulted chamfer on either side and a large chamber above at first-floor level. In the 15th/16th century the gate of the keep was blocked up and a gate built immediately E of the keep. At this stage an extra floor was inserted at first-floor level the gatehouse was also heightened by the addition of battlements with a gabled attic within. Also during this period a projecting square turret was built onto the SW angle. The 15th/16th-century doorway, placed at the W end of the N wall, is protected by a machicolation at parapet level, there is evidence for an external yett and on entering the lobby it was defended by a cross-loop facing the doorway. The flat-headed single and two-light windows with hood-mouldings date to the 16th-century modifications. On the E wall of the keep there is an unusual incised carving depicting the interlocked outline of two heads and a central figure (Holland 1988, 15-17). The great hall was also entirely rebuilt in the 19th century, only the present W wall is early. The S wall may have originally extended further back incorporating the large fireplace to the W of the N face of the keep, though it is also probably that the fireplace was built to serve a kitchen beyond the hall (Manning and O'Shaughnessy 1999, 34). A large three-storey square tower at the NW angle of the bawn dates from the 15th century (Manning and O'Shaughnessy 1999, 32). The original entrance, which is in the S wall and entered from the hall, was protected by a murder-hole (ibid.). The ground floor is vaulted with two early gun-loops in the N wall and the first floor has a fireplace and a garderobe chamber (ibid.). The circular tower to the N of the entrance gate and the ground floor of the NE tower in the inner court, appear to have been prisons. To the W of the NE tower there are steps leading down to a well tower, an important feature in times of seige. The rock-cut steps seem to be early in date, though the upper portion of the tower is probably 17th century. The house known as 'Cahir Cottage' (TS075-048016-) and the conical roofs of the towers at the S end of the outer court were built in the 1840s. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 April 2014
TS075-048002 Religious house - Augustinian canons
Description
At the N end of Cahir, on the E side of Abbey Street, N of the railway line and accessed via a lane opening out onto the main street. The priory of St. Mary was founded for the Augustinian Canons Regular by Geoffrey de Camville in the 13th century, c. 1220 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 162). In 1540 the prior Edmund Lonergan surrendered the monastery to Henry VIII (ibid.). At this time the church was found to have been a parish church and so was not taken by the Crown (White 1943, 331; Hodkinson 1995, 148), however, the remaining abbey buildings were granted to Sir Thomas Butler, who was created the Baron of Cahir in 1542. The priory remains consist of a church with crossing tower and a range of buildings to the S, including a large vaulted chamber, a tower and the possible remains of the refectory. There is also a length of wall to the S running E-W which may be part of a later enclosure or bawn. The church consists of a chancel (ext. dims. 19.45m x 9.7m) and crossing tower (ext. dims. 6.32m x 9.05m, excluding the stairwell in the NW corner). There is no surviving nave, this may have been destroyed when the crossing tower was being remodelled in the late 16th/17th century for domestic use. Some of the sandstone windows in the chancel were altered in the 15th century with limestone inserts and an elaborately decorated E and N window were also added at this date, with an interlace pattern on the exterior of the E window. The five-storey crossing tower appears to have been a four-storey structure originally. The high semi-pointed arches of the tower originally connecting the chancel and nave have been blocked up on the E side while the W wall of the tower seems to have been entirely rebuilt. The internal fittings, staircase and later fireplaces are very fine and there are interlace patterns on the jambs of the doorway in the N wall of the ground floor. A blocked doorway in the S wall of the chancel gave access to the claustral buildings. Immediately S of the chancel are a series of vaulted chambers, aligned E-W, although little survives of the most northerly. S of these, aligned N-S is a long barrel-vaulted chamber (int. dims. 10.9m x 2.82m), which is thought to have been the chapter room. This is very poorly lit, with only a single-light window in the W wall which is now blocked. Access to this room was from the vaulted ground floor of the S residential tower. This narrow, rectangular tower (int. dims. 6.42m x 2.15m), is at least four storeys high. E of this tower are the remains of the S wall of a building which may have been the refectory. This wall, which contains a series of sandstone windows, has been much altered, with windows shortened and gun ports inserted in the embrasures. In 1994 most of the E range and part of the S range were excavated (Pollock 1995, 80). The chapter house was identified by its unusual shape and by several burials below its floor (ibid.). It was not vaulted originally and it extended an unknown distance beyond the E range but was later shortened to present a continuous E wall (ibid.). An early stair was identified immediately N of the chapter house, giving access from the cloister to the first floor (ibid.). A second stair was built in the late 15th/16th century alongside a barrel vault in the (former) chapter house (ibid.). Most of the E range was barrel vaulted at this stage, simultaneous with a major reconstruction of the church (new tower, N wall, E window) (ibid.). An early drain was exposed at the S end of the range, probably part of a first-floor latrine (ibid.). When the first floor was converted to private apartments in the later 16th century a garderobe tower replaced the latrine (ibid.). In the S range the base of an intramural stair was identified below a fallen arch (ibid.). The stair would have led to a pulpit in the wall of the frater; the arch would have been a relieving structure over the narrowed wall (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1983).
TS075-048003 Church
Description
On the N side of Old Church Street, on a precipitous N-facing slope, with a good view of the town to the N and W. It is aligned E-W and occupies the E end of the graveyard. The medieval parish church of Cahir is described in the Civil Survey of 1654-6 as having 'a house roome on the North of the sd Church' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 359) which was probably a residential building added onto the church proper. The church was in use for Protestant worship until 1820 (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 133). It is a much-modified multiperiod structure. It has a long rectangular plan and is constructed primarily of limestone, though the earlier features are of sandstone. The church appears to be of 13th-century date with later rebuilding in the 15th/16th century. Early features include two sandstone ogee-headed windows in the E gable and the probable remains of the S jamb of a central window. This window was replaced in the 15th/16th century by a mullion and transom four-light limestone window which has three interlace patterns carved on the external side. The earliest doorway appears to be in the S wall. This sandstone, pointed doorway is now blocked up and only visible externally to a height of 0.86m above ground level. The church was later altered and divided to accommodate both Protestant and Catholic worship. Notable features include a bellcote on top of the W gable, a corbel on the S wall with a carved human head and a piscina below. There are a number of loose architectural fragments, both in the church itself and reused as grave-markers in the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
TS075-048004 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On the W bank of the River Suir, c. 60m SW of Cahir abbey, at the base of a steep rock outcrop precipice under young beech trees. This well is in the form of an irregular-shaped pool (dims. 2m x 4m; D 0.2m) in rock outcrop with no enclosing element. Clear water is visible bubbling out from under a rock on the S side. Two streams emanate from the well, flowing sluggishly to the N and S, where they meet a larger stream (former mill race) and eventually join the river. It is indicated as 'Lady's Well' on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1901-05) ed. OS 6-inch map which may be a religious reference to 'Our Lady'. There is no evidence of religious veneration. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2014
TS075-048005 Mill - unclassified
Description
N of Cahir town and c. 50m N of Cahir Abbey (TS075-048002-). Two 19th-century mills are indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Flour Mills' and on the 2nd (1901-06) ed. map as 'Abbey Mills - Corn'. These may be on the site of the grist mill mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as being on former abbey land though by 1640 it was in the ownership of 'John Shiarloge of Watterford Esqr and his wife Anstace Shiarloge Irish Papists' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 359). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2014
TS075-048006 Bridge
Description
Immediately N of Cahir Castle, forming the part of Bridge Street which crosses the River Suir. The bridge at Cahir is depicted in Pacata Hibernia published in 1633 (O'Grady 1896, vol. 1, 53) and actually consisted of three sections of bridge which connects the E bank of the Suir, the town side, with the castle on an island in the river, another section which connects this island with another island to the N, and a third section which connects this latter island with the W river bank. The 'Bridge of Cahyr' is mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 260). The present bridge, constructed of limestone rubble, still spans these three sections of the river. It is an 18th-century bridge but may incorporate earlier fabric. The mid-section is the largest and consists of six round arches with dressed voussoirs, parapets with rounded-limestone copings and V-shaped cutwaters upstream to the N. The E section consists of three segmental arches with dressed voussoirs and cut-limestone copings. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
TS075-048007 Architectural fragment
Description
Inserted in the W end of the S wall of a private dwelling, number 7, Castle St., Cahir, at second-floor level (the house is three-storeys over basement). A large sculpted male head, probably of 15th-century date, with almond-shaped eyes with eyebrows, long aquiline nose, thin-lipped mouth, large jug ears sticking out on either side and ribbing to indicate hair. The head has been painted white. It is similar in style to the carved stone heads which form the terminals for the upper internal mouldings of some of the windows of the Augustinian priory (TS075-048002-) which is c. 400m to the N. It may have come from the Augustinian priory and was incorporated in this later building. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
TS075-048008 Memorial stone
Description
Inserted in the S-facing wall of number 13 Castle St., Cahir, at second-floor level between two windows, above a business premises at ground-floor level, a butcher shop. It is a small rectangular limestone plaque with a thin border around the edge. Carved in relief there is a capital I on the dexter side and a capital E on the sinister side. Within the centre there is a pyramidal arrangement, with a capital M on top, a capital W and I on the middle row and finally on the bottom row the date 1717. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2014
TS075-048010 Weir - fish
Description
A weir is mentioned in the Civil Survey as being located 'upon the River of Shewer belonginge to the sd Lord of Cahyr neere the sd Mansion house' which is Cahir castle (Simington 1931, vol.1, 350-51). This may be at the site of the V-shaped weir which is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map in the river N of the castle and immediately N of the mid-section of the bridge (TS075-048006-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

And 5 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: 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
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: 175.4 ha; 434 acres
Land parcels: 46; registered freehold, median 7,156 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres)
Zoning: C6; Enterprise and Employment
Planning: 19; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

Caherabbey LowerKedrah Ballyhenebery Ballydrehid Barnora Farranlahassery Killemly Cloghabreedy Suttonrath Caherabbey Upper

1,000 m

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46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherabbey Lower, from 208 m² to 513,399 m² (51.34 ha, 126.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

C6Enterprise and Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
P5Agricultural (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R1Residential Existing (New/proposed residential)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G5Open Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, 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

20 Feb 2026N/a
the development which will consist of the partial removal of Bakery Weir and the non-functional fish pass to restore the natural river conditions and ecological connectivity of the River Suir, and all associated works, including: I. The partial removal of approximately two-thirds (70m) of Bakery Weir from the northern riverbank and protection of the remaining weir beside the mill wheel and tailrace for heritage purposes, II. The reprofiling and restoration of approximately 250m of the river channel to replicate natural stream conditions, enable fish migration, and create a low-flow channel. The construction of a new fill structure downstream to channel water flow into the proposed low-flow channels in the northern and southern branches of the river. Works to secure the banks of the river and to improve habitats, including placement of groynes from set stones, root trunks, rows of takes and living fascines, III. Construction access to the weir is proposed on the R670 Cashel Road via the temporary upgrade of an existing informal pathway. Creation of a temporary access ramp from the southern bank of the river and the creation of a temporary driving platform to Bakery Weir. The removal of individual trees to enable construction activities. The creation of temporary construction lay down areas/site compounds adjacent to the R670 Cashel Road, IV. Reinstatement of the disturbed lands following partial weir removal including landscaping consisting of seeding and planting with appropriate native vegetation. The removal of temporary construction facilities, V. All associated and ancillary site development works, VI. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. The project site lies approximately 1.3km northeast of Cahir and is located adjacent to the R670 (Cashel Road). This application relates to a Registered Protected Structure (RPS No. TRPS1365)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660147
12 Dec 2025N/a
development at Bakery Weir, located on the River Suir. The project site lies approximately 1.3km northeast of Cahir and is located adjacent to the R670 (Cashel Road). This application relates to a Registered Protected Structure (RPS No. TRPS1365). The development will consist of the partial removal of Bakery Weir and the non-functional fish pass to restore the natural river conditions and ecological connectivity of the River Suir, and all associated works, including: I. The partial removal of approximately two-thirds (70m) of Bakery Weir from the northern riverbank and protection of the remaining weir beside the mill wheel and tailrace for heritage purposes. II. The reprofiling and restoration of approximately 250m of the river channel to replicate natural stream conditions, enable fish migration, and create a low-flow channel. The construction of a new fill structure downstream to channel water flow into the proposed low-flow channels in the northern and southern branches of the river. Works to secure the banks of the river and to improve habitats, including placement of groynes from set stones, root trunks, rows of stakes and living fascines. III. Construction access to the weir is proposed on the R670 Cashel Road via the temporary upgrade of an existing informal pathway. Creation of a temporary access ramp from the southern bank of the river and the creation of a temporary driving platform to Bakery Weir. The removal of individual trees to enable construction activities. The creation of temporary construction lay down areas/site compounds adjacent to the R670 Cashel Road. IV. Reinstatement of the disturbed lands following partial weir removal including landscaping consisting of seeding and planting with appropriate native vegetation. The removal of temporary construction facilities. V. All associated and ancillary site development works. VI. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561293
6 Aug 2025Conditional
construction of an enclosed yard for the parking of trucks and trailers including boundary fencing, new entrance and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560770
19 Jul 2024Conditional
1 no. single storey light industrial building incorporating 4 no. units and 1 no. warehouse building, car parking, storm water attenuation and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460587
19 Jul 2024Conditional
1 no. single storey building incorporating 4 no. comparison bulky goods retail units, car parking, storm water attenuation and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460591
10 Jul 2024N/a
1No. single storey light industrial building incorporating 4No. units and 1No. warehouse building, car parking, storm water attenuation, and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460556
10 Jul 2024Conditional
1 no. single storey light industrial building incorporating 5 no. units, car parking, storm water attenuation, together with industrial estate access road and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460557
12 Feb 2024Conditional
the base of existing extension to the existing fabrication workshop. Planning Permission is also being sought for (i) the completion of this extension, (ii) the construction of a new workshop (iii) the construction of the new paint shop and all other site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460095
30 Oct 2023Conditional
(i) alterations to our existing dwelling and (ii) to construct extensions to our existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360872
12 Oct 2023N/a
the construction of extensions to our existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360817
27 Jul 2023Conditional
change of boundary treatment along part of the permitted boundary for which planning permission was granted under reference number 2260660 including all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360561
30 Nov 2022Conditional
the as constructed storage yard, boundary fencing and entrance including all associated site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260660
27 May 2021Conditional
(1) construction of a greenhouse over existing courtyard/patio area including modifications to stepped entrance and front garden wall, (2) All site works associated with the above (Protected Structure RPS no. S272)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21768
20 May 2021N/a
(1) construction of a greenhouse over existing courtyard/patio area including modifications to stepped entrance and front garden wall, (2) All site works associated with the above (Protected Structure RPS no. S272)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21722
20 May 2021Conditional
1) Construction of a greenhouse in the walled garden sited as per previous Greenhouse structure. 2) All site works associated with the development (Protected Structure RPS no. S272)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21723
7 Feb 2018Conditional
karting track development comprising the following (ii) a building comprising changing rooms and a W.C. (ii) a building for the storing of and general maintenance of the karts (iii) the installation of an over ground gas storage tank for the refuelling of the karts (iv) perimeter fencing (v) general signage on the building described in item 1 above (vi) general signage on the perimeter fencing (vii) the change of use of the land from industrial to a karting track (viii) hardstanding of the proposed areas for karting track (ix) general lighting (x) and all other site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600140
24 Jul 2017Conditional
an existing 21.9m high monopole with panel antennas (full height with antennas 21.6 metres), radio link dishes, equipment cabin, fencing and associated site works previously granted under Local Authority Reference 11/509
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600819
7 Jul 2017N/a
an existing 21.9m high monopole with panel antennas (full height with antennas 21.6 metres), radio link dishes, equipment cabin, fencing and associated site works as previously granted under local authority reference 11/509
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600771
11 Jan 2017Conditional
(i) the demolition of an existing link between 2 no. existing buildings in order to separate buildings and properties so that one building will remain wholly within the site of the planning application along with the making good of the facades on each building, (ii) the change of use of an existing building from a commercial use to an industrial use, (iii) raising the height of a portion of the existing building as described in ii above, (iv) to extend the building described in ii above to include ancillary support space, (v) to extend the building described in ii above to include plant equipment , (vi) the demolition of an existing site store, (vii) the erection of a new industrial unit (viii) the erection of a new site security hut, (ix) the erection of a new office block of which it's use is ancillary to the use of what will be the existing building described in ii above and the proposed building in vii above (x) site works to include new concrete yard around the building described in vii above, connection of foul sewer from building described in viii and ix above to an existing on-site pumping station and construction of on-site soakaways for surface water drainage (xi) and all associated signage throughout the development, 3 no. flagpoles and all other site development works and all other development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600012

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

Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137

Recorded monuments

TS075-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a SE-facing slope in upland terrain, under pasture. Knockgraffon motte (TS075-019001-) is visible c. 2km to the N and tower house (TS075-076----) is visible c. 2.7km to the NE. A bivallate enclosure (diam. 25.6m N-S; 30.6m E-W) defined by an impressive steep inner bank (Wth 1.6m crest, 4.4m base; int. H 0.28m; H above fosse 2.79m); wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.5m) and steep outer bank (Wth 2.4m crest, 6m base; H above fosse 1.84m; ext. H 1.6m). There is no visible trace of an external fosse. There are a lot of loose stones lying about. While the banks appear to be largely of clay the surfaces have a high stone content. There is scrub growing around the edge of the ringfort and the interior is relatively clean, apart from nettles. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 3.6m) in the SE quadrant, which has the remains of a possible stone lining. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 07 April 2014
TS075-041 Burial ground
Description
On a high gravel ridge, now completely removed by quarrying, overlooking the River Suir to the S. In 1988 burials came to light following the reporting of human bones found in a section of the Roadstone quarry near Cahir. The burials, which consisted of 30 individuals, were subsequently excavated and examined. The burials occupied an area approximately 10m². A roughly circular field boundary indicated on the 2nd (1906) ed. 6-inch map (diam. c. 113m N-S; c. 100m E-W) encloses the highest part of the ridge which incorporates the area of burial. This may be a stone-walled enclosure which apparently enclosed the summit. Only the eastern half of the boundary is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map. Traces of a mortared stone wall were found during the excavation. The burials, which included men, women and children, consisted of extended inhumations, buried in simple shallow pits, and aligned E-W with their heads to the W. No grave-markers were noted, nor was there any evidence of grave-goods, coffins or other coverings. Radiocarbon-dates from a sample of the human remains provide a date range of 1200±35 BP, which calibrates to 693-941 AD to 1080±35 BP, which calibrates to 893-1019 AD. (Cahill and Holland 1988, 36; Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 173-97). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 November 2012
TS075-048005 Mill - unclassified
Description
N of Cahir town and c. 50m N of Cahir Abbey (TS075-048002-). Two 19th-century mills are indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Flour Mills' and on the 2nd (1901-06) ed. map as 'Abbey Mills - Corn'. These may be on the site of the grist mill mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as being on former abbey land though by 1640 it was in the ownership of 'John Shiarloge of Watterford Esqr and his wife Anstace Shiarloge Irish Papists' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 359). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2014
TS075-080 Moated site
Description
An aerial photograph (GB89.AA.15) shows the cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure defined by a fosse, possibly a medieval moated site, with a rectilinear annexe on the western side. Faint traces of internal detail. Adjoining boundaries suggest an associated field system (TS075-080001-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
TS075-080001 Field system
Description
An aerial photograph (GB89.AA.13) shows the cropmarks of fosses forming a field system attached to a rectilinear enclosure, probably a medieval moated site (TS075-080----). The field system includes a semi-circular enclosure (immediately S of the moated site) set within the NE portion of a large, but incomplete, curvilinear enclosure extending southwards. This system has been removed in the course of quarrying. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 13 August 2015

Architectural heritage

Cahir Abbey, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over-basement house, built c. 1830, with four-bay rear elevation, portico to front elevation, and projecting bay with lean-to roof to middle of west elevation. Skirt artificial slate roof, with coursed cut-stone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods, with sheeted overhanging eaves and moulded eaves course. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone sills and timber sliding sash six-over-six pane windows, three-over-six pane to basement with wrought-iron bars. West elevation has round-headed timber sliding sash nine-over-six pane window and three-over-six pane window. Painted rendered prostyle tetrastyle portico to main entrance with Ionic columns and pilasters, moulded pediment and cornices and stone flagged pavement accessed by flight of stone steps. Square-headed doorway with replacement timber panelled door having moulded render surround and decorative leaded overlight, flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights. Dropped arch entrance opening to basement level at west elevation, with replacement glazed timber screen and door and spoked fanlight. Square-headed entrance opening to east elevation basement with replacement glazed timber double-leaf door. Situated in landscaped grounds.
Cahir Abbey, gates/railings/walls, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Quadrant entrance gates to Cahirabbey House, erected c. 1830. Comprises paired cast-iron inner piers supporting double-leaf vehicular and flanking single-leaf pedestrian gates, railings flank gates, terminated by painted carved capped stone piers with moulded cornices, roundels to friezes, having fan detail to caps and flared panels to shafts, with chamfered plinths. Curving cut-stone plinth walls terminated by similar piers, but without fan detail and panelling. Ornate cast-iron railings and similar gates. Sets of four hexagonal profile stone wheel guards to each side of entrance gates.
Abbey Lodge, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1800, with single-storey addition recessed to north gable. Pitched slate roof with partly-rendered red brick chimneystack projecting from north gable, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls, ruled-and-lined. Hipped slate roof and rendered walls to addition. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows, barred to ground floor. Square-headed entrance doorway with plinth blocks, stone threshold and replacement timber panelled door.
Galtee House, house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached terraced house, built c. 1835, having four-bay three-storey front elevation and three-bay four-storey rear. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to front and mainly exposed random rubble sandstone to rear. Square-headed window openings to front elevation with dressed stone sills, having timber sliding sash three-over-six pane windows to second floor and replacement uPVC to lower floors. Timber sliding sash windows to rear, three-over-six pane to top floor and six-over-six pane to lower floors, middle bay having round-headed windows. Round-headed entrance opening to front with moulded limestone surround and chamfered cut limestone doorcase with panelled jambs and having timber panelled door with spoked fanlight and accessed by limestone steps. Chamfered cut limestone plinth wall to front with cast-iron railings, having lion's paw detail to bottom, decorative cast-iron gate piers and gate. Stone flagged pavement to area in front of house.
Abbey House, house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached house, built c. 1835, having four-bay three-storey front elevation, three-bay three-storey south side elevation and three-bay four-storey rear. Three-bay two-storey addition to rear with hipped slate roof and having single-storey return with segmental stone arch partly constructed of salvaged limestone blocks. Blind window to south end of top floor front and east end of first floor of south elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with dressed stone sills, having replacement uPVC windows throughout except for round-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to middle bay of rear elevation. Segmental-headed entrance opening with moulded limestone surround and chamfered cut-stone doorcase, having panelled jambs, with timber panelled door and petal fanlight, accessed by limestone steps. Chamfered cut limestone plinth wall to front with cast-iron railings, having lion's paw detail to base, decorative cast-iron gate piers and gate. Stone flagged pavement to area in front of house.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Caherabbey Lower, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
Terrain model: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caherabbey Lower.
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Caherabbey Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

The townland

Name: Caherabbey Lower · Mainistir na Cathrach Íochtarach
Area: 1,754,434 m² (175.44 ha, 433.53 acres)
Civil parish: Caher, and its townlands
Barony: Iffa and Offa West
Electoral division: Kilcommon, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 2,308 people lived in 877 households in the Kilcommon electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Ballydrehid, Barnora, Caherabbey Upper, Cloghabreedy, Killemly
Placenames: Caherabbey Lower 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.