Finnahy
Finnahy is a townland in the civil parish of Upperchurch, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Finnithe.
Parcel 526551
- Area
- 5,503 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 256 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Finnahy
Planning applications on this parcel
3 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of (1) an unroofed slurry storage tank and (2) extension of existing slurry storage tank in existing bovine accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560636
9 Jun 2025N/a
the construction of (1) an unroofed slurry storage tank and (2) extension of existing slurry storage tank in existing bovine accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560525
9 Apr 2020Conditional
construction of an unroofed slatted cubicle area with an underground slatted slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20368
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 336.3 ha
- 831 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 21,250 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Finnahy, from 1,107 m² to 252,989 m² (25.3 ha, 62.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Finnahy in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Jul 2026N/a
a traditional two storey domestic house, domestic garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660667
3 Jul 2025Conditional
the construction of (1) an unroofed slurry storage tank and (2) extension of existing slurry storage tank in existing bovine accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560636
9 Jun 2025N/a
the construction of (1) an unroofed slurry storage tank and (2) extension of existing slurry storage tank in existing bovine accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560525
31 Oct 2024Conditional
a single storey house, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and entrance
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2460931
14 Aug 2023Conditional
an existing calf unit and PERMISSION for calf rearing unit with underground effluent tank, milk silo and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23217
10 May 2021Conditional
1) as constructed livestock handling pen and adjacent hard standing and 2) as constructed farm roadway along with full planning permission to construct a slatted shed, associated retaining walls, railings and hard standing and carry out all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21642
20 Apr 2021N/a
1) as constructed livestock handling pen and adjacent hard standing and 2) as constructed farm roadway along with full planning permission to construct a slatted shed, associated retaining walls, railings and hard standing and carry out all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21530
7 Apr 2021Conditional
construction of loose cattle shed incorporating calf creep area, animal handling facilities, underground effluent tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21450
9 Apr 2020Conditional
construction of an unroofed slatted cubicle area with an underground slatted slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20368
24 Mar 2020N/a
construction of an unroofed slatted cubicle area with an underground slatted slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20296
25 Jan 2018Conditional
construction of a forestry entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600078
22 Dec 2017N/a
construction of a forestry entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601429
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 Finnahy.
Recorded monuments
- TN040-041 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated in a small, boggy valley with hills rising to E and W; a small stream ran down the centre of this valley. The site is in rough, wet pasture immediately N of a cut-away bog. An impressive horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (dims. 12m N-S; 12.8m E-W; H 0.8m) with a depression (dims. 5m N-S; 2.8m E-W), presumably for a trough, facing N. 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 in the townland of Finnahy.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Finnahy, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Finnahy.
- 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 Finnahy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Finnahy · Finnithe
- Area
- 3,362,989 m² (336.3 ha, 831.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upperchurch, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Upper
- Electoral division
- Gortkelly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 594 people lived in 198 households in the Gortkelly electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolderry, Dogstown, Gortkelly, Gortnahalla, Kileroe, Knockane, Knockaneroe, Knockdunnee, Moher, Pallas Upper, Pallashill
- Placenames
- Finnahy 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.