Nicholastown

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nicholastown, from 175 m² to 303,997 m² (30.4 ha, 75.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Nicholastown 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.

• 13 Nov 2024Conditional

  fill the depression in the ground and reinstate ground to new levels including temporary access and all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460972

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 the townland of Nicholastown.

Recorded monuments

• TS082-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope, off crest of hill in undulating terrain. Surrounding field is under grass. Nicholastown tower house (TS082-043001-) is visible c. 500m to the NE. Ringfort (diam. 27.6m E-W; N-S obtained from map c. 34m) enclosed by very slight bank or scarp (Wth 2-5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.5-1.77m); fosse (Wth 2m; D 1.1m) only visible in W sector and outer bank (Wth 3m crest; c. 6m base; ext. H c. 2m). The monument has been fenced off. The banks are heavily overgrown and the interior is nettle covered. A townland boundary runs NW-SE past the SW quadrant. A break in the bank (at least 2m - obscured by vegetation) in the E quadrant may be original entrance but appears to have been widened. According to a site inspection in 1957 there was good access for cattle (OPW files, 20.5.1957). Also at this time an old gravel-pit was noted immediately SW of the ringfort, which exaggerates the external height of the bank (ibid), this is now heavily overgrown. A concrete farm building has been built-up against the inner bank in SE quadrant. An area c. 30m SW of the ringfort was archaeologically excavated in 1998 but no archaeological remains were found (Henry 2000, 201). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 04 February 2014

• TS082-040 Earthwork
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in undulating terrain, in meadow. Nicholas tower house (TS082-043001-) visible c. 200m to the NE. Raised area (dims. 32m N-S; 25m E-W to field boundary, c. 32m including raised area W of field boundary) defined by scarp (H 1.35-2.08m) with limestone outcrop protruding along base of scarp and in the interior. N edge is defined by a gentle slope terminated by an earthen bank with stone revetment running NE-SW. Surface of mound undulates with small mound (dims. 3.2m N-S; 3m E-W; H 0.38m) W of centre. The W edge of the monument is defined by a field boundary running roughly N-S. There is a slight rise in the field to the W which appears to be the levelled remains of the W edge of the monument. On the 1st (1840) OS 6-inch map the enclosure is depicted extending further W than on the 1904-05 ed. when it appears to have been truncated by a new field boundary, described above, running N-S. There is evidence of slight quarrying along the E face of the scarp. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 04 February 2014

• TS082-043001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On the edge of a limestone outcrop with a sharp drop immediately E of the site, in pasture, c.100m SW of Garryroe House. John Keting of 'Nicholestown' is named in an indenture of 1542 (COD IV, 230). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6), the land at 'Nickolstowne' was owned by 'Richard Keatinge of Nickolstowne, Esqr Irish Papist' in 1640 and 'Upon the sd lands stands a Castle, the walls of a house within a bawne' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 317). This ruined tower house is located in the NW angle of a rectangular bawn (TS082-043002-). The tower house (int. dims. 7.15m x c.7.1m; walls 2.4m T) is constructed of roughly cut limestone blocks, randomly coursed, with pebble-filled mortar and base-batter (H 3m; Wth c.0.4m). Cut stone quoins survive on the upper level of the NW angle and at the base of the NE angle. The N wall partially survives up to parapet level and part of the N end of the W wall survives. The E end of the S wall also survives, though the SE angle is gone. There is a lot of collapsed rubble around the base of the walls in the interior, with a large hollow in the centre. There is a central broken-out window in the N wall at ground-floor and first-floor level and a wall-cupboard visible at first-floor level. The stairs do not survive but were probably located at the SE angle, where a door jamb projects from the S wall. With stairs in this angle, it is likely that the entrance was on the E wall, within the bawn. The second floor was vaulted, springing from the E and W walls, though it only survives at the N end of the W wall. There is evidence of a mural chamber in the thickness of the N wall, at second-floor level. Remains of a third floor are visible at the NW angle with evidence of a parapet and circular bartizan above. The bartizan has three surviving gun-loops. It rests on a double corbel on the N and W walls, with a single, chamfered corbel on the angle and two gutter-stones projecting from the base. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS082-043002 Bawn
  Description

  According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the land at 'Nickolstowne' was owned by 'Richard Keatinge of Nickolstowne, Esqr Irish Papist' in 1640 and 'Upon the sd lands stands a Castle, the walls of a house within a bawne' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 317). On the W edge of limestone outcrop with a sharp drop immediately W of the bawn. Tower house (TS082-043002-) is located in the NW angle of the bawn. It is unclear whether the tower house is incorporated within the bawn or whether the bawn wall runs up to the walls of the tower house. If the latter is the case the bawn would have to kink in to meet the tower house both at the W end of the N wall and at the N end fo the W wall. The bawn is largely intact (dims. 58.9m N-S x 30.2m E-W).The N wall of the bawn has collapsed and only a low mound of rubble survives, it appears to turn in towards the tower house in the NW angle but this is unclear. The E end of the N wall of the tower house is obscured by ivy, no evidence of a return on the external face of the batter. The S end of the bawn is the best preserved, the S wall survives intact, built of rubble limestone, roughly coursed. There is a small breach near the middle of the wall above which the masonry has collapsed. There is a second breach (Wth 1.6m) E of this, and a large breach at the E end of the S wall. The E wall (3m H to base of coping; 0.9m T) survives intact at the S end for a length of 19.5m, no visible features. At the N end of this intact length of wall there is a broken return, projecting internally. The E wall has collapsed beyond this and becomes a low mound of rubble. The S end of the W wall (0.9m T) also survives intact for 21m. Towards the S end of the W wall there are two possible put-logs, c. 1.8m above the interior and 0.7m apart. Internally the top of the bawn wall is defined by a stone string-course or projecting coping with splayed coping stones above. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS082-043003 House - 17th century
  Description

  According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the land at 'Nickolstowne' was owned by 'Richard Keatinge of Nickolstowne, Esqr Irish Papist' in 1640 and 'Upon the sd lands stands a Castle, the walls of a house within a bawne' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 317). Located on the edge of limestone outcrop with a sharp drop immediately to E, in pasture, is the bawn (TS082-043002-) which the Civil Survey suggests enclosed a house as well as Nicholastown Castle (TS082-043001-). Both the bawn and part of the tower house still survive but there is no visible trace above ground of the house which is unlocated within the bawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS082-093 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in undulating terrain, just off crest of hill, under tillage. An enclosure (TS082-094----) is located c. 100m to the SW. Identified as a circular cropmark on an aerial photograph (ASIAP (28) 22, 3.8.1996). There is no visible trace of the enclosure above ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 February 2014

• TS082-094 Enclosure
  Description

  On fairly level ground on very gentle S-facing slope, in undulating terrain, under tillage. Not indicated on either 1st (1840) or 1904-05 ed. OS 6-inch map. An enclosure (TS082-093----) is located c. 100m to the NE. Identified as circular cropmark on an aerial photograph (ASIAP (28) 21, 3.8.1996). An outer enclosure runs concentrically around the W half of the enclosure, though it appears to broaden out to the E. The W half of an outer enclosure is also visible as a cropmark. A radial cropmark transects the NW quadrant of the outer enclosure and there is a suggestion of other subdivision in SE sector of the outer enclosure. A field boundary runs N-S immediately W of the outer enclosure and another field boundary, now levelled, ran E-W immediately S of the outer enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 February 2014

Architectural heritage

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former presbytery, built c. 1880, with flat-roofed front porch and having single-storey hip roofed extension to rear. Now disused. Hipped U-plan artificial slate roof with yellow brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and carved corbels to eaves. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with dressed limestone quoins. Square-headed windows to ground floor of front and both floors elsewhere, segmental-headed to first floor of front, paired to end bays, and round-headed to south-east gable and tall stairs window to rear. Decorative moulded surrounds with keystones to front and south-east elevations, having hood moulding with decorative stops to round gable window. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and margined to round windows with one-over-one pane to gable and two-over-two pane to rear. Some replacement uPVC windows to rear. Porch has decorative moulded cornice and dressed limestone quoins, with segmental-headed opening with plain overlight and replacement timber door. Yard to rear comprises single- and two-storey outbuildings with artificial slate roofs, coursed rubble limestone walls, square-headed openings with timber sliding sash three-over-six pane windows, matchboard doors and segmental-headed carriage arch with dressed limestone voussoirs. Rubble limestone boundary wall to road, rendered quadrant walls to entrance, having chanelled limestone piers with carved caps, supporting cast-iron gates to entrance.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Nicholastown, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Nicholastown.

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.

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

Name

Nicholastown · Baile Niocóil

Area

1,721,770 m² (172.18 ha, 425.46 acres)

Civil parish

Derrygrath, and its townlands

Barony

Iffa and Offa West

Electoral division

Derrygrath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

709 people lived in 244 households in the Derrygrath electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindoney East, Ballindoney West, Carrickconeen, Commons-Entire East, Crutta North, Crutta South, Derrygrath Lower, Garryntemple, Garryroe, Lisnamuck, Monksgrange, Park

Placenames

Nicholastown 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.