Carrigeen
Carrigeen is a townland in the civil parish of Caher, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Carraigín.
Parcel 5348069
- Area
- 87 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 108 m².
- Zoning
- R1 Residential Existing (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Carrigeen
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Aug 2024Conditional
an extension as built, to the rear of dwelling and including rooflights to the front elevation
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460657
9 Aug 2024Conditional
extension as built, to the rear of dwelling and including rooflights to the front elevation
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460658
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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. 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
- 69 ha
- 170 acres
- Land parcels
- 259
- registered freehold, median 268 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 40
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
259 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigeen, from 4 m² to 108,450 m² (10.85 ha, 26.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R1Residential Existing (New/proposed residential)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 187 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Enterprise and Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Agricultural (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Social and Public (Community facilities)
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
24 Jun 2026N/a
1) the construction of an extension (pedestrian elevator area) to the front elevation of the service station building, 2) construction of an extension (food preparation area) to the west elevation of the services station building, 3) construction of an extension (porch-entrance area) to the east elevation of the services station building, 4) off-licence area ancillary to main retail use and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660617
19 Jan 2026Conditional
(i) the existing roof overhang on existing industrial/commercial building, (ii) for the existing WC extension to the existing industrial/commercial building, (iii) for the existing truck driver waiting area building, (iv) for the existing storage building, as well as PLANNING PERMISSION (v) to divide the existing industrial/commercial building into two separate units & (vi) for proposed material alterations to the existing elevations of the existing industrial building, and all associated site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660033
23 Dec 2025Conditional
1) the extensive refurbishment of the building and the demolition of a single storey component to the rear elevation, 2) the construction of a two storey modern extension to the rear elevation and also, there will be various alterations to the exterior facades of the existing building, 3) the development of six apartments consisting of 4 two bedroom apartments and 2 one bed apartments, 4) the upgrade and improvement works to the wastewater and stormwater connections, 5) the material change of use from commercial space to residential units, 6) the construction of a bin storage area, bike stands, parking area, footpaths, hard and soft landscaping areas and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561361
17 Oct 2025N/a
Slicing Hall Extension, Equaliser Chill, Entrance Lobby, Smoker & Wash Room, Dispatch Chill, Staff Amenities, 3no. Plant Rooms, 2no. Electrical Rooms, 3no. Modular Offices, Forklift Charging Shed, Workshop, 2no. Storage Sheds, Temporary Wastewater Treatment Plant, Retention of change of use of 2no Buildings originally incorporating workshop, offices, storage and retail area to storage use incl. ancillary offices and all associated site works including retention of yard and car parking area and forklift access ramp
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2561042
10 Jun 2025Conditional
construction of a boundary wall to the rear & side of the site of dwelling
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560530
5 Jun 2025Conditional
(i) an existing signage as well as PLANNING PERMISSION to (ii) construct a new storage building, (iii) erect new signage and all associated site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560517
11 Oct 2024Conditional
1. A Single storey bedroom and bathroom extension to the east side of existing house 2. Revised fenestration to the front of the previously granted Porch and Living room extension Planning Ref: P37544 and 3. All associated site works to facilitate the above developments
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460865
9 Aug 2024Conditional
an extension as built, to the rear of dwelling and including rooflights to the front elevation
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460657
9 Aug 2024Conditional
extension as built, to the rear of dwelling and including rooflights to the front elevation
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460658
10 Jul 2024Conditional
a two storey extension constructed to the rear of the dwelling and associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 24154
14 Jan 2024Conditional
an existing extension to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460020
26 Sept 2023N/a
(a) the construction of a new single storey infill development within the existing external courtyard of Carrigeen Castle (protected structure - TRPS1350) with modern flat roof and clerestory windows to facilitate a new function room ancillary to the existing guest house including the demolition of existing modern bathroom extension. (b) minor internal alterations including new universally accessible toilet (c) the construction of a new single storey caretakers apartment ancillary to existing guest house located adjacent to existing agricultural shed (d) the construction of a new aluminium framed glasshouse. (e) alterations to existing single storey annex building to facilitate new universally accessible toilet. (f) all associated site works within the curtilage of a protected structure
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23255
30 Aug 2023N/a
(a) the construction of a new single storey infill development within the existing external courtyard of Carrigeen Castle (Protected Structure - TRPS1350) with modern flat roof and clerestory windows to facilitate a new function room ancillary to existing guest house including the demolition of existing modern bathroom extension. (b) minor internal alternations including new universally accessible toilet. (c) the construction of a new single storey caretakers apartment ancillary to the existing guest house located adjacent to existing agricultural shed. (d) the construction of a new aluminium framed glasshouse. (e) alterations to existing single storey annex building to facilitate new universally accessible toilet. (f) all associated site works within the curtilage of a Protected Structure
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23231
21 Jun 2023Conditional
(i) an extension to an existing industrial unit & (ii) a new boundary wall to the rear of the site – and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360438
24 Apr 2023Conditional
(i) to increase the height of the existing roof and install 2 no. dormer roof windows & (ii) to enlarge the existing windows and front door to the existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360267
28 Feb 2023N/a
(i) the increase in height of the existing roof and install 2 no. dormer roof windows & (ii) the enlargement of the existing windows and front door to the existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360133
5 Sept 2022Refused
(i) the demolition of an existing building, (ii) the erection of a single building containing twelve apartments, (iii) enclosed bin storage area and bicycle parking and (iv) connection to existing foul and surface water sewers and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260460
20 Jun 2022Conditional
an agricultural entrance to our lands and all associated site development works including boundary set back and closing an existing field gate
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22418
10 Feb 2022Conditional
(i) change of use of part of existing 2-storey annexe to rear of main 3-storey building from office use to single residential unit with internal refurbishment to include internal plastering in lime plaster, replacing existing timber floor wiring, plumbing, sanitary ware etc and (ii) for single storey extension to existing storage room to accommodate a new comms room at rear ground floor of main 3-storey building together with all necessary internal modifications and external site works to both of the above (Protected Structure S1022)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22108
19 Jan 2022N/a
(i) change of use of part of existing 2-storey annexe to rear of main 3-storey building from office use to single residential unit with internal refurbishment to include internal plastering in lime plaster, replacing existing timber floor wiring, plumbing, sanitary ware etc and (ii) for single storey extension to existing storage room to accommodate a new comms room at rear ground floor of main 3-storey building together with all necessary internal modifications and external site works to both of the above (Protected Structure S1022)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2234
13 Jan 2022Conditional
(i)Demolition of an existing building, (ii) the erection of a single building containing nine apartments, (iii) enclosed bin storage area and bicycle parking and (iv) connection to existing foul and surface water sewers and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2216
23 Dec 2021N/a
(i)Demolition of an existing building, (ii) the erection of a single building containing nine apartments, (iii) enclosed bin storage area and bicycle parking and (iv) connection to existing foul and surface water sewers and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211883
4 Nov 2021Conditional
to retain as constructed front porch and for Permission to construct a single storey extension to the side/rear of existing two storey dwelling with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211612
21 Jul 2021Conditional
45 no. two-storey houses in the following typologies: 5 no. detached houses (1 no. four bedroom and 4 no. three bedrooms), 10 no. semi-detached houses (all three bedroom), and 30 no. terraced town houses (18 no. three bedrooms and 12 no. 2 bedrooms). the proposed development will also consist of provision of a new vehicular entrance off Mitchelstown Road, landscaped private and public open space, ESB sub station, new boundary treatments, 96 parking spaces, scheme lighting, site drainage works and all ancillary site development works above and below ground. The application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission, 45 homes · Tipperary County Council, 211049
29 Mar 2021Conditional
the proposed development will consist of the upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment plant to increase the treatment capacity, comprising of: the construction of 1 no. partially below ground screened storm overflow chamber; the decommissioning of the existing inlet works and the construction of a new above ground inlet screening works area; the construction of 1 no. partially below ground storm overflow weir chamber and 1 no. partially below ground stormwater overflow flume; 1 no. partially below ground splitter chamber and 1 no partially below ground clarifier tank; and ancillary development including associated underground chambers, cabling and piping and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21402
The 25 most recent of 40 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS081-078 Ringfort - rath
Description
On the edge of a natural height overlooking a small river valley, in undulating grassland. The river flows into the River Suir c. 200m to the E. Monument identified on Bing Maps (aerial image). A circular area (diam. 20m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by a much reduced earthen bank (int. H 0.33m; ext. H 0.75m; Wth at crest 3.1m; overall 8m) in the S quadrant and elsewhere by a very gradual but distinctive scarp (int. H 0.12m; ext. H 0.4m; Wth 4.5m), an intervening fosse (Wth 3.5m) visible from SW-NE and an outer bank (int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.3m; Wth at crest 3.5m; overall 8.8m) which is only evident in the NW-N sector. A post and wire fence runs N-S through the W edge of the monument. The outer slope of the inner bank on the S edge of the monument continues to fall externally with the natural fall of the ridge. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 June 2014
Architectural heritage
- Carrigeen Castle, prison/jail, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached irregular-plan former bridewell, built 1812-16 and enlarged 1849-50. Closed 1878 and used as military officers' residence until 1919, private dwelling until 1976 and private dwelling and guest house since. Comprises three-storey south-west block having four-bay ground floor and two-bay ends with four-stage round tower projecting from south corner, two-storey over basement north-east block at right angles to south-east block, projecting by one bay and having two-bay south-east gable and three-bay long sides, and lower north-west block. Curtain walling to north and west forming former bridewell exercise yards, polygonal towers at north and south-west angles and possibly earlier round tower to north-west angle. Two-storey accommodation formed at north-west stretch of north yard, having inserted openings. Pitched slate roof to north-east block, roof of other blocks not visible, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Crenellations to towers, parapets and curtain walls. Cut limestone copings and eaves course to north-east block. South-west block has moulded corbel tabling, and machicolation and roughly dressed chimneystack to south-east elevation. South-west block and its tower have snecked roughly dressed rubble limestone walls with cut-stone string courses and battered rock-faced limestone base. North-east block has rubble limestone walls to north-east elevation and rendered to south-east, with dressed limestone quoins to corners having panel detail to projecting cut limestone tops, and carved limestone plaque with shield to upper south-east gable with label moulding. Curtain walls are rubble limestone. Square-headed window openings to south-east and north-east blocks, with chamfered surrounds except for top floor of south-east block, with label-mouldings, render to latter and cut limestone to first floor. Replacement aluminium and uPVC windows. Round-headed narrow lights to top stage of tower of south-east block, arrow slits and some blind windows with label-mouldings to other towers. Pointed arch main entrance opening to south-east elevation of south-east block, with cut limestone hood-moulding, chamfered surround, replacement aluminium door and stone steps. D-shaped random rubble stone-walled enclosure surrounding complex, having crenellated Tudor-arch gateway at south angle, with dressed limestone voussoirs and recent decorative wrought-iron gates. Set in landscaped surroundings on height overlooking town.
- House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, with gabled bay having canted-bay window to front elevation adjoining neighbouring house, and single-storey extensions to rear. Pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards to gables, cut sandstone chimneystacks to ridge and to rear wall and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked cut sandstone walls, with moulded cornices to bay windows, and plinth course. Camber-headed openings with cut sandstone voussoirs. Timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows with limestone sills and timber panelled door with overlight and having dressed sandstone canopy on moulded brackets, with stone steps. Random rubble stone boundary walls to front garden with cut sandstone piers having gabled caps, and wrought-iron gate.
- House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, with gabled bay having canted-bay window to front elevation adjoining neighbouring house, canted-bay window to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards to gables, cut sandstone chimneystacks to ridge and to rear wall and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked cut sandstone walls, with moulded cornices to bay windows, and plinth course. Camber-headed openings with cut sandstone voussoirs. Timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows with limestone sills and timber panelled door with overlight and having dressed sandstone canopy on moulded brackets, with stone steps. Random rubble stone boundary walls to front garden with cut sandstone piers having gabled caps, and wrought-iron gate.
- House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built, c. 1840, with single-storey outbuilding to rear. Pitched slate roof with rendered and red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, painted smooth rendered to ground floor front. Square-headed window openings with chamfered surrounds and having label mouldings, continuous to ground floor, with stone sills to one ground floor window and all upper windows. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, double windows to second floor. Two over-two pane window to north elevation, replacement timber and aluminium windows to ground floor front and replacement uPVC windows to rear. Replacement aluminium entrance door and sidelight, with glazed timber panelled inner door. Timber battened doors to outbuilding. Enamel plaque to first floor with street name.
- Cahir Park, gate lodge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached irregular-plan single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1861, comprising L-plan block having triangular-plan west end wall, slightly lower porch in second pile to angle and lean-to projection to south. Pitched roofs to north and hipped to east and west, with slate covering having decorative fish-scale upper courses, decorative cresting to ridges with ornate metal finial to west hip, carved stone copings with carved stone finial details over gables and ashlar limestone chimneystack with carved stone string course and coping. Square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods with ornate hopper heads having lozenge detailing and decorative wall brackets, with carved sandstone lion's head spout to north elevation. Coursed cut yellow and grey sandstone walls with snecking stones, cut limestone quoins, plinth and impost course and purple sandstone band at sill level. Corbel course to eaves. Pointed segmental-arched openings with chamfered limestone block-and-start surrounds. Timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows. Square-headed timber panelled entrance door in deeply recessed pointed segmental arched porch with tiled pavement and stone step. Snecked stone boundary wall with cut limestone copings to top and to plinth and cut limestone piers with plinths, carving to caps and decorative wrought-iron gate.
- Cahir Park, gates/railings/walls, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding entrance gates to Cahir Park, erected c.1865. Chamfered coursed sandstone piers with stepped plinths and moulded string courses and caps topped with alabaster urns with figurative details, set into snecked sandstone boundary wall with stepped plinth. Limestone globe finial to similar pier in boundary wall. Ornate wrought-iron double-leaf gates with letters RBC (Richard Butler Charteris), added 1915. Limestone wheel-guards and chains to roadside.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Carrigeen, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrigeen.
- 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 Carrigeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigeen · An Carraigín
- Area
- 689,810 m² (68.98 ha, 170.46 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
- Ballynamona, Caherabbey Upper, Kilcommon More (North), Lissava, Townparks
- Placenames
- Carrigeen 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.