Churchfield
Churchfield is a townland in the civil parish of Donohill, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Páirc an Teampaill.
Parcel 542726
- Area
- 116,379 m² (11.64 ha, 28.76 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 75 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
- Churchfield
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 3 recorded monuments.
- TS059-015 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In undulating pasture, within a fenced off area (dims c. 8m N-S; 7m E-W) of a field, accessed by pathway (Wth 1.2m; L c. 24m) from the road. A semi-circular, sunken area (dims. Wth 0.97m; L 1.28m) defined by a relatively modern, stone-lined retaining wall (total int. H 2.4m) of roughly hewn stone. Wall of finely cut stone has been raised (H 2.03m at front; H 1.55m to rear) above ground level and forms a semi-circular arch above the well. A semi-circular ope in the rear wall allows a view into the well area. All stone appears to be bonded with cement based mortar on both the exterior and interior. There are four steps down into the well. The well water (D 0.45m) appears stagnant with moss on the surface. Stone projecting from the E side of the interior has a chain with a cup attached and a rectangular niche within the W side. There are religious memorabilia and flowers pushed between stones in the back of the well. There are rags on thorn trees immediately NW of the well. There is a low stone bench to the N of the well. According to a plaque at the entrance, 'local tradition claims that this well has curative properties for poor or failing eyesight and is dedicated to St. James'. The annual pattern day is the 25th of July and pilgrimages have also previously been undertaken on Saturdays (Seymour 1916, 154 and O' Flanagan 1930, 96). According to local folklore, O'Sullivan Beare and his henchmen quenched their thirst here before retiring to Rathvira fort. The well and pattern were restored in 1991 and the entrance erected in 1998 (Multeen Tourism and FÁS). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS059-016 Church
Description
At the W end of the summit of a hill which curves around to the S, in gently undulating pastureland. Another hill, c. 120m across the road to the W, is surmounted by a motte and bailey (TS059-014001-). The church is roughly centrally placed within a graveyard (TS059-016001-). The church (int. dims. 9.6m E-W; 7.6m N-S), orientated E-W, is composed of sandstone rubble, roughly coursed, the majority being quite thin slabs of stone. The northernmost end of the E gable (L 3m; T 1.1m) survives, as does the W gable (T 1.08m) and the W end of the N (L 6.2m; T 0.87m) and S (L 5.5m; T 0.8m) walls, though the NW angle is missing. There is a large breach (Wth 1.65m) in the surviving N wall. The base of the wall of the SE angle is visible, and the line of the external face of the N wall is discerned by a drop in ground level. The church may have had a slightly narrower chancel, as the external width of the E end appears to be 8.7m while that of the W end is 9.27m. The W gable is heavily ivy-covered and no features are visible. The E gable has a window splay (inner embrasure 0.6m above the int. ground level; outer embrasure 1.7m above the int. ground level) which starts splaying c. 1.4m from the NE angle, though the angle itself is missing. There are two architectural fragments in the graveyard re-used as grave-markers, a sandstone corbel (H above ground 0.4m; Wth 0.17m; D 0.14m) 3.7m E of the S end of the E gable, and another corbel (H above ground 0.45m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.21m), lichen covered, 2m E of the N end of the E gable. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS059-016001 Graveyard
Description
At the W end of the summit of a hill which curves around to the S, in gently undulating pastureland. Another hill, c. 120m across the road to the W, is surmounted by a motte and bailey (TS059-014001-). According to Seymour (1916, 154) the church of 'Donhekly or Dunhogyl' is mentioned in the Papal Taxations of 1291 and 1302 and in 1615 the church and chancel are described as being in repair, and thatched with straw. The church (TS059-016---) is roughly centrally placed within a sub-rectangular graveyard (dims. 40m E-W; 32m N-S at the W side and 54m N-S at the E side) enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall (T 0.52m) capped with concrete. The graveyard appears to have been originally defined by a scarp (H 1m) which was subsequently enclosed by a graveyard wall, the scarp is clearly defined along the S and W side where the wall is 1.5m and 1.7m to the S and W respectively. The scarp is not so clear on the N and E side but on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the complete circuit of scarp appears to be indicated within the enclosing graveyard wall. The entrance is in the W wall of the graveyard with steps built into the scarp. There are two architectural fragments in the graveyard re-used as grave-markers, a sandstone corbel (H above ground 0.4m; Wth 0.17m; D 0.14m) 3.7m E of the S end of the E gable and another corbel (H above ground 0.45m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.21m), lichen covered, 2m E of the N end of the E gable. The earliest noted headstones date to 1763 and 1764 and are located S of ther former S wall of the church. The graveyard appears to be still in use, the most recent noted headstone dates to 2009 and is situated in the NE corner of the graveyard. Daniel Breen (1894-1969), celebrated for his role in the War of Independence, who subsequently fought on the Anti-Treaty side of the Civil War, is buried in the NW sector of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 41.9 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 17,437 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchfield, from 1,488 m² to 116,379 m² (11.64 ha, 28.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Churchfield 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
No planning application touches the townland of Churchfield 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.
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 Churchfield.
Recorded monuments
- TS059-015 Ritual site - holy well
Description
In undulating pasture, within a fenced off area (dims c. 8m N-S; 7m E-W) of a field, accessed by pathway (Wth 1.2m; L c. 24m) from the road. A semi-circular, sunken area (dims. Wth 0.97m; L 1.28m) defined by a relatively modern, stone-lined retaining wall (total int. H 2.4m) of roughly hewn stone. Wall of finely cut stone has been raised (H 2.03m at front; H 1.55m to rear) above ground level and forms a semi-circular arch above the well. A semi-circular ope in the rear wall allows a view into the well area. All stone appears to be bonded with cement based mortar on both the exterior and interior. There are four steps down into the well. The well water (D 0.45m) appears stagnant with moss on the surface. Stone projecting from the E side of the interior has a chain with a cup attached and a rectangular niche within the W side. There are religious memorabilia and flowers pushed between stones in the back of the well. There are rags on thorn trees immediately NW of the well. There is a low stone bench to the N of the well. According to a plaque at the entrance, 'local tradition claims that this well has curative properties for poor or failing eyesight and is dedicated to St. James'. The annual pattern day is the 25th of July and pilgrimages have also previously been undertaken on Saturdays (Seymour 1916, 154 and O' Flanagan 1930, 96). According to local folklore, O'Sullivan Beare and his henchmen quenched their thirst here before retiring to Rathvira fort. The well and pattern were restored in 1991 and the entrance erected in 1998 (Multeen Tourism and FÁS). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS059-016 Church
Description
At the W end of the summit of a hill which curves around to the S, in gently undulating pastureland. Another hill, c. 120m across the road to the W, is surmounted by a motte and bailey (TS059-014001-). The church is roughly centrally placed within a graveyard (TS059-016001-). The church (int. dims. 9.6m E-W; 7.6m N-S), orientated E-W, is composed of sandstone rubble, roughly coursed, the majority being quite thin slabs of stone. The northernmost end of the E gable (L 3m; T 1.1m) survives, as does the W gable (T 1.08m) and the W end of the N (L 6.2m; T 0.87m) and S (L 5.5m; T 0.8m) walls, though the NW angle is missing. There is a large breach (Wth 1.65m) in the surviving N wall. The base of the wall of the SE angle is visible, and the line of the external face of the N wall is discerned by a drop in ground level. The church may have had a slightly narrower chancel, as the external width of the E end appears to be 8.7m while that of the W end is 9.27m. The W gable is heavily ivy-covered and no features are visible. The E gable has a window splay (inner embrasure 0.6m above the int. ground level; outer embrasure 1.7m above the int. ground level) which starts splaying c. 1.4m from the NE angle, though the angle itself is missing. There are two architectural fragments in the graveyard re-used as grave-markers, a sandstone corbel (H above ground 0.4m; Wth 0.17m; D 0.14m) 3.7m E of the S end of the E gable, and another corbel (H above ground 0.45m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.21m), lichen covered, 2m E of the N end of the E gable. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS059-016001 Graveyard
Description
At the W end of the summit of a hill which curves around to the S, in gently undulating pastureland. Another hill, c. 120m across the road to the W, is surmounted by a motte and bailey (TS059-014001-). According to Seymour (1916, 154) the church of 'Donhekly or Dunhogyl' is mentioned in the Papal Taxations of 1291 and 1302 and in 1615 the church and chancel are described as being in repair, and thatched with straw. The church (TS059-016---) is roughly centrally placed within a sub-rectangular graveyard (dims. 40m E-W; 32m N-S at the W side and 54m N-S at the E side) enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall (T 0.52m) capped with concrete. The graveyard appears to have been originally defined by a scarp (H 1m) which was subsequently enclosed by a graveyard wall, the scarp is clearly defined along the S and W side where the wall is 1.5m and 1.7m to the S and W respectively. The scarp is not so clear on the N and E side but on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the complete circuit of scarp appears to be indicated within the enclosing graveyard wall. The entrance is in the W wall of the graveyard with steps built into the scarp. There are two architectural fragments in the graveyard re-used as grave-markers, a sandstone corbel (H above ground 0.4m; Wth 0.17m; D 0.14m) 3.7m E of the S end of the E gable and another corbel (H above ground 0.45m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.21m), lichen covered, 2m E of the N end of the E gable. The earliest noted headstones date to 1763 and 1764 and are located S of ther former S wall of the church. The graveyard appears to be still in use, the most recent noted headstone dates to 2009 and is situated in the NE corner of the graveyard. Daniel Breen (1894-1969), celebrated for his role in the War of Independence, who subsequently fought on the Anti-Treaty side of the Civil War, is buried in the NW sector of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Churchfield.
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 Churchfield, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Churchfield.
- 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 Churchfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Churchfield · Páirc an Teampaill
- Area
- 418,891 m² (41.89 ha, 103.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donohill, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Kilmucklin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 576 people lived in 195 households in the Kilmucklin electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvasa, Garryshane, Grange, Knockgorman, Moatquarter, Pallas
- Placenames
- Churchfield 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.