Lickfinn

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lickfinn, from 259 m² to 601,720 m² (60.17 ha, 148.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Lickfinn 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  proposed part storey and a half and part single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2561331

• 1 Aug 2025Refused

  1) the change of use of outbuilding to residential use and refurbishment and extension of same, 2) the site entrance, driveway, parking, hard landscaping, garden areas and all ancillary site works. PLANNING PERMISSION is sought for the installation of a certified wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to all appropriate standards. The existing septic tank and percolation area will be appropriately removed from the site

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560757

• 26 Apr 2017N/a

  (A) (1) existing farm roadways (2) existing private well (3) extension to existing cattle shed which includes associated slatted effluent storage tank and (4) existing loose calving pen, (B) Planning Permission for (1) milking parlour and dairy (2) collecting yard with associated slatted effluent storage tank and (3) loose calving pen area

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600438

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 Lickfinn.

Recorded monuments

• TS054-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet poorly drained grassland, situated on SW facing slope of low rise of ground in upland area with good views in all directions. Ringfort consists of a slightly raised irregular-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (top Wth 2.4m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; 1-1.5m ext. H) and waterlogged outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4-6m; ext. D 0.6m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at E. Bank is well preserved from N through E to S elsewhere it has been reduced to a scarp. A stream runs into the fosse at N and runs around W side of ringfort and exits fosse at S. Three cattle gaps in bank visible at N, NE and SE. Evidence of cattle poaching to external; face of bank at NE and E. Otherwise the ringfort is well preserved. Depicted as a circular enclosure on first ed. OS 6-inch map with stream enclosing W side of monument. At some later stage the W side of the monument was recut and part of the W quadrant of the monument was re-shaped to give it the irregular shape it has today. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed reseeded grassland, on a N-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Nearby stream 20m to N. Ringfort consists of a raised circular area (diam. 27m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (base Wth 3m; top Wth 2m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-2m) and outer fosse (base Wth 4m; top Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m) only visible from W to N elsewhere it has been filled in. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE although this may be a later cattle gap, two other cattle gaps at S and W. On the latest ed. OS 6-inch map the ringfort is shown as being located within a small, field defined by three field boundaries. These have all been removed during reclamation work in the larger field and during this work the fosse on the upslope was probably filled in and the external face of the bank was partially cut into during this work. Interior slopes from S to N following the slope, high ground at S and lower ground at N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-021 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  In woodland on W side of steep river valley in upland region with nearby Lickfinn House (TS054-103----) 120m to N. Indicated as Mill in Ruins on first edition OS 6-inch map. Large impressive rectangular building (L 6m; H 4m; wall T 1.2m) constructed with roughly coursed limestone rubble covered in moss and vegetation located on edge of river valley and may be the remains of a mill mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6). The remains consists of the S and partial remains of the W wall and recently collapsed E wall of this building. Evidence of base-batter visible on surviving S wall which has large hole (Wth 3m; H 1m) at the base of the S face and recent collapse of the E wall face which faced onto river. Possible window ope in SW angle of building some evidence of brick in this ope possibly evidence of re-use in a later period. Building is in a dangerous condition with recent wall collapse into adjoining stream, impossible to get access into structure and to take any internal measurements due to cover of vegetation and dangerous condition of structure. Possible silted up mill pond area to the NE of mill building which now consists of wet waterlogged area which has been filled in by land reclamation in the early 1900s. In the Civil Survey the lands of Lickfinn were owned by James Earle of Ormond upon which stood the seat of a mill (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 134). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-022 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland, situated on low rise of ground on a S-facing slope in upland area with good views in all directions. Modern bungalow and boundary hedge immediately to NE of outer fosse. Barely visible outline of levelled enclosure (approx. diam. 57m N-S; 65m NE-SW) defined by a low rise of ground and remains of outer fosse (base Wth 2-6m; top Wth 4-10m; ext. D 1.3m; int. D 1.4m) at NE quadrant only, this feature appears to have been widened or interfered with probably when the enclosure was levelled. At NE the well preserved section of the fosse was wet at time of visit and is all that survive of the enclosing fosse. Depicted as a large irregular shaped enclosure with farm buildings adjoining SW perimeter of enclosure on first ed. OS 6-inch map. No traces of farm buildings, enclosure was probably levelled between 1840 and 1903. This feature may have had some relationship with the buildings which adjoined the SW angle of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-103 House - 17th century
  Description

  In upland region. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) the lands of Lickfinn were owned by James Earle of Ormond (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 134) though there is no mention of Lickfinn House. The house may have been constructed between the late 17th and early 18th century and consist of a two-storey gable-ended T-plan house of which only the S half of the house survives. Evidence of large chimney stack on surviving gable of late 17th century appearance, stairs contained within projecting T at rear of house. House survives one room wide and was probably two storeys with an attic, all fireplaces on gables and chimney stack protrudes into rooms. 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 Lickfinn.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Lickfinn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Lickfinn · Leic Fhinn

Area

3,697,776 m² (369.78 ha, 913.74 acres)

Civil parish

Lickfinn, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

New Birmingham, the unit of the census

Census 2022

New Birmingham electoral division: 452 people in 172 households; 72% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballincurry, Ballinunty, Earlshill, Glengoole South, Gortanassy West, Killeheen, Knockabritta, Knockilterra, Knocknagapple, Mardyke, Springfield, Tullequane

Placenames

Lickfinn 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.