Graigaheesha

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graigaheesha, from 234 m² to 292,030 m² (29.2 ha, 72.16 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 Graigaheesha 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.

• 11 Dec 2025Conditional

  change of house type to that previously granted under PA211388 together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561281

• 24 Nov 2025N/a

  change of house type to that previously granted under planning application no. 211388, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2561209

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560806

• 9 Jun 2023Conditional

  the existing stable building. Planning Permission is also being sought for a horse walker with canopy over and a horse lunging ring and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23161

• 15 Nov 2021Conditional

  bungalow style dwelling, detached garage, on site effluent treatment system, new entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211650

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  proposed two-storey dwelling, packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic garage, bored well, site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211388

• 13 Sept 2019Conditional

  1. Demolition of a detached single storey dwelling (a dilapidated cottage) on the site 2. Construction of a detached single storey dwelling and construction of a detached single storey domestic garage 3. Installation of an approved wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to appropriate standards 4. Removal and replacement of the site entrance with new walls, piers and entrance gates in a similar location to the current site entrance 5. Construction of a driveway, parking areas, footpaths, patio and hard landscaping areas 6. Landscaping of the site consisting of new grass areas, planting beds, trees, hedging and shrubbery and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601013

• 2 Aug 2018Conditional

  to build a dwelling, domestic garage, up-grade existing entrance, install septic tank including associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18514

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 Graigaheesha.

Recorded monuments

• TS043-030001 Church
  Description

  On flat pasture with good views in all directions, a nearby ringfort (TS043-031----) is located 430m to the SE. At the W end of a slightly raised circular graveyard (TS43-030002-) there are possible low wall-footings (H 0.3m; wall T 0.46m) of the SW gable of a church (ext. dims. E-W 6.2m; N-S 1.3m) aligned SW-NE, which appears to have been rebuilt by a community or local scheme. There are no other wall-footings visible. It is not clear whether the moated enclosure (TS43-030002-) around the graveyard is contemporary or pre-dates the church and graveyard. Kilcooly Abbey demesne wall is located to the W and NW of the graveyard. Healy (1874-9, vol. 1, 49-50) describes Shan Aglish church as being built on a moat forty yards (c. 36.6m) in diameter, with the foundations of the church, 51 feet long (14.7m) and 21 feet wide (6.8m), being barely visible. The church, aligned NW-SE, was entered on the S side, facing Kilcooly Abbey (Healy 1874-9, vol.1, 49-50). According to Healy (ibdi.) there is no holy well associated with this church, but McCormack (1989, 13) mentions a well beside the graveyard, now dry, which is known locally as Simon's Well. Beside the well there are two slabs, one of which bears a late 18th century inscription (McCormack 1989, 13). This church may be the rectory of Grange of Heishe which, during the reign of Henry VIII, was appropriated to the Abbot of Kilcooly, as mentioned in Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum, taken from an Inquisition at Kilcooly in 1530 (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 158). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-030002 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat pasture with good views in all directions, nearby ringfort (TS043-031----) located 430m to the SE. Circular platform (diam. 33m) with church (TS043-030001-) enclosed by a graveyard wall (TS043-030002-) and outer berm, water-logged fosse (Wth 3m-5.8m; ext. D 0.8m) and well-preserved, wide, flat-topped outer bank (top Wth 5m; base Wth 5m; ext. H 0.6m) not visible at W. Causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) into graveyard at E. Outer bank and fosse are destroyed at W where there is a large pond like feature. The demesne wall of nearby Kilcooly Abbey is located to the W and NW of the graveyard. The close proximity of Kilcooly demesne may suggest that the graveyard was landscaped by the occupants of Kilcooly Abbey House. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-030003 Graveyard
  Description

  On flat pasture with good views in all directions, nearby ringfort (TS043-031----) located 430m to the SE. A slightly raised circular graveyard (diam. NE-SW 33m; NW-SE 32.9m) enclosed by a rubble built limestone wall (wall T 0.56m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2m), flat berm (Wth 0.8m), water-logged fosse (Wth 3m - 5.8m; ext. D 0.8m) and well-preserved wide, flat-topped outer bank (top Wth 5m; base Wth 5m; ext. H 0.6m) which is not visible at W sector. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) into the graveyard at E. At the W end of the graveyard there are the possible wall-footings of the SW gable of a church (TS043-030001-). The headstones within the graveyard are of 18th and 19th century date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On slightly elevated flat pasture with good views in all directions. A slight hollow depression and low surface undulations may indicate the location of this levelled ringfort which otherwise is not visible at ground level. It was described as a ringfort in 1958 by the OPW (OPW Correspondence file), then as a circular enclosure in 1975, enclosed by a single bank and ditch and situated on a sloping ridge (Cahill 1975). In 1989 it is described as an enclosure measuring 100m in diameter inside which there is a small heap of stones possibly a cairn (diam. 7m) and a bullaun stone (TS43-031002-) with 3 hollow depressions (McCormack 1989, 13). The ringfort appears to have been levelled between 1989 and 2003, possibly when the landowner constructed sheds and a farmyard to the rear of a farmhouse, which are not marked on the 1973 aerial photograph. 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 Graigaheesha.

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 Graigaheesha, 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 Graigaheesha.

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 Graigaheesha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Graigaheesha · Gráig an Hísigh

Area

1,970,626 m² (197.06 ha, 486.95 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcooly, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Kilcooly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

314 people lived in 105 households in the Kilcooly electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garnagale (Co. Kilkenny), Grangecastle, Grangecrag, Kilcoolyabbey, Lisduff, Newtown (Co. Kilkenny)

Placenames

Graigaheesha 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.