Clonakenny

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonakenny, from 11 m² to 288,952 m² (28.9 ha, 71.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Feb 2026N/a

  1. the removal of an existing two bay lean to straw storage shed, 2. the construction of a new four bay slatted shed for cattle with underground concrete slurry storage tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660155

• 13 May 2025Conditional

  alterations and extension to existing dwelling, relocation of existing entrance, construction of boundary walls and associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560408

• 10 Aug 2023Conditional

  a detached domestic outbuilding together with all associated works on an increased site area

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360613

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  demolition of existing 200sqm agricultural shed and construction of a new 132sqm shed together with alterations to the rear (west) and side (south) elevations of the existing dwelling as well as alterations to the existing site entrance, all with associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211328

• 17 Sept 2020Conditional

  existing shed

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 201052

• 7 May 2020Conditional

  (1) retention of hay storage shed and permission to construct (2) slatted shed and feed area with underground slurry store. (3) silage slab and all associated site works. (4) extension to collecting yard. (5) extension to Hay storage shed

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20446

• 8 Apr 2020N/a

  (1) Retention of Hay storage shed and also permission to construct (2) Slatted shed and feed area with underground slurry store. (3) Silage slab and all associated site works. (4) Extension to collecting yard. (5) Extension to Hay shed

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20360

• 9 May 2017Conditional

  two storey house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600490

• 19 Apr 2017N/a

  two storey house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and entrance

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600394

• 24 Mar 2017Conditional

  construction of two storey extension to north-east end of dwelling, construction of entrance porch to south-eastern elevation. Upgrade roof to original dwelling incorporating dormer windows with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600300

• 16 Mar 2017N/a

  construction of two storey extension to north-east end of dwelling, construction of entrance porch to south-east elevation, upgrade roof to original dwelling incorporating dormer windows with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600259

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 Clonakenny.

Recorded monuments

• TN023-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated partially on the summit and partially on the SW slope of a N-S ridge in rolling pastureland. A roughly oval enclosure (diam. 35m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) defined by scarp at W (2.05m H) and an earthen bank at E (Wth 1.6m; 0.3m int. H; 1.45m ext. H) with evidence of stone facing. There is no very wide, obvious entrance like that depicted on Stout's plan (1984, 47). The outer bank depicted on this plan appears to be a concentric earthen and stone field boundary and is separated by a 4m wide flat area from the edge of the ringfort. No visible evidence of an outer fosse. A field wall abuts the site at SSW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying flat valley between ridges, on a small hillock which slopes to the NE. A circular enclosure (diam. 26m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by two stony earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (Wth 1.2m; 0.62m int. H; 1.84m ext. H); U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.57m); outer bank (Wth 3.7m; ext. H 0.36). In the SE sector the outer bank is very denuded revealing a stone foundation course. There is an entrance (Wth 2.75m) with stone-lined causeway in the NE quadrant with a long flat horizontal stone delimiting the edge of the causeway on the N side. Material has been dumped in the fosse, particularly in the NE quadrant. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-030001 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in undulating pastureland, however, the land rises immediately W of the site to form a low ridge which is surmounted by a rectangular enclosure (TN023-030004-) and medieval church (TN023-030003-). The fortified house is in a very poor state of repair as is the enclosing bawn (TN023-030002-). It appears to be an L-plan house, four storeys high, built of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with well-cut horizontal quoins and a slight base-batter, the S and W walls are completely gone. The building is aligned N-S (ext. Wth 9.35m), with an E projection (ext. dims. c. 6m x 4.25m) from the S end of the N wall. The S wall of this projection has a basal plinth (H 0.67m). At parapet level there were battlements carried on double and triple corbels, some of which survive. Many of the window openings have collapsed, however, in the N wall there is a splayed embrasure at ground-floor level, centrally placed, with a wall cupboard in the W splay and a blocked-up, round-headed, single-light window at third-floor level, also centrally positioned. There is a blocked entrance in the N face of the E projection, the jambs are punch-dressed with horizontal line tooling in the margins. A gun loop immediately E of the doorway provided covering fire. In the E wall there is a large blocked-up recess with a narrow, blocked ope above this at first-floor level. According to the OS Letters this tower was lit by three small flat-headed windows (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 81). The house was surrounded by a large bawn wall, surviving only at S (L 55m; T 1m), W (L 22.5m) and partly at N. The W end of the latter runs up to the N end of the W wall of the house. The NW angle is protected by four gun loops. The original bawn (Wth 1.3m; H 1.3m) however, appears to have extended NW-SE from the N face of the NW corner of the upstanding bawn. It runs for a length of 14.5m and then turns slightly to run N-S. This wall follows the edge of the rise (H 0.6m) on which the house is located. There is a lot of rubble up against the interior of the bawn wall. A disused farmhouse and outbuilding built up against the fortified house and bawn are in a state of collapse. The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'a castle out of repayre' in 'Clonenakeany' but surprisingly makes no mention of the bawn (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 7). John O'Magher is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-030002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in undulating pastureland, however, the land rises immediately W of the site to form a low ridge which is surmounted by a rectangular enclosure (TN023-030004) and medieval church (TN023-030003). The fortified house (TN023-030001) is in a very poor state of repair as is the enclosing bawn. It appears to be an L-plan house, four storeys high, built of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with well-cut horizontal quoins and a slight base-batter, the S and W walls are completely gone. The building is aligned N-S , with an E projection from the S end of the N wall. The S wall of this projection has a basal plinth. At parapet level there were battlements carried on double and triple corbels, some of which survive. Many of the window openings have collapsed, however, in the N wall there is a splayed embrasure at ground-floor level, centrally placed, with a wall cupboard in the W splay and a blocked-up, round-headed, single-light window at third-floor level, also centrally positioned. There is a blocked entrance in the N face of the E projection, the jambs are punch-dressed with horizontal line tooling in the margins. A gun loop immediately E of the doorway provided covering fire. In the E wall there is a large blocked-up recess with a narrow, blocked ope above this at first-floor level. According to the OS Letters this tower was lit by three small flat-headed windows (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 81). The house was surrounded by a large bawn wall, surviving only at S (L 55m; T 1m), W (L 22.5m) and partly at N. The W end of the latter runs up to the N end of the W wall of the house. The NW angle is protected by four gun loops. The original bawn (Wth 1.3m; H 1.3m) however, appears to have extended NW-SE from the N face of the NW corner of the upstanding bawn. It runs for a length of 14.5m and then turns slightly to run N-S. This wall follows the edge of the rise (H 0.6m) on which the house is located. There is a lot of rubble up against the interior of the bawn wall. A disused farmhouse and outbuilding built up against the fortified house and bawn are in a state of collapse. The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'a castle out of repayre' in 'Clonenakeany' but surprisingly makes no mention of the bawn (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 7). John O'Magher is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN023-030003 Church
  Description

  Located on a low, flat-topped ridge, on the lower W side, in pasture. A rectangular enclosure (TN023-030003) is located 8.2m to the E of the E gable of the church and runs at right angles to the building. A fortified house and bawn (TN023-030001) are visible beyond this enclosure to the E. The church (dims. c. 9.1m N-S; 14.65m E-W; wall T 0.95m) is aligned E-W and is built of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with base-batter (H 1.15m; Wth 0.16m) visible. Only the E gable survives to any degree (H 3.8m) - the remaining walls are visible as foundations or low walls. A window, centrally placed in the E gable and splayed internally, has two narrow lights with the central mullion missing. The sillstone is still intact and has two nicely carved spud sockets. There are three bar-holes in the jambs. A lot of loose rubble is strewn about the site and a heap of boulders have been dumped in the SW corner, possibly obscuring the entrance. However, the W end of N wall is also badly denuded and it is possible that the doorway could have been in this position. Gleeson (1915, vol. 2, 407-8) describes the church (dims. 41ft 3in (12.6m); 23ft 8in (7.3m); wall T 3ft (0.91m)) as consisting of two gables with a portion of the W end of the S wall standing 11 ft (3.35m) high. This is the only surviving side-wall. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-030004 Moated site
  Description

  Situated in pasture on the S end of the summit of a natural, flat-topped N-S ridge. A medieval church (TN023-030002) is located 8.2m W of the site with a fortified house and bawn (TN023-030001) c. 50m to the E. A ringfort (TN023-031), levelled some years ago, would have been visible to the SSE. Present remains consist of a large rectangular enclosure (dims. 71.3m NW-SE; 24.3m NE-SW) defined by a wide, broad, round-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.77-1.1m; ext. H 0.33-1m) with no evidence of an enclosing fosse. The E side of the site utilises the natural slope of the ridge which falls away to E. The bank on the N side is most prominent as are the NE and NW angles and the interior is very flat. At the NE angle a bank runs up to the corner or this could be slippage from the bank. No entrance feature visible. This enclosure seems to be part of the settlement associated with the nearby church and fortified house. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-030005 Field system
  Description

  A possible circular or D-shaped enclosure was identified on aerial photograph (GSI June 1973 S.84/3/2) immediately SW of the church (TN023-030002-) which may have been part of a field system associated with the medieval church and castle (TN023-030001-) at Clonakenny. There are a number of old field banks immediately SW of the church but these do not form any particular pattern. Likely that a field lying so close to a medieval church, rectangular enclosure (TN023-030003-) and tower house and bawn (TN023-030001-) would have remnants of medieval settlement. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 27 January 2012

• TN023-030006 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  See TN023-030004 and all other sub-elements in this complex (TN023-030) which relate to a settlement. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating, relatively flat terrain with occasional low ridges and hillocks. A fortified house and bawn (TN023-030001), a church (TN023-030002) and rectangular enclosure (TN023-030003) are visible to the NW. Not indicated on either the 1st (1840) or the 1904 ed. OS 6-inch map but appears as a circular enclosure on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 84/3). According to the landowner the site consisted of a circular bank with no scrub or trees on it. It was levelled some years ago. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-032 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in reclaimed pasture on the W-facing slope of a low hillock in an area of fairly level terrain. A possible standing stone (TN023-066) is visible on a hillock to the SSE. According to Stout (1984, 46) the site was levelled in the 1960s or 1970s. The outline of the site cannot be clearly discerned - a gentle semicircular rise on the S side is all that remains visible. The site appears to have been c. 30m in diameter. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in relatively flat terrain with occasional hillocks, site is located at the base of one such hillock which lies immediately W of the site. In reclaimed pasture. No visible trace of this site above ground. Site was identified on an aerial photograph (GSI June 1973 S. 84/3) as a circular enclosure but is not indicated on 1st (1840) or 2nd (1904) ed. 6" OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN023-066 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in reclaimed pasture , on the gentle S slope of a hillock (just below the summit), in flat terrian punctuated by low hills. The standing stone is not marked on the 1st (1840) or 2nd (1904) ed. OS 6-inch maps but is mentioned by Stout (1984, 46). Situated in a roughly circular hollow (diam. 3.7-4m; D 0.26m) which has been created by cattle erosion. The stone is aligned N-S and is composed of sandstone with some quartz visible. The W face is split though not completely level while the E face is fairly flat with much natural scoring on its surface. The stone is splitting down the middle from the top. It is rectangular in plan (H 1.2m; 0.24 x 0.88m) with a round head and straight sides giving a 'headstone' profile. No packing-stones evident. The Schools Manuscripts record 'a great warrior was buried under this stone' (Stout 1984, 46), however, according to the landowner the stone was erected some generations ago as a scratching post for cattle. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1899, having six-bay nave with side porch to south, single-bay chancel, sacristy to northwest, extended c.1981 and belfry to east gable. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with carved stone crosses and cut-stone copings. Pebble-dashed walls to nave and smooth rendered to chancel, having brick quoins and surrounds to round-headed openings. Limestone plaque at side porch. Rock-faced limestone bellcote with round-arch bell opening and carved cross finial. Stained and coloured glass windows and timber battened doors. Open timber collared arch-brace roof. Sandstone rubble boundary walls with rock-faced limestone piers and decorative cast-iron gates.

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 Clonakenny, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Clonakenny · Cluain Uí Chionaoith

Area

3,294,797 m² (329.48 ha, 814.16 acres)

Civil parish

Bourney, and its townlands

Barony

Ikerrin

Electoral division

Bourney West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

411 people lived in 146 households in the Bourney West electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corriga, Derrylahan, Gorteen, Gortnagowna, Killough, Knockaunavogga, Kyleannagh, Longford, Longfordwood, Orkneys, Shanacloon, Shanakill

Placenames

Clonakenny 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.