Barnora
Barnora is a townland in the civil parish of Caher, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Bearna Uartha.
Parcel 556002
- Area
- 108,216 m² (10.82 ha, 26.74 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 4,722 m².
- Zoning
- P5 Agricultural (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
G5 Open Space (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective
R1 Residential Existing (Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027) The objective - Townland
- Barnora
Planning applications on this parcel
12 Dec 2025Conditional
the construction of an acoustic wall 5m high x 38m long and associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561288
13 Feb 2024Conditional
development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) for the treatment and management of wash waters arising from the Mart's facility. The existing Balancing tank will be retained. Flows from the existing tank will be routed via new pipework to the ICW for treatment. The proposed ICW will consist of a screen, settlement tank, 3 ICW treatment cells, discharge tank, pipework and associated works. Discharge flows, following treatment will be to the River Suir within the ownership boundary of the site
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460096
31 Mar 2020Conditional
six parking spaces to the west facing side and relocation of the existing gas tank to the east and Permission for internal modification to existing offices, waiting area, toilets and canteen and the construction of new waiting/reception area, toilets, store at ground floor level and new first floor extension mezzanine extension consisting of staff canteen, store and open plan area (103.25 sqm) together with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20321
23 Mar 2020N/a
six parking spaces to the west facing side and relocation of the existing gas tank to the east and Permission for internal modification to existing offices, waiting area, toilets and canteen and the construction of new waiting/reception area, toilets, store at ground floor level and new first floor extension mezzanine extension consisting of staff canteen, store and open plan area (103.25 sqm) together with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20290
2 Mar 2020N/a
internal modification to existing offices, waiting area, toilets and canteen and the construction of new waiting/reception area, toilets, store at ground floor level and new first floor extension mezzanine extension consisting of staff canteen, store and open plan area (103.25 sqm) together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20192
18 Apr 2018Conditional
(i) Planning Permission to demolish an existing outbuilding (ii) Planning Permission to construct an extension to an existing dwelling (iii) Retention Planning Permission for an existing porch extension to the front of the existing dwelling and (iv) Retention Planning Permission for an existing garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600475
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. 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
- 120.9 ha
- 299 acres
- Land parcels
- 354
- registered freehold, median 298 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- Residential Existing
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
354 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnora, from 1 m² to 282,135 m² (28.21 ha, 69.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 65 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 · 309 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Social and Public (Community facilities)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Agricultural (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Cahir Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Tipperary · 8 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
1 Sept 2026N/a
a car port structure to the side of an existing dwelling and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660852
6 Aug 2026Conditional
the construction of an extension to the side of dwelling
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660767
2 Apr 2026Conditional
A Sunroom extension to existing dwelling house
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660292
31 Mar 2026N/a
a sunroom extension to existing dwelling house
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660280
20 Feb 2026N/a
the development which will consist of the partial removal of Bakery Weir and the non-functional fish pass to restore the natural river conditions and ecological connectivity of the River Suir, and all associated works, including: I. The partial removal of approximately two-thirds (70m) of Bakery Weir from the northern riverbank and protection of the remaining weir beside the mill wheel and tailrace for heritage purposes, II. The reprofiling and restoration of approximately 250m of the river channel to replicate natural stream conditions, enable fish migration, and create a low-flow channel. The construction of a new fill structure downstream to channel water flow into the proposed low-flow channels in the northern and southern branches of the river. Works to secure the banks of the river and to improve habitats, including placement of groynes from set stones, root trunks, rows of takes and living fascines, III. Construction access to the weir is proposed on the R670 Cashel Road via the temporary upgrade of an existing informal pathway. Creation of a temporary access ramp from the southern bank of the river and the creation of a temporary driving platform to Bakery Weir. The removal of individual trees to enable construction activities. The creation of temporary construction lay down areas/site compounds adjacent to the R670 Cashel Road, IV. Reinstatement of the disturbed lands following partial weir removal including landscaping consisting of seeding and planting with appropriate native vegetation. The removal of temporary construction facilities, V. All associated and ancillary site development works, VI. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. The project site lies approximately 1.3km northeast of Cahir and is located adjacent to the R670 (Cashel Road). This application relates to a Registered Protected Structure (RPS No. TRPS1365)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660147
29 Jan 2026Conditional
a) the construction of four new extensions with a total combined floor area of 2,522.50m², comprising - (i) extension 1 (2,367m²), a part single storey and part two storey extension to the west of the existing school building. Extension 1 comprises a 4 no. classroom SEN base, 6 no. general classrooms, 4 no. specialist classrooms, 3 no. SET rooms, as well as storage, toilets, locker/social spaces, and other ancillary accommodation. Extension 1 is connected to the existing school by two short link corridors. Extension 1 includes solar PV panels on the roof; (ii) extension 2 (58.5m²) and extension 3 (58.5m²), both single storey extensions located within a service yard to the east of the existing school building. Extensions 2 and 3 are both technology preparation rooms and are attached directly to existing technology classrooms, and; (iii) extension 4 (38.5m²), a single storey external store extension; b) demolition of part of the existing service yard, including four small stores (total area 67.4m²); c) construction of a new 2.1m high rendered wall and vehicular gates to the modified service yard, and construction of a new covered storage area; d) modifications and extension to the existing car park to provide additional car parking spaces and an SEN set down area; e) two new covered bicycle shelters and relocation of the two existing covered bicycle shelters; f) provision of a new heat pump compound enclosed in 2.1m high palisade fencing; g) construction of an SEN enclosed play area and a sensory garden; h) all ancillary site development works, including new hard and soft landscaping, an underground firefighting static storage tank, a swale and a soakaway, and i) all associated site services, including external lighting and EV charging
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660071
19 Jan 2026Unconditional
the construction of 21 no. 3 bedroom dwelling units in three terraced blocks, to include roads, paths, paving, parking, drainage, landscaped public open space, streetlighting, boundary treatments and all associated site development works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 263
15 Jan 2026N/a
development which will consist of: a) Construction of three new extensions with a total combined floor area of 2,484m², comprising - (i) Extension 1 (2,367m²), a part single storey and part two storey extension to the west of the existing school building. Extension 1 comprises a 4no. classroom SEN base, 6 no. general classrooms, 4 no. specialist classrooms, 3no. SET rooms, as well as storage, toilets, locker/social spaces, and other ancillary accommodation. Extension 1 is connected to the existing school by two short link corridors. Extension 1 includes solar PV panels on the roof, and (ii) Extension 2 (58.5m²) and Extension 3 (58.5m²), both single storey extensions located within a service yard to the east of the existing school building. Extensions 2 and 3 are both technology preparation rooms and are attached directly to existing technology classrooms, b) Demolition of part of the existing service yard, including three small stores, c) Construction of a new 2.1m high rendered wall and vehicular gates to the modified service yard, and construction of a new covered storage area, d) Modifications and extension to the existing car park to provide additional car parking spaces and an SEN set down area, e) Two new covered bicycle shelters and relocation of the two existing covered bicycle shelters, f) Provision of a new heat pump compound enclosed in 2.1m high palisade fencing, g) Construction of an SEN enclosed play area and a sensory garden, h) All ancillary site development works, including new hard and soft landscaping, an underground firefighting static storage tank, a swale and a soakaway, and i) All associated site services, including external lighting and EV charging
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660027
12 Dec 2025Conditional
the construction of an acoustic wall 5m high x 38m long and associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561288
12 Dec 2025N/a
development at Bakery Weir, located on the River Suir. The project site lies approximately 1.3km northeast of Cahir and is located adjacent to the R670 (Cashel Road). This application relates to a Registered Protected Structure (RPS No. TRPS1365). The development will consist of the partial removal of Bakery Weir and the non-functional fish pass to restore the natural river conditions and ecological connectivity of the River Suir, and all associated works, including: I. The partial removal of approximately two-thirds (70m) of Bakery Weir from the northern riverbank and protection of the remaining weir beside the mill wheel and tailrace for heritage purposes. II. The reprofiling and restoration of approximately 250m of the river channel to replicate natural stream conditions, enable fish migration, and create a low-flow channel. The construction of a new fill structure downstream to channel water flow into the proposed low-flow channels in the northern and southern branches of the river. Works to secure the banks of the river and to improve habitats, including placement of groynes from set stones, root trunks, rows of stakes and living fascines. III. Construction access to the weir is proposed on the R670 Cashel Road via the temporary upgrade of an existing informal pathway. Creation of a temporary access ramp from the southern bank of the river and the creation of a temporary driving platform to Bakery Weir. The removal of individual trees to enable construction activities. The creation of temporary construction lay down areas/site compounds adjacent to the R670 Cashel Road. IV. Reinstatement of the disturbed lands following partial weir removal including landscaping consisting of seeding and planting with appropriate native vegetation. The removal of temporary construction facilities. V. All associated and ancillary site development works. VI. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561293
7 Nov 2025Conditional
the construction of all-weather sports facilities to the rear of the school including the following: a) a 3 lane, 400-metre athletic running track, with a 6 lane, 100-metre sprint track, b) an all-weather pitch for soccer and GAA games, c) track and field sports including long jump, high jump, shot put, boules, miniature-golf course, d) a perimeter walkway/running track with low level lighting around the existing amenities, e) flood-lighting to the main all-weather pitch and track and field sports, f) two new paddle courts with flood lighting and associated fencing, g) proposed ball stop netting, h) proposed dugouts, i) ancillary structures such as a small retaining wall between the all-weather pitch and the existing grass pitch, steps, footpaths, fencing and gates. The works include all landscaping, drainage, ancillary works and services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561123
3 Jul 2025Conditional
(i) the use of the existing building for the sale of coffee for consumption off the premises in addition to the existing established uses within the premises (ii) for new window pod extension (iii) for material alterations to the existing elevations of the existing building (iv) for new signage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560638
27 Sept 2024Conditional
the construction of 24 No. 2 bed semi-detached bungalows designed for the elderly, the proposed development will also include new internal roadways and footpaths, proposed new pedestrian and new vehicular access from the existing Rosemount Farm Road to the south of the site, new boundary treatments, landscaping, foul and surface water drainage including associated attenuation together with all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 24 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2460828
25 Jun 2024Conditional
conversion of existing attached/integrated garage for use as habitable space, minor extension of this area to side and front, addition of and changes to windows and all associated site works to my property
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460510
19 Jun 2024N/a
conversion of existing attached/integrated garage for use as habitable space, minor extension of this area to side and front, addition of and changes to windows and all associated site works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460493
14 Jun 2024N/a
conversion of existing attached/integrated garage for use as habitable space, minor extension of this area to side and front, addition of and changes to windows and all associated site works to my property
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460477
25 Apr 2024Conditional
the construction of a 2-storey extension to the side of the dwelling house including all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460311
29 Feb 2024Refused
change of previously approved western and southern boundaries from rendered blockwork wall to concrete post and concrete panel fence
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460148
13 Feb 2024Conditional
development of an Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) for the treatment and management of wash waters arising from the Mart's facility. The existing Balancing tank will be retained. Flows from the existing tank will be routed via new pipework to the ICW for treatment. The proposed ICW will consist of a screen, settlement tank, 3 ICW treatment cells, discharge tank, pipework and associated works. Discharge flows, following treatment will be to the River Suir within the ownership boundary of the site
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460096
3 Sept 2023Conditional
a) proposed new astro-turf training pitch complete with perimeter fencing and ball stop netting, b) proposed new 6m high hurling/football ball wall, c) proposed new floodlighting installation to new astro-turf and existing grass pitch to include new lighting poles, d) all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360696
1 Feb 2022Conditional
(i) domestic garage/store (ii) hipped roof to rear extension of dwelling and (iii) existing boundary walls
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2278
3 Jun 2021Conditional
(i) existing domestic garage/store (ii) timber garden shed. Permission for (i) alterations & extension to existing dwelling, (ii) construction of new domestic garage/store with all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21809
21 Apr 2021Conditional
change the design of the proposed extension to my existing dwelling as granted under planning application reference number 18600725 and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21536
9 Mar 2021N/a
infrastructural works including (i) An access road and entrance to service lands and adjoining lands and adjoining lands from the existing roundabout located at the entrance to Colaiste Dun Iascaigh (ii) Connection to existing services and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21295
2 Nov 2020Conditional
construction of 48 no. dwellings comprising of 38 no. houses in 10 no. 2 storey terrace blocks and 10 no. self-contained apartments in 1 no. 2 storey block, new access roadway and shared public surface, connection to public services, surface water detention pond, car parking, roads, footpaths, pedestrian access, communal bin store, open space areas and ancillary site development works
Permission, 38 homes · Tipperary County Council, 201281
The 25 most recent of 45 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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Barnora.
Architectural heritage
- Suir Mills, mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached mill complex, built c. 1800, comprising seven-bay four-storey L-plan block with attic, having seven-bay four-storey block attached to south-west, octagonal structure added c. 1860 to north-east, two-storey dwelling to south, two-pile two-storey building with attic to south-west and four-bay single-storey block to front of site at south. Hipped slate roofs to road gable of L-plan block and to single-storey and two-storey front blocks, pitched slate elsewhere, with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods and with rooflights and eaves course to main block. Octagonal pyramidal roof to octagonal building, with lead flashing. Roughcast rendered random rubble stone walls to main blocks and to two-storey blocks at south-west, coursed snecked stone to single-storey front block. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows to four-storey blocks, with mainly six-pane upper lifts over boarded lower, with some eight-pane upper lifts. Fixed timber frame and timber casement elsewhere, with replacement uPVC windows to dwelling and brick surrounds to two-storey south-west blocks. Square-headed door openings, having timber battened door with round-headed glazed panels to road gable of main block, and timber battened double-leaf doors to octagonal structure. Timber plank chute to first floor of road gable. River Suir flows past rear of complex.
- Barnora House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, with lower two-storey rear return, lean-to extension to rear and with flat-roofed porch to front elevation. Slate roof, hipped and with rooflights to main block and pitched to return, with rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with plinth course. Square-headed windows with rendered sills and timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows throughout, including porch, with single two-over-two pane and some barred windows to south elevation of return. Square-headed entrance opening with timber panelled door and concrete step. Replacement uPVC windows and door to rear elevation of main block, gable of return and to extension. Rendered capped piers and boundary wall, with wrought-iron double-leaf gates. Set in farmland.
- Altavilla, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached irregular-plan double-pile two- and three-storey house, built c.1800. Front pile comprises four-bay two-storey block with half-octagonal plan projection to south-east corner and rear pile comprises three-storey with attic block having gable-fronted north-end bay and rectangular-plan bay window with chamfered corners to south gable. Slate roofs, hipped throughout except for north end of west elevation, with overhanging eaves having decoratively carved timber fascia and brackets supported on moulded string course, with red brick eaves course. Decoratively rendered chimneystacks. Pitched roof dormer to west elevation with finial, flat-roofed dormer to valley between roofs, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-headed windows except for one oculus to west elevation and square-headed windows to first floor of front and north elevations, attic window of west elevation and lights of bay window. Bay window has moulded timber cornice and render pilasters between lights with decorative capitals. Two-over-two pane sliding sash windows throughout except for ground floor of east and south elevations and one triple-light timber casement to front elevation. Square-headed entrance openings to front and north elevations, having timber panelled doors with overlights, double-leaf to front elevation, with stone steps leading to internal glazed timber panelled door with glazed side panels and overlights, and with chamfered panels to north doorway. Glazed timber panelled door to west elevation. Rendered boundary wall with coursed stone piers with moulded caps. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with limestone wheel guards to vehicular entrance. Set in landscaped gardens and grazing land.
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 Barnora, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barnora.
- 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 Barnora with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Barnora · Bearna Uartha
- Area
- 1,208,843 m² (120.88 ha, 298.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caher, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Mortlestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,689 people lived in 568 households in the Mortlestown electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhenebery, Caherabbey Lower, Caherabbey Upper, Farranlahassery, Killemly, Loughaun, Suttonrath, Townparks
- Placenames
- Barnora 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.