Garrane
Garrane is a townland in the civil parish of Glenkeen, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Garrán.
Parcel 5700631
- Area
- 649,332 m² (64.93 ha, 160.45 acres)
- Buildings
- 7 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,156 m².
- Zoning
- G1 Amenity (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective
P1 Agriculture (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans) The objective - Townland
- Garrane
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Mar 2026N/a
existing dungstead, Permission for Retention of existing soiled water tank and including all associated site works (Within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS168)
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660193
7 May 2025Conditional
existing stable building, of existing hay storage shed & existing storm water storage tank and including all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560384
8 Jun 2022Conditional
existing stable building, farm roadway, hard standing area and floodlighting to walled garden, alterations to existing agricultural entrance and vehicular entrance and PERMISSION for the completion of the agricultural entrance, a new stable building, dung steads, soiled water storage tank including all associated site works, alteration to existing vehicular entrance, comprising of new gates and piers including all associated site works, RPS 168
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260278
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.
- TN034-049 Enclosure
Description
Situated on high ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN034-051) to the N. Described in an OPW report (1988 OPW file) as a large circular area (diam. 50m) defined by a scarp with a modern house and garage in the centre of the interior. Not visible at ground level. A modern house and garage are now located in this area. 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
- TN034-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on high ground in an upland area with extensive views and nearby ringfort (TN034-050) to the N. A heavily overgrown ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (diam. 37m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2-3m) with wide external fosse (Wth 4m; D 1.5m) and causewayed entrance (Wth 5m) at N. A modern roadway intersects the outer fosse at S on a N-S axis. 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
- TN034-068 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
Site of destroyed tree-ring in front of 19th century house. Not depicted on 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Fort William, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with two-bay gable ends, flat-roof porch to front and having one canted bay to south gable. Lower stepped L-plan two-storey addition to rear of house, having four-bay north and three-over-four bay west ranges. Hipped slate roof to main block and to north part of addition and lean-to to east part of addition. Rendered walls to main block, with render quoins and having channelled render and cut limestone plinth to porch. Rendered chimneystacks throughout. Exposed snecked limestone to all walls of addition except for rendered east gable flanking front of main house. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, one-over-one pane to main block having internal timber shutters. Doubled with shared sills to north part of addition and having continuous sills to canted bay windows. Timber mullioned and transomed casement window to porch. Addition has barred windows to ground floor and gabled round-headed six-over-six pane timber sash window to first floor. Timber panelled double-leaf door to each side of porch, both with limestone steps and one having ornate lyre bootscrape. Round-headed doorway with timber battened door to addition, with divided fanlight. Yard to rear of house enclosed to north and east by house, to west by single-storey and lofted outbuildings having pitched slate roofs, rendered walls, timber battened doors, timber sash and fixed windows and with gabled pitching door to first floor. Rubble limestone boundary wall with crenellations to south has limestone segmental-arch gateway flanked by pedestrian entrance to one side and having bellcote with bell. Cast-iron pump to yard. Yard further to west has single-storey outbuildings with pitched and hipped slate roofs, rubble walls, some round-arched timber sash and fixed windows, timber battened doors and segmental brick-arch openings. Large walled garden to southwest with snecked and rubble limestone walls having pointed-arch gateway with dressed vousooirs and wrought-iron gate.
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 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 65 ha
- 161 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 324,691 m² (32.47 ha, 80.23 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Amenity
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrane, from 50 m² to 649,332 m² (64.93 ha, 160.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 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
4 Mar 2026N/a
existing dungstead, Permission for Retention of existing soiled water tank and including all associated site works (Within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS168)
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660193
7 May 2025Conditional
existing stable building, of existing hay storage shed & existing storm water storage tank and including all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560384
8 Jun 2022Conditional
existing stable building, farm roadway, hard standing area and floodlighting to walled garden, alterations to existing agricultural entrance and vehicular entrance and PERMISSION for the completion of the agricultural entrance, a new stable building, dung steads, soiled water storage tank including all associated site works, alteration to existing vehicular entrance, comprising of new gates and piers including all associated site works, RPS 168
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260278
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 Garrane.
Recorded monuments
- TN034-068 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
Site of destroyed tree-ring in front of 19th century house. Not depicted on 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Fort William, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with two-bay gable ends, flat-roof porch to front and having one canted bay to south gable. Lower stepped L-plan two-storey addition to rear of house, having four-bay north and three-over-four bay west ranges. Hipped slate roof to main block and to north part of addition and lean-to to east part of addition. Rendered walls to main block, with render quoins and having channelled render and cut limestone plinth to porch. Rendered chimneystacks throughout. Exposed snecked limestone to all walls of addition except for rendered east gable flanking front of main house. Timber sliding sash windows throughout, one-over-one pane to main block having internal timber shutters. Doubled with shared sills to north part of addition and having continuous sills to canted bay windows. Timber mullioned and transomed casement window to porch. Addition has barred windows to ground floor and gabled round-headed six-over-six pane timber sash window to first floor. Timber panelled double-leaf door to each side of porch, both with limestone steps and one having ornate lyre bootscrape. Round-headed doorway with timber battened door to addition, with divided fanlight. Yard to rear of house enclosed to north and east by house, to west by single-storey and lofted outbuildings having pitched slate roofs, rendered walls, timber battened doors, timber sash and fixed windows and with gabled pitching door to first floor. Rubble limestone boundary wall with crenellations to south has limestone segmental-arch gateway flanked by pedestrian entrance to one side and having bellcote with bell. Cast-iron pump to yard. Yard further to west has single-storey outbuildings with pitched and hipped slate roofs, rubble walls, some round-arched timber sash and fixed windows, timber battened doors and segmental brick-arch openings. Large walled garden to southwest with snecked and rubble limestone walls having pointed-arch gateway with dressed vousooirs and wrought-iron gate.
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 Garrane, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garrane.
- 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 Garrane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Garrane · An Garrán
- Area
- 649,859 m² (64.99 ha, 160.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glenkeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Upper
- Electoral division
- Borrisoleigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,257 people lived in 487 households in the Borrisoleigh electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughvolyshane, Borrisland South, Gorteeny, Liss
- Placenames
- Garrane 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.