Monroe

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monroe, from 21 m² to 605,759 m² (60.58 ha, 149.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 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.

• 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  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.

• 25 Jul 2025Conditional

  extension to property as constructed and modification of garage roof from pitched to flat roof

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560726

• 13 Apr 2025Conditional

  removal of an existing single storey extension to side and shed to rear; removal of 2 no. chimney stacks from the existing roof; modification and remodelling of the existing bungalow dwelling house on the site to include the construction of a single storey extension to the rear together with a new single storey extension to side; provision of an accessible mezzanine level containing a home office and store room to part of the new extension to side; removal of existing septic tank and associated percolation area; the construction of a new wastewater treatment system and associated new percolation area; construction of a detached, single storey garage; new hard and soft landscaping and the carrying out of all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560310

• 19 Nov 2024Conditional

  1) increasing the car park area; 2) removal of an existing prefab, oil tank, cabin and shed; 3) construction of a new ball court; 4) resurfacing of the existing tarmac; 5) construction of a new drainage layout

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460991

• 6 Nov 2024N/a

  1) increasing the car park area; 2) removal of an existing prefab and oil tank; 3) construction of a new ball court; 3) resurfacing of the existing tarmac; 4) construction of a new drainage layout

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460949

• 4 Nov 2024N/a

  1) Increasing the car park area, 2) The removal of an existing prefab and oil tank, 3) Resurfacing the existing tarmac area, 3) construction of a new ball court.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460938

• 27 Jan 2023Conditional

  slatted cubicle house and associated site works for dairy cows

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2316

• 19 Jul 2022Conditional

  1) Releveling and resurfacing parts of the existing grass area for the expansion of the front play yard with the construction of associated retaining walls and the addition of fencing, 2) The removal of an existing prefab and oil tank, 3) Resurfacing the existing tarmac area, 4) Provision of additional staff parking spaces.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260374

• 22 Jun 2022N/a

  re-leveling and surfacing of the existing grass area for the expansion of the front courtyard with subsequent retaining walls and fencing, 2) the removal of an existing prefab and oil tank, 3) resurfacing the existing tarmac area

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260302

• 14 Oct 2021Conditional

  a.) refurbishment/alterations to existing 2 storey detached dwelling, including removal of existing front and rear flat roof extensions, b.) new part 2 storey/part single storey extension to rear (North-East) side of existing detached dwelling, c.) all associated site works and connection to services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211511

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  to construct a new single storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21597

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance, driveway along with all ancillary site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600966

• 29 Nov 2018Conditional

  to erect a milking parlour comprising of the following: dairy, plant room, store room, collecting and exit yards, cow handling crush, slatted effluent tank, meal bin, herringbone parlour and associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601419

• 15 Nov 2018N/a

  to erect a milking parlour comprising of the following: dairy, plant room, store room, collecting and exit yards, cow handling crush, slatted effluent tank, herringbone parlour and associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601356

• 8 Nov 2018Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance, driveway along with all ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18601339

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011

Recorded monuments

• TN020-004 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low rounded hillock in undulating countryside. The OS Letters describe the castle as surviving 24ft (7.3m) in length and measuring 6ft 3 inches (1.8m) thick (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 13). Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'castle and some thatch cabins' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 139). 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

• TN020-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on poorly drained flat land with the nearby Newtown River to the E. A raised circular area (diam. 46m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5-2m) reduced to a scarp in most places and a wide fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.5m) with a possible outer bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.4m) visible at W only. Possible causewayed entrance at E. Evidence of internal stone revetment of the inner bank is best visible at S. A field fence intersects the fosse at SE and NE. 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

• TN020-007 Well
  Description

  Natural spring well with no religious associations, or local tradition associated with well. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN020-158 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland, transected at S by a field boundary running NE-SW which forms townland boundary with Gortnaveigh. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 42m) enclosed by a low bank and external ditch visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery taken 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• Youghalarra National School, school, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan gable-fronted three-bay single-storey school, built 1931, with flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roofs with brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and cast-iron roof vent. Rendered walls with plaque to front gable. Square-headed openings with four-over-four and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front, six-over-nine pane to gables, blocked to rear, with painted sills. Timber battened doors. Rubble stone walls with metal gates to site boundary.

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 Monroe, 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 water.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Monroe, Newtown7 sales

Name

Monroe · An Mhóin Rua

Area

1,620,866 m² (162.09 ha, 400.52 acres)

Civil parish

Youghalarra, and its townlands

Barony

Owney and Arra

Electoral division

Youghalarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,001 people lived in 346 households in the Youghalarra electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymoylin, Carrowbane, Carrownaclogh North, Carrownaclogh South, Gortnaveigh, Kylebeg, Newtown, Pallas Beg

Placenames

Monroe 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.