Ahenny

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ahenny, from 117 m² to 412,289 m² (41.23 ha, 101.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 6 Aug 2026Unconditional

  knock 5 no. existing farmyard cottages and build 5 no. new cottages (4 no. single storey and 1 no. 1 and half storey to match existing footprints; intended use short-term tourist accommodation) and for all associated site works including alterations and improvements to existing site entrance from public road, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area, install roof-mounted PV solar panels to 1 no. cottage and existing slatted shed (original permission ref 201355)

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 26111

• 1 Dec 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new equine building and all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561235

• 17 Nov 2020Conditional

  knock 5 no. existing farmyard cottages and build 5 no. new cottages (4 no. single storey and 1 no. 1 and half storey to match existing footprints; intended use short-term tourist accommodation) and for all associated site works including alterations and improvements to existing site entrance from public road, upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area, install roof-mounted PV solar panels to 1 no. cottage and existing slatted shed

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201355

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

• TS079-007001 Church
  Description

  On a natural terrace on an E-facing slope in undulating terrain. Three high crosses (TS079-007002-; TS079-007003-; TS079-007004-) within a graveyard (TS079-007005-) are located c. 30m to the S and SE. Nothing is known of the earliest history and dedication of the religious foundation of Ahenny, known formerly as Kilclispen (Fanning, 1976, 36) or St. Crispin's church (Killanin & Duignan, 1967, 143). In the Early Medieval Period this area was part of the Kingdom of Ossory, a powerful buffer state between the Laigin to the north and the Eoghanacht to the west (Edwards, 1983, 5). There is a discussion on the name Kilclispeen in Ó Cearbhaill (2007, 86-9). Carrigadoon hill dominates the view to the SW. The church, aligned E-W (ext. dims. 15.54m x c. 8.77m), is of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with small slate pinning stones. There are large sandstone block and start quoins at the NW angle. The NW and NE angles rest on a stone plinth. Only the N wall survives intact, though the middle section has collapsed. It reaches a max. height of 2.7m at the W end and 3.2m at the E end, above a basal plinth. A simple ogee-headed sandstone window at E end of N wall (H 0.95m; Wth 0.15m) is chamfered externally and has no bar holes. The internal window embrasure (Wth 0.7m) is flat-headed and splayed. A spud-stone is carved into the sill on the W side, but with no carved eye, the shutter bar went up into space behind the lintel. A portion of the E wall (L 5.3m; T 0.85m) survives. The W wall survives in a very ruinous state (L c. 8.77m; T 1.02m; max. H 0.31m), as does a short length of the S return at the SW angle (L 3.5m; T 0.85m; max. H 0.17m). There is a lot of sandstone rubble piled up in the interior NE angle. Internally at the W end of the N wall is a worn, red sandstone corbel 1.93m above internal ground level and 0.95m from the W wall. There are slate slabs dumped in the interior, from the nearby slate quarry according to a local informant. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS079-007002 Cross - High cross
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in undulating hilly terrain. A high cross, of sandstone, is centrally placed within a square graveyard (TS079-007005-) defined by a stone wall. A later medieval church (TS079-007001-) is located c. 30m to the N. Another high cross (TS079-007003-) is located to the S and a cross base (TS079-007004-) to the SE. The N cross (H 3.65m; Wth 1.39m) is of the ringed high cross type with a conical capstone. The cross itself is decorated with ornamental designs which are paralleled in 8th-century metalwork (Richardson and Scarry 1990, 29). The stepped base (1.23m x 1.05m; H 0.66m) is decorated with figured scenes on all four sides. The N side depicts a procession with chariot; the E side Adam naming the animals; the S side a funeral procession, an ecclesiastic with a ringed processional cross walks in front of a horse bearing a headless body, ravens attack the corpse and at the rear a man carries the head; the W side depicts seven cloaked figures carrying staffs or croziers and has been interpreted as seven bishops or the mission of the apostles (ibid.; Hickey 1955, 118-21). The high cross is part of a group of crosses identified with the former medieval kingdom of Ossory (Crawford 1909, 256-60; Edwards 1983, 5-46). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS079-007003 Cross - High cross
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in undulating hilly terrain. A high cross, of sandstone, is centrally placed within a square graveyard (TS079-007005-) defined by a stone wall. A later medieval church (TS079-007001-) is located c. 30m to the N. Another high cross (TS079-007002-) is located to the N and a cross base to the NE (TS079-007004-). The S cross (H 3.35m; Wth 1.33m) is of the ringed high cross type with a low conical capstone. The cross itself is decorated with ornamental designs which are paralleled in 8th-century metalwork (Richardson and Scarry 1990, 29). The base (1.21m x 1.17m; H 0.5m) is decorated with denuded figured scenes on all four sides, each panel is divided in two by a cross in relief. The N and S side depict a hunting scene; the E side includes Daniel in the lions' den on the left; the S side includes the fall of man on the left; the W side is too worn to decipher (ibid.; Edwards 1983, 28). The high cross is part of a group of crosses identified with the former medieval kingdom of Ossory (Crawford 1909, 256-60; Edwards 1983, 5-46). There is moss on the N and E face of the base of the cross and lichen on the W and S face of the base. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS079-007004 Cross - High cross
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in undulating hilly terrain. A cross base is centrally placed within a square graveyard (TS079-007005-) defined by a stone wall. A later medieval church (TS079-007001-) is located c. 30m to the N. A high cross (TS079-007002-) is located to the NW and another to SW (TS079-007003-). The base (0.68m x 0.66m; H 0.2m) is all that remains of a high cross which was reputely stolen and lost at sea (Craig & Glin 1970, 8). The shaft for the cross is 0.23m x 0.29m with the S side broken away. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS079-007005 Graveyard
  Description

  On a natural terrace on an E-facing slope in undulating terrain. The church (TS079-007001-) is not enclosed and the graveyard is located c. 20m S of the church. On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the graveyard is marked but was not enclosed, but on the 2nd (1906) ed. A roughly square graveyard is indicated. This graveyard, enclosed by a stone wall, does not include the church within its boundary. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS079-027 Hillfort
  Description

  Enclosing the summit of Carrigadoon Hill. A roughly oval-shaped area (diam. c. 180m N-S; c. 320m E-W) defined by a bank which varies in size and construction in different quadrants. In the NW quadrant the bank is composed of shale rubble, laid horizontally and surmounted by an earth and grass mantle (Wth 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 3m). In the SW sector the bank is reduced in height (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.07m) with the external ground level forming a platform (Wth c. 4m) before the ground falls sharply. The S quadrant is similar in that the external ground level forms a slight platform, with a slight suggestion of an outer bank (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.72m drop to forest road), before falling sharply. Much of the bank in the S sector has been truncated by a forest road. Quarrying has taken place at the SE end of the hill resulting in a large mound of upcast, the circuit of the hillfort is not traceable at this E end. The enclosing element in the NE quadrant is visible as an internal fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.9m) with outer bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.85m). Two further quarries along the NE quadrant. N sector of hillfort is defined by an inner bank (Wth c. 5m; ext. H 2.66m); V-shaped fosse (Wth 0.5m; D 0.72m) and outer bank (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.86m) with a slight ledge (c. 1m) before dropping sharply. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1870. Pitched tarred slate roof with rendered brick chimneystack and rooflight. Painted wet dash rendered walls. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows with lozenge shaped lattice casement windows and having timber battened door with ornate strap hinges and stone threshold. Yard to west side with rendered boundary walls.

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 Ahenny, 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 high, 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 Ahenny.

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

Name

Ahenny · Áth Eine

Area

2,658,080 m² (265.81 ha, 656.83 acres)

Civil parish

Newtownlennan, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Newtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

410 people lived in 160 households in the Newtown electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahenny Little, Baunreagh (Co. Kilkenny), Birchwood (Co. Kilkenny), Clashnasmut, Curraheen, Inchanaglogh (Co. Kilkenny), Kilmacoliver (Co. Kilkenny), Knockroe (Co. Kilkenny), Newtown Upper, Poulmaleen

Placenames

Ahenny 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.