# Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ardfinnan, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Ard Fhíonáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,093,695 m² (109.37 ha, 270.26 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,539 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ardfinnan, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/ardfinnan.md
- Barony: Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division: Tullaghmelan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,116 people lived in 399 households in the Tullaghmelan electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/47916
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210031
- Centre: latitude 52.31431, longitude -7.879985 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardfinnan, from 37 m² to 190,335 m² (19.03 ha, 47.03 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4788450: 190,335 m² (19.03 ha, 47.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4788450.md
- Parcel 521129: 173,789 m² (17.38 ha, 42.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/521129.md
- Parcel 4967896: 74,522 m² (7.45 ha, 18.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4967896.md
- Parcel 589194: 73,059 m² (7.31 ha, 18.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/589194.md
- Parcel 5488055: 62,052 m² (6.21 ha, 15.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5488055.md
- Parcel 5668268: 43,676 m² (4.37 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668268.md
- Parcel 552061: 25,987 m² (2.6 ha, 6.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/552061.md
- Parcel 551018: 21,004 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/551018.md
- Parcel 1538737: 20,922 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1538737.md
- Parcel 554609: 18,826 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/554609.md
- Parcel 496881: 4,658 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/496881.md
- Parcel 2569704: 4,230 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2569704.md
- Parcel 574045: 4,226 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/574045.md
- Parcel 512227: 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/512227.md
- Parcel 2445443: 3,765 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2445443.md
- Parcel 521151: 3,127 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/521151.md
- Parcel 527403: 2,941 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/527403.md
- Parcel 5202774: 2,915 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5202774.md
- Parcel 546389: 2,814 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/546389.md
- Parcel 579265: 2,798 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/579265.md
- Parcel 527786: 2,788 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/527786.md
- Parcel 544975: 2,664 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/544975.md
- Parcel 5668279: 2,602 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5668279.md
- Parcel 579264: 2,514 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/579264.md
- Parcel 573479: 2,444 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/573479.md
- Parcel 560528: 2,414 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/560528.md
- Parcel 545370: 2,318 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/545370.md
- Parcel 506187: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/506187.md
- Parcel 576402: 2,237 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/576402.md
- Parcel 507801: 2,221 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/507801.md
- Parcel 508670: 2,218 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/508670.md
- Parcel 547005: 2,169 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/547005.md
- Parcel 1538736: 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1538736.md
- Parcel 544198: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/544198.md
- Parcel 569840: 2,128 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/569840.md
- Parcel 559127: 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/559127.md
- Parcel 496607: 2,047 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/496607.md
- Parcel 565014: 1,994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/565014.md
- Parcel 500842: 1,972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/500842.md
- Parcel 4143939: 1,963 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4143939.md
- Parcel 498364: 1,961 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/498364.md
- Parcel 533601: 1,956 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/533601.md
- Parcel 569735: 1,908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/569735.md
- Parcel 546623: 1,885 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/546623.md
- Parcel 545978: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/545978.md
- Parcel 505265: 1,754 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/505265.md
- Parcel 568279: 1,748 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/568279.md
- Parcel 565711: 1,686 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/565711.md
- Parcel 2569702: 1,680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2569702.md
- Parcel 581028: 1,666 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/581028.md
- Parcel 544427: 1,655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/544427.md
- Parcel 526952: 1,635 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/526952.md
- Parcel 579378: 1,539 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/579378.md
- Parcel 505794: 1,519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/505794.md
- Parcel 553066: 1,473 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/553066.md
- Parcel 500116: 1,357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/500116.md
- Parcel 2756217: 1,153 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2756217.md
- Parcel 494447: 1,138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/494447.md
- Parcel 502609: 1,128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/502609.md
- Parcel 2600411: 992 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2600411.md
- Parcel 4143943: 903 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4143943.md
- Parcel 577241: 881 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/577241.md
- Parcel 4728464: 857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728464.md
- Parcel 4143942: 849 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4143942.md
- Parcel 2733094: 811 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2733094.md
- Parcel 497973: 794 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/497973.md
- Parcel 4143941: 793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4143941.md
- Parcel 5309304: 759 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5309304.md
- Parcel 510489: 755 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/510489.md
- Parcel 582576: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/582576.md
- Parcel 588928: 742 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/588928.md
- Parcel 5663941: 724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5663941.md
- Parcel 4728457: 705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728457.md
- Parcel 568844: 705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/568844.md
- Parcel 514382: 671 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/514382.md
- Parcel 503756: 660 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/503756.md
- Parcel 530398: 633 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/530398.md
- Parcel 5060369: 620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5060369.md
- Parcel 4143940: 570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4143940.md
- Parcel 511252: 559 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/511252.md
- Parcel 509377: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/509377.md
- Parcel 549207: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/549207.md
- Parcel 534890: 437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/534890.md
- Parcel 552649: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/552649.md
- Parcel 543646: 397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/543646.md
- Parcel 575145: 380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/575145.md
- Parcel 588051: 363 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/588051.md
- Parcel 545451: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/545451.md
- Parcel 587186: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/587186.md
- Parcel 531372: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/531372.md
- Parcel 524704: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/524704.md
- Parcel 5812266: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5812266.md
- Parcel 547692: 306 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/547692.md
- Parcel 532597: 262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/532597.md
- Parcel 584930: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/584930.md
- Parcel 531131: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/531131.md
- Parcel 510665: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/510665.md
- Parcel 586336: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/586336.md
- Parcel 528599: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/528599.md
- Parcel 513008: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/513008.md
- Parcel 532914: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/532914.md
- Parcel 529557: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/529557.md
- Parcel 547590: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/547590.md
- Parcel 521636: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/521636.md
- Parcel 535473: 37 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/535473.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 46 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028
- M2 Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 24 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028
- P1 Agriculture: Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028
- S5 Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028
- G1 Amenity (Open space, park): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028
- R1 New Residential (New/proposed residential): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

8 applications, newest first.

- 11 Aug 2026, Tipperary County Council 2660783: N/a. Retention. the widening of an existing vehicular entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660783/0
- 24 Jun 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560600: Conditional. Retention. (i) Single Storey Extension to Rear of Dwelling ; (ii) Detached Garage/Store and (iii) Timber Garden Shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560600/0
- 28 Mar 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460220: Conditional. Permission. demolishing the existing rear extension and construct a new extension to the rear and side of dwelling house including extending the driveway and increasing the site area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460220/0
- 7 Mar 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360157: Conditional. Permission. a new extension to the side and rear of the existing house, to demolish the existing extension and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360157/0
- 18 Mar 2021, Tipperary County Council 21335: Conditional. Permission. a) construct a single storey extension to the side/rear of existing dwelling, b) demolish an existing shed to the rear of dwelling and c) all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21335/0
- 6 Feb 2020, Tipperary County Council 2097: Conditional. Permission. demolition of the single storey section to the side of the existing dwelling and to construct a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, a garage to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2097/0
- 10 Apr 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600358: Conditional. Permission. (i) extend our existing dwelling and (ii) to install a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600358/0
- 31 Oct 2018, Tipperary County Council 18601309: Conditional. Permission. to construct a single storey extension to side and rear of existing two-storey dwelling and associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18601309/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC, site code 002137, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002137

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- TS082-067: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-067----. Just off the crest of a SW-facing slope in rolling pasture, with the River Suir c. 300m to the S. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 33m N-S; c. 38m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m base-7.5m base; int. H 1.33m; ext. H 1.87m) which is less pronounced upslope to the NE. The interior and banks are heavily overgrown with scrub. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2014
- TS082-068001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-068001-. On a hill over-looking the River Suir with Ardfinnan Castle (TS088-001001-) and settlement (TS088-001----) c. 350m below to the SSW. St. Fionan Lobhar founded a monastery in Ardfinnan in the 7th century, supposedly on the site of the present Protestant church (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66). The monastery, together with the town, was plundered and burned by the Anglo-Normans in 1178 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29). The medieval church is depicted in a sketch drawn in 1744 as a largely ruined building, though the central section is roofed (Harbison 2000, 196-7). This central portion was renovated for Anglican worship in c. 1724 (Butler 2006, 189-90). In 1807 the medieval church was replaced by the present C of I church (ibid., 282). Several of the early 19th-century windows have been replaced and some of the former surrounds are lying around the graveyard (TS082-068005-). The earlier monastery or medieval church is not visible at ground level. In the SE corner of the graveyard, adjacent to the boundary wall, there is an early 17th-century chest tomb (TS088-002003-). According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 339), the church was confirmed to the Knights Hospitallers in 1212 and ‘The king, Philip of Worcester (Justiciar in 1184) and Raymond de Carreu granted the ch[urch] and lands which were alienated temp [or in reign of] Pr[ior] Walter de Ewyas (c. 1300), and a free chapel was served by a chaplain daily’. The tithes were leased by Prior Massingberd c. 1558 (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2014
- TS082-068002: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-068002-. On a NE-facing slope in a field N of the church (TS082-068001-), under pasture. A hilltop enclosure (TS082-090----) is visible c. 400m to the E. A number of earthworks show up on aerial photographs (CUCAP 13 July 1966 APA 10 and 8 and GSI May 1977 S.689/8) including a roadway (TS082-068006-). The earthworks are visible as low banks sub-dividing areas within the field. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS082-068004: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-068004-. On the S-facing slope of a hill NE of the medieval church (TS082-068001-) of Ardfinnan. A hilltop enclosure (TS082-090----) is clearly visible c. 220m to the SE. A circular enclosure (diam. 45m NW-SE), not indicated on the OS 6-inch maps, but visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP 13 July 1966 APA 8). It has been partially levelled, the lower SW portion is difficult to discern. Otherwise the enclosure is defined by scarp (H 1.07m over 5m). The scarp in the NW quadrant is not clearly defined where the edge of the scarp coincides with the edge of a disused roadway/hollow. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2014
- TS082-068005: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-068005-. St. Fionan Lobhar founded a monastery in Ardfinnan in the 7th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29), supposedly on the site of the present C of I church (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66) which is roughly centrally placed within the graveyard. There is no visible trace at ground level of the earlier monastery or medieval church (TS082-068001-). The graveyard is sub-rectangular in shape (diam. 47m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) enclosured by a stone wall with an entrance from the road in the SW quadrant. In the SE corner of the graveyard, adjacent to the boundary wall, there is an early 17th-century chest tomb (TS088-002003-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2014
- TS082-068006: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS082-068006-. On a NE-facing slope in the field immediately SE of the medieval church (TS082-068001-) of Ardfinnan, under pasture. A hilltop enclosure (TS082-090----) is visible c. 400m to the E. A number of earthworks (TS082-068002-) show up on aerial photographs (CUCAP 13 July 1966 APA 10 and 8 and GSI May 1977 S.689/8) between the church and the trackway. On the hill NE of the church there is a circular enclosure (TS082-068004-) the edge of which coincides with the edge of the disused roadway/hollow. This disused trackway (L c. 560m; Wth 5.9m) which runs NE-SW is marked on the 1st (1840) OS 6-inch map and on the 1904-05 ed. the lower portion is shown as a footpath, while the upper portion has become a field boundary. It runs downslope (L c. 250m) to NE and crosses a tarmacadamed road, it continues to run up the hill (L c. 330m) to NE of the church hill (Wth 4.5m; H of scarp 0.32m over 6m) before again meeting a tarmacadamed road (L 750m), which leads onto a disused footpath (L c. 1.5km) before joining with a possible section of the Rian Bo Phadraig which is a tarmacadamed road (TS082-006----). The SW section of this trackway runs up over the church hill and down to the base of this slope. However, this downslope section has been interrupted by the insertion of a garden across its path. The trackway is defined by a bank on either side. The NW side (Wth 0.8m; int. H 0.42m; ext. H 0.12m) is built into the slope while the SE side (Wth 1m crest, 1.7m base; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.75m) is free standing. The inner face of both banks is stone revetted. The roadway continues NE down the hill slope but is less clear than on the SW side of the hill. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 February 2014
- TS088-001: Settlement deserted - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001----. In the 7th century St. Fionan Lobhar founded a monastery in Ardfinnan. This is located c. 300m N of Ardfinnan village on the site of the C of I church (Killanin and Duignan, 1967, 66). In 1185 Ardfinnan castle was built by Prince John of England (ibid). The settlement was granted borough status in 1558 by James, the fourth Earl of Ormond (Curtis 1941, COD vol. 5, 108-9). The precise location of this settlement is unknown, it is thus unlocated within the townlands of Ardfinnan and Commons (Ardfinnan Par.). However, it is likely that the settlement was located between the castle and the church. (FitzPatrick and Farrelly 1993, 1-5). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 29 September 2021
- TS088-001001: Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001001-. In a strategic position on top of a massive rock outcrop overlooking the River Suir to the S, located in the NE angle of the bawn (TS088-001008-). According to the annals King John erected a castle at Ardfinnan in 1185 (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 27-8), this was probably when the land was granted to 'Philip of Worcester [who] was certainly in possession of Offa (alias Ardfinnan) at an early stage of the conquest, for he granted a fief there to Gerald fitz Maurice' (Empey 1981, 8, 10). It was beseiged during the Cromwellian wars in the mid-17th century (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66). The Civil Survey (1654-6) in relation to 'The Mannor & castle of Ardfynane' in 1640, lists the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore as the proprietor and 'Richard Butler of Ardfinane' as 'Lessee' and states that 'Upon the s[ad]d lands stands a castle & the walls of a castle, ye walls of a stone house & a bawne' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 410). A roughly circular keep (int. diam. 6.9m N-S; 7.2m E-W; wall T 2.3m) which is four-storeys high and composed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed with a substantial base-batter (Wth 0.6m). It is entered at ground-floor level in the SE face, though the opening was much modified in the 19th century. The ground-floor chamber contains three embrasures, two with loops, that in the NE being a cross-loop, and one with a modified window opening in the N face. The ground floor was vaulted, however, this vault was modified in the 19th century when vaulted arches supported on six rectangular columns were inserted. Access from the ground to the first floor was via a spiral stairs (int. dims. 2.3m) which is contained within a projecting semi-circular turret on the SW face, entered from the W side of the ground-floor door embrasure. At first-floor level the spiral stairs leads to a mural stair in the W face which opens into an entrance embrasure, which possibly contained a light. This has been broken out to form a first-floor entrance to facilitate access from the garden. The first-floor chamber was lit by three loops and there is an inserted fireplace in the N wall. The second floor rested on a wooden floor which no longer survives and was accessed directly from the spiral stairs. The second floor was modified in the 15th/16th century, two window embrasures in the E and S have inserted two-light cusped ogee-headed windows while the embrasure containing a cross-loop in the N face has been altered to become a flat-lintelled fireplace of joggle-jointed dressed limestone with a chamfered edge. Another embrasure in the NW face has been blocked up. The spiral stairs continues up to battlemented wall-walk, of which only the crenellations on the N face remain. The exterior of the castle is quite heavily ivy-clad and the interior walls at first and second-floor level are obscured by vegetation. The keep is of early 13th-century date with later modifications from the 15th up to the 19th century. A towerhouse (TS088-001009-), still occupied, was built onto the SE angle of the bawn in the 15th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 November 2013
- TS088-001003: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001003-. The Civil Survey (1654-6) refers to a 'mill Greist' as being included in 'The Mannor … of Ardfynane' of which the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore was the proprietor and Richard Butler was the leasee (Simington 1931, vol. 2, 410). This may refer to a mill which stood on the W side of Ardfinnan bridge (TS088001002-) at its N end and appears to be the building depicted on a sketch by Grose (1791, vol.1, Pl.109). This building was demolished and the site is currently occupied by 19th/20th-century structures. A sculpted head (TS088-001004-) was embedded in the masonry of the demolished mill. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS088-001008: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001008-. In a strategic position on top of a massive rock outcrop overlooking the River Suir to the S. According to the annals King John erected a castle at Ardfinnan in 1185 (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 27-8), this was probably when the land was granted to 'Philip of Worcester [who] was certainly in possession of Offa (alias Ardfinnan) at an early stage of the conquest, for he granted a fief there to Gerald fitz Maurice' (Empey 1981, 8, 10). The 13th-century keep (TS088-001001-) is located in the NE angle of the bawn and a towerhouse (TS088-001009-) was built onto the SE angle in the 15th century. The castle was beseiged during the Cromwellian wars in the mid-17th century (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66). The Civil Survey (1654-6) in relation to 'The Mannor & castle of Ardfynane' in 1640, lists the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore as the proprietor and 'Richard Butler of Ardfinane' as 'Lessee' and states that 'Upon the s[ad]d lands stands a castle & the walls of a castle, ye walls of a stone house & a bawne' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 410). The bawn is composed of limestone rubble roughly coursed, with an external base-batter. It formerly enclosed a rectangular area, however, only the S length which runs alongs the precipitous edge of the outcrop, a small portion of the SW angle and the E wall (L 25.15m) survive. A gateway (Wth 3.09m) is located in the E wall near the keep in the NE angle, it is possibly an 18th/19th century insertion, though the voussoirs on the W face are thin, rough limestone blocks set on edge which may indicate a pre-18th century date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 November 2013
- TS088-001009: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-001009-. On top of a massive rock outcrop overlooking the River Suir to the S, its strategic position dominating the settlement and bridge below. Ardfinnan Castle was beseiged during the Cromwellian wars in the mid-17th century (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 66). The tower house (ext. dims. c. 6m x 10m), still occupied, is built onto the SE angle of the bawn of the 13th-century castle (TS088-001001-). It is at least four storeys high and is rendered with plaster. None of the original fenestration is extant, with the possible exception of a loop in the E face. Visible original features include a series of crude dripstones in the top masonry courses and a pronounced base-batter. A caphouse runs N-S along the E wall. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 1-5). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS088-002003: Tomb - chest tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS088-002003-. In the SE corner of the graveyard, adjacent to the boundary wall, there is a large altar tomb. The upper slab commemorates Dermot O'Halley and has wife Katherina Roche/Rochester. The slab (dims. 2m x 1.17m; T 0.19m) is decorated with a large wheel-cross with fleur-de-lys terminals and a plain shaft which terminates in a calvary mount. Both sides of the shaft are decorated with plain heater-shaped shields. The perimeter of the slab bears the following latin inscription in plain raised lettering: 'Hic Jacet Dermicius O Halli Propria Cum Uxore Katherina Rocheecer Unt Fier Marmoris is Udopus Anno Domini 162?' (Farrelly and FitzPatrick, Field Report 1993). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Ardfinnan Castle, country house, 1200–1890, Regional interest, registry number 22126001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS&regno=22126001. Detached irregular-plan multi-period country house, comprising surviving south circuit of medieval bawn with square-plan tower house built c.1450 at southeast angle and with early thirteenth-century keep at northeast angle, and having eighteenth and nineteenth-century additions. Tower house is four-storey with two-bay side elevations and has four-bay three-storey block of c.1750 added to north side, having slightly advanced west bay, with further two-storey block to west presenting one-bay to front elevation and two to rear, and with lower canted single-bay two-storey entrance link between these later blocks, link and west block being built c.1885. Link block echoed in rear elevation by angular one-bay three-storey block. Twelve-bay single-storey flat-roofed block to east side east block, running on northeast to southwest axis. Pitched slate roofs with stepped crenellations to tower house and simpler crenellations elsewhere. Lines of dripstones to south and east elevations of tower house, and moulded course to base of slightly projecting parapets of projecting part of main later block and to west block. Crowstep parapet to east elevation of four-bay block, simple crenellations to west end and stepped battlements to western block. Rubble limestone chimneystack to four-bay block, with brick quoins, brick and rendered elsewhere, with cast-iron rainwater goods. Single-storey block has parapet with sloping coping and stepped crenellations to centre and ends, with moulded string course to base of parapet. Coursed rubble and dressed limestone front elevation to four-bay block, rubble limestone to east elevation of tower house and rendered to other elevations, and snecked dressed limestone to front elevation of west block. Square-headed window openings, having render label-mouldings to south and west elevations of tower house and front and rear elevations of west end of four-bay block and of west block. Pointed single-light and double-light pointed windows to south and east elevations of tower house, with chamfered limestone surrounds, ogee-headed window and pointed window with hood-moulding to west elevation and slit window to east elevation. Chamfered limestone surrounds to east elevation and east end bays of front elevation of four-bay block, with timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, some double. Chamfered limestone surrounds to west block. Timber casement windows to east end of front elevations of blocks and metal casements elsewhere. Mullioned timber casement windows to single-storey block. Pointed-arch entrance door opening with studded timber battened door and metal strap hinges. Ruined cylindrical keep of early thirteenth-century date, with semi-circular staircase annex to northeast of site. Rendered staircases to stepped gardens. Octagonal-plan rendered piers with decorative wrought-iron gates, and rendered and crenellated rubble limestone walls to site entrance.
- Mill (water), 1880–1910, Regional interest, registry number 22126002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS&regno=22126002. Detached double-pile eight-bay two-storey mill, built c.1895, with two-bay end north end elevation to each block. Blocked lean-to porch to front elevation. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystack to southwest, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered rubble limestone walls, with dressed quoins where exposed. Square-headed window openings with raised moulded red brick surrounds and sills, front having metal-framed windows with pivoting toplights to first floor, blocked to ground floor, with blocked openings to rear first floor and replacement to ground, and uPVC replacement to south elevation. Square-headed door opening to rear with red brick surround and timber battened door. Ancillary buildings to site have pitched slate and tarred roofs with roof lights, rendered walls and square-headed openings, some with replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-arch bridge over millstream with cut limestone voussoirs. Wrought-iron railings to front of site.
- Bridge, 1600–1820, Regional interest, registry number 22126003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS&regno=22126003. Thirteen-arch road bridge over River Suir, rebuilt c. 1800, showing evidence of widening to east elevation, but likely to incorporate medieval and/or seventeenth-century fabric. Irregular arches, varying between round and segmental and of varying heights, with cut-stone V-cutwaters to west elevation. Three dry round overflow arches to south end, and segmental arch over millstream to east side of north end. Rubble limestone walls with cut limestone voussoirs, rendered soffits, rubble limestone parapet walls with flat capstones, render coping to south end of west parapet, and rectangular drainage holes with lintels to carriageway. Large pipe carried across east elevation.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ardfinnan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Ardfinnan.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardfinnan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardfinnan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardfinnan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ardfinnan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyneety: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyneety.md
- Castlekeale: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/castlekeale.md
- Cloghardeen: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/cloghardeen.md
- Commons: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/commons-210944.md
- Farraneshagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/farraneshagh.md
- Magherareagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/magherareagh-212391.md
- Marlhill: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/marlhill-212407.md
- Reechestown: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/reechestown.md
- Shortcastle: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/shortcastle-212951.md
- Spital-Land: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/spital-land-212981.md
- Touloure: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/touloure.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardfinnan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/ardfinnan