Ballintogher

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballintogher, from 63 m² to 654,470 m² (65.45 ha, 161.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballintogher in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 24 Nov 2023Conditional

  a single storey extension and alterations to existing dwelling, new garage, alterations to existing front boundary wall and entrance, removal of existing shed, relocation of existing septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360934

• 10 Nov 2023N/a

  a single storey extension and alterations to existing dwelling, new garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360902

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Laffansbridge 000965

Recorded monuments

• TS054-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low hillock in grassland with good views in all directions with stream immediately to the S and E. Heavily overgrown but impressive ringfort consisting of a raised circular area (approx. int. diam. 36m N-S; 48m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (base Wth 3m; top Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.6m) and wide flat-bottomed outer fosse (base Wth 2-4m; top Wth 1-2m; ext. D 1m). Cattle gap (Wth 2m) in bank at N. Only able to examine the interior from N to E elsewhere the ringfort is totally covered in trees and vegetation. Bank and fosse best preserved at N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009001 Church
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. According to Ó Cearbhaill (2007, 75-6) this church is the Cill Bhuí, or yellow church of Kilboy, whose name is now attached to the neighbouring townland to the S. The church is a simple rectangular building (int. dims. 5m N-S; 9.9m E-W; wall T 0.8m) constructed with coursed limestone blocks with dressed quoin stones and a high base-batter (H 1.4m). The W and E gables stand to full height and the N wall survives intact in places, while only the lower courses of the S wall survive (H 0.6m). Only the lower jambs of the original doorway (Wth 1m) survive, located W of centre in the N wall. Evidence of external rebated double-chamfered jambs with pintle hole at the base of the doorway inside the W jamb. Scattered remains of the doorway survive lying on the ground to the N of the doorway. There is a single-light, unglazed ogee-headed window in the E gable, with dressed limestone blocks used in the inner face of the E window embrasure and fine punch dressing within drafted margins on the external face of the jamb stones. Evidence of a robbed-out stone altar (H 1m; L 3.65m; Wth 1.3m) up against internal face of the E gable. Blocked-up window E of centre in the N wall and broken-out aumbry E of centre in the S wall. On the W gable is a first-floor fireplace and chimney which probably heated a priest's residence in the W end of the church. This floor was carried on timber joists, the support holes of which are visible at the W end of the N wall immediately W of the main doorway. A blocked-up single-light window in the W gable behind the fireplace indicates that the fireplace was an insertion, while coping stones crossing the chimney suggest that the roofline was altered at the same time. The ground floor of the priest's residence was lit by a simple slit ope in the centre of the W gable. No clear graveyard boundary wall could be identified. Evidence of earthworks (TS054-000002-) are suggestive of medieval or post-medieval settlement all around the church (TS054-009001-). Three possible house sites within their own plots have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009004-; TS054-009005-) at 45m NW of the church, 13m WNW of the church and 20m SE of the church, respectively, as well as a large enclosure (TS054-009006-) 45m N of the church and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. A carved stone (TS054-038002) described as containing an image of the Blessed Virgin with our saviour in her lap (a Pieta), which was noted on the ground outside the destroyed doorway by O'Donovan in 1840, is currently located at the Holy Well in Kilboy (TS054-038001-), approximately 800m SE of church. O'Donovan also recorded the remains of a broken font located on the E side of doorway, and that there had been no burials there for a long time (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 178-9). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009002 Settlement cluster
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks that show up on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement all around the church (TS054-009001-). Earthworks clearly visible as grass-over walls, though pattern is not always clear due to the presence of shallow quarrying of stone on the hilltop. Three possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009004-; TS054-009005-) a large enclosure (TS054-009006-) N of the church and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement around the church (TS054-009001-). Possible house, 45m NW of the church, consists of a rectangular grassed-over wall-footings (Wth 0.8m crest, 1.3m base; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.26m) aligned NE-SW (dims. 12.1m NE-SW; 6.2m NW-SE) with a gap (Wth 2m), probably an entrance, in the SE wall and a rectangular return midway along the NW wall (dims. 6.1m NE-SW; 5.1m NW-SE) with an gap (Wth 0.9m) in the NW wall into the return and a gap (Wth 1m) in the SW wall of the return. The wall-footings of two other possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009004-; TS054-009005-) the former being 35m to the SE, the latter 20m SE of the church, a large enclosure (TS054-009006-) 27m to the NE and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement around the church (TS054-009001-). Possible house, 13m WNW of the church, consists of a rectangular area (dims. 10.5m N-S; 7m E-W), aligned N-S, defined by grassed-over wall-footings (Wth 1.8m crest; 3.3m base; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.44m) with a gap (Wth 2.4m), probably an entrance, in the E wall and a low grass-covered possible internal division (Wth 1.1m; max. H 0.2m) running E-W . The wall-footings of two other possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009005-) the former 35m to the NW, the latter 20m SE of the church, a large enclosure (TS054-009006-) 44m to the NE and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009005 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement around the church (TS054-009001-). Possible house, 20m SE of the church, consists of a rectangular area (dims. 6.7m N-S; 15m E-W), aligned E-W, defined by grassed-over wall-footings (Wth 1.8m crest; 3.6m base; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) at the E end and by a very low bank, more a scarp falling into the interior at the W end (int. H 1.06m; ext. H 0.09m) with a gap (Wth 1.2m), probably an entrance, in the N wall. The wall-footings of two other possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009004-) a large enclosure (TS054-009006-), all N and W of the church and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009006 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement around the church (TS054-009001-). Enclosure, 45m N of the church, consists of a roughly rectangular area (dims. 30.8m ENE-WSW; 14.5m NNW-SSE), defined by grassed-over wall-footings (Wth 2.6m crest; 4.4m base; int. H 0.24m; ext. H 1.04m) with a gap (Wth 1.2m), probably an entrance, in the S. There is a low grass-covered internal division (Wth 1.6m crest, 3.2m base; H above ENE end 0.6m; H above WSW end 0.33) running NW-SE . Another, less obvious, possible internal division (Wth 1.1m; H above ENE end 0.17m; H above WSW end 0.28m), runs parallel to the main division to the WSW side, it does not extend fully across the enclosure, running from the NW into the centre of the enclosure. The wall-footings of three possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009004-; TS054-009005-) 27m to the SW; 48m to the SSW; 68m to the SSE and a smaller enclosure (TS054-009007-) which encloses an area immediately NW of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS054-009007 Enclosure
  Description

  On a ridge of rock outcrop in upland region with panoramic views in all directions. Evidence of earthworks on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AVS 49) which are suggestive of a medieval or post-medieval settlement around the church (TS054-009001-). Enclosure delimits an area immediately NW of the church, consists of a roughly circular area (dims. 8.5m N-S; 6.6m E-W), defined by grassed-over wall-footings (Wth 1.2m crest, 2m base; int. H 0.52m; ext. H 0.55). The wall-footings appear to abutt the NW angle of the W gable, though the quoins of the church have been removed. The wall-footings of three possible house sites have been identified (TS054-009003-; TS054-009004-; TS054-009005-) 45m to NW, 13m to WNW and 30m to SE respectively and an enclosure (TS054-009006-) 44m to N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Cleragh House, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, having single-bay single-storey addition to east and multiple-bay single-storey addition to west. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks, pitched slate roof to east extension, pitched artificial slate roof to west addition. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Double timber sliding sash single and double windows to west addition. Round-headed door opening with spoked fanlight and timber panelled double-doors, with cut limestone steps to entrance.

• Helen Park, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1800, having slightly-projecting pedimented breakfront, single-bay three-storey return to rear with two-bay single-storey lean-to to west and two-bay two-storey extension to east. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Slate roof to lean-to and half-hipped roof to return and to extension. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber spoked half-moon window to pediment. Square-headed openings elsewhere to façade with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, tripartite to ground floor, all with limestone sills. Replacement uPVC windows to other elevations. Entrance comprises round-headed opening with ornate cobweb fanlight and timber panelled double doors with rendered surrounds and flight of cut limestone steps. Walled garden to rear with coursed rubble sandstone and limestone masonry walls. Carriage arch with roughly dressed sandstone and limestone voussoirs to walled garden, now blocked up. Square-profile rubble sandstone and limestone masonry piers with double leaf cast-iron gates leading to yard. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered piers with ornate caps with double leaf cast-iron gates having sweeping walls terminating in second pair of piers.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ballintogher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Ballintogher · Baile an Tóchair

Area

3,352,996 m² (335.3 ha, 828.54 acres)

Civil parish

Graystown, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Killenaule, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killenaule electoral division: 1,223 people in 486 households; 67% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cooldine, Derricknew, Graystown, Kilboy, Killeen, Knockavadagh, Manserghshill, Springhill

Placenames

Ballintogher 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.