# Ballyglass Upper, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonpet, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Baile Glas Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,360,394 m² (136.04 ha, 336.16 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonpet, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/clonpet.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Tipperary Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,159 people lived in 814 households in the Tipperary Rural electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/49008
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 210252
- Centre: latitude 52.440887, longitude -8.165793 (WGS 84)

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

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyglass Upper, from 90 m² to 306,948 m² (30.69 ha, 75.85 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 501372: 306,948 m² (30.69 ha, 75.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/501372.md
- Parcel 541787: 223,710 m² (22.37 ha, 55.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/541787.md
- Parcel 580336: 223,510 m² (22.35 ha, 55.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/580336.md
- Parcel 519893: 81,529 m² (8.15 ha, 20.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/519893.md
- Parcel 570694: 57,442 m² (5.74 ha, 14.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/570694.md
- Parcel 547325: 50,655 m² (5.07 ha, 12.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/547325.md
- Parcel 517407: 43,839 m² (4.38 ha, 10.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/517407.md
- Parcel 544583: 40,190 m² (4.02 ha, 9.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/544583.md
- Parcel 570547: 36,949 m² (3.69 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/570547.md
- Parcel 587897: 36,516 m² (3.65 ha, 9.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/587897.md
- Parcel 529109: 31,742 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/529109.md
- Parcel 516451: 22,947 m² (2.29 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/516451.md
- Parcel 558066: 20,211 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/558066.md
- Parcel 569778: 19,021 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/569778.md
- Parcel 516836: 17,552 m² (1.76 ha, 4.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/516836.md
- Parcel 498529: 12,709 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/498529.md
- Parcel 502063: 11,393 m² (1.14 ha, 2.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/502063.md
- Parcel 533867: 10,398 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/533867.md
- Parcel 519470: 6,683 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/519470.md
- Parcel 561339: 6,297 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561339.md
- Parcel 582691: 5,276 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/582691.md
- Parcel 536559: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/536559.md
- Parcel 508765: 3,809 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/508765.md
- Parcel 567113: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/567113.md
- Parcel 517607: 3,017 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/517607.md
- Parcel 496017: 2,944 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/496017.md
- Parcel 572513: 2,932 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/572513.md
- Parcel 506539: 2,688 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/506539.md
- Parcel 563077: 2,649 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/563077.md
- Parcel 584169: 2,624 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/584169.md
- Parcel 507478: 2,570 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/507478.md
- Parcel 6154655: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6154655.md
- Parcel 501253: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/501253.md
- Parcel 566706: 2,150 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/566706.md
- Parcel 562310: 2,107 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/562310.md
- Parcel 505612: 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/505612.md
- Parcel 567755: 1,989 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/567755.md
- Parcel 560323: 1,931 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/560323.md
- Parcel 502912: 1,875 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/502912.md
- Parcel 562757: 1,281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/562757.md
- Parcel 553515: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/553515.md
- Parcel 554137: 1,181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/554137.md
- Parcel 558465: 1,181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/558465.md
- Parcel 497082: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/497082.md
- Parcel 574023: 362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/574023.md
- Parcel 502766: 269 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/502766.md
- Parcel 569030: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/569030.md

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

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

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

6 applications, newest first.

- 15 Jul 2026, Tipperary County Council 2693: N/a. Permission. construction of a shed on the west side of their dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2693/0
- 16 Apr 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560318: Conditional. Permission. relocation of vehicular entrance from that previously granted under planning ref 24/34. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560318/0
- 26 Feb 2024, Tipperary County Council 2434: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2434/0
- 12 Feb 2024, Tipperary County Council 2421: N/a. Permission. the construction of a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit, polishing filter, entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2421/0
- 15 Jul 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600787: Conditional. Retention. (i) an existing attic conversion and also Planning Permission for (ii) a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600787/0
- 5 Sept 2018, Tipperary County Council 18601081: Conditional. Permission. the refurbishment, alteration and extension to existing two storey dwelling, relocation of existing roadside entrance, upgrading and relocation of existing on site effluent treatment system and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18601081/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyglass Upper.

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

- TS067-053: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-053----. In level pasture, land gently undulating to N. Circular area (dims. c. 21m N-S; c. 23m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (Wth 2.25m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.0m) W-N-E and low scarp (Wth 1.5m; H 1.0m) E-S-W. External fosse (Wth 3.75m; D 0.3m) covered by briars in places. Possible traces of outer bank SE-S-SW. Mature trees on inner bank and within fosse. Interior slopes downwards to N, trees and bushes within. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS067-068: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-068----. In pasture on a N-facing slope. Circular area (dims. c. 41m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by inner scarp (H 0.4m), shallow intervening fosse (Wth 5.5m; Dth 0.4m), outer bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H. 0.5m; ext. H 0.95m) and external fosse (Wth c. 4.7m; D c. 0.35m). Inner scarp and outer bank are uneven in height due to erosion and survive best around base of mature trees. Curvilinear feature adjoins monument to S and is defined by bank (Wth 3m; H c. 0.25m) SE-W-NW extending from SW bank of ringfort. This is a possible annexe. Traces of long, narrow, sinuous depression possibly old watercourse to S and E of ringfort. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS067-069: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-069----. In pasture on N-facing slope, to NW of public road. Slight trace of external fosse (Wth c. 3m) enclosing slightly raised area (c. 25m N-S; c. 20m E-W). Depicted on current OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (c. diam. 20m), to NW of public road. Gortavoher Wood to S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS067-070: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-070----. In pasture on a gentle N-facing slope. Circular enclosure (dims. c. 23m N-S; c. 22m E-W) defined by remnants of inner earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.6m; ext. H c. 0.5m) NE-E-S-SW. Breach (Wth 3.8m) at E and S. Intervening fosse (Wth 4.5m; basal Wth 1.75; Dth 0.5m). Outer bank (Wth c. 2.78m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 0.75m) NE-E-S-NW. Traces of outer fosse (Wth 3.58m; basal Wth1.8m; D 0.1m) NE-E-S-SW. Interior slopes downwards to N, mature trees within, on banks and in fosses. Enclosure truncated in N-sector due to modern dwelling and garden, c. 20 years old. Enclosed to E and S by field boundary flanked by public road. Gortavoher Wood on rising ground to S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS067-085: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-085----. Not visible at ground level. Possible enclosure identified on aerial photograph (GSI 16.4.1974, R. 506/7). Area overgrown with vegetation. Enclosure (TS067-053----) located c. 350m to WSW; enclosure (TS067-070----) located c. 250m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS067-119: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-119----. On a steep N-facing slope, in pasture. Upright conglomerate stone (1.25m x 0.75m; H 1.65m), rectangular in plan and oriented NW-SE. There are small packing stones around base. An enclosure (TS067-068----) lies c. 185m to the NW. 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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyglass Upper.

## 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 Ballyglass Upper, about 1 in 10 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 Ballyglass Upper.
- 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/ballyglass-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyglass-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyglass-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyglass Upper 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)

- Ballyglass Lower: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyglass-lower.md
- Breansha More: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/breansha-more.md
- Garryduff: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/garryduff-211473.md
- Gortaknockeare: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/gortaknockeare.md
- Gortavoher East: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/gortavoher-east.md
- Gortavoher West: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/gortavoher-west.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.

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