Ballygriffin

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballygriffin, from 100 m² to 446,269 m² (44.63 ha, 110.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballygriffin 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.

• 18 Sept 2025Conditional

  to erect a dormer type bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment tank and percolation system, entrance and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560931

• 17 Jun 2023Conditional

  demolition/replacement of existing dwelling and construction of a new replacement dwelling with garage, entrance, secondary treatment plants system and percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360420

• 4 Feb 2023Conditional

  the erection of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360073

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  construction of an extension to their dwelling and including all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600707

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

• TS060-049001 Church
  Description

  In flat pasture which falls away to the Multeen River valley to the W. Situated towards the N end of a roughly rectangular graveyard (TS060-049003-). Ballygriffin fortified house (TS060-050001-) and bawn (TS060-050002-) are 70m to the S. An undivided church (ext. dims. 8.16m N-S; c. 18.42m E-W of which 17.7m survives upstanding; wall T 0.8m), orientated E-W, of limestone construction, roughly coursed with well cut quoins at NW and SW angles and slight base-batter on W gable (H 2m; Wth 0.12m). The doorway (Wth 1.3m) is towards the W end of the S wall, its opening crudely rebuilt. In the interior, adjacent to the doorway, there is the carved slab (Wth 0.59m; H 0.66m; D 0.17m) which formed the apex of the ogee-headed door surround and is all that survives of this door surround. It is decorated with vine-leaf carvings sprouting from intertwined stems. There is a central vine-leaf finial with a bird pecking a punch of grapes on the dexter side (its right, but if looking at it on the left side), it is likely that this motif was mirrored on the other side of the finial where there is a bunch of grapes but the portion where the bird should be has been broken off. This ornamental carving is almost identical to that over the doorway to the sacristy of the church of St. Mary's Abbey at Devenish, Co. Fermanagh which Leask (1960, Reprint 1985, vol. 3, 77) dates stylistically to the third quarter of the 15th century. Another similarly carved doorway from the Augustinian abbey of Fertagh (KK008-047001-) is now inserted in the C of I church at Johnstown (KK008-153----). White (1892, 26) mentions a 'small square hole' built into the doorway, probably to contain a stoup. According to the OS Letters there were four windows in the church, two in each side wall. Along the N wall the masonry has been broken out in four places. The most westerly break and that E of centre were definitely window embrasures. The embrasure of a window towards the E end of the S wall partially survives and another window may have been where there is now a break (Wth 0.65m) in the masonry between this and the doorway. The W gable contains no features. The E gable had completely collapsed by the 1840s (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 90) and there is a mound of grass-covered rubble where it stood. The door surround would suggest a 15th-century date for this church. There is a 17th-century graveslab (TS060-049004-) in the interior towards the W end of the N wall. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 25 July 2018

• TS060-049002 Settlement cluster
  Description

  In flat reclaimed pasture which falls away to the Multeen River valley to the W. Approx. 120m N of the medieval church (TS060-049001-) and graveyard (TS060-049003-) at Ballygriffin a number of earthworks were identified on an aerial photograph (CUCAP 19 July 1967 ATA 49). On field inspection the roughly circular feature visible on the aerial photograph is an old disused quarry. There are some undulations running northward from this quarry and a couple of banks running southward from the quarry towards the church and graveyard, however, these are only visible as very subtle undulations and do not form any definable pattern. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS060-049003 Graveyard
  Description

  In flat pasture which falls away to the Multeen River valley to the W. There is an old disused quarry immediately W of the graveyard. A medieval church (TS060-049001-) is situated towards the N end of a roughly trapezoidal graveyard (dims. 46.6m N-S; wider E-W to the N (48m) than at the S (28.8m)). Ballygriffin fortified house (TS060-050001-) and bawn (TS060-050002-) are 70m to the S. There are very few gravestones in the interior, these being in the S part of the graveyard and re-positioned as a result of a graveyard clean-up scheme. There is a 17th graveslab (TS060-049004-) within the church interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS060-049004 Wall monument
  Description

  Within Ballygriffin church (TS060-049001-), towards the W end of the N wall there is a limestone 17th-century graveslab embedded in the ground (Wth 0.66m; H 0.6m above ground; D 0.16m). It bears the following unfinished inscription in raised Roman Capitals: MONUMENTUM HOC FIERI FECERUNT ANNO DOMINI 1646. HIC JACET D JOANNES CORCRANE PRESBITER ET CURATUS HUIUS ECCLESIAE CUM MATRE SUA [E] ONORA TROHI ILLE OBIIT [blank] DIE [blank] ANO DNI [blank]. ILLA OB [blank] DIE [blank] AO [blank] DNI [blank] PROPITIETUR DEUS. This roughly translates as: This monument was made in the year 1646. Here lies John Corcoran curate of this parish and his mother Honora Trobi, the dates of their deaths have been left blank. The mother's maiden name is variously given as 'Trihy' (White 1892, 26) and 'Troy' (Seymour 1910-12, vol. 8, 433). Beneath the lettering there is a shield with a lion passant guardant, apparently the arms of Corcrane (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 08 July 2014

• TS060-050001 House - fortified house
  Description

  On high ground on edge of flat ridge above the flood plain of the Multeen River to W and Ballygriffin church (TS060-049001-) and graveyard (TS060-049003-) 70m to the N. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the proprietor in 1640 was 'Doctor Garrott ffennell Esqr Irish Papist' and 'Uppon these lands stands a castle wanting repayre wth a strong Bawne' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 8). In the interior, W of centre, of a large, roughly rectangular bawn (TS060-050002-). This building, which may have consisted of a central block with mural towers, has largely collapsed and all that remains visible is the NW tower of which the W wall (ext. L 5.15m) and partial return of the N and S wall (ext L c. 4 m) survive. It is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed, with good quoins of block and start formation which are robbed towards the base and has a slight base-batter (H c. 4.7m; Wth 0.6m). There is a projecting string course c. 5m above present ground level, which continued onto the possible central block, though only a short length (L 0.5m; H 2.05m above built up ground surface; Wth 1.8m) of this return wall survives projecting southward from the S wall of the NW tower. Traces of the N wall (L 0.9m) of the main block are visible projecting eastward from the E face of the NW tower 1.48m N of the S wall of the angle tower. The tower is four or five storeys high with a parapet. Each storey has a large centrally placed window in the W wall, all within flat-headed embrasures. There are numerous gun-loops which are blocked internally and obsured externally by thick ivy cover. A doorway in the S wall at both second and third-floor levels connected the angle tower with the main block. The stepped crenellatons of the parapet have cut limestone coping stones which curve decoratively at the angles and are surmounted by a cut stone block. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 08 July 2014

• TS060-050002 Bawn
  Description

  On high ground on edge of flat ridge above the flood plain of the Multeen River to W and Ballygriffin church (TS060-049001-) and graveyard (TS060-049003-) 50m to the N. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the proprietor in 1640 was 'Doctor Garrott ffennell Esqr Irish Papist' and 'Uppon these lands stands a castle wanting repayre wth a strong Bawne…there is an orchard wth a Gardin within the bawne' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 8). Large, roughly rectangular bawn with fortified house (TS060-050001-) in the interior, west of centre. The round arched entrance (Wth 2.91m; H 3.2m), of cut limestone with hood-moulding, is roughly centrally placed in the N wall (T 0.8m; L c. 100m - the E end (c. 50m) is no longer visible above ground). There is a rectangular recess above the gateway which would have contained an armorial plaque or datestone. There is a double gun-loop on either side of the gateway. The gateway is no longer in use and a modern entrance (Wth 4.4m) has been broken through the bawn wall 3.7m to the E. At the NW angle there is a rectangular mural tower which projects out beyond the wall by 2.25-2.5m. The mural tower (ext. dims. 5.2m N-S and E-W along N wall; int. dims. 3.67m N-S; 3.62m E-W) is defended by two shot-holes at the NW angle. The W wall (H 3.7m; L 70.87m between NW and SW mural towers) is largely intact and has no visible features. A modern entrance (Wth 3.96m) has been broken though towards the S end and a house (L 17.66m) has been built onto the S end, which appears to be incorporating the bawn wall and a SW mural tower which is of similar dimensions to that on the NW angle (projects out from bawn wall by 2.13m and has an ext. L of 5.2m N-S). The S wall (L 77m) is largely intact and has no visible contemporary features, the E end (L 10.5m) is no longer visible above ground. A later doorway (Wth 0.8m) has been inserted towards the W end. Of the E wall (surviving L 57m) the N and S ends are not visible. A small stone farm building has been built onto the S end of the wall. It is likely that only the angle is missing at the S end and that the wall would have turned W and run diagonally across the interior of the present farm building to join with the S wall. There is a blocked doorway roughly midway along the E wall which is contemporary with the bawn (int. Wth 1.3m; ext. Wth 0.9m), with the lowest cut limestone surrounds surviving, chamfered externally. There are a number of later blocked openings along the northern portion of the E wall, including one which appears as a crudely reconstructed loop but is not original. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 09 July 2014

• TS060-053 Linear earthwork
  Description

  In improved pasture for duration. Follows close to River Suir from its confluence with the Multeen River to S in Ballygriffin townland and extends to NE into Lisheen townland. At the S end a cliff-edge fort (TS060-074----) is strategically placed within the southern axis of confluence of the Multeen River and the River Suir. Another cliff-edge fort (TS060-071----), located on the SE bank of the River Suir, overlooks this confluence to the SW. According to the OS Namebook (O'Donovan c. 1840), 'From Lisheen House in a south westerly direction to the Suir, runs a fence said to have been an ancient territorial boundary'. The S section, aligned roughly N-S, is visible as the remains of a levelled bank (dims. Wth at top 6m; total Wth 7.9m; H at E 0.05m; H at W 0.07m) which is also defined as a level area (Wth 9m) with a scarp (Wth 1.25m; H 0.17m) on its W-side and an existing hedgerow field boundary to E which is partially incorporated into a farm trackway. A short, but reasonably well preserved bank (Wth at top 2.75m; total Wth 4.5m; H at S 0.2m; H at N 0.15m) extends (long-axis ENE-WSW) at the northern end of this section. The mid-section changes direction, running roughly E-W, the western end is incorporated into a trackway and the eastern end is not visible above ground where a steep, wooded scarp falls from improved pasture at N, to the flood plain of the River Suir to S. The northern section runs NE-SW towards Lisheen House. At the SW-end, the bank (Wth at top 1.3m; total Wth 5.85m; H at E 0.55m; H at W 0.95m) is incorporated into a field boundary. The best preserved section of the monument (max. H 1.5m) survives incorporated into an existing field boundary, though further N the boundary (long-axis NE-SW) appears to have been removed without trace. A short portion of the monument may be incorporated into a field boundary (L c. 72m) S of Lisheen House, where the bank (Wth c. 2.1m; H 0.5m at WNW; H 0.55m at ESE) is aligned with mature trees, with a land drain on the WNW-side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Ballygriffin Bridge, bridge, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch road bridge over River Multeen, built c. 1820, with flood arch to south. Coursed rubble limestone walls, having ashlar V-shaped cutwaters to east elevation. Round central arches and segmental end arches, with dressed limestone voussoirs.

• Ballygriffin House, house, 1500–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, but incorporating medieval bawn wall of tower house. Projecting fourth bay is modified mural tower of bawn and has canted-bay window. Two-bay single-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof, pyramidal to tower and catslide over extension, with rendered chimneystacks and having gablets to first floor front windows. Painted rendered walls with rendered plinth course. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows having limestone sills. Square-headed door opening in porch with glazed timber double doors, approached by flight of limestone steps. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding built onto south wall of bawn and has pitched slate roof and wider and higher square-plan tower to east end with pyramidal slate roof, roughcast rendered walls and elliptical-arched carriage entrance with brick voussoirs. Building also incorporates reused medieval stonework. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to west having pitched slate roof and central elliptical-arched carriage entrance with brick voussoirs. Five-bay single-storey with attic building to east of bawn is pair of workers' houses and has pitched slate roof, rubble limestone walls and limestone pediments to windbreaks, having timber battened doors. Other pitched slate outbuildings elsewhere in bawn. Remains of five-storey medieval tower house to north of house, round-arched gateway to west and flanker towers to north-west and south-west. Three-bay single-storey gate lodge to west with hipped slate roof and brick chimneystack, painted roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings having limestone sills and square-headed doorway with timber battened doors. Road entrance gates with rendered piers, double-leaf cast-iron gates with sweeping rendered walls having roughly carved copings terminating in rendered 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 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 Ballygriffin.

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

Name

Ballygriffin · Baile Ghrífín

Area

1,547,899 m² (154.79 ha, 382.49 acres)

Civil parish

Ballygriffin, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballygriffin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballygriffin electoral division: 263 people in 94 households; 93% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinamona, Ballinlina, Ballygriffin, Ballynahinch, Garrane, Goldenhills, Lisheen, Lisheen Beg, Mantlehill Great, Springmount

Placenames

Ballygriffin 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.