Baronstown
Townland in the civil parish of Loughmoe East, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile an Bharúin
- Area
- 207.3 ha
- 512 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 16,531 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baronstown, from 1,827 m² to 335,317 m² (33.53 ha, 82.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Baronstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Feb 2026Conditional
1. The removal of part of an existing agricultural machinery shed. 2. The construction of a new loose housing calf shed. 3. The construction of a new farmyard manure pit. 4. The construction of a new cow cubicle shed with slatted waste storage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660168
16 Nov 2021Conditional
new dwelling, entrance, well, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211659
7 Jul 2020Conditional
construction of a new dormer bungalow dwelling, entrance, effluent treatment system together with all site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20717
30 Sept 2019N/a
construction of new dormer bungalow dwelling, detached garage, septic tank, utilise existing entrance together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601078
31 Mar 2017Conditional
two storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance and septic tank including associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600333
28 Feb 2017N/a
two storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance and septic tank including associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600188
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Baronstown.
Recorded monuments
- TN035-054 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN035-058 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. The barely discernible outline of a destroyed enclosure the interior of which appears to have been quarried out. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN035-059 Castle - unclassified
Description
Situated on a low rise of natural rock outcrop in undulating countryside. According to the OS Letters the castle of 'baile an Bharuin' was called after Purcell, baron of Loaghma (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 180). No visible remains at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Baronstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Baronstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Baronstown · Baile an Bharúin
- Area
- 2,073,428 m² (207.34 ha, 512.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughmoe East, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Loughmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Loughmore electoral division: 662 people in 231 households; 91% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athnid More, Ballyduag, Brownstown, Clogharaily Beg, Clogharaily More, Curraghmore, Derry, Kilclonagh, Killeenleigh, Lisheen
- Placenames
- Baronstown 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.