Bleenaleen Lower

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bleenaleen Lower, from 103 m² to 261,507 m² (26.15 ha, 64.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Bleenaleen Lower 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.

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  10-year permission. The development will consist of (1) Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) type Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) for the treatment of wastewater from the Grangemockler agglomeration comprising of 1 No. septic tank and 4No. ICW ponds; (2) Provision of a new terminal wastewater pumping station and stormwater management at the site of the existing Slievardagh Estate Developer Provided Infrastructure (DPI) WWTP, which is to be decommissioned; (3) Access road surrounding the ICW ponds; (4) decommissioning of 2 existing septic tanks (Mill River and Lingaun Park); (5) Ancillary works associated with the development including the associated pipework, fencing and landscaping; (6) pedestrian access via new footbridge over the Currasilla Stream; (7) upgrade existing culvert bridge under existing access road; (8) the installation of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560566

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

• TS071-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. Remains of circular area (dims. 20m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by levelled bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.65m; Wth 13.8m). Interior tends downslope to N and is incorporated into rest of field as pasture. Enclosure (TS071-030----) located 220m to SE and ringfort (TS071-020----) located 230m to N. Ringfort was upstanding when inspected in 1963 (OPW files 9.03.1963). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS071-030 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) depicted on latest edition OS 6-inch map. Remains of D-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by levelled bank (int. H 0.05m; ext. H 0.4m; Wth 8m) NNW-SSE and no trace SSE-NNW. Straight side (long-axis c. NNW-SSE) is defined by ridge (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth 14.5m) which may either be straightened bank or a later field boundary, which bisects monument. Remains of interior to E incorporated into rest of field as pasture. Ringfort (TS071-029----) located 220m to NW and enclosure (TS071-031----) located 150m to ESE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS071-031 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope. Sub-circular area (dims. 25m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.35m) SW-NE and truncated by field boundary NE-SW; sizeable breached (Wth 11m) at SW. Intervening fosse¹ (Wth 9.5m; D 0.55m) is SW-NE and is partially truncated NE-SW. Intervening bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.2m; Wth 9.8m) survives SW-NE. Intervening fosse² (Wth 7.8m; D 1.0m) exists SW-NE. Outer bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 0.2m; Wth 3.4m) is intermittent SW-NE. Interior slopes down gently to SE. Inner scarp breached (Wth 3.5m; L 8m) into interior at NNE and second breach (Wth 4.5m; L 8m) at same may indicate quarrying. Sizeable depression within to W may also indicate quarrying. Enclosure (TS071-030----) located 150m to WNW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS071-037 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a relatively steep E-facing slope, with good views across valley to E. Sub-oval area (dims. 28m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.0m; Wth 6.2m) and external fosse (Wth 6.4m; D 1.1m) SW-W. Monument enclosed by remains of levelled scarp (Wth 4.9m; H 0.95m) W-N-ENE and slight low profile bank (Wth 7.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.3m) ENE-SE. Truncated by field boundary SE-SW. Interior slopes down sharply to E; large erratic conglomerate boulder within to ENE is resting on smaller stones. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bleenaleen Lower.

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

At the centre of the townland of Bleenaleen Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

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

Name

Bleenaleen Lower · Bléin an Lín Íochtarach

Area

653,197 m² (65.32 ha, 161.41 acres)

Civil parish

Garrangibbon, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Garrangibbon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

663 people lived in 249 households in the Garrangibbon electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bleenaleen Upper, Brenormore, Currasilla Lower, Grangemockler, Templemichael

Placenames

Bleenaleen Lower 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.