Boolakennedy

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boolakennedy, from 970 m² to 2,741,239 m² (274.12 ha, 677.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Boolakennedy 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.

• 23 Jan 2024Conditional

  the construction of a slatted shed with underground slurry tank with loose area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460043

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: Galtee Mountains SAC 000646
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galtee Mountains 000646

Recorded monuments

• TS080-012 Structure
  Description

  On an ESE-facing hill slope in the Galtee Mountains. Within a deliberately constructed sheltered hollow (int. dims. 9.1m NE-SW; 4.6m NW-SE) there is long, rectangular stone built structure (dims. 7.5m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE at centre, tapering to 2.35m at the NE end and 1.9m at the SW end), aligned NNE-SSW, with dry-stone boulder walls (Wth 0.8m; H . The interior appears to be sod/turf filled and is covered in heather. The SW side of the hollow is cut into the hill slope creating a scarp (H 1-1.1m), elsewhere it is enclosed by a bank (Wth at crest 1.1-1.65m; overall Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.2m). The internal structure is not visible outside the hollow. The function of this structure is unknown but it may be related to potato storage. A large field (dims. c, 220m NW-SE; c. 160m NE-SW) is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map c. 20m S of this structure. It appears to have been an area of cultivation in otherwise rough grazing on the mountain. On Digitalglobe imagery cultivation ridges are visible in this field. In the N quadrant of this field a house is indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map and within this quadrant two houses (TS080-013----; TS080-014----) have been identified on the ground, both c. 50m SE of the rectangular structure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2019

• TS080-013 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in upland terrain in the Galtee Mountains. There are extensive views SE overlooking a valley and mountains beyond, otherwise the view is limited to the surrounding mountain slopes. A house, aligned NNE-SSW (int. dims. 5.5m x 2.5m), with an entrance (Wth 1.4m) at the NE end of the SE wall. The long NW wall of the house is built into the hill slope. The walls have collapsed (Wth 1.15-2.3m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 0.45-0.7m) and are largely heather covered. There is a small crude, slightly raised, structure (dims. 1.5m x 0.9m; H above ext. 0.55m) defined by boulders 1.3m NE of the NE gable of the house. The house is within the N quadrant of a large field (dims. c, 220m NW-SE; c. 160m NE-SW) which is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It appears to have been an area of cultivation in otherwise rough grazing on the mountain. On Digitalglobe imagery cultivation ridges are visible in this field. Another house (TS080-014----) is located 8m to the W. A structure within a hollow (TS080-012----) is located just outside the field, c. 20m to the N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2019

• TS080-014 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in upland terrain in the Galtee Mountains. There are extensive views SE overlooking a valley and mountains beyond, otherwise the view is limited to the surrounding mountain slopes. A ruinous small rectangular house, aligned NE-SW (int. dims. 4.2m x 2.7m) with a possible entrance (Wth 0.8m) in the SE wall towards the NE end. The walls (Wth 1.1-1.6m) have collapsed (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.23-1.5m; ext. H 0.93m). There is a smaller building adjoining at the SW end (dims. 3.4m NE-SW; c. 2.3m NW-SE) largely built into the slope, with walling only clear where it adjoins the house and along the SE side (wall T 1.6m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.82m). There is a entrance (Wth 1m) to this building at the NE end of the SE wall. The interior of the house is very rushy. The walls are covered in grass and heather. The house is within the N quadrant of a large field (dims. c, 220m NW-SE; c. 160m NE-SW) which is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It appears to have been an area of cultivation in otherwise rough grazing on the mountain. On Digitalglobe imagery cultivation ridges are visible in this field. Another house (TS080-013----) is located 8m to the E. A structure within a hollow (TS080-012----) is located just outside the field, c. 20m to the N. See attached photographs: TS080-014----_01 Interior of house from possible entrance in SE wall - rods against NE wall and at W angle TS080-014----_02 House from S angle Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2019

• TS080-015 Structure
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in upland terrain in the Galtee Mountains, 14m SW of a rectangular structure in a hollow (TS080-012----). A small structure (int. dims. 2.8m x 1.9m) defined by scarp where it is built into the hill-slope at SW-W-NW and elsewhere by a heather-covered bank (Wth at crest 0.7m; overall Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.32-0.85m; ext. H 0.55m). There is a narrow entrance (Wth 0.5m) at the NE end of the SE wall, defined on the NE side by a large boulder with a straight side towards the entrance. A structure within a hollow (TS080-012----) is located 14m to the NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2019

• TS080-016 Standing stone
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in the Galtee Mountains, overlooking an extensive plain and mountains beyond to the SE, otherwise surrounded by mountain slopes. An old red conglomerate sandstone standing stone (0.93m x 0.53m; H 0.8m), rectangular in plan and orientated NNE-SSW, with the broad flat faces to the SE and NW. The stone tapers towards the top (0.67m x 0.24m). Though relatively low, this standing stone is prominent on the open mountains slopes. See attached photographs: TS080-016----_01 NW face TS080-016----_02 SW side TS080-016----_03 SE face TS080-016----_04 NE face TS080-016----_05 SE face overlooking valley and mountains beyond Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2019

• TS080-017 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated at the base of a rocky outcrop overlooking a fast-flowing stream. Glennyreea Rver 30m to N which forms townland boundary with Cloheenafishoge. Listed as Boolakennedy 1 (Costello 2016, 89, 98; Costello 2016, 309-10; Costello 2020, 121) and described as a sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims. 11.15m x 5m; int. dims. 10.3m x 3.4m) aligned NE-SW. Its N end wall and W side wall are formed largely by in-situ boulders and bedrock, creating a barrier 1.4m in height. The E wall (0.9m high) is also built up against the slope but with some obvious rubble masonry to increase its height. The S end wall is lower (0.8m high) and slightly collapsed. There is no obvious entrance through any of the walls, while the interior of the enclosure is dryish with some scattered stones. See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 26 August 2020

• TS080-018 Hut site
  Description

  Situated 30m NE of a hut site (TS080-017----) on the E edge of a raised piece of land separating two converging mountain streams. Glennyreea River immediately to N which forms townland boundary with Cloheenafishoge. Listed as Boolakennedy 2 (Costello 2016, 98; Costello 2016, 97, 310) and described as a rectangular hut site (ext. dims. 5.4m x 3.5m; int. dims. 3.9m x 1.7m) aligned NE-SW constructed with low stone-built walls (H 0.2-0.8m; Wth 0.8m), partly covered by sods and best-preserved at NE. The placename ‘Glennyreea’ is an anglicisation of Gleann Áirí, which translates as Valley of the Summer Milking-Place (Costello 2016, 203; Costello 2020, 114). See attached photographs courtesy of Dr. Eugene Costello Compiled by: Dr Eugene Costello Date of upload: 26 August 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Boolakennedy, about 1 in 5 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 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 Boolakennedy.

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

Name

Boolakennedy · Buaile Uí Chinnéide

Area

4,377,513 m² (437.75 ha, 1,081.71 acres)

Civil parish

Shanrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Iffa and Offa West

Electoral division

Kilcoran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

573 people lived in 191 households in the Kilcoran electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardane, Cloheenafishoge, Curraghavoke, Glengarra, Poulavala, Rehill, Rossrehill

Placenames

Boolakennedy 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.