Borrisnafarney

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Borrisnafarney, from 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 719,341 m² (71.93 ha, 177.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Borrisnafarney 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.

• 14 Mar 2026N/a

  a new covered collecting yard area with a concrete slatted waste storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660234

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  a dwelling house, garage, wastewater system and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560128

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  a new dwelling extension, renovation of the existing dwelling, new septic tank, percolation area, entrance & all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461037

• 14 Feb 2020Conditional

  removal of two existing farm sheds and construction of a new cubicle house with slatted waste storage and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20135

• 18 Dec 2019Conditional

  1) a dairy and milking parlour which adjoins a bovine loose housing area and 2) a cow cubicle shed with slatted waste storage and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19601423

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: Kilduff, Devilsbit Mountain SAC 000934
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilduff, Devilsbit Mountain 000934

Recorded monuments

• TN022-053 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on poorly drained land in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN022-056----) 180m to the S. Depicted as a circular earthwork on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the revised 1901 ed. OS 25-inch map. 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: 27 January 2012

• TN022-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground on poorly drained land in an upland area with an earthwork site (TN022-053) to the N. A heavily overgrown circular area (diam. 25m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with a wide, waterlogged intervening fosse (Wth 4-8m; D 0.7m) which appears to have been widened to accommodate drainage channels. A gap (Wth 9m) in the outer and inner bank at SW may be the original entrance feature. The outer bank (Wth 2.2-9m; ext. H 0.6m) is best preserved and appears to have been widened and altered by a drainage scheme on the surrounding land. 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

• TN022-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 20m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.5m) with modern gap (Wth 3m) at W. The site is intersected by a stream at S destroying all enclosing features. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) is best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 1.5m) is only visible at NW. 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

• TN022-058 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  Situated on a hillock in between two steep-sided ravines in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the S. A raised oval-shaped area (diam. 25m E-W; 18m N-S; H 3m) enclosed by a roughly coursed mortared wall (T 1.5m; H 1m) from E through S to W with a scarp elsewhere, a wide waterlogged outer fosse (Wth 3-4m) and an external bank (Wth 2m; H 1.5m) visible on E and W sides only. The ravines form natural defences at N and S. Drystone wall-facing is visible on the inner face of the outer bank at W only. This is a highly defensive site which may be an early medieval earthwork with a superimposed seventeenth-century artillery fortification. Designated as 'Battery' on all editions of the OS 6-inch map. 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

• TN028-020001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the E and a possible ringwork (TN022-058) to the NE. Stout assigns an early medieval date for the church based on the Calendar of Ormond deeds which refers to the 'rectory of the church of Burgagenefarne' in 1364 (Stout 1984, 100; COD, vol. 2, 84). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the place as being without a church or chancel (Murphy 1914, 220). Listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1302 (CDI, vol. 5, 302). The present remains consist of a nineteenth-century graveyard (TN028-020002) enclosed by modern wall with no visible remains of the church site. According to the OS Letters the graveyard was known locally as St John's church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 84). 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

• TN028-020002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the E and a possible ringwork (TN022-058) to the NE. Stout assigns an early medieval date for the church (TN028-0200010 based on the Calendar of Ormond deeds which refers to the 'rectory of the church of Burgagenefarne' in 1364 (Stout 1984, 100; COD, vol. 2, 84). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the place as being without a church or chancel (Murphy 1914, 220). Listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1302 (CDI, vol. 5, 302). The present remains consist of a nineteenth-century graveyard enclosed by modern wall with no visible remains of the church site. According to the OS Letters the graveyard was known locally as St John's church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 84). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN028-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby church site (TN028-020) to the W and a ringwork (TN022-058) to the N. A circular area (diam. 25m E-W) enclosed by two well-preserved earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.4m) and causewayed entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at W. The inner bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) is not as well-preserved as the outer bank (Wth 1.5m; H 1m). 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

• TN028-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the W-facing slope of a natural hillock on rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN028-021) to the NE. A raised oval area (diam. 34m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 3m max. at N) and outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) with an entrance gap (Wth 4m) at E. The fosse is visible at W only. The natural slope of the hillock falls away steeply at W offering a natural defensive element. 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 Borrisnafarney.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Borrisnafarney.

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

Name

Borrisnafarney · Buiríos na Fearna

Area

6,362,903 m² (636.29 ha, 1,572.31 acres)

Civil parish

Borrisnafarney, and its townlands

Barony

Ikerrin

Electoral division

Borrisnafarney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Borrisnafarney electoral division: 310 people in 98 households; 98% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinveny, Barnane, Bohernarude, Kilduff, Knockanroger

Placenames

Borrisnafarney 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.