Brittas

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brittas, from 66 m² to 202,129 m² (20.21 ha, 49.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Brittas 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.

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  an extension to the side of existing bungalow and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660199

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  the further continued use of an existing temporary 80m high meteorological mast and associated instruments in the townland of Brittas, near Thurles Co. Tipperary. The mast was erected on site as exempted development pursuant to Class 20(A), Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) which was extended for two years under Planning Ref 2460421. Permission is sought to extend this permission for a further period of two years

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660088

• 30 May 2024Conditional

  the continued use of an existing temporary 80m high lattice type meteorological mast and associated instruments in the townland of Brittas, near Thurles Co. Tipperary. The structure is fixed to ground mounted anchors by guy wires and includes instruments to measure local meteorological conditions. The mast was erected on site in April 2023 as exempted development pursuant to Class 20(A), Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended). Permission is sought for a further period of two years

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460421

• 27 Feb 2024Conditional

  (i) calf shed (ii) roofed manure area (iii) slatted feeding shed with underground slurry tank (iv) cubicles shed with loose area (iii) storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460134

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  carry out alterations and extension to existing dwelling including the repositioning of existing site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2235

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  the erection of a 36 metre high multi-user lattice telecommunications structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment cabinets, creation of new entrance access track and site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600549

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cabragh Wetlands 001934

Recorded monuments

• TN035-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on flat poorly drained land with extensive views. A roughly circular area (diam. 42m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank (Wth. 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.45m) and a water-filled outer fosse (Wth 1.9m; D 0.75m) with no clear entrance feature visible. Field clearance debris is dumped around the perimeter of the site at S which obscures the enclosing bank. 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

• TN041-004 Earthwork
  Description

  Located on a low natural E-W ridge in fairly level, gently undulating land, in pasture. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the 1952-3 ed. The site was removed when the railway line was constructed. According to the landowner there was a sand pit roughly W of the railway line where the W part of the site formerly stood. 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

• TN041-007 Church
  Description

  Situated in flat pastureland in Brittas Demesne. The church (dims. 19m x 7.55m; wall T 0.75-85m) is situated in the NW angle of a square-shaped graveyard (TN041-007001) and is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble. The N wall survives to a height of 2.4m. A breach in the centre of this wall has been blocked up with masonry and internally the wall is largely obscured by ivy. The E gable survives almost to an apex, c. 5m high. It has a single, narrow, round-headed window (L c. 1m; W c. 0.15m) with jambs of roughly cut blocks of limestone and a single piece of stone forming the head set into a round-headed embrasure. The jambs are crudely dressed with vertical lines. Both internally and externally the E gable is crudely repointed. The S wall survives to a height of 2.7m with no features visible. A break at the E end of the S wall has been rebuilt to provide a flush surface. The corresponding end of the E gable is also rebuilt giving a gap of 1.85m which is the only access to the interior. A breach (L 4m) at the W end of the S wall is filled with masonry - this may have been the original entrance. The W gable (H 2m) is the lowest surviving wall and is obscured by ivy. The W wall of the church also forms the W wall of the graveyard. The N wall of the graveyard continues on the line of the N wall of the church but is not keyed-in. The graveyard is entered through a round-headed arch in the E wall with engaged pillars on either side. The earliest visible headstone in the graveyard dates to 1782 and commemorates James Sweeney, a worker on the estate. Other gravestones are predominantly Knoxs and Langleys of nineteenth-century date. A number of crude gravemarkers are also present. This appears to be an estate church with no visible evidence of medieval origin. Marked as 'church in ruins' on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map, however, there is no entry in the OS Letters. 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

• TN041-007001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated in flat pastureland in Brittas Demesne. The church (TN041-007) is situated in the NW angle of a square-shaped graveyard and is constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble. The W wall of the church (TN041-007) also forms the W wall of the graveyard. The N wall of the graveyard continues on the line of the N wall of the church but is not keyed-in. The graveyard is entered through a round-headed arch in the E wall with engaged pillars on either side. The earliest visible headstone in the graveyard dates to 1782 and commemorates James Sweeney, a worker on the estate. Other gravestones are predominantly Knoxs and Langleys of nineteenth-century date. A number of crude gravemarkers are also present. This appears to be an estate church with no visible evidence of medieval origin. Marked as 'church in ruins' on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map, however, there is no entry in the OS Letters. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN041-008 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a gentle N-facing slope on a slight rise which slopes down to the River Suir, immediately N of the site. Marked as a small oval enclosure defined by trees on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map and as a small hachured enclosure on 1952-3 revision. Clearly visible as an oval enclosure on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 463/2). There are some undulations in the area but no definable pattern emerges. 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

• TN041-012001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on flat terrain in Brittas Demesne. The original castle was burnt c.1820 (Bence-Jones 1988, 48, 293) and the landowner intended replacing it with a full-scale replica of Warwick Castle. This venture was started but never finished due to the tragic death of the landowner. A sketch of the original castle in the possession of the present landowner shows three towers, two square, one circular, with intervening buildings, possibly built onto the bawn wall (TN041-012002-). The towers are approximately four storeys high with crenellated battlements and hood-mouldings over flat-headed windows and may have been part of the bawn defences. The bawn was mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). There is now a nineteenth-century house built on the site. 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

• TN041-012002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on flat terrain in Brittas Demesne. The original castle (TN041-012001) was burnt c.1820 (Bence-Jones 1988, 48, 293) and the landowner intended replacing it with a full-scale replica of Warwick Castle. This venture was started but never finished due to the tragic death of the landowner. A sketch of the original castle in the possession of the present landowner shows three towers, two square, one circular, with intervening buildings, possibly built onto the bawn wall. The towers are approximately four storeys high with crenellated battlements and hood-mouldings over flat-headed windows and may have been part of the bawn defences. The bawn was mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). There is now a nineteenth-century house built on the site. 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

• TN041-076 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing slope in gently undulating terrain under tillage and adjacent to a railway line. Indicated as a rectangular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map with a field boundary forming the E side. The site was probably levelled when the railway line was constructed after 1843. It may have been a small field. 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

• TN041-087 Enclosure
  Description

  Site identified on aerial photograph taken on 11/8/1996 by Michael Moore (ASIAP 43(25-27)). Situated on flat grassland with good views in all directions. Barely visible remains of a circular enclosure (approx. diam. 25m N-S ; 20m E-W) defined by a dark vegetation cropmark (Wth 3m) enclosing a slighlty raised hillock (H 0.2m), no other features visible, cropmark does not fully enclose the low hillock and is visible from W through N to E only. Not indicated on first ed. OS 6-inch map. Site of levelled enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Brittas Castle, country house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached castle, built c.1830, and unfinished except for front elevation and lower parts of other walls. Polygonal battlemented towers to corners of front elevation. Ashlar limestone walls with battered base. Round-arch loop windows, with double-ogee light to west side of front part. Machicolations to towers and west wall. Four-centred-arch entranceway, with chamfered surrounds and with slots for portcullis. Castle surrounded by moat.

• Brittas Castle, country house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan single-storey house, built c.1860, with six-bay front and three-bay south elevations and with lean-to addition to southwest and half-hipped outbuilding attached to northwest. Hipped slate main roof having rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with dressed limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with timber sliding sash windows, mainly two-over-two pane, having margined one-over-one pane to south elevation, with limestone sills. Ashlar limestone block-and-start surround to square-headed door opening having glazed timber panelled door. Yard of single storey outbuildings to north, having pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, and some with cut-stone walls, some having segmental-arch carriage openings. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to northwest, with pitched slate roof, dressed limestone walls with cut limestone quoins and having bellcote to south gable.

• Brittas Castle, gate lodge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay gate lodge, buitl c.1850, with single-storey front and formerly two-storey rear elevations, with gabled projecting central bay, having recent extension to rear. Pitched slate roof having cut limestone chimneystack with recent rendered top. Rendered walls with dressed limestone quoins, plaque, dressings to openings and label-mouldings. Square-headed openings to front, mullioned double segmental lights to lower gables and loops to upper gables, all with block-and-start surrounds, replacement windows and with label-mouldings to all ground floor openings except ogee-headed windows in sides of porch. Wide entrance door openings with label-moulding and recent brick infill to sides and having replacement timber door. Square-plan ashlar limestone piers and rendered walls with dressed limestone copings and having replacement cast-iron vehicular and flanking pedestrian gates to road.

• Brittas Castle, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates to country house, erected c.1850, comprising square-plan cut limestone piers with moulded cornice and flat caps. Ornate wrought-iron piers and vehicular and pedestrian gates. Detached two-bay single-storey with attic gate lodge to north-west, with gabled porch, and with lower single-bay addition to west. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and carved timber bargeboards. Rendered walls with render quoins and square-headed replacement uPVC windows and timber door.

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 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 Brittas.

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

Name

Brittas · An Briotás

Area

4,080,898 m² (408.09 ha, 1,008.41 acres)

Civil parish

Thurles, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Thurles Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Thurles Rural electoral division: 2,365 people in 851 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardbaun, Brownstown, Clonamuckoge Beg, Clonamuckoge More, Grange, Kilkillahara, Lewagh Beg, Lewagh More, Rossestown, Tooreen

Placenames

Brittas 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.