Burgesbeg

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burgesbeg, from 910 m² to 660,245 m² (66.02 ha, 163.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Burgesbeg 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.

• 3 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of a cubicles shed extension with underground effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360147

• 11 Jul 2019Conditional

  two storey dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600779

• 28 Jun 2019N/a

  construction of a two storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600722

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Burgesbeg.

Recorded monuments

• TN019-040 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  Situated on a rise of ground in upland area in forest plantation with nearby stone circle (TN019-046001) to N and stone row (TN020-062) to E. A tall rectangular stone (H 1.42m; dims. 1m x 0.52m) with large recumbent stone immediately to SW, aligned on a NE-SW axis. The second stone was knocked during forest plantation. 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

• TN025-031 Standing stone
  Description

  Stone probably destroyed during removal of the townland boundary which was located in the field where the site was situated. No visible remains. 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

• TN025-037 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated in wooded area on the W side of a steep ravine in an upland area overlooking a river below with Burgesbeg medieval church (TN025-038001-) and graveyard (TN025-038003-) 160m to the E. The river marks the W boundary of the parish of Burgesbeg. A medieval watermill (TN025-039----) was located along the river 300m to the S of the motte. Present remains consists of a steep-sided flat-topped circular-shaped mound (H 3m at E; 6m at W; top diam. 14.6m N-S; 15.1m E-W) with a wide fosse (Wth 3m) at base that is visible at NW only; elsewhere it has been filled in with evidence of an external earth and stone bank well faced with stone in places. No evidence for an adjoining bailey area. 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 February 2020

• TN025-038001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a S facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a motte castle (TN025-037----) 160m to the W, medieval watermill (TN025-039----) located to the S. Burgess Church listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1302 (Cal. doc. Ire., 301). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the building as 'a good church, a good chancell' (Murphy 1914, 219). Medieval church and watermill depicted on 1654-7 Down Survey map of Burges parish (NLI, MS 721). Described in the Civil Survey of 1654-56 as, 'Upon ye. sd. pld stands the parish Church of Borges ye. sd. lands is not cleerely devided' (Simington 1934, 151). All that survives of the church is a small portion of the S wall (L 3m; H 3m) in the centre of a large graveyard (TN025-038003-) containing eighteenth and nineteenth-century headstones. The OS Letters describe both the N and S walls of the church (Wth 24ft [7.32m]) surviving with no evidence of either gable (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 113; Gleeson 1951, 98). A sheela-na-gig (TN025-038002-) discovered by local men in 1932 in the NE corner of the church is now housed in the National Museum (Raftery 1969, 92-3). 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 February 2020

• TN025-038002 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  Discovered by local workmen in 1932 in the NE corner of Burgesbeg church (TN025-038001) and now housed in the National Museum (Cherry 1992, 6). Described by Raftery (1969, 92-3) as a roughly dressed rectangular block (H 0.7m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.33m) with a naked female figure carved in high relief (L 0.62m) on one face. The figure consists of a well-carved round head with round eyes, unclear mouth with bent arms pulling the vulva apart and knees slightly bent with toes pointing downwards. The breasts are barely indicated. Described by Freitag as a 'figure carved in relief on block of sandstone; partly dressed to an approximately rectangular shape. Shape would suggest that figure was once built into the structure and formed part of arch of door or window. Round head with sharp chin; eyes clearly cut circles, but nose and mouth ill-defined; narrow neck. Breasts barely indicated. Arms flexed and hands grasping deeply hollowed out pudenda between widely separated thighs; prominent touchhole or anus below genitals. Knees bent; feet pointing downwards' (Freitag 2004, 126). 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 05 June 2012

• TN025-038003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a S facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby motte (TN025-037----) to the W. Listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1302 (Cal. doc. Ire., 301). The Royal Visitation of 1615 described the building as 'a good church, a good chancell' (Murphy 1914, 219). All that survives of the church (TN025-038001-) is a small portion of the S wall in the centre of a large D-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 70m N-S x 75m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate and stone stile in centre of S wall. The graveyard wall incorporates fragments of the medieval church that have been reused in the building of this wall in the post-1700 period. The graveyard contains post-1700 memorials and is still in use to this day. A sheela-na-gig (TN025-038002) discovered by local men in 1932 in the NE corner of the church is now housed in the National Museum (Raftery 1969, 92-3). A graveslab possible of medieval date was described by Gleeson (1951, 98) as following; 'close to the east end of the south wall is a tombstone (broken) of the Uí Briain family partly in black letter. It is inscribed "Hic jacet Donatus Dermitius als Bryn de Gortmore'. The location of this graveslab within the graveyard could not be identified. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 February 2020

• TN025-038004 Exhibitionist figure
  Description

  Two carved sandstone figures (TN025-038002-/004-), originating from the old church (TN025-038001-) of Burgesbeg. The figure (TN025-038002-), on loan to the National Museum, was found in 1932 by a Mr Wallace inside the church at the base of the wall of the only remaining gable. The second figure from Burgesbeg appears to be the figure (OF005-004004-) now located in the store room at Clonmacnoise. Guest recorded that, 'Mr Wallace has informed me of the finding of two Sheela-na-gigs (TN025-038002-/004-) found lying outside the south wall of Burgesbeg churchyard (TN025-038003-) (Guest 1939, 48). This figure is currently kept in a store room adjoining the cathedral (OF005-004001-) at Clonmacnoise. Described by McMahon and Roberst as a figure with 'bent legs, bulbous eyes and clearly defined ribs. According to Weir there is 'a small protuberance, like an uvula [which is described as a 'hesitant penis'] immediately below what is a small deep hole which most likely represents the anus' (McMahon and Roberts 2001, 119). Recorded by Cherry as an exhibitionist figure that was mistakenly identified as a sheela-na-gig (Cherry 1992, 10). Cross-referenced with OF005-004004-. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 05 June 2012

• TN025-040 Bridge
  Description

  Late 18th - 19th century bridge in area marked on OS 6-inch map. Bridge referred to in the 1654 Civil Survey may or may not have been located where present bridge is situated. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN026-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Burgesbeg, 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 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 Burgesbeg.

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

Name

Burgesbeg · An Bhuirgéis

Area

2,515,588 m² (251.56 ha, 621.62 acres)

Civil parish

Burgesbeg, and its townlands

Barony

Owney and Arra

Electoral division

Burgesbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

484 people lived in 161 households in the Burgesbeg electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barbaha, Carriggal, Castlecranna, Coumroe, Gortmore, Scragg

Placenames

Burgesbeg 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.