Carrowkeale
Townland in the civil parish of Kilvellane, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Cheathrú Chaol
- Area
- 178.7 ha
- 442 acres
- Land parcels
- 65
- registered freehold, median 5,231 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Amenity
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkeale, from 165 m² to 216,384 m² (21.64 ha, 53.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1Amenity (Open space, park)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 May 2025N/a
2 No. playing pitches, associated pitch lighting, associated netting & fencing, dugouts, car parking area, clubhouse building with dressing rooms, gym, meeting room and ancillary rooms, site entrance & exit, wastewater treatment system, walkway with associated lighting and all associated site works including levelling works, this application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560418
13 Feb 2025Conditional
the construction of a private well & slatted shed and underground slurry storage tank along with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560093
30 Oct 2024Conditional
demolition of an existing cottage and out building and construction of a replacement two storey dwelling together with a replacement out-building (incorporating a store and laundry room), new entrances, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 24242
10 Oct 2024N/a
demolishing an existing cottage and out building and construct a replacement two storey dwelling, together with a replacement out-building (incorporating a store and laundry room), new entrances, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 24228
29 Jun 2024Conditional
change of design from that previously granted under planning permission reference number 21972 to consist of: (a) change to house design comprising of a part single storey part two storey dwelling house measuring 219m2, (b) detached single storey domestic garage measuring 47m2, (c) reconfigured boundary wall and vehicular entrance to public road, (d) all associated landscaping, site services and works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2460534
29 Feb 2024N/a
2 No. playing pitches, associated pitch lighting, associated netting & fencing, viewing stand, dugouts, car parking area, clubhouse building with dressing rooms, gym, meeting room and ancillary rooms, site entrance & exit, wastewater treatment system, walkway with associated lighting and all associated site works including levelling works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460149
7 Oct 2021Conditional
construct a dwelling house, garage, new entrance, (along with the closing up of the existing entrance and alteration to the driveway), wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and ancillary works, along with the installation of a mobile home for the duration of the build, and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211476
6 Jul 2021Conditional
two storey house with attached domestic garage and effluent treatment system and site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21972
11 May 2020Conditional
(a) to carry out alterations and construct single storey extension to their existing detached dwelling house. (b) Permission to retain detached garage and detached store including all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20453
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Slievefelim to Silvermines Mountains SPA 004165
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Derrygareen Heath 000931
Recorded monuments
- TN037-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking the nearby Small River to the N. A circular area (diam. 25m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) reduced to a scarp in places with a wide flat-bottomed external fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.6m) best preserved from W to N with possible traces of an outer bank best preserved from N to E. A D-shaped area defined by a scarp (H 1m) is attached to the outer fosse of the ringfort from N to E and may be a conjoined enclosure. A field fence intersects the inner bank at S on an E-W axis and at E on a N-S axis. No visible entrance feature. 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
- TN037-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the N slope of a N-S ridge in an upland area with a nearby mound barrow (TN037-012) to the E and the Small River to the N. A circular area (diam. 31m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1-2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5-1m) with no entrance feature or fosse visible. Wall-footings of an old field fence bisect the ringfort on a NW-SE axis. 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
- TN037-019 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated on high ground with extensive views and a nearby cashel (TN037-018) to the SW. A circular area (diam. 22.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a well-preserved drystone wall (T 2m; H 1.5m) with no entrance feature visible. Field walls intersect the site at NW and E. A millstone roughout lies nearby to the SE. 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 Carrowkeale.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1191 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Carrowkeale, Newport5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Carrowkeale · An Cheathrú Chaol
- Area
- 1,786,847 m² (178.68 ha, 441.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilvellane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Newport, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newport electoral division: 3,167 people in 1,060 households; 76% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahane, Castlewaller, Clonbealy, Cooldrisla, Derrygareen, Derryleigh, Kilnacappagh, Knockancullenagh, Mackney (Bourke), Rockvale
- Placenames
- Carrowkeale 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.