# Croghan, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Loughkeen, barony of Ormond Lower, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Cruachán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,923,939 m² (192.39 ha, 475.42 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,616 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Loughkeen, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/loughkeen.md - Barony: Ormond Lower - Electoral division: Riverstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 609 people lived in 214 households in the Riverstown electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/46073 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 211083 - Centre: latitude 53.10477, longitude -7.93463 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croghan, from 1,362 m² to 168,509 m² (16.85 ha, 41.64 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 513782: 168,509 m² (16.85 ha, 41.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/513782.md - Parcel 577998: 97,457 m² (9.75 ha, 24.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/577998.md - Parcel 511733: 85,080 m² (8.51 ha, 21.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/511733.md - Parcel 2481789: 81,387 m² (8.14 ha, 20.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481789.md - Parcel 540470: 79,260 m² (7.93 ha, 19.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/540470.md - Parcel 584559: 69,800 m² (6.98 ha, 17.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/584559.md - Parcel 557712: 69,357 m² (6.94 ha, 17.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/557712.md - Parcel 555816: 53,868 m² (5.39 ha, 13.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/555816.md - Parcel 576461: 18,175 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/576461.md - Parcel 502799: 14,843 m² (1.48 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/502799.md - Parcel 4144489: 10,650 m² (1.06 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4144489.md - Parcel 508693: 4,583 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/508693.md - Parcel 5165396: 3,371 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5165396.md - Parcel 546179: 2,951 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/546179.md - Parcel 518446: 2,718 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/518446.md - Parcel 560734: 2,557 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/560734.md - Parcel 522205: 2,347 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/522205.md - Parcel 561554: 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561554.md - Parcel 542111: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/542111.md - Parcel 5163150: 2,153 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5163150.md - Parcel 523329: 2,063 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/523329.md - Parcel 535920: 1,362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/535920.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - G5 Open Space, Amenity and Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other): Birr Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Offaly; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.offaly.ie/app/uploads/Council/Council_Services_A-Z/Planning_Building/The-Birr-Local-Area-Plan-2023-2029.pdf#page=161 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 6 Oct 2023, Offaly County Council 2360140: Conditional. Permission. A ten year Planning Permission. The development will consist of: (i) The provision of underground electrical cabling (38kV) from the townland of Townparks to the existing Dallow 110kV substation in the townland of Clondallow to facilitate the connection of the proposed Carrig Renewables Wind Farm development to the national grid; (ii) Provision of 4 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the proposed underground electrical cabling route; (iii) Reinstatement of the road or track surface above the proposed cabling trench along existing roads and tracks; and, (iv) All associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus considered necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The development subject of this application will facilitate the connection of the proposed 7 no. wind turbine Carrig Renewables Wind Farm to the national electricity grid. A concurrent application for the Carrig Renewables Wind Farm development has been lodged to Tipperary County Council. The proposed development includes underground cabling works located within the public road corridor within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (Tipperary RPS Ref. TRPS519 Croghan Bridge). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360140/0 - 22 Sept 2023, Offaly County Council 2360120: N/a. Permission. a ten-year planning permission. The development will consist of: (i) The provision of underground electrical cabling (38kV) from the townland of Townparks to the existing Dallow 110kV substation in the townland of Clondallow to facilitate the connection of the proposed Carrig Renewables Wind Farm development to the national grid; (ii) Provision of 4 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the proposed underground electrical cabling route; (iii)reinstatement of the road or track surface above the proposed cabling trench along existing roads and tracks; and, (iv) all associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus considered necessary to facilitate the proposed development. The development subject of this application will facilitate the connection of the proposed 7 no. wind turbine Carrig Renewables Wind Farm to the national electricity grid. A concurrent application for the Carrig Renewables Wind Farm development will also be lodged to Tipperary County Council. The proposed development includes underground cabling works located within the public road corridor within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (Tipperary RPS Ref. TRPS519 Croghan Bridge). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the planning application and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360120/0 - 22 Sept 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360763: Refused. Permission. (1) The construction of 7 no. wind turbines and associated hardstand areas with the following parameters a) total tip height range of 179.5m – 185m, b) rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) hub height range of 103.5m to 110.5m; (2) 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation which will be constructed in the townland of Faddan Beg consisting of a single storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, battery energy storage system, security fencing, all associated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank and all ancillary works and equipment; (3) All works (within County Tipperary) associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid, via the provision of underground electrical cabling (38kV) to the existing Dallow 110kV substation in the townland of Clondallow, Co. Offaly; (4) Provision of 10 no. joint bays, communication chambers and earth sheath links along the underground electrical cabling route; (5) reinstatement of the road or track surface above the proposed cabling trench along existing roads and tracks; (6) all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed wind farm substation; (7) 1 no. meteorological mast with a height of 107m above ground and associated foundation and hard-standing area; (8) upgrade of existing tracks and roads and the provision of new site access roads; (9) all works associated with the provision of a new permanent site entrance off the L5040 local road; (10) provision of 5 no. new access and egress points along the L5041 local road in the townlands of Cloncorig, Faddan More and Coolderry; (11) Provision of 4 no. peat repository areas and 3 no. spoil repository areas; (12) 2 no. temporary construction compounds with temporary site offices and staff facilities; (13) Accommodation works along the public road network along the N52 national secondary road in the townland of Ballyloughnane to facilitate the delivery of turbine components and other abnormal sized loads; (14) Site Drainage; (15) Tree Felling; (16) Operational stage site signage; and, (17) all associated site development works, ancillary works and apparatus. - Works within the curtilage of Protected Structures RPS Ref. TRPS336 (Ballyloughnane Bridge) and RPS Ref. TRPS519 (Croghan Bridge). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360763/0 - 5 May 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360305: Conditional. Permission. an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360305/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dovegrove Callows, site code 000010 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Croghan. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Croghan House, house, 1750–1790, Regional interest, registry number 22400507, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN®no=22400507. Detached T-plan five-bay two-storey house over basement, built c.1770, having two-storey nineteenth-century addition and later single-storey flat-roof extension to rear. Slate roofs, hipped to main roof, pitched to return and early extension and having rendered chimneystacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods and bracketed eaves. Rendered walls. Timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to main house and six-over-six pane to return, and recent replacement uPVC windows to single-storey rear additions and to basement, all with limestone sills. Bay window to south elevation of main house. Timber panelled door in limestone block-and-start doorway with limestone lintel and plain fanlight and approached by limestone steps. Single-storey stone outbuilding having pitched slate roof and brick surrounds to openings. - Croghan Bridge, bridge, 1730–1770, Regional interest, registry number 22400527, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN®no=22400527. Three-arch stone bridge, built c.1750, carrying local road over River Camcor. Random coursed stonework with ashlar arch rings. V-shaped cut-waters upstream and downstream. River bank accessed by stone steps. Modern railings mounted on upstream parapet. - Birr Castle, bridge, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 22400528, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN®no=22400528. Three-arch bridge, built c.1860, over River Camcor, and set within Birr Castle demesne. Yellow brick soffits and arches to segmental arches, brick parapets, snecked rock-faced limestone to spandrels and roughly dressed limestone to piers and to upstream cut-waters. Plaque to parapet depicting earlier bridge of 1640 most likely from another structure elsewhere in Birr area. Earlier three-arch bridge had castellated parapets over river bank. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Croghan, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1618, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1618.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/croghan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/croghan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/croghan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Croghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Derrinsallow: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/derrinsallow.md - Dovegrove (Co. Offaly): https://everytownland.com/offaly/dovegrove.md - Killeen: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/killeen-211920.md - Killenaule: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/killenaule-211932.md - Townparks (Co. Offaly): https://everytownland.com/offaly/townparks-181132.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/croghan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/croghan