Curraghmore
Townland in the civil parish of Loughmoe East, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Currach Mór
- Area
- 109 ha
- 269 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 7,110 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghmore, from 6 m² to 265,618 m² (26.56 ha, 65.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Curraghmore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Curraghmore in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Curraghmore.
Recorded monuments
- TN035-039 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground in gently undulating countryside. An aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 142/3) shows the faint outline of a circular enclosure. 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
- TN035-053 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside. A raised circular area (diam. c. 56m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m at SW) incorporated into a modern field fence and an outer fosse best preserved at SW. There is a modern gap in the bank at S but no clear entrance feature visible. The site was heavily overgrown at time of visit. 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 Curraghmore.
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 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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Curraghmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Curraghmore · An Currach Mór
- Area
- 1,089,979 m² (109 ha, 269.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughmoe East, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Loughmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Loughmore electoral division: 662 people in 231 households; 91% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baronstown, Brownstown, Clogharaily Beg, Clonamuckoge More, Graiguefrahane
- Placenames
- Curraghmore 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.