Derryleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilvellane, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Doire Liath
- Area
- 161.7 ha
- 400 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,875 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryleigh, from 51 m² to 548,945 m² (54.89 ha, 135.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
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
16 Oct 2025Refused
the construction of a new single storey dwellinghouse, entrance, domestic garage, domestic wastewater treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2561037
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
5 Apr 2025Conditional
(a) 2 no. dormer windows and 1 no. velux window at rear of house, (b) replacement of existing damaged roof slate finish with new roof slate finish, (c) repairs to existing roof structure where required, (d) replacement upvc windows and doors, (e) internal amendments, (f) all associated site services and works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560286
8 Oct 2024Conditional
(a) five bay slatted shed measuring 386m2, (b) external dungstead/waste feed storage, (c) external cattle crush, (d) meal silo, (e) private access roadway and (f) all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460859
16 Aug 2024Conditional
restoration works to a farm building and permission to complete the farm building and also for permission for retention of an effluent treatment system and permission for the completion of the effluent treatment system
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 24186
6 Aug 2024N/a
and completion of restoration works to a farm building and also for retention and completion of an effluent treatment system
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 24177
23 Jun 2024Conditional
the front porch to the existing dwelling house
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460505
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
9 Feb 2024N/a
2 No. playing pitches, associated pitch lighting, associated netting & fencing, viewing stand, dugouts, carparking 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, 2460088
3 Nov 2023N/a
the development of (a) four bay slatted shed measuring 308m2, (b) external dungstead/waste feed storage, (c) external cattle crush (d) meal silo, (e) private access roadway, (f) all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360885
28 Oct 2023N/a
the development will consist of (a) four bay slatted shed measuring 308m2, (b) external dungstead / waste feed storage, (c) external cattle crush (d) meal silo, (e) private access roadway, (f) all associated site services and works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360869
27 Sept 2023Conditional
two storey extension to the rear of house
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23257
18 Apr 2023N/a
(a) a single storey dwelling house measuring 237m2, (b) a single storey domestic garage measuring 45m2, (c) a new boundary wall and vehicular entrance to public road (d) a wastewater treatment and all associated site services and works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360245
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
5 Jul 2019Conditional
a new two storey house complete with a domestic garage, effluent treatment system and a new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600757
30 Apr 2018Conditional
alterations to existing dwelling, including alterations to the fenestration, removal of the front porch, replacement of the existing extension to the rear of the dwelling with a new single storey extension to the side and a one and a half storey extension to the rear, the upgrading of the existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18600535
3 Apr 2018N/a
alterations to existing dwelling including alterations to the fenestration, removal of the front porch, replacement of the existing extension to the rear of the dwelling with a new single storey extension to the side and a one and a half storey extension to the rear, the upgrading of the existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18600393
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
Recorded monuments
- TN037-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the E face of a N-S ridge in undulating countryside. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map between two roads which intersect the site, one at N on an E-W axis and one at S on a NW-SE axis. 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
- TN037-009 Castle - unclassified
Description
Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'ruines of a Castle and Barbicon, a Courte leete & Courte Barron to be held by the sd. William oge Ryan his heires or Assignes belongeth to the sd. lands by Grant as wee are informed. The sd. lands are intermixt wth. wood & ould oake trees & now totally waste' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 191). According to the OS Name Books (1840) the castle was destroyed in 1839. The Ordnance Survey field name books for the parish of Killenaule recorded that 'until the year 1839, part of this old castle was standing. Mr Hanrahan razed it to the ground. Nothing remains of it now but a bank of rubbish' (SMR File). No visible remains 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 September 2016
- TN037-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a W-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area with a nearby ringfort (TN037-006) to the N. A raised semicircular area (diam. 22m N-S) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.75m). Only the W half of the site survives because it is intersected by a modern road at E on a N-S axis. The inner bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m) is best preserved at S with traces of the outer bank also visible at S. No entrance feature visible. 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
- TN037-023 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated on a low hillock on poorly drained land in upland area. The poorly preserved foundations of a small square-shaped building (int. dims. 5.2m NE-SW x 5.6m NW-SE; wall T 1m) the SE wall of which is totally destroyed, with the remaining walls surviving to a maximum height of 0.7m. A possible enclosing bank is visible to the N of house only, where it survives as a scarp. The walls are built with roughly coursed rubble with a rounded corner at N and a possible square corner at W. These are the possible foundations of a stronghouse with associated enclosure. 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 Derryleigh.
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 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
No address of the register names Derryleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Derryleigh · Doire Liath
- Area
- 1,617,218 m² (161.72 ha, 399.62 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
- Carrowkeale, Cooldrisla, Coolnacalla, Kilnacappagh, Scraggeen, Tullow
- Placenames
- Derryleigh 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.