Farneybridge

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farneybridge, from 183 m² to 208,834 m² (20.88 ha, 51.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Farneybridge 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.

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  a) construction of a new part two-storey, part single-storey detached dwelling, b) new detached garage, c) new site entrance, d) new connections to existing utilities, e) new waste-water treatment system and percolation area, f) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211848

• 8 Oct 2021Conditional

  alterations to existing dwelling and out building, extension to existing house and conversion of the existing outbuilding, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211488

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of a new two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank, utilise existing entrance, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600607

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 Farneybridge.

Recorded monuments

• TN040-027 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a rise with ground sloping NW towards the Farneybridge/Ballynahow River in undulating countryside. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'little castle wanting repair' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 118). James Earl of Ormond is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). A circular four-storey tower house (int. dim. 5.7m; wall T at base 3.45m) with attic composed of rubble limestone with nineteenth-century additions built onto the SW side. The tower house was entered through a S-facing pointed doorway with external chamfer, now blocked-up. The lobby, with murder-hole overhead, has an internal window facing the main doorway with a recess which possibly contained a wooden panel. The guardroom to the E has been adapted internally to accommodate a small wine cellar. A pointed doorway to the W leads into another lobby with access to mural stairs to the W and N into the ground-floor chamber. A late doorway has been inserted in a deep window embrasure in the W wall. This chamber was also lit by narrow single-light windows in the N and E walls, contained within small outer embrasures and large, deep inner embrasures which drop to the internal floor level. There are traces of wicker centring under the embrasure arches. The S window is round-headed with an external splaying chamfer. The ground floor is roofed with a dome vault which springs 1.4m above the present internal floor level. The upper floors are now accessed from the later nineteenth-century addition, all the doorways from the spiral stairs leading into mural chambers and main floors are blocked. The stairs curve around the NW section of wall and then continue up the NE section as spiral stairs. The windows lighting the stairs are also blocked. The doorway at attic level has been altered and the lintel broken out when the later roof was constructed 20-30 years ago. Modern windows were inserted and the fireplace in the SE wall is now blocked. The doorway leading to the parapet was completely modified in the nineteenth-century. A later nineteenth-century battlemented tower was built at the edge of the parapet on the W face. Three corbels support machicolations over the N, E and W sections of the tower with spouts between the corbels. There are also spouts at the base of the parapet. A chimney supporting three pots is on the SE section of the parapet and a there is a smaller chimney with one pot on the NE section. The parapet (H 2m) and crenelations (H 0.8m) appear to be a nineteenth-century rebuild, possibly incorporating original elements beneath. The ground-floor windows have been altered externally, except the S light, and modern windows have been inserted in the N and E sections of the tower at first, second and third-floor levels. 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

• TN041-053001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a low N-S ridge in undulating pastureland with a circular enclosure (TN041-053002) immediately to the SW. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map, however on the latest ed. (1952-3) only the N half is indicated. The site has been levelled but is still visible as a circular raised area (diam. 40m E-W) defined by a scarp (ext. H 0.56m) with a field boundary enclosing the N sector. Clearance material from the levelled ringfort has been dumped in the surviving N sector which has been fenced off and used as a dump. 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

• TN041-053002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in an area of undulating pastureland. A number of earthworks were indicated on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSI AP, S 465/6) which consisted of a circular and rectangular enclosure situated SW of 'Ballyvesta Fort' (TN041-053001) and a roughly rectangular enclosure with adjoined circular enclosure to SE. None of these sites are indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. The circular enclosure (diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) immediately SW of Ballyvesta Fort is delimited by a very low earthen bank transected at E by a post and wire fence extending N-S along a corresponding ledge. The rectangular enclosure (dims. 38.6m NE-SW x 19.5m NW-SE) to the SW is also visible, defined by differential grass growth. The roughly rectangular enclosure (dims. 50m NW-SE) SE of the ringfort (TN041-053001) is defined by a narrow (Wth 1m) trench/dip of darker grass. The W portion of this enclosure was formed by a field boundary which has been levelled. There is no visible trace of the adjoining circular enclosure at ground level. The close association of these enclosures or fields with the ringfort may suggest contemporaneity. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN041-053003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in an area of undulating pastureland. A number of earthworks were indicated on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSI AP, S 465/6) which consisted of a circular and rectangular enclosure (TN041-053003/002) respectively situated SW of 'Ballyvesta Fort' (TN041-053001) and a roughly rectangular enclosure (TN041-053004) with adjoined circular enclosure (TN041-053005) to SE. None of these sites are indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. The circular enclosure (diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) immediately SW of Ballyvesta Fort is delimited by a very low earthen bank transected at E by a post and wire fence extending N-S along a corresponding ledge. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN041-053004 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in an area of undulating pastureland. A number of earthworks were indicated on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSI AP, S 465/6) which consisted of a circular and rectangular enclosure (TN041-053003/002) respectively situated SW of 'Ballyvesta Fort' (TN041-053001) and a roughly rectangular enclosure (TN041-053004) with adjoined circular enclosure (TN041-053005) to SE. None of these sites are indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. The roughly rectangular enclosure (dims. 50m NW-SE) SE of the ringfort (41:53(01)) is defined by a narrow (Wth 1m) trench/dip of darker grass. The W portion of this enclosure was formed by a field boundary which has been levelled. There is no visible trace of the adjoining circular enclosure (TN041-053005) at ground level. The close association of these enclosures or fields with the ringfort may suggest contemporaneity. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN041-053005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in an area of undulating pastureland. A number of earthworks were indicated on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSI AP, S 465/6) which consisted of a circular and rectangular enclosure (TN041-053003/002) situated SW of 'Ballyvesta Fort' (TN041-053001) and a roughly rectangular enclosure (TN041-053004) with adjoined circular enclosure (TN041-053005) to SE. None of these sites are indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. The roughly rectangular enclosure (TN041-053004) SE of the ringfort (TN041-053001) is defined by a narrow trench/dip of darker grass. The W portion of this enclosure was formed by a field boundary which has been levelled. There is no visible trace of the adjoining circular enclosure (TN041-053005) at ground level. The close association of these enclosures or fields with the ringfort may suggest contemporaneity. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN041-054 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a break in a SE-facing slope in rolling pastureland with a ringfort (TN041-053001) visible upslope to the NNE. Marked as a roughly circular or oval enclosure on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the 1952-3 ed. Although levelled, the site is visible as an irregular/roughly rectangular enclosure (dims. 28.5m N-S; 19m E-W) with rounded corners defined by a low bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H 0.3m) reduced to a scarp at S (H 0.42m). In the SW sector there is a suggestion of a fosse (Wth 2.8m) defined by lush, dark grass growth. The SE portion has been completely levelled. 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

• Farney Castle, castle/fortified house, 1475–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached country house multi-period house comprising five-bay two-storey over basement central block fronted by battlemented elevated terrace with steps to main doorway and with five-bay three-storey rear elevation having similar but lower addition and extensions. Octagonal tower of c.1790 to southeast corner and earlier round-plan four-storey with attic tower house of c.1500 to northeast. Adaptations to façade c.1900. Rendered walls with moulded eaves course to front of central part, with dressed limestone quoins, plinth and round turrets to rear. Dressed limestone with rusticated base batter to tower and rubble limestone with base batter to tower house. Battlemented parapets to all of front elevation, corbelled out to tower and with gutter stones to tower house, and dressed limestone multiple octagonal-plan chimneystacks. Square-headed mullioned limestone windows to central part, with pointed double lights having timber sash windows, having continuous label-mouldings. Pointed timber sliding sash windows to front of tower, square-headed doorways with balconies to south and loops elsewhere. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sash windows to front of tower house, with dressed stone surrounds and brick relieving arches, and loop windows. Remains of machicolation to east face of tower house. Segmental-arch openings under terrace. Square-headed main doorway, approached by flight of limestone steps, with decorative timber panelled door with decorative overlight and label-moulding. Courtyard of single-storey and lofted rubble limestone outbuildings to south of house, with pitched slate roofs, dressed limestone arches to openings and having slightly advanced dressed limestone pointed segmental carriage archway with bellcote above, in rubble limestone boundary walls. Dressed stone entry gate piers with cast-iron railings.

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

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Farneybridge.

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.

No address of the register names Farneybridge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Farneybridge · Droichead na Fearna

Area

1,012,467 m² (101.25 ha, 250.19 acres)

Civil parish

Holycross, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Holycross, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Holycross electoral division: 1,437 people in 534 households; 83% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clareen, Cormackstown, Lisnasella, Moyaliff, Raheen

Placenames

Farneybridge 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.