Fennor

181 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fennor, from 17 m² to 300,970 m² (30.1 ha, 74.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 58 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Fennor 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.

• 23 Sept 2026N/a

  a detached, single-storey, 71 sq.m ancillary family modular unit to the rear of the existing dwelling comprising of 1-bedroom ancillary family accommodation with an integrated work-from-home office, accessed via the existing entrance and connected to the services and drainage of the existing dwelling, the development utilises the existing vehicular entrance and includes an internal turning area to ensure forward gear egress only, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660930

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  a detached, single-storey, 71 sq.m ancillary family modular unit to the rear of the existing dwelling. The unit comprises 1-bedroom ancillary family accommodation with an integrated work-from-home office, accessed via the existing entrance and connected to the services and drainage of the existing dwelling. The development utilises the existing vehicular entrance and includes an internal turning area to ensure forward gear egress only, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660904

• 9 Jun 2026Conditional

  works to the existing single-storey, three-bedroom residential dwelling as follows: 1) the construction of a one-and-a-half-storey extension to the side, south-east-facing elevation; 2) the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear, north-east-facing elevation; and 3) alterations to all elevations, the reconfiguration of internal layouts, and the installation of rooflights. Other works as part of the development include decommissioning the existing wastewater treatment system and installing a new on-site EPA-compliant wastewater treatment system with a percolation area, soakaways, landscaping and all associated site works to facilitate development

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660558

• 16 Apr 2026N/a

  the construction of a two storey dwelling house (approx. 8.4m high) and domestic garage (approx. 5m high) on a new site created from the division of the original landholding, together with a new vehicular entrance onto the public road and all associated site works, services and driveway access necessary to serve the dwelling

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2660324

• 9 Apr 2026N/a

  the installation of delineator posts on lands within the curtilage of the property, within the site boundary

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660307

• 6 Apr 2026N/a

  the construction of a two-storey dwelling house (approx. 8.4m high) and domestic garage (approx. 5m high) on a new site created from the division of the original landholding, together with all associated site works, services, and driveway access necessary to serve the dwelling

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660300

• 23 Jun 2025Refused

  existing domestic building containing home gym, home office, store and a separate domestic garage/garden store both at rear of dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25119

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  the development of a cattle house incorporating slatted tank with slats laid on

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23181

• 21 Jun 2023N/a

  a cattle house incorporating a slatted tank with slats laid on and all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23170

• 25 Feb 2023Conditional

  a) the construction of a single storey detached dwelling; b) a new detached garage; c) a new site entrance; d) new connections to existing utilities; e) a new waste-water treatment system & percolation area; f) all associated site works. Retention planning permission is also being sought for the following works: g) Temporary retention of the existing mobile home unit all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2360127

• 29 Sept 2022Refused

  a dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, install septic tank, including associated site works

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 22583

• 13 Aug 2021Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, install waste water treatment system including associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211198

• 16 Jul 2021N/a

  a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, install waste water treatment system including associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211038

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  for a mixed-use development consisting of A/ the completion of the existing Togher Way residential development at Togher Way, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny to include for the provision of 23 new houses consisting of 3 no. single storey detached house 2-bed dwellings, 10 no. two storey semi-detached 3 bed dwellings, 3 no. two storey detached house 4-bed dwellings, 7 no. two storey and a half detached house 4-bed dwellings, open spaces and active recreational areas, playgrounds with associated fences and gates, carpark spaces, visitor carpark spaces (8), B/ the extension to Urlingford Business Park, Main Street, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny, with development to consist of 1 no. reception pavilion (51.8 sq.m), 3 no. two storey office buildings with own door office suites (266 sq.m each), 8 no. two storey light industrial warehousing units (493.6 sq.m. each), bicycle spaces (56) and car park spaces (150), all with the provision of new roads and footpaths, public lighting, importation of fill material (circa 25k cu.m.) to facilitate adjustments to existing ground levels, boundary walls, gates, new site boundary fences and walls, fascia signage, 1 totem signage, 2 no. ESB substations, drainage, flood compensation area, 6 no. stormwater attenuation tanks with associated flow controls and separators, 1 no. Stormwater pump station, 1 no. foul pumping station compound and proposed rising mains at Togher Road, Urlingford, Co Kilkenny towards Urlingford Town Centre system, landscaping and all associated site and other works

  Permission, 21 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 20685

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  Permission to erect an over ground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20909

• 29 Jul 2020N/a

  an over ground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20835

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, driveway, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600138

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  building a dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, install septic tank, including associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600706

• 19 Apr 2017Unconditional

  single storey dwelling house with habitable attic accommodation, new road entrance, domestic effluent treatment system, garage, boundary treatment, landscaping and site development works

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 17600429

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 Fennor.

Recorded monuments

• TS042-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat pasture in with good views in all directions. A well-preserved ringfort consisting of a roughly circular area (diam. 25M NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1m; base Wth. 2.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) with faint traces of an outer fosse visible in places. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) at the ENE, now used as a cattle gap. The outline of an outer fosse is barely visible as a slight depression. There is a possible moated site (TS042-020----) 320m to the E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS042-020 Moated site
  Description

  In flat pasture with a ruinous farmhouse immediately to the SW and a field boundary to the E. A rectangular area (dims. NE-SW 34.5m; approx. N-S 37.4m; E L 38m; S L 34.5m; W L 26m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (base Wth 4m; top Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m-0.9m) destroyed all along its N side but elsewhere fully intact and a wide flat-bottomed outer fosse (base Wth 3.6m; top Wth 5m; ext. D 0.4m) which is partially filled along the S side and destroyed from the S through W to the N. The fosse is best preserved along the E side where there is a causewayed entrance (Wth 3.6m) which has good evidence of stone facing. Farm buildings and laneway which are depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map are built into the external face of the SW bank which has resulted in the destruction of the enclosing fosse on this side. On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the monument is depicted as a rectangular enclosure which is fully intact, however on the 2nd (1903) ed. the N side has been removed. There are cattle gaps in the S bank. There is a ringfort (TS042-019----) 320m to the W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-001 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  On top of high ground in pasture at the N end of a N-S ridge with good commanding views in all directions. Fennor church and castle (TS043-003----) are located 500m and 625m to the SSE respectively. A heavily overgrown bivallate enclosure consisting of a raised circular platform (diam. c. 22-30m; overall diam. c. 100m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 4-5m), fosse (top Wth 8m; base Wth 3m; ext. D 1.75m), wide flat-topped earth and stone bank (top Wth 6m; base Wth 10m; ext. H 2m), external fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 5m: ext. D 1m) and outer bank (base Wth 10m; top Wth 2.5m; ext. H 1.7m). The central platform is covered in bushes and trees making detailed examination and measurement impossible. The middle bank is level in height with the central platform and higher than the outer bank and has evidence of a stone revetment along its inner face in the E quadrant. There are possible stone wall-footings around the perimeter of the platform at the E quadrant which would make the monument a trivallate earthwork. There is evidence of quarrying in the NW quadrant and a modern cattle gap (Wth 2.2m) in the platform at the ENE, but no corresponding gap in the middle bank. It was described by Healy (1874-9, vol. 1, 49) in the 19th century as a 'beautiful rath near Fennor Church some 45 yards in diameter, surrounded with fosse, rampart and parapet.' Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On wet flat marshy terrain, in a modern coniferous plantation, with good views in all directions. Fennor church (TS043-003003-) and castle (TS043-003001-) are located 600m to the W. A modern pump house is located on the site of St Patrick's well. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  A church at Fennor is mentioned in the late 13th century and in 1302 John de Fresingfeld got royal permission to hold a weekly fair at Fennor (McCormack, 1989, 12). A small settlement comprising Fennor castle (TS043-003001-), church (TS043-003003-) and three houses are depicted on the mid-17th century Down Survey map. It is located on top of high ground, in pasture, with good views in all directions. The castle is located to the NE and the church and graveyard (TS043-003004-) to the SW. There are barely visible undulating earthworks in the field between Fennor church and castle but no discernible pattern is visible. The presence of rock outcrop close to the ground surface further complicates attempts at interpretation. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'The Castle and Bawne of Fenor inhabited' as 'a good castle' with Pierce Butler listed as proprietor of the lands in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 101, 120). It is situated on high ground, in pasture, with good views in all directions. A church (TS043-003003-) and graveyard (TS043-003004-) are located 130m to the SW. The castle and associated bawn (TS043-003002-) are not visible at ground level. The castle is described in the OS Letters as 'a high but slender fragment ….Only a part of the north and west walls of this building remains, five feet ten inches [1.8m] in thickness and about forty feet [12m] in height' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 160). According to the OS Letters a house was built at the foot of the castle by the Turvin family which appears to have been abandoned in the early 1700s (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003002 Bawn
  Description

  The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'The Castle and Bawne of Fenor inhabited' as 'a good castle' with Pierce Butler listed as proprietor of the lands in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 101, 120). It is situated on high ground, in pasture, with good views in all directions. A church (TS043-003003-) and graveyard (TS043-003004-) are located 130m to the SW. The castle (TS043-003001-) and associated bawn are not visible at ground level. Modern farm buildings are located on the site of the bawn which was located to the W of the castle. The bawn is described in the OS Letters as 'the remains of outer walls are also visible but they do not appear to be as old as the castle itself' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1 160). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003003 Church
  Description

  On top of high ground with good views in all directions. A castle (TS043-003001-) and holy well (TS043-002----) are located 130m and 820m to the NE respectively. The church at Fennor is mentioned in the Papal Taxation of 1291 and there are references to several vicars in the late 13th century (McCormack, 1989, 12). In the Civil Survey (1654-6) Pierce Butler is listed as proprietor of the lands of Fennor and it mentions the church which had four acres of glebeland with a cabin and a garden belonging to the vicar (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 120). The church (ext. dims N-S 26.9m ; E-W 8.9m; wall T 0.8m-1.2m) consists of a nave (int. dims. N-S 7.2m; E-W 8.2m) and chancel (int. dims E-W 9m; N-S 5.3m) with a tower, perhaps a belfry, over the E end of the chancel. There is a two-storey house at the W end of the nave with the remains of a structure at the E end of its N wall which may have been a two-storey porch (ext. dims. 3.3m; possible int. dims. 1.9m N-S; 1.7m E-W). All are composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble. The church was entered by two opposing doorways in the N and S walls at the W end of the nave. Both doorways are now missing though the original draw-bar slots are still visible. One of the doorways (TS043-050----) may have been removed and inserted as an entrance into the walled garden of nearby Glebe House. The chancel arch (Wth 2.75m) consists of a cut limestone pointed arch. There are two pairs of opposing shallow, pointed embrasures (Wth 2.45m; D 0.8m) in the N and S walls of the chancel, the embrasures 1.4m apart in both pairs, which may have been sedilia for the choir. There is evidence of a blocked-up ope in the W embrasure of the S wall and good evidence for internal whitewash render in the chancel. A mural stairs accessed from the E splay of the E embrasure in the S wall gives access to a tower located over the E window. The tower is supported on a vault which springs over the destroyed E window. Two corbels in the SE angle of the chancel may have supported a timber shelf or functioned as a support for statues. There is a flat-headed aumbry in the centre of the E embrasure in the N wall of the chancel and a second aumbry in the NE angle of the chancel. The E window is completely broken out, only the outer splay of both sides of its embrasure survives. A 15th-century graveslab (TS043-003005-), which is no longer visible, had been recorded in the chancel (Healy 1874-9, vol. 1, 49). The ground floor of the priest's house consists of two parallel barrel-vaulted chambers which are interconnected by a doorway E of centre in the dividing spine wall. There is a probable window in the centre of the W wall of both chambers and good evidence of wicker-centring under each of the vaults. The W gable of the larger N chamber (int. dims. N-S 3.6m x E-W 6.2m) has been repointed, widened and converted into a pointed arched opening. This chamber was originally accessed from the W end of the nave by a doorway, now blocked up. Directly inside this doorway there was a small lobby from which a stairs accessed the upper chamber, now blocked up. This upper chamber had a window in the W gable and two windows in the N and S walls, both of which are now broken out. The chamber to the S is inaccessible due to the blocked-up door from the larger N chamber. The upper floor of the house could also have been accessed from the porch. There is a cut limestone window jamb in the E wall at first-floor level of the porch. Only the E and W wall returns (wall T 0.8m) survive, projecting out for a distance of 0.2m. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003004 Graveyard
  Description

  On top of high ground with good views in all directions, nearby castle (TS043-003001-) and holy well (TS043-002----) 130m and 820m to NE respectively. Nave and chancel church (TS43-003003-) located at N end of a long rectangular graveyard (int. dims. 118m NW-SE; 59m E-W) enclosed by a rubble limestone wall. Graveyard contains 18th and 19th century memorials with 19th C of I church at S end of graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-003005 Graveslab
  Description

  This medieval graveslab was mentioned by O'Donovan as a tombstone in the chancel of Fennor church (TS43-003003-) with a latin inscription around its edges (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1 160). It is described by Healy (1874, 47-9) as 'a monumental slab six and a half feet long [2m] and two feet wide [0.75 m], with a beautiful floriated cross upon it, accompanied by the following inscription, all in relief: Hic jacet honorabil. ac discret, Th Ulawnaim Cleric Casselln dioc ac quonda magist. Cathei Ulawnaim .. oc Casselln official, gnal ac pbedarii deffuncti filii crum uxore legittia cius Anastasia . os quondam baronis filia. On the base of the cross the date m.ccccxxxx'. The graveslab could not be located at time of inspection. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-004 Enclosure
  Description

  On slightly elevated pasture with good views in all directions. Nearby Fennor church (TS043-003003-) and castle (TS043-003001-) are located 500m to the N and an enclosure (TS043-007----) is 600m to the S. The enclosure is not visible at ground level. A house, driveway and boundary hedge are located where a circular enclosure is marked on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-007 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat pasture in undulating countryside with good views in all directions. An enclosure (TS043-004----) is located 600m to the N. A D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 80m N-S; c. 60m E-W) is depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-050 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In the W wall of a walled garden, immediately S of Glebe House. A pointed limestone doorway (Wth 0.97m; H 1.85m; T 0.25m) of 15th/16th-century date with chamfered surround (Wth 0.1m) terminating on the N with a point (angled runout stop) and on the S with a broach stop. There is a small depression (H 0.08m; Wth 0.045m; D 0.02m) on the inner rebate of the doorway which probably held a locking mechanism. The doorway is not in its original position and is most likely to have come from the medieval church of Fennor (TS043-0003003-) which is visible c. 180m to the E, where both opposing doorways in the N and S wall are missing. The doorway appears to have been faithfully reconstructed and is in good condition, though the top S voussoir has slipped slightly out of position. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former glebe house, built 1824, having two-storey central stairs return to rear, flanked by later two-storey additions. Now in use as house. Hipped slate roof and brick chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings having timber sliding sash windows with stone sills, six-over-three pane to first floor and six-over-six pane to ground and tall round-headed six-over-six-pane to return. Replacement uPVC windows to north gable and additions. Round-headed door opening with replacement timber door and having decorative petal fanlight, and flight of limestone steps. Walled garden to south side of house, with pointed gateway containing re-used stonework from church. Outbuildings to rear with hipped slate roofs and painted rendered walls.

• Fennor Church, church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Ruined Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland Church, built c. 1815, having three-bay nave elevations and three-stage west tower. Dismantled 1878, now roofless. Rubble limestone walls, blank to north except for blocked opening, with tower having cut stone string courses, corbel table, pinnacles and crenellations. Blank dressed limestone plaque over doorway in tower. Pointed-arched window openings, with some square-headed openings to tower, with some chamfered limestone surrounds remaining. Graveyard and ruined medieval church to site. Rubble limestone boundary walls with stile and roughly-dressed piers and cast-iron gates to site.

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

At the centre of the townland of Fennor, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

• Fennor, Urlingford6 sales

Name

Fennor · Fionnúir

Area

4,561,311 m² (456.13 ha, 1,127.12 acres)

Civil parish

Fennor, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Fennor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

563 people lived in 201 households in the Fennor electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Graiguepadeen, Inchirourke, Islands (Co. Kilkenny), Rathbeg, Urard, Urlingford (Co. Kilkenny)

Placenames

Fennor 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.