Firmount

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Firmount, from 19 m² to 290,770 m² (29.08 ha, 71.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  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.

• 9 Apr 2024Refused

  change of design of proposed extension and relocation of garage granted permission under PL Ref 20800 & 19600145

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 2480

• 24 Aug 2023Conditional

  change of design of proposed extension and relocation of garage granted permission under PL Ref 20800 & 19600145

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360659

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  removal of single storey lean-to structure to the side (south west) and the timber shed in the rear garden, construction of a single storey extension with flat roof and 1 associated roof light to the side (south west), construction of a two storey pitched roof extension to the rear and a timber pergola to the side (north-east), replacement/reconfiguration of the existing 6 roof lights to the existing roof, construction of a new garage in the rear garden, alterations to the existing window and door openings with internal reconfigurations to the existing layout, construction of a new front boundary wall and piers with an electric gate along with all ancillary site and landscaping works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2347

• 20 Feb 2023N/a

  removal of single storey lean-to structure to the side (south west) and the timber shed in the rear garden, construction of a single storey extension with flat roof and 1 associated roof light to the side (south west), construction of a two storey pitched roof extension to the rear and a timber pergola to the side (north-east), replacement/reconfiguration of the existing 6 roof lights to the existing roof, construction of a new garage in the rear garden, alterations to the existing window and door openings with internal reconfigurations to the existing layout, construction of a new front boundary wall and piers with an electric gate along with all ancillary site and landscaping works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2342

• 23 Jul 2020Conditional

  design change to dwelling and revised shed location to previously granted planning permission reference 19600145

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20800

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  alterations to plans approved under Pl Ref No 17600790 (a) change of use from private accommodation to commercial i.e Managers Store, Managers Kitchen, Managers Bedrooms, Managers sitting room , Managers study and Managers office (b) additional side and rear extensions, (c) minor alterations to elevations, (d) change from part thatch roof to slate roof including alterations to existing roof shape and layout to form a new roof layout with slate finish and all associated site development

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600400

• 12 Apr 2019N/a

  alterations to plans approved under Pl Ref No 17600790 (a) change of use from private accommodation to commercial i.e Managers Store, Managers Kitchen, Managers Bedrooms, Managers sitting room , Managers study and managers office (b) additional side and rear extensions, (c) minor alterations to elevations, (d) change from part thatch roof to slate roof including alterations to existing roof shop and layout to form a new roof layout with slate finish and all associated site development

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600374

• 22 Mar 2019N/a

  alterations to plans approved under Pl. Ref. No. 17600790 to include additional side and rear extensions, minor alterations to elevations and roof layout and all associated site development

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600265

• 21 Feb 2019Conditional

  extension and alterations to existing dwelling, removal and replacement of existing entrance to improve sightlines and entrance safety, new domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600145

• 13 Jul 2017Conditional

  for change of use, to change part of existing dwelling to mindfullness and meditation centre and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600790

• 28 Jun 2017N/a

  for change of use, to change part of existing dwelling to mindfulness and mediation centre and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600723

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  Construct dwelling house, domestic garage, installl a waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600305

• 7 Mar 2017N/a

  Construct dwelling house, domestic garage, installl a waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600218

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Derg, North-east Shore SAC 002241
• Special Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Firmount.

Architectural heritage

• Miller's house, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-bay two-storey miller's house, built c.1790, with attic and basement. Lower two and three-bay two-storey return to rear and single-bay two-storey lean-to extension to east gable. Pitched slate roofs having brick and rendered chimneystacks. Pebble-dashed walls to front elevation with stucco window surrounds and plat bands. Lime render to remaining walls. Square-headed openings with stone sills and with replacement uPVC windows to front, some six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to rear and return and four-pane timber casements to attic. Panelled and glazed timber door to main entrance with stucco surround and with plain overlight.

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 Firmount, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Firmount, Carrigahorig5 sales

Name

Firmount · Firmount

Area

1,931,717 m² (193.17 ha, 477.34 acres)

Civil parish

Terryglass, and its townlands

Barony

Ormond Lower

Electoral division

Terryglass, the unit of the census

Census 2022

575 people lived in 220 households in the Terryglass electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymassy, Ballyquirk, Garryclohy, Lacken, Muckloon, Roegarraun, Shanvally, Slevoir

Placenames

Firmount 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.