Galbertstown Lower

94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Galbertstown Lower, from 14 m² to 346,468 m² (34.65 ha, 85.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Galbertstown Lower 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.

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  the construction of existing agricultural storage shed. Planning permission is also sought to construct an extension to this shed incorporating cubicles and underground slurry storage tanks together with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560155

• 3 Jan 2025Conditional

  a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 222.23 hectares consisting of the following: 745,168 sq. metres of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 23 no. inverter/transformer stations; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; 1 no. Medium Voltage (MV) Ring Main Unit (RMU) Control Building; new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; continued use of existing site entrances off the L-4106 and L-13101 local roads; CCTV/Lighting posts; landscaping and all associated site services and works. The project will also include biodiversity enhancement and bat/bird and archaeological buffers within the site. The development is located proximate to Killough Castle and Tower House, which is a Protected Structure (TRPS 1029). Temporary works to the existing splayed entrance onto the L-4106 are proposed to accommodate construction works for the solar farm. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560003

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

  a) an existing shed at the rear of the site, b) a prefab structure to the rear of the site, c) an extension to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460504

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, effluent treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260067

• 14 Feb 2022N/a

  a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, effluent treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260061

• 10 Feb 2022N/a

  construct a dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, effluent treatment system together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260055

• 20 Jul 2020Conditional

  single storey detached dwelling, single storey detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20789

• 14 Mar 2019Conditional

  unauthorised shed and associated works to the rear of dwellinghouse. Planning Permission for an extension to the side and rear of dwellinghouse and permission to upgrade existing septic tank to a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600230

• 23 Apr 2018Conditional

  to construct an agricultural storage shed together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600496

• 2 Feb 2018Conditional

  new single storey extension to existing dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling, partial demolition of existing dwelling & existing shed structure, change of use of existing shed structure from storage to residential and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600114

• 15 Jan 2018Conditional

  a single storey extension to existing dwelling, re-alignment of existing agricultural entrance to serve as new main vehicular entrance to the property, new wastewater treatment system to replace exsiting septic tank, detached garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600023

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  for to retain as constructed pitched roof over existing rear extension and front porch to her dwelling and permission to retain extension to existing garage to rear of same with all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17601392

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: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cabragh Wetlands 001934

Recorded monuments

• TN047-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a natural low rise of ground sloping to the W and E, in undulating pasture. A circular platform (diam. 31.5m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.46m), a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.3m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 1.86m; ext. H 1.55m) of earth and stone construction. 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

• TN047-051 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in undulating terrain in pastureland with a fortified house (TN047-052001) located c. 100m to the SW. A small plantation-type stone house, roughly rectangular (8.7m N-S; 4.76m E-W between towers externally), composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble, with a three-quarter-round tower at each angle. The S length of wall survives with an external facing which has a base batter (H 0.5m; T 0.15m). Only the SW angle tower is exposed - the remaining towers and walls are covered under rubble with only the faint outline visible. The site is not marked on the 1st (1843) ed. OS 6-inch map and is depicted as a mound on the 1952-3 ed. The angle tower and lengths of wall were exposed c. 1990 by the landowner who was removing material for road metalling. Removal of rubble material was halted as the building became apparent. This house compares in plan and scale to plantation houses in the north of the country, such as at Ballinafad, Co. Sligo and Roughan, Co. Tyrone. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a stone house and a bawne inhabited yett wanting repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). James Butler of Brittas is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). 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

• TN047-052001 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in undulating pastureland. A plantation-type house (TN047-051----) is located c. 100m to NE. The site is described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a stone house and a Bawne inhabitted yett wanting repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). When visited by the Ordnance Survey in the mid-nineteenth century portion of the house and bawn (TN047-052002-) were still visible as 'an old building in ruins, commonly called Stone ... the materials of which are limestone and lime and sand mortar. Two gables and one sidewall of the structure are still seen... It appears this was a dwelling (or mansion) house as chimneys are still remaining on the ruin' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 192). The dimensions given in the OS Letters for the building are 54ft 2in (16.5m) long by 26ft (c. 8m) wide, 20ft (6m) high and the walls 4ft (1.2m) thick. A bawn wall which is described as having two arches ran off one of the gables for a length of 54ft (16.5m) (ibid). This length of bawn wall (T 1.6m) still survives. Neither arch seems suitable as an entrance as they are too low - the more southerly is 1.8m wide and the larger is 4m wide with voussoirs springing almost from ground level. The N face of the bawn has an oversailing wall (H c. 2m) which projects 0.2m over the lower portion of wall (H 3m), the function of which is unclear. The S portion of the bawn wall has been removed by the landowner c. 20 years ago and had contained a gateway. There are a number of stone walls in the immediate vicinity which appear to be of nineteenth-century date, however, some earlier portions of wall may be incorporated. 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

• TN047-052002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope in undulating pastureland. A plantation-type house (TN047-051) is located c. 100m to NE. The site is described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a stone house and a Bawne inhabitted yett wanting repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). When visited by the Ordnance Survey in the mid-nineteenth century portion of the house (TN047-052001) and bawn were still visible as 'an old building in ruins, commonly called Stone ... the materials of which are limestone and lime and sand mortar. Two gables and one sidewall of the structure are still seen... It appears this was a dwelling (or mansion) house as chimneys are still remaining on the ruin' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 192). The dimensions given in the OS Letters for the building are 54ft 2in (16.5m) long by 26ft (c. 8m) wide, 20ft (6m) high and the walls 4ft (1.2m) thick. A bawn wall which is described as having two arches ran off one of the gables for a length of 54ft (16.5m) (ibid). This length of bawn wall (T 1.6m) still survives. Neither arch seems suitable as an entrance as they are too low - the more southerly is 1.8m wide and the larger is 4m wide with voussoirs springing almost from ground level. The N face of the bawn has an oversailing wall (H c. 2m) which projects 0.2m over the lower portion of wall (H 3m), the function of which is unclear. The S portion of the bawn wall has been removed by the landowner c. 20 years ago and had contained a gateway. There are a number of stone walls in the immediate vicinity which appear to be of nineteenth-century date, however, some earlier portions of wall may be incorporated. 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

• TN047-102001 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  A road running E-W across a N-S river valley. The river runs N to join the River Suir. The line of the roadway is represented by a stone wall and earthen bank with stone facing surmounted by a hedgerow in places. Presently there is a concrete road (Wth 3.5m) on the S side of a stone wall boundary. The road is slightly raised (ext. H 0.2m) on the S side, with post and wire fencing on either side and in places consists of a gravel trackway with grass in the centre. This boundary continues down to a stream, which was a fording point (TN047-102002) and like the road is indicated on Rocque's map of 1755 (A Plan of the Camp near Thurles, NLI 16.I.17 (9)), the road is also marked as 'Old Road to Cashel' on 1775 map (Ms maps of lands in the baronies of Clanwilliam, Eliogarty, Iffa and Offa, Middlethird, Ormond Upper and Lower, Co. Tipperary by John Wrigh, John Moynaham and Wlm and John Longfield and Others 1757-1834, NLI 21.F.46). 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

• Farmyard complex, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house and farmyard buildings, built c.1860. Porch added to front of house c.1965. Pitched artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls having smooth rendered quoins. Replacement timber casement windows. Glazed timber door to porch. Single-storey outbuildings having pitched roofs and roughcast rendered walls, with square-headed openings with half-doors and brick segmental-arch cart doors. Rendered wall and wrought-iron gates to roadside boundary.

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 Galbertstown Lower.

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 Galbertstown Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Galbertstown Lower · Baile Ghealbhaird Íochtarach

Area

2,380,471 m² (238.05 ha, 588.23 acres)

Civil parish

Fertiana, 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

Cabragh, Cloghmartin, Clohoge, Fertiana, Galbertstown Upper, Graiguenoe, Holycross

Placenames

Galbertstown Lower 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.