Garryvicleheen

359 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garryvicleheen, from 4 m² to 33,136 m² (3.31 ha, 8.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 53 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 226 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Urban Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 98 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M5Mixed Use (Other mix of uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services and Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space & Recreation (Active open space)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5Town Environs (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Reserve (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Employment (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 May 2026Conditional

  (a) the demolition of existing garage, (b) construction of a single-storey pitched roof extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, (c) alterations to existing external elevations to include changes to windows and openings to accommodate proposed new extension and internal layouts, (d) all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660495

• 1 May 2026Conditional

  the change of use from a light industrial unit to that of a gym/wellness facility, to include an open gym area, pilates studio, within the existing building along with associated car parking and site access

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660391

• 29 Apr 2026N/a

  demolition of existing attached lean-to ancillary to side facade and extension of dwelling including associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660370

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  demolitions and construction of 12 no. residential units (10 no. 2-bedroom houses & 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments) and all ancillary site development works and services consisting of: 1) partial demolition of the existing boundary wall to the west of the site and partial demolition of the boundary wall located at the centre of the site; 2) removal of existing surface car parking spaces to west of site; 3) construction of 12 no. residential units in 2 no. 2-storey plus pitched roof blocks. Block A will consist of 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2-bedroom houses and block B will consist of 6 no. 2-bedroom houses; 4) construction of a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance/egress to the west of the site onto the adjoining roadway; 5) all associated ancillary car parking, bicycle parking, refuse stores, signage, landscaping, boundary treatments, and all site development works and services. The development consists of or comprises the carrying out of works to a Protected Structure

  Permission, 10 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2660255

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling house, a domestic shed, rear vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2660172

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  demolitions and construction of 12 no. residential units (10 No. 2-bedroom houses & 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments) and all ancillary site development works and services consisting of: 1). demolition of part of the existing boundary wall to west of site & all existing structures on site; 2). removal of existing surface car parking spaces to west of site; 3). construction of 12 no. residential units in 2 no. 2-storey plus pitched roof blocks. Block A will consist of 2 no. 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2-bedroom houses and Block B will consist of 6 no. 2-bedroom houses; 4). Construction of new vehicular and pedestrian entrance/ egress to west of site onto adjoining roadway & 5). All associated ancillary car parking, bicycle parking, refuse stores, signage, landscaping, boundary treatments, and all site development works and services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660164

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  the demolition of an existing shed to the rear of the dwelling and permission to construct a new extension to the rear of the dwelling with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660093

• 26 Aug 2025Conditional

  a new extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and RETENTION PERMISSION for a new vehicular entrance to the front of the property and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560835

• 16 Jun 2025Conditional

  the construction of a new first floor extension to the rear of an existing dwelling, with changes to existing floor plan and elevations and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560563

• 28 May 2025N/a

  full planning permission to construct a new first floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560479

• 16 May 2025Conditional

  a) change use of existing office space to a childcare facility, b) extend area to side of property to facilitate shared staff room & toilets, c) carry out internal alterations to facilitate change of use and all associated site works - this application relates to development which comprises of the carrying out of works to a protected structure

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560432

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  change of use of ground floor retail premises to residential to incorporate the existing first floor & second floor residential with minor internal changes to a single dwelling unit for Student Accommodation with all associated siteworks and elevational changes to the shop front

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560027

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) a two storey apartment building fronting onto Croke Street, comprising of 1 number one-bed apartment at ground floor level and 1 number one-bed apartment at first floor level and (2) a two storey apartment building located to the rear of the site, with access from Croke Street, comprising of 3 number one-bed apartments at ground floor level and 1 number one-bed apartments at first floor level including all ancillary associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461122

• 3 Dec 2024N/a

  a two storey apartment building comprising of 4 number one-bed apartments at ground floor and 2 number one bed apartments at first floor level including all ancillary associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461028

• 27 May 2024Conditional

  change of use of first floor from residential to use as pre-school classrooms together with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460406

• 12 Mar 2024Conditional

  a) the change of use of existing office space to a food retail space, cafe and deli, b) the extension of the area to side of property to facilitate shared toilets and staff kitchen, c) the cafe terrace and bin storage to rear of property, d) the alterations to rear of existing property and all associated site works. This application relates to development which comprises of the carrying out of works to a protected structure

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460177

• 27 Feb 2024N/a

  a). change use of existing office space to a food retail space, cafe and deli, b.) extend area to side of property to facilitate shared toilets and staff kitchen, c). provide cafe terrace and bin storage to rear of property and all associated site works at Friar Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 WK33 The property in question is listed in the National Inventory of Architecture Heritage Survey of Tipperary, NIAH Reference Number 22312074

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460136

• 21 Jan 2024Conditional

  extension to side and rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460036

• 28 Nov 2023Conditional

  alterations to the front elevation of dwelling, proposed new entrance, new extension to the rear of dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360946

• 16 Jun 2023Conditional

  the demolition of existing outbuildings and to construct a ground floor extension to side of existing dwelling house together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360419

• 28 Nov 2022Conditional

  the following: 1)to construct an extension to existing club house, this extension will incorporate additional meeting/dining Rooms, stores room, foyer area ,with stair and lift, WC facility at ground floor and additional WC facility and open space room/ gym area at first floor, 2) minor elevation changes to existing club house, 3) signage to both the new building and entrance signage to Dr. Morris Park, with all associated site works and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260651

• 27 Oct 2022Conditional

  renovations and an extension to property and for a change of use of the ground floor from commercial to domestic use with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22614

• 15 Sept 2022Conditional

  new window on gable end wall of house

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 22562

• 26 Jul 2022Conditional

  the erection of photovoltaic cells on the existing roof of the existing shop and all associated site works. This development will be constructed on a phased basis, erecting some or all of the photovoltaic cells at a time

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260390

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  a storage building to the rear of existing premises, ancillary to the use of the main building, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260135

The 25 most recent of 60 applications.

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 Garryvicleheen.

Recorded monuments

• TN041-042003 Church
  Description

  St Bridget's church site and graveyard (TN041-042018-) is situated on the W side of the town of Thurles to the W of the railway line and on the N side of Garryvicleheen road. Situated outside the walled town (TN041-042----) and when visited by the OS in 1840 no trace of any church was visible (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 8). In the S wall of the graveyard there is a large stone pier into which are inserted several architectural fragments and carved stones most of which are of a recent date. One of the fragments consists of an ogee-headed window with hollowed spandrels which formerly belonged to a church building. The other figures consist of a cat, a lion and a human figure. No visible remains of any church in the graveyard. 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

• TN041-042018 Graveyard
  Description

  St Bridget's church site (TN041-042003) and graveyard is situated on the W side of the town of Thurles to the W of the railway line and on the N side of Garryvicleheen road. Situated outside the walled town (TN041-042) and when visited by the OS in 1840 no trace of any church was visible (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 8). In the S wall of the graveyard there is a large stone pier into which are inserted several architectural fragments and carved stones most of which are of a recent date. One of the fragments consists of an ogee-headed window with hollowed spandrels which formerly belonged to a church building. The other figures consist of a cat, a lion and a human figure. No visible remains of any church in the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house with projecting bay window and porch to ground floor, built c.1880, as part of group of six with the adjoining houses to east. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having brick string courses and render colonettes flanking first floor openings. Double windows to ground and first floors and paired to second floor. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Replacement timber door with overlight. Rendered boundary wall to site.

• Bridge, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched limestone railway bridge, built 1848, carrying road traffic over railway tracks. Elliptical-headed arch with rock-faced voussoirs, impost and parapet. Battered ashlar abutments with alternating ashlar blocks to coping. Ashlar coping and string course to parapet.

• Thurles Railway Station, railway station, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached asymmetrical multiple-bay single- and two-storey railway station, built 1848, comprising entrance façade of three central bays, flanked by slightly projecting gabled bays having projecting bay windows, with single recessed bays to north and south. Pitched slate roofs with ashlar limestone chimneystacks and timber bargeboards. Eastern, track-side elevation comprises two tall pointed arched openings flanking a lower central one, in turn flanked by recessed three-bay waiting room and toilet block to south and one-bay office to north. Snecked ashlar limestone walls with plinth. Chamfered canted arch window openings and with triple square-headed window openings with continuous hood-mouldings to entrance facade, with timber sliding sash windows of two-over-two horizontal panes, and some replacement timber windows. Partly-blocked triangular-headed former door opening in entrance facade flanked by carved pilasters. Later ticket office inserted inside trackside elevation.

• Thurles Railway Station, foot bridge, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding railway footbridge, erected 1848, comprising cast-iron depressed-arch with latticed parapets, supported on cast-iron columns with ornate foliate capitals, having cast-iron staircases with latticed sides and decorative stair risers, cast-iron balusters and ball-topped newel posts. Later steel girders support west staircase. Moulded concrete telephone box under eastern staircase.

• Station master's house, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former stationmaster's house, built 1848, with single-storey extensions to south and west, now in use as house. Pitched artificial slate with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to front and mainly uPVC replacement to rear, having replacement timber door with fanlight and decorative render surround.

• The Cottage, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, with canted bay windows flanking projecting canted entrance porch to ground floor. Now also in use as doctor's surgery. Pitched artificial slate roof with brick chimneystacks, carved timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls covered in ivy. Segmental-arch openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Paired timber glazed doors with segmental overlight flanked by porch windows. Segmental-headed door to west having render cornice supported by consoles. Cast-iron railings and gates to site boundary.

• House, 1880–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1895. Now also in use as hairdressing salon. Pitched slate roof having rendered and brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with decorative render quoins and render eaves course. Square-headed double and tripartite timber windows with stained and leaded lights having stone sills and shouldered render architraves. Round-headed door opening having timber panelled door with sidelights and fanlight, and render surround with decorative keystone having acanthus leaf detail. Shopfront consists of plate-glass windows and central glazed double-leaf door with stained-glass overlight flanked by pilasters supporting consoles fascia and cornice.

• Rosendale, house, 1915–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1925, with open porch supported on timber colums and flanked by canted bay windows all under hipped slate roof. Now also in use as guest house. Hipped artificial slate roof with terracotta crestings and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed replacement windows paired to first floor end bays. Timber glazed door with sidelights and overlight. Garden with cast-iron gates and railings to site boundary.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with projecting porch, built as pair with adjoining building to east. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded brick eaves course. Flat roof to porch with cornice and plat bands. Rendered walls having render plinth and quoins. Square-headed openings with decorative render architraves with single, paired and tripartite replacement windows and stone sills and with glazed timber door with overlight. Wrought-iron railing to each side of porch. Carriage arch to west.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, built as pair with adjoining building to west. Now also in use as shop. Pitched artificial slate roof with brick chimneystack and moulded brick eaves course. Rendered walls having render quoins. Square-headed openings with render architraves, having tripartite timber casement window with stained-glass overlights and a one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to first floor. Timber panelled door with overlight and replacement timber shopfront to ground floor.

• P. Keane, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, as pair with adjoining building to east. Now also in use as shop. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled render walls with render quoins. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with decorative render consoles and cornices. Shopfront comprises timber-framed plate glass windows with colonettes having tiled stall riser, recessed glazed timber door with overlight to shop and timber panelled door to house, having fascia over with gold leaf trompe l'oeil lettering. Wooden gate to shop doorway.

• Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron pillar box, c.1880, with moulded neck, decorative curved cap and royal insignia of Queen Victoria.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, as pair with neighbour to west and having integral carriage arch to west end. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneys. Rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed timber sash windows and with replacement tripartite with render surround and cornice to ground floor, with decorative render consoles and cornices. Replacement glazed timber door with render cornice. Segmental-headed carriage arch with channelled render surrounds and timber battened double-leaf door.

• Ardeen, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1930, with canted end bays, with balustraded balcony over central entrance, supported at ends by pilasters and with canted single-bay single-storey addition to east with balustraded parapet, and having later single-storey extension to west. Now in use as nursing home. Hipped slate roof to house and to canted bays, with rendered chimneystacks, ridge cappings and finials. Pebble-dashed walls having render string courses above windows and having render surrounds to openings. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and doors. Glazed timber double-leaf door to east bay. Garden to front of house, with pebbledashed boundary walls to road with rendered piers.

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, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Garryvicleheen · Garraí Mhic Léithín

Area

476,687 m² (47.67 ha, 117.79 acres)

Civil parish

Thurles, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Thurles Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Thurles Urban electoral division: 7,122 people in 2,924 households; 57% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawnanattin, Commons, Glengarriff, Stradavoher, Thurles Townparks

Placenames

Garryvicleheen 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.