Gortlassabrien
Townland in the civil parish of Templeachally, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Gort Leasa Uí Bhriain
- Area
- 400.4 ha
- 989 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 11,490 m² (1.15 ha, 2.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortlassabrien, from 249 m² to 998,723 m² (99.87 ha, 246.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gortlassabrien 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Sept 2025Conditional
the renovation of existing dwelling consisting of relocation of front door alterations to existing layout, to construct a single story extension to the rear and roadside of dwelling, to construct a flat roof porch to the front of house and axillary site works in addition to works proposed under previously granted planning permission ref 256
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560903
15 Aug 2025N/a
renovation of existing dwelling consisting of relocation of front door, alterations to existing layout, construction of a single storey extension to the rear and roadside of dwelling, construction of a flat roof porch to the front of house and auxiliary site works in addition to works proposed under previously granted planning permission ref 256
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560798
13 Aug 2025N/a
renovations to existing dwelling consisting of relocation of front door alterations to existing layout, permission also to construct a single storey extension to the rear and roadside of dwelling, permission to construct a flat roof porch to the front of house and axillary site works in addition to works proposed under previously granted planning permission reference 256
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560793
17 Jul 2025N/a
renovation of existing dwelling consisting of relocation of front door alterations to existing layout, permission also to construct a single story extension to the rear and roadside of dwelling, permission to construct a flat roof porch to the front of house and axillary site works in addition to works proposed under previously granted planning permission ref 256
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560693
22 Jan 2025Conditional
existing detached bungalow, detached garage and bored well as constructed and ancillary site works (previously approved planning reference no's PLC/4053 and PLC/14237 and PERMISSION for new entrance and driveway
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 256
5 Aug 2024Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2460635
27 Mar 2024N/a
existing detached bungalow, detached garage and bored well as constructed & ancillary site works (previously approved planning permission reference no. 's Plc/4053 and Plc 14237. Planning permission for new entrance and driveway
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2467
5 Mar 2024N/a
detached bungalow, detached garage, entrance including driveway. septic tank including percolation area, bored well as constructed and ancillary site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2439
27 Aug 2021Conditional
construction of a detached 2 storey dwelling, detached domestic garage/home office, onsite waste water treatment system, new entrance, connection to necessary services and all associated site & incidental works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211271
17 Dec 2020Conditional
construction of an extension to the rear of house, conversion of portion of a domestic garage attached to the house to living accommodation, installation of rooflights to the front and rear of the house and also installation of new windows throughout
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201528
4 Dec 2020N/a
an extension to the rear of house, converssion of portion of a domestic garage attached to the house to living accommodation, to install rooflights to the front and rear of the house and also to install new windows throughout
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201455
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortlassabrien.
Recorded monuments
- TN025-047 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. A circular area (diam. 26m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m) with slight traces of a shallow external fosse. No entrance feature visible. A field fence intersects the bank at E on a N-S axis. 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
- TN025-096 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed grassland. Outline of circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m) defined by ditch is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery taken 2011-13. Outline of enclosure is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 17/02/2001 and 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 15 June 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortlassabrien.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Gortlassabrien.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gortlassabrien with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Gortlassabrien · Gort Leasa Uí Bhriain
- Area
- 4,003,723 m² (400.37 ha, 989.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeachally, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Ballina, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballina electoral division: 3,414 people in 1,158 households; 77% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyea North, Ballymalone More, Coumbeg, Curraghmore, Glenacre, Incha More, Inchadrinagh, Killary (Hayes), Leagane, Roran, Tountinna
- Placenames
- Gortlassabrien 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.