Gragaugh

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gragaugh, from 158 m² to 400,440 m² (40.04 ha, 98.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Gragaugh 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.

• 7 May 2026N/a

  the construction of a cattle underpass, slatted effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660409

• 19 Oct 2025Conditional

  a new garage on site and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561046

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  construct a new dormer type dwelling to replace existing derelict dwelling, for secondary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211875

• 14 Dec 2021N/a

  construct a new dormer type dwelling to replace existing derelict dwelling, for secondary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211810

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  a change of house type from that previously granted, under planning ref. no. 19601435, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201164

• 19 Dec 2019Conditional

  construct a single storey dwelling, entrance, driveway, treatment system percolation area, garage and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601435

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• TS055-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland on a W-facing slope of N-S ridge in upland region overlooking stream to W, good views in all directions. Possible moated site (TS055-049----) 140m to N. Ringfort consists of a slightly raised circular platform (int. diam. 24m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) and external fosse (base Wth 1.5m; top Wth 5m ; ext. D 0.3m) both of which are intersected at S on an E-W axis. No entrance feature, no other features visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland on a SW-facing slope of low rise of ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Levelled moated site (TS055-053----) 170m to SE. Monument consists of a levelled ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam 34m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1m) which is intersected at N on an E-W axis, it was identified on an aerial photograph (GSI S.602/3, 16-4-1974 taken in 1974. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-052001 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  In grassland on a S-facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views in all directions. Old laneway (Wth 6.5m ) flanked on either side by an earth and stone bank (H 0.8m; base Wth 1.5m; top Wth 0.6m) running N-S from farmhouse down to fields containing possible church (TS055-052004-) still present but disused. Described by Bersu in 1947 as an ancient road (NMI Correspondence Registers IA/259/47). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-052002 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland on a S-facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views in all directions. No surface remains visible of any enclosure in area marked on the OS 6-inch map. According to local information this was the site of a ringfort enclosed by two or possibly three bank (SMR correspondence, 1991). May have been the ringfort described by Bersu in 1947 as a 'simple single ring-fort, destroyed by the landowner. 25-35 yards [22.8-32m] in diameter, 5ft [1.5m] above the level of the surrounding land surrounded by a steep embankment and a moat which is about 12 or 13ft [3.65-3.96m] at its deepest point. There are traces of an ancient road passing nearby' (NMI Correspondence Registers IA/259/47). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-052003 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat poorly drained grassland in upland region with good views in all directions. No surface remains visible of any enclosure in area marked on the OS 6-inch map. According to local information this was the location of a possible levelled ringfort (SMR correspondence, 1991). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-052004 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat poorly drained grassland in upland region with good views in all directions. No surface remains visible of any enclosure in area marked on six inch OS 6-inch map. According to local information this was the location of a possible levelled ringfort (SMR correspondence, 1991). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-052005 Church
  Description

  In flat, poorly drained grassland in upland region with good views in all directions. According to local information, this area was known as Seana Bhaile (the Old Town) and there was a church in this field which served the surrounding settlement (OPW Correspondence 1991). There was also a tradition of a possible pillar stone standing near the church which had fallen and been buried out of sight in the undergrowth of a ditch (OPW correspondence 1991). It may have been the cell of Lismalin church, mentioned in the Extent of the Irish Monastic possessions (White 1943, 327), which was the property of Hore Abbey. There is no visible trace of this church at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-053001 Moated site
  Description

  On flat reclaimed grassland in upland region with good views in all directions, ringfort possible (TS055-051----) 170m to the NW. Barely visible remains of a levelled moated site consisting of a square-shaped (approx. dims. 41m N-S; 30m E-W) area defined by a barely visible rise of ground (H 0.1m; Wth 3m) and vegetation mark of levelled bank and outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.1m) with rectangular annexe (TS055-053002-) immediately adjoining to E which has also been levelled. No other features visible, moated site may have been levelled when field was being reclaimed. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-053002 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat reclaimed grassland in upland region with good views in all directions, ringfort possible (TS055-051----) 170m to the NW. Barely visible remains of a levelled moated site (TS055-053001-) immediately adjoining to W. Rectangular enclosure, possibly an annexe, only visible as a vegetation mark defining a rectangular area (approx. int. dims. 30m N-S; 40m E-W) with the faintest trace of an outer fosse visible in places. No other features visible, monument may have been levelled when field was being reclaimed. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS055-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland atop low rise of ground on a SE-facing slope of rising ground in upland region with good views in all directions. Poorly preserved remains of a levelled ringfort consists of a circular area (approx. diam. 45m NW-SE) defined by a low rise of ground barely visible from W through N through E to SE where it is intersected by a curving field boundary which preserves the original earth and stone bank (top Wth 2m; base Wth 5m; int. H0.5m; ext. H 1m) from SE through S to SW only. No other features visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gragaugh.

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 Gragaugh, about 1 in 20 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Gragaugh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Gragaugh · Gráig Átha

Area

3,084,649 m² (308.46 ha, 762.23 acres)

Civil parish

Lismalin, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Ballingarry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

767 people lived in 273 households in the Ballingarry electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghboy, Ballydonnell, Cloncurry, Glengall, Islands, Lismalin, Mohober, Shangarry

Placenames

Gragaugh 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.