Grangecastle

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grangecastle, from 503 m² to 98,841 m² (9.88 ha, 24.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Grangecastle 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.

• 5 Mar 2025N/a

  a mobile coffee vending parking stand, including: (1) vehicular and pedestrian entrance; (2) customer parking; (3) covered dining areas in the existing vernacular farmyard buildings and all associated site works to serve the development. PERMISSION for (1) customer toilet facilities including a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve the development; (2) signage and all associated site works to facilitate the development. The new wastewater treatment system and percolation area will also cater for existing residential cottage located on the site

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560173

• 14 Nov 2022N/a

  the construction of a two storey dwelling house, garage with area for the extraction of honey, apiary, entrance, spetic tank, percolation area, and all assoicated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 22634

• 7 Sept 2022N/a

  a two storey dwelling house, garage with area for the extraction of honey, apiary, entrance, septic tank, percolation area, and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260464

• 13 Sept 2019Conditional

  1. Demolition of a detached single storey dwelling (a dilapidated cottage) on the site 2. Construction of a detached single storey dwelling and construction of a detached single storey domestic garage 3. Installation of an approved wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to appropriate standards 4. Removal and replacement of the site entrance with new walls, piers and entrance gates in a similar location to the current site entrance 5. Construction of a driveway, parking areas, footpaths, patio and hard landscaping areas 6. Landscaping of the site consisting of new grass areas, planting beds, trees, hedging and shrubbery and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601013

• 6 Sept 2019N/a

  proposal consists of the following: 1. Demolition of a detached single storey dwelling (a dilapidated cottage) on the site 2. Construction of a detached single storey dwelling and construction of a detached single storey domestic garage 3. Installation of an approved wastewater treatment system and a percolation area, to appropriate standards 4. Removal and replacement of the site entrance with new walls, piers and entrance gates in a similar location to the current site entrance 5. Construction of a driveway, parking areas, footpaths, patio and hard landscaping areas 6. Landscaping of the site consisting of new grass areas, planting beds, trees, hedging and shrubbery and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600989

• 13 Mar 2017N/a

  the construction of an extension of seven square metres for use as a utility room on the side of an existing residence

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600248

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 Grangecastle.

Recorded monuments

• TS043-035 Burial ground
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope of rising pasture with good views from S through W to N with Slieveardagh Hills to W. Depicted as 'Old Graveyard' on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map, it consists of a roughly circular-shaped enclosure (int. diam. 64m E-W; 70m NW-SE) defined by an earth and stone bank (top Wth. 2.3-3m; base Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and outer fosse (base Wth 1.2m; top Wth 3m; ext. D 0.5-0.9m). The bank and external fosse are visible from N through E to S, elsewhere the bank has been reduced to a scarp and the fosse has been filled in. There is a large quarry immediately SE of the burial ground and several old quarry holes immediately to the W. The remains of two old field walls, 6m apart, run across the enclosure from NE to SW bisecting the interior. The wall-footings of one of the field walls (wall T 0.7m) is clearly visible running across the centre of the monument while the other boundary is grass covered and not as clearly defined. Running off this early field wall is a low scarp which defines a rectangular platform (dims. 31m E-W; 20m N-S) in the NE quadrant of the enclosure. Inside this platform there are several low stones protruding above the surface with one large stone which appears to be sitting on several smaller pad stones. This area of the enclosure may have been used as a burial ground. This monument may pre-date its use as a burial ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On flat poorly drained pasture with good views in all directions with nearby Slieveardagh hills to SE and a possible moated site (TS043-037----) 40m to SW. A small, almost square-shaped ringfort consisting of a raised interior (dims. 19m NE-SW; 17m SE-NW) enclosed by an earthen bank (top Wth 1.5m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m) and outer fosse (top Wth 5m; base Wth 1.5m; ext. D 0.5-1m). The bank has been partially levelled and the outer fosse filled in on the W side of the enclosure which appears to give it a square shape. On the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1903) ed. OS 6-inch map the ringfort is depicted as a small circular enclosure. The shape of the monument has possibly been altered due to cleaning up or tidying up of perimeter around the monument by the landowner. The monument is in good condition with several bushes growing around its perimeter. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-037 Moated site
  Description

  On flat poorly drained pasture with good views in all directions with nearby Slieveardagh hills to SE and a ringfort (TS043-036----) 40m to NE. This monument consists of a D-shaped (straight-sided along SW sector L 23m), slightly raised interior (dims. 30m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.5m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-1.4m; ext. H 1m) and wide flat-bottomed fosse (top Wth 3.5m; base Wth 2m; ext. D 0.3m). There is a modern gap in the bank (Wth 2m) at SW. On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map it is depicted as a square-shaped enclosure, the interior of which is planted with trees. The monument is in good condition with several bushes growing around its perimeter and feeding trough within the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-039 Moated site
  Description

  On flat pasture with good views in all directions, with a possible moated site (TS043-040----) 308m to SE and a tower house (TS049-008----) 200m to SE. This impressive well-preserved but overgrown moated site (overall diam. 50m NE-SW and 68m NW-SE) consists of a raised square-shaped area (diam. 27m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by a wide flat-topped earth and stone bank (base Wth 5-6m; top Wth 1.7m; int. H 1-1.5m; ext. H 1-3m) reduced to a scarp from N to NE and a wide, flat-bottomed external fosse (base Wth 4.3m; top Wth 6.5m; ext. D 2m). A gap in the bank (Wth 1.9m) at NE may be the original entrance feature, with a modern gap in the bank (Wth 1.1m) at SW. The interior is level with the external ground level. A field boundary running S from the SE corner of the monument has been removed and another field boundary cuts NW-SE across the N sector as depicted on the 2nd (1903) ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS043-040 Moated site
  Description

  On flat poorly drained pasture with good views in all directions, with a tower house (TS049-008----) 240m to SE and a moated site (TS043-039----) 308m to NW. An oval-shaped area (diam. 30m E-W; 50m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.9m; base Wth 4m; int. H 0.2-1.1m; ext. H 0.5m; 1.3m) and waterlogged outer fosse (base Wth 2-3m; top Wth 3.5-5m; ext. D 0.1m). The inner bank is is well-preserved from S through W through N to NE but is in poorer condition on the E side, with modern gaps in the bank at NE (Wth 2m) and SW (Wth 1.5m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS049-008 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a N-facing slope at the base of the Slieveardagh Hills which rise to the SE-S-SW. Within a farmyard with a farm shed running up against the SW wall of the tower house and a small outbuilding against the S end of the SE wall. There is a cattle crush along the NW wall, the wall of the tower house has been faced with concrete to a height of 1.5m along this face. There is an extensive view to the NW-N, with Kilcooly abbey visible 2.2km to the NW from the upper floors. When Kilcooly abbey was surrendered during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, it is recorded as having three granges (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970 (1988 reprint), 138), the townland name would suggest that this was one of the granges, the tower house serving as the accommodation for this outfarm. According to the Civil Survey (1654-56) in 1640 the proprietor of 'Grangkilcowly' was 'Hierom Alexander of Dublyn Esqr Protestant' and 'Upon these 3 q[uar]ters stands a castle wanting repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 133). This tower house (ext. dims. excluding base-batter 7.8m NE-SW; 8.95m NW-SW; int. dims. 5.69m NW-SE; NW wall T 1.95m) is composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with a tall, slender base-batter (H 5m; Wth 0.3m) and block and start quoins. The main body of the tower house is three-storeys high, with a barrel vault over the first floor. Remains of the gabled roof are visible on the SE face of a fourth-floor mural chamber running along the NW wall. Though the parapet level does not survive, there are indications of a wall-walk accessed from a doorway in the W angle and crow-steps leading to a parapet above the fourth-floor chamber. The tower house was entered through a doorway at the N end of the NE wall. The opening is broken out and has been blocked up with a mass concrete wall, within which there is a flat-headed doorway and a window. The relieving round-headed arch of the original doorway is visible above the concrete infill. There is a recess in the base-batter in the wall above the doorway to facilitate projectiles from the machicolation which is at parapet level above the doorway. The entrance was protected by a murder-hole in the entrance lobby which was accessed from a wall-cupboard at the N end of the NE wall at first-floor level. The ground floor was lit by two loops, one in the SE and one in the NW wall, both have an internal and external splay, the latter to facilitate the base-batter. There is a wall-cupboard at the E end of the NE wall. There was a wooden ceiling over the ground floor to carry the floor above. The original support for this floor, probably on offsets in the NE and SW walls, appear to have been lowered in the 19th/20th century to provide more height at the first-floor level. From the main entrance a short stair to the NW gives access to a small lobby in the N angle, the stair then continues to rise in the NW wall. It is a feature of this tower house that there is a small lobby, lit by a loop, at the top of the stairs in the W angle at second and third-floor level, with evidence to suggest that these lobbies had three doorways, one at the top of the stairs, one at the entrance to the main chamber and one to a mural chamber along the SW wall. The first-floor chamber, entered from the mural stairs, was lit by a tall flat-headed loop in the centre of the SE wall. The main second-floor chamber was lit by three windows, all broken out, at the E end of the NE wall, the SE wall and the N end of the NW wall, the former having the remains of a window seat. There is a large fireplace at the N end of the NE wall, the surrounds of which are missing. At second-floor level a garderobe chamber runs along the SW wall, entered from the lobby in the W angle. The garderobe chute exits near ground level towards the S end of the SW wall. From the main chamber of the second-floor a stair rises within the SW wall of the NW window embrasure leading to the third-floor lobby. The main third-floor chamber has two arcades in the NE wall and two in the SE wall. All contain a plain, flat-headed, single-light window except the N arcade which is blank as it contains the flue from the fireplace below. There are small square floor joists in the SE and NW walls, inserted by later occupants of the tower house, in the 19th/20th centuries. The wall-plate for the wooden floor of the third-floor chamber was carried on corbels, three on the NE wall and two on the SW wall. There is a mural chamber in the NW wall, entered from the main third-floor chamber. From third-floor level a spiral stairs rises in the W angle, giving access to a fourth-floor chamber running along the NW wall and the parapet along the SW wall. At the S end of this chamber there is a broken out opening, at the base of which externally, on either side, are badly spawled projecting corbels. This may be the remains of a projecting garderobe. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 7 February 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Grangecastle, about 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Grangecastle · Caisleán na Gráinsí

Area

874,960 m² (87.5 ha, 216.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcooly, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Kilcooly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

314 people lived in 105 households in the Kilcooly electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Deerpark, Graigaheesha, Grangecrag, Grangehill, Kilcoolyabbey, Knockatooreen, Springfield

Placenames

Grangecastle 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.