Holycross

198 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Holycross, from 23 m² to 363,584 m² (36.36 ha, 89.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Jul 2026N/a

  (a) 1 no. single storey extension and alterations to existing front entrance, (b) 2 no. single storey extensions to the rear of the existing school building, (c) demolition of existing prefabricated building and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660634

• 3 Jun 2026N/a

  2 no. single storey extensions to the rear of the existing school building including removal of existing prefabricated building and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660538

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  a new extension to the side of my existing dwelling along with a new percolation area and also some minor changes to existing elevations, and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560632

• 17 May 2023N/a

  1a) 3 no. single storey stable buildings to the rear of the existing dwelling and 1b) 4 no. storage sheds to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and 2) Planning Permission for new waste storage tank

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23136

• 22 Apr 2023Conditional

  construction of underground effluent tank with feeding area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360260

• 17 Apr 2023N/a

  1) 3 no. single storey stable buildings to the rear of the existing dwelling and 2) 4 no. storage sheds to the side and rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 23100

• 1 Apr 2023Conditional

  unauthorised works to existing dwelling - unauthorised works consist of minor alterations to elevations to that granted under PLC/24069 along with provision of first floor accomodation consisting of 2 no. bedrooms. Retention permission is also sought for the construction of a domestic garage on the site together with all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360216

• 29 Nov 2022Conditional

  the as constructed garage/shed on my site and all associated siteworks

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260655

• 29 Sept 2022N/a

  1) 3 no. single storey stable buildings to the rear of the existing dwelling and 2) 4 no. storage sheds to the side and rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 22582

• 2 Jul 2021Conditional

  single storey extension to existing single storey semi detached dwelling and retention permission for domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 21958

• 5 Jul 2019Conditional

  to retain the following: a) extension to rear of our dwelling consisting of a dining area/hot press and bedroom, b) extension to existing garage for boiler house and c) a shed store to the rear of our site with all associated site works and connection to public services

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600755

• 26 Jun 2019N/a

  A) Extension to rear of dwelling consisting of a dining area/hot press and bedroom, B) Extension to existing garage for boiler house and C) A shed store to the rear of site, with all associated site works and connection to public services

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600706

• 24 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area, minor alterations to existing boundary walls to achieve sightlines and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600694

• 31 Aug 2018Conditional

  domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601071

• 16 Aug 2018N/a

  domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601018

• 16 Feb 2018Conditional

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

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600184

• 6 Apr 2017N/a

  a loose straw shed incorporating slatted tank

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600357

• 24 Mar 2017N/a

  construction of a cubicle house and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600307

• 20 Mar 2017N/a

  a loose straw shed incorporating slatted tank

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600268

• 7 Mar 2017Conditional

  construction of a storey and a half extension to and refurbishment of existing single storey un-used cottage, refurbishment of existing single storey un-used cottage for use as outbuildings, use of existing site entrance, new waste water treatment system & percolation area and all associated site works. In respect of previously approved planning register reference 11/510184 (& subsequent extension of duration 16/601070)

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600219

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

Recorded monuments

• TN047-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on fairly flat ground, sloping gently to the NE, in pasture. A small, circular area (diam. 25m N-S; 24.5m E-W) defined by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 1.35m; ext. H 2.26m) and a possible outer fosse though this is obscured by heavy nettle growth. There is no trace of the fosse in the NE quadrant. Gaps occur at SE (Wth c. 6m) and W (Wth 3.7m) and both appear to have been broken through or at least widened to provide access. The interior is used as a 'circuit' for horses. The base of the bank is fenced off with wooden posts and electric fencing and brushwood is piled up against the inner face. 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

• TN047-030 Historic town
  Description

  Situated on the River Suir in undulating countryside. In 1180 the Cistercians founded a monastery (TN047-030001) in Holycross, so named as the abbey possessed a relic of the True Cross. In 1185-6 Holycross was granted a charter by its founder Domhnall Ua Briain, King of Limerick (Stalley 1987, 245). This charter was confirmed by Prince John as Earl of Morton and further royal confirmations followed during the reigns of Henry III and Richard II (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 172-3). In 1539-40 the abbey became a secular college (Stalley 1987, 245). By 1561 this college had been dissolved and the abbey became the property of the Earl of Ormonde, however, it continued to function as a parish church and pilgrim centre (ibid.). In 1580 the abbey, town and all its income were granted to Philip O'Keane and Thomas Archer (COD, vol. 5, 304-5). In the later seventeenth-century Holycross still appears to have been a thriving settlement as it is documented as holding two fairs in 1667 (Smyth 1991, 164), part of the original fair green (TN047-030006) still survives at the W end of the village. A holy well (TN047-030004), known as 'Abbey Well', is located c. 10m NE of the abbey church. A medieval stone bridge (TN047-030003), rebuilt in 1626, crossed the River Suir immediately N of the abbey complex. In 1563 at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Holycross was referred to as the 'town of Holycross (Carville 1973, 33). In 1626 a licence was granted to Edward Boyton his son to 'keep a tavern or wine cellar in their mansion house at Holycross' (Cal. pat. Rolls, Ire., Jas I, 323). 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

• TN047-030001 Religious house - Cistercian monks
  Description

  Situated on the W bank of the River Suir in undulating countryside. A Cistercian abbey founded in 1180 possibly on the site of an earlier Benedictine abbey founded by Donal O'Brien, King of Limerick in 1169 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 134). In 1563 the abbey was granted to Gerald Earl of Ormond (ibid., 134). In the early to mid-seventeenth century an attempt was made to revive the Cistercian community but this was eventually suppressed by the Cromwellians (Stalley 1987, 29). The last professed monk from Holycross died in 1752 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 135). The importance of the abbey was based on its acquisition of a fragment of the true cross which it is said was given to Muirchertach O'Brien c. 1110 by Pope Paschal II (ibid.). Holycross was granted a charter in 1185-6 by its founder Domhnall Ua Briain, King of Limerick (Stalley 1987, 245). The present remains of this well-preserved multi-period abbey, with the abbey well to the E (TN047-030004-), consist of a nave and chancel church with two chapels in each transept, a low crossing-tower with a barrel-vaulted sacristy and a small chapterhouse in the E range of buildings. There is a well-preserved cloister walk with a partially rebuilt cloister arcade to the S of the abbey with the domestic buildings in the W range and other buildings in the E range commonly referred to as the infirmary, the abbot's lodgings or the guesthouse (ibid., 245-6). Two building phases have been identified in the construction of Holycross Abbey - the first dates to the late twelfth/early thirteenth century and is evident in the nave and its arcades and in the S wall of the S aisle. Some later windows were inserted in the W wall of the nave but traces of the original lancet windows are still visible. The round-headed sandstone doorway in the S aisle, giving access to the cloister walk, is c. 1200 in date (Leask 1955, 59, 62) but has been rebuilt. The earlier phase of building is quite plain in style compared to the fifteenth-century restoration which was sponsored by the Earl of Ormonde. Work began early in the fifteenth century and possibly continued into the sixteenth century. The E part of the church, including the monk's choir, transepts, chancel and crossing-tower date to this later period, as does the cloister, though this was partially reconstructed in 1928. The general walling throughout is built of rubble masonry while the detailing is of high-quality limestone, finely cut and closely jointed. There are a number of particularly fine internal features. These include the beautifully decorated sedilia in the chancel, traditionally called the 'Tomb of the Good Woman's Son', above which is a series of shields, the largest bearing the royal arms of England. Others include the arms of the abbey itself, the Butler arms and the FitzGerald arms (Stalley 1987, 115). The 'Waking Bier of the Monks', situated between the two S transept chapels, possibly functioned as an elaborate shrine where the relic of the True Cross could be viewed through the open-work. A second shrine, formerly positioned in the NW angle of the N transept, is stored in the guesthouse. The church is lit by a number of windows displaying a variety of tracery styles. The six-light E window is a good example of a fifteenth-century window with reticulated tracery. The signatures of the masons can be seen on the piers of the crossing-tower where there are a number of mason's marks and protruding from the NW pier is a carved owl with outstretching wings. Other minor carvings can be seen throughout the church. Examples of rib vaulting have survived in the N transept, crossing-tower, chancel and chapels, above which are living quarters with squints overlooking the transept (Leask 1955, 68). The night stair in the S transept formerly led to the monks' dormitory. In the crossing-tower two bells have been installed. Both were found buried beneath the ruined parish church of Buolick, near Urlingford, one having been cast before 1250 (Hayes 1993, 113). In the N transept there is the rare survival of a hunting scene painted on plaster using a range of colours, red ochre, charcoal black, lime white and vermilion (McGrath 1987, 123). Also within the church are a large number of sixteenth/seventeenth-century graveslabs, while others were moved during the renovation to the graveyard immediately N of the abbey. Additional fragments of graveslabs and architectural fragments are currently stored in the guesthouse, SE of the abbey church. Associated with the church are a number of domestic and residential buildings. The W range of the cloister housed the sacristy, chapterhouse (with its unusual billet-ornamented doorway) and day-room or parlour. The opposing range contains the cellars on the ground floor and apartments above with fireplaces and projecting garderobes (Leask 1955, 68). S of the cloister was a range which contained the kitchen and refectory, now gone. The guesthouse and abbot's quarters (National Monument No. 121) are located immediately SE of the abbey church. The abbot's quarters appear to have been remodelled in the fifteenth century, the architectural features being well-executed and designed for maximum comfort. Reconstruction work, including re-roofing of the church, was carried out between 1971 and 1975 (Hayes 1993, 112). 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: 28 May 2018

• TN047-030002 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated W of the monastic complex on the W bank of the River Suir. A rectangular two-storey building (ext. dims 6.63m x 11m; walls 0.6m T), aligned NW-SE, which has been repaired and heavily repointed. The building is entered through a reconstructed doorway at the NW end of the NE wall. The doorway splays internally and has a concrete lintel. There are three windows at ground-floor level, one in the NE wall and two in the SW. At first-floor level there are two windows in the NE wall and two in the SW wall; all are modern rebuilds with later surrounds and lintels. There is a similar window in the NW gable. A millrace, running parallel to the adjacent River Suir, passes the SE gable from which a wooden undershot mill-wheel projects out through an opening c. 0.6m x 0.6m. There is a carved grotesque human head on the external face of the NE wall above the doorway - it appears to be a modern insertion. The Civil Survey (1654-6) refers to 'two or three grinding Mills and a tucking Mill' upon the lands of Holycross (Simington 1934, vol. 1, 64). 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

• TN047-030004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on flat ground on the W bank of the River Suir with the chancel of holy cross abbey (TN047-030001) 10m to the W. This well has been covered over in recent years as it is situated in a prayer garden which was created to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979. 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

• TN047-030005 Armorial plaque
  Description

  A road bridge (TN047-030003) over the River Suir with Holycross Abbey (TN047-030001) immediately to the N. The bridge was rebuilt in 1626 by James Butler, Baron of Dunboyne (commemorated in a plaque described below) with the addition of a gate or arch at the W end. This arch, depicted on Beranger's late eighteenth-century sketch, no longer survives. There are two armorial plaques inserted in the wall-face at the NW end of the bridge. There is a separate limestone plaque under the armorial plaques with an inscription written in latin in raised Roman script. It seems to be in its original position as two of the words on the plaque spill out onto one of the wall stones. The inscription reads: DOMINVS JACOBVS BUTLER BARO DE DONBOYNE ET D MARGARETA BRIEN EIVSVXOR HVNC PONTEM COLLAPSVM EREXERVNT ET SVIS BRIEN EIVSVXOR HVNC PONTEM COLLAPSVM EREXERVNT ET SVIS INSIGNIBVS ADORNARVN ANNO DMINI 1626 DICPRECOR ANTE ARIT VMVERBO NOAMPLIVS VNO EVADAT STIGIOSAVCT OR VTERSLACVS. The translation of the inscription is as follows: 'To the traveller. Nicholas Cowley constructed me: Lord James Butler, Baron of Dunboyne, and his wife, Lady Margaret O'Brien rebuilt the bridge which has fallen, and ornamented it with their arms in the year of Our Lord 1626. Say, I beg you before you go away this short prayer: May the two who built it escape the pit of hell'. 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

• TN047-030006 Church
  Description

  Situated on the River Suir in undulating countryside. In 1180 the Cistercians founded a monastery (TN047-030001-) in Holycross, so named as the abbey possessed a relic of the True Cross. In 1185-6 Holycross was granted a charter by its founder Domhnall Ua Briain, King of Limerick (Stalley 1987, 245). This charter was confirmed by Prince John as Earl of Morton and further royal confirmations followed during the reigns of Henry III and Richard II (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 172-3). In 1539-40 the abbey became a secular college (Stalley 1987, 245). By 1561 this college had been dissolved and the abbey became the property of the Earl of Ormonde, however, it continued to function as a parish church and pilgrim centre (ibid.). In 1580 the abbey, town and all its income were granted to Philip O'Keane and Thomas Archer (COD, vol. 5, 304-5). In the later seventeenth-century Holycross still appears to have been a thriving settlement as it is documented as holding two fairs in 1667 (Smyth 1991, 164), part of the original fair green still survives at the W end of the village. A holy well (TN047-030004-), known as 'Abbey Well', is located c. 10m NE of the abbey church (TN047-030006-). A medieval stone bridge (TN047-030003-), rebuilt in 1626, crossed the River Suir immediately N of the abbey complex. In 1563 at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Holycross was referred to as the 'town of Holycross (Carville 1973, 33). In 1626 a licence was granted to Edward Boyton his son to 'keep a tavern or wine cellar in their mansion house at Holycross' (Cal. pat. Rolls, Ire., Jas I, 323). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030007 Weir - regulating
  Description

  Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'fower Eele fishings' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 64) in the vicinity of Holycross abbey. This is one of three surviving stone weirs traversing the River Suir immediately to the NE, E and SE of Holycross Abbey (TN047-030001) as indicated on current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030008 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the W bank of the River Suir in undulating countryside. A Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) founded in 1180 possibly on the site of an earlier Benedictine abbey founded by Donal O'Brien, King of Limerick in 1169 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 134). In 1563 the abbey was granted to Gerald Earl of Ormond (ibid., 134). In the early to mid-seventeenth century an attempt was made to revive the Cistercian community but this was eventually suppressed by the Cromwellians (Stalley 1987, 29). The last professed monk from Holycross died in 1752 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 135). The importance of the abbey was based on its acquisition of a fragment of the true cross which it is said was given to Muirchertach O'Brien c. 1110 by Pope Paschal II (ibid.). Holycross was granted a charter in 1185-6 by its founder Domhnall Ua Briain, King of Limerick (Stalley 1987, 245). The present remains of this well-preserved multi-period abbey, with the abbey well to the E (TN047-030004), consist of a nave and chancel church with two chapels in each transept, a low crossing-tower with a barrel-vaulted sacristy and a small chapterhouse in the E range of buildings. There is a well-preserved cloister walk with a partially rebuilt cloister arcade to the S of the abbey with the domestic buildings in the W range and other buildings in the E range commonly referred to as the infirmary, the abbot's lodgings or the guesthouse (ibid., 245-6). Large graveyard containing 18th and 19th century memorials located to the N and W of the abbey(TN047-030001). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030009 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 1 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Tapered slab (Overall L 2.02m; Top Wth 0.48m ; Base Wth 0.43m ; T 0.15m) in two portions: the upper portion (L 1.51m; base Wth 0.44m; Top Wth 0.48m; T 0.15m) is the largest and lower portion (L 0.51m; base Wth 0.43m; Top Wth 0.44m; T 0.15m) situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Poorly preserved slab the surface of which is covered in lichen and heavily worn, decorated with a seven armed segmental cross carved in relief, with simple fleur-de-lis terminals. Thre narrow cross-bands occur at the base of the cross head, surmounting the cross-shaft. The lower portion of the slab bears the lower end of the cross consisting of a shaft which terminates in a pillar base form. All four edges of the slab are rounded. No inscription visible. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030010 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 2 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Upper portion of a tapered slab ( L 1.09m; Top Wth 0.53m ; Base Wth 0.47m ; T 0.15m) the lower portion is missing and the surface is worn with no inscription or decoration visible. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030011 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 3 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Upper portion of a tapered slab ( L 0.94m; Top Wth 0.48m ; Base Wth 0.44m ; T 0.17m) the lower portion is missing and the surface is worn with no inscription or decoration visible. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030012 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 4 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Upper portion of a tapered slab ( L 1.28m; Top Wth 0.54m; T 0.12m)with chamfered edeg along the dexter and sinister sides, the lower portion is missing and the surface is worn with no inscription or decoration visible. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030013 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 5 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Lower portion of a broken tapered slab ( L 0.61m; Top Wth 0.30m; base Wth 0.27m; T 0.12m)with chamfered edge along the base, dexter and sinister sides, the lower portion is missing and the surface is worn and lichen covered. There is a crack running along the surface parallel to the cross-shaft. The surface is decorated with an outline cross-shaft which terminates in a trefoil base. No inscription or visible. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030014 Graveslab
  Description

  One of six graveslabs (TN047-030009-014) located on S side of cloister of Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 6 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Tapered slab (Overall L 1.84m; Top Wth 0.50m ; Base Wth 0.40m ; T 0.12m) in two portions: all of its edges are chamfered and measure 0.04m wide. Situated inside the S wall of the Cloister. Poorly preserved slab the surface of which is covered in lichen and heavily worn, decorated with an eight-armed fleur-de-lis cross carved in relief, terminating in a stepped base. The middle foil of the lower vertical arm joins up with the shaft, and a knop occurs further down the shaft carved in low relief. No inscription visible. Current location of grave slab unknown. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030015 Graveslab
  Description

  One of three graveslabs (TN047-030015-017) located behind the altar of the chancel of the Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 7 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Well preserved tapered slab ( L 1.97m; Top Wth 0.65m ; Base Wth 0.52m) with two cracks visible on its surface. The surface is decorated with a seven-armed segmental , with each arm terminating in a fleur-de-lis. Three cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head, sumounting the cross-shaft. One single cross-band occurs at the base of the cross -shaft surmounting a pillar-base form. An inscription in Black Letter occurs on all four sides of the slab. This inscription reads HIC JACET NOBILIS/AC GENEROSUS VIR JACOBUS PURSELL BARO DE CORKHYNY ET LIBOLBY ET BALLYCORMMYC AC DNS DE/ CHRIPURSEYLLE Q OBIIT 11o/DIE MENSIS MAII A:D: [illegible word] MCCCCCV ET … A BUTLER UXOR EIUS. Translated as [Here lies the noble and highborn man James Purcell, baron of Corkatenny, Lisbothy and Ballyocormuck, and Lord of Chripurselluc who died on the second of May, A.D. 1050. Also Ellen Butler his wife.] (Fitzgerald, W. 1902, 104; Hayes, W. J. 1970, 16). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030016 Graveslab
  Description

  One of three graveslabs (TN047-030015-017) located behind the altar of the chancel of the Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 8 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 1.93m; Top Wth 0.65m ; Base Wth 0.61m) lying on the surface of the chancel behind the altar. The surface is decorated with a seven-armed cross, with fleur-de-lis terminals. A knop occurs at the base of the cross-head, sumounting the cross-shaft and a similar feature occurs at the base of the shaft surmounting a pillar-base form. An inscription in Black Letter occurs on the dexter and sinister sides of the slab. This inscription is worn and barely visible and what is visible reads HIC JACET JACOBUS BU(T?) (L?)ER…./159(7?) Translated as [Here lies Jacob Butler 1597?). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030017 Graveslab
  Description

  One of three graveslabs (TN047-030015-017) located behind the altar of the chancel of the Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 9 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Slightly tapered slab ( L 2.17m; Top Wth 0.73m ; Base Wth 0.67m) with chamfered edge along the dexter and sinister sides set into a tomb niche in the N wall of the chancel. Built into the front of the niche is an end-slab of a tomb chest which is carved in flase relief and features The Crucifixion under an Ogee headed niche. Our Lady occupies the dexter side, also under an ogge headed niche. This inserted end slab has been dated to the mid-sixteenth century (Hunt 1974, cat. 240). Th tomb-lid is chipped and worn and bears a seven-armed segmental cross, with fleur-de-lis terminals to each arm. Three cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head surmounting the cross-shaft and three similar cross-bands occur at the base of the shaft surmounting a pillar-base form. An inscription in Black Letter occurs on the dexter and sinister sides of the slab. This inscription reads HIC IACENT DISCRETI HOMES S. DONATUS O'FOGARTA ET ELINA PORSELL UXOR EIUS QU OBYT. A. DO./MCCCCC. Translated as (Here lie the worthy persons, Donagh O'Fogarty an Helen Pursell, his wife. He died in the year 15..) On the opposite side : SALUTA ME DE MARIE P…. DE DONAT ET E'. QUORUM AIA (Fitzgerald, W. 1901, 103; Hunt, J. 1974, cat. 240; Hayes, w. J. 1970, 17-8). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030018 Graveslab
  Description

  One of two graveslabs (TN047-030018-019) located behind in the N chapel off the N transept of the Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 10 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Slightly tapered slab ( L 1.43m; Top Wth 0.59m ; Base Wth 0.58m) with chamfered edge along the sinister side, dexter side is not visible as the slab is set up against the N wall of the chapel. The decorated syrface is worn and its base is broken off. The design consists of an incised outline cross, with a trefoil at the terminal of each arm. The trefoils of the upper and the sinister arms only partially survive, as does the outline cross-shaft. No inscription visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030019 Graveslab
  Description

  One of two graveslabs (TN047-030018-019) located behind in the N chapel off the N transept of the Cistercian abbey (TN047-030001) at Holycross. Number 11 in D. Maher's catalogue of Medieval Grave Slabs of County Tipperary 1200 - 1600 A.D. for Holycross Abbey. Slightly tapered upper portion of a broken slab ( L 1.17m; Top Wth 0.56m ; Base Wth 0.44m; T 0.03m) with chamfered edge along the three sides, situated near S wall of the chapel. Poorly preserved surface decorated with a seven-armed segmental cross carved in relief, with fleur-de-lis terminals. A raised border occurs along the three surviving sides of the slab. No inscription visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030020 Graveslab
  Description

  Located in S aisle just W of crossing tower of chancel arch inside Holycross abbey, recumbent rectangular limestone slab dating from 1643. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 2m; Top Wth 0.89m ; Base Wth 0.78m) lying on the surface of the S aisle of the abbey. The surface is decorated with a seven-armed cross, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-shaft rises from a pyramidal shaped base. An inscription runs around all four edges of the slab. This inscription is worn and reads HIC JACET MAURITIUS OKEARNY ETE ELENA PURCELLEIUS UXOR QUI ME FIERIFECE RUNTILLE OBIT 11 ADNI 1643 ILLAU 222 DECEMBER 1643 - Here lies the body of Maurice O'Kearny and his wife Ellen Purcell who had this made in 1643, he died 22 December 1643. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030021 Graveslab
  Description

  Located in first S transept chapel to S of chancel. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 2m; Top Wth 0.62m ; Base Wth 0.50m) lying on the surface at the base of the the N wall of the S transept chapel of the abbey. The surface is decorated with a seven-armed cross, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-shaft rises from a stepped-base with knop just below cross-head. No inscription visible. 17th century graveslab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030022 Graveslab
  Description

  Located in second S transept chapel furthest chapel away to S of chancel, recumbent grave slab lying at base of S wall of chapel. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 1.92m; Top Wth 0.73m ; Base Wth 0.75m) lying on the surface of the S chapel. The surface is decorated with a tri-lobed cross head with a single letter in each lobe, line and knop below cross-head. Symbols of our Lords passion depicted on the slab. The cross-shaft rises from a stepped-base. An inscription runs around all four edges of the slab. This inscription is worn and was unable to read it because there were church pews located on top of the slab. 17th century graveslab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030023 Graveslab
  Description

  Located in first S transept chapel to S of chancel. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 2m; Top Wth 0.89m ; Base Wth 0.78m) lying on the surface at the base of the wall of the S transept chapel of the abbey. The surface is decorated with a seven-armed cross, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-shaft rises from a pyramidal shaped base, 4 pittings in arms of cross. No inscription visible. 17th century graveslab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030024 Graveslab
  Description

  Located in second S transept chapel to S of chancel. Well preserved but worn tapered slab ( L 1.63m; Top Wth 0.42m ; Base Wth 0.39m) lying on the surface at the base of the altar shrine in N wall of the S transept chapel of the abbey. The surface is decorated with a ring-headed cross incised with incised cross-shaft with knop below cross-head. No inscription visible. Possible 17th century graveslab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030025 Graveslab
  Description

  17th century grave slab located to E of altar off centre to S lying flat on surface of chancel in Holycross abbey. Unable to attain measurements or describe the slab as there are church pews sitting on top of the slab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030026 Graveslab
  Description

  17th century grave slab located to E of altar off centre to N lying flat on surface of chancel in Holycross abbey. Unable to attain measurements or describe the slab as there are church pews sitting on top of the slab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030027 Graveslab
  Description

  17th century grave slab located to E of altar off centre to N lying flat on surface of chancel in Holycross abbey. Slab is immediately N of two sixteenth century grave slabs. Unable to attain measurements or describe the slab as there are church pews sitting on top of the slab. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030028 Graveslab
  Description

  17th century grave slab located in first N transept chapel to N of chancel of Holycross abbey. Poorly preserved recumbent slab lying flat on surface of chapel at base of S wall of chapel. Unable to get access to slab to describe or take measurements. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030029 Graveslab
  Description

  17th century grave slab located in first N transept chapel to N of chancel of Holycross abbey. Poorly preserved recumbent slab lying flat on surface of chapel at base of N wall of chapel. Unable to get access to slab to describe or take measurements. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-030030 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  Sheela-na-gig figure carved in relief on the SW corner of the precinct wall of Holycross Abbey (TN047-030001), located approx. 3m high above the ground on the external face of the wall facing the main public road. Described by Freitag as a 'mutilated figure on slab with traces of severe hacking. Big head, arms in front of body; slit-vulva; splayed legs with feet turned outwards' (Freitag 2004, 134). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 05 June 2012

• TN047-110001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gradual SE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, under tillage. The earlier placename for the village was Ceall Uachta Lawyne or Lamund meaning 'the upper church (or small) church (in the territory) of Lamund' (Stevens 2001). Two widely spaced curving cropmarks were identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP 43 (10-17) 11/8/96) immediately E of the disused nineteenth-century C of I church at the northern end of the village. These presumably formed the bivallate enclosing element of a large circular or oval enclosure. It is possible that these originally surrounded an Early Christian church (TN047-110002) or monastic site, no trace of which survives above ground. The SE portion of the enclosure has been built over and possibly destroyed by the Sue Ryder complex and a playing field behind the present school. The remains of the enclosure at E and ESE are visible as a very broad bank (Wth 23m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.82m), likely to have been flattened as a result of ploughing activity. Elsewhere the enclosure is not visible above ground level. Archaeological testing in the NE quadrant has revealed portion of the enclosing element, consisting of 'a shallow enclosing ditch (Wth 1.6m; D 0.35m), residual bank and interior occupation deposits' (Stevens 2001). This testing was carried out under licence No. 01E0168 (Bennett 2003, 383-4). In 2000 archaeological excavation at the Church of Ireland building by Paul Stevens revealed no archaeological features. Carried out under licence No. 00E0634 (Bennett 2002, 321-2). 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

• TN047-110002 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gradual SE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, under tillage. The earlier placename for the village was Ceall Uachta Lawyne or Lamund meaning 'the upper church (or small) church (in the territory) of Lamund' (Stevens 2001). Two widely spaced curving cropmarks were identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP 43 (10-17) 11/8/96) immediately E of the disused nineteenth-century C of I church at the northern end of the village. These presumably formed the bivallate enclosing element of a large circular or oval enclosure (TN047-110001). It is possible that these originally surrounded an Early Christian church or monastic site, no trace of which survives above ground. The SE portion of the enclosure has been built over and possibly destroyed by the Sue Ryder complex and a playing field behind the present school. In 2000 archaeological excavation at the Church of Ireland building by Paul Stevens revealed no archaeological features. Carried out under licence No. 00E0634 (Bennett 2002, 321-2). 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

• TN047-110003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gradual SE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, under tillage. The earlier placename for the village was Ceall Uachta Lawyne or Lamund meaning 'the upper church (or small) church (in the territory) of Lamund' (Stevens 2001). Two widely spaced curving cropmarks were identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP 43 (10-17) 11/8/96) immediately E of the disused nineteenth-century C of I church at the northern end of the village. These presumably formed the bivallate enclosing element of a large circular or oval enclosure. It is possible that these originally surrounded an Early Christian church (TN047-110002) or monastic site, no trace of which survives above ground. 19th century graveyard to the S of the C. of I church may be on site of earlier graveyard associated with ecclesiastical enclosure (TN047-110001) and possible church site (TN047-110002). In 2000 archaeological excavation at the Church of Ireland building by Paul Stevens revealed no archaeological features. Carried out under licence No. 00E0634 (Bennett 2002, 321-2). 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

• TN047-112 Weir - regulating
  Description

  Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'two Eele weyres in repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). Two stone weirs are depicted on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map traversing the River Suir to the NW of Fertiana castle (TN047-031). These may be on the site of those mention in the Civil Survey. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-113 Weir - regulating
  Description

  Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'two Eele weyres in repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). Two stone weirs are depicted on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map traversing the River Suir to the NW of Fertiana castle (TN047-031). These may be on the site of those mention in the Civil Survey. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-119 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB90.CI.10) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 12 August 2010

• TN047-120 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.10) shows cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by a fosse; an incomplete curvilinear enclosure (TN047-121) is located immediately to the north-east. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1989. On a/p GB89.AB.09 the River Suir is just visible bottom left of photograph. on vertical a/p backdrop to ASI website note two parallel fosses running NE to SE which appear to align with this enclosure - significance uncertain. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 12 August 2010.

• TN047-121 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.10) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse; a circular enclosure (TN047-120) is located immediately to the south-west. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1989. On vertical aerial photograph which is backdrop to ASI website note two parallel fosses running NE to SE which appear to align with this enclosure - significance uncertain. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 26/10/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision: 13 August 2010

• TN047-122 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.15) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by two concentric fosses. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1989. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 06/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 13 August 2010

• TN047-123 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.12) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. First recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1989. The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of this report: 06/11/09 Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload / revision : 13 August 2010

• TS047-030003 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (L 46m; Wth 6.56m; Wall T 0.4m) over the River Suir with Holycross Abbey (TN047-030001-) immediately to the N. There are eight segmental-pointed arches with roughly cut voussoirs on the upstream side, four of which have been repaired with modern concrete. Also on the upstream side are low pointed breakwaters. The bridge was possibly extended on the downstream side where the arches are semicircular in shape and are constructed with well-cut limestone voussoirs with a chamfered edge, possibly in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. An earlier bridge arch is still visible on the underside of three arches off-centre to the E on the downstream side. This consists of a flat almost depressed arch constructed with roughly cut thin voussoirs set on edge. The earlier, upriver section of the bridge has been dated to the first quarter of the fifteenth century (Simington and O'Keeffe 1991, 177-8). This is based on its similarity to Adare Bridge, Co. Limerick, dated to 1410 and Abingdon Bridge in England built in 1416. The bridge was rebuilt in 1626 by James Butler, Baron of Dunboyne (commemorated in a plaque described below) with the addition of a gate or arch at the W end. This arch, depicted on Beranger's late eighteenth-century sketch, no longer survives. There are two armorial plaques (TN047-030005) inserted in the wall-face at the NW end of the bridge. There is a separate limestone plaque under the armorial plaques with an inscription written in latin in raised Roman script. It seems to be in its original position as two of the words on the plaque spill out onto one of the wall stones. The inscription reads: DOMINVS JACOBVS BUTLER BARO DE DONBOYNE ET D MARGARETA BRIEN EIVSVXOR HVNC PONTEM COLLAPSVM EREXERVNT ET SVIS BRIEN EIVSVXOR HVNC PONTEM COLLAPSVM EREXERVNT ET SVIS INSIGNIBVS ADORNARVN ANNO DMINI 1626 DICPRECOR ANTE ARIT VMVERBO NOAMPLIVS VNO EVADAT STIGIOSAVCT OR VTERSLACVS. The translation of the inscription is as follows: 'To the traveller. Nicholas Cowley constructed me: Lord James Butler, Baron of Dunboyne, and his wife, Lady Margaret O'Brien rebuilt the bridge which has fallen, and ornamented it with their arms in the year of Our Lord 1626. Say, I beg you before you go away this short prayer: May the two who built it escape the pit of hell'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Church House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Hipped slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth and plat bands to ends of elevation. Timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows with stone sills. Replacement glazed timber door. Garden to front of house bounded by random limestone wall and gate with square piers with pyramidal caps. Single-storey outbuildings with pitched slate roofs to north and east of house, forming courtyard enclosed to west by rendered walls with square-plan gate piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Holycross Church, church/chapel, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1821, comprising three-bay side elevations to nave, with three-stage castellated and pinnacled tower to west and lower sacristy to north with cut-stone chimneystack and with recent flat-roofed extension. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roofs. Roughly-coursed snecked limestone walls with string courses and corbel tables to tower and with cut stone copings to gables. Traceried pointed-arch window openings with hood-mouldings above. Louvred windows to upper stage of tower. Pointed-arch doorway with hood-moulding and with timber battened door and overlight. Clock faces with hood-mouldings to three elevations of tower. Plaques to interior and gallery at west end. Graveyard around building with rubble boundary walls to site with square piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Saint Michael's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted barn-style double-height Catholic church, dated 1834, with four-bay side elevations to nave, single-storey porch to front gable and recent lean-to extension to north gable. Renovated c.2000 for use as community centre. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and with cut-stone chimney. Ashlar limestone front gable with string course, low relief crosses, roundel and with cross finial. Coursed squared limestone entrance front, roughly-coursed rubble side walls and rendered north gable. Arches and straight joints in north ends of side walls are evidence of proposed transepts, unbuilt. Memorial stone to south front. Paired Y-tracery timber double sliding sash windows with hood-mouldings. Square-headed door opening with timber door. Gallery over south end of interior with carved front. Recent stage added to north end of interior.

• Holycross House, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1815, with return to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and terracotta chimneypots. Roughcast rendered walls, with rendered quoins and plinth. Replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door with sidelights and ornate fanlight over, having canopy supported on console brackets and flanked by round-headed niches with render hood-mouldings. Screen walls each side of house connect with gable-fronted two-storey stable blocks with pitched slate roofs and roughcast rendered walls. Rendered wall to north forming enclosed courtyard. Square stone gate piers with wrought-iron gates to entrance. Lawn to front of house.

• Glasheen's, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with two-bay two-storey wing to north-west, forming L-plan, with flat-roofed porch in angle and with flat-roofed extensions to north. Now in use as public house. Hipped and pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls, south gable corners rounded, one with wheel guard, and with some decorative render quoins. Timber sliding one-over-one pane sash windows in square-headed openings with stone sills. Moulded rendered shopfront to southern elevation with fixed timber windows between four pilasters having decorative capitals supporting cornice with console brackets.

• Old Mill, mill (water), 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former watermill, built c.1780, on bank of River Suir. Pitched roof, covering gone. Rubble limestone walls with dressed window surrounds, lintels and sills. Evidence in south wall of earlier phases of building. Carved grotesque head on the exterior of the north wall above the doorway. Timber and steel undershot mill-wheel to east gable on millrace running parallel to the river. Some machinery and mill stones in interior.

• Bridge, 1400–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Eight-arch limestone road bridge over River Suir, built c.1410, rebuilt 1626, retaining elements of earlier bridge, and widened c.1750. Rubble walls, pointed-segmental arches with roughly cut voussoirs and V-shaped cut-waters on the upstream side and with round-headed arches downstream. Splayed caps to piers. Stone parapet and abutment walls. Inscription of 1626 referring to rebuilding of bridge, with armorial carving, at northwestern end of bridge.

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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 Holycross.

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.

• Holycross, Thurles5 sales

Name

Holycross · Mainistir na Croiche

Area

2,589,745 m² (258.97 ha, 639.94 acres)

Civil parish

Holycross, 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

Beakstown, Fertiana, Galbertstown Lower, Glenreagh Beg, Glenreagh More, Graiguenoe, Killeenyarda, Whitefort

Placenames

Holycross 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.