Kilroe
Kilroe is a townland in the civil parish of Tubbrid, barony of Iffa and Offa West, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Choill Rua.
- Area
- 172.9 ha
- 427 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 10,325 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilroe, from 13 m² to 143,072 m² (14.31 ha, 35.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilroe 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
20 Dec 2024Conditional
refurbishment works to 24.3 km of overhead line, 9 no. steel towers and 121 no. wooden polesets within County Tipperary. These lie between the existing Cahir Substation in the townland of Ballyhenebery, and the border with County Cork in the townland of Coolapreavan, crossing the County Tipperary townlands of: Ballyhenebery, Monaraha, Ballymacadam West, Killeenbutler, Garnavilla, Ballybrada, Cranna, Roosca (Hickey), Roosca (Burke), Crannavone, Killinure, Ballyhohan, Ballygarrane, Derravoher, Burges West, Curraghatoor, Kilroe, Kilbeg, Inchnamuck, Ballysheehan, Shanbally, Knockaarum, Cullenagh South, Carriganroe, Coolantallagh, Carrigavisteal, Dangan, Cooladerry, Knocknagapple and Coolapreavan. The development also includes 3 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Killeigh, Garnavilla and Knockaarum. The works in County Tipperary will consist of: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 5 no. towers and 35 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment / strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461133
24 Aug 2023Conditional
change of House Plan (from that Granted under Planning Ref 2360079)
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360662
6 Feb 2023Conditional
a dwelling, storage shed, effluent treatment system, entrance and all associated site Works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360079
13 Apr 2022Conditional
a dwelling, entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 22287
9 Jul 2021Conditional
construction of a hurling wall with synthetic grass training area, associated fencing and flood lighting and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21998
28 Apr 2021Conditional
dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21574
3 Nov 2020Conditional
dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201286
19 Dec 2019Conditional
construction of a 2 storey dormer style extension to existing dwelling house, (2) renovation of existing dwelling house to include replacement of all windows, the addition of 3 no dormer windows to the south elevation and re-slating of roof and new barge details, (3) upgrade of existing septic tank and percolation area (4) upgrade of existing vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19601432
11 Dec 2017Conditional
a dwelling, entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17601364
1 Nov 2017Conditional
development consisting of the demolition of an existing reservoir , construction of a new reservoir and all ancillary site works . A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and is submitted as part of the planning application
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601199
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137
Recorded monuments
- TS087-002 Enclosure
Description
On fairly flat terrain which slopes slightly to E, in rough pasture. Oval area (diam. 66m N-S; 59m E-W) the W half of which is enclosed by earthen field bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.43m; ext. H 0.7m) with stone revetting on the external face. The E half of the enclosure has been levelled, however, the edge is delimited by a low scarp (H 0.42m) and slight outer fosse (Wth 2.6m; D 0.17m). The ground level rises in the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 November 2013
- TS087-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Just off the summit of a hill on an E-facing slope, the area surrounding the ringfort is under tillage. Roughly circular area (diam. 36.5m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by scarp (H 0.85m); a deep, steep-sided fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 2.03m) and a counterscarp or outer bank which has been augmented by an earthen field boundary. There is a causeway (Wth 3.9m) across the fosse in the SW quadrant with a corresponding gap in the field bank. In the E quadrant there is a large gap (Wth 8.3m) which provides access to the interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilroe.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Kilroe, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilroe.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Kilroe · An Choill Rua
- Area
- 1,729,314 m² (172.93 ha, 427.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tubbrid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Electoral division
- Kilcoran, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 573 people lived in 191 households in the Kilcoran electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curraghatoor, Curraghcloney, Drumlummin, Kilbeg, Kilroewood, Knockane (Gurm), Rehill
- Placenames
- Kilroe 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.