Kilrush
Kilrush is a townland in the civil parish of Thurles, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Cill Rois.
- Area
- 256.3 ha
- 633 acres
- Land parcels
- 83
- registered freehold, median 6,678 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilrush, from 211 m² to 384,661 m² (38.47 ha, 95.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Kilrush 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
14 Sept 2026N/a
1.) as constructed hardcore area adjacent to existing agricultural shed; 2.) Full Planning Permission to construct internal access road to existing agricultural shed and 3.) Full Planning Permission to construct a domestic garage and carry out all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 26131
5 Sept 2024Conditional
an eco glamping site which shall consist of 3no. eco lodge cabins, 1no. eco spa lodge cabin containing 2 separate living accommodations, outdoor sheltered communal area, entrance, car parking area, new effluent treatment system together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460738
24 Aug 2021Conditional
(a) construction of a new single storey detached dwelling; (b) new detached garage (c) new site entrance (d) new bored well (e) new waste water treatment system and percolation area (f) all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211256
3 Jan 2018Conditional
of revised boundaries and revised positions of entrance, dwelling and septic tank within the site layout, also to retain revised window and door designs including velux windows in the roof space of dwelling and to retain small increase of 0.83sq.m in overall ground floor area of dwelling
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 18600004
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 Kilrush.
Recorded monuments
- TN041-001 Earthwork
Description
Situated on a SE-facing slope in undulating terrain of rough pasture. Marked as a circular enclosure with trees around the circumference on the 1st ed. (1843) OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the 1952-3 revision. Not visible at ground level. 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
- TN041-074 Graveyard
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise in undulating pastureland, with ground sloping slightly to the SW. Indicated as 'Kilrush Grave Yd' and outlined as an oval area on the 1st ed. (1843) 6-inch map but not depicted on the 1952-3 ed. Not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, sheds were built near the edge of the S sector c. 10 years ago (c. 1986) and a length of an earlier wall foundation was revealed during the construction work. Also, some wall-footings were revealed in the E sector during ploughing many years ago. There is a local tradition of a church (TN041-074001) being associated with the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- TN041-074001 Church
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise in undulating pastureland, with ground sloping slightly to the SW. Indicated as 'Kilrush Grave Yd' (TN041-074) and outlined as an oval area on the 1st ed. (1843) 6-inch map but not depicted on the 1952-3 ed. Not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, sheds were built near the edge of the S sector c. 10 years ago (c. 1986) and a length of an earlier wall foundation was revealed during the construction work. Also, some wall-footings were revealed in the E sector during ploughing many years ago. There is a local tradition of a church being associated with the graveyard. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilrush.
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 Kilrush, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilrush.
- 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 Kilrush with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Kilrush · Cill Rois
- Area
- 2,562,645 m² (256.26 ha, 633.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Thurles, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Kilrush, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 556 people lived in 184 households in the Kilrush electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynahow, Dovea Lower, Killahara, Killinane, Lewagh Beg, Liscreagh, Lissaroon, Mullaunbrack
- Placenames
- Kilrush 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.