Knockuragh

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockuragh, from 143 m² to 472,363 m² (47.24 ha, 116.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 8 Jul 2026Conditional

  a) the existing 30-metre-high lattice tower, security fencing, extended access track and all associated works and b) PERMISSION to affix and locate antennas, dishes, equipment cabinets and ancillary works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660663

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  the erection of a 30 metre high lattice tower with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, including equipment cabinets at ground level all enclosed by security fencing and with an extension to the existing access track

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560971

• 24 Sept 2025N/a

  erection of a 30 metre high lattice tower with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, including equipment cabinets at ground level all enclosed by security fencing and with an extension to the existing access track

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560954

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  partly constructed shed and PLANNING PERMISSION to complete partly constructed shed and all associated works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25170

• 14 Aug 2025N/a

  to retain and complete partly constructed shed and all associated site works on our site

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 25164

• 12 Feb 2025Conditional

  existing single storey extension to rear of dwelling

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560088

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 Knockuragh.

Recorded monuments

• TS063-012 Castle - ringwork and bailey
  Description

  In improved pasture, near top of NW-facing slope, with a pond to the SW and an old stream bed to S. Fulachta fia (TS063-075----, TS063-076---- and TS063-077----) are located c. 70m to S and 90m and 100m to the SSW respectively. A circular area (dims. 42m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 2.2m; H 1.8m) which is partially obscured by overgrowth, a substantial and waterlogged intervening fosse (basal Wth 4.5m; overall Wth 9.45m; D 1.8m) and a large intervening bank (Wth at top 6.5m; overall Wth 12.4m; int. H 2.15m; ext. H 2.2m) has a sloping top (H 0.25m) which tilts inwards. The top of the bank in the SW sector appears to be slightly modified to form a possible walkway defined by an inner and outer bank. In the SE and SW sectors the external face of the bank is badly eroded and at NNE the wide bank opens out to form an L-shaped bailey (L 15m c. N-S) with a long return (L c. 18m) c. E-W defined by a much narrower bank on either side. The bank is eroded and reduced to scarp along the N side with an outer fosse (basal Wth 2.5m; overall Wth 11.15m; D 1m). The interior is obscured by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS063-015001 Bawn
  Description

  Within a disused quarried which has been reclaimined and is currently under pasture. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6), the proprietor in 1640 of 'The Manor castle Towne & lands of Drangan' was 'James, Lord Barron of Dunboyne Irish Papist' in which year it was occupied 'by his Mother Ellan Lady Dowager of Dunboyne' and 'The sd lands hath on them (besides the Cheife & principall Castle) a Mansion house tyled over with slate, & a short butt of a Castle thatched with other decaying thatcht houses within the Bawne' (Simington 1930, vol. 1, 160). According to OSL (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 74) there '…stood on a rock the Castle of Drangan …. It had a bawn attached to it, as appears from fragments of outer walls still visible'. The 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map depicts a rectangular bawn (dims. c. 57m N-S x c. 40m E-W) with a lime kiln at the SW corner possibly re-using a circular turret, with a quarried out rectangular feature in the SE corner perhaps indicating the site of the keep or fortified house. According to local tradition stone from the castle was used in the construction of the parish church in Drangan in 1847 (Franc Myles pers. comm. 25 March 2010). Prior to quarrying the bawn is likely to have been situated on a high conspicuous rock outcrop. The rock face of the quarry is c. 20-25m to the W and N and there is a steep natural fall of ground c. 25m to E down to river. The N side of the quarry is delineated by the remains of a roughly coursed limestone wall (L 10m; H c. 0.75m), bonded with lime mortar, which may be associated with the castle (TS063-015002-) or associated buildings (TS063-015001-) or bawn. The E end of this wall is obscured for c. 2m by dense vegetation. The rubble stone wall (L c. 14m) sitting on top of the quarried rock face continues toward the W end, though the facing has fallen out in places. Quarrying activities encompassing this area make it difficult to decipher the purpose of this wall. An oval depression (dims. 22m N-S; 18m E-W) has been quarried out immediately N of the wall, with quarry spoil to SW. Apart from these fragmentary walls there is no visible trace above ground of the bawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 2 October 2014

• TS063-015002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In improved pasture and disused quarried area overlooking river valley to N and E. Prior to quarrying, castle was situated on a high conspicuous rock outcrop. The Civil Survey (1654-6) records that the proprietor in 1640 of 'The Manor castle Towne & lands of Drangan' was 'James, Lord Barron of Dunboyne Irish Papist' in which year it was occupied 'by his Mother Ellan Lady Dowager of Dunboyne' and 'The sd lands hath on them (besides the Cheife & principall Castle) a Mansion house tyled over with slate, & a short butt of a Castle thatched with other decaying thatcht houses within the Bawne' (Simington 1930, vol. 1, 160). The Ordnance Survey Letters mention that there '…stood on a rock the Castle of Drangan, but only ten feet [3m] of the east wall of it remains to the height of about thirty five feet [10.6m]. Even the foundations of the other walls are not traceable, so that the extent of the building cannot now be ascertained. The wall remaining is six feet [1.8m] thick and built of limestone well grouted. ... It is said that this was a strong building and that it belonged to the Butlers' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 74). According to Brennan (1854-55, 214-215) the castle belonged to the Dunboyne family with the last resident being Colonel Butler who lived there in the early 1700s. Brennan (ibid) states, 'the last remaining wing of the building fell fifteen years since', indicating that it fell shortly after it was recorded by the OS in the early 1840s. The N side of quarry is delineated by the remains of a roughly coursed limestone wall (L 10m; H c. 0.75m), bonded with lime mortar, which may be associated with the castle or associated buildings (TS063-015001-) or bawn (TS063-015001-). The E end of this wall is obscured for c. 2m by dense vegetation. The rubble stone wall (L c. 14m) sitting on top of the quarried rock face continues toward the W end, though the facing has fallen out in places. Quarrying activities encompassing this area make it difficult to decipher the purpose of this wall. An oval depression (dims. 22m N-S; 18m E-W) has been quarried out immediately N of the wall, with quarry spoil to SW. Apart from these fragmentary walls there is no visible trace above ground of the castle. Large drainage stones which have been re-used as headstones in the nearby graveyard (TS063-016003-) of the medieval church (TS063-016001-) of Drangan, c. 160m to the SSW, may have come from Drangan Castle. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 2 October 2014

• TS063-015003 House - 17th century
  Description

  In improved pasture and disused quarried area overlooking river valley to N and E. Prior to quarrying, castle was situated on a high conspicuous rock outcrop. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6), the proprietor in 1640 of 'The Manor castle Towne & lands of Drangan' was 'James, Lord Barron of Dunboyne Irish Papist' in which year it was occupied 'by his Mother Ellan Lady Dowager of Dunboyne' and 'The sd lands hath on them (besides the Cheife & principall Castle) a Mansion house tyled over with slate, & a short butt of a Castle thatched with other decaying thatcht houses within the Bawne' (Simington 1930, vol. 1, 160). The N side of quarry is delineated by the remains of a roughly coursed limestone wall (L 10m; H c. 0.75m), bonded with lime mortar, which may be associated with the castle (TS063-015002-), the bawn (TS063-015001-) or associated buildings within the bawn. The E end of this wall is obscured for c. 2m by dense vegetation. The rubble stone wall (L c. 14m) sitting on top of the quarried rock face continues toward the W end, though the facing has fallen out in places. Quarrying activities encompassing this area make it difficult to decipher the purpose of this wall. An oval depression (dims. 22m N-S; 18m E-W) has been quarried out immediately N of the wall, with quarry spoil to SW. Apart from these fragmentary walls there is no visible trace above ground of the houses associated with the castle and bawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS063-075 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet pasture, on a level area, just above a stream flowing roughly N-S c. 8m to WSW. A substantial enclosure and bailey (TS063-012----) are c. 45m to NNW and fulachta fiadh (TS063-076---- and TS063-077----) are c. 20m and c. 26m to SSW respectively. A classic U-shaped mound (overall dims. 17.8m NNW-SSE; 9.6m ENE-WSW) of heat shattered stone and black soil. The top of the mound is level with the ground to the rear at ENE and is better preserved (H 0.45m) on the NNW rather than the SSE side (H 0.25m). The trough area (dims. 8m NNW-SSE; c. 6.5m ENE-WSW) is open (Wth 5m) to the WSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS063-076 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet pasture, on a level area, just above a stream flowing roughly N-S c. 18m to the WSW. Possibly conjoined to fulacht fiadh (TS063-077----) 1.5m to SSW. Fulacht fiadh (TS063-075----) is located c. 20m to NNE. A kidney-shaped mound (dims. of chord: c. 6.5m ESE-WNW; 4.75m NNW-SSE) best preserved at WNW and NNW sides (H 0.45m) and low in profile (H 0.15m) at the ESEs end. The arms of the mound are truncated at the WSW and ENE ends. The trough probably opened to the SSW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS063-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet pasture, on a level area, just above stream flowing roughly N-S c. 18m to WSW. It is possibly conjoined to fulacht fiadh (TS063-076----) 1.5m to NNE. Fulacht fiadh (TS063-075----) is c. 26m to NNE. A sub-triangular mound (overall dims. L 6m at NNE; L 6m at SE; L 5.8m at SW) with an oval depression (dims. 5m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW) in the centre which may be a modified trough. There is a possible modified opening (Wth 1.9m) mid-way along the SW side. The mound is best preserved (H 0.45m) on the SW side and low (H 0.25m) on the SE and NE sides. 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 Knockuragh.

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 Knockuragh, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knockuragh · Cnoc Iúrach

Area

1,331,630 m² (133.16 ha, 329.05 acres)

Civil parish

Drangan, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Drangan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

692 people lived in 236 households in the Drangan electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyrichard, Knockroe, Moanvurrin, Newtowndrangan, Priesttown Demesne, Prospect

Placenames

Knockuragh 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.