Lackaroe
Lackaroe is a townland in the civil parish of Castletownarra, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is An Leaca Rua.
- Area
- 49.2 ha
- 122 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 3,705 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackaroe, from 17 m² to 38,205 m² (3.82 ha, 9.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 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 Lackaroe 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
11 Mar 2026N/a
development to renovate and extend existing cottage, new Wastewater Treatment System, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660222
7 Feb 2026Conditional
the renovation and extension of the dwelling, to construct a new septic tank and percolation area and to carry out all ancillary site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660095
26 Apr 2022Conditional
a) conversion of attic area to living accommodation including dormer windows to rear elevation, b) construction of new open porch to front elevation and c) alteration of existing windows and removal of existing external stone wall finishes
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22312
4 Jun 2021Conditional
construction of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and driveway along with all ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21814
12 Aug 2020Conditional
construction of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and driveway along with all ancillary site works (Outline Permission reference 19601302)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20890
22 Nov 2019Conditional
construction of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and driveway along with all ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601302
28 May 2019Refused
refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage, Removal of a recent single-storey extension and sheds to the rear of the house. Construction of a two-storey extension and single storey link to the rear of the house containing a bedroom and kitchen/dining room, installation of a new septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600578
3 May 2019N/a
refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage. Removal of a recent single storey extension and sheds to the rear of the house. Construction of a two storey extension and single storey link to the rear of the house containing a bedroom and kitchen/dining room. Installation of a new septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600465
28 Nov 2018Conditional
to retain extension constructed to rear of dwelling
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 18601411
3 Oct 2018Unconditional
to demolish existing outhouse and rebuild new storage shed along with all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 18601192
4 May 2018Conditional
dwelling extensions, removal of existing shed, new septic tank, percolation area and all associated works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600562
9 Apr 2018N/a
dwelling extensions, removal of existing shed, new septic tank, percolation area and all associated works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600428
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 Lackaroe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lackaroe.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lackaroe.
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 Lackaroe, 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 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 Lackaroe.
- 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
- Lackaroe, Portroe5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Lackaroe · An Leaca Rua
- Area
- 492,374 m² (49.24 ha, 121.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castletownarra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Castletown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,497 people lived in 560 households in the Castletown electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballywilliam, Castlelough, Coole, Cornode, Garrykennedy, Shesharoe
- Placenames
- Lackaroe 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.