Mellisson

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mellisson, from 151 m² to 360,388 m² (36.04 ha, 89.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Jun 2026Conditional

  (A) Part storey and a half and part single storey dwelling, (B) Single storey detached garage, (C) Vehicular entrance, (D) Treatment tank and percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2660596

• 23 Jan 2026Refused

  the development will consist of the erection of a 36m tall Telecommunication Lattice Support Structure carrying antennas and dishes together with associated ground-based equipment all enclosed in security fencing with proposed site access taken from an existing site access from the L-6617 and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660052

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  the as-constructed commercial entrance and agricultural entrance, boundary walls, boarding kennels, grooming facility, storage sheds, dog runs and cattery, and for permission to complete the unfinished elements, including all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2561334

• 26 Aug 2020Conditional

  (a) Existing single storey living room extension to side of the existing dwelling; (b) Existing single storey domestic garage with part mezzanine storage space; (c) All associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20943

• 5 Aug 2020N/a

  the following works: (a) Existing single storey living room extension to side of the existing dwelling; (b) Existing single storey domestic garage with part mezzanine storage space; (c) All associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20866

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 Mellisson.

Recorded monuments

• TS048-024 Earthwork
  Description

  On flat poorly drained land, in a coniferous plantation which had good views in all directions, in an upland region. Depicted as a rectangular earthwork orientated E-W on the 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map and as an oval earthwork (overall map dims. 50m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) orientated NE-SW on the 2nd (1905) ed. map. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS048-026 Settlement cluster
  Description

  In grassland, on top of natural rock outcrop on the N-facing slope of the Slieveardagh Hills with panoramic views from W through N to E and higher ground to the S. There is a church (TS048-026002-) 100m to the SW. The Down Survey map (1655-6) illustrates a castle, church and 2 dwellings, one of which may be located across the road from the castle. It is described in the Civil survey (1654-6) as the 'castle and bawne of Moylessane inhabited' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 101) and in 1640 the proprietor is listed as Pierce Croake (ibid., 127). It was formerly the residence of the Cantwells who resided here until the 17th century (White, 1892, 104). In 1532 John Cantwell, Lord of Mellisson died and was buried in Kilcooley Abbey (McCormack 1989, 31-7). Any settlement associated with the tower house (TS048-026001-) and church (TS048-026002-) is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS048-026001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In grassland, atop a natural rock outcrop on the N-facing slope of the Slieveardagh Hills with panoramic views from W through N to E, with higher ground to S. Situated on the side of a public road with quarries opposite on the other side of the road and the remains of a small rectangular building (TS048-026005-) of possible medieval date. A church (TS048-026002-) lies 50m to the SW. Formerly the residence of the Cantwells who resided here until the 17th century (White, 1892, 104). In 1532 John Cantwell, Lord of Mellisson died and was buried in Kilcooley Abbey (McCormack 1989, 31-7). Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'castle and bawne of Moylessane inhabited', with the proprietor in 1640 listed as Pierce Croake (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 101, 127). The Down Survey map (1655-6) shows a castle, church and 2 dwellings, one of which may be that located across the road from the castle (TS948-026005). The tower house is a four-storey rectangular tower built with limestone rubble, roughly coursed, with cut quoin stones, with a largely collapsed circular tower (int. diam. 1.9m) at the SW angle which contained a spiral stairs. The tower house was entered at ground-floor level through a doorway in the S face of the circular stair tower. This tower house is unusual in that there is a pronounced recess on the external S face up to second-floor level, above which the upper S wall, carried on corbels and the SW angle tower, projects over this recess. The E side of the recess is defined by a projecting garderobe chute at the E end of the S wall which serves the upper floors. The SW angle tower only rises to the first-floor level in circular form, above which, though broken out, the stairs appears to have been carried within a projection at the S end of the W wall, with a doorway giving access to the second-floor level. The ground floor is lit by two flat-headed slit opes, in the N and S wall respectively, while the E wall contains two blind arcades and the W wall only one, off centre to N. The first-floor was supported on a wooden floor and has a similar lighting arrangement. It is roofed by a barrel vault which was originally constructed with long vertical timbers, running E-W, which carried the centring. The chambers above the vault are inaccessible. A possible bawn wall (T 0.5m; H 1.3m) returns from the SW angle tower in a westerly direction towards the church, although this wall may be later, associated with a ruined 18th-century house to the NW. At the E angle of the tower house there is evidence for a bawn wall return, seemingly running southward parallel to the modern road. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS048-026002 Church
  Description

  In grassland, in flat pasture on a N-facing slope of the Slieveardagh Hills with a panoramic views from W through N to E. A tower house (TS048-026001-) lies 100m to the NE, and the ruins of an 18th-century house are nearby to the NW. The church consists of a simple rectangular building (int. dims. 6.75m N-S; 13m E-W; wall T 0.75m; ext. dims 8.25m N-S; 14.8m E-W) constructed with coursed limestone blocks, with a base-batter (H 1.8m) and opposite doors at the W end of the N and S walls, and a first-floor chamber, presumably a priest's residence, within the W end of the church. This chamber was carried on floor timbers carried in the thickness of the wall. There is evidence for a small aumbry in the NW angle of the ground floor of the priest's chambers. There is a twin-light ogee-headed window with hollowed spandrels in the E gable and a small aumbry in the SE angle which has been converted into a slit ope. A simple flat-headed window is E of centre in the S wall and a destroyed window E of centre in the N wall. At the W end of the S wall is a simple slit ope which would have provided light for the ground floor of the priest's chamber. There is no evidence of glazing in any of the windows, but there is an internal rebate in the E window surround for wooden shuttering.A large doorway (Wth 2m) is W of centre in the S wall, with no cut stone surround visible, and another destroyed doorway is directly opposite in the N wall. There is no evidence for a graveyard or any other features in the ground surrounding the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS048-026004 Bawn
  Description

  In grassland, atop natural rock outcrop on the N facing slope of the Slieveardagh Hills with panoramic views from W through N to E and higher ground to the S. A church (TS048-026002-) lies 100m to the SW. A tower house (TS048-026001-) and bawn are situated on the W side of a public road with quarries opposite on the E side of the road. The Down Survey map (1655-6) illustrated a castle, church and 2 dwellings one of which may be located across the road from the castle. It is described in the Civil survey (1654-6) as the 'castle and bawne of Moylessane inhabited' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as Pierce Croake (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 127). It was formerly the residence of the Cantwells who resided here until the 17th century (White, 1892, 104). In 1532 John Cantwell, Lord of Mellisson died and was buried in Kilcooley Abbey (McCormack 1989, 31-7). A possible bawn wall (Wall T 0.5m; H 1.3m) returns off the circular stair tower at the SW angle of the rectangular tower house in a westerly direction towards the church. It is also possible that this wall is associated with a ruinous 18th century house to the NW. The bawn wall appears to have run S parallel to the modern road. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS048-026005 Building
  Description

  In undulating grassland, on top of natural rock outcrop on the N-facing slope of the Slieveardagh Hills with panoramic views from W through N to E and higher ground to the S. It is situated on the side of a public road with a tower house (TS048-026001-) 25m to the S and a small quarry immediately to the NE. A small rectangular building (ext. dims. 4.7m N-S; 3.75m E-W) constructed of roughly coursed limestone. The E wall is the most intact (H 1.8m; T 1.3-1.5m), the N wall has been partially rebuilt on a slightly different line. Only the E end of the S wall survives and the W wall does not survive. The appearance of the walling and its association with Mellisson tower house and medieval church (TS048-026002-) suggest a possible medieval date for this building. 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 Mellisson.

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 Mellisson, 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 high, 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 Mellisson.

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

Name

Mellisson · Maoileasain

Area

2,572,303 m² (257.23 ha, 635.63 acres)

Civil parish

Buolick, and its townlands

Barony

Slievardagh

Electoral division

Poyntstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

162 people lived in 66 households in the Poyntstown electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynastick, Clonoura, Coole, Glengoole South, Gorteen Lower, Gorteen Upper, Poyntstown

Placenames

Mellisson 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.