Monacocka
Townland in the civil parish of Thurles, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Móin an Chaca
- Area
- 27.8 ha
- 69 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 9,859 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monacocka, from 345 m² to 125,953 m² (12.6 ha, 31.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Urban Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P5Town Environs (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services and Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Thurles and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Oct 2025Refused
demolition of a section of wall (in part) at Mitchel Street and partial demolition of 3 no. outbuildings within the site to create a point of vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Mitchel Street north into the site; development of 75 no. residential units, public and private open space, private and visitor car parking, creche building to cater for 35. no. children, pumping station, set down area and associated infrastructure works, all tree planting, landscaping and earthworks, all roads, footpaths, cycle paths, public lighting, all associated works and services (A NIS accompanies this application)
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 25208
26 Apr 2024Conditional
(1) the change of use of the entire ground floor of premises from shop to restaurant; (2) the extension to the rear as part of the restaurant with new shopfront/signage with all connection to existing services and all associated site works and ancillary works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460319
9 Aug 2023Conditional
a two-storey extension and alterations at the rear of the existing school and all associated siteworks including reconfigured internal access roads, parking and set-down areas, boundary walls and landscaping
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360605
12 Oct 2020Conditional
demolition of a section of wall (in part) at Mitchel Street and partial demolition of 3 no. outbuildings within the site to create a point of vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access from Mitchel Street north into the site; development of 75 no. residential units, public and private open space, private and visitor car parking, creche building to cater for 35. no. children, pumping station, set down area and associated infrastructure works, all tree planting, landscaping and earthworks, all roads, footpaths, cycle paths, public lighting, all associated works and services (A NIS accompanies this application)
Permission, 49 homes · Tipperary County Council, 201172
24 Jun 2020Conditional
the existing gates and fencing around the astroturf pitch and the two shelters on the astro pitch. Planning permission for fencing and gates around the basketball courts and fencing and gates around the boundaries for security purposes and associated works, all at the Presentation Secondary Schools sports ground to the rear and side of the Presentation Primary School
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 20649
22 May 2019Conditional
a) Removal of a portion of railings between the Cathedral and the Archbishops house to provide fire tender access to house and yard with associated changes to parking in both properties. b) Conversion of outbuildings to offices. c) Provision of emergency exit to side of main house. d) Construction of screen wall for oil tanks and double garage in rear yard of house with all associated site works and connections to services. The Archbishops House is a Protected Structure No. RPS 55; the Cathedral is a Protected Structure No. RPS 54 and a Recorded Monument TN041-042008.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600546
22 May 2019Conditional
a single storey extension and alterations to the rear of the existing school, new entrance lobby to front of school and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600548
2 May 2019N/a
a) Removal of a portion of railings between the Cathedral and the Archbishops house to provide fire tender access to house and yard with associated changes to parking in both properties. b) Conversion of outbuildings to offices. c) Provision of emergency exit to side of main house d) Construction of screen wall for oil tanks and double garage in rear yard of house with all associated site works and connections to services. The Archbishops House is a Protected Structure No. RPS 54 and a Recorded Monument TN041-042008.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600458
24 Apr 2019N/a
alterations and extension to existing school including all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600417
21 Nov 2017Conditional
the development of a Community Primary Healthcare Centre and Pharmacy, the development will include the following: change of use, alteration (including part demolition to the rear) and extension of two no. attached and interlinked two storey roadside buildings with retail on part of the ground floor and residential elsewhere to provide HSE medical, health and social services facilities and ancillary uses (the two buildings are protected structures, RPS Ref. No. 61-22312061); demolition of all former bakery buildings and associated structures to the rear of the aforementioned roadside buildings and a derelict roadside storage building and barn to the east; erection of a two storey extension to the rear of the aforementioned roadside buildings (protected structures RPS Ref. No. 61-22312061) to provide further HSE medical, health and social services facilities, general practice, floor space for non allocated private healthcare consultancy, meeting rooms, administrative offices, staff accommodation, receptions and ancillary uses; erection of an attached single storey pharmacy shop unit at the south east corner of the community primary healthcare building; external works to the structure including roof plant and signage; new pedestrian and vehicular entrance off Mitchel Street, parking, circulation, external amenities (including landscaping), lighting, signage, sub-station/switch room, bin sore and all associated services with connections to public services and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17601276
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 Monacocka.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monacocka.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monacocka.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Monacocka.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Monacocka with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Monacocka · Móin an Chaca
- Area
- 278,223 m² (27.82 ha, 68.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Thurles, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Thurles Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Thurles Urban electoral division: 7,122 people in 2,924 households; 57% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bohernamona, Brittasroad, Thurles Townparks
- Placenames
- Monacocka 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.