Monamoe

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monamoe, from 932 m² to 203,004 m² (20.3 ha, 50.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Monamoe 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Monamoe in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137

Recorded monuments

• TN046-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, flat terrain in pasture with the River Suir flowing roughly N-S c. 100m to the E with possible ringfort (TN046-044) c. 80m to the S. An oval-shaped area (diam. 54m N-S; 44.4m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.17m; ext. H 0.61) and a U-shaped fosse (Wth 2.8m; D 0.4m). The site is clearly visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGO 9). Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.05) shows circular enclosure defined by a fosse; in close proximity to a circular enclosure (TN046-044) located to the south. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Queries in relation to the reproduction of the aerial photographic image should be addressed to: Dr. Gillian Barrett, 12 Lower Forge, Eardington, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5LQ. UK. Date of this report: 06/11/09 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2010

• TN046-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on low-lying flat terrain in pasture with the River Suir c. 50m to the E and a nearby ringfort (TN046-043) to the N. A circular area (diam. 34m) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.45m) with no other features visible. The site was indentified on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 584/3). Aerial photograph (GB89.AB.05) shows circular enclosure (TN046-043) defined by a fosse; in close proximity to a circular enclosure located to the south. The above aerial report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Queries in relation to the reproduction of the aerial photographic image should be addressed to: Dr. Gillian Barrett, 12 Lower Forge, Eardington, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 5LQ. UK. Date of this report: 06/11/09 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 13 August 2010

• TN047-117001 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the NE end of Monamoe Island in the River Suir, c. 3.5km SW of Holycross Abbey. The millrace (TN047-117003) runs NE-SW and consists of a concave channel (Wth 3m) with an earth and stone bank (max. Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) on either side. The race widens out to form a flat-bottomed, oval-shaped millpond (TN047-117002), which is wet and muddy. A substantial bank encloses the pond. The millrace runs c. 100m either side of the pond. There is no visible trace of the mill itself. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-117002 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the NE end of Monamoe Island in the River Suir, c. 3.5km SW of Holycross Abbey. The millrace (TN047-117003) runs NE-SW and consists of a concave channel (Wth 3m) with an earth and stone bank (max. Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) on either side. The race widens out to form a flat-bottomed, oval-shaped millpond (dims. 33m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE), which is wet and muddy. A substantial bank (Wth 2.2m crest, 5.4m base; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.9m) encloses the pond. The millrace runs c. 100m either side of the pond. There is no visible trace of the mill (TN047-117001) itself. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• TN047-117003 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the NE end of Monamoe Island in the River Suir, c. 3.5km SW of Holycross Abbey. The millrace runs NE-SW and consists of a concave channel (Wth 3m) with an earth and stone bank (max. Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.3m) on either side. The race widens out to form a flat-bottomed, oval-shaped millpond (TN047-117002), which is wet and muddy. A substantial bank encloses the pond. The millrace runs c. 100m either side of the pond. There is no visible trace of the mill (TN047-117001) itself. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Twoford Bridges, bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-arched road bridge over River Suir, built c. 1800, of roughly coursed limestone construction. Four round arches with cut limestone voussoirs. Dressed limestone coping to parapets and with V-cutwaters to upstream elevation only.

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 Monamoe, 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 Monamoe.

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

Name

Monamoe · Móin na mBó

Area

1,276,093 m² (127.61 ha, 315.33 acres)

Civil parish

Holycross, and its townlands

Barony

Eliogarty

Electoral division

Holycross, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,437 people lived in 534 households in the Holycross electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycamusk, Glenbane Lower, Milltown, Newtown, Rathkennan, Rathkennanwood

Placenames

Monamoe 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.