# Monsea, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Monsea, barony of Ormond Lower, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Maigh Saotha.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,589,084 m² (258.91 ha, 639.78 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,871 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): S5 Social and Public, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Monsea, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/monsea.md
- Barony: Ormond Lower
- Electoral division: Monsea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 694 people lived in 252 households in the Monsea electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/46622
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 212514
- Centre: latitude 52.884559, longitude -8.255978 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monsea, from 62 m² to 349,661 m² (34.97 ha, 86.4 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 532552: 349,661 m² (34.97 ha, 86.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532552.md
- Parcel 547071: 349,424 m² (34.94 ha, 86.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/547071.md
- Parcel 584524: 152,457 m² (15.25 ha, 37.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/584524.md
- Parcel 524470: 144,999 m² (14.5 ha, 35.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/524470.md
- Parcel 560844: 122,998 m² (12.3 ha, 30.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/560844.md
- Parcel 583718: 118,957 m² (11.9 ha, 29.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/583718.md
- Parcel 532553: 107,260 m² (10.73 ha, 26.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532553.md
- Parcel 583716: 92,634 m² (9.26 ha, 22.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/583716.md
- Parcel 532466: 90,011 m² (9 ha, 22.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532466.md
- Parcel 544739: 88,993 m² (8.9 ha, 21.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/544739.md
- Parcel 532559: 88,067 m² (8.81 ha, 21.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532559.md
- Parcel 2837669: 56,729 m² (5.67 ha, 14.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837669.md
- Parcel 535321: 54,196 m² (5.42 ha, 13.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/535321.md
- Parcel 5798492: 50,975 m² (5.1 ha, 12.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5798492.md
- Parcel 574104: 50,349 m² (5.03 ha, 12.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/574104.md
- Parcel 494707: 34,344 m² (3.43 ha, 8.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/494707.md
- Parcel 5771327: 32,940 m² (3.29 ha, 8.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5771327.md
- Parcel 5771318: 32,907 m² (3.29 ha, 8.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5771318.md
- Parcel 5771317: 32,800 m² (3.28 ha, 8.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5771317.md
- Parcel 526196: 30,940 m² (3.09 ha, 7.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/526196.md
- Parcel 2837667: 28,376 m² (2.84 ha, 7.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837667.md
- Parcel 570157: 27,132 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/570157.md
- Parcel 565371: 23,652 m² (2.37 ha, 5.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/565371.md
- Parcel 520484: 22,100 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/520484.md
- Parcel 531524: 21,733 m² (2.17 ha, 5.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/531524.md
- Parcel 561957: 17,691 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561957.md
- Parcel 497227: 15,696 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/497227.md
- Parcel 2837674: 14,289 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837674.md
- Parcel 2844618: 12,641 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2844618.md
- Parcel 583719: 12,385 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/583719.md
- Parcel 5798494: 11,941 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5798494.md
- Parcel 588673: 11,920 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/588673.md
- Parcel 494753: 11,794 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/494753.md
- Parcel 583643: 11,446 m² (1.14 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/583643.md
- Parcel 532554: 10,067 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532554.md
- Parcel 532467: 10,052 m² (1.01 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532467.md
- Parcel 2673201: 9,337 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2673201.md
- Parcel 4692684: 7,835 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4692684.md
- Parcel 2837729: 7,801 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837729.md
- Parcel 497901: 7,730 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/497901.md
- Parcel 5080037: 6,714 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5080037.md
- Parcel 526122: 4,718 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/526122.md
- Parcel 555570: 4,643 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/555570.md
- Parcel 4440802: 4,530 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4440802.md
- Parcel 4875319: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4875319.md
- Parcel 5001204: 4,132 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5001204.md
- Parcel 561245: 4,092 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561245.md
- Parcel 4440798: 3,888 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4440798.md
- Parcel 533054: 3,779 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/533054.md
- Parcel 2844616: 3,766 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2844616.md
- Parcel 573154: 3,699 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/573154.md
- Parcel 535323: 3,343 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/535323.md
- Parcel 4141051: 3,143 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4141051.md
- Parcel 4733060: 3,064 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4733060.md
- Parcel 532865: 2,984 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532865.md
- Parcel 526635: 2,973 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/526635.md
- Parcel 548366: 2,904 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/548366.md
- Parcel 554577: 2,871 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/554577.md
- Parcel 2569199: 2,811 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2569199.md
- Parcel 528830: 2,768 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/528830.md
- Parcel 585468: 2,732 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/585468.md
- Parcel 556426: 2,717 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/556426.md
- Parcel 536745: 2,690 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/536745.md
- Parcel 587399: 2,643 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/587399.md
- Parcel 532668: 2,511 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532668.md
- Parcel 532710: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532710.md
- Parcel 531714: 2,411 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/531714.md
- Parcel 495226: 2,396 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/495226.md
- Parcel 523796: 2,313 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/523796.md
- Parcel 529175: 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/529175.md
- Parcel 511329: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/511329.md
- Parcel 566455: 2,274 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/566455.md
- Parcel 532468: 2,237 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/532468.md
- Parcel 4141049: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4141049.md
- Parcel 502023: 2,150 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/502023.md
- Parcel 2522271: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2522271.md
- Parcel 556162: 2,124 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/556162.md
- Parcel 503200: 2,122 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/503200.md
- Parcel 5772120: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772120.md
- Parcel 5817529: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5817529.md
- Parcel 535450: 2,048 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/535450.md
- Parcel 4141050: 2,043 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4141050.md
- Parcel 5772869: 2,018 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772869.md
- Parcel 533944: 1,982 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/533944.md
- Parcel 583715: 1,975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/583715.md
- Parcel 537756: 1,964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/537756.md
- Parcel 501368: 1,951 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/501368.md
- Parcel 532335: 1,638 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/532335.md
- Parcel 574512: 1,592 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/574512.md
- Parcel 504363: 1,570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/504363.md
- Parcel 503092: 1,537 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/503092.md
- Parcel 573753: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/573753.md
- Parcel 2837673: 1,382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837673.md
- Parcel 528559: 938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/528559.md
- Parcel 3223284: 841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3223284.md
- Parcel 3223288: 824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3223288.md
- Parcel 588791: 693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/588791.md
- Parcel 536856: 495 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/536856.md
- Parcel 493875: 459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/493875.md
- Parcel 573839: 444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/573839.md
- Parcel 2837668: 401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837668.md
- Parcel 535325: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/535325.md
- Parcel 586057: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/586057.md
- Parcel 5772876: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5772876.md
- Parcel 5818332: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5818332.md
- Parcel 5793510: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5793510.md
- Parcel 5818336: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5818336.md
- Parcel 495929: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/495929.md
- Parcel 2837672: 187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837672.md
- Parcel 5223346: 175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5223346.md
- Parcel 572059: 170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/572059.md
- Parcel 5793533: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5793533.md
- Parcel 5818304: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5818304.md
- Parcel 552471: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/552471.md
- Parcel 512923: 62 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/512923.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- S5 Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/planning-and-building/development-plan-consultation/tipperary-county-development-plan-2022-2028

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

17 applications, newest first.

- 23 Dec 2025, Tipperary County Council 2561360: Conditional. Permission. demolition of existing entrance porch, the demolition of internal walls and reconfiguration of internal layouts to existing property, elevation changes to existing dwelling, the construction of a 140m2 single storey extension, upgrading of existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561360/0
- 25 Jul 2025, Tipperary County Council 2560724: Conditional. Permission. to renovate and extend existing house to include granny flat, to upgrade existing septic tank system, to upgrade existing entrance and all other ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560724/0
- 5 Oct 2022, Tipperary County Council 2260537: Conditional. Permission. modifications to dwelling house granted under permission PL Ref 21661. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2260537/0
- 3 Oct 2022, Tipperary County Council 22587: Refused. Permission, 1 home. new single storey dwelling house with access road, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22587/0
- 16 Sept 2022, Tipperary County Council 22563: N/a. Permission. single storey dwelling house with access road, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22563/0
- 5 Sept 2022, Tipperary County Council 22546: N/a. Permission. new single storey dwelling house with access road, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22546/0
- 5 Aug 2022, Tipperary County Council 22506: N/a. Permission. new single storey dwelling house with access road, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22506/0
- 28 Jan 2022, Tipperary County Council 2267: Conditional. Retention. a farm access roadway and hard standing area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2267/0
- 19 Nov 2021, Tipperary County Council 211689: N/a. Outline permission. construction of 4 no. two storey detached dwelling houses in a rural cluster development, new entrance and access road to site from the public road, connection to the public foul drainage system, new public footpath connecting cluster development to village and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211689/0
- 6 Aug 2021, Tipperary County Council 211160: Conditional. Retention. extension as constructed to the rear of house and garage as constructed on site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211160/0
- 13 May 2021, Tipperary County Council 21661: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and entrance along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21661/0
- 22 Feb 2021, Tipperary County Council 21209: Conditional. Retention. extensions, alterations to elevations and design changes to existing dwelling house (previously granted under planning ref: 51/3950) and also PERMISSION for demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of a new domestic garage including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21209/0
- 4 Feb 2021, Tipperary County Council 21117: N/a. Retention. of elevation changes, design changes and 15 sq.m increased floor area to house extension as granted under Planning File 02/51/0469 and permission to demolish existing domestic garage and construct new domestic garage including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21117/0
- 13 Jun 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600649: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to amend a previously granted permission for the erection of a single storey dwelling, garage and access lane (previous Planning Ref. 11510394 & Extension of Duration Ref. 16600354). The proposed amendment will involve the following (a) revision/enlargement of site boundaries from 1.04 ha to 2.95 ha to encompass the totality of a front field bounding the public road (b) repositioning of permitted dwelling from the back field to the aforementioned front field (c) revisions to the previously permitted dwelling design to include, a reduction of the overall height, a revised garage plan to include a covered car port to the rear, an extension to the rear to include a master bedroom and en-suite bathroom and the replacement of a flat roof section to the rear with a pitched roof (d) a new landscaping plan and all ancillary site works. Note: permitted vehicular access location and percolation area location will remain unaltered. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600649/0
- 21 Mar 2019, Tipperary County Council 19600256: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a single storey dwelling served by a septic tank and percolation area, vehicular access and driveway and to include landscaping scheme and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19600256/0
- 2 Feb 2018, Tipperary County Council 18600117: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of existing dwelling house and sheds and construction of a replacement dormer style dwelling and detached garage, including replacement of the existing septic tank and percolation area, which is located outside of the applicants site boundary, with a proprietary wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, alterations to the existing site entrance & roadside boundary to enhance sightlines, together with associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18600117/0
- 6 Nov 2017, Tipperary County Council 17601212: Conditional. Permission, 19 homes. (a) demolish existing derelict dwelling house, entrance & associated works, (b) construct 19 dwelling houses, consisting of 11 no two-storey detached/semi-detached dwelling houses & 8 no single storey detached/semi-detached dwellings, (c) new entrance, (d) connection to public foul and surface water drainage system and (e) all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17601212/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monsea.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- TN014-062: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN014-062----. Situated on a natural rise in undulating pastureland. Depicted on both the 1st and latest ed. OS 6-inch maps as a slightly irregular circular enclosure with field boundaries running along E and SW quadrants, possibly truncating them. The site was levelled c. 50 years ago but because of superstition the area where the 'fort' stood has been left fallow. Not visible at ground level. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN020-028001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN020-028001-. 13th century parish church ruins of Monsea (Maigh Saotha/ Plain of the disease?), in the diocese of Killaloe, barony of Lower Ormond stands today in centre of a graveyard (TN020-028002-), situated on a low rise in slightly undulating countryside. The church of 'Magsethi' was listed in the ecclesiastical taxation of the Diocese of Killaloe in 1306 where it was valued at 4 marks per annum with the tithe valued at 5s. 4d.(CDI, vol. 5, 302). In 1405 a papal letter was sent to Robert Okely and John Olongayn, canons, of Killaloe with a mandate to collate and assign Malachy Ohogayn [O’Hogan], clerk, of the diocese of Killaloe, son of a priest and an unmarried woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure, the parish church of Magsege [Monsea], void because Theobald Cantwell, held it for a year and more without having himself ordained priest; although Thady Chabachn, clerk, of the said diocese, who is to be removed, unduly retains possession (Cal. papal letters, vol. 6, 85-6). In 1418, Malachy O'Hogan, rector of Magsaech [Monsea], resigned from his position, as he held the rectory, 'for more than ten years, without having himself ordained priest' (ibid., vol. 7, 52). The 1615 Royal Visitation of the Diocese of Killaloe described the building as a 'church and chancell well' (Murphy and Ormond 1914, 222). The united parishes of Monsea and Dromineer were described in 1654 as follows; 'The Rectories thereof [a]ppr[opr]iat[e] & collative by the Lord Bishopp of Killaloe two p[ar]ts of the same tythes great and smale belonging to the Parsons And the other third part great and smale collative by the Bishopp to the Viccar. The Tythes both great and smale of the sd United Parishes was worth in the yeare 1640 £36. The two p[ar]ts thereof being [a]ppr[opr]iate belonging to the parson & the other belonging to the Viccar' (Simington 1934, 297). The glebe-land of Monsea Church belonging to the vicarage was described in 1654 as; 'one acre & a halfe of the s[ai]d Gleabland being situated on the North side close by the Church Yard of the Church of Musea [Monsea] affores[ai]d lying and being in the two pl[oughlan]ds of Musea & it fenced round w[i]th a ditch and is at pr[e]sent wast' (ibid.). The extent of this glebe land is outlined to the N of the church and graveyard on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. An upstanding building annotated 'Church' is shown standing on the W end of the medieval church ruins annotated '(Site of) church' on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. There are no surface remains visible today of the church building annotated 'Monsea Church' which is depicted to the W of the medieval church ruins on the 1901 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Church ruins described by John O'Donovan in 1840 as follows; 'The old Church of this Parish stands in ruins near the modern one about three miles north and by west of Nenagh. It is a building of about three centuries and not divided, as usual, into nave and choir. It measures on the inside sixty feet [18.3m] in length and twenty two feet five inches [6.8m] in breadth, and its side walls are three feet [0.9m] in thickness and about ten feet [3m] in height. The west gable is destroyed down to the height of about eight feet [2.4m] and that part remaining is featureless. The east gable is in tolerable preservation and contains three pointed windows, of which one is near the north east, the other near the south east corner and the other in the middle between them. This one in the middle, is placed lower in the gable than the other two and is constructed of cut limestone while the others are constructed of cut sandstone. The middle one is only six feet eight inches [2m] from the present level of the ground on the outside but the other two are seven feet seven [2.3m] inches from it. It appears, however, that the middle one was remodelled, for its original head is still to be seen over the modern part. The southeast window is five feet seven inches [1.7m] in height and one foot three and a half inches [0.4m]; the middle one as it stands at present is four feet nine inches [1.4m] in height and two feet three inches [0.7m] in width; this was divided into two parts by a stone mullion, which has been taken away. The north east window is five feet seven inches [1.7m] in height and one foot two inches [0.35m] in width. The cut stone is a good deal injured and roughened by the weather, but still the work is not ancient. At the distance of seven feet five inches [1.7m] from the east gable, the south wall contains a small pointed window constructed of chiselled red grit stone and measuring on the outside three feet three inches [1m] in height and six and a quarter inches [01.5m] in width, but on the inside it is levelled off to three feet two inches. It forms a low arch at top on the same side and measures five feet two inches [1.57m] in height. At the distance of fourteen feet six inches [4.4m] from the east gable there is a doorway which is now disfigured on the outside, but on the inside in good preservation, forming a low arch at top and measuring six feet [1.8m] in height, three feet three inches [1m] in width. At the distance of fifteen feet [4.6m] from the west there is another doorway now much disfigured, but from what remains of it I could ascertain that it was pointed on the outside, six feet nine inches [2.05m] in height and about three feet [0.9m] in width. Its west side is totally destroyed, but the stone forming its point remains. Opposite this there is another doorway on the north wall disfigured on the outside, but perfect on the inside, where it forms a low arch and measures eight feet four inches [2.5m] in height and four feet seven inches [1.4m] in width. It is constructed in rather a rude style of roughly cut sandstone. It appears from bits of walls still remaining that this Church had lateral buildings to the north of it, but none of them remains. The east gable is good preservation' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 3-4). Church ruins described in 1951 as follows; 'The ruin is 60 feet [18.3m] x 22 [6.7m] and is larger than the usual parish church perhaps because it is situate in the old Manor of Ballyertella the property of the Earl and Countess of Ormond up to the 18th century. The three light east window is in 15th cent[ury]. style but the remains of the earlier 13th cent[ury]. light can be distinguished in sandstone in the centre light of the more modern one. Monsignor Moloney's note reads: "Three light E. window, free stone, chamfered and rebated externally. XV cent[ury]. light inserted later in restoring centre light. Early piscina on right wall lobed around the drain hole. Original E[ast]. window early XIII cent[ury]." Outside the chancel on the Gospel side is an external chamber. This is an afterthought and does not now bind with the external wall. Above ground level it has an ope to the chancel. This is now near ground level but was apparently once at least two or more feet [0.6m] above it since the interior of the chancel and nave have been filled up by interments. It appears to be the chamber of an inclusus. Outside the S[outh]. door (15th cent.) is a stone which came up in the cleaning. It has embossed a panel about 1in. [0.02m] square bearing rosette four quatrefoils and the initials "T.B.'" and "S.B." -the Tudor Rose and the initials apparently refer to the Butler family' (Gleeson 1951, 98). Present remains consist of a rectangular church (ext. dims. 8.75m N-S; 20.5m E-W; wall T 0.88m) which has undergone recent repointing and restoration which may be responsible for the three buttresses on the N wall. The OS Letters describe possible lateral buildings attached to the N wall (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 3-4). It was built with roughly coursed sandstone and limestone rubble and the rebuilt W gable survives to a height of 3m. A single chamfered sandstone jamb with chamfer stop visible is all that remains of a doorway at the W end of the N wall. A second destroyed doorw
- TN020-028002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN020-028002-. Present remains consist of a rectangular church (TN020-028001-) standing in N quadrant of rectangular-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 85m N-S x 70m E-W) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate at NW corner. Graveyard contains eighteenth and nineteenth-century headstones, with pedestrian gate in centre of N wall. There are no surface remains visible today of the church building depicted to the W of the medieval church ruins on the 1901 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The footprint of this building is now outlined by the lack of graveplots in this area visible on aerial photograph of the graveyard. A sixteenth-century graveslab (TN020-028003-) decorated with tudor rosettes possibly associated with the Butler family lies on the ground adjacent to the S door on the E side of the church ruins. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of revised upload: 3 August 2022
- TN020-028003: Graveslab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN020-028003-. Possible 16th century graveslab located outside S wall of Monsea church ruins (TN020-028001-) off centre to W which was described in 1951 as follows; 'Outside the S[outh]. door (15th cent.) is a stone which came up in the cleaning. It has embossed a panel about 1in. [0.02m] square bearing rosette four quatrefoils and the initials "T.B.'" and "S.B." -the Tudor Rose and the initials apparently refer to the Butler family' (Gleeson 1951, 98). Could be the remains of a decorated stone rather than that of a graveslab but this is uncertain. To see a 3D model of this decorated stone visit https://skfb.ly/owJxQ Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 August 2022
- TN020-034001: Ford, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN020-034001-. The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'the fford called O Hogans mill' (Simington 1934, vol.2, 143). It is likely that this is at the location described as 'Hogan's Pass' on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1954) ed. OS 6-inch map. Bridge (TN020-034002) called 'Hogan's Pass Bridge' now located at the fording point. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN020-034002: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN020-034002-. The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'the fford called O Hogans mill' (Simington 1934, vol.2, 143). It is likely that this ford (TN020-034001-) is at the location described as 'Hogan's Pass' on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1954) ed. OS 6-inch map. A bridge called 'Hogan's Pass Bridge' is now located at the fording point. It is a small hump-backed road bridge (Wth 6.3m; wall T 0.48m) over the river consisting of a single segmental arch with rough cut voussoirs. Bridge widened to S, this is visible via straight joint on underside of vault, bridge originally measured four meters wide. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1835, Regional interest, registry number 22401439, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN&regno=22401439. Freestanding cruciform-plan barn-style gable-fronted Catholic church, dated 1833, with three-bay side elevations to nave and single-bay single-storey sacristy having flat-roof porch to southwest. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods and cross finial over gable-front. Rendered walls with render plinth and edging and stone date plaque. Pointed-arch window over gable front with stained-glass window and stone sill. Lancet windows to nave with stained glass. Pointed-arch doorways to gable-front and transepts with timber battened doors. Carved timber portico to altar end of interior, comprising triangular pediment over entablature and supported on paired fluted Corinthian columns and pilasters, flanked by entablature and pilasters. Low marble reredos with marble tabernacle and altar. Rubble boundary walls.
- House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 22402003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN&regno=22402003. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with direct-entry plan and recent single-storey extension to rear. Hipped straw thatched roof with rendered chimneystack. Hipped artificial slate roof to extension. Rendered walls with render plinth. Square-headed openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front and some replacement windows elsewhere and with replacement timber door and half door.
- House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 22402004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN&regno=22402004. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800, with flat-roof entrance porch. Easternmost bay is addition. Hipped straw thatched roof, hipped to west end and with pitched slate roof to east bay, with brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash and fixed windows to older part and replacement uPVC to rear and to later bay. Timber battened front door, and replacement timber to rear. Rendered walls and piers to garden at rear and concrete yard to front.
- House, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 22402005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN&regno=22402005. Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1800. Hipped thatched roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed window and door openings.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Monsea, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1321, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1321.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monsea.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monsea.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monsea.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Monsea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardgregane: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ardgregane.md
- Ballycommon: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballycommon.md
- Ballydrinan: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballydrinan-210228.md
- Belleen Lower: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/belleen-lower.md
- Boolagelagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/boolagelagh.md
- Carrick: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/carrick-210683.md
- Carrow: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/carrow-210725.md
- Crannagh: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/crannagh-211073.md
- Gorteennakilla: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/gorteennakilla.md
- Richmond: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/richmond.md
- Tullamore: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/tullamore.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/monsea
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/monsea