Rahinch
Rahinch is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymurreen, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Ráth Inse.
- Area
- 74.4 ha
- 184 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 51,928 m² (5.19 ha, 12.83 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Amenity
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahinch, from 1,368 m² to 196,531 m² (19.65 ha, 48.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
- 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Oct 2021Conditional
construction and erection of 6M high lighting standards with LED Lighting around the walk of the existing pitch with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211588
29 Apr 2021Conditional
construction of a two storey dwelling with a packaged waste water treatment system , raised bed polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21588
31 Jan 2020Conditional
conversion of attic store space of existing club house to an open plan fitness room/gym area and new stair to access the first floor with all internal alterations to accommodate these works and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2079
19 Dec 2018Conditional
the construction of a four-bay slatted shed, calf shed, horse stable, farm access road and modifications to an existing entrance, along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601495
5 Sept 2018Conditional
construction of a bedroom and ensuite extension to dwelling and for retention permission for change of use from garage to a granny flat with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601084
9 Jun 2017Conditional
relocation of clubhouse previously granted (planning ref no.15600207) to new location within the confines of the existing site with all associated site works and connections to public services
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600653
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 Rahinch.
Recorded monuments
- TN048-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the SE-facing slope of a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 30m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5-1m) with no clear entrance feature visible. 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
- TN048-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the E-facing slope of a low N-S ridge in undulating countryside with nearby ringforts (TN048-008, TN048-010) to the N and E respectively. A heavily overgrown circular area (diam. 60m N-S approx.) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5-2m) and an outer fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.7-1.3m) with a modern gap (Wth 1.65m) in the bank at SW. Possible destroyed entrance gap at E. 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
- TN048-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground in undulating countryside with nearby ringforts (TN048-008, TN048-009) to the NW and W respectively. A raised circular area (diam. 43m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5-1m; ext. H 0.5-3m) and an outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 1m) with a gap in the bank at S which appears to be modern. The outer bank is visible from S to W only and appears to be a nineteenth-century field boundary. 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
- TN048-012 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside with the Breagagh River immediately to the SW. A slightly raised circular area (diam. 31m NW-SE) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1-1.5m) destroyed at E and an outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) with no entrance feature visible. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rahinch.
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 Rahinch, 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 Rahinch.
- 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
No address of the register names Rahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Rahinch · Ráth Inse
- Area
- 744,203 m² (74.42 ha, 183.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymurreen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Littleton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,057 people lived in 378 households in the Littleton electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 13% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydavid, Ballymurreen, Galbooly Little, Newtown
- Placenames
- Rahinch 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.