Rathkea
Townland in the civil parish of Bruis, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Ráth Cae
- Area
- 114.3 ha
- 282 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 18,492 m² (1.85 ha, 4.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathkea, from 1,014 m² to 130,333 m² (13.03 ha, 32.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Rathkea 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2025Conditional
the two extensions to dwelling, pitched roof on front porch, open storage area, open canopy, septic tank, upgrade of septic tank to waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter and associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560839
14 Aug 2025Conditional
the construction of an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560795
19 Nov 2024Conditional
demolition of 2 sheds and haybarn, partially completed extension, raising walls of dwelling and construction of new roof and windows to roof and gable ends of dwelling and associated site works and PERMISSION to extend and renovate existing dwelling, install waste water treatment system and percolation area and to modify existing vehicular entrance
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460992
22 Sept 2021Conditional
works carried out to date to construct a single storey side and rear extension which are not covered by previous planning permission reference 19601322, and PERMISSION to complete said works in accordance with revised drawings and documentation now being proposed and all associated ancillary works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211407
27 Nov 2019Conditional
renovation of the existing dwelling house (including to carry out some minor alterations to same), to construct a single-storey side and rear extension, to carry out minor alterations to the existing front boundary and site entrance and to also upgrade the existing on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system serving the existing dwelling house and all associated ancillary works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19601322
8 Jun 2018Conditional
(i) to extend an existing dwelling in conjunction with minor elevational amendments to existing elevations to accommodate the proposed extension including new roof windows over existing kitchen/dining area and (ii) for a proposed garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600742
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 Rathkea.
Recorded monuments
- TS066-114 Mound
Description
In improved pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 12.7m) defined by steep scarp (Wth 7m, H 2.6m at S; Wth 5.7, H 2.25m at N; Wth 6.25, H 2.25m at E; Wth 6.4, H 2.15m at W). Large mature sycamore tree growing out of base of scarp at S. Grass covered, but eroded by livestock. Field boundary to W has been removed. 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 Rathkea.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathkea.
- 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 Rathkea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Rathkea · Ráth Cae
- Area
- 1,142,717 m² (114.27 ha, 282.37 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bruis, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Bruis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bruis electoral division: 333 people in 116 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardavullane, Ballinleenty, Ballynahow, Bruis, Shrough, Toor
- Placenames
- Rathkea 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.