Rathronan

120 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathronan, from 38 m² to 193,332 m² (19.33 ha, 47.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5Environs (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Clonmel and Environs Local Area Plan 2024-2030, Tipperary · 143 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 19 Jun 2026N/a

  slatted tank and all associated site works. Permission for retention (i) milking parlour building, collecting yard with slatted tank and meal bin (ii) Concrete wall (iii) Walled storage pits and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660598

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a new single and two storey dwelling, carport and garage. The works will include for modification to an existing site entrance to provide access to this site and existing farm house, installation of new foul treatment system as well as all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2560572

• 16 May 2024Conditional

  single storey side extension to the western side of the existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460374

• 8 Apr 2024N/a

  a single storey side extension to the western side of the existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460257

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, separate domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, block up and relocate the existing entrance on site to create a new recessed entrance, plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2430

• 26 Jan 2024Conditional

  the construction of two single storey extensions to the rear (South) and a porch extension to the front (North) of an existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460053

• 5 Jun 2020Refused

  a dwelling house, separate domestic garage, septic tank and percolation system, block up an existing entrance on site and open up a new entrance to this site and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20563

• 5 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of our dwelling house, new napp plaster finish to the existing front elevation, replace all timber windows and doors with select pvc windows and doors and associated site works at our dwelling house

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600620

• 23 May 2017Conditional

  a drinking water booster station and below ground watermains and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600605

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• TS077-060 Religious house - Knights Templars
  Description

  Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 330) refer to Rathronan as being a manor of the Templars and 'during his brief tenure after the accession of Q. Elizabeth, Prior Massingberd of Kilmainham leased out the tithes of Rathernonane and other places: Fiant Q.Eliz. 2208'. Power (1908, 5) and the OS Letters mention this as the location of an earlier church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 51). On top of a hill in a commanding position, with good views in every direction. The present church is a late 18th-century C of I church in ruins. There is no visible trace of an earlier church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS077-060001 Graveyard
  Description

  On top of a hill in a commanding position, with good views in every direction. Power (1908, 5) and the OS Letters mention this as the location of an earlier church (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 51), however there is no visible trace of an earlier church (TS077-060----). The graveyard is roughly D-shaped (dims. 72m N-S; 83m E-W), curving from NW-N-NE with a ruined C of I church in the N quadrant. There are a number of 18th, 19th and 20th century headstones in the graveyard, the earliest noted dates to 1748. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS077-061 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in undulating terrain. Vegetable garden in small field directly S of monument, otherwise surrounded by pasture. Possible location of pre-18th-century church (TS077-060----) on top of hill c. 150m immediately N of monument. Irregular-shaped enclosure (diam. 26.5m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m crest, 8.7m base; int. H 2.08m; ext. H 1.68m) with a steep drop to the exterior. Bank in the S quadrant is largely reduced to scarp (Wth 3.2m crest, 5.9m base; int. H 0.37m; ext. H 1.95m). There is no clearly defined entrance, however the banks are quite overgrown. Bank at E end of N side is quite eroded, possibly a result of disturbance. The interior is planted with young ash and fir trees and is very overgrown with nettles. The E side of the monument is curving the other N, S and W sides are straight. Field boundaries W of ringwork were levelled some years ago and most of the material was dumped onto the W bank of the monument, the N bank was also disturbed by clearance activity. There is no visible fosse. Rathronan is associated with a Templar manor (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 330). The OS Letters describe this as a square fort 'raised about nine feet [2.7m] above the level of the field; it has at present no external rampart and the land is tilled to its very base. It is now in an orchard and seven apple trees grown on top of it' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 51). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS077-062 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  Indicated on the 1904 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'The Bell Tree', a name which could be a corruption of the Irish 'bile' meaning holy tree. The OS letters (1840) mention 'a large ash tree in full bloom, measuring eighteen feet six inches [5.63m] in circumference at the base, about one hundred paces to the east of it [i.e. the 'Fort of Rath Ronain' TS-77-061----]'. According to Lucas (1963, 23), 'a local writer in 1949 referred to [it] as the "bella tree" and described [it] as in decay'. There is no trace of this tree which according to local information was felled in 1958, before which it was a popular meeting place known as the 'bella tree'. A young ash was planted in its place. There are a variety of trees in this location, all of which appear to be young. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS077-063 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Possibly situated on natural outcrop which slopes to S and there is a steep drop to the S and W. It is a good commanding location for a castle with close associations with the church (TS077-060----) located at top of hill 200m to NW and possible medieval earthwork (TS077-061----) c. 150m to the SW. The manor of Rathronan is associated with the Templars (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 330). The Ormond Deeds mention 'William Walensis, lord of Rathronan' as a witness to a grant in c. 1250 (COD vol. 1, 46). The OS Letters describe the castle as being formerly situated about half a furlong, c. 100m, E of Rathronan ringwork (TS077-061----) though 'no part of it remains at present, it having been pulled down about thirty years ago by an honest Quaker of the name Thompson, who has not had much luck ever since, Má’s fíor [if it be true]' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 51). There is no visible trace of the castle which is not indicated on either the 1st (1840) or 2nd (1904) ed. OS 6-inch map. However, it is a good commanding location for a castle with close associations with the above church and possible medieval earthwork (TS077-061----) c. 150m to the SW. The N part of the field in which this castle is thought to have stood, which is indicated on the OS 6-inch map as an area of outcrop, has been quarried. The Civil Survey (1654-6) refers to 'the walls of a burned castle' as well as 'a Court-leet & Court-barron doe belong to the sd towne as to the castle and mannor, of Rathronan aforesaid' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 292). A castle is also depicted in this area on the Down Survey maps. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 18 December 2014

• TS077-081 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gradual S-facing slope. Monument depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as a small squarish enclosure with rounded corners (dims. c. 32m NW-SE; c. 28m NE-SW) and on the 2nd (1906) ed. (diam. c. 44m) there is a quarry where the monument was located. There is no visible trace of the monument at ground level and it is likely to have been serverely damaged, if not completely destroyed by the quarrying activity. The quarry was subsequently filled in and in the early 1970s a house was built at this location. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 5 January 2015

• TS077-136 Enclosure
  Description

  A stream ran N-S c. 100m to the E. A roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 52m NE-SW; c. 32m NW-SE) defined by a fosse which is visible as cropmark on satellite imagery (Apple Maps), identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. Within the interior, S of centre, there is a suggestion of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a fosse. There is another larger curvilinear feature c. 10m to the SW which is also visible as a cropmark but these may be the result of natural water pooling. See attached imagery: TS077-136----_01 Apple Maps satellite imagery Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 July 2023

Architectural heritage

• Rathronan Church, monument, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone square-plan memorial and tomb of Hamerton family, erected c.1855. Comprises stepped base having inscribed plaques to faces of top step. Multi-part section above having panelled pilasters to corners with inscribed plaques to faces of monument. Floral bosses to corners above with uninscribed plaques in between. Carved cornice to top of monument with urn finial. Monument stands in enclosure having cast-iron railings, in graveyard to ruined church.

• Rathronan Church, church/chapel, 1795–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits style church, having three-bay nave built 1825 on site of medieval church which had been renovated 1720, with two-stage tower to west built 1797. Closed 1949, dismantled 1963-4, now roofless. Pitched roof, structure and covering missing. Carved crenellations and pyramidal pinnacles to tower. Roughcast rendered slate-hung rubble limestone and sandstone walls, having corner pilasters to tower, with string courses to lower stage between pilasters, sandstone string course between stages and eaves course to top. Carved limestone date plaque to west elevation of tower. Pointed arch windows to nave, having remains of timber window frames with cut-stone internal sills, two-light to long walls and traceried three-light to east gable. Carved sandstone quatrefoil motifs and square-headed window openings to upper stage of tower, latter with carved sandstone label-mouldings, some with shutters. Pointed arch window opening to west elevation of tower, with voussoirs of alternately-coloured stones and limestone sill. Entrance to south elevation of tower comprises square-headed opening with carved limestone label-moulding and chamfered surround. Church stands within graveyard. Tomb to Hamerton family in graveyard. Roofless lean-to single-storey outbuilding with rendered stone walls attached to west wall of graveyard. Snecked sandstone piers with double-leaf cast-iron gates, stile and rubble sandstone boundary walls.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Rathronan.

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.

No address of the register names Rathronan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Rathronan · Ráth Rónáin

Area

1,601,060 m² (160.11 ha, 395.63 acres)

Civil parish

Rathronan, and its townlands

Barony

Iffa and Offa East

Electoral division

Clonmel Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clonmel Rural electoral division: 5,750 people in 2,019 households; 70% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boherduff, Caherclogh, Clashaniska Lower, Clashaniska Upper, Doon, Moortown, Orchardstown East, Parkville, Rathronan Demesne, Tannersrath

Placenames

Rathronan 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.