Rockforest

182 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockforest, from 20 m² to 222,797 m² (22.28 ha, 55.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  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.

• 16 Apr 2026Conditional

  the excavations and PLANNING PERMISSION for revised house location and extended site boundaries, and all ancillary site works (previously granted under planning permission no. 2560456)

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660323

• 18 Feb 2026Conditional

  alterations to previously granted storage shed under planning ref 201519 - the alterations include smaller footprint, dashed render finish to match house, new windows, change of door locations and part change of use to home office and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660134

• 2 Dec 2025N/a

  the change of use of existing school building to be used as a community facility and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561243

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  change of design of the dwelling house, which was previously granted under planning permission 211451 and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560456

• 12 May 2025N/a

  change of design of the dwelling house, which was previously granted under planning permission 211451 and all ancillary site works at Rockforest, Knock, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560402

• 1 Jul 2024Conditional

  lean-to structure consisting of loose shed with calving and animal handling facilities, meal bin store and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 24147

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  replacement of existing sheds with the erection of a cubicle shed, slatted tank, milking parlour, collecting yard, soiled water tank, animal handling area, dairy machine room, farm office, meal bin, loose shed and slated tank, concrete yards and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23270

• 14 Sept 2023N/a

  replacement of existing sheds with the erection of a cubicle shed. slatted tank, milking parlour, collecting yard, soiled water tank, animal handling area, dairy machine room, farm office, meal bin, loose shed and slatted tank, concrete yards and ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23242

• 20 Feb 2023Conditional

  the change of use of the existing pre-school to residential, the addition of a window to the west, internal modifications, PV panels to the roof and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360109

• 6 Dec 2022Conditional

  amendment to the design of the previously approved development (Planning Reference: Tipperary County Council 21261), which comprises consent for a 10 year period to construct and a 40 year period to operate a 142.7 hectare Solar PV Energy Development to include (1) slight increase in the height of the Solar PV panels, (2) slight increase in the bottom height of the Solar PV panels off the ground, (3) slight reduction in the spacing of Solar PV rows (strings), (4) slight decrease in size of solar panels, (5) slight increase in the area of transformers/inverters as a result of slight change in dimensions and (6) an increase in the number of solar panels (A Natura Impact Statement will also be submitted)

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22662

• 14 Apr 2022Conditional

  2 flood lighting poles with flood lights and flood light on existing school chimney, fencing to side and on top of existing ball wall and for PERMISSION to convert existing gravel/tarmacadam surface to synthetic grass surface with 2.4m fence with 2.6m netting on top (5m overall height) surrounding it and all associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260172

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  open slatted unit with underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 211601

• 30 Sept 2021Conditional

  demolish existing derelict house and for permission for new dwelling with attached garage using existing entrance, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211451

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  new single storey dwelling, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201524

• 16 Dec 2020Conditional

  extension and alterations to existing house, new entrance, removal of existing sheds and outhouses on site, new shed, new septic tank with standard percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201519

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  new hurling wall with hardcore playing surface and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601333

• 17 Oct 2018N/a

  new hurling wall and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18601249

• 25 May 2017Conditional

  an agricultural structure containing handling area & livestock housing, as constructed, permission for the erection of an extension to existing livestock sheds with an underground effluent storage tank and permission for the extension of silage base & associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600592

• 31 Mar 2017Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed with crush and handling yard and all associated site works, this development is within the curtilage of a protected structure (S384)

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600332

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 Rockforest.

Recorded monuments

• TN018-004001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise of ground with good views in all directions. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 400) a castle, traditionally called Knockballymaher, was incorporated in the house (TN018-004002-) of a Cromwellian settler, Hutchinson, who arrived in 1660. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) there is no mention of a castle, however, it states that 'uppon the sd lands of Knockballymagher stands the walls of a stone house' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 13 ). The house at Knockballymagher/Rockforest appears to have been of late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century date as, in a will dated 1718, James Hutchinson left Knockballymagher to his son, James (Parker-Hutchinson family papers, unpublished, NLI, MS 12,060, 39). The house came to be called Rockforest House and was knocked between 1840 and 1902 and a new house built c. 200m to N (Stout 1984, 136). According to a family history 'the old house was originally an old castle but has been added to at different times'. It is described as being 'originally covered with Irish shingles made of oak and nailed like slates with shingles' (NLI, MS 12,060, 44). A further reference to Knockballymagher states that 'it was called a Castle, it has there a small round tower with a wooden stairs winding, the whole building was covered with oak shingles, in a later period was thatched for many years, till pulled down by the Gibson family when they purchased [1852?]' (NLI, MS 12,062, 11). In the Parker-Hutchinson family papers (NLI MS 12,062, 11) there is a reference to an old castle in Rockforest, which was formerly called Knockballymagher townland. It appears that this castle was later incorporated into a house, now gone, probably of seventeenth-century date (TN018-004002-). 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

• TN018-004002 House - 17th century
  Description

  In the Civil Survey (1654-6) it states that 'uppon the sd lands of Knockballymagher stands the walls of a stone house' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 13). Two proprietors are listed as landowners in this area, 'James Earle of Ormond' and 'John Magher of Clonenakeny Esqr. Irish Papist' (ibid.). Knockballymagher later became known as the townland of Rockforest. A house, which appears to be early eighteenth-century in date and came to be called Rockforest House, was knocked between 1840 and 1902 and a new house built c. 200m to the N. This new house was destroyed in 1922 and there is no visible trace of it now. Preceding both these houses was an earlier, possibly seventeenth-century, house and according to family history 'the old house was originally an old castle but has been added to at different times'. In the Parker-Hutchinson family papers it is described as being 'originally covered with Irish shingles made of oak and nailed like slates with shingles' (NLI MSS 12,060, 44). In another reference to Knockballymagher it was described as follows 'it was called a Castle, it has there a small round tower with a wooden stairs winding, the whole building was covered with oak shingles, in a later period was thatched for many years, till pulled down by the Gibson family when they purchased [1852?]' (NLI MSS 12,062, 11). A new house, mentioned in James Hutchinson's (2nd) will of 1718 had been built by his son James (3rd) who inherited Knockballymagher in 1718. James (3rd) married in 1712 so presumably he built the 'new house' around this time. Thus there are possibly two houses, one seventeenth-century built onto a 'castle' probably a tower house (TN018-004001), and another house built in early eighteenth century by James (3rd). 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

• TN018-024 Burnt mound
  Description

  Burnt mound 11m across over a deep, oval trough, in the base of which were four, flat stones to facilitate cleaning and form a solid base. Possible step on one side of the trough. A few possible pits nearby but mostly tree throw holes and clearance. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Rockforest House, building misc, 1760–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former outbuildings of Rockforest House, built c.1780, including house with attached former coach house, folly tower, stables and outbuildings. Multiple-bay two-storey coach house with round-headed carriage arch and square-headed doorways, all with roughly-dressed voussoirs with five-bay two-storey house with replacement uPVC windows, the whole under pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Single-storey four-bay outbuilding to north of road, with pitched corrugated-iron roof and rubble walls. Four-stage round-plan folly tower straddling stone boundary wall has rubble walls with slit windows and crenellations. Detached multiple-bay single and two-storey stables at northwest end of yard, with pitching door and with carriage opening with mono-pitch porch, now disused. Pitched slate roof with stone chimneystack, rubble walls and square-headed openings with louvres to windows and battened doors. Single-storey outbuildings to south of road with mono-pitch corrugated-iron roofs and rubble walls.

• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted Catholic church with three-bay side elevations, built 1877, having sacristy to east end and belfry to west. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack to sacristy and sandstone cross finials to gables. Snecked limestone and sandstone gable-front with ashlar sandstone quoins, barges, roughcast elsewhere. Pointed-arch openings, those to front, including belfry, having surrounds of alternate limestone and sandstone blocks. Ashlar sandstone block-and-start surround to sacristy window. Replacement windows with stained glass, and battened double-leaf door. Interior has timber A-framed roof and has gallery over entrance end. Stoup to front gable. Rendered walls and piers to site boundary.

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 Rockforest, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rockforest.

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

Name

Rockforest · Cnoc Bhaile Uí Mheachair

Area

3,457,141 m² (345.71 ha, 854.28 acres)

Civil parish

Corbally, and its townlands

Barony

Ikerrin

Electoral division

Timoney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

401 people lived in 136 households in the Timoney electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintaggart (Co. Laois), Ballykelly, Cullaun, Garranmaconly (Co. Laois), Kilmartin (Co. Laois), Monaincha, Newtown or Skirk (Co. Laois), Timoney, Tinderry

Placenames

Rockforest 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.