Ryninch Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Templeachally, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Rinn Inse Uachtarach
- Area
- 195 ha
- 482 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 4,359 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ryninch Upper, from 76 m² to 240,735 m² (24.07 ha, 59.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Ryninch Upper 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
24 May 2026Conditional
existing garage for private domestic use and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660498
26 Mar 2024N/a
modifications to entrance & driveway granted permission under PL ref 20450 & 21291 along with all ancillary site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460210
20 May 2022Conditional
a new lean-to extension to existing cattle shed for agricultural purposes
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22367
9 Mar 2021Conditional
create a new entrance to existing private roadway, upgrade works to private roadway and to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and driveway along with all ancillary site works off the aforementioned existing roadway (Outline Permission ref 20450)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21291
8 May 2020Conditional
Create a new entrance to existing private roadway, upgrade works to private roadway and to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and driveway along with all ancillary site works off the aforementioned existing roadway
Outline permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 20450
28 Jul 2017Conditional
1. retain dwelling with attached garage and shed as constructed 2. retain location of dwelling with attached garage and shed as constructed 3. retain location of entrance and driveway as constructed 4. retain raised garden area with retaining wall and glazing screen as constructed. Previously granted permission under planning reference PLC/20311
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17600845
27 Jul 2017Conditional
1 construction of single storey kitchen extension. 2. Conversion of and extension to an existing garage to provide an additional en-suite bedroom. 3. Renewal of all existing defective low pitched roof slating with proprietary zinc or membrane roof coverings incorporating new roof lights and a change of roof profile and ridge height in two locations. 4. Renovation of existing kitchen/dining, boiler house, utility room and entrance hall areas including the formation of new door and window openings. 5.Drainage and site works associated with the above.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600843
7 Jul 2017N/a
1. construction of a single storey kitchen extension, 2. conversion of and extension to an existing garage to provide an additional en-suite bedroom, 3. renewal of all existing defective low pitched roof slating with proprietary zinc or membrane roof coverings incorporating new roof lights and a change of roof profile and ridge height in two locations, 4. renovation of existing kitchen/dining, boiler house, utility room and entrance hall areas including the formation of new door and window openings, 5. Drainage and site works associated with the above.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600759
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
- Special Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- TN019-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a SW-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area overlooking Lough Derg. A circular area (diam. 35m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) with slight traces of a shallow external fosse. No entrance feature visible. The interior follows the natural slope of the ground with rock outcrop protruding in the N sector. 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 Ryninch Upper.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1143 (ZIP).
- 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 Ryninch Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Ryninch Upper · Rinn Inse Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,949,745 m² (194.97 ha, 481.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templeachally, and its townlands
- Barony
- Owney and Arra
- Electoral division
- Derrycastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Derrycastle electoral division: 490 people in 170 households; 95% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curraghaviller, Derry Demesne, Drumbane, Newtown, Ryninch Lower
- Placenames
- Ryninch Upper 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.