Synone

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Synone, from 12 m² to 1,436,826 m² (143.68 ha, 355.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Apr 2026N/a

  23 no. dwelling houses comprising 16 no. Type A - two storey four bedroom semi detached, 2 No. Type B – two storey three bedroom semi detached, 1 No. Type C1 – two storey four bedroom detached, 2 No. Type C2 – two storey four bedroom detached, 1 No. Type E1 – four bedroom two storey detached, 1 No. Type E2 – four bedroom two storey detached. The 2 No. detached dwellings, Type E1 and Type E2, are to be located along the R660 road each with separate vehicular access off this road to each dwelling. The proposed development includes vehicular connection through the existing Longfield Park estate entrance, connection to existing services, the completion of public open space, and all associated infrastructure works. This development forms the proposed completion of an unfinished permitted development under Planning Ref. No. 04/1574

  Permission, 23 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2660314

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

  1) bovine slatted shed with a straw bedded lie back area – with an associated underground slurry storage tank and all ancillary works, 2) 2 no. walled and roofed manure pits with effluent to be diverted to the underground slatted tank associated with shed 1 and to also have all associated ancillary works, 3) PERMISSION FOR RETENTION of an extension to a previously approved roadside stable unit (Ref 08265), with ancillary works, 4) PERMISISON FOR RETENTION of a bovine slatted shed with a straw bedded lie back area - with associated underground slurry storage tank and all ancillary works, this shed for retention permission will adjoin the proposed shed 1 above for which full permission is sought

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560782

• 30 Jul 2025N/a

  1. a new bovine slatted shed with a straw bedded lie back area – with an associated underground slurry storage tank and all ancillary works. 2. 2no. walled and roofed manure pits with effluent to be diverted to the underground slatted tank associated with shed 1 and to also have all associated ancillary works. 3.RETENTION PERMISSION for an extension to a previously approved roadside stable unit (Ref 08265), with ancillary works. 4. retention permission for a bovine slatted shed with a straw bedded lie back area - with associated underground slurry storage tank and all ancillary works. This shed for retention permission will adjoin the proposed shed 1 above for which full permission is sought

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560745

• 9 Apr 2025N/a

  1. New bovine slatted shed with a straw bedded lie back area - with associated underground slurry storage tank and all ancillary works and Permission for 2 No. walled and roofed manure pits with effluent to be diverted to the underground slatted tank associated with shed 1 and to also have all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560296

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional

  a) changes to the exterior of the house, b) domestic sheds, c) the entrance and boundary treatments and d) the location of the septic tank and percolation

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2461000

• 19 Nov 2024N/a

  a) changes to the exterior of the house, b) domestic sheds, c) the entrance and boundary treatments and d) the location of the septic tank and percolation

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460993

• 25 Aug 2023Refused

  51 no. dwellings consisting of 20 no. detached, 28 no. semi detached and 3 no. duplex apartments, a creche development with separate site entrance, main service road, main site entrance to include all associated site development works

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 23227

• 4 Nov 2021Unconditional

  51 no. dwellings consisting of 20 no. detached, 28 no. semi detached and 3 no. duplex apartments, a creche development with separate site entrance, main service road, main site entrance to include all associated site development works under clause B 42 (1A)(a)(V)

  Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 211610

• 21 Apr 2021N/a

  construction of a new dwelling which incorporates a garage, 3 no. stables and tack room, entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21533

• 25 Apr 2019Conditional

  dwellinghouse and all associated works as constructed consisting of enlargement of both ground floor and first floor areas to house adjusted height of house and minor alterations to site boundaries Permission previously granted under 00/554

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19600421

• 8 Apr 2019N/a

  dwellinghouse and all associated works as constructed consisting of enlargement of both ground floor and first floor areas to house adjusted height of house and minor alterations to site boundaries Permission previously granted under 00/554

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 19600332

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 Synone.

Recorded monuments

• TS053-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat grassland with good views in all directions. Levelled enclosure (TS053-032----) 200m to E. Ringfort consists of a circular area (int. diam. 37m N-S; 40m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 1.8m; base Wth 4.5m; ext. H 1.2m; int. H 0.4-1m) with possible entrance gap (Wth 3.7m) which has been widened at E. No outer fosse or other features visible. A sketch plan and section of the monument drawn in 1953 shows the interior as being below the external ground level (OS Field Memorandums). The interior has been recently cleared of vegetation and top sod has been removed otherwise the monument is in a fair to good condition. The monument was described in 1982 as being a heavily overgrown ringfort (Cahill 1982). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-032 Enclosure
  Description

  In flat poorly drained grassland with good views in all directions, ringfort (TS053-031----) 200m to W. It is depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st (18430 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 2nd (1953-4) ed. (map dims. c. 35m N-S) the E quadrant has been truncated by the driveway up to Synone House. This truncation is also depicted on a sketch plan and section of the monument drawn in 1953, where the monument appears to be enclosed by a bank or scarp surmounted by a field boundary (OS Field Memorandums). No surface remains visible of levelled enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-033 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In flat grassland with good views in all directions, Synone House 200m to W of tree-ring. No surface remains visible of levelled enclosure. Depicted as a tree-ring on latest ed. OS 6-inch map and close proximity to Synone House suggests that this may have been a tree-ring of 18th-19th century date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a low ridge in undulkating countryside in recently ploughed and reseeded with good views in all directions. A hollow depression (D 0.3m; diam. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) in area marked on the 1st (1840) and 2nd (1953-4) ed. OS 6-inch map (map dims. c. 62m N-S; c. 64m E-W) is all that remains of this levelled ringfort. A sketch plan and section of the monument drawn in 1953 depicts the interior as being below the external ground level (OS Field Memorandums).The monument has been levelled since 1982 when it was described as being a univalltate ringfort consisting of a circular area (diam. 40m) enclosed by a bank and an outer ditch which has been partially filled in (Cahill 1982). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-035001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In grassland atop a low rise of ground, with good views in all directions. A possible ringfort (TS053-036----) lies 120m to the S. In the 19th century, skeletons were found in the fields near the tower house and a helmet was also found nearby (Lewis 1937, 53). Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as an old ruined castle whose proprietor in 1640 was listed as Sir William St. Leger, Lord president of Munster (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 216). A circular four-storey high tower house (ext. diam. 9.25m, wall T 2.3m) built with limestone rubble, roughly coursed, with a slight base-batter and battlements. The original pointed entrance in the W face was blocked in the 19th century (White 1892, 12). It opened into a lobby area which was protected by an overhead murder-hole, accessed from the first floor, with a guard chamber off the lobby to the S. Access to the main chamber was directly to the E and access to a second lobby to the N. This second lobby area leads to a spiral stair in the N wall, providing access to the upper floors, and also provides a second access to the ground-floor chamber. The ground floor chamber (int. diam. 3.45m) is circular in plan and lit by three flat-headed single-light windows, set into large embrasures with musket loops either side of the window openings, located at E, SE and SW. The E window has been converted into a ground-floor doorway, probably in the 19th century (White 1892, 12). The first-floor chamber, accessed from the spiral stairs in the N wall, was carried on wooden beams, is lit by two round-headed single-light windows, at S and W, and has a fine stone vault over. Above the vault the second floor (int. dims 4.85m N-S; 4.8m E-W) is square in plan, with a fireplace S of centre in the E wall, a wide ogee-headed window N of centre in the W wall and a wide round-headed window in the S wall. There is good evidence of internal wall render and two large niches W of centre in the N wall and another W of centre in the S wall. A flat-headed doorway in the NE angle leads into an L-shaped garderobe chamber in the E wall, lit by a slit-ope with slop-stone beneath. The third floor also contains a fireplace S of centre in the E wall and windows in the centre of the S and W walls. At mezzanine level between the third floor and the wall-walk, a second garderobe chamber in the E wall is accessed directly off the stairs, lit by a slit-ope with slop-stone beneath. The wall-walk is carried above a string-course, with machicolations at W, above the main entrance, and also at E and S, each carried on three projecting double corbels. The garderobe chute exits at ground floor level on the E side of tower, S of the later inserted doorway. A house (TS053-035005-), of which only the N angle survives, was added onto the S face of the tower house, possibly in the late 16th or 17th century. A possible contemporary stone-lined deep circular well (TS053-035003-), 40m to the NW of the castle, would have been inside the bawn wall. The possible outline of a levelled bawn (TS053-035004-) to the W of the tower house shows up on an aerial photograph (CUCAP ATA 1967) and a return of the bawn wall is visible on the SW face of the tower house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-035002 Field system
  Description

  In grassland to N and W of tower house (TS053-035001-) are a series of low earthworks defining several large rectangular fields which are depicted on first ed. OS 6-inch map but not on latest ed. OS 6-inch maps. Aerial photographs taken in 1967 show up these levelled field boundaries to N and W of tower house (CUCAP ATA 62). These are the remains of the field boundaries indicated on 1838 ed. OS 6-inch maps and do not appear to be medieval in date, possibly 18th century field enclosures which were removed between 1838 and 1953-54. This was classified in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1997) as an 'Field system possible'. Following field inspection this was found to be post-1700 in date. It remains classified as 'Field system' but is not included in the current remit of the ASI. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-035003 Well
  Description

  In grassland atop rise of ground with good views in all directions. Possible contemporary stone-lined circular well 40m to the NW of the Synone tower house (TS053-035001-) which would have been inside the bawn wall (TS053-035004-). Deep sunken circular well (int. diam. 0.95m; D 2.7m to top of water) lined with drystone-walling with water visible at the base of the well at time of visit. Probable water supply for and contemporary with the tower house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-035004 Bawn
  Description

  In grasssland atop high ground with good views in all directions. Possible outline of levelled bawn to W of tower house (TS053-035001-) shows up on aerial photograph (CUCAP ATA 1967) taken in 1967 and wall return of bawn wall visible on SW face of tower house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-035005 House - 17th century
  Description

  In grassland atop a low rise of ground, with good views in all directions. A house of limestone rubble, roughly coursed, which has been incorporated into the S face of a circular tower house (TS053-035001-). The tower house is described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as an old ruined castle whose proprietor in 1640 was listed as Sir William St. Leger, Lord president of Munster (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 216). Only the N angle of the house survives with a wall running SE (L 1.3m externally; T at ground level 1m; T at first-floor level c. 0.5m) and SW (T at ground level over 1m; T at first-floor level c. 0.5m). There is a vertical joint in the SE and SW external faces of the tower house where the masonry has been removed to facilitate the incorporation of later masonry. The lower courses of the later masonry, up to 1.8m above ground level, are keyed into the original masonry. There are the remains of a springing arch (H 1.25m above ext. ground level) in the NE gable which appear to have supported the opening for a fireplace as there is a blocked flue in the masonry behind this feature. Though nothing remains of the chimney it appears to have been adjoining the external face of the tower house at roughly the second-floor level of same. At first-floor level there are the remains of a chamber (L SE 1.2m; L SW 1.4m) or perhaps a large window embrasure. The house was possibly added in the late 16th or 17th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Synone House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1860, facing south, having slightly recessed centre bays to front and rear elevations and slightly advanced centre bay to west elevation. Gable-fronted porch to front elevation and lean-to addition to centre of rear elevation. Gable-fronts to front and rear of end bays and to centre bay of west elevation. Pitched artificial slate roofs, having projecting eaves and terracotta finials to gables, uPVC replacement rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with rendered quoins and painted plinth. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with cut limestone sills having render hood-mouldings to front and west elevations to ground and first floors. Margined sash window to first floor of rear elevation. Porch has one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to side-walls, with cut limestone sills and reached by flight of cut limestone steps with rendered parapets with cut limestone copings. Round-headed doorway with hood-moulding, timber panelled door and plain fanlight. Yard of outbuildings to north-east, comprising L-plan arrangement of part-ruined two-storey outbuildings with hipped slate roofs and brick chimneystack, rendered rubble limestone walls, square-headed timber louvered windows and square- and segmental-headed entrance openings. Gate-lodge to road is five-bay single-storey with attic, having pitched artificial slate roof and uPVC replacement door and windows. Recent metal double-leaf gates to rendered piers and 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

At the centre of the townland of Synone, 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 Synone.

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

Name

Synone · Suí nEoin

Area

2,850,183 m² (285.02 ha, 704.3 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysheehan, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Nodstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

622 people lived in 209 households in the Nodstown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmayle East, Ballinree, Farranavarra, Nodstown South, Peake, Regaile, Thurlesbeg, Toberadora

Placenames

Synone 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.