Townagha
Townland in the civil parish of Rahelty, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Na Tamhnacha
- Area
- 56.3 ha
- 139 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 2,371 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townagha, from 166 m² to 109,121 m² (10.91 ha, 26.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Townagha 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
2 Jan 2026Conditional
a revised dwelling house design (Permission was previously granted ref 24268). The revised design will involve single storey extensions to existing single storey dwelling house to the front, to the rear and to the side of the building. Also to carry out alterations to the existing front elevation of the dwelling and for alterations to the eastern site boundary, site layout plan and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 261
26 Nov 2024Conditional
1) demolition of part of an existing single storey dwelling house, 2) an extension to the side of the remaining dwelling with part in single storey and part in two storey construction, 3) a single storey porch at the rear of the existing dwelling and 4) carry out all associated works including alterations to the layout and elevations of the remaining part of the existing house and extending the site boundaries slightly to accommodate the proposed extension
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 24268
10 Jul 2024Conditional
of works as follows which differ from that granted under planning reference 2165. A.) construction of entrance porch; B.) location of sewerage system; C.) provision of a bored well
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 24155
1 Dec 2023Conditional
the following works: a) replacement of existing septic tank with a proposed new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; b) all associated site works. RETENTION PERMISSION is also being sought for the following works: c) retention of the existing single storey extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling; d) retention of the existing domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360955
14 Sept 2022Conditional
a) alterations to the alignment and location of the existing site boundaries to the west of the existing property and all associated site works and RETENTION PERMISSION for: b) existing single storey extensions to the rear and sides of the existing dwelling, c) existing first floor attic conversion, d) existing domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260480
21 Dec 2021Conditional
extension of existing dwelling house and PERMISSION for relocation of septic tank and percolation area and carry out all associated works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211861
22 Jan 2021Conditional
to build a dwelling, domestic garage, install septic tank including associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2165
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 Townagha.
Recorded monuments
- TN041-071001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on level ground on a broad natural ridge in undulating pastureland. Not indicated on either the 1st (1843) or the 1952-3 ed. OS 6-inch maps, the site is visible as a circular cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 469/470). Not visible at ground level. Another circular cropmark (TN041-071002) of slightly larger size lies immediately SE of this site. 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
- TN041-071002 Enclosure
Description
Situated on level ground on a broad, natural ridge in undulating pastureland. Not indicated on the 1st (1843) or 1952-3 ed. OS 6-inch maps. Visible as a circular cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1973 (GSIAP, S 469/470). Not visible at ground level. Another circular cropmark (TN041-071001) of slightly smaller size lies immediately NW of the site. 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 Townagha.
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 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 Townagha.
- 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 Townagha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Townagha · Na Tamhnacha
- Area
- 562,838 m² (56.28 ha, 139.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rahelty, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Thurles Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Thurles Rural electoral division: 2,365 people in 851 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Archerstown, Corbally, Galbooly, Kyle, Lahardan Lower, Lahardan Upper, Loughbeg
- Placenames
- Townagha 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.