Tulla
Townland in the civil parish of Emly, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Tulaigh
- Area
- 85.1 ha
- 210 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 2,959 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tulla, from 283 m² to 225,747 m² (22.57 ha, 55.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Tulla 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
7 Sept 2025Conditional
the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, recessed site entrance, wastewater treatment system with all ancillary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Tipperary County Council, 2560878
5 Jul 2024Conditional
to extend and renovate existing dwelling and for permission to demolish existing stone shed and construct new domestic garage on its footprint. Permission to demolish existing stone dwelling house, permission to demolish existing Garage/Car Port to the rear of our dwelling and permission to demolish existing porch/canopy over back door. Permission also to de-commission existing septic tank and replace with new waste water treatment system and percolation area and permission to construct new section of front boundary wall and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460548
23 Jan 2023Conditional
the construction of an extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, installation of a replacement domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360040
28 Apr 2021Conditional
construction of a calf/calving house, together with associated concrete yards and site works. in addition, the demolition of part of and change the use of the rest of, an existing calf house to a storage shed
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21584
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 Tulla.
Recorded monuments
- TS065-018 Enclosure
Description
On a slight SSE-facing slope in gently undulating improved pasture. A ring-ditch (TS065-018001-) is located c. 20m to the WNW. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2350/1) as a rectangular enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2014
- TS065-018001 Ring-ditch
Description
On a slight SSE-facing slope in gently undulating improved pasture. A possible rectangular enclosure (TS065-018----) is located c. 20m to the ESE. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2350/1) as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2014
- TS065-019 Ring-ditch
Description
In gently undulating improved pasture. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2351/0) as a circular area (diam. c. 8m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS065-020 Ring-ditch
Description
In gently undulating improved pasture. Ring-ditch (TS065-020001-) c. 20m to NNW and another (TS065-020002-) c. 20m to N. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (OS 2351/0) as a circular area (diam. c. 8m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS065-020001 Ring-ditch
Description
In gently undulating improved pasture. Ring-ditch (TS065-020----) c. 20m to SE and another (TS065-020002-) c. 20m to E. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2351/0) as a circular area (diam. c. 8m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS065-020002 Ring-ditch
Description
In gently undulating improved pasture. Ring-ditch (TS065-020----) c. 20m to S and another (TS065-020001-) c. 20m to NW. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but visible in an aerial photograph (Ordnance Survey 2351/0) as a circular area (diam. c. 8m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2014
- TS066-034 Ring-ditch
Description
On a very slight NE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture with a ring-barrow (TS066-035----) located 100m to the S and a ditch-barrow (TS066-157----) 50m to the SE. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Visible as a circular area (diam. c. 10m) on an aerial photograph (OS 8/2399). Area heavily trampled by livestock with no surface trace of an enclosing element visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-035 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
On a slight SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Ring-ditch (TS066-034----) is located 100m to the N and a ditch-barrow (TS066-157----) 50m to the NE. Circular slightly raised area (diam. 3m) defined by a gently sloping earthen scarp (Wth 0.6m; H 0.1m) with a shallow fosse (Wth at base 0.8m) and an external earthen bank (overall Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m). Interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-036 Ring-ditch
Description
In gently undulating pasture. Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Visible as a circular area (diam. 10m) on an aerial photograph (OS 2399/8). No visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-157 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In a low-lying level area in otherwise gently undulating pasture. A ring-ditch (TS 066-034----) is located 50m to the NW and a ring-barrow (TS066-035----) 50m to the SW. Circular very slightly raised area (diam. 6m) defined by a gently sloping earthen scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) with a flat-bottomed external fosse (overall Wth 2m; Wth at base 1m; D 0.1m). The fosse is not visible at ground level NE-SE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
- Saint Ailbe's Creamery, creamery, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached double-pile creamery, built c. 1900, gabling to front. Four-bay double-height with attic to front, three-bay two-storey to west, and four-bay two-storey with attic to rear. Weighbridge on platform to front elevation. M-profile pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls, roughly-dressed to front elevation and smooth rendered to east, with dressed limestone quoins. Segmental-headed openings to front and west elevations, with painted brick block-and-start surrounds to timber casement windows and replacement timber doors with paned overlight, with painted sills and louvered fittings to window openings. Replacement concrete lintels to rear openings. Sliding timber battened door to weighbridge platform to front, accessed by painted steps. Enamel name plaque to front wall.
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 Tulla.
- 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 Tulla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Tulla · An Tulaigh
- Area
- 850,571 m² (85.06 ha, 210.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Emly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Emly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Emly electoral division: 682 people in 258 households; 75% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Breansha, Clashdrumsmith, Coolboy, Emly, Farran, Gorteen, Lissobihane
- Placenames
- Tulla 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.