Aclare

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aclare, from 750 m² to 271,851 m² (27.19 ha, 67.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Aclare 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.

• 21 Apr 2026Conditional

  two livestock underpasses with effluent storage tanks and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660110

• 24 Sept 2024Conditional

  new split level dwelling, new site entrance, on site treatment system, bored well & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460301

• 9 Jan 2024Conditional

  New dwelling, new on site waste water treatment system, new site entrance, new bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2460004

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new entrance to a site with an existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21154

• 22 Jan 2021Refused

  Permission to develop a wind farm and associated works . The proposed development will consist of: - Construction of up to 7 no. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade tip height of up to 178m; - Construction of turbine foundations and crane pad hardstanding areas; - Construction of new site tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; - Upgrading of existing tracts and associated drainage infrastructure where necessary including upgrade of entrance onto L2026; - All associated drainage and sediment control including the installation of new watercourse or drain crossings and the re-use or upgrading of existing internal watercourse and drain crossings; - Construction of 1 no. permanent onsite 38kV electrical substation to ESBN specifications including: Control building with welfare facilities; - Electrical infrastructure; - Parking; - Wastewater holding tank; - rainwater harvesting; - Security fencing; - All associated infrastructure, services and site works; - 1 no. temporary construction site compound and associated ancillary infrastructure including parking; - 1 no. on site borrow pit (the borrow pit shall be accessed via wind farm access tracks); - Tree felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development; - Installation of medium voltage (20/33kV) and communication underground cabling between the proposed turbines and the proposed on-site substation and associated ancillary works; - Erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast to a maximum height of 100m above ground level; - Upgrade of existing forest tracks and paths that shall be re-purposed as recreational amenity trails for community use including signage; - All associated site development works; - A 10 year planning permission and 35 year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2113

• 1 Apr 2020Conditional

  The proposed construction of a 4-bay slatted unit and suspended feed passage, to a proposed height of 6.450m, over side by side effluent tanks, as well as the construction of a retaining wall, and construction of an effluent tank in an Existing concrete floor shed, along with all associated ground works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20115

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey house with new entrance, new septic tank with percolarion area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19145

• 29 May 2017Conditional

  The construction of a new single story extension to the rear and sideof existing bungalow, new site entrance, septic tank with soil percolation system and bored well, along with all associated site works. Area of existing bungalow : 47m2. Area of proposed extension : 143m2.

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17177

• 19 May 2017N/a

  the construction a new single story extension to the rear and side of existing bungalow, new site entrance, septic tank with soil percolation system and bored well, along with all associated site works. Area of existing bungalow : 47m2. Area of proposed extension : 143m2

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17160

• 9 May 2017N/a

  The construction of a new single storey extension to the rear and side of existing bungalow, new site entrance, septic tank with soil percolation system and bored well, along with all associated works. Area of existing bungalow : 47m2. Area of proposed extension: 143m2.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 17148

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 Aclare.

Recorded monuments

• CW017-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular area (diam. c. 25m) with remains of bank visible from W-N-E. On N-facing slope adjacent to stream at W.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aclare.

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 Aclare, 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 high, 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 Aclare.

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 Aclare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Aclare · Áth Cláir

Area

2,552,220 m² (255.22 ha, 630.67 acres)

Civil parish

Myshall, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Myshall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

603 people lived in 219 households in the Myshall electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolnasheegan, Cranemore, Kilbrannish North, Knockbrack, Moneygrogh, Myshall, Rossacurra

Placenames

Aclare 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.