# Ardbooly Lower, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tulla, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Ard Bhuaile Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 220,864 m² (22.09 ha, 54.58 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,472 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tulla, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/tulla.md
- Barony: Tulla Upper
- Electoral division: Kiltannon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 210 people lived in 66 households in the Kiltannon electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/7913
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30035
- Centre: latitude 52.897214, longitude -8.772876 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardbooly Lower, from 159 m² to 199,255 m² (19.93 ha, 49.24 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1489129: 199,255 m² (19.93 ha, 49.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1489129.md
- Parcel 1492290: 8,284 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492290.md
- Parcel 1471591: 7,190 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471591.md
- Parcel 1468061: 3,472 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1468061.md
- Parcel 2610573: 1,441 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2610573.md
- Parcel 1489142: 653 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1489142.md
- Parcel 2727677: 159 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2727677.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Ardbooly Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Ardbooly Lower in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA, site code 004168, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004168

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL027-009: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL027-009----. Situated at the base of a very steep W-facing slope, at the W edge of a pasture field. There is very rough, wet pasture to W and drier pasture on the steep slope to E. It is depicted on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a well feature and named ‘Holy Well’ on W side of the field boundary, but there is no longer any singular feature at this location. It is depicted and named on later OS historic mapping (1899 and 1920) on the E side of the field boundary. This is a waterlogged, oval depression (c. 6.5m N-S; c. 4.5m E-W) containing grass and watercress and is likely to represent the rising of a natural spring (current D c. 0.35m). It is defined to E by a large flat, moss-covered slab (L 2.75m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.25m) and other small boulders which appear recently placed. It is defined by a field boundary (long-axis NE-SW) to W. The outflow from the spring exits to S, where it appears to drain into a small watercourse c. 85m to SW. The following images have been uploaded: CL027-009----_01.jpg From ENE. General view of monument from the steep slope to E. CL027-009----_02.jpg From E. View of well with 2m rod defining either side. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 December 2018
- CL027-010: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL027-010----. On a S-facing slope, in pasture with reasonable views of a gently undulating landscape E-S-W and inhibited to S by slightly higher ground. The monument is largely obscured by dense briars and thorn trees. Depicted and named ‘Burial Ground for Children’ on the 1842 edition OS 6-inch map and ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on later OS historic mapping. A long oval area (36m E-W; 19m N-S) defined by a low scarp (Wth 1.75m; H 0.55m) E-S-W which incorporates some large, moss-covered rocks. The monument has less definition on the upslope to N where there is a scarp although moss-covered rocks can be detected beneath the dense briar cover. The interior of the monument is largely inaccessible due to thorn trees and briars. A small area at the S edge is accessible where livestock have made a small path. This portion of the interior has a gentle S-facing slope and is raised (H 0.55m) above surrounding ground level. Numerous moss-covered rocks protrude above the surface and may indicate burials. The following images have been uploaded: CL027-010----_01.jpg From SSW. View of moss-covered stones within interior. CL027-010----_02.jpg From W. General view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ardbooly Lower, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Ardbooly Lower.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/ardbooly-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ardbooly-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ardbooly-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ardbooly Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Affick: https://everytownland.com/clare/affick.md
- Ardbooly Upper: https://everytownland.com/clare/ardbooly-upper.md
- Derryulk Lower: https://everytownland.com/clare/derryulk-lower.md
- Drumullan: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumullan-31138.md
- Kilduff Lower: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilduff-lower.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/ardbooly-lower
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