Ballycasheen

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycasheen, from 163 m² to 171,043 m² (17.1 ha, 42.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballycasheen 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  to a) retain alterations to existing dwelling granted under Planning Reference P92-446 b) Planning Permission to demolish existing damaged dwelling and construct new dwelling on existing site along with all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660444

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a new detached single storey dwelling house, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360108

• 9 Nov 2022N/a

  to construct a new detached single storey dwelling house, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221013

• 20 Mar 2018Conditional

  the development consists of the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18214

• 3 Aug 2017Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17595

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 Ballycasheen.

Recorded monuments

• CL016-034 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a hillock on a valley floor with views extending c. 0.5-1km from W to N and extending 2km in other directions. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1905, 211) as ‘mere foundations’ ‘on the edge of Ballycasheen’. This is an oval cashel (ext. dims 31m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a grass-covered, flat-topped stone spread which varies in width (Wth 4m in the N; Wth 6m in the E; Wth 6.3m in the S; Wth 8.8m in the W) and rises (H 0.2-0.4m) above the level interior (int. dims. 20m E-W; 14m N-S). The external height of the spread varies (H 0.6-0.8m) and is lowest in the N (H 0.4m). The stone spread is regular but with some intrusions into the cashel interior and there are some potential facing stones. A later cut into the E extent of the spread has exposed the stone. The site is surrounded by later drystone-walling on all sides except the N. The site was levelled before the construction of these walls and the stone spread extends out beneath the base of them. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 May 2022

• CL016-039 Enclosure
  Description

  At the base of a S facing slope in an area of scrub and karst limestone. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and partially hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Westropp (1905, 211) refers to ‘The mere foundations of three other cahers—two of small dimensions—lie in the valley at Cahermacon, and on the edge of Ballycasheen’. On inspection in 1998 no archaeological feature was noted at this location but clearance in the fields to the E and SE had pushed spoil into this area. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 may 2022

• CL016-043 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in a field of pasture. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A roughly circular cashel (ext. dims. 26m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) defined by a spread of stones (Wth c. 2m; H 0.5m) which may be a collapsed drystone wall with inner and outer wall-facings visible. The wall is best preserved at the NW, NE and SW (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3-1.4m). A gated gap in the NNE and gaps in the NE, ESE, S and SSW are later. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• CL016-048 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The surviving remains are as described in de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 52, Cl. 63) except that most of the monument is covered in scrub and only the interior of the chamber is visible. The attached image (CL016-048----_01) was taken in May 1952 and shows the monument to be largely clear of vegetation. The second image (CL016-048----_02) was taken in June 2013. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 26 June 2013

• CL016-170 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The monument stands on south-facing gently-sloping ground near the southern end of Parknabinna ridge overlooking the valley of the River Fergus. The land comprises extensive areas of outcropping rock and the field in which the tomb stands was reclaimed between 2005 and 2010. The portal tomb (CL016-048----) in the same townland stands c. 250m to the NW. The monument is ruined and the surviving remains consist of a two-chambered gallery (L 2.6m) opening to the E. Entry to the E chamber (L 1.8m) is marked by a single, tall transversely-set jamb-stone (1.8m H). Immediately W of this a large roofstone (2.25m by 1.9m) covers the chamber and rests at an angle against the segmenting jamb-stone and N sidestone. This stone is set at an angle to the line of the gallery and overlaps the corresponding N sidestone of the second chamber to the W leaving a gap of only 0.4m between the jamb and sidestone. The W chamber (L. 1.4m; Wth 1.7m) is represented by a single surviving sidestone on the N and S and is closed by a backstone at the W. An expanse of outcropping rock rises immediately W of the backstone and this would have inhibited any extension of the gallery in this direction. The possibility that the gallery extended further to the E cannot be excluded but, given the tall jamb-stone at this end, does not seem likely. There is no evidence of any structural stones to the N of the jamb and the monument appears to have had various drystone walling insertions and accretions which hinder a full interpretation of the structure. The tomb appears to be set in a low stony mound but it is difficult to define any edge with certainty due to the fact that the field has been reclaimed and clearance piled up around it, especially at the W end of the extant remains where a large section of reclaimed rock has been set upright. The two-chamber design and transversely-set jambs have obvious affinities with many of those in the court tomb galleries. That said, the monument lacks any evidence of a court and the large roofstone is more usually associated with portal tombs: the monument clearly displays influences from both architectural traditions. Interpretation as a possible court tomb is suggested but this is purely tentative and a proper elucidation of the monument must await further investigation. CL016-170----_01.jpg: View of the monument from the northeast overlooking the broad valley of the River Fergus. CL016-170----_02.jpg: View of the tomb from the south. CL016-170----_03.jpg: View of the gallery looking east with the backstone in the foreground. CL016-170----_01.pdf: Plan and section of Ballycasheen megalithic tomb. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 June 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Ballycasheen.

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.

No address of the register names Ballycasheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballycasheen

Area

1,349,242 m² (134.92 ha, 333.4 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Killinaboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killinaboy electoral division: 347 people in 132 households; 91% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherblonick North, Caherfadda, Cahermacon, Drummoher, Leamaneh North, Leamaneh South, Parknabinnia, Roughaun

Placenames

Ballycasheen 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.