# Ballycrighan, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clooney (Tulla Ra), barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile Uí Chreacháin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 885,244 m² (88.52 ha, 218.75 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,564 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clooney (Tulla Ra), https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/clooney-tulla-ra.md - Barony: Bunratty Upper - Electoral division: Spancelhill, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Spancelhill electoral division: 725 people in 248 households; 93% 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. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6448 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30140 - Centre: latitude 52.856004, longitude -8.881026 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycrighan, from 881 m² to 242,760 m² (24.28 ha, 59.99 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1442521: 242,760 m² (24.28 ha, 59.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442521.md - Parcel 4900510: 193,712 m² (19.37 ha, 47.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900510.md - Parcel 1508960: 153,988 m² (15.4 ha, 38.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508960.md - Parcel 1518060: 71,805 m² (7.18 ha, 17.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518060.md - Parcel 1458161: 44,942 m² (4.49 ha, 11.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458161.md - Parcel 1477591: 29,660 m² (2.97 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477591.md - Parcel 1494270: 20,980 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494270.md - Parcel 1435322: 20,171 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435322.md - Parcel 1435729: 13,537 m² (1.35 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435729.md - Parcel 4743140: 11,990 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743140.md - Parcel 2670093: 9,294 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2670093.md - Parcel 6065946: 8,742 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6065946.md - Parcel 1484440: 5,878 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484440.md - Parcel 1494271: 5,349 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494271.md - Parcel 1495506: 4,424 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1495506.md - Parcel 5890949: 4,418 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5890949.md - Parcel 5409770: 3,601 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5409770.md - Parcel 3611574: 3,527 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3611574.md - Parcel 2670098: 3,513 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2670098.md - Parcel 3122492: 3,290 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122492.md - Parcel 1491685: 3,199 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491685.md - Parcel 2920803: 2,930 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2920803.md - Parcel 4743063: 2,803 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743063.md - Parcel 1443531: 2,468 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443531.md - Parcel 1469826: 2,419 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1469826.md - Parcel 1519422: 2,322 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519422.md - Parcel 1484521: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484521.md - Parcel 1471435: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471435.md - Parcel 4743159: 1,900 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743159.md - Parcel 1434555: 1,655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434555.md - Parcel 1486037: 1,087 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1486037.md - Parcel 1490839: 1,078 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1490839.md - Parcel 1464410: 897 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1464410.md - Parcel 4743102: 881 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4743102.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballycrighan 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) 12 applications, newest first. - 12 Mar 2026, Clare County Council 2660155: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct an entrance, dwellinghouse, shed, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660155/0 - 10 Mar 2026, Clare County Council 2660142: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of: Permission for conversion of the existing garage into a 1 no. single-occupancy communal dwelling unit. Works include internal alterations to provide living, dining, and bathroom facilities for persons with intellectual or physical disabilities, along with modifications to external elevations and all associated site works. The proposed unit will have a gross floor area of 42 sqm and will be located on the ground floor of the existing main residential care unit. RETENTION Permission for an already installed wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter, including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660142/0 - 3 Feb 2026, Clare County Council 2660045: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of: Permission for conversion of the existing garage into a 1no. single-occupancy communal dwelling unit. Works include internal alterations to provide living, dining, and bathroom facilities for persons with intellectual or physical disabilities, along with modifications to external elevations and all associated site works. The proposed unit will have a gross floor area of 42 sqm and will be located on the ground floor of the existing main residential care unit. Retention Permission for an already installed wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter, including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660045/0 - 2 Dec 2025, Clare County Council 25370: N/a. Outline permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25370/0 - 20 Oct 2025, Clare County Council 2560641: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of: Permission for conversion of the existing garage into a single-occupancy communal dwelling unit. Works include internal alterations to provide living, dining, and bathroom facilities for persons with intellectual or physical disabilities, along with modifications to external elevations and all associated site works. The proposed unit will have a gross floor area of 42 sqm and will be located on the ground floor of the existing main residential care unit. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560641/0 - 2 Jul 2025, Clare County Council 25217: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct dwelling house, advanced treatment system, widen existing entrance to public road and carry out ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25217/0 - 12 Jun 2023, Clare County Council 23338: Conditional. Retention. of a)modifications and extensions to private dwelinghouse / garage/ boiler house b)site boundaries / site layout as constructed c)PERMISSION to upgrade existing sewage treatment system along with all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23338/0 - 5 Oct 2022, Clare County Council 22892: Conditional. Permission. to revise the plans previously granted under reference P21/1179, providing additional first floor area, dormers to the roof, adding a carport, changing the lean to roof to the gable to a flat roof and altering the fenestration & all other associated and ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22892/0 - 23 May 2022, Clare County Council 22455: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22455/0 - 21 Dec 2021, Clare County Council 211363: N/a. Permission. for the change of use of a section of an existing agricultural building to be used as a commercial unit. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211363/0 - 9 Nov 2021, Clare County Council 211179: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to (1) change the use of the Creamery Building to a Private Dwelling & Extend the building & all other associated site and ancillary works & (2) to RETAIN the Storage Shed to the rear of the Creamery Building. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211179/0 - 2 Mar 2021, Clare County Council 21184: Conditional. Permission. for development which will consist of alterations and an extension to the existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21184/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballycrighan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL034-079: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL034-079----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. - CL034-080: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL034-080----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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 Ballycrighan. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 20 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: Susceptibility 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 Ballycrighan. - 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/ballycrighan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballycrighan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballycrighan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballycrighan 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) - Cahershaughnessy: https://everytownland.com/clare/cahershaughnessy.md - Clooney: https://everytownland.com/clare/clooney.md - Cranagher: https://everytownland.com/clare/cranagher.md - Curraghmoghaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/curraghmoghaun.md - Kilgobban: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilgobban.md - Moyriesk: https://everytownland.com/clare/moyriesk.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. --- 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/ballycrighan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/ballycrighan