Ballycuggaran
Townland in the civil parish of Killaloe, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile Uí Chogaráin
- Area
- 250.2 ha
- 618 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 10,422 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycuggaran, from 218 m² to 119,456 m² (11.95 ha, 29.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Ballycuggaran 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
23 Jun 2026Conditional
for the installation of an aqua park that will operate seasonally from May 1st to September 30th inclusive (Previously Permitted under Planning Reference P21/1244); The Aqua Park will consist of an inflatable floating obstacle course, floating access pontoon. 20ft Container for check-in and 40ft Container for changing Facilities, including all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660410
14 Feb 2026Conditional
of small porch to front, conservatory to south side, boiler house and oil tank enclosure to north side and link corridor between permitted house and permitted guest apartment and all associated site works. An EIA Screening report and an appropriate Assessment Screening report will be submitted with this application
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660075
7 Oct 2025Conditional
to construct an agricultural building incorporating 2 No. stables, hay and bedding storage, machinery storage and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 25316
1 Oct 2025N/a
of small porch to front, conservatory to south side, boiler house and oil tank enclosure to north side and link corridor between permitted house and permitted guest apartment and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560596
23 Dec 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211386
22 Nov 2021Conditional
for the installation of an inflatable aqua park that will operate seasonally from May 1st to September 30th inclusive; the aqua park will consist of an inflatable floating obstacle course, floating access pontoon, 20ft container for check-in and 40ft container for changing facilities, including all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared.
Permission · Clare County Council, 211244
18 Aug 2021N/a
of a 20 foot steel container used as a check-in area and a 40 foot steel container used as a changing area
Retention · Clare County Council, 21869
28 Sept 2020N/a
for to erect a dwelling house, entrance, install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20685
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bernagh Bog SAC 002312
- Special Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- CL037-015 Enclosure
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycuggaran.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1115 (ZIP).
- 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 Ballycuggaran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycuggaran · Baile Uí Chogaráin
- Area
- 2,501,503 m² (250.15 ha, 618.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Carrowbaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrowbaun electoral division: 158 people in 57 households; 65% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Craglea, Feenlea, Lackabranner
- Placenames
- Ballycuggaran 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.