Ballynalackan

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynalackan, from 189 m² to 506,668 m² (50.67 ha, 125.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynalackan 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.

• 18 May 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the installation of electronic communications comprising of a 15m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes, single bay cabinet on concrete foundation, palisade fence with access gate, access track, concrete plinth, fibre chamber, white stone compound ground finish, and all ancillary development works. The development is required to carry the broadband data from the new high speed fibre broadband network on the mainland, to the island by radio link, to connect to the NBI national fibre network, as part of the government’s national broadband plan to provide high speed broadband to all parts of the country that are not available commercially, including the Islands, at the same data speed

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660321

• 4 Dec 2025N/a

  to renovate and extend the existing derelict house/structure on site for the purposes of a dwelling with new wastewater treatment plant, detached domestic garage/studio, connections to services, new vehicular entrance and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560762

• 1 Dec 2025N/a

  to demolish the existing house on site and replace it with a new single storey house with new wastewater treatment plant, detached domestic spa and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560748

• 24 Apr 2019Conditional

  P17-332 to construct a dwelling house and garage, vehicular entrance and access road, wastewater treatment plant and associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19320

• 21 Aug 2017Conditional

  To build a new dwelling house, install a waste treatment system and all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17645

• 20 Jul 2017Conditional

  to a) RETAIN extension to side of dwelling, RETAIN roof lights, window and gated entrance as constructed; b) demolish rear bedroom extension and conservatory and c) construct new extension to the rear of dwelling

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17562

• 4 May 2017Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, vehicular entrance and access road, wastewater treatment plant and associated site works

  Outline permission · Clare County Council, 17332

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020

Recorded monuments

• CL004-050 Enclosure
  Description

  At the E-foot of a small, rocky knoll with commanding views to the N and E. Hachured on the Cassini edition (1915) of the OS 6-inch map. A poorly preserved, oval area (int. diams. 18m N-S; 14m E-W) is defined by a broad, low enclosing bank (Wth 3-5m at base; H 0.2-0.4m) which has been reduced to a counterscarp (int. H 1.5m) W-NNW with higher ground immediately outside. Land improvement works may have resulted in the deterioration of the enclosing element. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 7 November 2022

• CL004-054 Enclosure
  Description

  On generally level ground overgrown with scrub, overlooked by an elongated ridge to the S and higher rocky ground to the E and with limited views. Hachured on the 1842 OS 6-inch map and partially hachured and indicated on the 1915 ed. A roughly circular, overgrown enclosure (30m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a bank of stone and earth which on inspection in1998 was barely visible at NE and has been levelled from E to SE. The SW extent of the site is much lower than the remainder and later field walls have been removed. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 28 September 2022

• CL008-032 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated in the SW corner of a large bawn (CL008-032002-) encompassing the flat top of a prominent steep-sided limestone outcrop (H c. 30m), in an area of hilly pasture and woodland. Depicted on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure, and labelled 'Ballynalackan Castle (in Ruins)'. Labelled 'castle (O'Brien)' on Robinson's (1977) map. Listed as 'Tower house and bawn' in the RMP (1996). This castle may have been built in the 15th century (Westropp 1900, 284), perhaps by one "Lochlainn MacCon" of the O'Connor family who had long held this district. However, it seems that already during this period dues were being paid on this land by the O'Connors to the O'Briens (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). In the 1570s and 1580s the castle was predominantly owned by different branches of the O'Brien family. The castle may have been somewhat dilapidated in 1654 (Westropp 1900, 286; Spellissy 1984, 29; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997), but appears to have been repaired and occupied until the late 18th century (Spellissy 1984, 30). In 1938 it was sold to the O'Callaghans. Described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997) as a well-preserved tower house (13.1m E-W; 8.7m N-S; max. H 19m) built of large, mortared limestone blocks, laid in erratic courses. The narrow E section (containing the stairwell and bedrooms) rose to six storeys, while the wider W section (containing the halls) had four storeys. The outer walls incorporated ogee-headed windows, as well as lintelled, arched and crudely dressed loops. In the centre of the third floor on the N wall was a large machicoulis. A crude loop at the base of this wall was replaced by a well-carved, replica ogee loop (18th/19th century). The main entrance doorway was in the E wall, with an irregular machicoulis over it. This doorway had been removed and crudely rebuilt. This wall's base was battered. The loops in the stairwell here had dripstones. An ogee-headed double-light window in the second floor was probably a later insertion. In the S wall there was a garderobe chute at the base, as well as a narrow-arched window, and a high, double-light ogee-headed window (second floor), and double-and single-mullioned windows. A crude loop in the base batter of the W wall was replaced by an ogee-headed loop in the 18th/19th century. A loop in the first floor had an ogee that extended to the S, and seems to have been originally intended for a double loop, there being a second ogee lightly inscribed on the stone here (ibid.). On the third floor of the W wall was a large machicoulis. The ground floor contained the circular stairwell, a vaulted lodge and a hall. The ceiling inside the entrance was a wide cross-arch. Two series of corbels were visible under the hall's stone vault: an upper series to hold up the original vault, and a lower series which would have supported the wooden floor of the first floor hall. In the narrow section of the first floor there was a garderobe, a secret/lock-up chamber (bolted from outside) in the thickness of the S wall, and rooms to the S of the stairwell. The second floor hall contained a large broken fireplace, dated to the 16th century (ibid.). There was an ornate mantled fireplace in the E wall of the third floor, with '1641' inscribed on its keystone. Over the fireplace was a relieving arch. Giving access to the two machicoulis in the W and N walls were narrow lintelled doorways (bolted from inside). Slates protruding from the crudely built E gable were similar to Killaloe slate, commonly used for roofing in Clare during the 18th-19th centuries (ibid.). By contrast the W gable's angled cornice was capped by very finely cut barge stones. Continuing up the stairwell to the fourth floor there was an unusual doorway with a flat ogee-headed doorway. This gave access to a small room with a plain but very fine 17th-century fireplace incorporating a segmented lintel. The loops in the E and S walls were set in splayed and arched embrasures. The chimney above this room had been capped with a hexagonal flue made of neatly fitting carved stones, which appeared to have been recently broken and scattered (ibid.). A doorway here gave access to a small turret in the tower house's NE corner, leading to the wall walk. From here a doorway accessed a loft in the narrow section of the building. Finally, there was a small corbelled platform above the NE turret, accessed by stone steps. There were traces of rendering throughout the castle's interior (ibid.). An inspection of the tower house in 1998 found it unaltered in the interim, although it was not possible to access the upper floors. See attachments: • CL009-032001-_01.PDF Details from Ua Cróinín R. and Breen M. 1997, The castles and tower-houses of Co. Clare, 6 vols. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. • CL009-032001-_02.jpg Towerhouse viewed from west. • CL009-032001-_03.jpg Towerhouse viewed from north-east. • CL009-032001-_04.jpg Upper section of towerhouse from north-west. • CL009-032001-_05.jpg View of service tower from north. • CL009-032001-_06.jpg View of doorway from east-north-east. • CL009-032001-_07.jpg Aerial view from east of towerhouse with bawn (CL008-032002-) in foreground.(Marcus Casey, 2007) Summary by: Conn Herriott and Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24-November 2022

• CL008-032002 Bawn
  Description

  Encompassing the flat top of a prominent steep-sided limestone outcrop with a tower house (CL008-032----) in its SW corner, in an area of hilly pasture and woodland. Depicted on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997), this large subrectangular bawn (c. 130m ENE-WSW; c. 33m NNW-SSE) was defined at W-E by a stone wall (Wth c. 1.5m) which was mostly intact. At N-E this wall was built at the edge of the outcrop cliff (H c. 15m at N; H c. 30m at E); at the W the land sloped moderately down to the W of the wall. There was an intact square corner turret at the NE corner. (According to Cunningham (1980, 15), at the end of the 19th century, Westropp described the corbelled pier of a postern gate here.) A series of non-contiguous boulders followed the top of the cliff at E-SW. The large intact pointed-arch gateway at the bawn's W side was not original. It had four double corbels over it, to support a no longer extant machicoulis (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). On the S interior of the gateway was a stone door-eye and large bolt recess. To the N of the gateway were steps up to the wall walk, where there were four embrasures for shot holes overlooking the gateway. Within the bawn a line (L c. 25m) of long non-contiguous boulders (L c. 1.5-4m) outside the N and E sides of the tower house (CL008-032----) may have functioned as an inner bawn wall. An inspection of the bawn in 1998 found it unaltered in the interim, being used as a shooting gallery (clay pigeon), and enclosing a level, well-maintained lawn and overgrown along the edges. See attachments: • CL009-032002-_01.PDF Details from Ua Cróinín R. and Breen M. 1997, The castles and tower-houses of Co. Clare, 6 vols. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. • CL009-032002-_02.jpg Aerial view of bawn from south-east, with towerhouse (CL008- 032001-) visible in background. (Marcus Casey, 2007) • CL009-032002-_03.jpg View of gateway to bawn from west. Summary by: Conn Herriott and Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 November 2022

Architectural heritage

• Ballinalacken Castle, house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c. 1840, with bowed central bay, octagonal-plan projecting end bay to right hand side and two-bay return with canted bay window. Seven-bay single-storey wing on an L-shaped plan, added c. 1990, to accommodate use as hotel. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and moulded eaves cornice. Conical roof to bowed bay and pyramidal roof to octagonal bay. Rendered walls with rusticated quoins. Pediments over openings and dentilated cornice to octagonal-plan bay. Replacement windows and doors. Retaining interior features. Freestanding single-bay four-stage tower house to site, built c. 1550, now in ruins. Cut-stone piers with iron gates and railings.

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 Ballynalackan.

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 Ballynalackan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ballynalackan · Baile na Leacan

Area

1,333,651 m² (133.37 ha, 329.55 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Cloghaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cloghaun electoral division: 201 people in 73 households; 86% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyryan, Carrownycleary, Cloghaun, Craggycorradan East, Oughtdarra, Pouliskaboy, Poulnagun

Placenames

Ballynalackan 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.