Ballyquin
Ballyquin is a townland in the civil parish of Tomgraney, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Baile Uí Chuinn.
- Area
- 104.8 ha
- 259 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 418 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyquin, from 20 m² to 702,043 m² (70.2 ha, 173.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.4Maritime / Harbour (Seaport/Harbour)
Scarriff Tuamgraney Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Mar 2026Conditional
to demolish a pump house and construct 41 no. dwelling houses comprising 3 no. 4 bedroom detached houses, 10 no. 2 bedroom bungalows, 10 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached houses, 18 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses and all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been included in the application
Permission, 41 homes · Clare County Council, 2660148
27 Feb 2026Unconditional
to carry out the following development: 1) Construct new footpath linking Tuamgraney village to existing amenity trail at Raheen Road, Tuamgraney, Co Clare and will traverse the townlands of Tuamgraney and Ballyquin. 2) Construct new raised zebra crossing. 3) Provision of pedestrian counter and outdoor seating area. 4) All ancillary site works. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. A preliminary examination of the nature, size and location of the development has been carried out pursuant to Article 120(1) of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended) and it has been concluded that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and, accordingly, and Environmental Impact Assessment is not required
Permission · Clare County Council, 268001
9 Feb 2026N/a
to carry out the following development: 1) Construct new footpath linking Tuamgraney village to existing amenity trail at Raheen Road, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare. 2) Construct new raised zebra crossing. 3) Provision of pedestrian counter and outdoor seating area. 4) All ancillary site works. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. A preliminary examination of the nature, size and location of the development has been carried out pursuant to Article 120(1) of the Planning & Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended) and it has been concluded that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and, accordingly, and Environmental Impact Assessment is not required
Permission · Clare County Council, 268000
21 Apr 2022Conditional
to demolish a pump house and construct 52 No. Dwelling Houses comprising 6 No. 4 bedroom detached houses, 22 No. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, 14 No. 2 bedroom semi-detached houses, 10 No. 2 bedroom semi-detached bungalows and all associated site works and services. A Natura impact Statement (NIS) has been included in the application.
Permission, 52 homes · Clare County Council, 22359
13 Sept 2019Conditional
to carry out the following development: the extension of an amenity trail in the form of a path with permeable loose gravel finish between Tuamgraney and Bealkelly along the southern verge of the R463 from the existing hardcore path along the northern verge of the R463 at Bealkelly. This development will traverse the townlands of Tomgraney, Ballymalone, Raheen, Bealkelly (Eyre) and BealKelly (Purdon) The proposed development will include a) Clearing of vegetation. b) Limb and trim trees. c) Set back stone and block walls and fencing as required replacing like for like. d) Remove topsoil and dispose of. e) Lay hardcore base with membrane as required. f) Lay garden edging as required. g) Install drainage and protect roadside drainage. h) Provide new signage and information boards. In accordance with the habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 198010
11 Jul 2017Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P12-444 to construct a front porch to existing dwelling and extend existing garage and to convert playroom
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 17537
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- CL028-058006 Burnt spread
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
- Raheen Manor, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached polygonal-plan single-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c. 1820. Two-bay two-storey return added to rear and projecting open porch added to front, c. 1985. Hipped slate roof with cut-stone chimneystack at apex and gablet over former entrance. Pitched artificial slate roof to return. Cut-limestone walls. Timber cladding to porch addition. Rendered walls to return. Timber windows and doors. Moulded limestone cut-stone piers set in rubble stone crenellated curved walls with cast-iron gates.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ballyquin, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Ballyquin.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ballyquin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyquin · Baile Uí Chuinn
- Area
- 1,047,746 m² (104.77 ha, 258.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tomgraney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Electoral division
- Scarriff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,425 people lived in 573 households in the Scarriff electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymalone, Ballyminoge, Drewsborough, Raheen, Tomgraney
- Placenames
- Ballyquin 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.