# Ballyvelaghan, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Abbey, barony of Burren, Co. Clare; in Irish Baile Uí Mhaolacháin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,280,190 m² (128.02 ha, 316.34 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,217 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): O2 Cluster, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 20 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Abbey, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/abbey.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Abbey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 525 people lived in 212 households in the Abbey electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5671
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30316
- Centre: latitude 53.151962, longitude -9.079098 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvelaghan, from 31 m² to 258,509 m² (25.85 ha, 63.88 acres); 36 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1437929: 258,509 m² (25.85 ha, 63.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1437929.md
- Parcel 1447185: 140,045 m² (14 ha, 34.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447185.md
- Parcel 1431671: 95,633 m² (9.56 ha, 23.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431671.md
- Parcel 1480831: 48,652 m² (4.87 ha, 12.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480831.md
- Parcel 1447081: 42,797 m² (4.28 ha, 10.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447081.md
- Parcel 2611354: 42,544 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611354.md
- Parcel 1434603: 40,043 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434603.md
- Parcel 3806918: 36,779 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3806918.md
- Parcel 1480709: 36,121 m² (3.61 ha, 8.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480709.md
- Parcel 1476711: 35,594 m² (3.56 ha, 8.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1476711.md
- Parcel 1497972: 34,151 m² (3.42 ha, 8.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1497972.md
- Parcel 1481534: 28,634 m² (2.86 ha, 7.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1481534.md
- Parcel 1480205: 28,207 m² (2.82 ha, 6.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480205.md
- Parcel 1441707: 27,271 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441707.md
- Parcel 1432150: 25,879 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432150.md
- Parcel 1515514: 24,473 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515514.md
- Parcel 1484554: 23,111 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484554.md
- Parcel 1516867: 21,216 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516867.md
- Parcel 1501049: 18,904 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1501049.md
- Parcel 1432430: 16,992 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432430.md
- Parcel 1515892: 15,453 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515892.md
- Parcel 1436366: 9,219 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436366.md
- Parcel 1503267: 5,793 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503267.md
- Parcel 1473427: 4,856 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473427.md
- Parcel 1429130: 4,786 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429130.md
- Parcel 1471239: 4,334 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471239.md
- Parcel 2456858: 4,181 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2456858.md
- Parcel 1463548: 4,126 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1463548.md
- Parcel 1505724: 3,927 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505724.md
- Parcel 1508903: 3,899 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508903.md
- Parcel 4408027: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4408027.md
- Parcel 1464213: 3,693 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1464213.md
- Parcel 1492795: 3,064 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492795.md
- Parcel 1473035: 2,983 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473035.md
- Parcel 1466566: 2,972 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466566.md
- Parcel 1443481: 2,968 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443481.md
- Parcel 1492887: 2,932 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492887.md
- Parcel 1495970: 2,918 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1495970.md
- Parcel 1470366: 2,892 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470366.md
- Parcel 5301791: 2,825 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5301791.md
- Parcel 1513764: 2,807 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513764.md
- Parcel 1443497: 2,636 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443497.md
- Parcel 1467454: 2,586 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1467454.md
- Parcel 1485554: 2,577 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1485554.md
- Parcel 1508349: 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508349.md
- Parcel 5363904: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5363904.md
- Parcel 1510707: 2,390 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510707.md
- Parcel 1447941: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447941.md
- Parcel 1488669: 2,316 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1488669.md
- Parcel 1473448: 2,315 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473448.md
- Parcel 5262937: 2,235 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262937.md
- Parcel 1467452: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1467452.md
- Parcel 5520939: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5520939.md
- Parcel 5203750: 2,153 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5203750.md
- Parcel 1473516: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473516.md
- Parcel 1455774: 2,050 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455774.md
- Parcel 1472310: 2,031 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1472310.md
- Parcel 1492128: 2,029 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492128.md
- Parcel 5031830: 1,978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5031830.md
- Parcel 4407647: 1,899 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4407647.md
- Parcel 1511707: 1,852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1511707.md
- Parcel 1435764: 1,701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435764.md
- Parcel 4898022: 1,651 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898022.md
- Parcel 1466792: 1,641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466792.md
- Parcel 1433310: 1,639 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433310.md
- Parcel 1447613: 1,637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447613.md
- Parcel 1470858: 1,602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470858.md
- Parcel 1430797: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1430797.md
- Parcel 5127939: 1,497 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5127939.md
- Parcel 1467455: 1,452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1467455.md
- Parcel 4663061: 1,209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4663061.md
- Parcel 1451269: 1,160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1451269.md
- Parcel 1460152: 1,143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460152.md
- Parcel 1512251: 1,090 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512251.md
- Parcel 1468176: 1,080 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1468176.md
- Parcel 1448558: 1,055 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1448558.md
- Parcel 2456856: 1,033 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2456856.md
- Parcel 1448371: 944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1448371.md
- Parcel 1514894: 914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514894.md
- Parcel 6025650: 862 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6025650.md
- Parcel 1435804: 824 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1435804.md
- Parcel 5449959: 793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5449959.md
- Parcel 1439230: 717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439230.md
- Parcel 1448373: 610 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1448373.md
- Parcel 2452742: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2452742.md
- Parcel 2708174: 571 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2708174.md
- Parcel 1519503: 527 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519503.md
- Parcel 5902289: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5902289.md
- Parcel 1475540: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1475540.md
- Parcel 5449961: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5449961.md
- Parcel 5770194: 405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5770194.md
- Parcel 5122045: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5122045.md
- Parcel 4977647: 280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4977647.md
- Parcel 1510228: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510228.md
- Parcel 1449088: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449088.md
- Parcel 5210106: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5210106.md
- Parcel 3788233: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3788233.md
- Parcel 3788234: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3788234.md
- Parcel 1430866: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1430866.md
- Parcel 5802818: 110 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5802818.md
- Parcel 6025632: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6025632.md
- Parcel 1471636: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471636.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- O2 Cluster (General): New Quay Cluster, Clare; 44 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=97

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

20 applications, newest first.

- 28 Jul 2026, Clare County Council 2660484: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660484/0
- 29 Jun 2026, Clare County Council 2660418: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for (1) The Retention of the partial refurbishment of the existing cottage, previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/149 which has now expired, and permission to complete the works. (2) The Retention of the foundations of the new extension, previously granted under Pl. Ref. No. 21/149 which has now expired, and PERMISSION to complete the construction works of the extension with an additional mezzanine storage area and all associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660418/0
- 12 May 2026, Clare County Council 2660307: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for the following (A) To renovate and refurbish the existing dwelling to include removal of the front porch, removal of the attached cowshed, removal of the existing roof structure and construct a new roof structure. (B) To construct extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling suitable for use as a family dwelling. (C) Discontinuation of the existing sub-standard foul treatment system and construction of a new wastewater treatment system and a soil polishing filter to serve the proposed extended dwelling. (D) All associated and ancillary site works to include a new vehicular entrance, connection to the existing public watermains and to retain and protect the existing stone boundary walls. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660307/0
- 27 Jan 2025, Clare County Council 2560030: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560030/0
- 13 Sept 2024, Clare County Council 2460441: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct an entrance, dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460441/0
- 25 Jul 2024, Clare County Council 2460346: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct an entrance, dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460346/0
- 27 Mar 2024, Clare County Council 24100: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage, and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/24100/0
- 24 Oct 2023, Clare County Council 2360447: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct an entrance, dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all associated site development works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360447/0
- 21 Feb 2023, Clare County Council 2392: Refused. Extension of duration, 1 home. to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P17/787 to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2392/0
- 3 Feb 2022, Clare County Council 2291: Conditional. Retention. of extension to rear of existing dwelling house and retention of alterations to existing dwelling house and permission for the construction of an extension to front of existing dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2291/0
- 22 Feb 2021, Clare County Council 21149: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for refurbishment of existing cottage and new extension to rear of cottage, revised vehicular entrance and driveway, proprietary waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21149/0
- 25 Sept 2020, Clare County Council 20681: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to RETAIN alterations to dwelling house, garage/shed and front boundary wall/entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20681/0
- 30 Dec 2019, Clare County Council 191018: Conditional. Permission. for additions to existing cottage, including the restoration of the ruin to the west of the existing cottage, the restoration of the ruin to the east of the existing cottage, a proprietary waste treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191018/0
- 26 Nov 2019, Clare County Council 19923: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of (a) demolition of existing lean-to at west end of house (b) construction of new extension (c) various minor modifications to other elevations. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19923/0
- 4 Nov 2019, Clare County Council 19848: N/a. Permission. for additions to existing cottage, a proprietary waste treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19848/0
- 20 Jun 2019, Clare County Council 19489: Conditional. Permission. for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, sewage treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19489/0
- 13 Sept 2018, Clare County Council 18727: Conditional. Retention. for RETENTION permission for the existing shed at "Number 27". The shed is made of galvanised steel (H-262, L-508, W-290) and will continue to be used to house a mains water softening system and for domestic storage purposes and will be screened on both North and South ends by planting.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18727/0
- 24 May 2018, Clare County Council 18424: Conditional. Permission. to alter the front elevation of the house by the installation of a corner bay window. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18424/0
- 12 Oct 2017, Clare County Council 17787: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17787/0
- 11 May 2017, Clare County Council 17353: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new house with proprietary waste treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17353/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Galway Bay Complex SAC, site code 000268, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000268
- Special Protection Area: Inner Galway Bay SPA, site code 004031, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004031
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex, site code 000268

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL003-005: Leacht cuimhne, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL003-005----. 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.
- CL003-006: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL003-006----. On the W end of a low E–W ridge surrounded by meadowland. Hachured and named ‘Parkmore fort’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps and named ‘Lios Páirc Mhóir’ on Robinson’s map (1977). A poorly preserved subcircular bivallate rath (int. dims. 33m E–W; 32.4m N–S crest to crest) defined by a low, narrow and generally round-topped inner bank (int. H 0.3–0.8m; W 0.6–1.8m crest to crest), a fosse (D 1.4–1.9m from base to crest of inner bank; Wth 5.9–12.4 from crest to crest; D 0.8–1.9m from base to crest of outer bank) and an outer bank (Wth c. 5.5m from inner crest to ext. base), only traceable from NW–SW. The original entrance is just N of E. It survives as a gap (Wth 3.8m) through the inner bank and a corresponding causeway across the fosse. There is no remnant of the outer bank at the entrance. A second gap (Wth 2.9m) occurs in the inner bank just E of S. Westropp (1911) thought this a potential ‘sally-port’. However, there is no corresponding gap or causeway across the fosse, and it may simply be a result of more recent disturbance. The W side of the inner bank is disturbed by a badger sett and a later field wall is built against the outer face of the outer bank, along the N, E and S sides. An inaccessible souterrain (CL003-006002-) lies inside, c. 8.6m NW of centre. The place-name ‘Pháirc’ denotes ‘a large cleared area associated with an important residential site’ (McInerney 2014a, 167) and Parkmore fort is reputed to have served as the ‘ceann áit’ and ‘house of hospitality’ of the Uí Dhálaigh learned family (McInerney 2014a, 165–9; 2014b, 22). The Uí Dhálaigh traced their descent to the Uí Dhálaigh poets of Meath that established various branches throughout Ireland McInerney 2014a, 165). It may have been through a Cistercian connection, via Boyle in Co. Roscommon, that they came to Finvarra (McInerney 2014a, 167). It is clear they also had a school in or near Parkmore. One early 17th-century reference described it as ‘wealthy and coloured white’ (ibid.). Robinson’s map (1977) marks it on the coast, near a leacht cuimhne (CL003-005----), a monument ascribed to the bardic poet ‘Donncha Mór Ó Dálaigh’ (d. 1244), who tradition says settled at Finavarra. Various references do establish the Uí Dhálaigh were settled there by at least the mid-14th century (McInerney 2014a, 167–8). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020
- CL003-006002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL003-006002-. Within Parkmore ringfort (CL003-006002-), c. 8.6m NW of centre. The ringfort is hachured and named ‘Parkmore fort’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps and named ‘Lios Páirc Mhóir’ on Robinson’s map (1977). The souterrain is only indicated on the 1915 map, where it is named ‘Cave’. All that is visible now is an entrance or creep marked by a lintel (traceable Wth 0.95m; T 0.15m; depth of sod cover above lintel 0.1m) supported on either side by drystone walling, spanning an ope (Wth 0.5m) and a probable E–W passage or chamber visible above ground as a low grass-covered mound (L 4.5m E–W; Wth 1.7m; H 0.3m). In the mid-1800s the souterrain was accessible and Cooke (1851, 295–6) recorded it as having three chambers connected by creeps with vertical rising and descending creeps, as follows: ‘opening… about the centre of the fort. The first gallery… runs in a south-westerly direction from the entrance. It is twenty-six feet long, six feet high to the ceiling, and the same number of feet in breadth. The side walls are roughly formed of large stones, rudely, yet substantially put together; and the roof is made of immense flags. At the end of the first gallery is a passage… about five feet in length, but only three feet and a-half high, by two feet wide. The floor of this passage is on a level with that of the gallery, already mentioned. In order to pass through this confined communication, one is obliged to crawl on hands and knees. When, by this inconvenient kind of locomotion, you arrive at the end of the passage, you find it terminated by a wall built right across its breadth. The only way by which to advance farther is by ascending through a square hole… overhead, the breadth of the side of which is somewhat less than that of the passage, it being only one foot nine inches. On emerging through the opening… you find yourself in the little chamber, which is no more than seven feet long by five and a-half feet broad, and only four feet high. If you would hence proceed farther you must descend through the square opening …and creep from thence as before through another low and narrow passage, also five feet long by three and a-half feet high, and two feet wide. This last-mentioned passage brings you to another gallery… which runs at right angles to the gallery before described. It is fourteen feet long by nine and a-half feet wide, and six feet high. Opposite to this passage, …another passage… leads, as a kind of sally-port to the exterior of the inner rampart of the fort. The last-mentioned passage is five feet long by two feet wide, and four and a-half feet high. The flag, which was placed outside against this aperture, was four feet square. Thus, from whichever end of the souterrain its inhabitant might be pursued, he was enabled to make a fatal resistance. Flags which fitted into cells, stopped the holes… in the passages; and their upper surfaces being even with the floor of the little apartment, a stranger would have much delay and difficulty in discovering the apertures they covered’. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020
- CL003-014: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL003-014----. On a gentle S-facing slope in improved mixed meadow and pastureland, c. 100m N of Ballyvelaghan Turlough. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but not marked on the 1915 ed. No visible trace of the monument survives at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 15 December 2020
- CL003-015: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL003-015----. Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a hachured feature at the NE angle of a rectangular field. It is situated on a level landscape. This is a rectangular mound of sand and gravel (dims 21m N-S; 2.2m E-W; H 1.8m) that is known locally to be the remainder of material brought in for the construction of the Villa Marina Constabulary Barracks c. 80m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2013

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)

- Ballyvelaghan National School, school, 1860–1865, Regional interest, registry number 20400315, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CL&regno=20400315. Detached cruciform-plan national school, dated 1861, comprising four-bay block flanked by three-bay gabled breakfronts entrance blocks. Now in use as house. Hipped and pitched artificial slate roofs with cut-stone copings and chimneystacks. Replacement ridge crestings and rainwater goods. Cut-limestone walls with plinth and inscribed plaque. Cut-stone sills and lintels to replacement windows. Replacement timber panelled doors. Detached single-bay single-storey rubble stone-built lean-to outbuilding. Rubble stone-built boundary walls with cut-stone piers having pyramidal cappings.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyvelaghan, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyvelaghan.
- 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/ballyvelaghan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyvelaghan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyvelaghan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyvelaghan 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)

- Cartron: https://everytownland.com/clare/cartron-30624.md
- Finavarra Demesne: https://everytownland.com/clare/finavarra-demesne.md
- Mortyclogh: https://everytownland.com/clare/mortyclogh.md
- Munnia: https://everytownland.com/clare/munnia.md
- Newquay: https://everytownland.com/clare/newquay.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.

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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/ballyvelaghan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/ballyvelaghan