Ballyvoe

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyvoe, from 424 m² to 280,743 m² (28.07 ha, 69.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2Cluster (General)
  Knockfin Cluster, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 18 Mar 2026Conditional

  to build a dwelling house, garage, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2670

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  to build a dwelling house, garage, install a wastewater treatment system and all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25207

• 30 Sept 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of a) the replacement of the existing substandard dwelling house with a new single storey dwelling house and b) the replacement of existing septic tank with a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22882

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  the development consist of RETENTION of bay window & balcony to front of existing dwelling & the RETENTION of the domestic garage ancillary to the dwelling

  Retention · Clare County Council, 20633

• 20 Apr 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of a domestic garage ancillary to the domestic dwelling together with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20255

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  to build outbuildings for ancillary use of the dwelling granted by P16-1004

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17210

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

• CL008-004001 Field system
  Description

  A field system extending over a large area around and in association with an enclosure (CL008-004005-) in Ballyvoe townland and visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and on OSi Aerial Premium orthophotographs (2012-2018). This is in fact part of a much larger medieval field system (CL008-109001-) extending 4.5km along the coast from Doolin Point at SW to Ballyryan at NE within which lie some 34 cashels and 26 enclosures. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 August 2021

• CL008-004005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in an undulating coarse pasture within a very extensive area of field systems, enclosures and trackways (CL008-004001-; CL008-109001-). Indicated as a small hachured circular feature on the OS 1840 OS 6-inch map and indicated on the 1916 edition by a solid line. A circular enclosure (int. diam. 12m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.4m at NW, 1.05m elsewhere; H 0.25m over external ground level), largely collapsed, with many cattle-gaps. The interior is level and featureless. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 August 2016

• CL008-004006 Souterrain
  Description

  On a rise in gently undulating pastureland, within a relict field system (CL009-004001-) and a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Labelled 'Cave' in Gothic script on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and marked as a souterrain on Robinson's (1977) map. No visible trace of a souterrain is obvious but large limestone slabs and smaller stones are visible intermittently in an overgrown area (c. 6m x c. 6m) beside a pond. Several hollows (D c. 1m) noted were being used as badger sets. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 August 2022

• CL008-006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On level ground in rough pasture and limestone pavement, within a local relict field system (CL009-004001-) and a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This large subcircular cashel (int. dims. 51m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) is defined by a double-faced drystone wall with a rubble core. It is best preserved at SW where both wall-faces (Wth 1.75m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.3m) survive. Two further step/terrace-like revetments (inner step Wth 0.5m; outer step Wth 1.85m) built against the outer wall-face of this section of the wall may have been added to provide additional support for the wall where the natural slope of the land is steeper. From SW-N a later field wall overlies the outer face of the wall (Wth 2.5-3.2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.35m), while from N-NE a later, now collapsed, wall overlies it and a small area outside it. From NE-S the outer wall-face (max. ext. H 1m) is visible intermittently; inside it only wall collapse (Wth 3-4m) can be seen. At WSW there is a large upright slab within the wall core, aligned E-W, while at ESE another large upright stone (H 0.9m) is also set within the wall. The interior is partly overgrown and slopes gently to the SW. An enclosure (10.9m NE-SW; 8.2m NW-SE), which is outlined and labelled ‘Sheepfold’ on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan, is built against the inner wall-face at NW. It is defined by a curving grassed-over collapsed stone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.3m) with intermittent wall-facing and an entrance gap (Wth 1.1m) at SE. An area of loose stone rubble and some limestone slabs is visible in the E sector. (Westropp 1905, 357) The following images have been uploaded: CL008-006----_01 View from S CL008-006----_02 Aerial view from WNW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 August 2022

• CL008-007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Beside a disused bothán in a field of karstic limestone pavement and scrub within a relict field system (CL009-004001-) and a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This may be the fort described by Westropp (1905, 357) as ‘Another fort of large blocks, but much broken’, which adjoined a ‘ruined cottage’. A possible cashel (int. diam. 22m N-S), subcircular in plan, is defined at E by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.85) which decreases in height toward N (ext. H 0.5m) and elsewhere is difficult to trace due to the natural slope of the ground. Intermittent limestone uprights, concentrated at N and S, may be the remains of an outer revetment. The raised interior (av. H 1m over exterior) is flat. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 18 August 2022

• CL008-008001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture and scrub on limestone karstic pavement within a multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as Enclosure in the RMP (1996). This possible cashel (int. diam. 24.3m N-S; ext. diam. 27m E-W) is defined by the hardly traceable remains of a double-faced stone wall (Wth 2.15m at N; max. H 0.4m at W). From W-NE it is delimited by a scarp (av. H c. 0.25m) with intermittent traces of the outer wall-face; at N faint traces of the possible inner wall-face survive. From E-S all that survives is a very subtle rise in ground level, while at SW only some stone can be felt in the undergrowth. The interior slopes gently to the SW. There is a cashel (CL008-008002-) c. 40m to the E. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-008001-_01.jpg View from NNW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 August 2022

• CL008-008002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in undulating rough pastureland and outcropping limestone pavement that slopes gently to the SW and steeply to WNW and within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular cashel (c. 28m NE-SW; c. 24m NW-SE) is defined from E-S by a grass-covered stone wall and tumble (base Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m). From S-W it decreases in height (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.3m) and narrows in width (Wth 6m at S; Wth 1.5m). There are two animal gaps at SW. From WNW-E it is defined by a scarp (H 0.25-1m). A possible souterrain (CL008-008003-) is evident in the NE sector of the perimeter. In the S centre of the interior an L-shaped bank (Wth 1m; H 0.1m) of earth and stone, oriented SW-NE and then turning NW, may be the remains of an internal division. Another possible internal division is visible on OSi Aerial Premium aerial imagery (2013-2018). Several grass-covered field walls abut the cashel from E-W. There is a possible cashel (CL008-008001-) c. 40m to the WNW. (Westropp 1905, 357) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 August 2022

• CL008-008003 Souterrain
  Description

  Associated with a cashel (CL008-008002-). This possible souterrain cuts through the perimeter of the cashel at NE. It is defined by an oblong hollow (6.5m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE) that may be the result of quarrying but several large limestone slabs protruding from here may be reflective of a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 August 2022

• CL008-009 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture and outcropping limestone pavement, within a relict field system (CL008-004001-) and a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This is possibly the fort described by Westropp (1905, 357) as being ‘square about 60 feet each way of large but late-looking masonry, and probably, an old cattle-bawn.’ Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This small subcircular platform (c. 20m E-W; 16m N-S) is defined by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.2m; H 0.25m), except at E, W and NW where only a scarp (H 0.5m) remains. A W and NW the platform rises up to 1m above the the outer ground level but this is partly due to the natural slope of the land. There is another enclosure (CL008-128----) c. 50m to the NE. (Robinson 1977). Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29 September 2022

• CL008-109001 Field system
  Description

  Stretching along the W coast of Clare from Doolin at S to Ballyryan at N. A dense medieval field system (c. 4.6km NE-SW; c. 1km NW-SE) with some prehistoric elements visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and on OSi Aerial Premium orthophotographs (2012-2018). 34 cashels and 26 enclosures are within the field system as well as a court tomb (CL008-002001-) and a wedge tomb (CL008-022----). Field systems (CL008-004001-, CL008-016001- and CL008-057001-) all lie within but form part of this extensive system. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• CL008-119 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The grounds of a modern farmhouse in pasture are one of several traditionally suggested locations of Knockfin Castle. Knockfin Castle was first mentioned in the castle list of 1570 (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997), when it was owned by the MacClanchy family, the hereditary brehons of the O’Briens of Thomond. Together with the rest of the family inheritance, this castle was taken and given to Patrick Sarsfield after the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (ibid.); soon after it was given to the Purdon family. After the Cromwellian invasion (1649-1653) the castle changed hands several times, before being rented to the William McNamaras in 1752. At some point before 1787 the castle appears to have fallen into disrepair (ibid.). Local people believe that a high mound across the road from this farmhouse was the site of the MacClancy law school (ibid.). There are no visible remains of the castle. According to the owner of the farmhouse, in c. 1980 he demolished the very wide S gable of the house, which incorporated two narrow loops in splayed embrasures. The stone from this wall was used to rebuild the farmyard entrance immediately to the S. This stone was examined by Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen (1997), who considered it to be typical 15th-century dressed masonry, including three rounded corbels and the base of a late 16th-century square-mullioned window with holes for glazing bars. The following item is uploaded: Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 January 2023

• CL008-157 Enclosure
  Description

  In an area of undulating coarse pasture close to a field system (CL008-004001-) and within a much larger field system (CL008-109001-). A D-shaped area (c. 35m NW-SE) defined by a low bank, possibly truncated along its straight SW side (L c. 28m) by a disused trackway, visible on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). Noted by Conn Herriott. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 January 2023

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Holy Rosary, church/chapel, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, built c. 1820, with gable-fronted single-bay entrance elevation, four-bay side elevation and two-bay transepts. Renovated, 1909; 1974. Pitched artificial slate roof with finials and gable copings. Rendered walls. Pointed arch door opening having moulded limestone ogee-headed surround. Trefoil opening with cut-limestone dressings and hood moulding over entrance door. Narrow lancet openings with leaded glass, set in paired arrangement to transepts and in tripartite arrangement to chancel.

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 high, 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 Ballyvoe.

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

Name

Ballyvoe

Area

1,002,969 m² (100.3 ha, 247.84 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Killilagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killilagh electoral division: 816 people in 245 households; 80% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahan, Ballysallagh, Glasha Beg, Toomullin

Placenames

Ballyvoe 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.