Barefield or Gortlumman
Townland in the civil parish of Templemaley, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Gort Lomán
- Area
- 68.6 ha
- 169 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 2,115 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barefield or Gortlumman, from 12 m² to 98,045 m² (9.8 ha, 24.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Barefield 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
8 Dec 2025Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage with loft, treatment system and ancillary site works with access via right-of-way to public road
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25382
18 Jun 2025N/a
to construct dwelling house, garage, with loft, treatment system and ancillary site works with access via right-of-way to public road
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25196
28 Mar 2025Unconditional
to carry out the following development: for the extension of existing Footpaths and Junction realignment. The proposed development will include: 1) Realignment of existing Junction. 2) Set back existing stone wall and provision of 100m of 2m wide concrete footpath to North West of th Junction. 3) Extension of existing 2m wide footway for 40m along existing macadam surfacing to South West of the junction. 4) 1 No. Raised uncontrolled pedestrian crossing accross the L4158 (Ruan Road) 5) 1 No Raised uncontrolled pedestrian crossing the R458 to motorway. 6) 1 No. flush uncontrolled pedestrian crossing across R4159 to Ennis. 7) 1 No flush uncontrolled pedestrian crossing with seperation island, R458 to Crusheen. 8) 2 No Additional public Lighting columns and associated ancillary works to tie into existing public lighting system. 9) Provision of, Gullies, drainage pipework and associated ancillary works to existing public system. 10) Provision of associated Signage and Road Markings. 11. All associated and ancillary site works. In accordance with the Birds and Natural Habitats Directive, Screening for Appropriate Assessment has been carried out on the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening statement has been prepared and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development
Permission · Clare County Council, 258001
21 Oct 2024N/a
to construct dwelling house, garage with loft, treatment system and ancillary site works with access via right of way to public road
Permission · Clare County Council, 24344
6 Sept 2024N/a
to construct dwellinghouse, garage with loft, ancillary site works, treatment system and right of way to public road
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24289
6 Mar 2024Conditional
to construct an extension to comprise of a kitchen/living, bathroom, bedroom and playroom, including ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2476
18 Dec 2023Conditional
for the change of use of existing vacant bakery building into 3 no. one bedroomed apartment units together with all ancillary site works required to facilitate the proposed development
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360557
21 Nov 2022N/a
is sought to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, effluent treatment system including all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221049
22 Sept 2022Conditional
to construct an agricultural entrance together with all associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 22860
2 Feb 2021Conditional
to carry out internal and elevational modifications along with external covered seating area and associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2164
25 Jan 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and garage with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2137
22 Jul 2019Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank with percolation area and ancillary site works.
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19599
27 May 2019Conditional
to demolish general farm buildings, to construct a slatted house and machinery shed along with all necessary ancillary and associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19424
2 May 2019Conditional
to construct a 4 Bay Slatted Unit and Creep area with underground slurry storage tank for housing livestock along with all associated site works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 19353
22 Oct 2018Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank with percolation area and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18835
2 Jul 2018N/a
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18542
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Barefield or Gortlumman.
Recorded monuments
- CL026-077 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL026-079 Ringfort - rath
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
- Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, built 1874, with four-bay side elevations having projecting porch and sacristy to right hand side. Pitched artificial slate roof with cut-stone bellcote, gable copings and finials. Cut-stone chimneystack to sacristy. Dressed and coursed limestone walls with buttresses, quoins and date plaque to porch. Lancet openings with leaded glass. Cut-limestone moulded four-centred arch door openings with label moulding above and pair of timber double leaf doors, approached by flight of limestone steps. Pointed arch opening over entrance with replacement fixed window. Retaining interior features, including marble altar, parquet floor, marble memorials and timber gallery. Four coursed cut stone piers set in rusticated stone walls.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_580 (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 Barefield or Gortlumman with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Barefield or Gortlumman · Gort Lomán
- Area
- 685,816 m² (68.58 ha, 169.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templemaley, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Kilraghtis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilraghtis electoral division: 576 people in 185 households; 92% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyduff (Blake), Ballymulqueeny, Cappagh Beg, Cappagh More, Cragaweelcross, Drumquin
- Placenames
- Barefield or Gortlumman 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.