Boolynaknockaun

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boolynaknockaun, from 522 m² to 926,712 m² (92.67 ha, 229 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Boolynaknockaun 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.

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  for development at lands at Crossmore County Clare in the townlands of Furroor, Illaunatoo or Sorrelisand, Boolynakockaun and Booltiagh. The development will consist of: 1. Amendment to item (1) of Permitted Development Pl. Ref: 21/1057 to install a 38kV electrical connection over a total length of approximately 11km, from the permitted Crossmore Wind Farm (Pl. Ref: 09/123, as extended under Pl. Ref: 19/388 and altered by Pl. Ref: 20/284) to the entrance to the existing Booltiagh 110kV electrical substation. This amended connection will consist of: a. Revision to site boundaries as permitted under Pl. Ref: 21/1057; b. Removal of permitted overhead line from permitted polesets north of Local Road L2084 (previously numbered polesets 1-40 consented under Pl. Ref: 21/1057) for a distance of circa 4km and its replacement with c. 6.5km of underground electrical cabling along unnamed Local Roads. c. Relocation of permitted poleset number 40 (consented under Pl. Ref: 21/1057) 7m (meters) south. Redesign of poleset number 40 from double (as permitted under Pl. Ref: 21/1057) to triple (termination) poleset. The entirety of the grid connection from Crossmore Wind Farm to the existing Booltiagh 110kV electrical substation will therefore comprise c. 5.5km of overhead line (poleset numbers 41-93 conscented under Pl. Ref: 21/1057) c. 6.5km of underground cable (proposed under subject application) 2. Site Drainage 3. All associated site development and ancillary works. The application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23290

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  for development in the townlands of Crossmore, Derrynageeha, Ballyduneen, Carrowreagh West, Corraige, Knockalough, Crag, Furroor, Boolynamweel, Illaunatoo or Sorrelisland, Boolynaknockaun, Glenmore and Booltiagh. The Development will consist of: 1. A 38kV electrical connection over a total of approximately 11km, from the permitted Crossmore Wind Farm (planning ref: P09/123, as extended under planning ref: 19/388 and altered by P20/824) to the existing 110kV Booltiagh substation. This connection will consist of approximately 10km of overhead line and associated 97 no. wooden polesets (single, double and triple structures with approximate heights between 14-19 metres), and approximately 1km of underground cabling. The cable will travel underground within the wind farm site (in the townlands of Cross More and Derrynageeha), underground on private lands (in the townlands of Boolynamweel, Illaunatoo and Boolynaknockaun) and under the public road prior to entering the Booltiagh substation (in the townlands of Boolynaknockaun and Booltiagh). 2. Roads and access arrangements/works consisting of: a) Creation of new permanent access gate into private lands off the L6180 local road; b) Construction of new access roads to facilitate provision of the grid connection, to be retained for permanent use; and c) Upgrade of the existing public road network for turbine delivery including; I. Junction improvement works at the N68 and L6180; II. Widening along the L6180. 3. The proposed development also incorporates construction of the following elements at the site of the permitted 7-turbine Crossmore Wind Farm (ref: P09/123, as extended by P19/388, and altered by P20/824) which will have a 25 year operational lifespan from the date of commissioning: a) Provision of a permanent 38kV substation north of permitted Turbine 5 in lieu of previously approved substation located south of Turbine 2; b) Redesign of permitted turbine hardstand areas consisting of additional temporary hardstand areas for blade storage; c) Provision of 2 no. temporary construction compounds; d) Proposed upgrade of existing access road and proposed new areas of access road between permitted Turbines no. 5 and no. 6, in lieu of permitted upgrade of existing access road between permitted Turbines no. 2 and no. 5; e) All associated underground cabling between permitted turbines and relocated substation, and; To view remainder of description please view newspaper notice.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 211057

• 7 Nov 2019Conditional

  for the erection of a permanent health and safety sign including all ancillary site works, at the entrance to Glenmore Wind Farm

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19869

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Lough Acrow Bogs NHA 002421

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boolynaknockaun.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boolynaknockaun.

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 20 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 Boolynaknockaun.

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

Name

Boolynaknockaun · Buaile na gCnocán

Area

2,918,614 m² (291.86 ha, 721.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmaley, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Furroor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Furroor electoral division: 288 people in 102 households; 87% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Booltiagh, Furroor, Glenmore, Illaunatoo or Sorrelisland, Letteragh

Placenames

Boolynaknockaun 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.