Bunnahow

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunnahow, from 12 m² to 149,111 m² (14.91 ha, 36.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bunnahow 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.

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  for development, the development will consist of the re-construction of the existing derelict residence, and construction of an extension as follows: 1. demolition of the a. internal walls, b. kitchen at the east side of the existing building c. Lean-to shed on the south side of the existing building. d. existing front entrance porch. 2. internal re construction of the existing residence to include 3 bedrooms. 3. the construction of a new extension on the east side of the existing residence that will include a bedroom, bathrooms, utility and boot rooms, kitchen and dining area, and sitting room. 4. re-roofing the existing residence. 5. application of 100mm external insulation to the external walls of existing residence. 6 site development works to include a installation of a new waste water treatment system. b. construction of a grey water soakage area c. alterations to the existing site access road

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26117

• 8 Nov 2022Conditional

  for development which will consist of alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221006

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bunnahow.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone bridge, built c.1810, carrying road over River Carbeeny. Round arch with cut-stone voussoirs and rubble stone soffit. Rubble stone walls, parapets and abutments.

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

At the centre of the townland of Bunnahow, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bunnahow.

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.

No address of the register names Bunnahow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Bunnahow · Bun na hAbha

Area

623,520 m² (62.35 ha, 154.08 acres)

Civil parish

Inchicronan, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Caher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

225 people lived in 86 households in the Caher electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carheeny More (Co. Galway), Carheenybaun (Co. Galway), Cregg Demesne (Co. Galway), Drumcore

Placenames

Bunnahow 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.