Burrane Lower
Burrane Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Killimer, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Barrán Íochtarach.
- Area
- 288.2 ha
- 712 acres
- Land parcels
- 111
- registered freehold, median 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burrane Lower, from 35 m² to 450,632 m² (45.06 ha, 111.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.4Maritime / Harbour (Seaport/Harbour)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Killimer Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Killimer 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 Apr 2026Conditional
to demolish existing milking parlour and dairy and construct new milking parlour, cattle crush, dairy with plant room and office store with associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2692
31 Mar 2026Conditional
to construct a Columbarium Wall on the grounds of the existing graveyard with associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2682
25 Feb 2026Conditional
for the development which consists of the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2652
5 Feb 2026Conditional
of alterations to elevations and floor plans to existing dwelling house
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660054
8 Aug 2024Conditional
to renovate and extend a former pub into a private residence along with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460370
13 Dec 2023Conditional
for the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23624
13 Sept 2023Conditional
to RETAIN excavation works carried out on site and PERMISSION for the construction of a milking parlour and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23493
17 Jul 2023Conditional
to extend dwelling house, to install foul sewer system, percolation area and new site entrance
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360256
27 Jun 2022Conditional
to construct a new slatted livestock house. Proposed livestock house to incorporate external agitation points, easy feed, calving pens/creep area, crush and forcing pen and ancillary concrete. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22562
27 Apr 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22383
1 Feb 2022Conditional
of existing structures and site boundaries
Retention · Clare County Council, 2263
12 May 2021Conditional
to decommission an existing septic tank and install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with all associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21461
6 Jul 2020Conditional
to erect a 30m high telecommunications lattice mast carrying antennas and dishes together with associated ground based equipment all enclosed in security fencing and to remove the existing 24m high telecommunications support structure
Permission · Clare County Council, 20450
2 Apr 2019Conditional
to RETAIN the existing telecommunications support structure carrying antennae and link dishes together with associated ground equipment and fencing Burrane Lower, Killimer, Co Clare. The Development forms part of Vodafones existing GSM and Broadford telecommunications network.
Retention · Clare County Council, 19245
14 May 2018Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P13-292 for the construction of a dwelling house and associated site works
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 18391
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clonderalaw Bay 000027
Recorded monuments
- CL068-022 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.
- CL068-024001 Church
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.
- CL068-024002 Graveyard
Description
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- CL068-025 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- CL068-026 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- CL068-028 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burrane Lower.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Burrane Lower, about 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Burrane Lower.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Burrane Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Burrane Lower · Barrán Íochtarach
- Area
- 2,882,110 m² (288.21 ha, 712.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killimer, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Killimer, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 425 people lived in 176 households in the Killimer electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Burrane Upper, Doonnagurroge, Knock, Poulnadarree, Teervarna
- Placenames
- Burrane Lower 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.