Burrenfadda
Burrenfadda is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfiddane, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Boirinn Fhada.
- Area
- 382.2 ha
- 945 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 10,609 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Burrenfadda, from 26 m² to 284,845 m² (28.48 ha, 70.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 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
No zone of a development plan covers Burrenfadda 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Apr 2026Conditional
to extend existing livestock slatted unit with associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 26109
27 May 2025Conditional
for development, the development of the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25169
17 Jul 2024Conditional
to increase the height and roof of the existing proprietary over-ground slurry storage tank with associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24229
6 Jul 2022Conditional
for (a) to construct an extension to the west side of the existing dwelling house and (b) to carry out alterations to the existing dwelling and (c) upgrade the existing sewage treatment system, along with ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22606
19 May 2022Conditional
to alter the design and layout of the proposed dwelling house and private garage previously authorised under planning permission ref no. P21/415, along with all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22449
24 Feb 2022Conditional
to a) remove existing derelict dwelling to rear of existing dwelling and construct / replace with new rear accommodation block / extension b) upgrade and relocate waste water treatment system and percolation area plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22166
7 Jul 2021Conditional
for (a) PERMISSION to demolish an existing shed and for (b) PERMISSION to construct an extension to the north & west side of an existing dwelling house along with alterations to the existing house. (c) PERMISSION to construct a garage and (d) PERMISSION to upgrade the existing sewage treatment system and to upgrade the access road servicing the dwelling, along with ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21712
29 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance and on-site wastewater treatment system along with all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21415
27 Feb 2020Conditional
for the demolition of an existing outhouse and construction of a new slatted shed and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20140
20 Jan 2017Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P11-811 to construct dwelling house and garage and ancillary works
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 1722
12 Jan 2017Conditional
for development of a livestock slatted unit with ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 1711
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 Burrenfadda.
Recorded monuments
- CL049-028 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.
- CL049-034 Quarry
Description
Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A small hachured feature is indicated on the 1897 OS 6-inch map and is hachured and named ‘Quarry’ on the OS 25-inch map. On inspection in 2000 no evidence of any earlier features were found. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 December 2014
- CL059-005 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.
- CL059-006 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Burrenfadda.
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 Burrenfadda, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Burrenfadda.
- 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 Burrenfadda with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Burrenfadda · Boirinn Fhada
- Area
- 3,822,327 m² (382.23 ha, 944.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfiddane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Kilfiddane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 345 people lived in 130 households in the Kilfiddane electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bolooghra, Carrowreagh East, Cloondrinagh, Cloonkett, Craghera, Leamnaleaha, Shessiv
- Placenames
- Burrenfadda 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.