Cahercannavan
Cahercannavan is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmihil, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cathair Cheannabháin.
- Area
- 314.7 ha
- 778 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 50,386 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahercannavan, from 392 m² to 231,887 m² (23.19 ha, 57.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Cahercannavan 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
18 May 2026Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house serviced by a proprietary wastewater treatment plant and percolation area plus a private garage and entrance with associated ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26137
23 Aug 2023Conditional
to construct an additional 280m uncovered running track on to the existing 120m covered running track and to develop a grass training pitch to include flood lights and all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360324
28 Jan 2022Conditional
for the development which will consist of a dwelling house and garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2257
25 Mar 2020Conditional
to renovate and extend existing dwelling house, to demolish existing rear porch and to include the provision of a new sewage treatment system and decommissioning of existing septic tank with all necessary ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20211
26 Sept 2019Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, entrance and sewerage teatment facilities along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19748
22 Nov 2018Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance and on-site sewerage treatment system along with all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18946
8 Nov 2018N/a
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance and on-site sewerage treatment system along with all other associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18900
7 Nov 2017Conditional
to construct a new 120 meter long covered 4 lane sprint track and a new toilet building along with all associated site works to include a new septic tank and percolation area; and (b) RETENTION permission to retain change of use of former dwelling to recreational changing facilities and RETENTION permission to retain existing 30 no. street type lights around perimeter of existing 1km walking track
Permission · Clare County Council, 17851
27 Jul 2017Conditional
to demolish existing rear extension to existing dwelling and to replace/construct new rear extension , plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17580
8 May 2017Conditional
to RETAIN single agricultural entrance
Retention · Clare County Council, 17334
17 Feb 2017N/a
to a) construct a new 120 meter long covered 4 lane sprint track and a new storage shed along with all associated site works; and b) RETENTION permission to RETAIN change of use of former dwelling to recreational changing facilities and RETENTION permission to RETAIN existing 30 No. street type lights around perimeter of existing 1km walking track
Permission · Clare County Council, 17107
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 Cahercannavan.
Recorded monuments
- CL048-056 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.
- CL048-057 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 Cahercannavan.
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 Cahercannavan, 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 Cahercannavan.
- 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 Cahercannavan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cahercannavan · Cathair Cheannabháin
- Area
- 3,146,865 m² (314.69 ha, 777.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmihil, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Kilmihil, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 716 people lived in 278 households in the Kilmihil electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahaga, Cloonreddan, Kilmacduane East, Kilmihil, Lack West, Lissanair, Sheeaun
- Placenames
- Cahercannavan 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.