Cahermurphy

280 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermurphy, from 33 m² to 679,455 m² (67.95 ha, 167.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 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 Cahermurphy 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.

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  to RETAIN the under-construction extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and planning PERMISSION to complete the construction of same extension and to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560805

• 11 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the development which will consist of a new slatted house

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24292

• 16 Aug 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of renovation and extension to the existing cottage

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22738

• 12 Jul 2022Refused

  to demolish an existing dwelling house and outbuildings and to construct a replacement dwelling, with all associated works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22621

• 18 Sept 2020Refused

  for the development of a windfarm in the townlands of Cahermurphy, Knocknahila More South, Carrownagry South, Caheraghacullin and Drummin, together with the development of an underground grid connection cable to the National Grid in the townlands of Cahermurphy, Drummin, Doolough, Glenmore, and Booltiagh. The development will consist of 1. Construction of up to 10 no. wind turbines with a maximum overall blade tip height of up to 170 metres and associated hard strand areas. 2. 1 no. permanent meteorological mast with a maximum height of up to 100 metres. 3. 1 no. 38kV permanent electrical substation which will be constructed at one of two possible locations on site: either Option A in Carrownagry South townland or Option B in Cahermurphy townland. The electrical substation will have 1 no. control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, all associated underground cabling, waste water holding tank and all ancillary works. 4. All associated under-ground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed on-site substation. 5. All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid via an underground cable to the existing Booltiagh 110kV substation. 6. Upgrade of existing tracks, roads and provision of new site access roads and hardstand areas. 7. Junction access road works. 8. 2 no. borrow pits. 9. 1 no. temporary construction compound. 10. Site Drainage. 11. Forestry Felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development; and 12. All associated and ancillary site development works. The application is seeking a ten year planning permission and 30 year operational life from the date of commissioning of the wind farm. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed developemnt

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20658

• 22 Apr 2020Conditional

  to develop a new off road car parking facility and set down area with all necessary ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20264

• 4 Apr 2019Conditional

  to RETAIN the following: a) Increased floor area to existing dwelling, also including front porch and rear extension, b) All associated elevational changes, c) Revised boundaries, house location and finish floor level, plus all ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 19250

• 6 Mar 2019Conditional

  for an amendment to a previously permitted Wind Farm in the townland of Cahermurphy, Kilmihil, Co. Clare ( Clare County Council Pl. Ref. P14-551, An Bord Pleanála PL03.245189 ) A ten-year planning permission is sought for the proposed development which will amend the height of the turbine no. 3 only of the previously permitted Cahermurphy Wind Farm. The proposed development will consist of the provision of a larger wind turbine with a tip height of up to 150m ( increase in tip height of 19m from the previously approved 131 m turbine) at the previously permitted location of turbine no. 3 and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19159

• 2 Aug 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18622

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  for revisions to a previously permitted electrical substation and all associated works. The proposed development constitutes a revision and reduction of the substation design previously permitted at the same location under the provisions of Clare County Council Planning Reference 14-551 ( An Bord Pleanála PL03.245189 )

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18492

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of an extension to the existing school, consisting of a classroom, toilets and a store room, cloak room and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17651

• 9 Feb 2017N/a

  to construct an overhead and underground 20kV grid connection from Booltiagh 110kV substation in the townland of Booltiagh to the proposed Kiltumper Windfarm substation in the townland of Kiltumper. The proposed grid connection will be erected over/under, or in the vicinity of, the townlands of Booltiagh, Boolynaknockaun, Glenmore, Cahermurphy and Kiltumper

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1787

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Cragnashingaun Bogs NHA 002400

Recorded monuments

• CL048-004 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.

• CL048-005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated near the top of an E-W ridge named Cahermurphy Hill and commanding good views especially to the south of the county. An almost circular cashel (39m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by a well built drystone wall of small flags (Wth 4.5-5.8m; ext. H 1.6-2.5m; int. H 1.3-2.2m) with a distinct batter. The original wall-facing is evident, highest (1.7m) from S to WSW. A flat outer terrace is evident SE to WSW and from WNW to N. An entrance (Wth 5.2m) at NE may be original. It is partially blocked by a later wall. The interior is uneven and slopes to S. A well-defined hut site (CL048-005001-) abuts the interior of the enclosing wall at N. (Westropp 1911, 129-131) The following images have been uploaded: CL048-005----_01.jpg From SW. General overview of cashel. CL048-005----_02.jpg From S. Outer wall-facing. CL048-005----_03.jpg From NE. View across interior. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1957). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 April 2019

• CL048-005001 Hut site
  Description

  Abutting the N interior of Cahermurphy cashel (CL048-005----). A small hut site (int. dims. 5.5m E-W; 3m N-S) defined by a low stone wall. The following image has been uploaded: CL048-005001-_01.jpg View of hut site from S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 April 2019

• CL048-007 Hut site
  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 Cahermurphy.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cahermurphy · Cathair Mhurchú

Area

9,790,050 m² (979.01 ha, 2,419.17 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmihil, and its townlands

Barony

Clonderalaw

Electoral division

Cahermurphy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cahermurphy electoral division: 225 people in 95 households; 88% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caheraghacullin, Carrownagry South, Castlepark, Cloonwhite North, Cloonwhite South, Doolough, Drummin, Glenmore, Kiltumper, Knocknahila More South

Placenames

Cahermurphy 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.