Carrahil

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrahil, from 5 m² to 71,258 m² (7.13 ha, 17.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1Agriculture
  Crusheen Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Crusheen Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Crusheen 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.

• 15 Dec 2021Conditional

  to replace an existing 15 metre monopole with a new 18 metre multi-user monopole telecommunications structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211330

• 19 Jul 2018Conditional

  to RETAIN an existing 15 meter high telecommunications monopole support structure ( previously granted permission under reference 09-1040 which was a temporary permission for a period of 5 years which has expired ) carrying antennas and link dish together with associated equipment cabinets and security fence

  Retention · Clare County Council, 18590

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inchicronan Lough 000038

Recorded monuments

• CL026-017001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On slightly raised ground in an undulating landscape. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 48m N-S; 47m E-W; 48m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m at E to Wth 11-14m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m generally) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.9m) SSE-SW. There is a souterrain (CL026-017002-) inside the perimeter at SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 May 2017

• CL026-017002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated inside the perimeter of a rath (CL026-017001-) at SSW. A rectangular hollow (3m E-W; 2.6m N-S; D 0.3-0.5m) with a rectangular stone-lined hollow (1.1m N-S; 1m E-W; D 1m) attached to its S edge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 May 2017

• CL026-018 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Known locally as Cowlicks or Cabhlach, meaning a ruin (Coffey 89), George Fitzgerald of Cork lived in 'Carrokeel' when transplanted from Cork in the 1650s before the Fitzgeralds built Lahardan House which is c. 2km to the NW c. 1735. Situated on a low-lying peninsula at the NW angle of Inchicronan Lough attached to the W shore. There is no clear evidence of the castle although there are numerous cairns in an overgrown bawn (CL026-018002-) (dims. 72m NNE-SSW; 25m WNW-ESE) defined by a wall of uncoursed limestone with an external batter (Wth 1.4m; max. ext. H 3.6m at NW). There is a destroyed gateway (Wth 3m) at the N end of the W side with the base of inturned walls on each side (L 6m). There is a draw-bar socket (L 1.2m) on the NE side of the gateway. The bawn contains more recent buildings, including the foundations of a rectangular structure (int. dims. 11m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW) against the NW wall of the bawn, and a lime-kiln at the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 9 December 2014

• CL026-018002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a low-lying peninsula at the NW angle of Inchicronan Lough attached to the W shore. Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1996). An overgrown bawn (72m NNE-SSW; 25m WNW-ESE) defined by a wall of uncoursed limestone with an external batter (Wth 1.4m; max. ext. H 3.6m at NW). There is a destroyed gateway (Wth 3m) at the N end of the W side with the base of inturned walls on each side (L 6m). There is a draw-bar socket (L 1.2m) on the NE side of the gateway. There is no clear evidence of the castle (CL026-018001-) but the bawn contains more recent buildings, including the foundations of a rectangular structure (int. dims. 11m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW) against the NW wall of the bawn, and a lime-kiln at the centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 May 2017

• CL026-137 Fulacht fia
  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.

• CL026-138 Fulacht fia
  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.

• CL026-184 Excavation - miscellaneous
  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.

• CL026-185 Excavation - miscellaneous
  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 Carrahil.

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 Carrahil, 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 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 Carrahil.

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

Name

Carrahil · Cearchaill

Area

816,498 m² (81.65 ha, 201.76 acres)

Civil parish

Inchicronan, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Crusheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,080 people lived in 379 households in the Crusheen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyline, Caheraphuca, Cloonagowan, Cloonmoney, Crusheen, Inchicronan Island

Placenames

Carrahil 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.