Clonroad Beg

1,356 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonroad Beg, from 0 m² to 41,500 m² (4.15 ha, 10.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 63 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 885 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 363 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S4Community (General public administration)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.6Car Parks (Other transport/general uses)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N3.2Utilities (Electricity)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660589

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development will consist of the conversion of previous upstairs “ over the shop type” accommodation into a standalone apartment, removal of an internal stairs and construction of a fire rated independent staircase to the rear of the building together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660570

• 27 Aug 2026N/a

  to redesign and modify that which was previously granted 23/579. 1. Demolish existing flat roof side annex. 2. Construct new two storey front / rear + side extensions. 3. Replace existing pitched roof and add new roof lights to front and rear. 4. Fit new windows to the first floor side gables. 5. Extensive internal and external alterations to existing house along with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660560

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  for the Change of use of existing shop and adjoining residential accommodation to 3 Number, One Bedroom Apartments, including internal Modifications. We also intend to apply for permission to convert existing Garage door to window and construct new first floor window to north elevation and ground floor window to west elevation including ancillary site works at above address. The property is a protected Structure (RPS 834) and Jostle Stone (RPS 835) Located within an Architectural Conservation Area

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660495

• 9 Jul 2026N/a

  to change the use of the existing building from commercial to residential use to include internal alterations and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660443

• 1 Jul 2026Conditional

  of extension to private garage

  Retention · Clare County Council, 26184

• 30 Jun 2026Conditional

  for a) to alter, extend & refurbish existing derelict dwelling house (V95 W9VC) b) reconfigure existing vehicular entrance including all associated site works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660421

• 8 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct a detached garage, and to extend the width of the existing vehicular entrance, with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 26157

• 4 Jun 2026N/a

  for the Change of use of existing shop and adjoining residential accommodation to 3 Number, One Bedroom Apartments, including internal Modifications. We also intend to apply for permission to convert existing Garage door to window and Construct new first floor window to north elevation and ground floor window to west elevation including ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660367

• 8 May 2026Unconditional

  to carry out the following development: The proposed works shall include for the following: 1) Change of use of the building from permitted multi-use community spaces including arts studios, classrooms, conference spaces, exhibition and heritage spaces, tourism space, kitchen/cafe, adopted under Part 8 Ref. No. 24-8016 to a new tourism experience building inclusive of exhibition space, community space, retail and offices. 2) New open plan entrance & arrivals courtyard on the western facing range to be created by demolishing the existing doorway, adjacent wall, first floor terrace & by lowering the parapet walls, The smooth plaster render is to be removed in this area only, to expose the buildings original construction. Proposed new floating metal canopy cover. 3) New visitor reception area, toilet block, office space, plant rooms and exhibition areas on the ground with new passenger lift to service all three floors. 4) First floor office and staff welfare area, meeting room, multi-purpose community and education room. 5) Attic/second floor storage areas and plant room. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on this project. The screening report accompanies the planning application. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and an EIA is not required. This development proposes works to a protected structure, RPS No: 736 / NIAH No: 2000141 as noted in the Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029 Volume 4, and that is part of a National Monument No. 170 / RMP CL033-082001-Ennis Friary Complex

  Permission · Clare County Council, 268006

• 15 Apr 2026Conditional

  of shed and site layout and all associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 26100

• 26 Feb 2026Refused

  for the renovation of an existing derelict bakery building, the addition of a 28m2 two storey rear extension and the conversion to a 112.81m2 two storey dwelling together with connection to existing services and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2653

• 30 Jan 2026Refused

  for a change of use of the existing ground floor retail unit to a one-bedroom apartment, together with alterations to the front elevation including new windows and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660044

• 15 Dec 2025N/a

  for a change of use of the existing ground floor retail unit to a one-bedroom apartment, together with alterations to the front elevation including new windows and all associated works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560796

• 10 Dec 2025N/a

  to 1. Renovate existing dwelling with minor modifications to front facade. 2. Alterations to front garden and front boundary wall with new access to facilitate off street parking for house residents. Along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560776

• 4 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the removal of the existing flagstone paving and access steps to the Cathedral entrance plaza; the construction of a new reconfigured stepped stone access together with new stone paving to the entrance plaza; the refurbishment of the existing Marian shrine; and all associated site development works and services necessary to facilitate the proposed development at St. Peter & Paul Cathedral, Upper O'Connell Street, Ennis, Co. Clare. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of the protected structures of St. Peter & Paul Cathedral (RPS No.781) and the Parochial House (RPS No 782)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560765

• 2 Dec 2025Unconditional

  to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P20/626 to demolish an existing single storey dwelling and to construct a replacement dormer style dwelling with all associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25372

• 30 Oct 2025Conditional

  to (A) Demolish 3 No. existing derelict dwelling houses, (B) Construct 3 No. 2 bedroom replacement dwelling houses together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560667

• 15 Oct 2025Conditional

  to retain development at this site. The development will consist of the retention of the change of use from a swimming pool to 2 No single bedroom town houses each with a kitchen/living space and bathroom. Retention also is sought for incorporating part of the old swimming pool into the kitchen of the existing dwelling

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2560629

• 14 Oct 2025N/a

  to construct an extension to the rear of the existing property and to carry out alterations to existing property (The existing property is a protected structure RPS No 740 and NIAH No. 2000147)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25323

• 1 Oct 2025Conditional

  to widen/increase existing vehicular entrance plus all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 25309

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  for development at (Record of Protected Structure No. 742). The area of the existing ground floor is 191.7m² and first floor is 134.5m². The development will consist of the following and all associated site works and services: 1) Change of use of the existing ground and first floor from office to language school. 2) Internal modifications comprising of the following: 3) New wall construction for stair lobbies. 4) Subdivision of the ground floor reception room into an office and reception. 5) Enlarging existing door openings. 6) New disabled wc to the ground floor. 7) Construction of new doors to the ground and first floors. 8) Fire rating of the existing first floor. 9) New fire rated doors. 10) Connection to existing services and all associated site development works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560527

• 27 Aug 2025Conditional

  to renovate and make changes to the elevations and floor layout of the dwelling, construct extension to the rear and to extend the width of the existing vehicular entrance to provide an additional onsite parking space, all with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25274

• 14 Aug 2025N/a

  for the renovation of an existing derelict bakery building, the addition of a 28m2, two storey rear extension and the conversion to a 112.81m2 two storey dwelling together with connection to existing services and all associated ancillary site works at site to the rear of No 3 Linnane's Terrace

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25267

• 7 Aug 2025Conditional

  to (a) create new shopfront for existing ground floor retail area (b) carry out internal alterations. (c) carry out fenestration changes, install new windows, doors and roof together with all site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560492

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• CL033-082 Historic town
  Description

  Situated on the River Fergus, Ennis was founded in the early 13th century AD upon the arrival of the O’Briens, formerly the kings of Munster, when they were compelled to surrender Limerick to the Anglo-Normans and move westwards into the territory of Thomond. They initially built earthen strongholds or ringworks at Clonroad c. 1210 and c. 1267 (CL033-085005- and CL033-085006-) about 1km to the E at an existing fording point on the river with a tower house constructed there about 1470 (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 28) (CL033-085001-) and a large mansion attached by 1558 (CL033-085002-). Around 1240 the Franciscans were invited to establish a monastery close to Clonroad. The Friary (CL033-082001-) was built on high ground at ‘Inis’, meaning an island (in this case formed by a secondary channel of the river) in about 1270. The Friary and the castle were linked by a causeway as much of the surrounding area was liable to flooding. Over the following centuries Ennis grew with the Friary providing a focus for a market and the river providing a channel of communication. A period of prosperity in the 15th century saw the expansion of the town with a small castle (CL033-082007-) and gatehouse (CL033-082033-) built at the southern end. No defensive walls were built at Ennis, possibly because the natural island afforded enough protection or perhaps because there was an insufficient volume of trade. The O’Brien stronghold at Clonroad protected the eastern approach to the town. A small castle (CL033-082035-), between the west doorway of the Friary and the river, protected a quay (CL033-082048-) where boats docked to land their cargoes. In 1543 Murchadh O’Briain recognised the sovereignty of the king of England and accepted the title of earl of Thomond. By the end of the century the English had effectively established control and the dissolved Friary became the centre of English government with a court held there and a portion used as a prison. Two stone houses (CL033-082008-) were erected opposite the Friary c. 1577 for the reception of important visitors, one of which later became known as ‘the earl of Thomond’s house’. In 1600, at the height of the Nine Years War, it is recorded that Hugh O’Donnell of Tyrconnell, with a view to weakening the O’Brien power base, plundered and burned large portions of Clare including the entire town of Ennis except for the Friary which he chose to spare. The end of that war in 1603 lead to a period of stability and in 1610 the earl of Thomond was granted a patent for a Tuesday market and two annual fairs at Ennis. The market was held where three streets meet in the centre of the town, now known as ‘The Square’. A two-storey market-house (CL033-082012-), arched on the ground floor for the use of market traders and serving also as a courthouse upstairs, had been built at this location by 1641 and a market cross (CL033-082032-) existed there until 1711. The status of the town was further enhanced in 1613 when it received a charter. Twelve burgesses and a provost formed a self-governing body with the power to elect two members of parliament. A map of ‘Ennis Abbey Meadow’ by land surveyor Henry Ellsworth in 1634 shows a street layout much as it is today while a sketch by Thomas Dineley in 1681 is indicative of a similar layout. An account of the town in 1682 by the attorney Hugh Brigdall reveals that Ennis at that time consisted of 120 houses, 12 of which were slated, the rest being thatched. The number of inhabitants was 500-600. In 1703 cartographer Thomas Moland produced a pictorial map of Ennis showing the basic street pattern with several one- and two-storey houses and a new bridge (CL033-082014-) close to the Friary. This bridge opened the northern end of the town and the Friary precinct to through traffic. Many of the existing houses in the town are likely to be 17th century in origin and Bradley, Halpin and King (1988, 51) state that all of Chapel Lane is most probably of this date. A definite 17th-century date has been established for a number of houses such as McParland’s (CL033-082005-) with its gable dated to c. 1600 (Coyne 2012) and some internal timbers dated to 1672. Cruise’s (CL033-082002-) has an intact west gable and datestone of 1658 and houses on all three main streets have Jacobean-style chimneys (CL033-082003-, CL033-082004- and CL033-082006-). Two other 17th-century houses, George Stacpoole’s and James McNamara’s (CL033-082010- and CL033-082030-) are known from existing inscribed stone plaques. Lenthall’s Inn (CL033-082009-) is depicted as having stood at the square on Dineley’s drawing and dates from 1681. There are references to many monuments of interest in Ennis in 16th- and 17th-century historical sources although their precise locations are unknown. Fish weirs on the River Fergus (CL033-082050- and CL033-082051-) are noted in 1570 and 1585. In 1685 two ‘Mills of Inish’ are recorded (CL033-138001- and CL033-138002-) although earlier mills (CL033-082049-) are known to be associated with the Friary c. 1570. The establishment of a prison (CL033-082013-) in 1591 is cited with one Patrick Morgan appointed jailer and there is reference to another prison (CL033-082052-) under construction in 1642. Gallows (CL033-082007-) are known to have existed in Old Barrack Street North in 1674 and there were stocks (CL033-082052-) somewhere on O’Connell Street in 1682 with a pair of stocks erected in 1699. Schools are referred to in 1666 (CL033-082043-) and 1681 (CL033-082044-), known as John Stretch’s and Dr. Cargill’s respectively and a bakery (CL033-082045-) under the name Ellen Meagh is noted in 1674. (Ó Murchadha 1984, 65-8; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 44-6; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1992; Ó Dálaigh 1986; 1987; 1992; 2012) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 September 2014

• CL033-082001 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  Situated in the centre of Ennis Historic Town (CL033-082----) on what was formerly an island formed by the River Fergus. The Franciscans were invited to establish a monastery here c. AD 1240 c. 1km W of Clonroad Castle (CL033-085001-). While the earliest dwellings were most likely temporary, the defeat of the Anglo-Normans at Clare Castle (CL041-089----) in 1270 allowed Toirrdelach Mór Ó Briain of Clonroad the opportunity to construct a more permanent building for the friars at Ennis. An ornate friary in the Gothic style was constructed consisting of a long nave and chancel with a window of five tall lancets in the E gable. Construction continued into the 14th century with the refectory and sacristy added by Matha Caoch MacNamara in 1349 (O'Neill 2009, 315). During a period of great prosperity in the 15th century the friary was substantially rebuilt including the addition of a cloister garth to the N, c. 1470, an ornate transept built onto the southern wall of the nave and a bell tower inserted between the nave and chancel. The friary was dissolved in 1543 but remained open until 1570. For a time it was used as a law court and prison. Following a royal visitation in 1615 it was decided that the friary church be renovated and used for Protestant worship. A secure gateway, known in the 18th century as ‘the great gate of the abbey of St Francis’ sealed off the friary from the rest of the urban settlement. This is visible on Hewett’s map of 1736 and is mentioned in the Registry of Deeds in 1763 and 1783. The church was closed in 1871 and the Protestant congregation moved to a new church. The ruins were formally handed over to the Franciscan Order in 1969. In 2011-12 the nave was re-roofed and the windows glazed by the Office of Public Works and the ‘Royal tomb’ (CL033-082015-) was moved from the chancel into the nave to prevent further weathering. The ruined remains consist of the church (L c. 44m; Wth c. 9m) with S transept and parts of the E, N and W ranges of the cloister to the N (see plan in Westropp 1895, 139). The walls (H c. 10m) and gables (c. 15m) stand to their original height. The S wall of the chancel has three windows with double lights, a fourth with three lights and a fifth, originally a twin-light but blocked by the insertion of the crossing-tower. There is a double piscina in the E corner divided by a central pier and the Inchiquin tomb (CL033-082017-) partially blocks the second window from the E. A 17th-century memorial to the Woulfe family (CL033-082027-) is further west on the S wall. The N wall of the chancel, which is plastered, has a round-arched doorway with flattened rear-arch opening to the sacristy. A window near the crossing-tower is partly blocked up but may originally have had three lights. The 19th-century Creagh tomb is at the E end (the Royal Tomb ((CL033-082015-)), portions of which were formerly incorporated into the Creagh tomb has now been moved into the nave). Also on this N wall is a memorial to the McNamara family (CL033-082022-). The E gable of the chancel has a splayed, pointed, five-light window (H c. 11m). The three central lights, included in one splay, are divided by unusually light chamfered mullions and the mouldings on the window are quite simple. There is a small flat-arched rectangular window in the gable above the E window. The N wall of the nave has been much altered since the 13th century. An original double-lancet window was blocked by the insertion of the tower and a second double lancet close to the tower has a pointed rear-arch. It is set high in the wall and its sloping sill is intact. A small single-light window is inserted beneath with a 17th-century (Kerin) memorial inserted above (CL033-082020-). There are four shallow 15th-century sedilia with pointed canopies in the E end of the wall but they are either damaged, partly blocked or have later memorials inserted into them. The Considine and O’Hehir memorials (CL033-082025-, CL033-082019-) are on this N wall. Two large pointed windows were inserted into the wall at a later period and close to the W end there is a modern blocked door visible on the external wall-face. The S wall has a single-light ogee-headed window behind the W support of the tower and two large pointed arches open to the S transept. W of the transept is a sedilia and there is an inserted doorway close to the W end with an upside-down face as an external stop. A second Considine memorial (CL033-082021-) is to be found on the external wall-face just outside this door to the E. A large single-light pointed window similar to those on the N wall is inserted in the W end of the S wall. The W wall has a triple-light window below which is a round-arched doorway. A crossing-tower of four floors was inserted in the 15th century. It has a high groined vault over the crossing and was rebuilt from the top of the second floor in the 18th century when crenellations and corner pinnacles were added. The first floor was accessed from the E range of the cloister and from the wall-walk of the S transept. Under the crossing tower is a screen of flamboyant tracery with carved panels which may have been part of an ornate tomb (CL033-082016-). In a niche on a pier of the tower is a carved image of St. Francis carrying a cross-staff and showing the stigmata on the side, hands and feet. The S transept, known also as the ‘Lady Chapel’ or ‘Michael Chapel’, consists of an aisle with three chapels on the E side. The chapels were covered by vaults supported on rectangular pillars. There are three windows in the E wall, the two over the central and southern chapels are pointed with three rounded lights and switchline tracery above while the northern one is ogee-headed with cusped quatrefoil tracery. The S wall has two large triple-lights with switchline tracery above. The S chapel had a double piscina with two small rectangular basins. An arch between the nave and transept bears an image of ‘Christ's Pity' or 'Ecce Homo (Behold the Man)’. The hands are bound and tokens of the crucifixion are arranged about. A sacristy built of roughly coursed rubble limestone with dressed quoins is situated to the N of the chancel. The barrel-vaulted ground floor is of 13th century date while the first and second floors were probably added in the 15th century. It is unroofed and the W wall of the ground floor is missing. The E wall has a pointed twin-light window and a round-arched doorway at the N end leads to a tower added to the NE angle in the 15th century. There are four round-arched recesses in the N wall and three in the S. Modern access to the first floor is via a stairs which has been built onto the N wall of the church. At first-floor level the E gable survives to 5m and has a tall mullioned and transomed rectangular window, possibly 17th century. A door opened from the N end to the tower. A row of corbels in the N wall indicate the former existence of a second floor. The tower, accessed from the NE angle contains a narrow chamber with a pointed vault at ground-floor level, badly lit by a flat lintelled slit in the E wall. Another small chamber to the W is barrel vaulted and also badly lit from the S by two narrow slits. There is a small wall-cupboard in the W wall and a fireplace in the W end of the N wall. The first floor is accessed from the first floor of the sacristy and is lit by a small rectangular window at E. The W wall has a single-light ogee-headed window and there were windows in the N and S walls also. Of the cloister, the foundations and some of the columns survive and part of the W and N arcade have been rebuilt. The roofing line for the S and N ambulatory can been seen in the S wall of the north range and on the N wall of the nave. Only the N and E wall of the ground floor and part of the first floor of the narrow two-storeyed E range remain. The E wall has an opening and a twin-light ogee-headed window at the N end and a single-light window at the S end. The N wall has a wide splayed b

• CL033-082002 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated on the E side of Abbey Street within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). A three-storeyed house of three bays, divided into two houses in the 18th century. Extensively altered and in commercial use but simple plaster cornices of late 17th/18th century survive. The W gable is intact together with its coping stones and the stone eves course can be seen behind the modern gutters along the front wall. The W chimney stack may be hidden under modern cement. A rectangular plaque on the front wall bears an inscription in relief. The inscription reads ‘This house was built in the yeare of Our Lord God 1658 by John Cruce'. (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 14; 2012, 24; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 49; RPS Ennis 2013, 50) CL033-082002-_01.jpg and CL033-082002-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 April 2014

• CL033-082003 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated at 31-35 Abbey Street at the corner of Francis Street in Ennis town (CL033-082----). A terrace of rendered stone houses with an early 17th century double-diamond Jacobean chimney stack in the S gable. Divided into three shop units with 19th and 20th century shopfronts. The houses were re-roofed c. 1990 but the line of the original steep-pitched roof can be seen below the chimney stacks. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 50; RPS Ennis 2013, 56) CL033-082003-_01.jpg and CL033-082003-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 May 2014

• CL033-082004 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated at 24-26 O’Connell Street between Quin’s Bow and Cook’s Lane within Ennis Historic town (CL033-082----). These two two-storey buildings with dormer attics, now occupied by Maurer’s Jewellers and Brogan’s Public House were probably originally one house similar to Cruise’s on Abbey Street (CL033-082002-) with chimney stacks in each gable. One triple row, Jacobean-style, early 17th-century chimney stack is visible on the S gable of Maurer’s. The other two are cemented over. The façade was remodelled in the 19th century. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 51; RPS Ennis 2013) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 May 2014

• CL033-082005 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated at no. 18 Parnell Street, at the junction of Parnell Street and Chapel Lane in Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). Known as ‘McParland’s’, as so named on the late 19th-century shopfront, this two-storey house with dormer attic in private ownership was discovered in 2008 to be in an unstable condition. Modification to the shop in the 19th century had resulted in the structural failure over time of the gable wall and its diagonally set Jacobean chimney. It was proposed to dismantle and re-build the chimney cap, to remove the gable wall and chimney breast and to rebuild them. In order to facilitate the programme of restoration the dismantling of the chimney cap and breast was archaeologically monitored under licence (11E0377) (Coyne 2012). Excavations preceding the reconstruction were conducted on the ground floor of the interior (also under licence 11E3077). These revealed at least five periods of use for the fireplace, the earliest dating to the construction of the gable around AD 1600. The original dimensions of the fireplace were 1.9m N-S and 1m in depth and it was floored with small rounded cobbles. The fireplace became progressively smaller during several later reconstructions. The body of the house has thick walls (c. 0.9m) with very large horizontal (0.25m x 0.2m) oak beams and vertical oak standards in the S and W walls. Some of these timbers were dendrochronologically dated to 1672 (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 24). The house was home to Harriet Smithson, wife of Hector Berlioz in the 19th century. Timbers in the attic revealed a probable dormer window to the rear and a light door to the adjoining attic of house no. 20 shows that the two originally formed one house (Ua Cróinín 2012, 71-4). House no. 24-6 (CL033-082006-) has a similar Jacobean chimney and is of similar date. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 51) CL033-082005-_01.jpg and CL033-082005-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 March 2014

• CL033-082006 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated at no. 24-26 Parnell Street, in Ennis historic town (CL033-082----), next door to the 17th century house known as McParland’s (CL033-082005-). This house has a similar Jacobean chimney to that at McParland’s indicating remnants of earlier fabric. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 51) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 April 2014

• CL033-082007 Castle - tower house
  Description

  A 15th/16th-century tower house within the Old Ground Hotel complex in Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). Referred to in the Calendar of State Papers (Cal. S.P. Ire., 1509-73, 432) as ‘The Inche’. In 1574 the earl of Thomond was named as the owner of the castles of Clonrawde (CL033-085001-), Clare (CL041-089----) and Inish (Twigge 1910, 75-85). A rectangular structure (7.5m x 5.2m; wall T at base 1.2-1.5m) with other walls of similar thickness radiating out from it. Originally three or four-storeyed but only extant to first-floor level and mostly hidden by modern plaster and wall board dating to renovations done in the 1960s. The original masonry appears to consist of large blocks of evenly coursed limestone. The vaulted ground floor is much altered and in use as store-rooms, staff dining and reception areas and its original plan is difficult to ascertain. It had a fireplace that is now blocked up. At first-floor level there is a barrel-vaulted room. The E wall is stepped 0.7m below the vault creating a ledge (Wth 0.15m). Towards the W of the vault is a line of wall in the roof plaster (Wth 0.6m) indicating a former division within the room. It was lit towards the E end of the S wall by a segmental-headed window under the vault. The window is slightly splayed and the rear arch is flat lintelled although the vault has a pointed arch above the window. A similar but smaller pointed arch occurs towards the W end of this wall and there is a wide modern door beneath it. The W wall has a wide, flat-arched, modern, wooden-framed door in the centre. There is another flat lintelled opening at the W end of the N wall and two double-splayed modern openings to the E. Above the more easterly opening is a pointed arch set into the vault similar to that in the S wall which may indicate a larger original window in this position. A large carved fireplace, dated 1553, from Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-) has been set into the centre of the E wall. As no stairway is extant it is clear that the tower house was originally part of a larger complex. Adjacent buildings include vestiges of a gatehouse (CL033-082033-) and an 18th-century prison later used as a town hall. (Twigge 1910, 75-85; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 80-81; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1987, 46-7; 1992, 5-7; Ó Dálaigh 2012, 15; RPS 2013, 112) CL033-082007-_01.jpg and CL033-082007-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney The attached document (CL033-082007-_01.pdf ) containing details from 'The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare' (unpublished report), has been uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 11 December 2014

• CL033-082008 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on Abbey Street within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). One of two stone houses erected c. 1577 between Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) and the S-N river Fergus c. 30m to the W for the reception of guests. One of these houses became known as the ‘Earl of Thomond’s’ house. In 1672 a small turret in Ennis together with a boat-slip ‘parcel of the late Abbey of Ennis’ was leased to Donough O’Brien of Leamaneh. In 1682 it is referred to as the ‘old decaying house of the earl of Thomond’. In his will of 1717 Donough bequeathed the ‘castle of Ennis’ to his grandson, Edward O’Brien of Dromoland. A castle on the riverside close to the Franciscan friary was removed c. 1835 when some of its stones may have been used to build the Club Bridge (CL033-082014-) c. 100m to the N, although no medieval stone is visible in the bridge. Remnants of the castle were noted in April 2013 in the rear return of a house on Abbey Street in an Environmental Impact Statement connected with the Fergus River flood relief scheme. The two-storey return (ext. dims. 9.75m E-W; 7m N-S) has thick walls (T 1.35m). On the ground floor a window high in the W wall is probably in an original embrasure for a small light, and a segmental-arched embrasure in the same wall (now blocked) could contain a fireplace (pers. comm. R. Ua Cróinín and F. Coyne, SMR file). (Frost 1893; Ó Dálaigh 2012, 2, 15, 24) Compiled by: Mary Tunney 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: 11 December 2014

• CL033-082009 Inn
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  Situated at O’Connell Square within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). A depiction by Thomas Dineley in 1681 shows Lenthall’s Inn as a large two-storey building of four bays with dormer windows in the roof and a chimney stack on the S gable and names it ‘Lenthall’s, the chief inn’ (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 4). John Lenthall, innkeeper, is mentioned in the Manor Court Rolls in 1674 (ibid., 20) and a John Lenthall, vintner, is named in a new charter issued for Ennis dated 1687 (ibid., 5). This is one of four recorded inns in Ennis in the 17th century and the only one with a known location although one was in an unknown location on the present Parnell Street. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 May 2014

• CL033-082011 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated on Abbey Street, at the corner of Francis Street within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). Spellissy (1987, 80) cited in Bradley, Halpin and King (1988, 50) notes that in 1681 John Cruce was required to build a house next to his own, 40ft (12.1m) long, 18ft (5.4m) broad and 14ft (4.2m) high. This site is now occupied by the Queen’s Hotel. (RPS 2013, 51) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 May 2014

• CL033-082012 Market-house
  Description

  Situated at O’Connell Square, where the present O’Connell monument stands, within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). The earliest documented court sessions in Ennis were held in the vaulted chapterhouse or sacristy of Franciscan Friary (CL033-082001-) from 1570 (Ó Dalaigh, 1986, 5). By 1641 a new market-house including courtrooms had been built in the centre of the town on the E side of what was then the market place. Dineley’s sketch of 1681 represents it as an L-shaped, gabled building of two or three floors. Moland’s map (1703) shows it with a cupola over the roof and an arched façade of three bays at the front. The ground floor of the building was arcaded for the use of market traders and the upper floor was where the law courts were held and where the county grand jury assembled. There is a reference in the Orrery letters (ii, 73-4) to its use as a playhouse in 1666 as cited in Ó Dálaigh (2012, 23). The market-house was replaced by a new building c. 1733 which was itself demolished in 1852. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 52; Ó Dálaigh 2012, 4, 15) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 May 2014

• CL033-082015 Wall monument
  Description

  A 15th-century tripartite tomb canopy, part of the Royal or McMahon tomb, was conserved in 2011 and moved, for protection, to a central location against a purpose-built wall within the newly roofed nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). The tomb was erected c. 1470 by More ní Bhriain, daughter of one of the kings of Thomond and wife of Terence MacMahon of Corcavaskin (Hunt, vol. 1, 121). By the mid 19th century it had completely disintegrated and the main carvings were rebuilt into the Creagh tomb on the original Royal tomb site in the chancel where it would have been close to the high altar. In 1952 it was reconstructed by the Office of Public Works and stood for a time just west of the Creagh tomb. A number of carved slabs from the Royal tomb that had been set into the 19th century Creagh tomb in the chancel are now displayed in the nave on the rear side of the new wall. Some depict Christ’s passion and some represent Christ and the Apostles. One panel depicting the Resurrection has a carved swastika, interpreted by Rynne (1990, 3-18) as a Christian cross, a sun symbol or a symbol of the Resurrection. The carvings were influenced by the English medieval alabaster style (Hunt 1975, 35-6 and Pl. II; Kearns 1997, 15). Replicas of these panels have been placed in the Creagh tomb. The canopy is of three arches supported on four pillars. The vault of the canopy was groined and although the ribs are largely missing two floriated roof bosses survive. Three pointed arches are crocketed, finialed and pinnacled and over the central arch there is a depiction of St. John’s head in a dish. (Westropp 1895, 133-55; 1895, 34-5; Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 120-26; vol. 2, pl. 235-42, 244-5; 1975, 35-8; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 71-2; Rynne 1990, 3-18; Kearns 1997, 14-15) CL033-082015-_01.jpg, CL033-082015-_02.jpg and CL033-082015-_03.jpg attached. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082016 Wall monument
  Description

  Situated under the S arch of the tower of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A pointed limestone arch of openwork flame-shaped tracery of the 15th century which may have been part of an ornate tomb. It is supported on moulded chamfered jambs which incorporate a figurative panel. Both panels (H c. 0.4m; Wth c. 0.25m) are rectangular with figures carved in false relief under pointed crocketed niches. On the E side is a bishop holding a cross-staff and on the W side the seated figure of the Virgin and Child. A mason’s mark consisting of a triskele of leaves in a circle is visible on the E face of the Virgin and Child panel. The tomb may originally have been sited on the W wall of the transept (Ó Dalaigh and Gilmore 1996, 22). (Westropp 1895, 152-3; Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 127; vol. 2, pl. 246-7; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 72-3; Ó Dálaigh and Gilmore 1996, 20-24) CL033-082016-_01.jpg, CL033-082016-_02.jpg and CL033-082016-_03.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 March 2014

• CL033-082017 Wall monument
  Description

  On the S wall of the chancel of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) in its original position. A tomb canopy of c. AD 1500 over the Inchiquin tomb, the burial place of Toirdelbach Ua Briain, the founder of the Friary, and his descendants. It protrudes 0.22m from the wall and the table is missing. The canopy has five groined vaults with floriated bosses and supports a pediment decorated with an arcade of cusped ogee-headed panels. Described by Westropp (1895, 150-51) as ‘not of very happy design, the sides being quite plain; the upper part has a series of heavy horizontal mouldings along a flat dovetailed arch; above these is a panelling of small trefoil-headed recesses, and a plain sloping roof, the whole much resembling a fireplace.’ Carvings of flowers and leaves decorate the miniature groinings of the canopy and the sides of the recesses. (Westropp 1895, 135-55; Gilmore 1981, 28-30; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 73) CL033-082017-_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 March 2014

• CL033-082019 Wall monument
  Description

  In the N wall of the nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A fossiliferous limestone mural tablet (H 0.48m; Wth 0.6m), much weathered and broken in two, with a Latin inscription in Roman capitals commemorating Laurence O’Hehir of Dromkarhin, dated 16(21). The inscription reads ‘QUISQUIS ERIS QUI TRANSIERIS STA PERLEGE PLORA SUM QUOD ERIS FUERAMQUE QUOD ES PRO ME PRECOR ORA. QUOD CINIS ET PULVIS QUOD SORDIDA TERRA SUPERTAS QUOD REDIS IN CINERES NON MENINISSES NOCET GEN ORATE PRO ANIMA LAURENTII O’HEHIR DE DROMKARHIN QUI HUNC…UMULU FIERI FECIT PRO SE ET SUIS SU…CESSORIBUS ANNO DNI 16…(apparently 21).’ (Westropp 1895-7, 36). This translates as ‘Whoever you will be who shall pass by, stand, read, weep. I am what you will be, and I had been what you are. I ask that you pray for me. It hurts not to remember the ashes and dust because, poor man, to the dirty earth you return in ashes. Pray for the soul of Laurence O’Hehir of Dromharkin who is buried here. The monument was made for him and his descendants in the year of Our Lord 1621.’ (trans. Senan Hedderman O.F.M. 1991) (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 74-5) CL033-082019-_01.jpg and CL033-082020-_02.jpg attached. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082020 Wall monument
  Description

  In the N wall of the nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) above a small round headed window. A limestone tablet (H 1.63m; Wth 0.79m; D 0.14m) with an inscription in Roman capitals in English and Latin commemorating Tiege O'Kerin of Glean, dated 1685. The inscription reads ‘HERE LIES THE BODY OF TIEGE O KERIN OF GLEAN WHO DYED THE 26 OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR 1685. THIS STONE WAS SET UP BY THADY KERIN SON TO THE SAID TIEGE. VIXISTI FAELIX MORIERE BEATIOR NUNC SPES TIBI VITA FUIT MORS TIBI MUNUS ERAT.’ The Latin portion translates as 'Thou hast lived happy, more happy to die, in such a hope, was life to you, death to you will be a gift' (translated by Fr. Senan Hedderman, O.F.M. 1991).(Westropp 1895, 36; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 75-6) CL033-082020-_01.jpg and CL033-082020-_02.jpg attached. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082021 Wall monument
  Description

  Moved from the interior of the S wall of the nave to the exterior of the same wall of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) within a porch added in the 20th century. A limestone mural tablet (H 0.53m; Wth 0.69m) with an inscription in Latin commemorating Eugene Considine, dated 1686. The inscription, in incised Roman capitals, reads ‘EUGENIUS CONSIDIN CELEBRIS STIRPS NOMINIS HUJUS PROSE PROQUE SUIS HANC OLIM STRUXERAT URNAM POST DESTRUCTA FUIT CROMVELLI MARTE FURENTIS SED REPARATA PRO JACOBE REGE SECONDO ALTERO AB EUGENIO STIPIS EJUSDEM HIS PROFINDE PRECES LECTOR MORTISQUE MEMENTO ANNO DOMINI 1686’ (Westropp 1895-7, 36). This translates as ‘Eugene Considine brought himself and his descendants this previous monument and urn constructed after it had been destroyed in the war of raging Cromwell and repaired in the reign of the pious King James 2nd by Eugene the Younger for them and for him. Do them reader offer prayers/remember death in the year AD 1686.’ (trans. Senan Hedderman O.F.M. 1991) (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 76-7) CL033-082021-_01.jpg and CL033-082021-_02.jpg attached. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082022 Wall monument
  Description

  In the N wall of the chancel of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A much-weathered inscribed slab (H 0.87m; Wth 0.91m) under the McNamara coat-of-arms and over a plain stone chest-tomb (L 2.07m). The chest-tomb rests on a moulded base and the inscribed slab is flanked by pilasters supporting free-standing obelisks. The coat-of-arms, in low false relief, are divided per pale with two arrowheads and a crescent in chief above a lion rampant dexter impaling three boars heads between chevron. There is a helmet above and an arm holding a lance. The inscription is in Latin and reads ‘HIC JACENT JACOBUS MACNAMARA ET UXOR EJUS HELEN ALEE DE ENNIS QUORUM FILIUS PROMOGENITUS JOHANNES MACNAMARA DE LIMERICK HOC MONUMENTUM EREXIT ILLIS SIBI ET HEREDIBUS SUIS ANNO DOMINI 1686. VIVE MEMOR MORTIS QUI SEMPER VIVERE POSSIS QUIDQUID ADEST TRANSIT QUOD MANET ECCE VENIT MISEREMINI MEI MISEREMINI MEI SALTEM VOS AMICI, VOS MEI JOB 19.’ (Westropp 1895-7, 38) This translates as ‘Here lies James MacNamara and his wife Helen Lee of Ennis whose firstborn son John MacNamara, from Limerick, erected this monument to them, to himself and his heirs in the year of Our Lord 1686. Live mindful of death so that you can always live. Whatever is present passes to what remains. Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends (Job 19)’ (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 76; Ó Murchadha 1991, 34) CL033-082022-_01.jpg, CL033-082022-_02.jpg and CL033-082022-_03.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082023 Graveslab
  Description

  Cited by Westropp (1895-7, 39) as situated in the SE corner of the chancel of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-), but now missing. The inscription, in Roman capitals, reads ‘HERE LYES THE BODYES OF THOMAS HICK(MAN) OF B(ALLY)HINNAN ESQ WHO DYED … OF 7 BER 1677 & E(LIZABETH) HIS WIFE WHO DYED … 30TH YE SAME YEARE DAUGHTER TO GEORGE COLPOVYS O(F) BALLICARR ESQ.’ . The will of Thomas Hickman of Ballyhinan (1677) reads ‘My bodie to be interred in the chancel of the church of Innish where my dear wife and Mother are interred or as conveniently near them as may be, and it is my will that my eldest sonne Thomas Hickman, junr., doe cause the stone now at Ballyhinan near the waterside for that purpose to be polished and layed over the tomb of mee and my wife, and my armes and name to be thereon ingraven’. (Westropp 1895-7, 39; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 78) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082024 Stone sculpture
  Description

  On display under the canopy of the Royal/McMahon tomb in the nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A fragment of a pieta (H 0.36m; Wth 0.48m; D 0.32m), or ‘Our Lady’s Pity’ as it was known in the 15th century, which may have originally formed part of the Royal tomb (CL033-082015-). One of the few remaining fragments of 15th-century free-standing stone sculpture in the round in Ireland. Carved in limestone, the remaining fragment shows the body of Christ lying upon the knees of the Virgin, the arms crossed at the wrists and the right arm grasped at the elbow by Our Lady’s left hand. (Hunt 1975, 36-8; Pl. II, 2; Harbison 1984, 13-14; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 77) CL033-082024-_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 April 2014

• CL033-082025 Wall monument
  Description

  In the N wall of the nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A limestone tablet (H 0.56m; wth 1m) with an inscription in Latin in incised Roman capitals commemorating Dermot Considine. The inscription reads ‘DIERMITIUS MAC CONSIDIN PROSE ET SUIS POSTERIS HUNC TUMULUM FIERI FECIT ANNO 1631 EST COMMUNE MORI MORS NULLI PARCIT HONORI DEBILIS ET FORTIS VENIUNT AD FUNERA MORTIS’. This translates as ‘Dermot Considine, for himself and his posterity caused this tomb to be made, the year 1631. Death is common to all. Death no one spares. The honourable, the weak and the strong, all come to the obsequies of death.’ (translation Fr. Senan Hedderman O.F.M. 1991). A small ringed cross with expanded terminals is carved in false relief on the tablet to the left of the inscription. (Westropp 1895-7, 37; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 75) CL033-082025-_01.jpg and CL033-082025-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082026 Wall monument
  Description

  Situated on the W wall of the S transept of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) in an area which once had a much higher floor level. A wall monument at this location commemorated the Gore family. It disintegrated over time and with the family’s permission (as remains were visible) it was removed and the remains were reinterred. A 19th-century plaque bearing the Gore name remains at the original location and the outline of the former wall monument can be seen. The location within the transept as well as the name and date are cited on a plan by Westropp as ‘Gore, from 1694’. (Westropp 1895, 139) CL033-082026-_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082027 Wall monument
  Description

  A limestone wall plaque on the S wall of the chancel of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-) with an inscription commemorating Mary FitzGerald (d. 1697), mother of James Woulfe and his wife Alice Woulfe (d. 1742). The inscription according to Westropp (1895-7) reads 'ERECTED BY JAS WOULFE FOR THE REMAINS OF HIS MOTHER MARY FITZGERALD WHO DYED ....BR 1697 AND OF HIS BELOVED WIFE ALICE WOULFE WHO DYED YE 12 OF XBR 1742'. CL033-082027-_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082028 Graveslab
  Description

  On a sedilia on the S wall of the nave of Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). Unearthed in the transept according to Westropp (1895-7, 37), a limestone slab (H 0.9m; Wth 0.39m; T 0.15m) with the following inscription in false relief ….. ‘TEIG O’BR(ien)…/ (Da)NIEL C/ …EIG McT ……/ H Mc M…../ VELLYN/RO GG’. It probably refers to Teig of Ballingown (died. 1578) and his father-in-law, Daniel O’Brien. According to Westropp (ibid.) a 'block' with the O’Brien crest (a dexter arm and hand holding a dagger) was found in association with the slab. This may be the fragment, decorated in false relief, and mounted under the E window in the chancel. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 74, 77) CL033-082028-_01.jpg and CL033-082028-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082029 House - 17th century
  Description

  At no. 10 Abbey Street, Ennis within the historic town (CL033-082----). An inscribed stone (CL033-082030-), found here during demolition, dated the existing house to AD 1661. The house, built originally by a James MacNemara, was described (Clare Champion, August 10, 1990) as a three-bay, three-storey private house with a basement and backgarden. At the time of demolition (1990) the house was in a dangerous condition and of the original building only the front wall containing the datestone remained. It was clear that the demolished house only included part of the original McNemara dwelling which extended to cover the site of a present-day shop next door to the S. A steeper 17th-century style roof pitch is evident on adjacent houses on both sides. (Ó Murchadha 1991, 33-4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082030 Memorial stone
  Description

  At no. 10 Abbey Street, Ennis within the historic town (CL033-082----). An inscribed stone uncovered above and slightly to the right of the front door during the demolition of the remains of a 17th-century house (CL033-082029-) in August 1990. The inscription, in Roman capitals, reads ‘JAMES MACNAMARA BUILT THIS HOUSE ANNO DOMINI 1661’. The stone is on display in a wooden frame inside the present building constructed on the same site. (Ó Murchadha 1991, 33-4) CL033-082030-_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• CL033-082031 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated within Ennis Friary (CL033-082001-). A wedge-shaped limestone slab (L 1.72m; Wth at W 0.6m; Wth at E 0.42m), with rough edges and broken in two across the middle lies set into the floor c. 1m from the N wall of the sacristy with its head to the W. This medieval slab is the earliest known graveslab from the Friary. It is not in its original position and has several 19th-century graveslabs and occasional uninscribed and undated slabs set into the ground adjacent to it. A single-lined incised cross rising from a stepped base runs the length of the slab but the top of the cross is completely worn away. (Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 74) CL033-082031-_01.jpg and CL033-082031-_02.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 April 2014

• CL033-082033 Gatehouse
  Description

  Situated at the S end of Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). According to Ua Cróinín and Breen (1992, 6), cited in Ó Dálaigh (2012, 2) a small castle (CL033-082007-) and gatehouse were built at the southern entry to the town in the second half of the 15th century. A pictorial map of Ennis made in 1703 by Thomas Moland as part of a major survey of the Thomond estate shows the basic street pattern with the market-house (CL033-082012-) at the junction of the three main streets. At the S end of what is now O’Connell St., a large building with tall chimneys on the gables and an archway in its centre, is visible straddling the street. Although not a walled town, the island nature of the town allowed this gate to mark a significant entrance into the town from the S. Its former arch was described in the Clare Freeman newspaper (18.1.1873). A gaol described as ‘lately erected’ in 1595 (CL033-082013-) may have been at this location. From 1713 this was also the location of the County Gaol. Now in use as a bar and restaurant. A tower house (CL033-082007-) is extant at the core of the adjoining Old Ground Hotel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 May 2014

• CL033-082034 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated in the W and N ranges of the Franciscan Friary (CL033-082001-) within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). The refectory and dormitory of the friary W and N ranges were converted for use in the 17th century. The restaurant and public house now occupying the premises was extensively renovated in 2008. It retains the pitched 17th century slate roof and staircase and incorporates some of the late medieval fabric of the original buildings. (RPS 2013, 48) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 May 2014 Ennis Friary Cloistral Buildings are subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1975).

• CL033-082036 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated at No. 2 Abbey Street within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). An end of terrace four-storey house (c. 1670) having an early 20th-century shopfront on the ground floor. The roof of the house is unusually angled and some ashlar stonework, visible on the gable wall, formed part of a courthouse built c. 1733 on the site of an earlier market-house (CL033-082012-). (RPS Ennis 2013, 61) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 June 2014

• CL033-082047 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On the corner of Barrett’s Lane and Harvey’s Quay within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). A pair of late medieval door hanging eyes inside a door arch, one on each side. (RPS Ennis 2013, 78) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 June 2014

• CL033-082053 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated at No. 2 High Street within Ennis historic Town (CL033-082----). A three-storey house over a basement, extensively rebuilt in 2005 and in commercial use with a traditional shopfront at ground-floor level. During rebuilding, the sidestones of a 17th-century window (stones cut and chamfered) were moved from a rear return and are on display within the shop on the ground floor. Vestiges of a former dormer window (a type known in other early houses in the town, see CL033-082015-) were noted in the attic. (RPS Ennis 2013, 79) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 2 December 2014

• CL033-082054 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated at what is now the junction of the Kilrush Road and Carmody Street. An irregular enclosure (max. dim. c. 30m), defined at NE and SE by straight field boundaries and at W by a curved boundary, is visible on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map and is named ‘Grave Yard’. A larger-scale OS town plan of the area of the same date curiously does not include the name ‘Grave Yard’. A street called ‘Garraunakilla’ (Garrán na Cille, churchyard grove), c. 60m to the N may have been named because of an association with the burial ground. There appears to have been unofficial burial here in the 18th and 19th centuries but the date of origin of the burial ground is unknown. One tombstone with the inscription ‘Jane Percy, died Oct 17 1828 Aged 1yr’ was found and erected on Lower Drumbiggle Road (ITM 533548, 677308). A plaque was erected on Garraunakilla in 2013 (ITM 533593, 677272) to commemorate those buried in the area. (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 12, 22; Brennan 2013) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 November 2015

• CL033-082055 Gatehouse
  Description

  On the S bank of the River Fergus at the W end of Ennis Historic town (CL033-082----). According to Ó Dálaigh (2017, 92) a gatehouse may have stood in Mill Street (now Parnell Street) prior to the 17th century, controlling entry to the town from the west. Entry was controlled elsewhere by other gatehouses (see CL033-082033- and CL033-082001-) and by natural features such as rivers and marshes. Documentary sources (Corporation Book of Ennis, 1752, p. 268) reveal an order to demolish a ruined building adjacent to a ‘Mr. Kent’s’ house. This Mr. Francis Kent is recorded as a resident of Ennis in 1683 and served on the Corporation. The reference states ‘We find and present that the old ruined houses in Mill Street, near Mr. Kent’s, are in such a dangerous situation in several parts thereof, that not only the neighbours living near it, but travellers and other persons walking in the street by said buildings are in danger. We therefore find that all that part of the said old ruined building that appears to be in danger, be pulled down at the expense of the inhabitants of Mill Street.’ Ó Dálaigh postulates that people would have been living over the arch of a gatehouse, hence the mention of the plural ‘houses’ and ‘buildings’ and the implication that falling masonry would be an issue. The singular ‘building’ is then used to describe a discrete building. The location of Mr. Kent’s 18th-century house is verified through references made in 1756 to the repair of ‘Connell’s Lane’ (now Fahy’s Lane) opposite his house. It is clear that there was a 17th century (or earlier) building at this location. It's nature however is not definite. A gateway here would be compatible with the streetscape of the time and would complete a possible line of defense between the Gaol Street (O'Connell St.) gatehouse (CL033-082033-) and the river. (Ó Dálaigh 2017, 91-4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 3 July 2018

• CL033-082056 Well
  Description

  On Curtin’s Lane within Ennis Historic town (CL033-082----). A well-preserved stone-lined well (1.3m E-W; 1.2m N-S) walled with medium-sized roughly cut blocks was discovered in September 2020 during excavation works for the Ennis Public Realm Regeneration Project by Moore Archaeological and Environmental Services (Moore and Parra 2020). The well was in a mixed brown silty clay layer and was 0.5m below the modern ground surface. It is 1.58m in depth with a layer of stone and clay at the base. Previous excavation work may have disturbed the well as evidenced by an existing duct immediately to the S. The date of the well is unknown but it appears to predate the 1840 OS map. The well will be preserved in situ and presented as a street feature. The following images have been uploaded: CL033-082056-_01.jpg The top of the well following exposure and cleaning (photo: Moore group). CL033-082056-_02.jpg Portion of the interior structure of the well (photo: Moore group). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 24 November 2020

• CL033-172 Font (present location)
  Description

  This record is for the present location of a font found during renovations to the floor of Kilballyowen church (CL065-071001-), near the village of Cross, Loop Head, Co. Clare (original location record CL065-071005-) and dedicated to St. John the Baptist. This richly carved limestone font is in storage in Clare Museum, Ennis. The font was donated in the 1960’s to the de Valera Library and Museum and was subsequently moved to Clare Museum as a result of flooding. Described by Higgins (1995, 29) as consisting of three pieces, joined with modern cement and repaired with plaster, it is now in two pieces, the bowl and shaft remaining cemented together. Westropp (1915, 354) suggests a date of 1460-80 and likens the carving to that on the Royal tomb in Ennis Friary (CL033-082015-). Higgins (ibid.) draws parallels with the tracery canopy under the crossing tower of the Friary (CL033-082016-). The moulded base (H 0.28m) is octagonal in plan and it and the lower third of the rectangular shaft are of a single piece (H 0.41m; Wth 0.52m; each face L 0.21m). The remainder of the panelled and carved shaft (H 0.37m) and the shallow basin stone (D 0.11-0.13m; Wth 0.35-0.37m; diam. 0.18-0.19m) with drain-hole and moulded corners form the second piece. The shaft has spirally fluted columns at the angles and a decorated panel on each face. Two panels have well-preserved foliage or trees. One panel depicts St John the Baptist wearing a long pleated robe and a cloak fastened with a six-petalled ring-brooch. The vestments are highly stylised and the cloak is gathered to the middle of the body where the saint holds a panel of lozenge-shaped form bearing a depiction of a lamb. The right hand is raised and holds a long staff with terminals of trifoliate form. The carved image of another person on the fourth panel is too defaced to be identified. (Westropp 1915, 353-7; Higgins 1995, 29-32) CL033-172----_01.jpg attached (Photo: Westropp article 1915, opp. p. 354). CL033-172----_02.jpg and CL033-172----_03.jpg attached. CL033-172----_04.jpg attached (Photo: courtesy of Clare Museum, Ennis shows the two pieces placed together) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Updated by: Mary Tunney Date of uploaded revision: 22 September 2014

• CL033-178 Cross (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A medieval cross-base (Wth 0.33m) with an inscription in Latin that translates as ‘In this sign you shall conquer’. Found in a garden at Carron, Co. Clare. Its original location is unknown (CL010-228----). The label suggests it may have been used as a base for a processional cross. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 August 2014

• CL033-179 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A block of stone (L 0.29m; Wth 0.35m) with Romanesque carving from Dysert O’Dea church (CL025-091001-). CL033-179----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-180 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A limestone corbel with a finely carved head from Kilmacreehy church (CL015-083001-). CL033-180----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-181 Cross-inscribed stone (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A small irregularly shaped piece of sandstone (H 0.33m; Wth 0.14m; T 0.05m) with an incised ringed cross occupying the full width at the top (most of the upper portion of the cross is broken off). Originally from Inis Cealtra. See original location record (CL029-009038-). CL033-181----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-182 Cross (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A small portion (L c. 0.15m; Wth c. 0.05m) of the ring from a sandstone ringed cross. Originally from Inis Cealtra. See original location record (CL029-009039-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-183 Cross (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. The arms and top of a small highly decorated cross (Wth 0.21m; H 0.17m). Found on Inis Cealtra in ‘Area 3’ (St Brigid’s church and surroundings) during excavations undertaken 1970-80 by Liam de Paor (2013, 69). See original location record (CL029-009040-). CL033-183----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-184 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A Romanesque carved stone animal head from the E gable of St Brigid’s church, Inis Cealtra (CL029-009006-). Found under the collapsed gable during excavations in 1970-80 (de Paor 2013, 70). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-185 Cross-inscribed stone (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A sandstone gravemarker (Wth c. 0.3m; H 0.26m) with a finely incised Chi-Rho cross from the collapse of a wall near St Brigid’s church, Inis Cealtra (CL029-009006-) (de Paor 2013, 68). See original location record (CL029-009041-). CL033-185----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 22 October 2014

• CL033-186 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A small, irregularly shaped block of sandstone (H 0.25m; Wth 0.22m; T c. 0.06m) with an incised multi-grooved cross in a circle. Originally from within the remains of a church (CL021A005001-) on Illaunmore Island in Lough Derg (Gleeson 1955, 57). See original location record (CL021A005003-). CL033-186----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2014

• CL033-187 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A broken slab (H 0.4m; Wth at top 0.34m; Wth at base 0.14m; T. c. 0.06m) with a simple, single-lined incised, wheeled cross. The ends of the arms extend beyond the wheel and have plain expanded terminals. Originally from Illaunmore Island in Lough Derg. See original location record (CL021A005004-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2014

• CL033-188 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. An irregularly shaped sandstone block (H 0.25m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.05m) with an elaborately carved cross in relief within a circle. Originally from Illaunmore Island in Lough Derg. See original location record (CL021a005005-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2014

• CL033-189 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A small irregularly shaped sandstone block (H 0.27m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.05m) with a plain incised cross continuing right to the edges of the stone. The horizontal line of the cross is not quite at right angles to the vertical line. Originally from within the remains of a church (CL021a005001-) on Illaunmore Island in Lough Derg (Gleeson 1955, 57). See original location record (CL021a005006-). CL033-189----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2014

• CL033-190 Stone head (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A small carved stone head (H 0.2m) at the top of a limestone block (0.4m; 0.23m) originally from Glencolumbkille, Co. Clare. According to the label 'the closest parallels are found on stone carvings of the 8th and 9th century AD but the shape and flatness of the face bear some resemblance to earlier Iron Age carvings'. See original location record (CL010-038005-). Reference: Ní Ghabhláin, S. 1988 Carved stone head from Glencolumbcille, County Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 118, 135-8. CL033-190----_01.jpg attached. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 October 2014

• CL033-191 Sheela-na-gig (present location)
  Description

  On display in Clare Museum, Ennis. A sheela-na-gig found S of Ballyportry castle (CL017-084002-). This carving was discovered in the area S of Ballyportry tower house (CL017-084002-). It is described by Freitag (2004, 124) as a figure ‘crudely carved in limestone. The huge head is neckless with big jug ears; deep- set round eyes raised in sockets; nose broken off. Teeth showing in slightly opened mouth. No breasts, but an over-large round navel. Hands pass behind wide open thighs; fingers tear open long deep vulva from which amniotic sac protrudes. The latter is shaped like a balloon, filling gap between widely splayed legs. The knees are bent with the feet turning outwards and the left half foot broken off.’ For the original location see CL017-084005-. (Andersen 1977, 145, No. 54) CL033-191----_01.jpg attached. Updated by: Mary Tunney Date of revised upload: 28 October 2014

Architectural heritage

• O'Connell Monument, monument, 1855–1865 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding monument, built 1859-63, on a square plan comprising statue-topped limestone ashlar Roman Doric column on margined tooled limestone ashlar panelled pedestal on limestone ashlar stepped base. Set back from line of street with remains of cut-limestone ramped plinth to perimeter. NOTE: Designed by William Carroll (1817-89) of Ennis with a statue of Daniel "The Liberator" O'Connell (1775-1847), 'ten feet high...cut from one block of limestone weigh[ing] upwards of ten tons', sculpted by James Cahill (1830-90) of Dublin (The Dublin Builder 15th May 1864, 100). Erected on the site of the old Ennis Courthouse (1733) where the election O'Connell to the British House of Commons was declared (1828).

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited ten-bay three-storey purpose-built bank and bank manager's house, built 1874, with entrance bay set in curved corner. Main façade comprises two-bays on each street flanking the entrance bay. Five-bay block forms a subsidiary block along Bank Place. Pitched slate roof. Cut-limestone walls to ground floor, having cut-limestone pilasters with capitals and scrolls above, flanking the main façade openings. Red brick walls to upper floors. Limestone cornice and string courses between floors. Timber panelled door and overlight set in recessed opening. Timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-arched openings to ground floor. Square-headed openings with limestone architraves to first floor, having segmental pediments to main façade openings. Segmental-arched openings to second floor with limestone architraves. Retaining interior features.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Multiple-bay two and three-storey commercial building, built c. 1875, with red brick facade over high shopfront having plaster cornice and fascia boards, c. 1920.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey bank and manager's house, built 1913-6, with advanced end bays. Hipped slate roof with large brick chimney stacks and cut stone moulded cornices. Channelled limestone walls to ground floor with rope moulding in string course at ground floor sill level. Panelled brickwork to upper floors, with carved limestone stringcourse, cut-stone piers of raised quoins having swags to capitals, frieze cornice and blocking cornice. Round-headed openings to ground floor. Square-headed openings to upper floors with limestone lintels.

• Abbeyfield House, house, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1750, having three-storey wings and connecting bay to further three-storey section, all to rear. Salient two-story wing to right, c. 1820. Two-storey extension, c. 1900 to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick stacks to gables. Pitched slate roofs to rear sections. Hipped slate roof to salient wing. Roughcast rendered walls with eaves cornice. Rendered walls to salient wing. Roughly coursed rubble stone walls to rear with some roughcast render and lime wash in places. Shouldered architrave with scroll keystone surmounted by pediment supported by consoles to front door. Timber sliding sash windows. Set on bend of the river. Terminates the vista of Abbey Street to the north. Large stable block close to river bank, possibly suggesting former military use.

• House, 1600–1700 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay three-storey former house, built c. 1650, with battered gable end addressing street, three-bay two-storey wing to north at slight angle, possibly eighteenth century in date, and having late nineteenth century three-bay single-storey wing with attic accommodation to south. In use as coach factory in 1841. Now in use as restaurant and public house. Pitched slate roofs with rendered and red brick chimneystacks. Floating pediment to rear, possibly remaining part of demolished wing. Pitched artificial slate roof with rooflights to south wing. Battered rendered walls with quoins to street elevation. Rendered walls to flanking wings. Projecting slated canopy over ground floor openings. Roughcast rendered walls to rear. Replacement fittings to openings. Retaining interior features. Built on site of old Friary.

• Ennis Friary, abbey, 1230–1250 · National interest
  Description

  Franciscan Abbey, founded c. 1240, now in ruins. National Monument in care of the Office of Public Works

• House, 1600–1700 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited five-bay two-storey former house with attic accommodation, built c. 1650, now in use as commercial outlets. Pitched artificial slate roof with rooflights. Very fine diagonally placed stone chimneystacks. Coping stone line in stacks indicates roof pitch has been lowered. Rendered and roughcast rendered walls with slight kink to front façade. Walls appear very thick. Segmental-arched openings to first floor, with replacement timber sash and casement windows. Square-headed openings to ground floor with various replacement fittings. Late nineteenth century shopfront comprising fixed windows with central glazing bar and glazed spandrels, flanked by pilasters and with cornice above.

• O'Connell's Medical Hall, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey former house, built c. 1800, as a pair with the adjoining house. Now in use as retail outlet. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with render quoins. Late nineteenth century projecting shopfront with curved end and moulded cornice. Chrome framed fixed windows and lettering inserted to shopfront c. 1940. Timber sliding sash windows set in moulded architraves.

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace two-bay four-storey house, built c.1775, now also in use as retail outlet. Remains of eighteenth century stonework of former courthouse to gable wall. Courthouse demolished mid nineteenth century. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered and roughcast rendered walls. Timber sliding sash windows. Early twentieth- century shopfront to ground floor with fine quatrefoils in caps of pilasters.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan gable-fronted Victorian Roman Catholic church, built c. 1885, with tower to west, polygonal apse and connecting block leading to friary. Pitched slate roofs with gable finials. Snecked limestone walls with cut-stone quoins, buttresses between window openings and projecting confessional additions. Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary set in niche and flanked by lancet windows having stone tracery, with quatrefoil and hood moulding above. Group repeated on smaller scale to gable apex. Paired lancet windows set between buttresses. Arcade of lancet windows with carved labels stops to connecting block. Diagonally sheeted timber double leaf doors with wrought-iron strap hinges, flanked by pairs of polished granite colonnettes with foliated capitals, having pediment above with inset pointed overlight having carved stone foil. Form of main entrance repeated on smaller scale for side entrances. Open timber roof with tongue and groove sheeting behind to interior. Four polished granite columns with carved stylised ivy capital divide nave from transepts. Stained glass by Early. Cast-iron railings and polygonal gate piers to site. Foundation stone of earlier church on site set in grotto to the east.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, friary, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached L-plan three-storey friary, built 1877, adjoining Franciscan church to north. Pitched slate roof with some artificial slate patches, rendered chimneystacks having moulded cornices and wide eaves brackets. Snecked limestone walls with cut-stone quoins and block-and-start surrounds to segmental-arched openings. Timber sliding sash windows. Built on the site of eighteenth century Willowbank House and may incorporate some fabric of this earlier building.

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced single-bay three-storey house, built c. 1775, as a pair with the adjoining house to the left. Retail outlet inserted to ground floor. Pitched slate roof. Thick walls with roughcast render. Timber sliding sash windows to upper floors, having stone sill to first floor and brick sill to second floor. Early twentieth century shopfront to ground floor comprising pilasters flanking timber fixed windows and timber panelled door with fascia, simple consoles and cornice above. Set on narrow eighteenth century street.

• McParland, house, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1750, on a square plan with shopfront to ground floor. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Disused, 1997. Restored, 2011-2. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered coping to gable (east) with grouped diagonal chimney stacks to apex on rubble stone base having paired stringcourses, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered wall to front (north) elevation with rusticated rendered piers to ends supporting rendered band to eaves; repointed rubble stone battered walls (remainder) originally lime rendered with rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners. Timber shopfront to ground floor on an extended symmetrical plan centred on replacement timber boarded half-door. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with shallow sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with shallow sills, and rough hewn rubble stone lintels framing replacement timber casement windows having square glazing bars replacing six-over-six or three-over-six (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.

• House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1850, renovated c. 1930, with moulded cornice and fascia added across façade to form continuous shopfront with the adjoining buildings. Pitched artificial slate with raised cement coping on left and slightly sprocketted change made to roof. Painted rendered walls with render quoins, tile and plastic lettering over ground flooring. Replacement windows to upper floors and enlarged openings with fixed window to ground floor.

• Church/chapel, 1730–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding barn-style gable-fronted former Roman Catholic church, founded c. 1735, rebuilt c. 1790 and in use until 1842. Now in use as community hall. Extension to rear, c. 1900. Repointed and refurbished, c. 1980. Pitched artificial slate roof. Ribbon pointed rubble stone walls with chamfered corner to shoulder level. Two cut stone plaques inserted to left of door. Round-headed opening to first floor with bipartite window. Square-headed opening to ground floor with cut stone lintel, supported by consoles. Segmental-arched opening to side entrance, having cut stone Gibbsian surround with double keystone and inserted glazed entrance.

• Convent of the Sisters of Charity, church/chapel, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gable-fronted Gothic Revival former convent chapel, built c. 1895, now in use as hotel entrance lobby and bar. Hotel complex built 1996. Pitched slate roof with cut stone finials. Rendered walls. Lancet openings with stained glass windows by Meyer of Munich. Large chancel window taken from earlier church on site, c. 1865. Retaining some interior features including polished stone columns with moulded stone capitals and bases, hammer beam roof and organ gallery.

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Formerly a five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1775, now divided and in use as restaurant and public house. Facade remodelled and two-storey extensions added along laneway to right in late nineteenth century. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack and four pots arranged on square. Flat roofed dormer windows c. 1935. Rendered walls with parallel quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to gable. Wrought-iron balcony set over heavy cornice, which has egg and dart above. Dentils over frieze supported by three keystones with consoles overlaid. Moulded architrave to timber sliding sash windows having exposed boxes to first floor. Round-headed openings to ground floor. Retaining interior features.

• J. Maurer, house, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Formerly a five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1775, now divided. Facade remodelled in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century shopfront added to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, dormer windows, and having three possibly diagonally placed stone pots dating to seventeenth century. Rendered walls with quoins to corner, chamfered to head level. Roughcast rendered walls to gable. Deep cut stone eaves course to rear. Mid nineteenth century casement windows to dormers. Timber sliding sash windows set in moulded render architraves to first floor. Shopfront comprising glass fascia with gilded channelled lettering, wide panelled pilasters with moulded capitals, fixed windows and recessed engraved glass door.

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace seven-bay three-storey house, built c. 1775, in use as part of hotel complex since the end of the nineteenth century. Hipped slate roof with deep bracketed eaves over five-bays. Rendered walls with elaborate render details including decorated frieze and elaborate string courses. Timber sliding sash windows set within elaborate architraves having keystones. Segmental-arched ground floor window openings and round-headed openings to entrance doors with moulded architraves. Thought to be built on site of a gaol. Dungeons uncovered on site c. 1960.

• Pro-Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, cathedral, 1830–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan Roman Catholic diocesan pro-cathedral, designed by Dominic Madden and built 1831-42, with spire and porches added in 1871 to designs by J.J. McCarthy. Became cathedral in 1890. Pitched slate roof to nave. Three-stage diagonally buttressed tower surmounted by broach spire. Coursed limestone cut-stone walls with crenellations. Shields over original openings masked by porch additions of 1871. Lancet openings with perpendicular tracery. Timber fluted columns set diagonally and supporting lancet arches to interior. Carved stone reredos designed by J.J. McCarthy and executed by Handmann and Co. Painted ceiling by Early & Powell. Set on site donated by Francis Gore.

• Pro-Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey presbytery with breakfront, built c. 1880, with four-bay single-storey L-plan extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with moulded brick brackets under eaves and red brick chimneystacks having yellow brick string courses. Red brick walls with yellow brick banding, string course between ground and first floors, quoins and diamond pattern between windows. Polychrome brick to arched openings having replacement aluminium windows. Blind lancet arch with paired timber sliding sash windows inset to breakfront. Set to the rear of the pro-cathedral.

• Ballroom/dance hall/disco, 1945–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Six-bay two-storey former dance hall, built 1950, converted to furniture showrooms and shopfronts inserted c. 1990. Comprising large single-bay block with lower five-bay block to the left. Interior galleried dance hall intact example of 1950 Ballroom of Romance. Part of nineteenth century gaol walls incorporated into fabric of ballroom. Pitched corrugated-asbestos roof. Belfast truss roof with corrugated-sheet over hall on right. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber windows set in tripartite and quadripartite openings to lower block and set in sexpartite opening to higher block. Tall ground floor openings framed with timber shopfront additions. Stage, sprung floor and galleried dancehall to interior. Terrazzo floor to entrance and stairs. Elaborate chimneypiece in former supper rooms. Built on site of nineteenth century gaol.

• Convent of the Sisters of Charity, graveyard/cemetery, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Convent graveyard, with interments from c. 1865. Surrounded by limestone piers and cast-iron railings set on plinth.

• Shop/retail outlet, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey commercial premises, built c. 1900, now part of hotel bar.

• Town/county hall, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-bay two-storey former town hall, built c. 1850, now in use as hotel banqueting hall.

• Prison/jail, 1650–1750 · National interest
  Description

  Former town gaol, built c. 1700, probably incorporating fabric of earlier building, now with vaulted ceiling and forming part of hotel complex.

• Old Barracks, gates/railings/walls, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Roadside wall of former military barracks, built c. 1880, flanked by bastions and incorporating flight of stone steps. Coursed limestone walls with rounded coping stones. Snecked limestone walls with pistol loops to bastions. Rubble stone wall encloses site of former barracks to north.

• Old Barracks, hospital/infirmary, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay two-storey building, built c. 1845, as an extension to former fever hospital, built c. 1825. In use as auxiliary workhouse in 1855. In use as militia barracks from 1895 to 1911. Now forming part of a pair of houses. Hipped slate roof with rendered gable chimneystack. Rendered walls. Replacement timber sliding sash and casement windows. Timber pedimented porch with timber glazed door.

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Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_502 (ZIP).

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

Name

Clonroad Beg · Cluain Ráda Beag

Area

1,147,787 m² (114.78 ha, 283.62 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Ennis No. 4 Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ennis No. 4 Urban electoral division: 1,479 people in 640 households; 59% of households own their home; 8% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahircalla More, Cloghleagh, Clonroad More, Drumbiggil, Lifford

Placenames

Clonroad Beg 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.