Cloonbony
Cloonbony is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare.
- Area
- 157.1 ha
- 388 acres
- Land parcels
- 155
- registered freehold, median 2,232 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonbony, from 44 m² to 124,436 m² (12.44 ha, 30.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.6Car Parks (Other transport/general uses)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Miltown Malbay 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Sept 2026N/a
the development will consist of demolition of existing extensions, renovation and extension to existing cottage, new entrance porch, amendments to existing entrance and wall along road boundary, new hedge at boundary, new septic tank, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, soakaways, connection to mains water and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660581
11 Jun 2026Conditional
to RETAIN the roof finish on the existing cottage and to COMPLETE the proposed extension roof with the same finishes and all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26164
8 Apr 2026Conditional
to extend and renovate the existing cottage and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2686
19 Mar 2025Conditional
of 1. The house as built on site. which is a mirror image to that originally granted; 2. The porch to the front of the house; 3. the first floor development including additional windows; 4 The garage on site; 5. Revised site boundaries and site layout & all other associated site and ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2574
10 Feb 2025N/a
for the following development: 1. Construction of single storey private dwelling house 2. Construction of detached garage 3. Installlation of proprietary effluent treatment plant with all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2531
17 Nov 2021Conditional
to alter and extend the front boundary wall and site entrance to existing dwelling house
Permission · Clare County Council, 211217
18 Aug 2021Conditional
to add a rear single storey extension to existing dwelling house along with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21871
29 Apr 2021Conditional
for the following; a) the alterations to the windows and doors on the rear and side elevations b) the garage as constructed c) the site entrances and front boundary wall along with associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 21413
30 Dec 2020Conditional
the development will consist of the installation of an ATM machine to the West elevation and a single door to the South elevation of the existing outbuilding (Garage)
Permission · Clare County Council, 201011
9 Oct 2020Conditional
to demolish a substandard building and to construct a new shed and front boundary wall along with ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20733
10 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a 5 bay slatted shed with underground slurry storage and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20631
13 Jul 2020Conditional
to extend the detached fuel store and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20474
12 Dec 2019Conditional
for change of use from garage/work-shop /fuel store area to deli service/ seating area and new customer toilets and PERMISSION for alterations to the existing shop internal layout, fenestration and elevations of the existing building and PERMISSION to build an extension for new toilets accessible from out-side, new signage and all ancillary and site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19973
1 Jul 2019Conditional
to RETAIN the existing external sheds as constructed. PERMISSION is also sought to construct a new front porch along with associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 19528
27 Aug 2018Conditional
to alter and extend existing dwelling house along with associated site works. The works involve a) converting the attic space to a habitable area, b) installing new rooflights on the front elevation, c) construction of a dormer style roof on the rear elevation. The development is located within an architectural conservation area
Permission · Clare County Council, 18681
5 Mar 2018Conditional
to carry out a Flood Alleviation Scheme which works include the following development: a) The upgrade of the existing surfacewater drainage culvert from the stream to the East to Church Street to the open drain to the rear of Church Road and the Crescent housing estates; b) The inclusion of a new surfacewater drainage culvert from the entrance to St. Joseph's Church Car Park to a new outfall into the Cloonbony River; c) An earthen floof protection embankment is also proposed on lands to the East of Church Street; d) For alterations to the existing surfacewater drainage network; e) Alterations to existing boundary walls within the Miltown Malbay Architectural Conservation Area which would materially affect the character of the area concerned and f) All ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 188005
28 Aug 2017Conditional
to convert an existing shed to a dwelling house and to construct a new front porch and rear extension, install a new proprietary treatment system along with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17660
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloonbony.
Recorded monuments
- CL031-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, built 1839, comprising three-bay side elevations and single-bay transepts with three-stage entrance tower added in 1861, and broach spire added in 1863. Porches added to transepts. Pitched artificial slate roof. Pinnacles and cut-stone spire with lucarnes to tower. Concrete eaves banding, c. 1985. Rubble stone walls with cut-stone quoins and inset plaque. Diagonal buttresses, cut-stone string course and dentillated cornice to tower. Four-centred arch door opening. Lancet windows with cut-stone architraves and replacement timber window. Leaded stained glass windows to porch. Retaining interior features including cast-iron spiral staircase, gallery to rear, clustered columns, Tuscan timber columns to galleried transepts, tiled central aisle and coffered ceiling. Pair of freestanding cut-stone stoups and cut-stone piers with moulded pyramidal capping to site.
- Station House, railway station, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached former railway station complex, built 1857, comprising L-plan three-bay two-storey station master’s house with two-bay two-storey return, and four-bay single-storey station to right, having six-bay single-storey flat roof canopy over former platform. Now in use as guest house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Cast-iron columns to former platform. Timber sliding sash windows to former station. Replacement uPVC windows to house. Roughcast rendered chamfered gate piers with wrought-iron gate to site. Former goods shed to site. Foundation stone of West Clare Railway laid by Charles Stewart Parnell to rear of this site.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Cloonbony, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonbony.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cloonbony with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonbony
- Area
- 1,571,232 m² (157.12 ha, 388.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfarboy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Milltown Malbay, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,769 people lived in 703 households in the Milltown Malbay electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Breaffy North, Breaffy South, Carrowkeel, Fintra More, Illaun, Leagard North
- Placenames
- Cloonbony 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.