Cloongowna
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamona, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare; in Irish Cluain Ghamhna
- Area
- 397 ha
- 981 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 17,185 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres)
- Zoning
- N1.1
- Infrastructure Safeguard
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloongowna, from 51 m² to 343,119 m² (34.31 ha, 84.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- N1.1Infrastructure Safeguard (Road)
Not Applicable, Clare · 2 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
17 Aug 2026N/a
to refurbish, alter and extend the vacant house and outbuildings on site for the purpose of a dwelling with new wastewater treatment system and all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660528
3 Jun 2026Conditional
of the renovation of the dwelling including changes made to the layout and elevations of the dwelling, an increase in roof height and the construction of an extension to the rear of the dwelling, all with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26149
7 Apr 2026Conditional
to change site boundaries as granted under P02-1028 and P03-2676, and to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660224
30 Jun 2025Conditional
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Reference No. P22/392) to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all with associated site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25213
29 Apr 2022Conditional
to change site boundaries as granted under P02-1028 and P03-2821, and to apply for OUTLINE PERMISSION to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 22392
17 Dec 2021Conditional
to make the following alterations to the existing dwelling house a) demolish existing front kitchen extension; b) construct new rear extension: c) raise the roof of the existing dwelling; d) make elevational changes to the existing dwelling; e) construct new private garage; f) new site entrance; g) upgrade existing wastewater treatment system and; h) all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 211346
4 Aug 2021Conditional
to revise the site boundaries previously granted under Ref: P20/367
Permission · Clare County Council, 21818
9 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system and associated site works, accessed by means of an existing private road.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20367
4 Sept 2017Conditional
to (a) RETAIN dwelling house, garage site boundaries and services as constructed (b) Upgrade wastewater treatment arrangement together with all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17675
22 Jun 2017Conditional
to construct extension to side of existing dwelling house presently under renovation, all with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17480
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 Cloongowna.
Recorded monuments
- CL032-019 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL032-022 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.
- CL032-063 Mill - unclassified
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloongowna.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloongowna.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cloongowna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cloongowna · Cluain Ghamhna
- Area
- 3,970,020 m² (397 ha, 981.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamona, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inchiquin
- Electoral division
- Killanniv, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killanniv electoral division: 809 people in 291 households; 81% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyduff Beg, Ballyillaun, Clooncaurha, Formoyle Eighteragh (East), Formoyle Oughteragh (East), Garrynagry, Leckaun, Loughburke, Rushaun
- Placenames
- Cloongowna 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.