Cloonselherny

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonselherny, from 45 m² to 594,525 m² (59.45 ha, 146.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cloonselherny in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 17 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development, the development consists of the construction of an agricultural loose house and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24234

• 9 Jun 2023N/a

  of 2nr. storage sheds

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360200

• 19 May 2023N/a

  to RETAIN 2nr. storage sheds

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360163

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  to RETAIN and complete a dwellinghouse, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated works on revised site boundaries ( previously granted under Planning reference Nos P05-964 and P06-268 ) and the removal of condition No. 2 ( Enurement Clause ) from Planning Permission P05-964

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17816

• 19 Oct 2017Conditional

  to RETAIN a dwelling house, garage, agricultural storage shed, proprietary wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated works on revised site boundaries ( previously granted under Planning Reference Nos P01-1745 and P01-2152 )

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17801

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: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL007-008 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On the level crest of a low N–S ridge in improved pasture with the field boundaries to the S removed. Indicated and named ‘Burial Ground for Children’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the 6-inch OS maps. The children’s burial ground is not visible at ground level but it is defined by traces of an enclosing rath (CL007-008002-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 30 September 2021

• CL007-008002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the level crest of a low N–S ridge in improved pasture with the field boundaries to the S removed. Hachured with a children’s burial ground (CL007-008001-) indicated in its interior on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the 6-inch OS maps. A poorly preserved oval cashel (int. dims. 29m E–W; 26m N–S) defined from W to SE by a low grassed-over stone spread (Wth 3.3–5.5m; H 0.2–0.5m) upon which a later field wall (Wth 0.4m; H 0.5–0.8m) runs, and by a low scarp (L 0.4–2.5m; H 0.2–0.3m) from SE to W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 30 September 2021

• CL011-009002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a slight rise covered in trees, immediately W of a turlough and within a low-lying semi-karst landscape in pasture. Indicated and named ‘Cloonselherny Castle (in ruins)’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. In 1574 this castle was the property of Dermot O’Brien, and passed to his son Mahon. After Mahon rebelled against the English and was killed in 1586, Cloonselherny castle was leased to Englishmen, first Thomas Cheyny and then John Bealinge (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). The castle was plundered by O’Donnell in 1599. In 1641 James Darcy gave it Murrough O’Brien, Earl of Inchiquin, in whose family it remained and was rented out until at least 1699 (ibid.). This poorly preserved tower house (c. 10.5m E-W; 7.6m N-S) is represented only by its central ground floor, including the E wall of the tower’s larger section which would have contained the halls and larger rooms. Also surviving are the E parts of the S and N walls (Wth 1.5m), the latter including a garderobe shaft (Wth 1.2m; H 0.5m). The walls were built of large, dressed limestone blocks in erratic courses, and were slightly battered at the base. In the E wall there is an intact pointed arched doorway (Wth 1.07m; visible H 1.45m) with a chamfer, as well as a short bar-slot and a finely cut hanging-eye at the N in the form of an inverted cone. This doorway led into the main ground floor chamber (7.2m E-W; 4.7m N-S). To the N of the doorway is part of the guardroom: its W wall (L 1.17), part of its N wall, and the W side of its doorway including a springer. Six steps of an ivy-covered spiral staircase (H c. 7m) survive at the SE corner of the ruin, 1.7m to the S of the pointed arched doorway into the main chamber. Within that main chamber, the doorway embrasure (Wth 1.67m; D 0.83m) has a flat arch with wicker centring. Almost the entire E half of the E-W oriented vault over the main ground floor chamber survives. The W wall of the tower house is collapsed and overgrown, and a grass-covered mound (diam. c. 13m; max. H 1.3m) extends around the E exterior. Much of the stone from the castle is reused in nearby farm sheds, including a very finely decorated ogee loophead over a narrow window in a gable (ibid.). The following items have been uploaded: CL011-009002-_01.pdf 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. CL011-009002-_01.jpg View of pointed doorway in E wall Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 23 January 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonselherny.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 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 water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_632 (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 Cloonselherny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Cloonselherny

Area

3,032,974 m² (303.3 ha, 749.46 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkeedy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Boston, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Boston electoral division: 358 people in 141 households; 85% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derreenatloghtan, Drumnadeevna, Kilcorkan, Kilmacduagh (Co. Galway), Poulataggle, Quakerstown, Roo (Co. Galway), Tulla

Placenames

Cloonselherny 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.