Commons

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 8,291 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres) to 16,706 m² (1.67 ha, 4.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Quin 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.

• 3 Feb 2022Unconditional

  Proposes to carry out the following development. The development consists of a flood defence protecting three properties in Quin Co Clare. The defence consists of two sections of earthen embankment and a reinforced concrete wall. The reinforced concrete wall section is approximately 120m long, with a maximum height of 2.2m. To the south a 2m high embankment extends approximately 80m to higher ground. To the north a less than 1m high embankment extends approximately 20m to highter ground. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project and has determinined that a full Appropriate Assessment is not required in respect of the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of signigicant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 228000

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commons.

Recorded monuments

• CL042-027005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On an E-facing slope on the NW bank of the River Rine in an undulating field with some rock outcrop. Named 'Toberinneenboy' on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and 'Toberinneenboy (Site of)' on the 1922 edition. An overgrown area (diam. c. 4m) around a tree at this location has some rocks at the base but no stone setting is evident and there is no sign of a spring. The following images have been uploaded: CL042-027005-_01.jpg Holy well site from W. CL042-027005-_02.jpg Holy well site from N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 May 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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).

No address of the register names Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Commons · An Coimín

Area

31,741 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres)

Civil parish

Quin, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Quin, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Creevagh More, Danganbrack, Knocknagoug, Quin, Quingardens, Quinville South

Placenames

Commons on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.