Craglea
Craglea is a townland in the civil parish of Killaloe, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is An Chraig Liath.
- Area
- 90.2 ha
- 223 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 3,954 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Craglea, from 85 m² to 461,271 m² (46.13 ha, 113.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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
No zone of a development plan covers Craglea 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Feb 2026Conditional
of small porch to front, conservatory to south side, boiler house and oil tank enclosure to north side and link corridor between permitted house and permitted guest apartment and all associated site works. An EIA Screening report and an appropriate Assessment Screening report will be submitted with this application
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660075
13 Feb 2026Conditional
the development will consist of a single storey rear and side extensions and new rooflights, alterations to the existing house, incorporating change of use of the existing garage (part of house) to dwelling use and the construction of a new detached garage together with associated site works and services.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660073
19 Dec 2025Conditional
for the construction of a single storey detached home gym and artist studio, hard & soft landscaping, existing connections to services & septic tank, together with all associated site works, as a revised application from previously granted planning reference number: 2360531
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560813
1 Oct 2025N/a
of small porch to front, conservatory to south side, boiler house and oil tank enclosure to north side and link corridor between permitted house and permitted guest apartment and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560596
6 Dec 2023Conditional
the development of a detached home gym and artist studio over two-storeys, hard and soft landscaping, existing connections to services and septic tank, together with all associated site works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360531
29 Nov 2022Conditional
for modifications to an existing access, to erect a dwelling house, effluent treatment system and percolation area and associated site works, demolition of a derelict building
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221068
28 May 2021Conditional
to extend and carryout alterations to existing house, convert existing garage to dwelling use, erect a new garage with workshop and storage space and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21533
28 Sept 2020Conditional
to RETAIN timber decking adjacent to sitting room, and also to RETAIN roadside entrance all on his home and site
Retention · Clare County Council, 20686
7 Nov 2019N/a
to construct a single storey split level residence, treatment unit, rain-water retention system, entrance road and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19863
9 Jul 2019Conditional
for development which will consist of restoration of and extension of an existing dwelling the provision of a garage, an entrance, a sewerage treatment system along with improvement works to the existing access roadway and all ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19565
18 Apr 2018N/a
for development which will consist of dwelling, garage, sewerage treatment plant and filter area, upgrade of existing access lane, entrance and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18307
6 Jul 2017N/a
to erect a dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, driveway, install an effluent treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17527
19 Apr 2017Conditional
for the following works: 1. Alterations to the existing single storey dwelling house, comprising of some changes to existing windows to east / south / north elevations, and Demolition of existing chimney to rear north elevation; 2. Erection of single storey open porch to east gable of existing dwelling; 3. Addition of 1 No. rooflight to south side roof elevation; 4.And all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17277
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bernagh Bog SAC 002312
- Special Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- CL037-019 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- CL037-020001 Earthwork
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.
- CL037-020002 Enclosure
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.
- CL037-021001 Ringfort - 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.
- CL037-021002 House - early medieval
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 Craglea.
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 Craglea, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1116 (ZIP).
- 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 Craglea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Craglea · An Chraig Liath
- Area
- 901,566 m² (90.16 ha, 222.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Killaloe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,300 people lived in 887 households in the Killaloe electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycuggaran, Ballyvally, Feenlea
- Placenames
- Craglea 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.