Cratloe
Townland in the civil parish of Killeely, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Chreatalach Mhór
- Area
- 341.5 ha
- 844 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 3,061 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cratloe, from 33 m² to 811,116 m² (81.11 ha, 200.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Cratloekeel Cluster, Clare · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 9 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
for the Installation of a proprietary treatment unit and soil polishing filter with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660578
18 Jun 2026Conditional
to demolish existing damaged dwelling and construct new dwelling on existing site along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660401
6 Dec 2025Conditional
of the following changes to dwelling house which are at variance with that granted planning permission under P8/8902 (1) New sunrooms to east and west elevations (2) Enclosure of covered area at entrance door (3) Enclosure of covered area to the rear of bedroom 2 (4) New kitchen area, store and relocated boiler and wc (5) New fuel bunker
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560768
12 Jun 2024N/a
to RETAIN a single storey rear extension, waste water treatment system and all associated site works, which varies from previously granted permission 22/24
Retention · Clare County Council, 24191
11 Dec 2023Conditional
to demolish existing storage shed, construct Ancillary Living Unit, connect to existing on-site waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360535
18 Jan 2022Conditional
to demolish existing single storey rear extension and to construct a new single storey rear extension, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2224
15 Dec 2021Conditional
for the demolition of part of an existing dwelling house and construction of a new dwelling house, refurbishment of an existing dwelling along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211334
17 Jun 2020Conditional
for (1) PERMISSION for development which will consist of (a) alterations, extension and conversion of existing garage to study room (b) construction of a new separate domestic garage (c) minor changes to existing dwelling elevations (d) all associated site works. (2) RETENTION PERMISSION for side bay window in existing dwelling
Permission · Clare County Council, 20395
15 Mar 2019Conditional
for the construction of the following: a) Agricultural building to include cubicle and straw bedded livestock housing, slatted slurry storage tanks, robotic milking facilities along with ancillary rooms b) Agricultural building to include straw bedded livestock housing c) erection of meal bin along with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19192
21 Feb 2019Conditional
for the demolition of existing fire damaged dwelling and for the construction of a new replacement dwelling at a revised location within the site, the upgrading of the existing waste water treatment system and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19124
24 Jul 2018Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18602
12 Feb 2018Conditional
for the construction of an agricultural building to include cubicle livestock housing, easi feed and slatted slurry storage tank along with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 1898
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fergus Estuary And Inner Shannon, North Shore 002048
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Garrannon Wood 001012
Recorded monuments
- CL062-012 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.
- CL062-013 Religious house - 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.
- CL062-014 Castle - unclassified
Description
See attached document with 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. Date of upload: 19 December 2014
- CL062-015 Burial ground
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.
- CL062-016 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.
Architectural heritage
- Cratloe Woods, country house, 1600–1650 · National interest
Description
Detached thirteen-bay two-storey house, built c. 1625, with gabled projecting bay to centre. Five-bay two-storey return, added c. 1740. Three-bay single-storey lean-to return, added 1844. Renovated internally, c. 1880. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks, having paired and triple round-profile brick pots, cut-stone gable copings, finial and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped roof to rear. Rendered walls with inset datestone. Timber sliding sash windows. Timber panelled doors. Retaining interior features. Detached seven-bay two-storey stable complex with dormer attic, now in use as house. Detached L-plan three-bay single-storey gate lodge with gabled projecting porch.
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 made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_874 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cratloe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cratloe · An Chreatalach Mhór
- Area
- 3,414,591 m² (341.46 ha, 843.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killeely, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Cratloe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cratloe electoral division: 1,404 people in 483 households; 92% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintlea South, Ballymorris, Brickhill East, Brickhill West, Castlequarter, Cratloekeel, Laghile, Portdrine
- Placenames
- Cratloe 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.