Creggaun
Townland in the civil parish of Doora, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish An Creagán
- Area
- 84.6 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 4,491 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggaun, from 343 m² to 283,514 m² (28.35 ha, 70.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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
No zone of a development plan covers Creggaun 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
13 Aug 2026N/a
to construct a single dwelling house, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660522
8 Oct 2025Conditional
to alter the fenestration to the existing dwelling, replace the existing extension to the rear with a new extension and all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25318
10 Sept 2025Conditional
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref: P21/1323 to construct dwelling house, garage, treatment system and carry out ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25288
19 Aug 2025Conditional
for the development of a dog park with shelter, parking area, modifications to existing entrance, signage and all associated site works to facilitate the proposed development
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560509
24 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560458
14 May 2024Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460208
14 Dec 2021Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, and treatment system and carry out ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211323
14 Jul 2021Conditional
to RETAIN garage as constructed together with all ancillary site development works and services
Retention · Clare County Council, 21742
16 Sept 2019N/a
to construct a dwelling house, garage and treatment system and carry out ancillary works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19721
3 Dec 2018Refused
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18987
28 Sept 2018Conditional
for RETENTION permission for a porch and elevation changes to an existing garage ( granted under P06-950 ) RETENTION for its use as a private studio, office and private therapy room, the RETENTION of additional skylights to the rear of the house , RETENTION for the partial conversion of the attic of the house to habitable space and RETENTION of a second domestic garage, all as constructed at this location
Retention · Clare County Council, 18763
12 Mar 2018Conditional
on the grant of Outline Permission ( Planning Ref. No. P17-814) which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage/garden store, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18184
23 Oct 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage/garden store, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 17814
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 Creggaun.
Recorded monuments
- CL034-060001 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.
- CL034-060002 Souterrain
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.
- CL034-066 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Creggaun.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_637 (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 Creggaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Creggaun · An Creagán
- Area
- 846,336 m² (84.63 ha, 209.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Doora, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Doora, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Doora electoral division: 2,147 people in 715 households; 88% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyortla North, Ballyortla South, Castletown, Cloonawee, Drumdoolaghty, Gorteen, Kilfeilim, Knockanean, Tooreen
- Placenames
- Creggaun 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.