Creggaunnahilla
Townland in the civil parish of Clareabbey, barony of Islands, Co. Clare; in Irish Creagán Uí Aille
- Area
- 26.5 ha
- 66 acres
- Land parcels
- 302
- registered freehold, median 292 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
302 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggaunnahilla, from 9 m² to 41,202 m² (4.12 ha, 10.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 304 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Low Density Residential (New/proposed residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 2 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
16 Jan 2026N/a
to construct a new stand-alone single-storey ancillary living unit within the garden to the rear of the existing dwelling along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660011
31 Dec 2025Conditional
to demolish an existing dwelling house and garage and to construct a replacement dwelling house and granny flat along with a connection to the public sewer and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25411
3 Oct 2024Conditional
for an extension to the existing dwelling. The extension will include a single storey extension to the existing kitchen and utility room to the rear of the property and the conversion of the roof space to provide a new master bedroom suite and home office. Alterations to the roof to include dormer windows to the rear of the house and new velux windows to the front. Works to also include new windows in gable walls, alterations to front facade and all ancillary drainage, site works and external landscaping
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460476
15 Mar 2024Conditional
of storage shed and ancillary site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460115
21 Apr 2023Conditional
for the conversion of the attic area to a home office/ study, the installation of roof lights and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360124
27 Mar 2023Conditional
to construct a two storey extension to the rear of house, to replace a door with a window to the front and relocate a roof light to the rear of the house
Permission · Clare County Council, 23189
25 Mar 2022Refused
of a) security bars to ground floor windows and doors and b) security gate
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22259
8 Jan 2021Conditional
for (a) PERMISSION to construct a pergola at the rear of existing dwelling house and (b) PERMISSION to change the front door of this dwelling house, along with ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2111
5 Feb 2018Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of 10 No. single storey dwelling houses, including ancillary site works and service connections, in the location of 6 No. detached dwelling houses granted under Planning P15-831 with access road, footpath and services in access road now completed at this address
Permission, 10 homes · Clare County Council, 1871
19 Jul 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of 20 No. two-storey and 4 No. single storey dwelling houses including ancillary site works and connection to public services
Permission, 24 homes · Clare County Council, 17550
19 Jul 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction 17 No. Two storey dwelling houses including ancillary site works and connection to public services
Permission, 17 homes · Clare County Council, 17551
6 Apr 2017Conditional
to revise the site boundary which will comprise of the removal of a block boundary wall and the construction of a new block boundary wall to match the existing in a revised location
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17252
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 Creggaunnahilla.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Creggaunnahilla.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Creggaunnahilla.
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 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_541 (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 Creggaunnahilla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Creggaunnahilla · Creagán Uí Aille
- Area
- 265,092 m² (26.51 ha, 65.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clareabbey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Clareabbey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clareabbey electoral division: 3,541 people in 1,334 households; 78% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghafadda East, Ballaghafadda West, Clare Commons, Clarehill, Lissan East
- Placenames
- Creggaunnahilla 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.