# Croaghaun, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Drumcliff, barony of Islands, Co. Clare; in Irish Cruachán. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 198,424 m² (19.84 ha, 49.03 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 59,905 m² (5.99 ha, 14.8 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Drumcliff, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/drumcliff.md - Barony: Islands - Electoral division: Kilnamona, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilnamona electoral division: 959 people in 318 households; 92% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6377 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30905 - Centre: latitude 52.859656, longitude -9.070855 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croaghaun, from 261 m² to 138,521 m² (13.85 ha, 34.23 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1517753: 138,521 m² (13.85 ha, 34.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517753.md - Parcel 1476959: 59,905 m² (5.99 ha, 14.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1476959.md - Parcel 4268870: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4268870.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Croaghaun in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 24 Apr 2026, Clare County Council 268004: Unconditional. Permission. to carry out the following development: N85 National Road VRS (Vehicle Restraint System) Installations in the townlands of Mweelagarraun, Knockatemple, Ballyknock, Kilnamona, Co. Clare consisting of: • Installation of 3 No. vehicle restraint systems, totalling the installation of 630m of vehicle restraint system comprising of: - safety barriers with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier transitions with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier terminals with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) • The Removal of 100m of existing vehicle restraint systems. • Alterations to ground levels to accommodate the development. • All ancillary site works to include vegetation and tree removal. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. It has been concluded that the project is not predicted to result in any likely significant effects on any European Site(s) within the zone of influence of the proposed project, either alone or in combination with any other plans and, accordingly, an Appropriate Assessment is not required. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/268004/0 - 10 Apr 2026, Clare County Council 268003: N/a. Permission. to carry out the following development: N85 National Road VRS (Vehicle Restraint System) Installations in the townlands of Mweelagarraun, Knockatemple, Ballyknock, Kilnamona, Co. Clare consisting of: • Installation of 3 No. vehicle restraint systems, totalling the installation of 630m of vehicle restraint system comprising of: - safety barriers with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier transitions with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) - safety barrier terminals with ground anchor support systems (driven or concrete) • The Removal of 100m of existing vehicle restraint systems. • Alterations to ground levels to accommodate the development. • All ancillary site works to include vegetation and tree removal. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. It has been concluded that the project is not predicted to result in any likely significant effects on any European Site(s) within the zone of influence of the proposed project, either alone or in combination with any other plans and, accordingly, an Appropriate Assessment is not required.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/268003/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Croaghaun. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL033-056: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL033-056----. Situated on top of a drumlin. Hachured as a circular area on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and indicated by a solid line on the 1921 ed. A circular overgrown area (int. diam. 25.8m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a double-faced drystone wall (Wth 0.86-1m; H 0.7-1.3m). There is no evidence of an older wall or an original entrance. There is a large gap at E where a shed has been built immediately outside the perimeter. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016 - CL033-154: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL033-154----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Croaghaun. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Croaghaun. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30905.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30905.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30905.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Croaghaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyknock: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyknock.md - Croaghaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30904.md - Gortmore: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortmore.md - Tullassa: https://everytownland.com/clare/tullassa.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/croaghaun-30905 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/croaghaun-30905