# Crughwill, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Carran, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 743,211 m² (74.32 ha, 183.65 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,983 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Carran, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/carran.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Carran, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 146 people lived in 40 households in the Carran electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5699
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30919
- Centre: latitude 53.040481, longitude -9.074909 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crughwill, from 627 m² to 251,838 m² (25.18 ha, 62.23 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1438353: 251,838 m² (25.18 ha, 62.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438353.md
- Parcel 1434855: 100,871 m² (10.09 ha, 24.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434855.md
- Parcel 1482687: 89,382 m² (8.94 ha, 22.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1482687.md
- Parcel 1518871: 83,095 m² (8.31 ha, 20.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518871.md
- Parcel 1513208: 60,119 m² (6.01 ha, 14.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513208.md
- Parcel 1517761: 39,692 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517761.md
- Parcel 1479402: 34,787 m² (3.48 ha, 8.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479402.md
- Parcel 2749215: 29,590 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2749215.md
- Parcel 1500977: 19,733 m² (1.97 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500977.md
- Parcel 1461813: 15,140 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461813.md
- Parcel 2686705: 7,992 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2686705.md
- Parcel 1492471: 7,973 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492471.md
- Parcel 1513466: 7,521 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513466.md
- Parcel 1494194: 4,256 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494194.md
- Parcel 1442240: 4,178 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442240.md
- Parcel 4895498: 3,950 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895498.md
- Parcel 1463667: 2,954 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1463667.md
- Parcel 1499281: 2,560 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499281.md
- Parcel 1436249: 2,488 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436249.md
- Parcel 4895494: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4895494.md
- Parcel 1470984: 2,126 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470984.md
- Parcel 1473820: 627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473820.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 6 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442
- P1 Agriculture: Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442
- S1 Community (Education): Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442
- O2 Village Growth Area (General): Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442
- S3 Community (Community facilities): Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442
- C1.1 Commercial (Commercial, retail): Carron Settlement Plan, Clare; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Crughwill in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC, site code 000054, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000054
- Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC, site code 001926, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001926
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex, site code 001926
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain, site code 000054

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL010-016: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL010-016----. On the NE-edge of a large bawn (CL010-016001-) now a farmyard, in level pasture with a modern house to the E. Named ‘Castle (in ruins)’ on the 1840 and 1916 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Described by O’Donovan (1839) as ‘the Castle of Crughwill’ also known as ‘Kreagwill’ and ‘Criuchmhuil’ and ‘so injured that its ruins are not interesting’ (Comber 1997, 36). Recorded later by Westropp (1898-1900, 362) as fragmentary remains. According to Ua Cróinín and Breen (1995, 60), the castle’s name derives from ‘An Crochaill - The Overhanging Cliff’ and the earliest known historical reference to it is from 1574 when it was recorded as being in the ownership the O’Loughlins of Burren. They also state that most of the castle was dismantled before 1940 to provide building stone locally but that, according to local information, a surviving portion (est. H c. 5m) with a square shaft within it (likely a garderobe) was removed in the 1970’s (op. cit.). No visible surface trace of the castle was recorded on a field inspection in 1999. See attached document CL010-016----_01.jpg 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. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 13 December 2022
- CL010-016001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL010-016001-. In level pasture and occupied by a farmyard with a modern house to the E. Associated with ’Crughwill Castle’ (CL010-016----) which stood at its E-edge. Indicated on the first edition (1840) and partially hachured on the later, Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map which depicts a large rectangular area (dims. L c. 57m NW-SE; Wth c. 36m NE-SW) enclosed by a wall with a wide outer fosse or ditch shown along the NW (Wth c. 6-7m) and SW (Wth c. 4-5m) sides. According to Ua Cróinín and Breen (1995, 60), the southern wall is ‘probably pre-16th century’ in date, while the bases of the eastern and western walls ‘seem also to be late medieval’ in date. See attached document CL010-016001_01.jpg 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. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 13 December 2022

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)

- Saint Columba's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1865, Regional interest, registry number 20401001, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CL&regno=20401001. Freestanding double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1861, with gable to roadside, four-bay nave elevations, two-bay single-storey porch to right and two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear. Pitched slate roof with cross finial and bellcote. Roughcast rendered walls with render plat bands. Leaded glass with timber Y-tracery set in lancet openings. Pointed arch and square-headed door openings with timber matchboard doors having wrought-iron strap hinges. Retaining interior features. Cut-stone stone gate piers with moulded caps, set in rendered boundary walls.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Crughwill, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Crughwill.
- 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/crughwill.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/crughwill.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/crughwill.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Crughwill 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)

- Ballyconry: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyconry-30132.md
- Rannagh East: https://everytownland.com/clare/rannagh-east.md
- Rannagh West: https://everytownland.com/clare/rannagh-west.md
- Sladoo: https://everytownland.com/clare/sladoo.md
- Termon: https://everytownland.com/clare/termon.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.

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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.

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