Curragh

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curragh, from 450 m² to 258,966 m² (25.9 ha, 63.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Curragh 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.

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a single dwelling house, attached carport and garage, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19344

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168

Recorded monuments

• CL027-007 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  On an elevated area, immediately above the Magherabaun River, in the angle of a meander, on the E-side of the watercourse. The ground slopes up steeply to ENE from this location and a waterfall is adjacent to W, which discharges into Poulawillin. This is depicted as a building named ‘Poulawillin Mill (in ruins)’ on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map, indicating that it had gone out of use and was probably abandoned by this time. It is not visible at ground level. A meander of the river to W of the current course, appears to have been the main river channel, as shown on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is shown as having shifted to the current channel from the OS 25-inch map (1888-1913) onwards. The old channel fed back into the current channel immediately below the waterfall, via a deeply incised outlet. The waterfall is formed by limestone rock formations which are naturally shaped by the fluvial action of the river. There is a large flat-faced limestone rock abutment on the W side of the current channel and a craggy abutment to the E side, having a distinct overhang. The river bank downstream of the waterfall is formed by a high limestone rock-face to W and by a more uniform, yet quite steep earthen slope, to E. There are various in-river limestone rock formations immediately downstream of the waterfall and these all appear to be naturally formed. A large tree has fallen across the river channel below these rock formations. On inspection in 2018, it was not possible to cross the river as water levels were too high due to fast-flowing flood waters. Nevertheless, there are no immediately apparent signs of any extant structures that may be associated with the mill. Due to the lack of surface expression, it is likely that this mill structure has been robbed of stone and any associated timber elements are likely to have perished. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• CL027-008 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a steady SE-facing slope, in pasture, overlooking the valley of a stream in the foreground and surrounded by a gently undulating landscape. Depicted and named ‘Burial Gd. for Children’ on 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map and ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the OS 25-inch map and 1920 edition of OS 6-inch map. A roughly subrectangular area (17.3m NW-SE; 23m NE-SW) with scattered steadfast stones and low upright markers interspersed between mature whitethorn trees. The edges are irregular and poorly defined. The upright markers appear to be E-facing and are randomly occurring across the burial ground. In some instances they appear close together or even side-by-side. A distinct concentration of low, upright markers are arranged in two parallel linear sequences at the western end of the burial ground. This monument is overgrown with mature thorn trees and dense vegetation in places. Local information confirms this as the resting place for unbaptized babies. It has been preserved in situ although the field was reclaimed in relatively recent times.   The following images have been uploaded: CL027-008----_01.jpg From NE. General view of monument. CL027-008----_02.jpg From N. General view across interior. CL027-008----_03.jpg From W. Close up of low upright marker on E-side of Children’s Burial Ground. CL027-008----_04.jpg From W. Close up of linear arrangement of stones on W-side of Children’s Burial Ground. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Curragh.

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).

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Curragh.

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.

No address of the register names Curragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Curragh · Currach na gCros

Area

995,989 m² (99.6 ha, 246.11 acres)

Civil parish

Feakle, and its townlands

Barony

Tulla Upper

Electoral division

Ayle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ayle electoral division: 373 people in 142 households; 67% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bauragegaun, Carheen, Derrybehagh, Derryvinna, Gorteenreagh, Magherabaun

Placenames

Curragh 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.