Derreen

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 146 m² to 277,880 m² (27.79 ha, 68.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Kilshanny Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Mar 2019Conditional

  to upgrade the existing dwelling by means of adding on extensions to the side and rear of the property and also including a new garage and front porch. The existing septic tank system is to be upgraded to a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter including site works. In order to incorporate the new packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter the south western boundary needs to be extended approximately twenty four meters to include the aforementioned.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19213

• 24 Jan 2019N/a

  to upgrade the existing dwelling by means of adding on extensions to the side and rear of the property and also including a new garage and front porch. The existing septic tank system is to be upgraded to a wastewater treatment unit including site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1939

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Derreen.

Recorded monuments

• CL015-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved damp pasture on a S-facing slope 80m NW of a stream. Hachured on the 1916 ed. OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular bivallate rath (c. 49.5m E-W) comprising an oval platform (18m N-S; 15m E-W) defined by a low scarp (H 0.1m) from N to W, a fosse (Wth 5m; D 1m) at NW and a berm (Wth 9m) to N and W defined by a scarp (H 0.25m). Ortho photography (OS MapGenie 2013-2018) shows that the berm fully encircled the monument. The interior is levelled, flat and featureless. A modern field wall run NE-SW across the N half of the monument, and cultivation ridges are visible in its interior. The following image has been uploaded: CL015-014----_01.jpg View from S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21 September 2022

• CL015-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on the crest of an E-W ridge with clear views in all directions. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular rath (int. dims. 22.5m N-S; 25.75m E-W) defined by a steep-sided earthen bank (top Wth 1.15m; base Wth 3m; int. H 0.25-0.65m; ext. H 0.4-1.25m) with an outer stone revetment and faint traces of an external fosse at the SE. A gap at the E (Wth 1.25m) with a large flagstone flanking its S jamb may represent an original entrance. Stone revetment is evident along the external bank at SE. The interior is flat. A discreet area of overgrown rubble in the N quadrant (L 7m; Wth 2-3.2m) may be the remains of an internal structure. The bank is overlain by a modern stone wall from the S to the N, and large quantities of field rubble are piled along the N perimeter of the monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21 September 2022

• CL015-017 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated in an area of cleared and drained fertile pasture. Listed as ‘House – 17th century, possible’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Referred to as either 17th or 18th century by Weir (1986, 100). On inspection in 1998 a modern bungalow was noted on the site and no evidence of the earlier house was found. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 March 2016

• CL015-019 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In undulating pasture on N-facing slope c. 140m SE of a stream, overlooked by high ground to SW and SE, with clear views to the N. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A circular ring-barrow (diam. 15.5m) defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1-2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1-2.5m). The monument slopes slightly to the N and its outer edge becomes indistinct at NW. The interior (diam. 7m) is under grass with no legible features. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 26 September 2022

• CL015-020 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Indicated and named on the OS 25-inch map as ‘Gravel pit (disused)’. No archaeological remains were found on inspection in October 1998. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 24 February 2014

• CL015-130 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying marshy ground alongside a small stream that flows W, with higher ground on all sides, but with views to the NW. A fulacht fia comprising a subcircular mound (15.3m N-S; 13.7m E-W; H 0.2m) with a subrectangular hollow toward its SW edge (4m N-S; 2.4m E-W; D 0.5m). To the E, an earthen lip (H 0.5m; Wth 2m) may form part of the monument or may be a natural feature. The mound is covered in long grass, nettles and some scattered field stones. A ringfort (CL015-014----) lies c. 76m to the NW and a ring-barrow (CL015-019----) lies c. 113m to the ESE.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 29 October 2025

• CL015-148 Enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in pasture. A small oval enclosure (c. 32m NE-SW; 25m NE-SW) defined by low bank with a raised area in the interior. Visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 November 2025

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Derreen, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Derreen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Derreen

Area

687,853 m² (68.79 ha, 169.97 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshanny, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Kilshanny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

136 people lived in 59 households in the Kilshanny electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyalla, Ballydeely, Caherlooskaun, Carrowduff, Carroweragh, Carrowmanagh South, Carrownahooan East, Curraghadoo, Tullamore

Placenames

Derreen 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.