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

Townland in the civil parish of Kilshanny, barony of Corcomroe, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 687,853 m² (68.79 ha, 169.97 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,497 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): O2 Village Growth Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilshanny, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilshanny.md
- Barony: Corcomroe
- Electoral division: Kilshanny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6768
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30970
- Centre: latitude 52.976336, longitude -9.304432 (WGS 84)

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

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreen, from 146 m² to 277,880 m² (27.79 ha, 68.67 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1508639: 277,880 m² (27.79 ha, 68.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1508639.md
- Parcel 1429392: 250,955 m² (25.1 ha, 62.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429392.md
- Parcel 1434953: 99,501 m² (9.95 ha, 24.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434953.md
- Parcel 1489033: 14,497 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1489033.md
- Parcel 1471276: 12,590 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471276.md
- Parcel 5306243: 8,217 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5306243.md
- Parcel 1475255: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1475255.md

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

- O2 Village Growth Area (General): Kilshanny 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 25 Mar 2019, Clare County Council 19213: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19213/0
- 24 Jan 2019, Clare County Council 1939: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1939/0

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## 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 Derreen.

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

- CL015-014: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-014----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-016----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-017----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-019----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-020----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-130----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL015-148----. 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

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 Derreen.

## 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 Derreen, about 1 in 20 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 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 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/derreen-30970.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/derreen-30970.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/derreen-30970.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Derreen 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)

- Ballyalla: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyalla.md
- Ballydeely: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballydeely.md
- Caherlooskaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/caherlooskaun.md
- Carrowduff: https://everytownland.com/clare/carrowduff-30573.md
- Carroweragh: https://everytownland.com/clare/carroweragh.md
- Carrowmanagh South: https://everytownland.com/clare/carrowmanagh-south.md
- Carrownahooan East: https://everytownland.com/clare/carrownahooan-east.md
- Curraghadoo: https://everytownland.com/clare/curraghadoo.md
- Tullamore: https://everytownland.com/clare/tullamore.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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