Doonass
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Dún Easa
- Area
- 172.4 ha
- 426 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 3,722 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonass, from 638 m² to 569,145 m² (56.91 ha, 140.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2Cluster (General)
Doonass Cluster, Clare · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 May 2026N/a
to carry out the following works: 1. Carry out alterations/modifications to the existing dwelling. 2. Construct new front porch to existing dwelling. 3. Relocate existing site entrance and realign existing access road to house from main road. 4. Bore a new well for potable water. 5. Install a new proprietary wastewater treatment system together with percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26138
18 Mar 2026Conditional
to construct a detached dwelling house, site entrance, bored well, waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660165
8 Dec 2025Conditional
for revised house design and garage design from that permitted under planning permission reference 24/380 and associated revisions to the site layout
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560772
11 Mar 2025Conditional
to Retain the Conversion of the Attic of existing dwelling to comprise of Stairs, Landing, 2 Bedrooms, 1 En-Suite, 2 Walk-in-wardrobes, Bathroom, Office and Storage with 9 Rooflight windows and 3 Gable windows. We also apply for retention permission for wastewater treatment plant as installed and commissioned including ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560122
14 Nov 2024Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment sytem, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24380
23 Oct 2024Conditional
for the construction of a vehicular entrance, single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460522
24 Aug 2021Conditional
for the development of a new dwelling house, shed, site entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21892
9 Aug 2021Conditional
to demolish existing derelict dwelling house and replace it with a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment plant, polishing filter, private well and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21842
1 Jul 2021Conditional
to install a 6m extension to an existing 24m lattice telecommunications support structure with headframe carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound
Permission · Clare County Council, 21692
15 Feb 2021Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a new private dwelling and garage, installation of new Waste Water Treatment System, new well, construction of new site entrance and works to site boundaries, hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21115
3 Nov 2020Conditional
to construct beef shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20810
4 Mar 2019Conditional
to upgrade existing wastewater treatment system to include existing septic tank, proposed new packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19145
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doonass.
Recorded monuments
- CL053-045 Quarry
Description
Listed as ‘Enclosure, possible’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular wooded feature is visible on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. However, it is evident that this is one of a number of quarries indicated by hachures on the 1939 edition and these are named ‘Quarries (disused)’ on the OS 25-inch map. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 December 2014
- CL053-046 Quarry
Description
Listed as ‘Enclosure, possible’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular feature is hachured on the 1939 edition of the OS map, however, this is named ‘Quarry’ on the OS 25-inch map. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 December 2014
- CL053-047 Quarry
Description
Listed as ‘Enclosure, possible’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular feature is hachured on the 1939 edition of the OS map, however, this is named ‘Gravel pits (disused)’ on the OS 25-inch map. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 December 2014
- CL054-011 Enclosure
Description
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.
- CL054-012 Enclosure
Description
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doonass.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1018 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Doonass, Clonlara6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Doonass · Dún Easa
- Area
- 1,723,856 m² (172.39 ha, 425.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltenanlea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Kiltenanlea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kiltenanlea electoral division: 1,987 people in 660 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coollisteige, Cottage, Doonass Demesne, Lisduff, Rineroe, Springfield, Summerhill
- Placenames
- Doonass 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.