Doonbeg

593 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonbeg, from 9 m² to 219,268 m² (21.93 ha, 54.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 140 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Doonbeg Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Doonbeg 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  for development, the development will consist of a mural on the existing external gable end of the property facing the main street

  Permission · Clare County Council, 26187

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct Bull Housing Shed with attached Manure Pit to existing farmyard, plus all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2680

• 19 Feb 2026N/a

  for the construction of 16 short term accommodation units with reserved open space, car and bicycle parking, access roads, footpaths, new entrance, connections to public sewer and stormwater, public lighting and all ancillary services along with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660088

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  to renovate and extend the existing building, for use as a two bedroomed long term rental unit, connect to public sewerage & all associated site and ancillary works. This application is in lieu of permission granted under reference P25/212

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25393

• 5 Dec 2025N/a

  the development will consist of a dwelling house and garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560770

• 20 Nov 2025Conditional

  to (a) renovate existing cottage (b) demolish north-western shed and reconstruct as a sitting room (c) construct a living area to the front of the cottage together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560708

• 4 Oct 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, wastewater treatment system and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560611

• 2 Oct 2025Conditional

  of a coffee trailer and seating area along with associated site works and services

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2560605

• 31 Jul 2025N/a

  for the construction of 16 short term accommodation units with reserved open space, car and bicycle parking, access roads, footpaths, connections to public sewer and stormwater, public lighting and all ancillary services along with all associated site works

  Permission, 16 homes · Clare County Council, 2560470

• 31 Jul 2025Refused

  for the construction of 24 dwelling houses with reserved open space, car and bicycle parking, access roads, footpaths, boundaries, hard and soft landscaped areas, connections to public sewer and stormwater, public lighting and all ancillary services along with all associated site works

  Permission, 24 homes · Clare County Council, 2560473

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  to construct a box dormer window to the rear of the dwelling house and to make elevational changes to the dwelling house and RETENTION permission for the existing front porch and velux windows, along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560409

• 27 Jun 2025Conditional

  to renovate and extend the existing building, for use as a two bedroomed short term rental unit, connect to public sewerage and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25212

• 29 May 2025Conditional

  to construct an extension to an existing dwelling house, alter existing entrance, construction of a private garage along with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560312

• 28 May 2025Conditional

  to construct silage slab and tipping apron to existing farmyard plus all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25171

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  of the alterations and extension made to dwelling house along with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24425

• 19 Nov 2024Conditional

  of the dwelling and boundary wall as built on site, which differ to that granted under ref 20/219 & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24389

• 31 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the installation of an ATM machine to the front elevation of the existing shop premises

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460540

• 25 Apr 2024Conditional

  to RETAIN changes made to the layout of the dwelling hosue previously granted planning permission under planning reference number P07-2736 and for PERMISSION to complete the development of the first floor dormer area to include 2 no. balcony dormers with all necessary ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24137

• 6 Dec 2023Conditional

  for subdivisions of existing derelict townhouse into two townhouses, construct extensions to both townhouses, demolition of an existing roadside structure, construction of a first floor apartment & access to rear parking, development of parking spaces along with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360529

• 18 Sept 2023Refused

  to develop a glamping facility with the provision of onsite parking, decommissioning of existing septic tank, connection to public sewer and the change of use of the existing cafeteria to administration greeting and meeting facility confined to patrons of the proposed glamping site to include all necessary ancillary services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23496

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360345

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360346

• 1 May 2023N/a

  to erect dwelling house, foul sewer treatment plant, percolation area and new site entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360135

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist for the refurbishment works to an existing cottage to include raising the roof level, the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing cottage, the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360106

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  for development on this site which consists of: planning PERMISSION sought for (A) The partial demolition of the existing single storey dwelling structure, with proposed extension and alteration works to provide a modified two storey dormer dwelling. RETENTION permission sought for: (A) Rear detached garage structure to be incorporated into the modified two storey dormer dwelling as dwelling use. (B) Minor modifications carried out to the Killard Road vehicular entrance positioning and boundary wall treatment granted under planning permission Ref: P21/1257, along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2378

The 25 most recent of 58 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Carrowmore Dunes SAC 002250
• Special Protection Area: Mid-Clare Coast SPA 004182
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: White Strand/Carrowmore Marsh 001007

Recorded monuments

• CL047-019 Castle - tower house
  Description

  See attached document 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. Date of upload: 18 December 2014

• CL047-020 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• CL047-053 Church
  Description

  On the S side of the main street in Doonbeg village. A post-Penal Roman Catholic church stood on this site. It was taken down in the 1980s and a new church was built across the road and a little to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 July 2016

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Six-arch rubble stone hump-back road bridge over Doonbeg river, built c. 1820, with cut-stone voussoirs, copings and V-cutwaters.

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 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_192 (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.

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

Name

Doonbeg · An Dún Beag

Area

5,457,847 m² (545.78 ha, 1,348.66 acres)

Civil parish

Killard, and its townlands

Barony

Ibrickan

Electoral division

Doonbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doonbeg electoral division: 790 people in 277 households; 79% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherfeenick North, Carrowmore, Carrowmore South, Doonmore, Mountrivers

Placenames

Doonbeg 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.