Doonmacfelim

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonmacfelim, from 32 m² to 115,584 m² (11.56 ha, 28.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Doolin 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.

• 7 Jul 2026N/a

  of: 1. The Kitchen, covered and open seating area 2. Storage Containers (2) 3. Manager/ Security staff accommodation unit. 4. Gym for owners use. 5. Steeltech Storage Shed and for PERMISSION to install a Steeltech shed & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 26186

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  of the following: 1. dining room conservatory and extension to the ground floor B&B bedroom both to the rear of the dwelling, 2. the first floor B&B bedroom suite, 3. the changes to the external appearance of the dwelling, which differ to those granted under Planning Permission P99/1763 & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 24281

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  for the development which will consist of a front porch extension, a rear utility extension and a side conservatory extension to the existing dwelling house together with ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22195

• 8 Oct 2021Refused

  for the development of a dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211070

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  to revise part of front elevation, to convert part of storage area to gift stall, and to relocate exit to proposed smoking area

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21581

• 9 Apr 2021N/a

  to revise part of front elevation, to convert part of storage area to gift stall and to relocate exit to proposed smoking area

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21323

• 4 Mar 2021N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, road entrance and associated site woks including pull in passing bay

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21197

• 29 Nov 2019N/a

  to construct a dwelling house storage shed/garage, pull in parking bay and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19938

• 1 Aug 2019N/a

  for development which will consist of a dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19629

• 21 Jan 2019Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, storage shed/garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 1925

• 21 Jun 2018N/a

  to build a dwelling, install a waste water treatment system and all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18499

• 23 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of the installation of an ATM machine to the existing shop front to the South elevation of O'Connors Pub, Doolin, Co. Clare

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17899

• 22 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct new dwelling, and garage including proprietary treatment unit and percolation area, including all ancillary site works and entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17891

• 21 Jul 2017Conditional

  which will consist of the RETENTION of a rear extension to existing dwelling house together with ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 17565

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: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020

Recorded monuments

• CL008-057009 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in rough pasture, overgrowth and limestone outcrop, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This suboval enclosure (int. dims. 25m E-W; 21.5m N-S; ext. dims. 30.8m E-W; 23m N-S) is defined by a wall of partly grass-covered large boulders (max. L 1m; H 0.7m; Wth 0.5m) at NNW-WSW, and by a scarp (max. H 1.3m; Wth 5m) down to the interior elsewhere (WSW-NNW). A grass-covered field wall (max. Wth 3m; H 0.6m) is traceable running NW-SE in the N interior, and extending beyond the perimeter of the enclosure. Several large stones in the centre of the enclosure may be associated with this wall. In the S interior a grass-covered curving stone wall (L 7m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.4m) runs parallel with the enclosure wall, at a distance of 3-4m away. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-057009-_01.jpg Aerial view of enclosure from NW (ASI aerial photo, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 25 October 2022

• CL008-059002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a natural mound on the W bank of the Aille River, in hilly pastureland with higher ground to SE and NE but otherwise commanding wide views. Indicated on the 1842 OS 6-inch map and named 'Doonmacfelim Castle (in ruins)'. Probably built by the O'Connor’s, but by 1570 was under the ownership of Turlough O'Brien (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). In 1577 there is a record of one of the O'Brien's probable tenants: one Owen, son of Richard McGillereogh, gentleman, of Doonmacfelim, was pardoned but fined one cow and ordered to keep the peace (ibid.). After the 1641 Irish rebellion this tower house was taken from Donough O'Brien and given to John Fitzgerald, and then passed through several owners until finally recorded as the property of William MacNamara in 1752 (ibid.). By the time of his visit, Westropp (1900, 287) found it to be 'a mere fragment, quite defaced, and with a vaulted lower room.' Described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997) as an unusual and very poorly preserved rectangular tower house (10.4m N-S; 8.7m E-W). Only the S wall stood to almost its full height (c. 9.5m), revealing that it was originally at least three storeys high. The tower house was built of dressed limestone blocks, almost regularly coursed and rising from a battered base set on a narrow plinth/footing. The size of blocks and quality of masonry deteriorated above 7m. There was a vaulted ceiling over the ground and first floors. The main entrance (demolished) was located in the N wall, leading to the ground-floor hall. Unusually there was no evidence for a porter's lodge, while the circular stairwell (diam. 2m) stood in the NW corner of the ground-floor hall. There was a wide garderobe opening at the N end of the E wall, its shaft leading down from the second floor. There were three damaged and blocked loops in the E, S and W walls, within vaulted, squared and splayed embrasures. There was an aumbry in the N wall of the W embrasure. The surviving S side of the first floor incorporated a secret lintelled chamber (L 2.9m; Wth 1m; H 2m) in the thickness of the S wall, lit by a small loop in the E wall. This chamber also had an unusual circular spy-hole in its W wall, allowing one to look out through the back of an aumbry in a first-floor loop embrasure (squared and splayed). Also unusually, there was a water conduit into the secret chamber through a carefully carved stone and a very narrow hole in the N wall. Its splayed ends possibly allowed the conduit to be covered when not in use. Access to the secret chamber was solely through a trapdoor in a passage on the second floor (a drop of almost 4m). The only other surviving feature in the second floor was another squared and splayed embrasure with a narrow square loop, also in the S wall. An inspection of the tower house in 1998 found it unaltered in the interim, apart from the accumulation of domestic and agricultural refuse in the interior, as well as evidence for burning here. There is an enclosure (CL008-060----) c. 107m to the NE and a mound (CL008-146----) c. 144m to the ESE. The following items have been uploaded: CL008-059002-_01.pdf 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. CL008-059002-_01.jpg View from NW CL008-059002-_02.jpg View from SW CL008-059002-_03.jpg View from W CL008-059002-_04.jpg Passage in E wall CL008-059002-_05.jpg S ground-floor loop from SE CL008-059002-_06.jpg W ground-floor loop from W Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 December 2022

• CL008-060 Enclosure
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope in pasture, overlooking the Aille River. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Earthwork' in the RMP (1996). This levelled subcircular enclosure (15m E-W; 12m N-S) is faintly visible in aerial imagery (OSi Aerial Premium 2013-2018) but on inspection in 1998 was traceable on the ground only as an area of rough undulating ground, piles of field-clearance rubble and domestic refuse. There is a mound (CL008-146----) c. 100m to the SSE, while Doonmacfelim tower house (CL008-059002-) lies c. 107m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 25 October 2022

• CL008-146 Mound
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope in pasture. An oval earthen mound (c. 24m NW-SE; c. 20m SW-NE) visible on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). An enclosure lies c. 110m to the NNW and Doonmacfelim Castle lies c. 150m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2023

• CL008A003004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On quite level limestone outcrop with some overgrowth but offering wide views, especially to the S, over the surrounding extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This well-preserved subcircular cashel (int. dims. 21.5 N-S; 19.25 E-W) is defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 1.72-2.4m; int. H 0.1-1.25m; ext. H 0.1-1.7m) which is slightly wider at the base. Lying flat on top of the wall at the WSW are three very large limestone slabs (max. L 2.8m). A possible hollow underneath them (obscured by wall tumble and overgrowth) suggests a partly exposed intramural chamber. A small rectangular animal shelter is built against the outer wall-face at the NNW. Within the very overgrown and stony interior of the cashel are several upright slabs. There is another cashel (CL008A003005-) c. 29m to the NE, another (CL008A003003-) c. 38m to the SW, and an enclosure (CL008A003009-) c. 84m to the NE. The following images have been uploaded: CL008A003004-_01.jpg View from N CL008A003004-_02.jpg View from NW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A003005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in undulating limestone outcrop, offering wide views over the surrounding extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Mound' in the RMP (1996). A circular cashel (int. dims. 14.2m N-S; 14m E-W) defined by a collapsed and overgrown double-faced wall (av. Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.4m) with associated tumble (Wth 2m on either side of the wall). At S and NNW two distinct outer wall-faces are visible, suggesting that the wall was stepped. The cashel interior slopes very gently to SW and is covered with loose boulders. There is another cashel (CL008A003004-) c. 29m to SW, and an enclosure (CL008A003009-) c. 38m to ENE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A003007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle rise in rough pasture surrounded by limestone outcrop, offering wide views across the surrounding extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured and named 'Caheradoon' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and 'Cathair an Dúin' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (est. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW; or diam. c. 33m (Westropp 1905, 358)) is defined only by an intermittently visible low grass-covered rubble bank (Wth 2-3m; max. H 0.3m). There is grass-covered rubble throughout the interior. Westropp (ibid.) noted a local account that this cashel had been dismantled in the mid-19th century in order to provide stone for the construction of a nearby road. He proposed that given the commanding position of this cashel, it had probably been 'the chief fort of the place' (ibid.). There is a hut site (CL008A003008-) c. 77m to N, and an enclosure (CL008A003009-) c. 108m to WSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A003008 Hut site
  Description

  On a low SW-facing prominence in rough pasture, with karstic outcrops all around. Within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This circular hut site (8.5m N-S; 8.3m E-W) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) with a rubble core. The wall-faces are made from limestone slab uprights. There is a clearly defined entrance (Wth 1m) at W. The N-sloping interior is bisected by a NW-SE wall. There is a cashel (CL008A003007-) c. 77m to S. The following image has been uploaded: CL008A003008-_01.jpg View of hut site from S Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A003009 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope in overgrown rough pasture and undulating karstic pavement, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). This subcircular enclosure (22m E-W; 21m N-S) is defined by a band (Wth 3-4m) of uneven ground and overgrowth, with several metres of limestone outer revetment visible at S. The interior is clear of overgrowth. There is a cashel (CL008A003005-) c. 38m to WSW, and another cashel (CL008A003007-) c. 108m to ENE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A011 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a gentle rise in rough pasture in limestone outcrop within an extensive field system (CL008-109001-). Foundations of a rectangular house site (c. 9.6m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) are visible on orthophotographs on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and OSi MapGenie (2013-2018). A cashel (CL008A003007-) lay c. 28m to the SE and a hut site (CL008A003008-) lies c. 38m to the NNE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 26 April 2023

• CL008A012 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In a lowlying grass-covered karst landscape within an extensive field system (CL008-109001-). A circular cashel (diam. c. 17.5m) is visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie (2013-2018) defined by a partially grassed-over stone wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 26 April 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Doonmacfelim, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Doonmacfelim with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Doonmacfelim · Dún Mhic Fheidhlim

Area

755,570 m² (75.56 ha, 186.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Killilagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

816 people lived in 245 households in the Killilagh electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghaline, Ballyvara, Doolin

Placenames

Doonmacfelim 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.