Doonnagore

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonnagore, from 17 m² to 346,453 m² (34.65 ha, 85.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Doonnagore in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 20 Jan 2026Refused

  to build a new dwellinghouse, install a wastewater treatment system and all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 269

• 21 Nov 2025Conditional

  a) retention of existing site entrance b) permission to alter site boundaries to match Land Registry boundaries together with ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560721

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  to retain an existing domestic garage and all associated works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2560119

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  to build a new dwelling, garage, install a waste water treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24396

• 23 Oct 2024Conditional

  to extend and renovate the existing dwelling, upgrade the existing septic tank with a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24346

• 12 Dec 2023N/a

  of (a) structure consisting of a shed, store and ancillary living accommodation. (b) The use of the ancillary living accommodation for both immediate family use and periodic short term letting together with all associated site development works and services

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360537

• 4 Apr 2023Refused

  for the following; to construct a single storey Whiskey Maturation / Storage Rackhouse (1048sqm), a septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works and services. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23202

• 1 Dec 2022Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221078

• 7 Nov 2022Conditional

  for change of use of the existing office to domestic use & extend the building, install a waste water treatment system & all other associated site & ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221003

• 12 Apr 2022N/a

  to build a new dwelling, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22335

• 27 Sept 2019Conditional

  the development will consist of a) permission to RETAIN and complete renovations and extension to the existing cottage (Protected structure -RPS 595) and b) PERMISSION for a new vehicular entrance to the front of the property together with ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 19750

• 16 May 2019Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing garage along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19389

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  (1) the change of use of an existing domestic shed to part use as a place of worship (2) a steel tech shed (3) a gravelled hard standing area (4) an upgraded entrance to match existing entrance and associated site works.

  Retention · Clare County Council, 18436

• 20 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17882

• 11 Sept 2017Refused

  to construct two ornamental ponds, gravel pathways and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17692

• 17 May 2017Conditional

  to construct extension to the side of existing dwelling with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17366

• 23 Mar 2017N/a

  to construct dwelling house, garage, treatment system, re-construct entrance to site and carry out ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17209

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Cliffs of Moher SPA 004005

Recorded monuments

• CL008-085001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In undulating pasture c. 130m E of sea cliffs, with higher ground E-SSE. Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This circular ring-barrow (ext. diams. 21m E-W; 20.3m N-S) comprises a steep-sided, flat-topped central mound (basal diam. c. 9m; surface diam. c. 6.8m; H over fosse 0.8-1.25m; H over external ground surface 0.25m) which has been dug into along the S, and is surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 1.8-2.3m) and a broad, steep-sided, almost flat-topped outer bank (Wth 3.7-5m; int. H 0.75-1.25m; ext. H 0.25-0.9m). There are two other ring-barrows nearby, one (CL008-085002-) c. 12m to the E and another (CL008-086----) c. 100m to the NNE. See attachment: CL008-085001-_01 Monument viewed from W. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 7 December 2022

• CL008-085002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In undulating pasture c. 140m E of sea cliffs, with higher ground E-SSE. This almost levelled circular ring-barrow (ext. diams. 19.3m N-S; 19m E-W) comprises a low central mound (diam. 9m; H 0.25m) surrounded by a wide fosse (Wth 6m) and a broad outer bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.15- 0.25m). There are two other ring-barrows nearby, one (CL008-085001-) c. 12m to the W and another (CL008-086----) c. 93m to the N. See attachment: CL008-085002-_01 Monument viewed from W. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 7 December 2022

• CL008-086 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In undulating pastureland with a sea-cliff c. 70m to the W, and higher ground to the E. Hachured on both the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. This well-preserved, circular ring-barrow (23.2m E-W; 23m N-S) comprises a flat-topped, steep-sided, central mound (basal diams. 9.5m N-S; 9.1m E-W; surface diams. 3.6m N-S; 3m E-W; H over fosse 1.3-1.55m; H over exterior surface 0.2-0.3m) with a slight central depression, enclosed by a flat-bottomed, steep-sided fosse (av. basal Wth 2.2m) and a steep-sided, outer bank (Wth 4.2-4.6m; int. H 0.55-1.65mm; ext. H 0.2-0.45m) which is generally round-topped except for a short section at E where it is flat-topped (Wth 1.3m). Some stones are visible in the bank's make-up. There is a narrow livestock gap (Wth 1m) in the bank at NNE and a later field bank (nearly levelled) is built right against its outer face at N. There are two other ring-barrows nearby, one (CL008-085001-) c. 100m to the SSW and another (CL008-085002-) c. 93m to the S. See attachments: • CL008-086----_01.jpg Aerial view of monument from south. (Marcus Casey) • CL008-086----_02.jpg Ground view of monument from south south-west. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 November 2022

• CL008-087 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a natural rise in hilly pastureland, situated midway along the SE wall of a bawn (CL008-087002-). Overlooked by higher ground to S and SE, but otherwise commanding a panoramic view. Named ‘Doonnagore Castle (in Ruins)’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Probably built by the O’Connors in the 14th/15th century, by 1570 the castle was under the ownership of Sir Donnel O’Brien. In 1582 Brian MacCahill O’Connor was recorded as the owner, suggesting that perhaps the O’Connors were still living there under the O’Briens (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). Toward the end of that century the castle became a possession and residence of the MacClancy family, brehons of the O’Briens of Thomond. Local tradition holds that Boetius MacClancy tried and sentenced to death many survivors of the Spanish Armada at the castle (ibid.). In 1601 the O’Connors were again recorded in connection with Doonnagore, but it appears that the MacClancys held the castle until the 1641 rebellion, after which it was taken from them. The castle passed to John Sarsfield. By 1719 Francis Gore owned Doonnagore and subsequently granted it John Vandeleur of Kilrush (ibid.). The OS Letters of 1839 recorded that the castle had been ’lately repaired by Counsellor Gore’. This well-preserved but restored four-floored cylindrical tower house (diam. 8.9m) was described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997) as very well built of random-coursed local flagstones. The new pointed arched entrance doorway was at NE, over which was a machicoulis supported by two corbels. Inside, stairs ascended to SE within the thickness of the tower wall (Wth almost 2m). On the ground floor (int. diam. 4m) there was a squared and splayed loop embrasure at SW. Two large aumbrys at W and NW may once have been loop embrasures according to Westropp (1899-1901, 355). Under this floor there had been a small round cellar (diam. 3m) but this was filled and covered by the time of by Ua Cróinín and Breen’s (1997) visit. The ceiling was of oak, supported by joists. The small circular first-floor room had a stone-vaulted dome ceiling with four lintelled embrasures: those at SW and NE containing a square window, that at W a narrow loop, and that at N a shot-hole with little aumbrys on either side. The second-floor room had an oak ceiling supported by corbels in the wall. There was a small fireplace with a segmented lintel above, and three loop embrasures with ogee heads, at W, N and E. There were two aumbrys, at S and NW. To S of the W embrasure was a slop-stone in a small aumbry, emptying into a garderobe shaft. To W of the N embrasure a staircase descended to a small lock-up chamber with a tiny loop, which could be bolted from within in case of attack. A similar chamber was located to S of the E embrasure, and also reached by descending a staircase; however, this chamber was bolted from the outside and may have been a prison cell of sorts. The circular third-floor room had an elaborate conical oak roof with central king-post. The entrance door under a stone lintel was fitted with a curved oak door to fit the doorway shape. There was a vaulted embrasure at NE with a double-light cusped ogee-headed window. To the left of the embrasure was a narrow door, opening to a steep intramural staircase which led up to the wallwalk on the conical roof, ringed with high crenellations. At the SE of the third-floor room was a garderobe chamber (now fitted with a modern toilet). The garderobe shaft emptied on the E side of the tower, through a large opening at first-floor level which contained four stone lugs, perhaps for wooden shutters to close it when danger threatened. On the S side of the third-floor room was a wide embrasure with a double-light cusped ogee-headed window. To W was an embrasure with a single ogee-headed loop. To NW was a double over-and-under ambry with a stone shelf between, and to N was a wide embrasure, now with a large triple-light window with three elliptical heads. The following items have been uploaded: CL008-087001-_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. CL008-087----_01.jpg View of tower house and bawn wall from SE. CL008-087----_02.jpg View from S. CL008-087----_03.jpg Interior of N bawn wall. CL008-087----_04.jpg Pointed doorway at N with window above. CL008-087----_05.jpg General view from SE CL008-087----_06.jpg Upper floors from N Date of upload: 3 December 2014 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1972). Westropp, T.J. 1899-1901 Notes on the lesser castles or "Peel Towers" of the County Clare. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 21, 348-65.

• CL008-087002 Bawn
  Description

  On a natural rise in hilly pastureland, and surrounding Doonnagore Castle (CL008-087----). The land all around slopes steeply, except at NW where there is a D-shaped berm-like area. Overlooked by higher ground to S and SE, but otherwise commanding a panoramic view. Indicated as a wall-defined rectangle on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map the NE side is hachured rather than being defined by a wall. This restored subrectangular bawn (38m NE-SW; 22.5m NW-SE) with pointed NE side is defined by a coursed and mortared limestone wall, several sections of which were excavated in 1974 by Prof. Etienne Rynne (NUIG) (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997). The double-faced walls (av. basal Wth 1.4m, narrowing to c. 1m at top; H 3m) with rubble core were found to be built on a foundation of large stones (H c. 0.7m; Wth 1.4-1.7m). The wall foundation in the SW corner had been strengthened in the SW corner by three additional large boulders, protruding over 0.5m beyond the outer wall-face. The original entrance (Wth 1.4m) found by Rynne was located c. 9m SW of the tower house, with pivot-stones showing that it was closed by a pair of doors on gudgeons (diam. c. 0.07-0.08m). Against the bawn wall on the NNE side Rynne found the possible gable-end of a building, including a chimney and part of a fireplace, as well as an intramural chamber with a lintelled ceiling. In the interior of the bawn the excavation revealed a short length of wall running SE from the NNW corner of the bawn. Rynne concluded from this that the original bawn was smaller, being defined by this wall, the N wall and the E wall as far as the tower house, which would have stood at the S corner of that early bawn. The excavation recovered two bronze harp-pegs, a bronze and iron buckle, an iron needle and an iron nail, dated to the 16th/17th century. The restored bawn wall (Wth 0.8m, widening to 2m at N; int. H 1m at W; ext. H 3m at NE) is built of coursed and mortared limestone, capped with flagstones. There are two entrances at SE, one on either side of the tower house (CL008-087----) which is abutted at NE and SW by the bawn wall. Set into the N wall are the remains of a lintelled fireplace (Wth 1.55m; H 1.7m; D 0.75m). Immediately to E of this is a doorway (Wth 0.69m; H 1.76m) leading to short passage (L 0.41m) and chamber (1.9m E-W; c. 1m N-S) within the bawn wall. To W of the fireplace is a (possibly original or modern) small, narrow, unroofed intramural passage with steps leading to the modern top of the N wall. Several grass-covered limestone blocks in the SW corner of the bawn may be the remains of a building or structure; alternatively these may be part of the reinforced foundations identified by Rynne, or they could be modern as the bawn wall appears to be partly rebuilt in this area. The grass-covered bawn interior is flat and level in the N half, but the S half slopes gently down to SSE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 January 2023

• CL008-088 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture near a W-facing slope, with higher ground to the E and wide views to W-N. Named ‘Caher’ and indicated with an OS trigonometrical station (OD 339’) in the S sector on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map, and also named 'Caher' and partially hachured on the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the map. A small, almost circular area (13m N-S; 12.5m E-W) is defined SSW-SE by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; max. int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m), and by a faint, low scarp (max. H 0.1m) SE-SSW. Several large boulders (possibly field-clearance material) lie on the bank at W. The W sector of the slightly undulating interior is crossed NNW-SSE by a later earthen field boundary. See attachments: • CL008-088----_01.jpg Aerial view of monument from the north-east (Marcus Casey). • CL008-088----_02.jpg View of monument from the west north-west. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29 November 2022

• CL008-121 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pastureland with marshy ground nearby to E and higher ground SE-S. This oval-shaped enclosure (c. 67m NNW-SSE; c. 50m ENE-WSW) is defined S-W-NW by a low bank (Wth 2m; H 0.2m) and elsewhere by a faint scarp. The interior slopes gently to NW. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 December 2022

• CL008-122 Hut site
  Description

  On the N-facing slope of a prominent ridge, in rough pasture. This possible circular hut site (int. diam. 4.5m; ext. dims. 11m E-W; 7.5m N-S) is defined by a collapsed and grass-covered wall (max. H 0.25m). The interior is lower (D 0.25m) than the surrounding ground level. Doonnagore Castle (CL008-087----) lies c. 140m to SW. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 December 2022

• CL008A004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in pasture, with land sloping steeply all around and wide views from W to N. This poorly preserved subcircular cashel is defined from NNE to WSW by a steep scarp (H 0.4-1m), and from WSW to NNE by the footings of a double-faced wall (est. Wth 2m; ext. H 1m), outside of which is a berm (Wth 2m) and scarp (H c. 0.4m), sparse remains of collapsed stone revetting and horizontal foundation slabs, as well as downslope tumble (Wth 1-2m). The berm and scarp may have been constructed in order to prevent erosion or slippage, as this is the steepest part of the slope. A later drystone wall is built over the inner face of the cashel wall from WSW to NNE. The interior is highest in the centre and slopes down (H c. 1m) to the perimeter. There is a souterrain (CL008A004002-) in the N half. The following images have been uploaded: CL008A004----_01.jpg Enclosing elements from W CL008A004----_02.jpg View from N CL008A004----_03.jpg View from SSE Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 9 January 2023

• CL008A004002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the N interior of a cashel (CL008A004----), this collapsed and dug-out souterrain comprises a curving trench (est. L c. 5m NNW-SSE; max. D 1m) with remains of a drystone wall visible in the E side, and a single stone set near the N end which may be part of the N wall of a chamber. A shallower depression (L 2m) lies immediately S of the trench. Along the upper E edge of the trench is a low earthen mound (Wth 1.5m), which appears to be spoil from when the souterrain was dug out. The following images have been uploaded: CL008A004002-_01.jpg View from SE CL008A004002-_02.jpg View from SW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 9 January 2023

Architectural heritage

• Doonnagore Castle, castle/fortified house, 1450–1550 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-plan single-bay three-stage tower house, built c. 1500. Ruined in 1916, extensively reconstructed, c. 1970. In use as private residence. Slate conical roof with metal finial. Rubble stone walls with base batter, battlemented roof parapet and machicolation. Gun loop openings. Round-headed door opening. Rubble stone bawn enclosure. Cut-stone piers to front with iron gates.

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 Doonnagore, about 1 in 10 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 high, 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 Doonnagore.

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

Name

Doonnagore · Dún na gCorr

Area

2,561,731 m² (256.17 ha, 633.02 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, Ballycotteen North, Ballycullaun, Ballyfaudeen, Ballyvara, Luogh North, Moymore North

Placenames

Doonnagore 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.