Dough

456 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dough, from 3 m² to 450,860 m² (45.09 ha, 111.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 236 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 66 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Lahinch Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Lahinch 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.

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  to retain the rear annex building which is auxiliary to the main dwelling house along with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660502

• 4 Feb 2026N/a

  to retain the change of use of the premises to a coffee and food retail business which includes a takeaway food and hot/cold drinks service and all other associated site and ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2628

• 11 Nov 2025N/a

  for the change of use of Apartment 6 granted permission under Planning Reg. Ref. 91529 to short term rental use

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560691

• 3 Nov 2025Conditional

  for refurbishment of and alterations to an existing single storey house, construction of first floor extension and refurbishment of existing garden shed, construction of new boundary walls and parking area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560672

• 21 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the change of use of an existing Bed & Breakfast as granted under Planning Reg. Ref. P04-2451 to short term rental use

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560450

• 27 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the alteration of the existing elevation granted under Planning Application Ref No 23/311, for construction of a new front balcony and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2593

• 26 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the following works a) single storey rear extension b) additional bedroom and floor space on the first floor of the house c) additional rooflights on the front and rear elevations along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560149

• 19 Feb 2025N/a

  for alteration of the existing elevation granted under planning application ref no 23/311, for construction of a new front balcony and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2544

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  for modifications to previously approved planning permission (Ref No. P23/60553) for works to the existing golf club house and external carpark at Lahinch Golf Club, Liscannor Road, Lahinch, Co Clare V95 VEP8 to include: a) Proposed re-positioning of previously approved vehicular and pedestrian entranceways to a location approx. 15m to the north of approved location; b) Proposed increase to practice putting green area and revised carpark area to provide 117 No spaces (in lieu of 129 No spaces); c) Proposed re-use and modification of existing storage building to provide refuse storage facility

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460533

• 3 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the development which will consist of modifications to exterior and internal alterations to part of an existing storey and half dwelling house to provide new secondary entrance to front with bay window; 2 no. new windows to side (West) gable wall; new winter garden and associated structure to rear, new dormer window to rear, alterations to existing roof to accommodate dormer and 3 no. new rooflights; along with new garden gate and steps to front boundary

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460479

• 17 Aug 2024Conditional

  for modifications to the existing dwelling which include the removal of the existing rear extension, the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, the construction of a new two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, a single storey car port to the side of the proposed two storey extension and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460387

• 12 Jul 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of a single storey mono-pitched roofed garage to the rear featuring a window, double doors and entry door, ancillary works and drainage to facilitate the development

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460324

• 4 Jun 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of a single storey sun room extension to the front of the house, a single storey extension to the rear of the house, internal alterations and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460262

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  of existing coffee hatch

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2460232

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  for the following works a) the change of use of existing ground floor residential area to use as a commercial unit b) the alteration of the front elevation to allow for a revised external facade and raised roof to accommodate a second floor c) the construction of new two and three storey over ground rear extension which will comprise 3 No apartments along with a basement store area for the new commercial unit along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2491

• 7 Mar 2024Refused

  to construct a gymnasium & fitness-studio together with all ancillary site works and services to include parallel car parking, footpath, bicycle parking, site boundaries, landscaping, rain water harvesting, PV solar panels and connections to public utilities

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460099

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  for development which will consist of a new dwelling house, shed, site entrance and associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 245

• 15 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the refurbishment, alterations and extensions to the existing golf club house and external carpark area. a) Extensions (286sqm) and alterations to the existing club house to provide new pitched roofs (including increased roof pitch), extension to bar/restaurant/kitchen at first floor level, external wall finishes and glazing systems, new internal stairs, lift, ancillary and staff welfare facilities; b) Single storey flat roofed entrance canopy; c) Alterations to the façade including new external terraces and stairs; d) Two storey pitched roof golf shop with storage areas/admin and ESB substation (406sqm); e) Single storey flat roof facilities/refuse block (40sqm); f) Relocated vehicular entrance; g) Revised car park layout (total 129 no. spaces), relocated putting green, new entrance steps and external landscape design; h) All associated site works, drainage, lighting, roof level PV panels, external roof level plant and external building signage

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360553

• 22 Nov 2023N/a

  to build an extension onto the existing dwelling house & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23591

• 24 Oct 2023Conditional

  to RETAIN the garage as built on site and for PERMISSION to building a new dwelling connect to services & all other site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23542

• 11 Oct 2023N/a

  for the garage as built on site and for PERMISSION to build a new dwelling, connect to services & all other site and ancillary works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 23524

• 29 May 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a new 2 storey detached dwelling with attached garage and store area, new vehicular access, mains connection, boundary treatment and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23311

• 30 Mar 2023Refused

  to construct a gymnasium / fitness centre with ancillary café and inclusive of roof mounted solar panels together with all ancillary site works and services including site entrance, circulation, bicycle and car parking, EV charging point, site boundaries, landscaping, rain water harvesting system and connections to public utilities

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360091

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  to (a) construct single storey side & rear extensions consisting of a sunroom and store (b) internal alterations along with the creation of an additional bedroom together with all ancillary site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221106

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  to A) carry out alterations B) construct a rear extension together with all associated site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221108

The 25 most recent of 83 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: Inagh River Estuary SAC 000036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inagh River Estuary 000036

Recorded monuments

• CL015-089002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In a golf links on the N tip of a bank of sand dunes flanking Liscannor Bay, with the bay to the W, and the Inagh River to the N and E. The castle is situated on a slight rise and the ground falls away sharply to the N and E. There are clear views in all directions. Indicated and named ‘Dough Castle (in ruins) on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. The former map shows the outline of a large rectangular building to the N of the castle, and two smaller buildings immediately W of it. These are not shown on the later map. The castle was built by the O’Conors of Corcomroe by at least the 1420s. In 1422, Rory, son of Conor O’Conor, Lord of Corcomroe, was slain by a relative ‘in his own town of Caislean Dumhcha’. By the mid-16th century, it was held by the O’Briens. In 1582, the O’Conors formally handed Dough and other castles to the O’Briens, and in 1583 Turlough O’Brien entered into surrender and regrant with the crown for these and other lands. The O’Briens of Dough converted to Protestantism and during the ‘1641 Rebellion’, Sir Daniel O’Brien of Dough came to the aid of English settlers. In 1642 he was noted as holding the 'strand hasse’ of Dough, and he petitioned in 1652 that it might not be demolished. Dough was spared by the Cromwellians and he recovered his lands after the Restoration, continuing to reside at Dough. The Down Survey barony map of Corcomroe (1656-8) depicts the building as a stylised tower with a gabled house appended to one side. The family moved from Dough to Ennistymon at the end of the 17th or early-18th century. The E wall of the castle fell before 1839, and further portions, including a chimney, fell c. 1878 (Westropp 1908, 202). A six-storey tower house (13.5m NW-SE; 9.8m NE-SW), only the NW wall of which survives to full height (H c. 20m), built of roughly coursed limestone flags bound with lime mortar. It features cut and dressed quoins, robbed out to first-floor level. The ground-floor doorway does not survive. The NW wall has five large late-17th or 18th-century window opes set into splayed embrasures originally supported by wooden lintels, with a loop at ground-floor level. Similarly, the SW wall has three surviving large windows of the same style, with a loop at ground-floor level. The two ground floor loops are set within squared and splayed embrasures and there is an aumbry in the W corner of the ground-floor chamber. There is no evidence for an internal vault and the floors were supported on timber joists, with joist-holes visible at each level. A short section of wall facing (L c. 3.5m) on the steep scarp immediately SE of the castle may be traces of a bawn. References: Westropp, T.J. 1908 Ancient remains near Lehinch, Co. Clare. Limerick Fieldclub Journal 3(12), 193-212. Breen, M. and Ua Cróinín, R. 1997 Some north-west Clare towerhouses. The Other Clare 21, 5-14. The following items have been uploaded: CL015-089002-_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. CL015-089002-_01.jpg View of castle from NW CL015-089002-_02.jpg View of castle from W CL015-089002-_03.jpg View from NE CL015-089002-_04.jpg SW ground floor internal wall CL015-089002-_05.jpg NW ground floor internal wall CL015-089002-_06.jpg Fallen masonry to SE of castle Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 15 August 2023

• CL015-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a steep and prominent rise in undulating fertile pasture with good views to N over the Inagh River estuary. Hachured on both the first (1840) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A bivallate rath is defined by an inner bank and scarp, a fosse and a second, outer bank. The round-topped inner bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.15-2.1m) only survives at SSW (L c. 13m) and has been reduced to a scarp elsewhere (H 1.15m at E – 1.95m at N). It is composed of earth and stone with a possible revetment of horizontally set stones visible along its outer face. The fosse (Wth at base 3m; Wth at top 10m) has steep sides and a flat base.  The outer bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 1.1-1.4m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m) has steep sides and is flat-topped. At E, a denuded gap in the bank with a corresponding causeway (Wth 2-5m) across the fosse inside marks the location of the original entrance. The interior is level and featureless. In 1997, testing in advance of an adjacent housing development to the S did not identify any archaeological features (Murphy 1997).   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 7-10-2025

• CL015-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a prominent E-W ridge in pasture with a marshy estuary to N and good views in all directions. A subcircular earthen enclosure (int. dims. 28.25m N-S; 28m E-W; overall dims. 58.75m N-S; 53.2m E-W) defined by a bank (av. int. H 0.7m; Wth c. 5m; ext. H up to 2.55m), a steep-sided and flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2-3m) and an outer bank (Wth 3.9-5.1m; ext. H 1-1.25m). A causewayed entrance (Wth 4.25-5.5m; H 0.6m above the fosse) is at E. The interior slopes gently to N. The perimeter is densely overgrown. There are numerous cattle gaps in both banks and some poaching on the external bank at SSW. A second rath (CL015-093----) lies c. 45m to the E. The following images have been uploaded: CL015-092----_01.jpg General view from N. CL015-092----_02.jpg Entrance at E. Rath (CL015-092----) in the background. CL015-092----_03.jpg Causeway at E. From S. CL015-092----_04.jpg Fosse at SE. CL015-092----_05.jpg Fosse and banks at NW. From NE. CL015-092----_06.jpg Cattle poaching at SSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 November 2019 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 7/1987).

• CL015-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the E end of a short ridge in fertile pasture, S of a marshy estuary with good views all around. A subcircular enclosure (diam. 23.25m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a round-topped earth and gravel bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.2-0.9m; ext. H 0.5-1.35m) from NNE to NNW. At N it has been reduced to a scarp (H 0.4m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.9m) at ESE with smaller cattle gaps at S and WSW. A fair amount of cattle poaching is evident along the NW and SW sectors as well as at the ESE entrance. The interior is slightly higher in the centre than at the perimeter and slopes down to the N. A band of rushes around the perimeter at S noted on a field inspection in 1998 is only now evident at SW. A bivallate rath (CL015-092----) lies 45m to the W on the same ridge. The following images have been uploaded: CL015-093----_01.jpg View from W showing cattle poaching. CL015-093----_02.jpg View from E with bivallate rath (CL015-092----) in the background. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 11 November 2019 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 7/1987).

• CL015-133 Burial ground
  Description

  A rectangular burial ground (c. 24m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by a stone wall. Named ‘Workhouse Burial Gd. (Disused)’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. Ennistymon workhouse lay 400m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 March 2016

Architectural heritage

• P. Frawley, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace six-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, timber pubfront inserted c. 1900. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with cut-stone eaves course. Timber fluted pilaster pubfront with decorative capitals, entablature and raised lettering. Fixed window with incised sill and timber panelled door to pubfront. Timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Timber panelled door with overlight and sidelights. Retaining interior features including timber shelving, sheeted bar counter and sheeted timber screen with decorative pediment.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1860, timber shopfront inserted c. 1900. Shopfront now disused. Pitched Moher pitched roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Timber shopfront comprising pilasters, name fascia and moulded cornice. Display windows now boarded. Timber matchboard half glazed door to shopfront. Timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Timber matchboard door with overlight leading to residential accommodation.

• Hotel, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited ten-bay three-storey hotel, built c. 1850, originally two-storey. Top floor added and two-bay three-storey return added, c. 1985. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with vermiculated quoins, moulded cornice to first floor, vermiculated moulded architraves to openings and render plaques with affixed signage. Replacement aluminium windows. Stone sills to ground and first floors. Concrete canopy over entrance. Entablature and pilasters to pub entrance on return.

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 20 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

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

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.

• Dough, Lahinch8 sales

Name

Dough · Dumhach

Area

2,932,530 m² (293.25 ha, 724.64 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacrehy, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Ennistimon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ennistimon electoral division: 2,514 people in 934 households; 63% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonaveige, Lehinch

Placenames

Dough 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.