Drumcaran More
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcliff, barony of Islands, Co. Clare; in Irish Drom Carthainn Mór
- Area
- 73 ha
- 180 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumcaran More, from 22 m² to 226,279 m² (22.63 ha, 55.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 70 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Low Density Residential (New/proposed residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 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
20 Feb 2025Conditional
for the following development (a) Part demolition and conversion of existing private garage into ancillary living accommodation; (b) Construction of a single storey extension to rear and elevational changes to side of existing dwelling house; (c) internal modifications to existing dwelling house; (d) Construction of front porch to existing dwelling house; (e) All associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560077
10 Feb 2025Conditional
to change use of existing dwellinghouse from bed & breakfast accommodation to private residential use and RETAIN private garage, as constructed
Permission · Clare County Council, 2532
23 Oct 2024Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, connection to utilities, along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460521
19 Jul 2024Conditional
of the change of use of part of storage area to off-licence with minor internal alterations (Note change of use of storage area to off-licence was previously approved under Planning Permission Ref: P19/461).
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460337
9 Dec 2022Conditional
to vary part of site layout and house types of housing development granted under Planning Permission Ref: P15/835 with extended duration granted under P21/135
Permission · Clare County Council, 221119
10 Oct 2022Conditional
to decommission existing underground tank farm and provide for new underground tank farm consisting of 2 x 50,000 litre and 1 x 10,000 litre tanks together with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22911
30 Apr 2021Conditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of a Planning Permission for P15/626 for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21418
18 Feb 2021Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P15-835 for the construction of 35 dwelling houses consisting of 34 semi-detached dwelling houses and 1 detached dwelling house, roads, footpaths and associated site works in-lieu of 36 housing units not being constructed which were granted permission as part of the overall Acha Bhile Housing Development under Planning Permission Refs: 05-21104 (Ennis Town Council), P05-1348 (Clare County Council), Extension of Duration Permission Refs: 11-21018 (Ennis Town Council) and P11-108 (Clare County Council) and completion of remaining part of estate with all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21135
11 Feb 2021Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period for P15-582 for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21103
10 Feb 2021Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of P15-581 for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2196
24 Apr 2020Conditional
to reconfigure internal floor layout previously granted under planning permission ref: P19/461 and to include for a small seating area and to install window to south east elevation
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20272
10 Jan 2020Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house and connection to public services and all ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 205
1 Nov 2019Conditional
to RETAIN development consisting of the increase in site area, relocation of house centrally and relocation of western boundary of site previously approved under P13/377 and P18/539 together with associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19846
29 Jul 2019Conditional
for alterations to front boundary and vehicular access as permitted under Planning Ref. No. P17-905 to include the setting back of the front boundary and the construction of a new stone wall and entrance
Permission · Clare County Council, 19616
10 Jun 2019Conditional
for a) change of use of part of existing garage workshop to retail shop, b) relocate existing off-licence area to store area of existing shop, c) extend deli/food preparation area within existing shop, d) minor alterations to existing building and e) RETENTION of change of use of part of existing garage workshop to shop store area
Permission · Clare County Council, 19461
20 Dec 2018Conditional
for development consisting of construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling house and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 181056
29 Jun 2018Conditional
for alterations and extensions to a previously approved design(Planning Ref No. 13-377) to include sunroom, rear extension revised floor area together with associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18539
21 Dec 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17996
24 Nov 2017Conditional
for the construction of a new single storey dwelling house and garage and associated ancillary boundary and site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17905
15 Aug 2017Conditional
for a development which will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling house and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17632
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 Drumcaran More.
Recorded monuments
- CL033-073 Earthwork
Description
Situated in reclaimed pasture on a low shelf at the NW edge of a small turlough. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level . Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 April 2017
- CL033-155 Fulacht fia
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 Drumcaran More.
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 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_478 (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
No address of the register names Drumcaran More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Drumcaran More · Drom Carthainn Mór
- Area
- 729,794 m² (72.98 ha, 180.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Ennis Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ennis Rural electoral division: 19,353 people in 7,011 households; 66% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bushypark, Cragleagh, Drumcaran Beg, Drumcliff, Fountain, Loughvella, Shanvogh
- Placenames
- Drumcaran More 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.