# Faherlaghroe, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcorney, barony of Burren, Co. Clare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 295,202 m² (29.52 ha, 72.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,064 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcorney, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilcorney.md - Barony: Burren - Electoral division: Noughaval, the unit of the census - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5818 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31171 - Centre: latitude 53.04842, longitude -9.128054 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faherlaghroe, from 786 m² to 290,706 m² (29.07 ha, 71.84 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4910212: 290,706 m² (29.07 ha, 71.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4910212.md - Parcel 1517727: 4,064 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517727.md - Parcel 1477131: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477131.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Faherlaghroe in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 2 Aug 2026, Clare County Council 2660500: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a two storey extension to the existing dormer dwelling and an upgrade to the treatment plant / septic tank with percolation area and all associated site services and landscaping. Permission sought includes the retention of an existing detached garage building and a change of use of part of same to a granny flat including amendments to the existing building which includes a proposed pitched roof. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660500/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Faherlaghroe. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL005-182: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-182----. In improved pasture on a W-facing slope with damp ground to the W. Noted by Tom Coffey (1994) as a 'mound of a destroyed wedge or other megalithic structure' (SMR file) and listed as ‘Megalithic Structure’ in the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a small subcircular stone and earth mound (3.8m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.4-0.6m), possibly a fulacht fia. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: - CL009-039: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-039----. On the crest of a S-facing slope on the SE edge of a narrow valley in improved pasture and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-030001-). Hachured on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. This small poorly preserved, slightly raised (H 0.2–0.5m) circular area (diams. 14m N–S; 13m E–W) is defined by a low scarp which is most visible from NE–SE-SW (H 0.5m; max. Wth 1–2m), and by a low grass-covered stone bank (H 0.2m; Wth 2–5m) from S–SW-W. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 30-9-2025 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Faherlaghroe. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Faherlaghroe, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 Faherlaghroe. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/faherlaghroe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/faherlaghroe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/faherlaghroe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Faherlaghroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballymihil: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballymihil.md - Caherconnell: https://everytownland.com/clare/caherconnell.md - Cragballyconoal: https://everytownland.com/clare/cragballyconoal.md - Eantybeg North: https://everytownland.com/clare/eantybeg-north.md - Eantybeg South: https://everytownland.com/clare/eantybeg-south.md - Poulgorm: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulgorm.md - Poulnabrone: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnabrone.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/faherlaghroe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/faherlaghroe