Farrihy
Farrihy is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfearagh, barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is An Fhairche.
- Area
- 240 ha
- 593 acres
- Land parcels
- 91
- registered freehold, median 15,945 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farrihy, from 25 m² to 190,911 m² (19.09 ha, 47.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Farrihy 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 May 2026Conditional
to construct rear extension to existing dwelling house including minor elevational changes plus removal of existing extension and sheds, and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26124
5 Sept 2024Conditional
for the demolition of existing fire damaged bungalow and stand alone utility block, the construction of a new bungalow on the existing footprint and a new extension to the side, along with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460427
4 Sept 2024Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460420
14 Apr 2023Conditional
to construct a new single storey dwelling house, private garage, site entrance and wastewater treatment system along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360111
7 Dec 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221110
5 Oct 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211051
15 Sept 2021Conditional
for development, the development consists of the construction of a slatted cubicle unit and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21976
13 Oct 2017Conditional
for elevational changes consisting of glazed porch and velux roof lights to that previously approved Ref P01-675. RETENTION permission of garage (25 sq.m) and apartment conversion to existing garage to that previously approved Ref. P04-1066
Retention · Clare County Council, 17789
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Kilkee Reefs SAC 002264
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Farrihy Lough 000200
Recorded monuments
- CL046-022001 Earthwork
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.
- CL046-022002 Hut site
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.
- CL046-022003 Earthwork
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.
- CL046-023 Ritual site - holy well
Description
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- CL046-024 Promontory fort - coastal
Description
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- CL046-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
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- CL046-027 Earthwork
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.
- CL046-030 Children's burial ground
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 Farrihy.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Farrihy, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Farrihy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Farrihy, Kilkee5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Farrihy · An Fhairche
- Area
- 2,399,957 m² (240 ha, 593.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfearagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyarta
- Electoral division
- Knocknagore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 204 people lived in 74 households in the Knocknagore electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballard, Carrowblough Beg, Carrowblough More, Carrowmore South, Corbally, Glascloon
- Placenames
- Farrihy 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.