Feighroe
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmaley, barony of Islands, Co. Clare; in Irish Fíoch Rua
- Area
- 204.9 ha
- 506 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 2,228 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Feighroe, from 93 m² to 184,623 m² (18.46 ha, 45.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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)
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 50 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community (Education)
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Connolly Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Connolly 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 May 2026Conditional
of the following - A storage shed as constructed, an extension to existing shop, an extension to existing dwelling house and associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 26135
16 Apr 2026N/a
to RETAIN the following - A storage shed as constructed, an extension to existing shop, an extension to existing dwelling house and associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 26103
20 Mar 2026Conditional
to convert the existing garage to a one bedroomed residential unit for the enjoyment of the occupants of the main dwelling on site and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2674
9 Feb 2026N/a
to convert the existing garage to a one bedroomed residential unit for the enjoyment of the occupants of the main dwelling on site and all associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2634
11 Nov 2025N/a
to retain a shipping container and lean-to shed structures constructed around the container, together with retention of existing site entrance, associated groundworks soft landscaping including earthen berms for natural screening using a thin layer of topsoil removed from the site and a small hardstanding area for the loading and unloading of horses
Retention · Clare County Council, 25351
22 Apr 2025Conditional
to construct an extension to existing dwelling house, demolish existing rear extension, upgrade existing dwelling with elevation changes, upgrade existing sewage treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25119
29 Jan 2025Conditional
for the following: a) to construct a new multi-purpose community building b) to install a playground, sensory garden, landscaped areas and gravel walking paths with low level bollard lights. c) to construct a new site entrance, footpath, car parking area, community signage and public lighting d) to link in with new pedestrian crossing on public road. e) to install an effluent folding tank along with ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2522
4 Apr 2024Conditional
to construct a slatted unit, demolish old shed and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24110
10 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct a new canopy over a portion of the forecourt of the existing shop and fuel station and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22122
24 May 2020Refused
to construct a single storey garage (43.2 sq.m), new porch to the front of the existing cottage (4sq.m) and ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20271
10 Jun 2019Conditional
to construct a new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19462
24 May 2018Conditional
to a) Demolish existing farm shed; b) Construct dwelling house with domestic garage with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18430
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 Feighroe.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Feighroe.
Architectural heritage
- Catholic Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, built c. 1860, with five-bay side elevation and half-octagonal apse to rear. Pitched and hipped slate roof with bands of red slate, concrete ridge crestings, cross finial and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked stone walls with cut-stone plinths, stepped buttresses and tripartite blind niches at apex. Lancet openings with cut-stone dressings and leaded coloured glass. Pointed arch door opening with pair of timber double leaf doors, fanlight, flanking lancet side lights, and with rose window above. Retaining interior features.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Feighroe.
- 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
- Feighroe, Connolly12 sales
The townland
- Name
- Feighroe · Fíoch Rua
- Area
- 2,049,452 m² (204.95 ha, 506.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmaley, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Kinturk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinturk electoral division: 313 people in 122 households; 93% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ailldavore, Bealcragga, Cloonbooly, Cloontabonniv, Drumanure
- Placenames
- Feighroe 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.