Flagmount
Townland in the civil parish of Feakle, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Leacain an Éadain
- Area
- 83.5 ha
- 206 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 9,185 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Flagmount, from 56 m² to 101,230 m² (10.12 ha, 25.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community (Education)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.4Maritime / Harbour (Seaport/Harbour)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Flagmount Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Flagmount 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
3 Apr 2026Conditional
for a change of roof design on proposed extension to that previously approved under planning reference P25/60024 and also planning permission is sought to increase the capacity from the permitted 80 children to 90 children
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660218
23 Jan 2025Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to increase from 70 children to 80 children at one time with associated works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560024
25 Feb 2022Conditional
to demolish and existing derelict dwelling and associated out-buildings and to construct a replacement dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22169
13 Oct 2021Conditional
to amend pre-school opening hours previously permitted under P03-744 is being sought by Loughgraney Kids Corner Ltd
Permission · Clare County Council, 211085
5 Jul 2021Conditional
to modify extend and convert two vacant unused agricultural buildings to residential accommodation (for short term lettings), install a septic tank and percolation area to serve these units and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21700
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 Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
Recorded monuments
- CL020-002 Ritual site - holy well
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.
- CL020-003 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.
- CL020-003002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
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.
- CL020-004 Ringfort - rath
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 Flagmount.
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 20 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 Flagmount.
- 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 Flagmount with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Flagmount · Leacain an Éadain
- Area
- 835,102 m² (83.51 ha, 206.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Feakle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Electoral division
- Corlea, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caher (Murphy), Corlea Beg, Corlea More, Knockbeha, Knockbeha Mountain, Pollatrumpa
- Placenames
- Flagmount 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.