Foohagh

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foohagh, from 222 m² to 279,603 m² (27.96 ha, 69.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Foohagh 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.

• 31 Jan 2024Conditional

  to RETAIN for demolition of outbuildings and front wall and extension and alterations to existing house along with planning PERMISSION to renovate and alter the existing house along with all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460032

• 3 Jan 2024Refused

  to apply for a 10-year permission for development at these sites (c.4.56ha combined total) in the townlands of Kilkee Lower and Foohagh, Kilkee, Co. Clare (no Eircode available); comprising two areas of land principally bound: Subject Site (A) to the north by residential dwellings at Victoria Park and Páirc na mBláth, to the south by agricultural land and residential dwellings at Victoria Park, to the east by Victoria Stream and residential dwellings at Victoria Park, and to the west by Haugh Mobile Park and residential dwellings at Páirc na mBláth (c.1.05a); Subject Site (B) to the north by agricultural land and the Dunlicky Road beyond, to the east by an un-named access road and agricultural land, to the south by agricultural land and a residential dwelling beyond, and to the west by agricultural land – this site also includes a section of the Dunlicky Road that is within the Foohagh Townland (c.3.51ha). The development will consist of: [1] The construction of a new Foul Pumping Station (PS) at Subject Site (A) comprising of: an emergency storage tank; surge kiosk; washwater kiosk; odour control building; control panel kiosk; standby generator; foul pumping station; petrol interceptor; potable water / break tank kiosk; gantry's for pump and cleaning system removal; installation of underground internal site pipework including surface water drainage and petrol interceptor; ESB building and Panel Room (c.36.2sq.m. GFA); 2.4m high wire mesh security boundary fence; replacement of existing chainlink fence; safety bollards; new signage; an access gate; temporary construction access including the demolition and reinstatement of a boundary wall at the existing Victoria PS site; temporary works area; permanent access off Victoria Park; and all hard and soft landscaping including screen planting. [2] The construction of a new Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) at Subject Site (B) comprising of: 2 no. primary settlement tanks; MCC kiosk; outfall pumping station; picket fence thickener; return liquors pumping station; sludge / scum pumping station; odour control plinth; inlet works and grit chamber; potable water break tank booster set kiosk; storm holding tank; storm return pumping station; excess FFT chamber; FFT flow measurement chamber; PST flow splitting chamber; gantrys for pump and cleaning system removal; a control building (c.102.5sq.m. GFA); ESB building (c.36.2sq.m. GFA); standby generator and fuel tank; solar panels (c.250sq.m. area / c.3.5m high); ins

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460002

• 15 Nov 2023N/a

  to RETAIN extension and alterations to existing house along with planning PERMISSION to renovate and alter the existing house along with all associated works at Knockroe, Kilkee, Co. Clare.

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2360482

• 29 Jul 2021Conditional

  of conversion of attic to habitable use with associated elevational changes to existing dwelling house and for PERMISSION to upgrade existing sewer treatment system plus all ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 21798

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Kilkee Reefs SAC 002264

Recorded monuments

• CL055-003 Promontory fort - coastal
  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.

• CL055-005 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.

• CL055-006 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.

• CL056-028 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A hachured circular feature is marked on the 1923 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 2003 this was found to be a quarried area (21m N-S; 6m E-W; D 1.1m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 December 2014

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Foohagh.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_139 (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.

No address of the register names Foohagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Foohagh · An Fhuathach

Area

1,260,305 m² (126.03 ha, 311.43 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfearagh, and its townlands

Barony

Moyarta

Electoral division

Kilfearagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilfearagh electoral division: 373 people in 147 households; 72% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 48% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyonan or Doonaghboy, Kilkee Lower, Kilkee Upper, Knockroe, Moveen East

Placenames

Foohagh 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.