# Freaghcastle, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,647,463 m² (164.75 ha, 407.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,151 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilfarboy, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilfarboy.md
- Barony: Ibrickan
- Electoral division: Ballyvaskin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 422 people lived in 160 households in the Ballyvaskin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6618
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31230
- Centre: latitude 52.881454, longitude -9.423124 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Freaghcastle, from 108 m² to 320,856 m² (32.09 ha, 79.29 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1517744: 320,856 m² (32.09 ha, 79.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517744.md
- Parcel 1439108: 283,142 m² (28.31 ha, 69.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439108.md
- Parcel 1513610: 158,434 m² (15.84 ha, 39.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513610.md
- Parcel 1480279: 122,102 m² (12.21 ha, 30.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480279.md
- Parcel 1516660: 120,100 m² (12.01 ha, 29.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516660.md
- Parcel 1438305: 117,509 m² (11.75 ha, 29.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438305.md
- Parcel 1502950: 115,633 m² (11.56 ha, 28.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502950.md
- Parcel 1453638: 100,461 m² (10.05 ha, 24.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453638.md
- Parcel 4618367: 59,028 m² (5.9 ha, 14.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618367.md
- Parcel 1480280: 56,504 m² (5.65 ha, 13.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480280.md
- Parcel 1480281: 49,930 m² (4.99 ha, 12.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1480281.md
- Parcel 1450995: 39,646 m² (3.96 ha, 9.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450995.md
- Parcel 1515067: 27,085 m² (2.71 ha, 6.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515067.md
- Parcel 1500840: 14,292 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500840.md
- Parcel 1499684: 8,846 m² (0.88 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499684.md
- Parcel 1494457: 5,609 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494457.md
- Parcel 1499709: 3,714 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499709.md
- Parcel 1519325: 2,702 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519325.md
- Parcel 1516247: 2,359 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516247.md
- Parcel 1434916: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434916.md
- Parcel 1431462: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431462.md
- Parcel 1483414: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1483414.md
- Parcel 1449334: 2,066 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449334.md
- Parcel 1494269: 2,045 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494269.md
- Parcel 2445739: 2,023 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2445739.md
- Parcel 1465360: 2,016 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1465360.md
- Parcel 1510372: 1,997 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510372.md
- Parcel 3397914: 1,987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3397914.md
- Parcel 1492141: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492141.md
- Parcel 1439109: 1,945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439109.md
- Parcel 1481983: 1,755 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1481983.md
- Parcel 1513717: 1,744 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513717.md
- Parcel 1511212: 1,694 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1511212.md
- Parcel 1446686: 1,627 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1446686.md
- Parcel 1447991: 1,480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447991.md
- Parcel 4894979: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4894979.md
- Parcel 1520278: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1520278.md
- Parcel 1483817: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1483817.md
- Parcel 1431860: 245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431860.md
- Parcel 1447401: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1447401.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Freaghcastle 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 29 Sept 2026, Clare County Council 2660633: N/a. Permission. for (a) to re-construct the storm damaged agricultural storage shed with cattle housing together with all associated site development works on lands together with (b) permission to retain the recently erected steel frame as part of the replacement shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660633/0
- 22 Dec 2023, Clare County Council 23642: Conditional. Retention. to RETAIN the existing cottage for use as Ancillary Living Accommodation including all ancillary services and works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23642/0
- 25 Jul 2022, Clare County Council 22667: Conditional. Retention. of an existing domestic building and PERMISSION to build an extension that will join the existing dwelling house to the building to be retained. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22667/0
- 9 Mar 2021, Clare County Council 21206: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to RETAIN the dwelling house as build on site & PERMISSION to alter the existing fenestration & extend the dwelling house, upgrade the existing sewerage system & all associated site & ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21206/0
- 21 Aug 2018, Clare County Council 18670: Conditional. Permission. to refurbish and reroof the existing dwelling house, convert the existing garage to a bedroom/bathroom, to construct a bedroom extension and associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18670/0

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## 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 Freaghcastle.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL022-005: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL022-005----. 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.
- CL022-006: Barrow - embanked barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL022-006----. 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.
- CL030-002002: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL030-002002-. 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.
- CL030-002003: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL030-002003-. See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 11 December 2014
- CL030-002004: Midden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL030-002004-. 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.
- CL030-002005: Midden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL030-002005-. 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.

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 Freaghcastle.

## 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 Freaghcastle, about 1 in 10 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 Freaghcastle.
- 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/freaghcastle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/freaghcastle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/freaghcastle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Freaghcastle 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)

- Drummin: https://everytownland.com/clare/drummin-31119.md
- Fintra Beg: https://everytownland.com/clare/fintra-beg.md
- Freaghavaleen: https://everytownland.com/clare/freaghavaleen.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.

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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.

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