Garraun
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick'S, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Garrán
- Area
- 14.7 ha
- 36 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 687 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garraun, from 68 m² to 20,757 m² (2.08 ha, 5.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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)
Parteen Settlement Plan, Clare · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Parteen Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Parteen Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
Parteen Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Parteen Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Parteen 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
28 Oct 2025Conditional
for change of house design and layout from that permitted under planning permission reference No. P24/204 and associated changes to the site layout
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560657
21 Jun 2024Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, entrance, connect to all public services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24204
30 May 2024Conditional
for a connection to the public sewerage system for an existing single dwelling
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460254
29 May 2020Conditional
for a single-family dwelling and associated site works and services connections
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20344
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Garraun.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garraun.
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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Garraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Garraun · An Garrán
- Area
- 146,998 m² (14.7 ha, 36.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick'S, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Ballyglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyglass electoral division: 6,030 people in 2,061 households; 85% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykeelaun, Fairyhill, Kilquane, Parteen
- Placenames
- Garraun 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.