Glascloon
Glascloon is a townland in the civil parish of Killard, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Glaschluain.
- Area
- 289.7 ha
- 716 acres
- Land parcels
- 80
- registered freehold, median 10,294 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glascloon, from 381 m² to 368,867 m² (36.89 ha, 91.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2Cluster (General)
Beevrack Cluster, Clare · 6 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
2 Oct 2025Conditional
to (a) construct rear extensions and carry out fenestration changes to existing dwelling house, (b) construct linked garage (c) retain foundations and complete construction of potting shed (d) construct extension to existing shed comprising of a family room (e) relocate existing wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560607
21 Dec 2020Conditional
to construct a private garage to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20993
19 Oct 2020Conditional
to alter and extend existing dwelling house. The works involve the following; a) to construct a new single storey rear extension b) to construct a new first floor extension area with associated rear projection c) to install a new window and door on the existing east elevation d) to alter the internal floor layout e) to install new rooflights along with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20762
2 Jul 2020Conditional
to RETAIN two no. windows to front of existing private garage attached to dwelling house,
Retention · Clare County Council, 20443
28 May 2020Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P15-309 to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20339
26 May 2020N/a
to RETAIN two no. windows to front of existing private garage attached to dwelling house
Retention · Clare County Council, 20331
19 Jun 2019Conditional
to RETAIN the construction of a porch to the front of dwelling house along with all associated works
Retention · Clare County Council, 19479
17 Jan 2019N/a
to erect dwelling house, foul sewer treatment plant, percolation area and new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 1920
3 Apr 2018Conditional
to amend previously granted agricultural development (Planning Reference P17-413). The amendments to the previously granted planning consist of (a) Demolition of existing milking parlour; (b) Construction of new milking parlour and covered holding yard; (c) Associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18262
14 Dec 2017N/a
to erect dwelling house, foul sewer treatment plant, percolation area and new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17969
26 May 2017Conditional
to construct an agricultural development. The development will consist of (a) extension to existing slatted house incorporating collecting yard, slatted tanks and cow cubicles, (b) extension to existing cubicle shed (c) associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17413
27 Feb 2017Conditional
to decommission existing septic tank and install a new mechanical aeration system, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17139
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: Kilkee Reefs SAC 002264
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Farrihy Lough 000200
Recorded monuments
- CL046-008 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.
- CL046-009 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.
- CL046-010 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 Glascloon.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Glascloon, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Glascloon.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Glascloon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Glascloon · Glaschluain
- Area
- 2,897,341 m² (289.73 ha, 715.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killard, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Killard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 294 people lived in 121 households in the Killard electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballard, Caherlean, Carrowblough Beg, Doonmore, Farrihy
- Placenames
- Glascloon 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.