Glenlon South
Townland in the civil parish of O'Briensbridge, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Gleann Luain Theas
- Area
- 70.3 ha
- 174 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 12,698 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenlon South, from 542 m² to 102,771 m² (10.28 ha, 25.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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)
Ardnacrusha Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ardnacrusha Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Ardnacrusha 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
16 Sept 2025Conditional
Amendments to part of the design of an approved solar farm development (Clare County Council Planning Reg. Ref. P23/60249). The proposed amendments comprise the erection of eight new pole sets and two new masts and replacement of two existing pole sets with two new masts; Placement of overhead lines (comprising 688m) to enable connection to the national grid; Placement of underground cables (comprising 91m) to enable connection from the overhead lines to the approved substation; Alterations to the design, layout and scale of the approved substation; Removal of solar panels (comprising 668sqm) adjacent to the substation; Removal of underground cable route (comprising 1,457m) and associated works for the cable route from the substation to the national grid at Ardnacrusha; and all other associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560563
13 Jul 2023Conditional
a solar farm on a site of 70 hectares consisting of the following: 309,008 sq. m. of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; a 38 kV electrical substation with electrical control building and associated compound with palisade fence; the installation of 21 electrical skids within 7 no. electrical compounds (with acoustic barrier fencing); underground power and communication cables and ducts, including underground cabling along the L3056 public road; new and upgraded internal access tracks (including stream crossings as required); 3 no. upgraded site entrances to the public road (one entrance to L-3054 (Lackyle Heights), and 2 no. entrances to L-30541); boundary fencing (including 607m of acoustic barrier fencing on the eastern boundary); landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360249
7 Feb 2023Conditional
to apply for a 10-year planning permission for development at land to the west/north west of Ardnacrusha within the townlands of Castlebank, Glenlon North, Glenlon South, Drummin and Ballykeelaun, for the development of a solar farm on a site of approximately 70 hectares consisting of the following; up to 309,008 sq.m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; a 38 kV electrical substation with electrical control building and associated compound with palisade fence; the installation of up to 21 no. inverter/transformer stations on 7 no. hardstanding locations; underground power and communication cables and ducts, including underground cabling along the L3056 public road; new and upgraded internal access tracks (including stream crossings as required); 3 no. upgraded site entrances to the public road (one entrance to L-3054 (Lackyle Heights), and 2 no. entrances to L-30541); boundary fencing; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2357
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glenlon South.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glenlon South.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glenlon South.
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 5 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_970 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glenlon South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Glenlon South · Gleann Luain Theas
- Area
- 703,096 m² (70.31 ha, 173.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- O'Briensbridge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla 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
- Castlebank, Coolnalira, Drummin, Glenlon North, Lakyle, Roo West
- Placenames
- Glenlon South 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.