# Gortaficka, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Inchicronan, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Gort an Phice. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,213,095 m² (121.31 ha, 299.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,638 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Inchicronan, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/inchicronan.md - Barony: Bunratty Upper - Electoral division: Crusheen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,080 people lived in 379 households in the Crusheen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6176 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31294 - Centre: latitude 52.948602, longitude -8.89833 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 94 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaficka, from 99 m² to 210,703 m² (21.07 ha, 52.07 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1461243: 210,703 m² (21.07 ha, 52.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461243.md - Parcel 2632992: 116,763 m² (11.68 ha, 28.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2632992.md - Parcel 1445630: 111,528 m² (11.15 ha, 27.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445630.md - Parcel 1497842: 73,602 m² (7.36 ha, 18.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1497842.md - Parcel 1436675: 52,284 m² (5.23 ha, 12.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436675.md - Parcel 1455970: 48,450 m² (4.84 ha, 11.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455970.md - Parcel 1466425: 41,611 m² (4.16 ha, 10.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466425.md - Parcel 4974546: 39,506 m² (3.95 ha, 9.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4974546.md - Parcel 1509024: 30,502 m² (3.05 ha, 7.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1509024.md - Parcel 1501375: 28,103 m² (2.81 ha, 6.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1501375.md - Parcel 1455899: 24,495 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455899.md - Parcel 1513129: 24,170 m² (2.42 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513129.md - Parcel 1505947: 23,942 m² (2.39 ha, 5.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505947.md - Parcel 1453258: 23,202 m² (2.32 ha, 5.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453258.md - Parcel 1434937: 20,525 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434937.md - Parcel 1501312: 18,309 m² (1.83 ha, 4.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1501312.md - Parcel 1453663: 14,941 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453663.md - Parcel 4991908: 13,583 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4991908.md - Parcel 1453200: 13,329 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453200.md - Parcel 1505841: 13,005 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505841.md - Parcel 1455914: 12,810 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455914.md - Parcel 4991913: 12,254 m² (1.23 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4991913.md - Parcel 1498190: 12,216 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1498190.md - Parcel 1461585: 11,314 m² (1.13 ha, 2.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461585.md - Parcel 5251885: 11,061 m² (1.11 ha, 2.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251885.md - Parcel 1518553: 10,909 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518553.md - Parcel 1473356: 10,707 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1473356.md - Parcel 1449913: 10,392 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449913.md - Parcel 1445983: 9,968 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445983.md - Parcel 1458103: 9,228 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458103.md - Parcel 1518795: 9,129 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518795.md - Parcel 1501234: 8,165 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1501234.md - Parcel 1449881: 8,139 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449881.md - Parcel 1434489: 7,431 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434489.md - Parcel 1434321: 6,258 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434321.md - Parcel 1434098: 5,823 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434098.md - Parcel 5445361: 5,453 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445361.md - Parcel 1434245: 5,233 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434245.md - Parcel 1453238: 5,152 m² (0.52 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453238.md - Parcel 1505899: 4,929 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505899.md - Parcel 1450350: 4,903 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450350.md - Parcel 1455825: 4,032 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455825.md - Parcel 1434424: 3,985 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434424.md - Parcel 1449639: 3,968 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449639.md - Parcel 4974532: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4974532.md - Parcel 1449760: 3,841 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449760.md - Parcel 1434408: 3,658 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434408.md - Parcel 4974407: 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4974407.md - Parcel 1493750: 3,328 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1493750.md - Parcel 1453018: 3,317 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453018.md - Parcel 1459877: 3,305 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459877.md - Parcel 1443293: 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443293.md - Parcel 1458674: 3,254 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458674.md - Parcel 1512987: 3,166 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512987.md - Parcel 1443321: 2,838 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443321.md - Parcel 1456442: 2,674 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1456442.md - Parcel 1458282: 2,659 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458282.md - Parcel 1506210: 2,632 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1506210.md - Parcel 3736116: 2,604 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3736116.md - Parcel 1431048: 2,538 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431048.md - Parcel 1481608: 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1481608.md - Parcel 1466424: 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466424.md - Parcel 1505836: 2,478 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505836.md - Parcel 1453253: 2,416 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453253.md - Parcel 2669624: 2,398 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669624.md - Parcel 1446023: 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1446023.md - Parcel 1505910: 2,108 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505910.md - Parcel 1443973: 2,108 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443973.md - Parcel 2390082: 2,089 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390082.md - Parcel 1443683: 1,810 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443683.md - Parcel 1505925: 1,621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505925.md - Parcel 1429568: 1,547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429568.md - Parcel 4909472: 1,495 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4909472.md - Parcel 1495949: 1,436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1495949.md - Parcel 1505828: 1,190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505828.md - Parcel 1483425: 1,179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1483425.md - Parcel 1470605: 1,161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470605.md - Parcel 5445359: 1,148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445359.md - Parcel 1479460: 968 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479460.md - Parcel 1442040: 952 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442040.md - Parcel 1460333: 919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460333.md - Parcel 5251881: 845 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251881.md - Parcel 1519330: 795 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519330.md - Parcel 2896421: 792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2896421.md - Parcel 1438315: 773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438315.md - Parcel 5541445: 709 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541445.md - Parcel 5686839: 640 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5686839.md - Parcel 2390077: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390077.md - Parcel 1485775: 451 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1485775.md - Parcel 1517252: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517252.md - Parcel 5445360: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445360.md - Parcel 1475341: 247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1475341.md - Parcel 2446461: 148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446461.md - Parcel 2446464: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2446464.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Crusheen Settlement Plan, Clare; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://clarecdp2023-2029.clarecoco.ie/stage3-amendments/adoption/volume-1-written-statement-clare-county-development-plan-2023-2029-51406.pdf#page=442 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 31 May 2021, Clare County Council 21542: Conditional. Retention. to retain the existing boundaries to the site of my dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21542/0 - 21 Oct 2019, Clare County Council 19799: Conditional. Permission consequent, 1 home. (Reference No P19-98), to construct a dwelling house and garage with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19799/0 - 14 Feb 2019, Clare County Council 1998: Conditional. Outline permission. to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1998/0 - 8 Feb 2018, Clare County Council 1887: Conditional. Permission, 42 homes. for development which will consist of the construction of 40 No. two storey and 3 No. single storey dwelling houses, including ancillary site works and connection to public services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1887/0 - 18 Dec 2017, Clare County Council 17973: N/a. Permission, 43 homes. for development which will consist of the construction of 40 No, two storey and 3 No. single storey dwelling houses, including ancillary site works and connection to public services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17973/0 - 23 Nov 2017, Clare County Council 17898: N/a. Permission. for development which will consist of the refurbishment of existing derelict dwelling house, proposed extension to the rear of the dwelling, new porch to the front of the dwelling, new site entrance, replacement of existing sub-standard septic tank with new proprietary effluent treatment system, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17898/0 - 9 Aug 2017, Clare County Council 17612: Conditional. Retention. for a development which consists of the RETENTION of an unauthorised development of a sunroom to the front of existing dwelling house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17612/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Moyree River System SAC, site code 000057, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000057 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moyree River System, site code 000057 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL018-043: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-043----. 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. - CL018-094: Pit-burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-094----. 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. - CL018-095001: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-095001-. 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. - CL018-095002: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-095002-. 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. - CL018-095003: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-095003-. 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. - CL018-095004: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-095004-. 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. - CL018-095005: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-095005-. 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. - CL018-104001: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-104001-. 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. - CL018-104002: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-104002-. 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. - CL018-108: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL018-108----. 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 Gortaficka. ## 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 Gortaficka, 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 Gortaficka. - 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/gortaficka.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaficka.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaficka.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Gortaficka 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) - Clooneen: https://everytownland.com/clare/clooneen-30711.md - Crusheen: https://everytownland.com/clare/crusheen.md - Derrygarriff: https://everytownland.com/clare/derrygarriff.md - Drummanneen: https://everytownland.com/clare/drummanneen.md - Drumminacknew: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumminacknew.md - Drumumna: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumumna.md - Sranagalloon: https://everytownland.com/clare/sranagalloon.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaficka - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/gortaficka