Illaun
Illaun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is An tOileán.
- Area
- 176.2 ha
- 435 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 21,623 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres)
- Zoning
- R4
- Strategic Residential Reserve
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Illaun, from 214 m² to 125,152 m² (12.52 ha, 30.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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
- R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Miltown Malbay 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
19 Sept 2025Conditional
of the following a) the front boundary wall and entrance b) the changes made to the dwelling house c) the private shed along with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560574
18 Sept 2023Conditional
for amendments to planning granted under P23/60130. The amendments include altering the position of the house, the garage and the site boundaries along with any associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360376
26 Apr 2023Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, new entrance, access road, private garage and install a new wastewater treatment system along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360130
18 Aug 2021Conditional
to add a rear single storey extension to existing dwelling house along with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21871
19 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20566
7 Feb 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 1974
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 Illaun.
Recorded monuments
- CL031-003001 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.
- CL031-003002 Hut site
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.
- CL031-004 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL031-005 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 30 December 2011
- CL031-038 Enclosure
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.
- CL031-039 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 Illaun.
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 Illaun, 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 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 Illaun.
- 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 Illaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Illaun · An tOileán
- Area
- 1,762,157 m² (176.22 ha, 435.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfarboy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Milltown Malbay, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,769 people lived in 703 households in the Milltown Malbay electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowkeel, Cloonbony, Kilcorcoran, Kilfarboy, Leagard North, Leeds
- Placenames
- Illaun 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.