Kilclehaun
Kilclehaun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cill Chleitheáin.
- Area
- 158 ha
- 390 acres
- Land parcels
- 77
- registered freehold, median 11,237 m² (1.12 ha, 2.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilclehaun, from 82 m² to 141,952 m² (14.2 ha, 35.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Kilclehaun in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Sept 2026N/a
to construct manure pit to existing farm complex as a variation to previously granted permission P26-72, plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 26245
19 Mar 2026Conditional
to construct manure pit to existing farm complex, plus all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2672
4 Oct 2024Conditional
to demolish shed and bathroom areas, and extend existing dwelling house
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460481
9 Sept 2024N/a
to demolish shed and bathroom areas, and extend existing dwelling house
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460435
3 May 2024N/a
to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24147
3 May 2024N/a
to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24148
1 Feb 2024Conditional
to extend and renovate an existing house including demolishing an existing extension & garage, constructing a new extension, constructing a new garage, installing a new wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460035
26 Apr 2023N/a
to build a new dwelling, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23246
13 Dec 2022Conditional
to erect dwelling house, foul sewer system, percolation area and new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221129
9 Jun 2022N/a
to erect dwelling house, foul sewer system, percolation area and new site entrance
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22512
18 Jan 2022Conditional
for development of a livestock slatted unit and manure pit with associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2218
8 Sept 2021Conditional
for development of a livestock slatted unit with attached hay barn and associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21944
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: Carrowmore Point to Spanish Point and Islands SAC 001021
- Special Protection Area: Mid-Clare Coast SPA 004182
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carrowmore Point To Spanish Point And Islands 001021
Recorded monuments
- CL038-026001 Burial ground
Description
In the corner of a field on a gentle SE-facing slope. Listed as 'Graveyard' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A subrectangular area (int. dims. 26m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) defined by a masonry wall at NW and NE and a drystone wall on the other sides. It contains c. 20 recumbent headstones, some uninscribed and some with 20th-century dates. A holy well (CL038-026002-) is at the centre. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 27 April 2020
- CL038-026002 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On a gentle SE-facing slope at the centre of a burial ground (CL038-026001-). A circular well (int. diam. c. 1m) surrounded by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 2.1m; ext. H 0.6m; ext. diam. 3.2-3.4m) with an entrance (Wth 0.75m) and six steps at NW. A number of triangular alcoves containing offerings line the internal walls. The well has been conserved. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 April 2020
- CL038-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a S-facing slope. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.3m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 0.9-1m) NE-SW which is incorporated into a field bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4-1.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.6m; ext. D 0.3m) WSW-N. The original entrance could not be identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 April 2020
- CL038-064 Standing stone
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 Kilclehaun.
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 Kilclehaun, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilclehaun.
- 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 Kilclehaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Kilclehaun · Cill Chleitheáin
- Area
- 1,579,858 m² (157.99 ha, 390.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Cloonadrum, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 488 people lived in 182 households in the Cloonadrum electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghauninchy, Cloonadrum, Cloonnagarnaun, Craggaun, Lissyneillan, Rineroe, Shandrum
- Placenames
- Kilclehaun 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.