Kilnacally
Townland in the civil parish of Drumcliff, barony of Islands, Co. Clare; in Irish Cill na Caillí
- Area
- 51.2 ha
- 126 acres
- Land parcels
- 57
- registered freehold, median 1,663 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnacally, from 67 m² to 182,607 m² (18.26 ha, 45.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 53 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Low Density Residential (New/proposed residential)
Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Water Bodies (General)
Ennis and Environs, 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
11 Dec 2025N/a
to construct 3 No. 4 bedroom detached dwellinghouses together with all associated site development works and connections to public services
Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 2560786
6 Dec 2024Conditional
to change the location, size and level of a flood lit all weather training area, and boundary fencing with ball stop netting as granted under existing permission No. P23-459, all with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24411
20 Mar 2024Conditional
to construct a detached garage, with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2487
14 Mar 2024Conditional
to construct an entrance, dwellinghouse and domestic garage together with all associated site development works and connections to public services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460110
14 Mar 2024Conditional
to (a) demolish rear sun room and garden shed (b) construct extension to existing dwelling house (c) construct domestic garage, home office and carport together with all associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460111
25 Aug 2023Conditional
for the following works (A) shorten the existing playing pitch, including the relocation of the goalposts and ball grab netting to the south of the pitch, and (B) construct a flood lit all weather training area, and boundary fencing with ball stop netting, all with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23459
4 Jul 2023N/a
to construct an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, advanced wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary site development works & services
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 23382
5 Apr 2023Conditional
to amend planning permission P21/787 by changing from a foul sewer drainage network, rising main, pumping station and connection to public sewer to installation of an onsite advanced wastewater treatment system with a low pressure pipe distribution polishing filter
Permission · Clare County Council, 23206
14 Nov 2022Conditional
for the demolition and replacement of existing dwelling house with new dwelling house, new garage, connection to all existing site services and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 221035
27 Apr 2022Conditional
to construct a private garden room to the rear of existing private dwelling house, and private garage to the north of the house along with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 22386
25 Mar 2022Conditional
for a development which will consist of the following (a) 16. No. dwelling houses in total consisting of 2. No. detached two storey dwelling houses and 14. No. semi-detached two storey dwelling houses (b) all ancillary site development works and connections to public services
Permission, 16 homes · Clare County Council, 22263
27 Jul 2021Conditional
to construct an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, together with all associated site works, foul sewer drainage network, rising main, pumping station and connection to public sewer
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21787
1 Jun 2021Conditional
to alter and extend the existing dwelling house. The works involve the following: a) to construct new single storey rear and front extensions b) to alter the front and side elevations c) to alter the internal floor layout along with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21544
22 Mar 2021Refused
to construct an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, advanced wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21248
26 Feb 2021Conditional
to construct a private garage/garden room, along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21169
3 Feb 2021Conditional
for the following works (A) Construct extension to existing hurling wall, (B) Remove existing portacabins and (C) Erect detached building to be used as club gym, all with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2166
31 Oct 2019Conditional
to construct an entrance, dwelling house, domestic garage, advanced waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19843
24 Sept 2019Conditional
for renovation and extension of existing private dwelling house to include demolition of existng sunroom, extension, construct new single storey extension, alter the design of the front elevation and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19742
1 Feb 2019Conditional
to a) construct rear extension approved under P18-857 and b) construct a private garage along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 1957
6 Dec 2018Conditional
to construct extension to side of dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18997
25 Oct 2018Conditional
(Ref No P16-780) to construct a private dwelling house/private garage including new entrance to serve same, waste water treatment system/polishing filter along with all associated site works and services
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18857
1 May 2018Refused
to construct a dwelling house, "Granny Flat", vehicular entrance, connections to services and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 18345
10 Nov 2017Conditional
for dwelling house not constructed in accordance with Planning Permission Reference 00-1949. The alteration consists of a)Additional floor space at ground and first floor level to the rear of the dwelling; b) The provision of an additional window to the front of the dwelling; c) The addition of a window to the side of the dwelling at first floor; d) The omission of a window on the side elevation at ground floor level; e) The omission of a chimney
Retention · Clare County Council, 17861
27 Oct 2017N/a
for development which consists of a) a two storey extension to the rear of dwelling, b) the provision of an additional window to the front of dwelling, c) the addition of a window to the side of the dwelling at first floor, d) the omission of a window on the side elevation at ground floor level, e) the omission of a chimney
Retention · Clare County Council, 17831
25 May 2017Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of 4 No. dwelling houses, garages, proprietary waste water treatment systems and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 17407
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 Kilnacally.
Recorded monuments
- CL033-074 House - 18th/19th century
Description
Situated on level ground at the bottom of a slight E-facing slope. Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘House – 17th century, possible’. On inspection in 2000 this was found to be a five-bay, one-storey farmhouse with loft and modern front porch, probably 19th century in date. No evidence of an earlier date was noted. Archaeological testing (Licence no. 06E0192) just c. 45m to the NE on a large site (c. 130m NW-SE; c. 130m NE-SW) produced no archaeological material (Delaney 2009, 581). Weir (1986, 163) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 July 2016
- CL033-075 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated at the outer edge of a shelf on a SE-facing slope with the SW-NE Claureen River c. 120m to the SE. A circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a stone spread (at N: Wth 3m; H 0.4-0.8m; at E: Wth 2m; H 0.4m). There are no visible facing stones and an original entrance was not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 April 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilnacally.
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 moderately high, moderately low, 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_479 (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 Kilnacally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Kilnacally · Cill na Caillí
- Area
- 511,873 m² (51.19 ha, 126.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumcliff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Ennis Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ennis Rural electoral division: 19,353 people in 7,011 households; 66% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballylannidy, Ballymacaula, Cragleagh, Kilquane, Shantulla, Shanvogh
- Placenames
- Kilnacally 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.