# Knockacaurhin, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamona, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 876,670 m² (87.67 ha, 216.63 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,190 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnamona, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilnamona.md - Barony: Inchiquin - Electoral division: Kilnamona, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 959 people lived in 318 households in the Kilnamona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6365 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31565 - Centre: latitude 52.873631, longitude -9.096828 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacaurhin, from 7 m² to 121,453 m² (12.15 ha, 30.01 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1455073: 121,453 m² (12.15 ha, 30.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455073.md - Parcel 1513608: 93,298 m² (9.33 ha, 23.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513608.md - Parcel 5304638: 89,044 m² (8.9 ha, 22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5304638.md - Parcel 1433915: 75,925 m² (7.59 ha, 18.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433915.md - Parcel 1433912: 72,001 m² (7.2 ha, 17.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433912.md - Parcel 1485547: 71,041 m² (7.1 ha, 17.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1485547.md - Parcel 1490987: 58,612 m² (5.86 ha, 14.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1490987.md - Parcel 1513609: 43,647 m² (4.36 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513609.md - Parcel 5738453: 39,846 m² (3.98 ha, 9.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5738453.md - Parcel 1441396: 27,706 m² (2.77 ha, 6.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441396.md - Parcel 1433916: 25,493 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433916.md - Parcel 2690687: 24,078 m² (2.41 ha, 5.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2690687.md - Parcel 1482014: 23,987 m² (2.4 ha, 5.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1482014.md - Parcel 1433914: 20,823 m² (2.08 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433914.md - Parcel 1459031: 20,210 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459031.md - Parcel 1519769: 19,525 m² (1.95 ha, 4.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519769.md - Parcel 1442831: 13,052 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442831.md - Parcel 5523446: 11,158 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5523446.md - Parcel 1433913: 10,585 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433913.md - Parcel 2635790: 8,879 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2635790.md - Parcel 1484023: 8,275 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484023.md - Parcel 5782296: 7,190 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5782296.md - Parcel 5304637: 6,909 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5304637.md - Parcel 1467703: 6,203 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1467703.md - Parcel 3114656: 5,577 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3114656.md - Parcel 2757750: 4,725 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2757750.md - Parcel 1491805: 4,131 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491805.md - Parcel 1494615: 3,280 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494615.md - Parcel 2690777: 2,882 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2690777.md - Parcel 5546848: 2,821 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5546848.md - Parcel 5782293: 2,478 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5782293.md - Parcel 5649178: 2,392 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5649178.md - Parcel 5878835: 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878835.md - Parcel 1436125: 1,904 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1436125.md - Parcel 1430082: 1,689 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1430082.md - Parcel 1455111: 1,660 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1455111.md - Parcel 1467704: 842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1467704.md - Parcel 1438256: 809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438256.md - Parcel 3074805: 224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3074805.md - Parcel 5878840: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878840.md - Parcel 5878854: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878854.md - Parcel 5878851: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878851.md - Parcel 5878862: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5878862.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockacaurhin in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 27 Aug 2026, Clare County Council 26237: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effeuent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/26237/0 - 4 Feb 2022, Clare County Council 2293: Conditional. Permission. for the following works, (A) Renovate and change the layout of the existing dwelling, (B) Construct porch to the front and extension to the rear of the dwelling, and (C) Install new effluent treatment system, all with associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2293/0 - 27 Aug 2021, Clare County Council 21909: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct private dwelling house with attached garage, installation of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21909/0 - 14 Apr 2021, Clare County Council 21337: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a two storey dwelling and detached garage, a treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site services and landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21337/0 - 6 Aug 2020, Clare County Council 20539: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house, garage / garden shed, a wastewater treatment system, road entrance and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20539/0 - 16 Aug 2018, Clare County Council 18661: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the following works: (A) Construct a replacement dwelling house for the existing on-site dwelling, (B) Change use of the existing on-site dwelling to store, (C) Demolish existing derelict shed, (D) Replace existing septic tank with new effluent treatment system, all with associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18661/0 - 25 May 2017, Clare County Council 17405: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a dwelling house and garage with effluent treatment system, accessed by means of an existing shared entrance and driveway from public road, and all associiated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17405/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockacaurhin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockacaurhin. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockacaurhin. ## 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 Knockacaurhin, 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 Knockacaurhin. - 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/knockacaurhin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockacaurhin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockacaurhin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockacaurhin 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) - Ballyasheea: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyasheea.md - Ballyduff More: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyduff-more.md - Knockatemple: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockatemple.md - Leckaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/leckaun.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/knockacaurhin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/knockacaurhin