Knockloskeraun
Knockloskeraun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Loiscreáin.
- Area
- 315.8 ha
- 780 acres
- Land parcels
- 211
- registered freehold, median 2,224 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
211 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockloskeraun, from 11 m² to 138,610 m² (13.86 ha, 34.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 54 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Knockloskeraun Cluster, Clare · 82 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Cluster (General)
Poulawillin Cluster, Clare · 3 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
17 Jul 2026Conditional
to (a) change design of private dwelling house and garage and (b) reposition proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area as previously granted under Planning Register Reference P22935, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660471
1 Jul 2026Conditional
to build a new dwelling house, garage, improve the existing entrance onto the public road, install a waste treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26183
25 Feb 2026Conditional
of the change of use of the detached residential building from use as an ancillary living unit to use for short-term letting / tourist accommodation, together with all associated and ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660104
18 Sept 2025Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, domestic wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560572
24 Jun 2025N/a
of the one bedroomed ancillary residential unit, for the enjoyment of the occupants of the main house and all associated and ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25203
23 Jan 2025Conditional
of the single storey exercise room and dog kennel at the rear of dwellinghouse
Retention · Clare County Council, 2518
25 Oct 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling incorporating an existing derelict structure, upgrade of an existing entrance, waste water treatment plant and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460529
28 Jun 2024Conditional
to alter and extend existing dwelling house, modify existing site entrance and create a new agricultural entrance along with ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 24212
15 Jun 2023Conditional
for the demolition of the existing fire damaged dwelling on site and for the construction of a new replacement dwelling with attached carport and private garage and to connect to existing on site proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area with associated ancillary siteworks
Permission · Clare County Council, 23346
25 May 2023Conditional
of the following (a) the existing extension and alterations to the existing dwelling, (b) the conversion of the private garage to residential accommodation (c) construction of new private shed with all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2360175
8 Feb 2023Conditional
to construct a single storey lounge extension to the side of their property
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360
14 Oct 2022Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22935
29 Sept 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house with private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22876
30 Jun 2022Refused
to construct a dwelling house, garage and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22576
11 May 2022Conditional
to carry out alterations and to extend and refurbish an existing dwelling along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22427
30 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct slatted shed with underground effluent tank and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21911
20 Dec 2018Conditional
to a) Renovate and extend existing dwelling house, b) Demolish existing stone shed, c) Upgrade and relocate existing sewage treatment system, d) Upgrade existing entrance onto public road, e) And all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 181059
22 Nov 2018Conditional
to RETAIN a dwelling house which was built in mirror image to that granted under existing permission No. P8-9554, a building which is used as a hobby area associated with the on-site dwelling and for sheds to the rear of the dwelling, all with associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18934
3 Sept 2018Conditional
to RETAIN the following works at this address a) RETAIN the increased sunroom floor area, patio door and rear roof-light in the existing dwelling house, b) RETAIN the alterations made to the existing garage, c) RETAIN the rear shed as constructed, d) RETAIN the site entrance, entrance road and front boundary wall as constructed along with associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 18699
15 Mar 2018Conditional
to alter and extend existing dwelling and to install a new proprietary treatment system along with associated site works. The works involve a) installing new windows / doors to the existing dwelling house, b) to construct a new extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house.
Permission · Clare County Council, 18202
2 Feb 2018N/a
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning permission P13-173 for the construction of a dwelling house, garage and proprietary treatment plant and ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 1867
15 Sept 2017Conditional
to construct a livestock slatted shed with all necessary associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 17704
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 Knockloskeraun.
Recorded monuments
- CL030-038 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.
- CL031-017 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.
- CL031-044 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
- Stackpoole's Bridge (South), bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Double-arch humpback road bridge over river, built c. 1820, with V-cutwaters and pedestrian refuge. Coursed rubble stone walls with cut-stone copings and voussoirs.
- Honan's Bridge, bridge, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, dated 1872, with cut-stone copings and inscribed plaque.
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 Knockloskeraun, 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 Knockloskeraun.
- 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 Knockloskeraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knockloskeraun · Cnoc an Loiscreáin
- Area
- 3,158,020 m² (315.8 ha, 780.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), 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
- Annagh, Carrowduff, Cloghaun More, Dough, Glendine South, Poulawillin, Silverhill
- Placenames
- Knockloskeraun 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.