Knocksaggart
Knocksaggart is a townland in the civil parish of Kilchreest, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cnoc Sagart.
- Area
- 140.5 ha
- 347 acres
- Land parcels
- 87
- registered freehold, median 2,171 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocksaggart, from 84 m² to 624,550 m² (62.45 ha, 154.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community (Education)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Ballynacally Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
Ballynacally 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
10 Dec 2025Conditional
of an extension to the side of an existing garage/shed along with alterations to the garage/shed, the removal of a site entrance and the construction of a car port and extension to the rear of an existing dwelling along with ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560775
25 Sept 2025Conditional
to construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area plus all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25304
23 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct a granny flat to the rear of an existing dwelling house along with ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560455
1 Feb 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560041
27 Jan 2025Conditional
for: (1) the change of use from residential townhouse as granted permission under Plan Ref. No 24/178 to a wobbler / toddler room, sleep room, two toilets and store on the ground floor. At the first floor an after school, two toilets and storage; (2) new toilets at both levels to be connected to wastewater treatment system granted under Planning Ref. No. 24/178. (3) to demolish existing store adjoining existing creche to the east; and (4) all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2519
6 Jun 2024Conditional
for the renovation, alteration and extension of a former public house and the change of use to include both a pre-school, before and after school education and care centre in one part of the buidling, and the renovation and alteration to incorporate a domestic residential townhouse in the remaining part of the former public house. PERMISSION is also sought for a new outdoor play area, staff car parking area, a drop off and set down area, car park for the domestic dwelling, on-site wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24178
17 Apr 2024N/a
to RETAIN an extension to an existing agricultural shed and retention for an agricultural machinery shed along with ancillary works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460164
14 Mar 2024N/a
for the change of use from former bar/public house to 'Pre-school, Before and After-school Care Centre' Connect to waterwater treatment plant recently granted permission under Planning Ref. No 23/60253. Provide staff car parking and drop off points and carry out all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2485
17 Jul 2023Conditional
for the installation of a domestic waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling house (former public house known as Dalys Bar) together with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360253
7 Jul 2023N/a
for the installation of a domestic waste water treatment system to serve existing dwelling house (former public house known as Dalys Bar) together with all associated siteworks
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360242
2 Feb 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2280
11 Jan 2022Conditional
for a change of both design and position of a dwelling house and garage previously granted planning permission under Planning Reference No. P21-895
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 229
25 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21895
16 Jul 2021Conditional
to construct dwelling house, sewage treatment system and carry out ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21753
31 Jan 2019Conditional
to convert 2 existing cottages and part of a third cottage into a) 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment and to change door to window on front elevation along with a change of use of the remainder of the third cottage and a fourth cottage for use as a community co-op shop/store along with ancillary works
Permission · Clare County Council, 1956
20 Sept 2018Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18745
28 Mar 2018N/a
to construct a slatted unit with an underground slurry storage tank for housing livestock on the farm
Permission · Clare County Council, 18240
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fergus Estuary And Inner Shannon, North Shore 002048
Recorded monuments
- CL050-037 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.
- CL050-041 Castle - tower house
Description
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 18 December 2014
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocksaggart.
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 Knocksaggart, about 1 in 5 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 Knocksaggart.
- 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 Knocksaggart with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knocksaggart · Cnoc Sagart
- Area
- 1,404,959 m² (140.5 ha, 347.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilchreest, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonderalaw
- Electoral division
- Ballynacally, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 231 people lived in 86 households in the Ballynacally electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacally, Carrowkilla, Cornfield, Crininish, Inishdea, Poulaphuca, Rosscliff
- Placenames
- Knocksaggart 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.