Knocksaggart
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnasoolagh, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Cnoc Sagairt na Báinsí
- Area
- 60.3 ha
- 149 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Open Space
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocksaggart, from 13 m² to 118,624 m² (11.86 ha, 29.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Newmarket on Fergus Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 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 Feb 2026Conditional
of as constructed garage converted to foot clinic and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 2637
24 Sept 2024Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460457
5 Sept 2023Conditional
for a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360350
21 Oct 2020Conditional
to construct a 30 metre multi-user lattice tower telecommunications structure carrying antenna an dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new access track
Permission · Clare County Council, 20772
9 Mar 2020N/a
to construct a 36 metre multi-user lattice tower carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound including new access track
Permission · Clare County Council, 20167
21 Feb 2020Conditional
for development at Carrigoran Nursing Home, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare. The development will consist of 3 no. extensions to the existing Nursing Home to accommodate additional washroom, staff and storage facilities and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20128
28 Mar 2019N/a
to construct an extension to existing dwelling to comprise of Bedroom with en-suite Bathroom including ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 19230
19 Oct 2017Conditional
to construct a dwelling house with advanced wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17805
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: Lough Gash Turlough SAC 000051
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gash Turlough 000051
Recorded monuments
- CL051-159 Enclosure
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.
- CL051-160 Enclosure
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.
- CL051-187001 House - prehistoric
Description
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- CL051-187002 House - prehistoric
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.
- CL051-187003 House - prehistoric
Description
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- CL051-187004 Cremated remains
Description
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- CL051-187005 Excavation - miscellaneous
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 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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocksaggart.
- 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 Knocksaggart with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knocksaggart · Cnoc Sagairt na Báinsí
- Area
- 602,612 m² (60.26 ha, 148.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnasoolagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Urlan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Urlan electoral division: 1,069 people in 358 households; 77% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boheraroan, Carrigoran, Lisduff, Urlan Beg
- 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.