Laghile
Townland in the civil parish of Kilfintinan, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish An Leathchoill
- Area
- 38.4 ha
- 95 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 3,233 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghile, from 146 m² to 51,983 m² (5.2 ha, 12.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cratloe Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N1.1Utilities (Road)
Cratloe 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
17 Jun 2026N/a
for Change of use of lands from forestry to recreation for the construction of a playing pitch, 100m running track, 140 ancillary surface car parking spaces and all associated site development and landscaping works on lands at Cratloe Sports Complex, Ballymorris, Cratloe, Co. Clare. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies the planning application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660396
14 Dec 2022Conditional
to alter the design of the house extension and renovation previously authorised under planning permission ref no. P21/1173 along with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 221132
8 Nov 2021Conditional
for the demolition of rear extension and garage, the construction of an extension to the side and front of dwelling house with internal modifications and elevational changes to existing dwelling house, alterations to existing site entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 211173
17 Sept 2021Conditional
for development which will consist of alterations and extension to the existing dwelling house including all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21982
26 Apr 2021Conditional
to construct an alfresco dining area and entrance canopy
Permission · Clare County Council, 21397
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Garrannon Wood 001012
Recorded monuments
- CL062-011 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.
- CL062-028 Earthwork
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 Laghile.
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 low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_844 (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 Laghile with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Laghile · An Leathchoill
- Area
- 383,891 m² (38.39 ha, 94.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfintinan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Cratloe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cratloe electoral division: 1,404 people in 483 households; 92% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymorris, Cratloe, Portdrine
- Placenames
- Laghile 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.