# Lisgoogan, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathborney, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 902,856 m² (90.29 ha, 223.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 63,451 m² (6.35 ha, 15.68 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathborney, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/rathborney.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Rathborney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 97 people lived in 27 households in the Rathborney electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5872
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31766
- Centre: latitude 53.061351, longitude -9.15536 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisgoogan, from 3,642 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres) to 777,289 m² (77.73 ha, 192.07 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1477211: 777,289 m² (77.73 ha, 192.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477211.md
- Parcel 3005459: 122,871 m² (12.29 ha, 30.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3005459.md
- Parcel 1429596: 4,032 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429596.md
- Parcel 5719511: 3,642 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5719511.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Lisgoogan 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 17 Oct 2022, Clare County Council 22937: Conditional. Permission. for development, the development will consist of the renovation of the existing semi-derelict cottage and the demolition of an adjacent store and the construction of an extension on the west side of the cottage which is to be finished in timber clad walls with a corrugated metal roof. A new wastewater system is to be constructed and access track to be upgraded as part of the external works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22937/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC, site code 000054, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000054
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain, site code 000054

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL005-123: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-123----. On a S-facing slope of rough pasture largely overgrown with hazel, but with good views from E to SW and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1916 eds of the OS 6-inch maps and recorded by Westropp (1899, 380) as a square ‘caher’. A square walled enclosure (diam. c. 28m) is visible on OSi orthophotograph (MapGenie 1999-2003) within a larger subsquare enclosure (diam. c. 80m). Hazel overgrowth obstructed inspection in 1998 and no clear cashel outline was identified; however, stone wall spreads (Wth 1.2-2.5m; H 0.6-1.2m) over an area of c. 150 by 150m were recorded. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 4 April 2023
- CL005-123002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-123002-. A number of irregular fields associated with a cashel (CL005-123001-). This is part of an extensive field system (CL005-227004-) stretching c. 3km N-S from just E of Corkscrew Hill S as far as Poulnbrone. Field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 August 2021
- CL005-125: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-125----. Situated on a S-facing slope in an area of rocky grazing. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 37m) defined by a drystone wall of apparently modern date with several gaps and two animal pens in the interior, one at NW and the second in NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 January 2016
- CL005-129: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-129----. On generally level mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement, with land rising slightly to the N but wide views elsewhere, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). Listed as a wedge tomb by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1989, 134). This mostly collapsed tomb is orientated E-W, and is embedded in the centre of a subcircular mound (5.5m N-S; 5.5m E-W; H 0.65-0.8m). Some loose stones along the mound’s N side may be part of a later field wall which runs ENE-WSW across the monument. The tomb survives as an E-W line of three collapsed capstone slabs. The E slab (L c. 1.8m; Wth 1.4m; T 0.1-0.14m) has an E-W crack through it. The middle capstone (L 1.7m; Wth 1.7m; T 0.1-0.2m) is cracked into three pieces at its E end, suggesting that perhaps this capstone and that to the E are two broken parts of a single fragmented slab. A third capstone slab (L 2m; Wth 1.35m; T 0.2m) lies partly beneath the SW end of the middle slab. Just S of the middle capstone piece is a tilted but earthfast upright slab (L 1.45m; min. H 1.1m; T 0.07-0.12m), orientated E-W, which may be part of the tomb’s S side. Another upright stone may be part of the tomb’s N side; however, it is mostly covered by the N edge of the E fallen capstone slab. Some 3m W of the W capstone piece—i.e., beyond the mound—is a small, upright stone (L 1.5m; min. H 0.7m; T 0.2m) orientated-S which tilts to the W. There is a cist (CL005-217----) 6m to the NNE, and another cist (CL005-218----) 86m to the ENE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29-9-2025
- CL005-130: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-130----. At the centre of a mound (CL005-130002-). A cist, visible as a small grass-covered hollow (1.8m E-W; 0.65m N-S; D 0.35m) with a set stone lining its S side. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 September 2025
- CL005-130002: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-130002-. On relatively flat rough pasture with wide views but slightly higher ground to the N and deep ravines to the E and S, within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A subcircular earthen mound (7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 1m) with an irregular extension (6m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.4-0.8m) at N. A cist (CL005-130----) is visible at its centre. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 23 September 2025
- CL005-131: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-131----. Situated in a generally flat exposed area of rocky grazing. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a drystone wall of apparently modern date with no clear entrance. The interior is flat and grassy. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 January 2016
- CL005-132: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-132----. In rough pasture on a gentle S-facing slope with higher ground from W to N and good views to the E. Within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). Listed as an ‘Earthwork’ in the RMP (1996). A subcircular grassed-over cairn (7m N-S; 6m E-W; max. H 1m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 23 September 2025
- CL005-211001: Cairn - burial cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-211001-. On limestone pavement on a SE-facing slope in elevated pasture within an extensive field system (CL005-227004-). A low circular cairn (diam. c. 10m) composed of large flags set upright or sloping (c. 30-40 degrees). The cairn incorporates one definite cist (CL005-211002-) in the centre of the cairn and two possible cists (CL005-211003- and CL005-211004-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-211002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-211002-. On limestone pavement on a SE-facing slope in elevated pasture within an extensive field system (CL005-227004-). A cist in the central area of a stone cairn (CL005-211001-). The cist (L 1.4m; Wth 0.6m) is composed of limestone flags and covered with several small roofing stones. It is surrounded by upright or sloping (c. 30-40 degrees) limestone flags which compose the main body of the cairn. The cairn contains two additional possible cists (CL005-211003- and CL005-211004-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-211003: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-211003-. Within a low circular cairn (CL005-211001-). One of two possible cists (see also CL005-211004-) defined by arrangements of small roofing stones delimited by inward leaning flags. A cist (CL005-211002-) occupies the centre of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-211004: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-211004-. Within a low circular cairn (CL005-211001-). One of two possible cists (see also CL005-211003-) defined by arrangements of small roofing stones delimited by inward leaning flags. A cist (CL005-211002-) occupies the centre of the cairn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-214: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-214----. 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.
- CL005-215001: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-215001-. In elevated rocky pasture, and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A subcircular house of indeterminate date (c. 14m N-S; c. 13.5m E-W) defined by broad grass-covered banks (Wth c. 4m) and visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Stone is visible protruding along the S. A mound wall extends E from the S part of the structure. A second smaller house of indeterminate date (CL005-215002-) is located c. 32m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-215002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-215002-. In elevated rocky pasture, and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A subcircular house of indeterminate date (diam. c. 8m N-S) defined by broad grass-covered banks (Wth c. 2.5m) visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A second house of indeterminate date (CL005-215001-) is located c. 32m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-216: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-216----. On a rise in elevated exposed karst with some grass cover and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A collapsed wedge tomb orientated NE-SW comprising a NW and SE sidestone that have both fallen SE with several other broken limestone slabs in close proximity deriving from other elements of the tomb. The wedge tomb has been incorporated into a mound wall that runs NE-SW across the townland. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-217: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-217----. On generally level mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement, with land rising slightly to the N but wide views elsewhere, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A partially collapsed cist orientated NW-SE (L c. 3.5m) comprising two large capstones with one long sidestone (H 0.4m) surviving on the NW side. A wedge tomb (CL005-129----) is located c. 6m to the SW and a possible cist (CL005-218----) is located c. 50m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 20 October 2025
- CL005-218: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-218----. On generally level mixed rough pasture and exposed limestone pavement, with land rising slightly to the N but wide views elsewhere, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A rectangular cist (L c. 1.4m; Wth c. 1m; H c. 0.8m) comprising two sidestones with a collapsed moss-covered slab at one end. A wedge tomb (CL005-129----) and a cist (CL005-217----) lie c. 50m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 30 September 2025
- CL005-271: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-271----. On a S-facing slope in an upland area of karst with reasonable grass cover and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 38m NNW-SSE) with a straight NNW side (L c. 43m) defined by grassed-over wall foundations and visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium orthophotography (2012-2018). An enclosure (CL005-125----) lies c. 100m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 December 2021
- CL005-313: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-313----. In elevated rocky pasture, and within a multiperiod field system (CL005-227004-). A circular area (diam. c. 10m) defined by a grassed-over bank visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018 aerial imagery. Hut sites/houses (CL005-215002- and CL005-215001-) lie c. 16m and 50m to the NE respectively. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 October 2025

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lisgoogan.

## 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 Lisgoogan, about 1 in 5 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 Lisgoogan.
- 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/lisgoogan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/lisgoogan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/lisgoogan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lisgoogan 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)

- Berneens: https://everytownland.com/clare/berneens.md
- Gleninsheen: https://everytownland.com/clare/gleninsheen.md
- Glensleade: https://everytownland.com/clare/glensleade.md
- Poulnabrucky: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnabrucky.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.

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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.

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