Manusmore

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Manusmore, from 73 m² to 1,653,703 m² (165.37 ha, 408.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• O2Cluster (General)
  Manusmore Cluster, Clare · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Mar 2026Conditional

  to demolish existing outhouse, construct an extension to both sides of existing dwelling house to include associated renovation works and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660144

• 22 Dec 2025Conditional

  to (a) demolish a conservatory / rear hallway, bay window, dormer, chimney, mansard roof and garage (b) to construct a second storey extension to the rear, single storey extension to the rear, porch to the front and new garage (c) elevation changes with all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25402

• 9 Sept 2025Unconditional

  to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning permission for P20/562 the development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 99.2 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and invertor station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The Solar farm will be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 25291

• 10 Mar 2025Conditional

  to construct ancillary living accommodation (ALA) and associated siteworks & services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560114

• 5 Dec 2022Conditional

  for development at Newmarket-on-Fergus Wastewater Treatment Plant in the townland of Boheraroan, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare and an associated rising main traversing the townlands of Ballyconneely, Ballynacragga, Boheraroan, Dromoland, Latoon North, Latoon South, Manusmore, Newmarket and Rathfolan, County Clare. The development will compromise proposed works within the existing Newmarket-on-Fergus Wastewater Treatment Plant, including: a. 1 No. 7.8m high storm storage tank with minimum storage capacity of 516m3, measuring approximately 11m diameter. Between 3.6m - 5.0m will be above ground level, the remainder will be buried below ground level b. New below-ground discharge pumping station with associated below-ground valve chambers and wet well c. New 4.1m high tertiary treatment system (including 2 No. tertiary filter units and flocculation tank with a volume of 8m3) d. 2 No. 2.7m high chemical storage tanks (each with a volume of 7.5m3) e. Electrical control kiosk (6.4m L x 5.2m W x 2.5m H) f. Standby generator g. Diversion of the flows from the existing final effluent pump chamber via 110m of 300mm external diameter sewer to the new discharge pumping station. The proposed development will also include: h. Construction of approximately 4.4km of 400mm diameter outfall rising main from the proposed pumping station to the proposed outfall diffuser within the River Rine i. An outfall diffuser with three diffuser heads of 225mm diameter located within the River Rine foreshore j. All ancillary works site development works including site preparation works, hardstanding, site clearance, ground levelling and site drainage as required to facilitate the development. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221095

• 14 Sept 2022Conditional

  of (a) 'as constructed existing' dwelling house i.e. (P8/13134) (b) 'change of use' of attached garage from previous domestic garage use to ancillary granny flat accommodation. (c)all ancillary site works and services

  Retention · Clare County Council, 22820

• 15 Jul 2022Unconditional

  to carry out the following development: 1) The construction of a new 4m wide cycling infrastructure approximately 1185 metres in length, travelling from north to south on the R458, commencing with an uncontrolled crossing point north of the river Rine, then veering off-road over a refurbished masonry arch bridge, under the M18 Bridge and over the OPW embankment. The cycle path will then travel south via the existing access road serving the motorway attenuation ponds to where it will cross the L3148 east of the Dromoland East Roundabout via an uncontrolled crossing. It then veers south off-road, tying back in with the existing cycling infrastructure on the R458 with an uncontrolled crossing located approximately 300m south of the Dromoland East Roundabout. 2) An extension of the existing 60Kph speed limit for consideration of the scheme. 3) Installation of public lighting 4) The installation of associated signage. 5) All ancillary site works. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development. The masonry bridge is a Protected Structure RPS No.:211 NIAH 20404204 as noted in the Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023 (as varied) Volume 4

  Permission · Clare County Council, 228007

• 1 Jul 2022Conditional

  for development at this site in the townlands of Ballyvonnavaum TD, Coolshamroge TD, Cloonmore TD, Deerpark TD, and Manusmore TD, Ennis, Co Clare. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 27.34 hectares, to include inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect to the application for planning permission

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22586

• 27 Aug 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of planning PERMISSION for a period of five years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 16.08 hectares, to include inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, watercourse crossing, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21915

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a storage shed together with ancillary site development works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21443

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of a revised dwelling house with garage design, to that previously approved under planning ref. P20-334

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20882

• 18 Aug 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of a planning permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 99.2 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer and invertor station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including works relating to the access to the site. The Solar farm will be operational for 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this planning application.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20562

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house with garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20334

• 21 Feb 2020N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, garage , wastewater treatment system an ancillary site works. A Natura Impact statement has been prepared as part of this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20125

• 21 Feb 2019Conditional

  to change the design and level of the dwelling and garage as granted under existing permission P18-120, and to change the location of the garage as granted, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19122

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  to construct (a) A garden room and (b) a single storey independent living unit comprising of living room / kitchen, utility room. bedroom, study, with link to existing house and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18264

• 19 Feb 2018Conditional

  on the grant of Outline Permission ( Ref No P14-719 of outline permission ) to develop private dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18120

• 5 Dec 2017Conditional

  to alter the finished floor level of the proposed house and garage as previously granted under Planning Permission P16-869 and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17943

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing agricultural shed and permission for the construction of a dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment system and the upgrading of existing entrance including ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17207

• 20 Mar 2017N/a

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system and new entrance from public road, all with associated site works

  Outline permission · Clare County Council, 17196

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  to carry out the following development: Latoon Creek Bridge ( Ref CL-R458-003.00)carries the R458 Regional Road over Latoon Creek on the Ardsollus River ( Rine River ) north of Newmarket-on-Fergus. The existing bridge deck has been assessed as sub-standard for traffic loading and is in need of replacement. The proposed works will consist of the following: a) Structural repairs to the existing substructure including bridge piers and abutments. b) Application of protective coatings to the existing substructure including bridge piers and abutments. c) Removal of the existing bridge parapet railings, footpaths and road surfacing including road markings. d) Demolition and disposal of the existing bridge deck including precast concrete beams and reinforced concrete deck slab. e) Preparation of existing bridge piers and abutments for receiving the new bridge deck. f) Construction of the new bridge deck comprising precast concrete bridge beams and reinforced concrete bridge deck/cantilevers/parapet beams including bearings and expansion joints. g) Construction of new parapet railings , road safety barrier, footpaths and road surfacing including road markings. h) Tie in of new bridge deck to existing road levels north and south of the existing bridge. i) All of the above works shall be carried out during a road closure. In accordance with the habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project

  Permission · Clare County Council, 178004

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

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

• CL042-178 Flat cemetery
  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.

• CL042-183 Brickworks
  Description

  Excavation in 2004 (Licence no. 04E0188) in advance of the N18 Ennis bypass revealed evidence of a probable post-medieval brick-clamp. The clamp is possibly associated with the nearby Manus House as it has brickwork erected in the later 18th/earlier 19th centuries. (Hull 2007, 41; Bermingham, Hull and Taylor 2012, 91-3) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 July 2016

• CL042-184 Flat cemetery
  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.

• CL042-195 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) indicated on the OS 2014 mapping as a plain circle and visible on Google Earth as a cropmark (image taken 28 March 2011. Accessed 9 March 2015). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 March 2015

Architectural heritage

• Glenard House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey glebe house, built 1822, with single-bay two-storey return. Possibly originally a rectory. Single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch added to centre, c. 1920. Single-bay two-storey lean-to, added c. 1955. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Pitched roof to porch with finial and decorative timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls. Tripartite timber sliding sash and replacement casement windows. Retaining interior features. Detached four-bay single-storey gate lodge to site. Cut-stone stone gate piers set in curved walls. Associated farm buildings to rear.

• Manus House, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1810, with three-bay two-storey return to rear. Glazed porch with carved bargeboards and finial added to entrance. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Red brick walls to front elevation. Rubble stone walls with red brick dressings to openings to return. Timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening with radial fanlight and timber panelled door. Retaining interior shutters. Detached L-plan twenty-two-bay single-storey rubble stone-built stable complex with segmental-headed carriageways and bellcote to site.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to centre and single-bay single-storey recessed bay to right. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Timber bargeboards and finial to porch. Pebbledashed walls with render quoins. Precast plaster pediments additions to ground floor window openings. Replacement uPVC windows. Replacement glazed timber panelled door. Detached four-bay two-storey outbuilding with cut-stone bellcote. Cut-stone piers with cast-iron gates.

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).

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 made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_584 (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.

• Manusmore, Clarecastle5 sales

Name

Manusmore · Maighnis Mór

Area

3,800,844 m² (380.08 ha, 939.21 acres)

Civil parish

Clareabbey, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Doora, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doora electoral division: 2,147 people in 715 households; 88% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvonnavaun, Carrowgar, Carrownanelly, Derreen

Placenames

Manusmore 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.