Meelick
Townland in the civil parish of Clonrush, barony of Leitrim, Co. Clare; in Irish Míleac
- Area
- 183.7 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 9,310 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meelick, from 23 m² to 384,413 m² (38.44 ha, 94.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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
No zone of a development plan covers Meelick in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Mar 2026Conditional
to build three tourism pods for short term rentals, access road off an existing private entrance, wastewater treatment system + percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660126
20 Dec 2024Conditional
the proposed development will consist of a four year temporary permission for the continued operation of a meteorological mast, which was previously granted temporary planning permission under Reg. Ref. 20866 and Reg. Ref. 17451. The mast consists of a lattice tower standing approximately 10m high and mounted on a pre-cast triangular block measuring 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres in area, and supported in place by 3 no. cable stays mounted into the pre-cast base. The mast supports an enclosure (measuring 0.315m x 0.415m) at the bottom of the tower which holds the battery pack with instruments mounted at a number of heights on the tower. The mast is located on agricultural lands within the townland of Meelick, Whitegate, Co. Clare.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460664
21 Mar 2023Conditional
to demolish open slurry tank, construct slatted cubicle shed dungstead and associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 23175
2 Dec 2021N/a
of outbuilding as constructed for domestic storage purposes
Retention · Clare County Council, 211282
28 May 2021N/a
to RETAIN outbuilding as constructed for domestic storage purposes
Retention · Clare County Council, 21537
12 Feb 2021Refused
to RETAIN outbuilding and storage shed as constructed for domestic storage purposes, RETAIN gazebo as constructed and to RETAIN and repair glasshouse
Retention · Clare County Council, 21110
17 Nov 2020Conditional
the proposed development will consist of a four year temporary permission for the continued operation of a meteorological mast, which was previously granted temporary permission under Reg. Ref. 17451. The mast consists of a lattice tower standing approximately 10m high and mounted on a pre-cast triangular block measuring 2.5 metres by 2.5metres by 2.5 metres in area, and supported in place by 3 no. cable stays mounted into the pre-cast base. The mast supports an enclosure (measuring 0.315m x 0.415m) at the bottom of the tower which holds the battery pack with instruments mounted at a number of heights on the tower. The mast is located on agricultural lands within the townland of Meelick, Whitegate, Co Clare
Temporary permission · Clare County Council, 20866
3 Nov 2020Conditional
to RETAIN constructed slatted cattle shed, site entrance and associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 20812
25 Sept 2019Conditional
to RETAIN constructed slatted cattle shed, site entrance and associated ste works
Retention · Clare County Council, 19743
8 Jun 2017Conditional
for the Retention of 1 NO. temporary meteorological mast for data gathering. The mast consists of a lattice tower standing approximately 10m high and mounted on a pre-cast triangular block measuring 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres by 2.5 metres in area, and supported in place by 3 No. cable stays mounted into the pre-cast base. The mast supports an enclosure ( measuring 0.315m x 0.415m ) at the bottom of the tower which holds the battery pack with instruments mounted at a number of heights on the tower. The mast is located on agricultural lands, within the Townland of Meelick, Whitegate, Co. Clare
Permission · Clare County Council, 17451
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 Protection Area: Lough Derg (Shannon) SPA 004058
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derg 000011
Recorded monuments
- CL029A001 Monumental structure
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.
- CL029A002 Castle - unclassified
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: 10 December 2014
- CL029A003001 Church
Description
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- CL029A003002 Graveyard
Description
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- CL029A003003 Building
Description
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- CL029A003004 Shrine
Description
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- CL029A003005 Gateway
Description
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- CL029A003007 Architectural fragment
Description
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- CL029A003008 Graveslab
Description
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- CL029A003009 Cross
Description
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- CL029A003010 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Description
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- CL029A003011 Graveslab
Description
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Architectural heritage
- Meelick House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1820. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with four giant pilasters to front elevation. Timber sliding sash windows. Limestone doorcase comprising pilasters flanking timber panelled door and overlight with entablature above. Detached L-plan single-bay single-storey gable-fronted rubble stone outbuilding to site. Dressed stone gate piers and stile to site.
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
- The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Meelick.
- 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 Meelick.
- 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 Meelick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Meelick · Míleac
- Area
- 1,836,903 m² (183.69 ha, 453.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonrush, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Drummaan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drummaan electoral division: 651 people in 251 households; 79% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinrooaun, Ballynakillew, Cartron, Clonrush, Cloonmohaun, Gweeneeny
- Placenames
- Meelick 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.