Moanmore South

280 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moanmore South, from 16 m² to 291,925 m² (29.19 ha, 72.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moanmore South 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.

• 4 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the following development: to construct a 2.5m wide walking track around pitch perimeters, with associated 6m high lighting poles around proposed track. PERMISSION to replace existing timber/ galvanised floodlight poles with 12 new 15m poles with associated lighting fittings, proposed Club Signage at entrance gate, including associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25175

• 8 May 2025Refused

  for a renewable energy development in the townlands of Moanmore Lower, Moanmore South, Tullabrack, Tullabrack East and Gower South, Kilrush, Co Clare. The Development will include the: • erection of 3 no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 150m, with a rotor diameter of 136m and a hub height of 82m and a total generating capacity of 15MW, • construction of turbine hard stand areas and turbine foundations, • construction of new internal site access tracks and upgrade of existing site track, to include all associated site drainage, • construction of 1. no new site entrance along the turbine delivery route with access onto the adjoining local road network (L6132), • construction of 1 no. temporary construction compound with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing, • development of a site drainage network, • construction of 1 no. 38kV electrical substation with all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, lightening protection, security cameras and gates, and all ancillary structures and works, • 1 no. permanent spoil storage area, • all wind farm internal cabling connecting the wind turbines to the electrical substation, • all works associated with the permanent connection of the wind farm to the national electricity grid comprising a 38kV underground cable in permanent cable ducts from the proposed, permanent, on-site substation and to the existing Tullabrack 110kV ESBN Substation, • 2 no. flood compensation areas, • vertical realignment of an existing crest curve on the L6132 local road in order to prevent grounding of abnormal load vehicles during delivery of turbine components, • ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction and operation of the development, • construction of a blade transfer area off the L6132, • provision of 2 no. biodiversity enhancement areas, • upgrade of an existing site entrance onto the adjoining local road network (L2034) including the demolition of an existing wall and removal of hedgerow at the site entrance to facilitate abnormal load vehicles during delivery of turbine components and reconstruction of same wall and replanting of hedgerow, • Landscaping and all associated ancillary works. This application is seeking a ten year permission and a 40 year operational life from the date of commissioning of the wind farm. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS).

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560257

• 13 Feb 2025Conditional

  of the construction of a private garage, addition of a granny flat and alterations to their existing dwelling house including the rear covered canopy/deck area along with all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560062

• 20 Jun 2023Refused

  for development, the development is located in the townlands of Ballykett, Tullybrack East and Tullybrack, Kilrush, Co Clare. The Development will consist of the erection of 4 no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 150m with a rotor diameter of 136m and a hub height of 82m. The development will also consist of the construction of crane hardstand areas and turbine foundations, new site entrance onto the L6132, construction of one no. temporary construction compound with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing, installation of one no. permanent meteorological mast of 82m overall height, construction of new internal site access tracks and upgrade of existing site track, to include all associated drainage including new clear span bridge crossing of the Moyasta River, development of a site drainage network, biodiversity enhancement measures, construction of one no. permanent electrical substation, ancillary forestry felling to facilitate construction of the Development, all associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the wind farm substation and to the existing Tullabrack 110kV Substation. This application is seeking a ten year permission and a 35 year operational life from the date of commissioning of the wind farm. The Planning Application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360219

• 24 Sept 2018Conditional

  to renovate and extend an existing house, construct a domestic garage and install a new wastewater treatment system along with all associated works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18758

• 24 Aug 2018Conditional

  for development which will consist of permission for a period of 5 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 14.36 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, 10 No. compact substations, electrical transformer and inverter modules, spare parts container, solar PV panels ground mounted on support structures, internal access tracks, security fencing, electric cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works including vehicular access works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18679

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moanmore South.

Recorded monuments

• CL057-024 Ringfort - rath
  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 Moanmore South.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moanmore South.

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.

No address of the register names Moanmore South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Moanmore South · An Mhóin Mhór Theas

Area

4,757,923 m² (475.79 ha, 1,175.71 acres)

Civil parish

Kilrush, and its townlands

Barony

Moyarta

Electoral division

Kilrush Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilrush Rural electoral division: 738 people in 276 households; 83% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Breaghva, Carnaun, Durha, Moanmore Lower, Moanmore North, Moanmore Upper, Sragh, Tullabrack

Placenames

Moanmore South 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.