Monaskeha
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Móin na Sceiche
- Area
- 88.1 ha
- 218 acres
- Land parcels
- 66
- registered freehold, median 3,018 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monaskeha, from 98 m² to 112,598 m² (11.26 ha, 27.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Monaskeha Cluster, Clare · 28 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Clonlara Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Clonlara 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
18 Mar 2026Conditional
for (a) removal of existing ground floor roof over living room area, (b) construct first floor above living room area blending with remainder of existing first floor
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660167
4 Oct 2024Conditional
a 10-year planning permission for a solar array. The development will consist of c. 330,000 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 13 no. single storey control cabins with associated electrical transformer units and hardstand areas, 2 no. ring main units, underground cabling within the solar array site and within the R471 public road to connect solar array field parcels, security fencing, internal CCTV, access tracks (upgrade of existing and new), upgrade to 1 no. existing agricultural field entrance and creation of 2 no. new entrances on the R471 and 1 no. new entrance on the L70382, 2 no. temporary construction compounds (including site offices and welfare facilities), landscaping and all associated ancillary apparatus and development works. The proposed development provides for minor modifications to the solar array permitted under Clare County Council Reference P22/591 / An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-316043-23. These modifications comprise the omission of 1 no. single storey control cabin and associated electrical transformer unit, omission of solar panels and access track, and reconfiguration of internal cabling. The solar array will connect to the national grid and will have an operational lifespan of 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460485
18 Aug 2023Conditional
to renovate existing Erina canal Lock house and outbuilding, to include new roof, windows, doors and stabilisation of existing masonry walls
Permission · Clare County Council, 23452
17 Feb 2022Conditional
of as constructed garden shed and glasshouse and also RETENTION permission for garage conversion to sitting room in dwelling house,
Retention · Clare County Council, 22141
22 Nov 2021Conditional
for the construction of three single storey detached houses, each with a single storey detached garage and a waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works, in accordance with the proposed master plan to complete and terminate the existing 'cluster' submitted with approved planning application, P09/743, to include extending the existing private road and footpaths, surfacing to match existing and providing additional street lighting
Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 211238
4 Jun 2021Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P16-540 for the construction of dwelling house, garage, WWT system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21585
16 Feb 2021Conditional
for as constructed garage and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21120
21 Sept 2020Unconditional
to extend the appropriate Period of Planning Permission P15-834 to construct dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20662
13 Mar 2020Conditional
to construct a slatted unit with an underground slurry storage tank for housing livestock
Permission · Clare County Council, 20183
5 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct garage and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18458
15 May 2018Refused
for demolition of existing shed to rear of garage, conversion and extension of existing garage to self-contained apartment ancillary to the existing Residential Care dwellng on site and all associated works above and below ground
Permission · Clare County Council, 18392
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monaskeha.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monaskeha.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Monaskeha.
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, 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_1017 (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
- Monaskeha, Clonlara9 sales
The townland
- Name
- Monaskeha · Móin na Sceiche
- Area
- 880,749 m² (88.07 ha, 217.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltenanlea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Kiltenanlea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kiltenanlea electoral division: 1,987 people in 660 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aughboy, Ballybrack, Bartleystown, Coollisteige, Earlhill, Knockbrack Lower, Knockbrack Upper
- Placenames
- Monaskeha 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.