Moyasta
Moyasta is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfearagh, barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Maigh Sheasta.
- Area
- 360.3 ha
- 890 acres
- Land parcels
- 157
- registered freehold, median 4,033 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyasta, from 28 m² to 302,956 m² (30.3 ha, 74.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Community (Education)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Moyasta Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Moyasta 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
17 Sept 2026N/a
for change of use of existing dwelling house from residential to short term letting accommodation, plus all ancilllary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 26256
15 Sept 2026N/a
for development the development will consist of an extension to the existing dwelling house, a private garage and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26250
18 Dec 2025N/a
for development which will consist of an extension to the existing dwelling house, a private garage and ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 25398
2 Feb 2022N/a
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2278
3 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, sewerage treatment system and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20448
5 Jun 2020N/a
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, sewerage treatment system and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20362
22 Oct 2019Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission for P14-292 for development which will consist of the construction of a 1506 M2 Railway Museum building incorporating a cafe and toilets, a Reed-Bed waste disposal system connected to a water tank, a railway crossing and pedestrian crossing of the N67, Bus pull-in, Car park and pathway, Footbridge, the laying of rail tracks and other associated site works.
Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 19808
21 Jun 2019N/a
to demolish existing sub-standard unit and replace with new structure to match original dwelling, to construct new extension to rear, proposed garage, proposed treatment unit, associated percolation area, use existing site entrance, including all ancillary site works ( Ref previous Planning Grant P11-515 )
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19491
1 Nov 2018Conditional
to RETAIN renovated and extended dwelling and for PERMISSION to upgrade existing sewer treatment system plus all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18867
3 Apr 2018Conditional
to construct an agricultural development. The development will consist of: (a) Construction of a new agricultural shed over existing slatted tank to include holding pens, feed passage and calving pens; (b) separate 3 bay slatted shed; (c) Associated ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18263
15 Sept 2017Conditional
to RETAIN existing cattle crush and concrete plinths as constructed and permission to construct a new extension to existing livestock slatted house ( Previous Planning Ref P10-176). The extension to existing farm shed is to accommodate calf pens for existing livestock, along with associated site works, including all ancillary site works, accessed using existing farm entrance
Permission · Clare County Council, 17705
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 Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulnasherry Bay 000065
Recorded monuments
- CL056-063 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 Moyasta.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Moyasta, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moyasta.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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
- Moyasta, Kilrush11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Moyasta · Maigh Sheasta
- Area
- 3,602,977 m² (360.3 ha, 890.32 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfearagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyarta
- Electoral division
- Einagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 312 people lived in 116 households in the Einagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baunmore, Carrowncalla North, Einagh, Emlagh, Moanmore Lower, Moanmore Upper, Tullaher
- Placenames
- Moyasta 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.