Poulawillin
Poulawillin is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Poll an Mhuilinn.
- Area
- 180.9 ha
- 447 acres
- Land parcels
- 142
- registered freehold, median 2,386 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
142 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poulawillin, from 100 m² to 264,741 m² (26.47 ha, 65.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Poulawillin Cluster, Clare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Miltown Malbay Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 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 Jun 2026Conditional
for the following works, to retain (A) The construction of a dwelling the front elevation of which differs to that granted under existing permission P8/16501. (B) The conversion of the attached garage, and the construction of extensions to the rear of the dwelling, and (C) The use of part of the dwelling as an independent living unit, and all with associated site works
Retention, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 26170
9 Oct 2025Conditional
to restore, refurbish and extend the existing derelict dwelling house along with all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560620
6 Mar 2025Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560103
29 Jan 2025Conditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref: 24/60472 for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560037
28 Sept 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works.
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460472
16 Aug 2023N/a
to construct a dwelling house and proprietary waste water treatment system along with ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23447
20 Jul 2023N/a
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, site entrance, on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360264
20 Jun 2022N/a
to build a new dwelling, garage, install a waste water treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22544
14 Oct 2021Conditional
for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter, new site entrance and associated boundary wall and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211093
10 May 2021Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, garage, sewage treatment system and construct a new entrance onto public road and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21452
5 Dec 2019Refused
to construct a dwelling house and garage including a wastewater treatment system, new road access and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19952
30 Jul 2018Conditional
to RETAIN the dwelling house, entrance, waste treatment system and all ancillary site works granted by P01/2110, as constructed on the site
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18618
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 Poulawillin.
Recorded monuments
- CL030-017001 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.
- CL031-011001 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.
- CL031-011002 Hut site
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.
- CL031-013 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 Poulawillin.
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 Poulawillin, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Poulawillin.
- 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
No address of the register names Poulawillin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Poulawillin · Poll an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 1,809,095 m² (180.91 ha, 447.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfarboy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Milltown Malbay, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,769 people lived in 703 households in the Milltown Malbay electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dough, Glendine South, Kilcorcoran, Knockloskeraun, Leagard North, Leagard South
- Placenames
- Poulawillin 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.