# Poulnaskagh, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcorney, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 489,378 m² (48.94 ha, 120.93 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 244,355 m² (24.44 ha, 60.38 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcorney, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilcorney.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Noughaval, the unit of the census
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5828
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 32003
- Centre: latitude 53.044137, longitude -9.162895 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poulnaskagh, from 189,713 m² (18.97 ha, 46.88 acres) to 298,998 m² (29.9 ha, 73.88 acres); 6 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1441845: 298,998 m² (29.9 ha, 73.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441845.md
- Parcel 4865367: 189,713 m² (18.97 ha, 46.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4865367.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Poulnaskagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 25 Aug 2021, Clare County Council 21894: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for development, the development consists of the construction of a dwelling house,, waste water treatment system with percolation area to replace existing mobile home on site and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21894/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC, site code 000054, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000054
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain, site code 000054

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL009-020002: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-020002-. On a rise in a S-facing slope at the edge of a plateau, overlooking the W end of the Kilcorney Valley, in an area of rough pasture and hazel cover, and within a multiperiod field system (CL009-255---). Labelled ‘Carn’ on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. An oval cairn (diams. 11.8m E–W; 9m N–S; H 0.4–1.3m), the N edge of which is indistinct. There are two quarry holes adjacent to the cairn; one to the W (dims. 3.4m N–S; 2.4m E–W) and a second to the E (diam. c. 2m). As well as a wedge tomb (CL009-020001-) c. 50 to N, there are two cairns nearby: one (CL009-145003-) lies c. 160m to ENE and another (CL009-145----) c. 160m to NE. These is a pronounced concentration of cairns in the area, as noted by Westropp (1899, 370) and Grant (2010, 46). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 30-9-2025
- CL009-023: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-023----. At the S edge of a plateau, overlooking the W end of the Kilcorney Valley, within a multiperiod field system (CL009-255---). Depicted as a circular enclosure named ‘Liscolmanbara’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map; a N-S running field boundary clipped its E limits. Indicated and named ‘Lios Colmáin Bháire’ on Robinson’s map (1977). Only the basal course of the fern and grass-covered wall (Wth at N 1.8m; H 0.2–1.1m) of this cashel, which is defined by a D-shaped platform (28.3m E–W; 28m N–S), survives. The outer wall-face is visible all round and is best preserved from S to WSW. The inner wall-face is not clear and is generally flush with the interior. A later drystone wall has been built over the outer wall-face from WSW to NE. The field boundary shown on the 1842 ed. of the OS map to the E is still extant. Grass-covered mound walls abut it at N and SW. According to a local tradition recorded in 1839 by John O’Donovan, Ordnance Survey Letters (Comber 1997, 76), the name of the cashel derives from St Colman Baire who lived here, while a low mound (CL009-024----) c. 280m to the SSE was believed to mark the remains of a church dedicated to him (ibid.). Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 December 2021
- CL009-024: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-024----. On level ground in pasture near W end of the Kilcorney Valley, overlooked by higher ground all around. Named ‘Site of Kilcolmanvara Church’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On the OS 25-inch plan (1897), the symbol for ‘Site of’ is shown within a rectangular area (c. 11.8m NE-SW; c. 7.5m NW-SE) defined by a broken line. The Ordnance Survey Letters (Comber 1997, 76) note that it was traditionally believed that this was the site of the oldest church in Kilcorney and that it was dedicated to St Colman Baire. The saint was believed to have lived in the nearby cashel (CL009-023----), c. 280m to the NNW (ibid.). The church has been levelled and all that survive is a low subrectangular cairn (c. 16m NE–SW; c. 8m NW–SE; H c. 1m) covered in reeds. (Large 2011, 74-5) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 December 2021
- CL009-145003: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-145003-. On level ground in rough pasture, with a field wall immediately to the W and within a multiperiod field system (CL009-255---). A small, subcircular, flat-topped cairn (5m E-W; 4.2m N-S; max. H 0.5m) composed of medium/large stones (diam. c. 0.25m). A cairn (CL009-145----) lies c. 32m to the NNW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 21 June 2022
- CL009-200001: Cairn - burial cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-200001-. On a broad plateau in rough pasture, with a NNE-SSW ravine c. 50m to the E. Within a multiperiod field system (CL009-255---). This circular burial cairn (10.4m N-S; 9.5m E-W; max. H c. 1m at SE) is composed of limestone rocks. Just NW of the centre there is a cist (CL009-200002-). A curving line of six non-contiguous kerbstones (av. dims. L c. 0.4m; H 0.25-0.35m) borders the E side of the cist at a distance of 0.85-1.2m. If continued around the W side of the cist, this line of stones would form an oval kerb (est. diam. c. 3.6-4m). In the N part of the cairn there is a line (L 2.1m) of small upright flagstones, perhaps lodged in a gryke. The following image has been uploaded: CL009-200001-_01.jpg View from NNW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 July 2022
- CL009-200002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-200002-. Situated in the NW centre of a burial cairn (CL009-200001-), this cist (int. dims. 1.2m N-S; 1m E-W) is oriented roughly N-S. It is lined by two upright limestone flags set as sidestones (L c. 0.6m; H 0.4-0.62m; T 0.08m) on the E, one (L 0.48m; H 0.66m; T 0.06m) on the W, and a large endstone (L 1.4m; H 0.45m; T 0.12m) on the S. The space between these stones is packed with horizontally laid slabs, over which are accumulated smaller cairn stones. A curving line of six non-contiguous kerbstones (av. dims. L c. 0.4m; H 0.25-0.35m) borders the E side of the cist at a distance of 0.85-1.2m. If continued around the W side of the cist, this line of stones would form an oval kerb (est. diam. c. 3.6-4m) within the burial cairn (CL009-200001-). The following images have been uploaded: CL009-200002-_01.jpg View from N CL009-200002-_02.jpg View from SE Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 July 2022
- CL009-263: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-263----. On a high Burren plateau in a small clearing in dense scrub. A subcircular area (diam. c. 22m) the perimeter of which is scrub covered, reported to the National Monuments Service by Conn Herriott. Visible on Aerial Premium (2012-2018). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 2 November 2021

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Poulnaskagh.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Poulnaskagh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Poulnaskagh.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnaskagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnaskagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnaskagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Poulnaskagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Baur South: https://everytownland.com/clare/baur-south.md
- Kilcorney: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilcorney.md
- Kilcorney Glebe: https://everytownland.com/clare/kilcorney-glebe.md
- Lissylisheen: https://everytownland.com/clare/lissylisheen.md
- Poulanine: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulanine.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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