# Rinroe, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilkeedy, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 788,872 m² (78.89 ha, 194.93 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 27,909 m² (2.79 ha, 6.9 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilkeedy, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilkeedy.md - Barony: Inchiquin - Electoral division: Corrofin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,362 people lived in 535 households in the Corrofin electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5914 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 32077 - Centre: latitude 52.968862, longitude -9.00016 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinroe, from 1,620 m² to 236,177 m² (23.62 ha, 58.36 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1458824: 236,177 m² (23.62 ha, 58.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458824.md - Parcel 1453906: 180,660 m² (18.07 ha, 44.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453906.md - Parcel 1517450: 146,620 m² (14.66 ha, 36.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517450.md - Parcel 1441867: 73,374 m² (7.34 ha, 18.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441867.md - Parcel 2454441: 70,844 m² (7.08 ha, 17.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2454441.md - Parcel 2453833: 27,909 m² (2.79 ha, 6.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2453833.md - Parcel 1442788: 17,515 m² (1.75 ha, 4.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442788.md - Parcel 1456595: 15,953 m² (1.6 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1456595.md - Parcel 1450704: 5,878 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450704.md - Parcel 1475028: 1,791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1475028.md - Parcel 1471174: 1,620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1471174.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rinroe 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) No planning application touches the townland of Rinroe in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC, site code 001926, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001926 - Special Protection Area: Corofin Wetlands SPA, site code 004220, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004220 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex, site code 001926 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL017-095: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-095----. In pasture on the crest of a NE-SW ridge flanked by marshy ground to the NW and SE. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A small, oval-shaped cashel (int. diams. 20.2m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW) is defined by the remains of drystone wall on a collapsed stone spread (Wth 2-4.4m; H 0.6-0.8m) into which a later field wall is incorporated from NE-SE-SW. The interior is dished and partially defined by a natural scarp towards the NE, and is covered in collapsed stone and hazel scrub. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21-10-2025 - CL017-096: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-096----. In pasture on the S-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge, flanked by marshy ground to the NW and SE. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions OS 6-inch map. Classified as an enclosure in the RMP (1996). A small subcircular cashel (int. diams. 19.3m NW-SE; 17.9m NE-SW) is defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.5-0.6m, H c. 0.4m), with no obvious entrance. The enclosure is incorporated into a later field boundary wall from NE-SE-SW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21-10-2025 - CL017-223: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-223----. 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. 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 Rinroe. ## 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 Rinroe, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rinroe. - 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/rinroe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/rinroe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/rinroe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rinroe 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) - Ballard: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballard-30081.md - Caherbullaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/caherbullaun.md - Garryncallaha: https://everytownland.com/clare/garryncallaha.md - Kells: https://everytownland.com/clare/kells.md - Turkenagh: https://everytownland.com/clare/turkenagh.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/rinroe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/rinroe