Rooska

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rooska, from 42 m² to 121,136 m² (12.11 ha, 29.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Lisdoonvarna Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Lisdoonvarna 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Unconditional

  to carry out the following development: The works involve the following: i) Construction of a new service road with associated footpaths. ii) Provision of Public Amenity Open Space. Iii) Required Site Services with Utilities Connections provided to each site - 12 no. serviced sites in total. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, An Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development

  Permission · Clare County Council, 268002

• 18 Mar 2026Conditional

  to 1. extend the existing dwelling house and 2. RETAIN the extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2669

• 3 Mar 2026N/a

  to 1. extend the existing dwelling house, and 2. retain the extension to the rear of the existing house and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2656

• 4 Feb 2026N/a

  to 1. extend the existing dwelling house and 2. retain the extension to the rear of the existing house and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2627

• 8 May 2024Conditional

  to construct 4 No single storey extensions to the existing Pavilion Building. The extensions will consist of the following: 1 Accessible Changing area and WC, M & E / Storage space 2. Proposed Storage Space linked to existing stage area; 3 and 4 Multi-Function Meeting and Office areas to front and rear; also PERMISSION to demolish existing stand-alone office unit at front entrance, Minor internal alterations to main building and replacement of a window with a new door, including ancillary site works. Please note that Lisdoonvarna Pavilion is classified as a protected structure

  Permission, 4 homes · Clare County Council, 24152

• 30 May 2023N/a

  for the following development to construct 3 no. single storey extensions to the existing Pavilion Building. The extension will consist of the following: 1. accessible changing area and WC, M & E / storage space; 2. proposed storage space linked to existing stage area; 3. multi-function meeting and office areas; 4. minor internal alterations; 5. replacement of a window with a new door, including ancillary site works. Please not that Lisdoonvarna Pavilion is classified as a protected structure

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23316

• 8 Mar 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), with associated site fencing, netting, artificial surface, floodlighting and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23138

• 13 Jul 2022Conditional

  for the following development: 1. PERMISSION to construct a Pump Track for cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers, consisting of a number of looped tracks, with an asphalt surfaced finish; 2. PERMISSION for landscaping and earth embankments, grass slopes associated with Pump Track layout. 3 PERMISSION for associated bike stand, seating area, and access paths to link up with existing pathways, including ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22634

• 10 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a lattice type 36 metre multi-user telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets, associated site works and access track

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22420

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  to erect public LED lighting along the existing amenity trails and pedestrian routes including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21170

• 31 Aug 2017Conditional

  to extend and renovate a residential dwelling

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17669

• 11 May 2017Conditional

  to replace the existing outbuildings currently used to store fuel and bikes, and house a laundry area with a customised storage container, to serve the same purpose, incorporating a wet room/drying area for cyclists' use at the Wild Honey Inn

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17350

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rooska.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rooska.

Architectural heritage

• Spectacle Bridge, bridge, 1840–1860 · National interest
  Description

  Single-arch coursed stone road bridge over river Aille which flows here in a deep gorge, built c. 1850, with cylindrical void over arch. Designed by Michael O'Loghlin. Cut-stone voussoirs, splayed piers and cut-stone copings to parapet.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rooska.

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.

• Rooska, Lisdoonvarna11 sales

Name

Rooska

Area

814,664 m² (81.47 ha, 201.31 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoon, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Lisdoonvarna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lisdoonvarna electoral division: 1,268 people in 302 households; 63% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughiska Beg, Ballydonohoe, Ballyinsheen More, Knockaskeheen, Rathbaun

Placenames

Rooska 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.