Seafield
Seafield is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), barony of Ibrickan, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na gCros.
- Area
- 69.7 ha
- 172 acres
- Land parcels
- 98
- registered freehold, median 2,545 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seafield, from 3 m² to 248,124 m² (24.81 ha, 61.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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)
Tromra Cluster, Clare · 27 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
31 Jul 2025Conditional
to vary details of granted permission 23/60159 for (a) the demolition of an existing extension (b) the construction of a single and two storey extension to the rear and side of an existing dwelling (c) the construction of a single storey office and shed (d) modifications to the existing dwelling (e) widening of existing site entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560466
14 Mar 2025Refused
for a dwelling house with connection to public sewerage scheme together with ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560129
16 Sept 2024N/a
the development will consist of a dwelling house with connection to public sewerage scheme together with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24297
7 Aug 2024Conditional
of the internal access road, steel storage shed, gravelled area, all located to the rear of the dwelling house on site & all other associated site and ancillary works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24250
22 May 2024Conditional
of the extension to the rear and resultant alterations to fenestration of existing dwelling and all associated site and ancillary works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24168
1 Dec 2023N/a
for proposed dwelling house, garage, new site entrance and connect to existing ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360522
18 May 2023Conditional
for (a) the demolition of an existing extension (b) the construction of a single and two storey extension to the rear and side of an existing dwelling (c) the construction of a single storey office and shed (d) modifications to the existing dwelling (e) widening of existing site entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360159
28 Jul 2022Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and private garage along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22686
18 May 2022Conditional
to RETAIN rear house extension area, to RETAIN garage subfloor area, to extend existing dwelling and to erect garage
Permission · Clare County Council, 22446
22 Nov 2021Conditional
of a storage shed and all associated works
Retention · Clare County Council, 211239
12 Nov 2021N/a
to construct dwelling house and connect to ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211202
5 Oct 2021Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, road entrance, connections to services and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211053
3 Jun 2021Conditional
for the following development a) demolish existing rear extension to dwelling house and detached garage; b). construct new extension to house with attached garage; c). all associated site works and ancillary services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21574
5 Nov 2020Conditional
to alter and extend existing dwelling house. The works involve the following; a) to construct a new single storey extension b) to alter the internal floor layout c) to relocate the site entrance along with associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20825
3 Sept 2020Conditional
to make the following changes to the existing dwelling a) demolish existing rear extension; b) construct new rear extension; c) make changes to the exterior of the dwelling; d) construct new detached workshop and e) all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 20613
16 Aug 2018Conditional
to (a) RETAIN side extension to dwelling house; (b) Construct new side extension and (c) Construct new Garage and Studio, together with all ancillary site development works and services
Retention · Clare County Council, 18664
8 Mar 2018Conditional
to RETAIN Montessori and for PERMISSION to construct extension to Montessori, alter site boundary and all associated site works
Retention · Clare County Council, 18164
26 Jan 2018Conditional
for proposed development which will consist of the construction of two new flood embankments, strengthening of the existing rock revetment, local regarding of land, installation of three non-return valves, reconstruction of existing culvert including placement of rock armour and protection of existing dune system using fencing with access points. This is accompanied by an Environmental Report and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
Permission · Clare County Council, 188001
16 Oct 2017N/a
to construct a new dwelling house and private garage along with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17792
6 Apr 2017Conditional
to RETAIN a front conservatory extension to the dwelling as constructed
Retention · Clare County Council, 17244
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: Carrowmore Point to Spanish Point and Islands SAC 001021
- Special Protection Area: Mid-Clare Coast SPA 004182
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carrowmore Point To Spanish Point And Islands 001021
Recorded monuments
- CL038-005 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
At the N edge of a terrace overlooking the sea c. 1km to N. Listed as 'enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 76m E-W; 70m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-4m; int. H 0.6-1.2m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) which is incorporated into a field bank S-NNW. There is no visible fosse and no entrance other than a modern one at S. A hut site (CL038-005002-) is slightly to E of centre. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 April 2020
- CL038-005002 Hut site
Description
Situated E of centre of a large subcircular enclosure (CL037-005001-). A circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 5m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N-E Wth 2.6m; int H 0.3m; ext. H 0.45-0.6m; at S-W: Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.45-1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 April 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Seafield.
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 Seafield, 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Seafield.
- 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
- Seafield, Quilty11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Seafield · Ceathrú na gCros
- Area
- 697,248 m² (69.72 ha, 172.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry(Kilrush Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibrickan
- Electoral division
- Kilmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 838 people lived in 333 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Quilty West, Tromra West, Tromracastle
- Placenames
- Seafield 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.