Stonehall
Stonehall is a townland in the civil parish of Kilconry, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Cloiche.
- Area
- 133.4 ha
- 330 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 4,166 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- N1.3
- Airport
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stonehall, from 12 m² to 154,991 m² (15.5 ha, 38.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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
- N1.3Airport
Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Shannon Town and Environs Local Area PLan, Clare · 14 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
11 Aug 2026N/a
to make minor alterations to the design of the proposed extension previously authorised under planning permission ref no. 2560822 along with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660517
7 Apr 2026Conditional
to construct a domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling including all associated site development works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660225
19 Dec 2025Conditional
to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560822
29 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct an extension to existing dwelling to comprise of kitchen/dining room/livingroom, W.C. & utility. Application also for permission to demolish existing utility at rear of dwelling including all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560531
30 Sept 2020Conditional
for a renewable energy development on a 3.5 hectare site in the townland of Stonehall, Newmarket on Fergus, Co Clare. The proposed development will constitute the provision of the following: Construction of a Biomass processing and storage area utilising forestry products. Construction of a Gasification and Methanation Plant for the production of advanced biofuels. Construction of a Gasification and Combined Heat Power Plant for production of electricity and heating. Construction of a Battery Storage Facility (20MW). Construction of a Thermal Energy recovery and storage facility for district heating distribution. Construction of new on site 38kV substation. Creation of a new access road from the L-3169-0. All ancillary development including the provision of site office, car parking, internal access roads, perimeter landscaping, fencing, lighting, and on sire drainage. The Planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Clare County Council, 20705
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 Stonehall.
Recorded monuments
- CL051-121 Enclosure
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.
- CL051-124 House - 17th century
Description
See document attached to CL051-124001- with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 December 2014
- CL051-124001 Castle - tower house
Description
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 18 December 2014
- CL051-124002 Bawn
Description
See document attached to CL051-124001- with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 December 2014
- CL051-125 Field boundary
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.
- CL051-126001 Enclosure
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.
- CL051-127 Enclosure
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.
- CL051-161 Enclosure
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 Stonehall.
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 Stonehall, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_644 (ZIP).
- 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 Stonehall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Stonehall · Ceathrú na Cloiche
- Area
- 1,333,707 m² (133.37 ha, 329.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilconry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Clenagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 10,905 people lived in 4,042 households in the Clenagh electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycally, Caherteige, Carrigerry, Carrow, Clenagh, Clonloghan, Lisconor, Lismacleane
- Placenames
- Stonehall 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.