Summerhill
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltenanlea, barony of Tulla Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Cnoc Samhraidh
- Area
- 92.9 ha
- 229 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,709 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Summerhill, from 9 m² to 335,844 m² (33.58 ha, 82.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Summerhill in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 May 2026N/a
to construct dwelling house, garage, bored well, waste water treatment system, percolation area, entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26136
10 May 2026Conditional
for (A) the refurbishment & conversion of existing structure /agricultural building to residential use including remedial works to same as permitted under P24/60320 (B) construction of single storey extension to rear of existing building to include kitchen/dining/living area, utility & entrance porch (C) revised elevational treatment of existing building (D) installation of proprietary waste treatment plant & bored well & (E) construction of improved vehicular entrance & driveway (F)construction of replacement agricultural entrance & including ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660303
9 Jul 2024Conditional
for (A) The refurbishment and conversion of existing structure/agricultural building into a 2 bedroom dwelling (B) Construction of new roof over same (C) internal and elevational alterations to building (D) Installation of proprietary waste treatment plant and bored well and (E) construction of improved vehicular entrance and driveway (F) Construction of replacement agricultural entrance and including ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460320
31 Jul 2023Conditional
for the construction of a detached dormer dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system, bored well, together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360290
14 Jun 2023N/a
for the construction of a detached dormer dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system, bored well, together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2360206
23 Jul 2019Conditional
to consist of (A) Erect a new swing type pedestrian gate to improve access to the river bank adjacent to the existing pedestrian bridge crossing the River Shannon. (B) Erect a galvanised steel footbridge incorporating handrails and access ramps to replace the existing footbridge at the Conway's Canal crossing approx 50m upstream of where the canal flows into the River Shannon. (C) Improve the existing vehicle crossing of Conway's Canal by removing in stream masonry rubble and erecting precast concrete slats to span the crossing. (D) Erect a new 'swing type' pedestrian gate to replace existing damaged rear entrance to Summerhill House. Temporary works will include the erection of slit fencing and mats in the vicinity of the works to protect the integrity of the Lower Shannon SAC. The Planning Application will include an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report & Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Clare County Council, 19603
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Summerhill.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Summerhill.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1052 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Summerhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Summerhill · Cnoc Samhraidh
- Area
- 928,714 m² (92.87 ha, 229.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltenanlea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Lower
- Electoral division
- Kiltenanlea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kiltenanlea electoral division: 1,987 people in 660 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Doonass, Doonass Demesne, Errina, Lisduff
- Placenames
- Summerhill 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.