# Teernea, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ruan, barony of Inchiquin, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 668,154 m² (66.82 ha, 165.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,749 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ruan, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/ruan.md
- Barony: Inchiquin
- Electoral division: Muckanagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Muckanagh electoral division: 374 people in 127 households; 88% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/6036
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 32201
- Centre: latitude 52.96057, longitude -8.985695 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Teernea, from 2,130 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 638,955 m² (63.9 ha, 157.89 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1517378: 638,955 m² (63.9 ha, 157.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517378.md
- Parcel 4867446: 11,021 m² (1.1 ha, 2.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4867446.md
- Parcel 1433429: 4,686 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433429.md
- Parcel 3042645: 2,812 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3042645.md
- Parcel 1513995: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513995.md
- Parcel 1441801: 2,130 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441801.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Teernea 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 Teernea 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex, site code 001926

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL017-097: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-097----. In level pasture c. 110m S of Lough George. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 242) as a ‘cathair’ with a ‘wall 6 feet [c. 1.8m] thick to the west, where it is only 3 feet [c. 0.9m] high and 10 feet [c. 3m] thick, and over 4 feet high[c. 1.2m] to the east. The north and north-west parts are levelled to the foundations, which are large blocks’. A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (int. diam. 33m), much reduced since Westropp’s visit, defined by a wide low bank (Wth 2-5m; ext. H 1m; int. H 1.2m) from E-S-W. The bank incorporates some large stones blocks (L 1.5m; Wth 1m; D 0.5m), the surviving remains of original cashel walling. The interior is slightly lower than the surrounding ground level. Westropp, T.J. 1913 Prehistoric remains (forts and dolmens) in the Corofin district, Co. Clare. (No. XI) (continued). Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3(3), 232-260. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21-10-2025
- CL017-098: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-098----. In hazel scrub on a N-facing slope, and abutting the W side of an adjoining cashel (CL017-098002-). Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an ‘enclosure (conjoined)’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 242) as a ‘curious fort, 8-shaped in plan, of two equal rings, and excellent masonry with two faces and filling. It seems to have been built in one piece: the wall is usually 4 feet [c. 1.2m] to 4 feet 6 inches [c. 1.4m] high’. An oval cashel (diams. 38m NE-SW, 27.3m NW-SE) has been significantly denuded since Westropp’s visit and is defined by a collapsed stone spread (Wth 3-6m; H 0.6-1m) incorporating large blocks of original cashel-wall masonry (L 0.5m; Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m). A modern-looking gap connects the monument to the abutting cashel (CL017-098002-) to the E. Internally, three pens have been constructed against the collapsed cashel wall at N, SW and SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 21-10-2025
- CL017-098002: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-098002-. In hazel scrub on a N-facing slope, and abutting the E side of an adjoining cashel (CL017-098----). Hachured on both the first (1842 and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Classified as an ‘enclosure (conjoined)’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 242) as a ‘curious fort, 8-shaped in plan, of two equal rings, and excellent masonry with two faces and filling. It seems to have been built in one piece: the wall is usually 4 feet [c. 1.2m] to 4 feet 6 inches [c. 1.4m] high’. An oval cashel (int. diams 26.2m NE-SW; 23.1m NW-SE) has been significantly denuded since Westropp’s visit and is defined by a collapsed stone spread (Wth 3-6m; H 0.6-1m). A modern-looking gap connects the monument to the abutting cashel (CL017-098----) to the W. Internally, an amorphous clearance cairn (diam. c.7m) lies at the centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 21-10-2025
- CL017-100002: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-100002-. On a SW-facing rise in scrub-covered limestone pavement. Marked and labelled ‘Tobermacduagh’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1916) editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The holy well comprises two small limestone solution holes (diams. 0.25-0.3m) enclosed within a low D-shaped, drystone walled well-house (dims. L 3.7m E-W, Wth 3.2m N-S; H 1m) in which a SSW-facing opening (L 0.65m; Wth 0.5m; H 0.3m) gives access to the ‘well’. A wedge-shaped shelf above the ope (L 0.85m; Wth 0.65m) holds an array of votive offerings: when inspected in 1999, these included statues and - strung across the opening to the shelf – a link of 13 BIC lighters. Also present were the tops of whiskey bottles nailed in lines on boards and affixed to boxes, along with c. 20 small egg-sized pebbles. A small U-shaped enclosure abuts the E side of the well-house and the ‘well’ is surrounded by circular ring (diams. 9.5m N-S; 8.6m E-W) of spaced upright slabs (av. dims. L 0.1-0.2m; Wth 0.2-0.2m; H c. 1m), set in grykes. A larger, and later subcircular enclosure (diams. 26.1m E-W; 23.8m N-S) – not recorded on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map – surrounds the well and is defined by a well-preserved drystone wall (Wth c. 0.5m; H 1.4m), which lacks an obvious entrance gap or stile. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 22-10-2025
- CL017-217: Structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL017-217----. Situated just off the summit of a low hill in pasture. Indicated and named ‘Pillar’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and ‘Tower’ on the 1916 edition. A solid masonry structure (H 3.9m; 1.75m x 1.8m) built on rock outcrop with an incomplete conical top. The NE side has protruding steps which rise to the top. Known locally as ‘Bridgeman’s Tower’, this was in full view of Teernea House once owned by the Bridgeman family, and may have been used as a flagstand. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 June 2016

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 Teernea.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Teernea.
- 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/teernea.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/teernea.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/teernea.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Teernea 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)

- Ballyogan Beg: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyogan-beg.md
- Kells: https://everytownland.com/clare/kells.md
- Ranaghan: https://everytownland.com/clare/ranaghan.md
- Teermulmoney: https://everytownland.com/clare/teermulmoney.md
- Teernea Commons: https://everytownland.com/clare/teernea-commons.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.

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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.

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