Tromracastle

87 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tromracastle, from 122 m² to 47,808 m² (4.78 ha, 11.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Tromracastle 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.

• 30 Mar 2026Conditional

  for the renovation, alteration and extension of the existing dwelling house, including changes to the layout, elevations and roof of the existing dwelling, construction of a two storey rear extension, construction of a single storey domestic garage, alteration of the existing entrance and driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660203

• 25 Mar 2026Conditional

  of the following a) the windows/doors, chimney, rooflights and roof changes made to the dwelling house b) the position of the dwelling house as constructed on site c) the installed sewerage treatment plant and percolation area. PERMISSION is sought to complete the site entrance and internal road

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660193

• 14 Feb 2024Conditional

  for the following; a) to construct a new first floor extension onto existing garage b) to alter the external elevations and internal floor layouts to existing house. c) to replace existing sunroom along with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2445

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  to renovate, alter and extend the existing dwelling house to include raising the height of the dwelling house, making elevational changes, construction of a new private garage and carport and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360578

• 9 Jun 2023N/a

  to demolish the existing sub-standard dwelling house and to construct a new replacement dwelling house, private garage and carport, along with all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360201

• 24 Aug 2022N/a

  to install 6 shepherd's huts for the purpose of overnight accommodation, connect to public services and all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22752

• 8 Feb 2022Refused

  for the construction of a private dwelling house, detached garage, boundary wall with recessed site entrance, connection to council sewer and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22107

• 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

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

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

• CL038-006 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On level marshy ground overlooking Mutton Island to the NW. A rectangular tower (int. dims. 6.8m NW-SE; 6.6m NE-SW) of three floors constructed of coursed local flagstone with a base-batter (max. H c. 22m). The damaged entrance (bolt-hole evident at SW) towards the S end of the SE side leads directly to the ground floor chamber under a damaged NW-SE vault which has embrasures (Wth 1.35m; H 1.65) in the NW and NE walls, now broken through as entrances, and there is a cupboard at the N end of the SE wall. A damaged doorway at the E angle led by a spiral stairs to the first floor under a damaged NW-SE vault with wicker centering. This floor has large windows (Wth 0.4m) in embrasures in the NE (Wth 1.8m; H 2m) and NW (Wth 1.6m; H 1.75) walls. There is a garderobe with two lights in the NW wall, and the destroyed fireplace is in the SW wall. The third floor is inaccessible, but has a garderobe in the NW wall and large ogee-headed windows with hollow spandrels in each wall, that on the NW being complete. There are additional lights in the SE and SW walls, and the stairs housing rises over the NE angle. Three corbels remaining on the outer SE corner may have supported a bartizan. (Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997) The following has been attached: CL038-006----_)1.pdf 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: 12 December 2014

• CL038-059 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.

• CL038-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a fairly flat area in pasture c. 350m E of the seashore. Hachured on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and named ‘White Point Fort’. A cropmark of a large circular enclosure at the same location is visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018 orthophotography as an arc from S to NE (chord 90m). Reported by Ed O’Donovan in 2020.   Compiled by: Mary Tunney   Date of upload: 26 November 2025

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tromracastle.

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

At the centre of the townland of Tromracastle, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Tromracastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Tromracastle · Caisleán Tromráith

Area

698,261 m² (69.83 ha, 172.54 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

Cloghauninchy, Craggaun, Seafield, Tromra West

Placenames

Tromracastle 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.