# Turlough, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oughtmama, barony of Burren, Co. Clare; in Irish An Turlach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,175,359 m² (517.54 ha, 1,278.86 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,523 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oughtmama, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/oughtmama.md - Barony: Burren - Electoral division: Oughtmama, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 152 people lived in 59 households in the Oughtmama electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5857 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 32278 - Centre: latitude 53.096965, longitude -9.060763 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turlough, from 42 m² to 429,642 m² (42.96 ha, 106.17 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1514899: 429,642 m² (42.96 ha, 106.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514899.md - Parcel 1515009: 422,331 m² (42.23 ha, 104.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515009.md - Parcel 1432362: 380,443 m² (38.04 ha, 94.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432362.md - Parcel 1432474: 339,508 m² (33.95 ha, 83.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432474.md - Parcel 1515004: 268,615 m² (26.86 ha, 66.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515004.md - Parcel 1432354: 259,709 m² (25.97 ha, 64.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432354.md - Parcel 1432350: 233,379 m² (23.34 ha, 57.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432350.md - Parcel 1432436: 224,529 m² (22.45 ha, 55.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432436.md - Parcel 1432349: 186,876 m² (18.69 ha, 46.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432349.md - Parcel 1432339: 175,697 m² (17.57 ha, 43.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432339.md - Parcel 1432363: 163,955 m² (16.4 ha, 40.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432363.md - Parcel 1514992: 154,517 m² (15.45 ha, 38.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514992.md - Parcel 1432438: 153,092 m² (15.31 ha, 37.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432438.md - Parcel 1432439: 128,520 m² (12.85 ha, 31.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432439.md - Parcel 1477544: 114,818 m² (11.48 ha, 28.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477544.md - Parcel 1515001: 99,873 m² (9.99 ha, 24.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515001.md - Parcel 1431537: 99,281 m² (9.93 ha, 24.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1431537.md - Parcel 1432361: 98,764 m² (9.88 ha, 24.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432361.md - Parcel 1515008: 92,587 m² (9.26 ha, 22.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515008.md - Parcel 1515002: 86,246 m² (8.62 ha, 21.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515002.md - Parcel 1432352: 83,269 m² (8.33 ha, 20.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432352.md - Parcel 1432437: 79,315 m² (7.93 ha, 19.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432437.md - Parcel 1432359: 65,692 m² (6.57 ha, 16.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432359.md - Parcel 2751416: 59,882 m² (5.99 ha, 14.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751416.md - Parcel 1432355: 59,725 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432355.md - Parcel 1514900: 59,598 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514900.md - Parcel 1460600: 54,042 m² (5.4 ha, 13.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460600.md - Parcel 1515003: 51,079 m² (5.11 ha, 12.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515003.md - Parcel 1514989: 50,739 m² (5.07 ha, 12.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514989.md - Parcel 1433020: 45,376 m² (4.54 ha, 11.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433020.md - Parcel 1519042: 42,527 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1519042.md - Parcel 1489303: 35,741 m² (3.57 ha, 8.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1489303.md - Parcel 5581228: 35,181 m² (3.52 ha, 8.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5581228.md - Parcel 1430754: 29,343 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1430754.md - Parcel 1514901: 24,822 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514901.md - Parcel 1516135: 21,999 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516135.md - Parcel 1515010: 20,770 m² (2.08 ha, 5.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515010.md - Parcel 1432360: 19,813 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432360.md - Parcel 1514993: 19,140 m² (1.91 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514993.md - Parcel 1514990: 18,800 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514990.md - Parcel 1432353: 18,365 m² (1.84 ha, 4.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432353.md - Parcel 1462143: 13,523 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1462143.md - Parcel 1514991: 12,782 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514991.md - Parcel 1432440: 11,933 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432440.md - Parcel 1432351: 10,866 m² (1.09 ha, 2.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432351.md - Parcel 1432475: 9,959 m² (1 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432475.md - Parcel 5739525: 8,599 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5739525.md - Parcel 1494976: 8,399 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494976.md - Parcel 1472606: 6,364 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1472606.md - Parcel 2853632: 5,768 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2853632.md - Parcel 1458863: 5,329 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458863.md - Parcel 1493463: 5,038 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1493463.md - Parcel 1466561: 4,799 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466561.md - Parcel 4441810: 4,507 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4441810.md - Parcel 1463784: 4,467 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1463784.md - Parcel 1429817: 4,164 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429817.md - Parcel 1512211: 4,051 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512211.md - Parcel 1481311: 3,943 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1481311.md - Parcel 1491687: 3,593 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491687.md - Parcel 3383332: 3,313 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3383332.md - Parcel 1484202: 3,240 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1484202.md - Parcel 2611334: 2,575 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2611334.md - Parcel 1489713: 2,435 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1489713.md - Parcel 1491437: 2,410 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491437.md - Parcel 1439708: 2,299 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439708.md - Parcel 1487385: 2,246 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1487385.md - Parcel 1482854: 2,128 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1482854.md - Parcel 1432340: 2,099 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1432340.md - Parcel 5073169: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5073169.md - Parcel 1488700: 1,832 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1488700.md - Parcel 1445081: 1,749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445081.md - Parcel 1466726: 1,270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1466726.md - Parcel 1515359: 1,212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1515359.md - Parcel 1441310: 1,212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441310.md - Parcel 1491204: 782 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491204.md - Parcel 2751419: 778 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751419.md - Parcel 1470936: 709 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1470936.md - Parcel 5028025: 343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028025.md - Parcel 1505232: 241 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1505232.md - Parcel 1492478: 130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1492478.md - Parcel 1514728: 78 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514728.md - Parcel 1514994: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514994.md - Parcel 2837082: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2837082.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Turlough 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 Turlough 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 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Turloughnagullaun, site code 000071 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CL006-014002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-014002-. On a low knoll, part of which may be composed of collapsed debris, with good pastureland to the E but surrounded by poor rocky ground to S, W and N. Indicated and named ‘Turlough castle (in ruins)’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the 6-inch OS maps. Originally an O’Loughlin castle, it was conveyed to an Alderman of Galway, John Lynch, in 1590, but after some dispute was returned to O’Loughlin possession by 1601 (Ua Cróinín and Breen 2014). The Neylons were in possession by 1617 and under the able stewardship of Máire Rua, retained ownership throughout the tumultuous mid-seventeenth century (ibid.). The castle is not recorded after 1669 and likely then fell out of use (ibid.). Today, the site of the castle presents as a roughly circular flat-topped mound (dims. at base 19.1m N–S x 18.2m E–W; diam. on top 8m; max. H 3.4m). The foundation of a small rectangular building (traceable L 3m NNE–SSW; int. Wth 2.2m) defined by grassed-over stone walls (Wth 0.6–0.8m; H 0.2m) lies near its north end and a similar wall (L 4m) runs off the SW corner of the building in a SE direction. At the E upper surface some rubble also projects through the sod cover. The following items have been uploaded: CL006-014002-_01.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. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 4 May 2021 - CL006-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-015----. Situated on a low knoll in reclaimed pasture. Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1928, vol. 1, 34) as a caher within which was a souterrain. Westropp (1899, 381) noted that the ‘caher of Turlough “uamhainn na Turlaige” has been destroyed since before 1839’. A souterrain (CL006-15002-) is still extant. There are no visible remains of the enclosure at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2017 - CL006-015002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-015002-. Marked and named 'Cave' on the OS 6-inch maps, this souterrain was uncovered during land clearance works in 1996. A survey of the monment was undertaken and access to the souterrain closed off; see attached report. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 9 October 2014 - CL006-016: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-016----. On top of a low knoll and surrounded by fields of extensively cleared and improved pastureland. Indicated and named ‘Killeenacurry’ on the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. A subrectangular burial ground (27m E–W; 18.5m N–S) defined by field clearance to the W, a low scarp (H 0.4m) to the S and a modern drystone wall to the N and E. The burials occur throughout the interior and are marked by unworked flat slabs (max. H 0.6m; max. Wth 0.4m; max. T 0.1m) and headstones. There is a concentration of headstones and flat slabs to the SW of centre where they are orientated N–S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 4 May 2021 - CL006-166: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-166----. On a low NNE-SSW ridge in pasture. A subcircular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a low bank is visible on OS orthophotography (2013-2018). A NNW-SSW field bank crosses the W sector. This monument was brought to the attention of the National Monuments Service by Ros Ó Maoldúin, September 2020. The following image has been uploaded: CL006-166----_01.jpg OS orthophotograph (2013-2018) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 28 April 2021 - CL006-171: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-171----. On open karst with some scrub cover. An oval enclosure (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) defined by a stone wall noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) and on OSi Aerial Premium 2012-2018 by Ros Ó Maoldúin. Another possible enclosure lies c. 85m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 May 2021 - CL006-172: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL006-172----. In a scrub-covered area of karst. An oval enclosure (diam. c. 23m) indicated on the OS 6-inch map and noted by Ros Ó Maoldúin. A similarly indicated enclosure (CL006-171----), visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) lies c. 85m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 October 2021 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 Turlough. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Turlough, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Turlough. - 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/turlough.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/turlough.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/turlough.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Turlough 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) - Aghawinnaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/aghawinnaun.md - Ballyhehan: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyhehan.md - Gortaclare: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaclare.md - Gortboyheen: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortboyheen.md - Knockycallanan: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockycallanan.md - Sheshia: https://everytownland.com/clare/sheshia.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/clare/turlough - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/clare/turlough