Cleen
Cleen is a townland in the civil parish of Killanummery, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Claon.
- Area
- 106.7 ha
- 264 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 5,731 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cleen, from 249 m² to 206,823 m² (20.68 ha, 51.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Cleen 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
7 May 2026N/a
planning permission for (1) the construction of a new dwelling house (2) new garage (3) a new effluent treatment system and percolation area (4) formation of a new site entrance (5) and all associated site works all at Cleen, Dromahair, County Leitrim.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2660115
21 Apr 2023Conditional
1. retain the location of the existing domestic site entrance. 2. to retain the conservatory as constructed and all ancillary works. Parent Planning ref 04/2077 to be referred.
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2360001
23 Feb 2018Conditional
modifications to the previously permitted development Plan Ref No P.16/6 for a revised extension configured floor plan layout design to existing cottage a protected Structure Ref: 30901504. This proposal comprises of a revised link, 1 No bedroom, living rooms and ancillary accommodation. The previously permitted single dwelling EPA approved waste water treatment system and all associated site works will be carried out in accordancewith the granted planning permission ref no P.16/6
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1832
6 Feb 2017Conditional
construct a dry bed agricultural shed, dung stead, agricultural yard and all ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 1716
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: Lough Gill SAC 001976
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976
Recorded monuments
- LE015-072 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a local prominence on the S bank of an E-W section of the Bonet River. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (dims 29m ESE-WNW; 18m NNW-SSE) defined by a scarp with a few bushes, which is best preserved (H 1m) E-S. A short section of bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) survives ESE-SE and there are traces of an external fosse (Wth of top 7.5m; ext. D 0.2m) SW-W. An original entrance is not identified. The monument is truncated by the river at N and a defunct railway line from Sligo and Dromahaire to Manorhamilton and Enniskillen is just to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE015-075 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Located on a slight prominence in the Bonet river valley. It is indicated as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) described as a 'fort' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured feature (diam. c. 35m) on the 1907 edition. No feature visible at ground level in an overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) but it is known locally as a fort that had an earthen bank. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 December 2011
- LE015-076 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a shelf towards the bottom the N-facing slope of a drumlin in the Bonet river valley. This is an overgrown subcircular platform (dims 37m NNW-SSE; 33.7m ENE-WSW; H 0.8-1.1m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 2-2.8m; ext. D 0.2-0.5m) best preserved at W and N, but the perimeter is quarried away SE-SW. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE015-113 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in a SE-NW valley with a stream immediately to the W. This is a grass-covered D-shaped area (dims 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.6-1m) which is accompanied by an outer berm (Wth c. 8m) resulting from damage at the W side (L 14m). The enclosure is also truncated by an E-W field bank and drain at S. The original entrance is not identified. The moated site (LE015-162----) is c. 30m to the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE015-162 Moated site
Description
Located at the bottom of a SE-NW valley in reclaimed pasture with a N-S section of a stream immediately to the W. This is a grass-covered rectangular area (dims 22m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by a slight fosse or moat (Wth 3.5-4m) which is now visible as bands of lush vegetation. A leat from an old E-W stream bed that is just to the S leads into the moat at the SE angle and another leat from the NW angle leads to the extant stream. This is a possible moated site and rath (LE015-113----) is c. 30m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE015-165 Sweathouse
Description
Marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map with no houses in the vicinity. It is situated on the S bank of a small E-W stream, in a wide valley bottom. It was identified by Donadl Murphy and recorded as a circular drystone-walled structure with the entrance facing NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revised upload: 19 March, 2015
Architectural heritage
- W.H. Parke and Son, shop/retail outlet, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay single-storey shop, built c.1920, with timber shopfont. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Corrugated-iron walls incorporating a timber shopfront with central double door flanked by display windows and simple painted lettering.
- Dromahair Creamery, creamery, 1890–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay single-storey former creamery, built c.1900, with six-bay single-storey extension to rear and single-bay lean-to extension to east. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with timber roof vents and cast-iron rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron roof to extension. Roughcast-rendered walls with rendered quoins. Timber sash windows have rendered surrounds. Door opening to front elevation with rendered surround, timber double door and overlight. Entrance-bay to front elevation. Two corrugated-iron structures to site formally used as a creamery shop and store.
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 Cleen, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cleen.
- 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 Cleen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Cleen · Claon
- Area
- 1,067,137 m² (106.71 ha, 263.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killanummery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Drumahaire, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,714 people lived in 639 households in the Drumahaire electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardvarney, Corcusconny, Drumlease, Flughanagh, Kilcoon, Killaleen, Killananima, Killeen, Tully
- Placenames
- Cleen 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.