Clonmel
Townland in the civil parish of Clonsast, barony of Coolestown, Co. Offaly; in Irish Cluain Meala
- Area
- 277.2 ha
- 685 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 11,495 m² (1.15 ha, 2.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonmel, from 107 m² to 833,901 m² (83.39 ha, 206.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Clonmel 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
29 Jan 2026N/a
the construction of two new dwelling houses, two new effluent treatment systems and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Offaly County Council, 2660043
24 Mar 2025Conditional
for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Cushaling – Portlaoise 110 kV OHL is approximately 41.6 km long and comprises 17 no. steel lattice tower structures and 193 no. wooden pole structures. The existing circuit is located across the functional areas of Offaly County Council (OCC), Kildare County Council (KCC) and Laois County Council (LCC). Approximately 10 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of OCC, approximately 9 km is within the functional area of KCC and approximately 22.6 km is located within the functional area of LCC. Separate planning applications are being lodged with each respective County Council. The Proposed Development across the functional area of Co. Kildare is located in the townlands of Coolelan, Kiltaghan North, Kiltaghan South, Clonmoyle West, Ummeras More, Mountrice, Mullaghroe Upper, Mullaghroe Lower, Coolatogher, Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co. Kildare will comprise: 1. The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; 2. The replacement of 2 no. steel towers and their foundations; 3. The replacement of steel members at 1 no. tower; 4. Full tower painting required at 1 no. location; 5. Shear block remedial works (raise and cap) at 1 no. tower location; 6. The replacement of wooden poles only at 8 no. locations; 7. The replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 3 no. locations; 8. The replacement of crossarm only at 4 no. locations; 9. The replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; 10. The replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; 11. The replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers and compression assemblies at all locations, as required; 12. All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and 13. Other temporary associated
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560302
24 Mar 2025Conditional
EirGrid plc, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) is applying to Offaly County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co.Offaly will comprise: Replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; replacement of the existing earthwire with new earthwire between structures 1 and 8; replacement of steel members at 3 no. towers; Full tower painting required at 3 no. locations; replacement of wooden poles only at 7 no. locations; replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 2 no. locations; replacement of crossarm only at 3 no. locations; replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers & compression assemblies at all locations, as required; All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures & other temporary associated & ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit. No additional structures are proposed along the existing circuit. Structure 203 will be relocated approx. 101m back towards structure 202 due to its existing position on top of a gravel mound & the potential for subsidence of gravel in the long term. No alteration to the nature, extent, alignment, character or voltage of existing electricity infrastructure is proposed. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application. Full description of all works within Site Notice.
Permission · Offaly County Council, 2560087
17 Aug 2023N/a
THE ERECTION OF A) 2 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BED DWELLINGS, B) 4 NO. TERRACED TWO STOREY 2 BED DWELLINGS, C) 12 NO. SEMI-DETACHED 3 BED DWELLINGS (18 NO. DWELLINGS IN TOTAL), D) THE RELOCATION OF THE NORTHERN GREEN SPACE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. PL2/01/159, E) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 18 homes · Offaly County Council, 23364
19 Jun 2023Conditional
TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC SHED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 23289
11 Jul 2022Refused
THE ERECTION OF A) 2NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BED DWELLINGS, B) 4NO. TERRACED TWO STOREY 2 BED DWELLINGS, C) 18NO. SEMI-DETACHED 3 BED DWELLINGS (24NO. DWELLINGS IN TOTAL), D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE ONTO L10033 LOCAL ROAD
Permission, 24 homes · Offaly County Council, 22345
28 Jun 2022N/a
THE ERECTION OF A) 2NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY 3 BED DWELLINGS, B) 4NO. TERRACED TWO STOREY 2 BED DWELLINGS, C) 18NO. SEMI-DETACHED 3 BED DWELLINGS (24NO. DWELLINGS IN TOTAL), D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE ONTO L 10033 LOCAL ROAD
Permission · Offaly County Council, 22326
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Clonmel.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonmel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonmel.
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 10 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clonmel.
- 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 Clonmel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Clonmel · Cluain Meala
- Area
- 2,772,472 m² (277.25 ha, 685.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonsast, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolestown
- Electoral division
- Clonbulloge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonbulloge electoral division: 825 people in 274 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydermot, Ballygarrett, Clonbrown, Clonbulloge, Cushaling (Co. Kildare)
- Placenames
- Clonmel 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.