Knockhogan
Knockhogan is a townland in the civil parish of Doora, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cnoc Ógáin.
Parcel 1429557
- Area
- 307,227 m² (30.72 ha, 75.92 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 463 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Knockhogan
Planning applications on this parcel
20 Oct 2025Conditional
for development which will consist of (a) single storey extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling, (b) alterations to elevations of the dwelling, detached boathouse & detached garage including a new canopy at the front entrance & rooflight over the stairs; (c) the change of use of the existing detached boathouse to use as a wellness suite and home office; (d) a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; (e) all associated site and landscaping works to serve the development
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560642
1 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct an agricultural slatted shed including all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 20434
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_582 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 84.7 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 35,745 m² (3.57 ha, 8.83 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockhogan, from 47 m² to 307,227 m² (30.72 ha, 75.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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
- O2Cluster (General)
Ballaghboy No. 1 Cluster, Clare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Oct 2025Conditional
for development which will consist of (a) single storey extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling, (b) alterations to elevations of the dwelling, detached boathouse & detached garage including a new canopy at the front entrance & rooflight over the stairs; (c) the change of use of the existing detached boathouse to use as a wellness suite and home office; (d) a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; (e) all associated site and landscaping works to serve the development
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560642
28 Mar 2022Conditional
to demolish existing derelict dwelling house, construct new dwelling house, treatment system and carry out ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22276
25 Jan 2021Conditional
to extend the existing Astro Turf playing pitches to include for an additional 40m x 25m Astro Turf pitch, metal posts and fencing to the perimeter of the new playing pitch, two additional lighting poles along with associated lights and all ancillary site works both above and below ground
Permission · Clare County Council, 2141
1 Jul 2020Conditional
to construct an agricultural slatted shed including all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 20434
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 Knockhogan.
Recorded monuments
- CL034-057001 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL034-058 Earthwork
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockhogan.
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 Knockhogan, about 1 in 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_582 (ZIP).
- 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 Knockhogan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Knockhogan · Cnoc Ógáin
- Area
- 847,175 m² (84.72 ha, 209.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Doora, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Doora, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,147 people lived in 715 households in the Doora electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghboy, Castletown, Gorteen, Kilbreckan, Noughaval
- Placenames
- Knockhogan 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.