Clooney South

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooney South, from 26 m² to 313,033 m² (31.3 ha, 77.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Clooney South 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.

• 4 Jun 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25176

• 1 May 2025Conditional

  of(a) attic conversion with dormer and roof windows (b) domestic garage and boiler house (c) boundaries together with all associated site development works and services as constructed

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560239

• 27 Mar 2025Conditional

  to partially demolish the outbuildings, extend and renovate the existing dwelling, install a wastewater treatment system and for Retention permission for the mobile home on site for use as temporary accommodation during the construction works & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2591

• 2 Mar 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a new two storey dwelling, sewage treatment system, and private well with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360047

• 14 Jun 2022Conditional

  to construct a dormer dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22524

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 the townland of Clooney South.

Recorded monuments

• CL016-105001 Church
  Description

  Near the top of a prominent rise in hilly marshy pasture and to the N of the Ennistimon to Corrofin road. Named ‘Clooney Church (in ruins)’ on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but not indicated. On the 1916 ed., only the E gable and adjoining short sections of the N and S side-walls are shown. Swinfen (1992, 13) noted that in 1615 the church was recorded as being ‘ruyned’ and ‘all downe’. It was believed to have been founded by St Lohan, to whom the nearby holy well (CL016-0-105003-) is dedicated. It is centrally located within a graveyard (CL016-105002-). When visited by O’Donovan, in 1839, the E gable survived intact but only short lengths of the side-walls remained. A semicircular-headed window in the E gable was built of ‘finely cut stone’. There was also a smaller semicircular-headed window in the S wall, near the E gable, but O’Donovan thought that it was not of great antiquity and noted that the S wall did not appear to be as old as the N wall or the E gable, which he suggested dated to the 9th or 10th century (Comber 1997, 100). The E gable (ext. L 8m; H 2m; wall T 0.8m) is now much-reduced in height and no trace of the window survives. However, its position in the wall is still evident (Large 2010). Likewise, no trace of the S window survives. Both side-walls (L 6.1m; H 1.4m; wall T 0.8m) and the gable are overgrown with ivy. No trace of the W gable survives and this area of the church is now occupied by graves. The church was constructed of dressed rubble and was built on a plinth, which is one course high. The walls have been partly rebuilt and repointed. A number of architectural fragments have been reused in the graveyard. Just to the NW of the church, two curving cut-stone fragments, possibly from a pointed or round-headed arched doorway, are set upright on a grave (Large ibid.) and, nearby, a grave-marker consists of a dressed stone that was possibly part of a door jamb. These fragments hint at a late medieval date. A possible ecclesiastical enclosure (CL016-105004-) is also associated. The following images have been uploaded: CL016-105001-_01.jpg View of church from SE CL016-105001-_02.jpg Fragments of doorway reused on grave (Large 2010) CL016-105001-_03.jpg Architectural fragment reused as grave-marker Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 24 June 2022

• CL016-105002 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a medieval church (CL0160105001-). Named ‘Burial Ground’ on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and ‘Grave Yd.’ on the 1916 ed., this roughly subrectangular graveyard (70m E-W) varies in width from 14m across the W end, to 17m across the centre and 11m across the E end. It is defined by a drystone wall (H 1.5m). Access is gained from the roadside via a gateway and stile at the SW corner. The W half of the interior is fairly level but the E half slopes to the E. Most of the burials date to the 19th and 20th centuries but numerous uninscribed grave-markers are indicated by small stone uprights. Most of the older graves are found in the E half and several of them have collapsed, leaving rectangular depressions in the ground. The graveyard is still in use. The church is centrally located within it. A number of architectural fragments from it have been reused in some of the graves. Just to the NW of the church, two curving cut-stone fragments, possibly from a pointed or round-headed arched doorway, that were lying flat on a grave when inspected in May 1999 have subsequently been set upright on the grave (Large 2010) and, nearby, a grave-marker consists of a dressed stone that was possibly part of a door jamb. A possible ecclesiastical enclosure (CL016-105004-) is associated and a holy well (CL016-105003-) lies c. 140m to the WSW. The following images have been uploaded: CL016-105002-_01jpg. View of graveyard from SW CL016-105002-_02.jpg Aerial view from NW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 24 June 2022

• CL016-105003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a small hollow in marshy pasture and to the S of the Ennistimon to Corrofin road. Named ‘Toberlonan’ on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Recorded by O’Donovan (1839) as ‘Tobar Lonain or Saint Lonan’s Well, at which Stations are still performed and the cure of diseases of the eyes and limbs sought, but on no particular day’ (Comber 1997, 100). The well is defined by a rectangular stone wall (1.5m x 1.5m; H 0.9m) that has been covered over with concrete blocks and planks. A rowan tree is growing from one side of it. According to local information, it was in use up to the end of the 1960s and its water was used as a cure for sore eyes. The well may be associated with the medieval church (CL016-105001-), graveyard (CL016-105002-) and possible ecclesiastical enclosure (CL016-105004-) located c. 180m to its ENE. The following image had been uploaded: CL016-105003-_01jpg. Blocked-up holy well Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 24 June 2022

• CL016-105004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Near the top of a prominent rise in hilly marshy pasture and to the S of the Ennistimon to Corrofin road. A short curving arc of hachures is shown on the 1916 ed. of the OS 6-inch map in a field across the road from a medieval church (CL016-105001-) and its associated graveyard (CL016-105002-). On inspection in May 1999, no visible surface trace of it was noted as the field had been levelled and drained. Current aerial imagery (OSi ditigalglobe 2011-2013) shows a curving depression (c. 30m to the S of the road) crossing two fields. It may mirror the outline of an enclosure or, alternatively, a boreen. Another curving line visible to N of the graveyard may be a continuation of that to the S, if that is the case the enclosure would have an overall dimension of 120m E-W and c. 90m N-S, suggesting that it could be an ecclesiastical enclosure. A holy well (CL016-105003-) lies c. 127m to the W. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-105004-_01.jpg Aerial view looking S. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 24 June 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Clooney South, 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 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 Clooney South.

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 Clooney South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Clooney South · Cluaine Theas

Area

3,256,443 m² (325.64 ha, 804.68 acres)

Civil parish

Clooney (Ennistimon Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Clooney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

245 people lived in 95 households in the Clooney electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmore, Ardrush, Cahersherkin, Clooney North, Drinagh, Kilmore South, Loughnagowan, Moanreel North, Russa, Teerleheen, Tullaloughaun

Placenames

Clooney South 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.