Corbally
Corbally is a townland in the civil parish of Clooney (Tulla Ra), barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is An Corrbhaile.
Parcel 1433330
- Area
- 2,387 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 115 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
- Corbally
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 204.1 ha
- 504 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 10,284 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corbally, from 116 m² to 169,383 m² (16.94 ha, 41.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Corbally 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
6 Feb 2026Conditional
Consequent on the Grant of Outline Permission (Reference No. P22/1064) for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660057
12 Jun 2025Conditional
for demolition of existing damaged dwelling and construction of a new re-designed dwelling house along with all associated works at existing site
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560344
27 May 2025Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560307
24 Feb 2025Conditional
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Reference No. P22/226) to construct a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2548
2 Feb 2024Conditional
the development which will consist of (1) Alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling house (2) The construction of a new garage (3) all ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460040
6 Oct 2023Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360413
11 Sept 2023Conditional
(P22/762) which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360369
18 May 2023Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360160
24 Feb 2023Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23113
28 Nov 2022Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 221064
26 Aug 2022Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 22762
14 Mar 2022Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22226
9 Nov 2021Conditional
to construct a store/garage
Permission · Clare County Council, 211181
7 Sept 2021N/a
to construct a store/garage
Permission · Clare County Council, 21941
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 Corbally.
Recorded monuments
- CL034-088 Standing stone
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.
- CL034-089001 Earthwork
Description
At the E end of a low hill. Sub-circular grass and scrub-covered platform (dims. 21m N-S; 16m E-W; H 0.4m at W to 2.3m at NE) bisected by a N-S road. This is the site of Corbally Castle (CL034-089002-). Compiled by: Leo Morahan and Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 December 2014
- CL034-089002 Castle - unclassified
Description
It was built by Mahon and Gilladubh, sons of Sioda MacNamara, and continued in MacNamara hands until Conor MacNamara forfeited his castle and lands in 1641to a Pierce Butler. Later the O'Briens settled in Corbally and Captain Dermot O'Brien, who fought at Fontenoy in 1745, is recorded as residing here. By 1839 the castle was demolished and only traces of its foundations survived (OSL Vol.2, 1839, 240). Situated at the E end of a low hill. Subcircular platfrom (dims.c 21m N-S; 16m E-W; H 0.4m at W to 2.3m at E) bisected by a N-S road. (Frost 1893, 50) Compiled by: Leo Morahan and Michael Moore See attached document with 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. Date of upload: 11 December 2014
- CL034-090001 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL034-090002 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL034-091001 Ringfort - rath
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.
- CL034-091002 Field boundary
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.
- CL034-170 Standing stone
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.
- CL034-253 Enclosure
Description
On a low rise in pasture. A subrectangular enclosure (38.3m NW-SE; 39m SW-NE) visible as a scarp on Google Earth (imagery date 19 January 2021). The NE side is defined by an overgrown field boundary. Reported to the National Monuments Service by Jean-Charles Caillère. Two ringforts (CL034-090001- ‘Drumbaun Fort’ and CL034-090002-) lie immediately to the NE. The following image has been uploaded: CL034-253----_01.jpg Google Earth image 19 January 2021 Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: January 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Corbally.
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 Corbally, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Corbally.
- 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 Corbally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Corbally · An Corrbhaile
- Area
- 2,040,652 m² (204.07 ha, 504.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clooney (Tulla Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Clooney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 539 people lived in 179 households in the Clooney electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhickey, Cahercalla, Clooney, Craggataska, Sraheen, Toonagh
- Placenames
- Corbally 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.