Cahermacrusheen

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermacrusheen, from 132 m² to 74,816 m² (7.48 ha, 18.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cahermacrusheen 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.

• 6 May 2026Conditional

  of: 1. the change of use of the dwelling on site as an existing short-term letting /air bnb operation. 2. the revised vehicular entrance location. 3. the boundary walls as built on site and for permission to complete the finishes to the new boundary wall and all associated and ancillary site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 26122

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  to retain the change of use of the dwelling on site as an existing short-term letting / air bnb operation and all associated and ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2649

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  to build a new dwelling house, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23191

• 17 Jun 2019N/a

  to construct a dwelling house, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19474

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020

Recorded monuments

• CL008-022 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Near the top of a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture and within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Indicated and labelled 'Dermot & Grania's Bed' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Megalithic structure site' in the RMP (1996). The OS Name Book (1840) referred to the monument as a 'stone altar' (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1961, 91). According to Borlase (1897, vol. 1, 80) and Westropp (1905, 355), this wedge tomb collapsed in the late 19th century. Both antiquarians described the remains as oriented E-W and embedded or partly embedded in a cairn (already removed). The N and S sidestones (L 3.05m) lay flat, side by side, and each was broken in the centre (Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 80). The original standing height of the tomb chamber was estimated as 1.22m (ibid.). The roof-slab (L 3.05m; Wth 2.49m at W, narrowing to 1.83m at E; T 0.18-0.23m) overlay the N sidestone (Westropp 1905, 355). Under these large prone slabs were found two smaller slabs which were thought to be endstones; because the W endstone (L 1.52m) was longer than that at the E (L 1.22m), Westropp (ibid.) concluded that 'there was the usual eastward taper' (in height and/or width). De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 91) found no trace of this monument in 1952. During a field inspection in 1998, a trapezoidal area (9m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW at NW side; 5m NE-SW at SE side) that may mark its site was identified; its SW side was defined by a field wall and its other sides consisted of collapsed and grass-covered banks (Wth 1.25m; H 0.2m). The interior was piled with heavily overgrown field-clearance rubble. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) The following image has been uploaded: CL008-022----_01.jpg View from ESE Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 September 2022

• CL008-025 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture on the top of a natural scarp sloping to the N, in an area of uneven ground and karstic limestone outcrops, within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Listed as 'Potential site - aerial photo' in the RMP (1996). A possible enclosure was noted on Air Corps aerial photography (ACAP V247/62) taken in June 1957. On inspection in August 1998, no visible surface trace of it could be detected. However, it is still evident on more recent aerial imagery (OSi MapGenie 1995, Digital Globe 2011-2013 and Aerial Premium 2013-2018) where it appears as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 31m) defined by a grassed-over wall, suggesting it may be the remains of a cashel. Another grass-covered field wall extends off the it at E and curves southwards. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 8 September 2022

• CL008-026 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On top of a natural roughly E-W running terrace, sloping steeply from N-SE, in an area of rough pasture and karstic limestone outcrops within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and named 'Cahermacrusheen' on the latter ed. Labelled 'Cathair Mhic Croisín' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (40m E-W; 35.5m N-S) is defined by a scarped platform (H 0.5-1m). At N a line of stones (H 0.3m), extending along the base of the scarp, resembles the lowermost course of a limestone revetment; however, it is unclear whether this is man-made or natural. Two short stretches of a low wide grassed-over collapsed stone and earth bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.2m) visible inside the edge of the scarp at N and E may be the remnants of an enclosing wall. In the thistle- and nettle-covered gently S-sloping interior, a series of very low barely visible earth/stone banks may be the remains of internal features or divisions. A modern water trough and shed were built against the scarp at SE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 8 September 2022

• CL008-027 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On level ground on a gentle NW-slope in an area of rough pasture and outcropping limestone. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This circular cashel (int. diam. 19m NW-SE; ext. diam. 25.7m NW-SE) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 3.3-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m). It is heavily overgrown with blackthorn and is surrounded by a later drystone wall (H 0.4-1m) or the remnants of it. There is a house site (CL008-027002-) in the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 September 2022

• CL008-027002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the centre of the interior of a cashel (CL008-027----), this circular house site (int. diam. 6.2m NW-SE; ext. diam. 10.5m NW-SE) is defined by a spread of stone (Wth 1-3.2m; H 0.2m). Due to dense overgrowth, it was not visible but was discernible underfoot. Compiled by Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 September 2022

• CL008-126 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in rough pastureland and karstic outcrop, with wide views and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). A subcircular platform (24m N-S; 20.5m E-W) defined by a low stone and earth bank (av. Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.35-1.15m). At NNW the bank is very slightly lower and there is a poorly defined ramp-like feature up to it from the exterior. At SE several metres of the bank have been reduced to a scarp; some loose rubble lies scattered about here. The cashel interior undulates slightly, sloping gently to the S. A kidney-shaped hollow (7m NW-SE; 4.9m NE-SW; D 0.3m) lies just inside the N perimeter and a small oval mound (L 3.5m NW-SE; 1m NE-SW; H 0.15m) lies near the W edge. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of revision: 25 April 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cahermacrusheen, 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cahermacrusheen.

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

Name

Cahermacrusheen

Area

678,683 m² (67.87 ha, 167.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Lurraga, the unit of the census

Census 2022

296 people lived in 98 households in the Lurraga electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyryan, Cahermaclanchy, Craggycorradan West, Lurraga

Placenames

Cahermacrusheen 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.