Fountain

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fountain, from 114 m² to 245,497 m² (24.55 ha, 60.66 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.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ennis and Environs, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.1Infrastructure Safeguard (Road)
  Not Applicable, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  for development, the development consists of the construction of stables with loose area, indoor sand arena and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25174

• 23 Dec 2019Refused

  for the following works, (A) Construct a dwelling house, part of which will be used as a granny flat, (B) Construct a garage, (C) Install effluent treatment system, and (D) Modify the existing agricultural entrance from public road as the means of access to the site, all with associated site works

  Outline permission · Clare County Council, 191010

• 6 Nov 2018Refused

  for development consisting of the erection of a fence within the quarry complex and all associated ancillary facilities

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18891

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 Fountain.

Recorded monuments

• CL033-025 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 2000 the monument was not visible at ground level and an active quarry lay immediately to the W. The monument has since been completely quarried out. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 May 2016

• CL033-026 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). On inspection in 2000 this was a subcircular, grass- and hazel-covered area (int. dims. 29m WNW-ESE; 26 m NNW-SSE) on a slight shelf towards the bottom of an E-facing slope, defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.8-5.3m; int. H 0.8-1.3m; ext. H 0.3-1m). Facing stones were intermittently visible (original Wth 2m at E). An active quarry c. 100m to the W has since been extended and the monument has been completely removed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 2016

• CL033-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the crest of the SW-facing slope. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular area (diam. 35.7m WNW-ESE; 35m NNE-SSW) planted with mature deciduous trees, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.4-6.3m; int. H 0.6-1m S-N to 1.8m at E; ext. H 1.4m at NE to 2-2.5m generally), with external stone facing on the upper face of the bank WNW-ENE. There is no visible fosse, but the stone-lined entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 2016

• CL033-142 Fulacht fia
  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 Fountain.

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 Fountain, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_478 (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.

No address of the register names Fountain with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Fountain · Tobar Mháille

Area

854,099 m² (85.41 ha, 211.05 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Ennis Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

19,353 people lived in 7,011 households in the Ennis Rural electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyneillan, Bushypark, Drumcaran Beg, Drumcaran More, Drumcliff, Erinagh Beg

Placenames

Fountain 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.