Feakle
Feakle is a townland in the civil parish of Feakle, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is An Fhiacail.
Parcel 1447054
- Area
- 18,981 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Feakle
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
- Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
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 high, moderately low, 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
- 467 ha
- 1,154 acres
- Land parcels
- 129
- registered freehold, median 3,762 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
129 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Feakle, from 14 m² to 423,636 m² (42.36 ha, 104.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Feakle Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 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
4 Jun 2026N/a
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660368
2 Mar 2026N/a
to RETAIN the demolition of a piggery consisting of farrowing rooms, weaner house, comp room, underground slurry storage and fattening house and associated completed earth works and PERMISSION to reconstruct the demolished piggery structures together with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660120
10 Sept 2025N/a
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560553
5 Mar 2025N/a
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560102
14 Feb 2025Conditional
to construct an agricultural shed and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2538
31 Jan 2025N/a
to construct an Agricultural Shed and all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2525
28 Nov 2024Conditional
of the construction of a sun-room to the side of the dwelling and for the enclosing of the existing open porch area to the front of the house with glazing, all with associated site works and accessed by a shared entrance and driveway from the public road
Retention · Clare County Council, 24397
19 Dec 2023Conditional
to renovate, extend and reuse the Building known as the Old Funeral Parlour as a Dwelling and upgrade the existing septic tank & all other associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23632
29 Nov 2021Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a single dwelling house, detached garage, advanced wastewater treatment system, new site entrance and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211270
26 Aug 2021Conditional
to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21904
30 Mar 2021Conditional
to erect a dwellinghouse, garage, entrance, connect to existing services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21279
30 Mar 2021Conditional
to erect two dwellinghouses and entrances and connect to existing services and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 21280
9 Mar 2021N/a
for a development which will consist of the construction of a single dwelling house, detached garage, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21207
1 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction 13 no. dwelling units including roads, parking, footpaths, amenity area, drainage, public lighting and all associated ancillary site development works.
Permission, 13 homes · Clare County Council, 178008
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
- Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
Recorded monuments
- CL028-003001 Church
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.
- CL028-003002 Graveyard
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.
- CL028-004 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.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1826, with gabled projecting porch to entrance gable, four-bay side elevations having single-bay transepts and two-bay single-storey sacristy to rear. Pitched slate roof with cut-stone bellcote, gable copings and cross finial. Rendered walls with render quoins and plaque to west transept wall. Pointed arch openings with replacement windows and doors. Retaining interior features. Rusticated cut-stone piers and walls with cast-iron gates and railings.
- Graveyard/cemetery, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Graveyard to former Church of Ireland church with various grave markers and mausolea, from c. 1825 to c. 1995. Cut-stone gate piers with wrought-iron gates and railings to site. Church of Ireland church, built 1823, now demolished.
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 Feakle, about 1 in 20 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 Feakle.
- 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 Feakle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Feakle · An Fhiacail
- Area
- 4,670,274 m² (467.03 ha, 1,154.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Feakle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Electoral division
- Feakle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 452 people lived in 166 households in the Feakle electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baurroe, Clashmore, Corracloon, Corracloon Beg, Derrynaheila, Derrywillin, Fairhill, Garraun, Glenbonniv, Kilbarron, Lecarrow Upper, Rossanure
- Placenames
- Feakle 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.