Carrownahooan West

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownahooan West, from 69 m² to 302,034 m² (30.2 ha, 74.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrownahooan West 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.

• 30 Jul 2020Conditional

  to build a garage and storage shed and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20520

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 Carrownahooan West.

Recorded monuments

• CL015-006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In boggy scrubby pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope, c. 100m E of Knocknaskeagh River, surrounded by conifer plantations to E, W, and S. Indicated as enclosure on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. Listed as an ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (diam. 20m) largely defined by a grassed-covered stone wall with collapsed material along its base (Wth 3-4m; H 0.4m). At NNW the enclosing element is composed of an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3m; H 0.15m). The interior is very overgrown. A clearance cairn lies within the N quadrant, with a second immediately outside the enclosure at NNW. The following image has been uploaded: CL015-006----_01.jpg Aerial view of cashel from NE (ASI aerial photo, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 5 September 2022

• CL015-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In marshy pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing rise with extensive views to S and E, truncated by conifer plantations to W. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular rath (36.5m N-S; 40.5m E-W) defined by a scarp from N to S and traces of an inner bank (ext. H 0.3-0.55m; Wth 2m) at W, a flat-based fosse (Wth 4-5m; ext. H 0.35-0.6m), and an outer bank (Wth 3-3.25m; ext. H 0.25-0.6m). At ENE a causeway (Wth 1.75m) crosses the fosse. The interior (24.5m N-S; 24m E-W) is slightly dished and its northern half is overgrown. At S and W later earthen field boundaries overlie the outer bank of the rath. The following image has been uploaded: CL015-007----_01.jpg Aerial view of rath from N (ASI aerial photo, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 5 September 2022

• CL015-008002 Souterrain
  Description

  In an area of scrub in damp pasture on the steeply sloping E bank of the Knocknaskeagh River. The 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map indicates ‘Caves’ within a hachured enclosure (CL015-008003-); the 1916 ed. OS 6-inch map again indicates ‘Caves’ but the associated enclosure is not depicted. A twin-chambered souterrain comprising a rectangular chamber (4.76m x 1.87m NW-SE; H 1.85m) with a circular chamber to its NE (diam. 2.75m) joined by an intervening creep (1.8m x 0.87m NE-SW; H 0.59m). The partially collapsed NW end of the rectangular chamber formed the original entrance facing the riverbank. The walls are partially rock-cut and are partially drystone-built. The roof of the rectangular chamber is composed of two large lintels. The circular chamber had a corbelled beehive-style roof. A breach in the N side wall of the circular chamber provides access. A densely overgrown depression (L 8m; Wth 4m; D 2m) immediately S of these chambers may be the remains of a third collapsed chamber. An enclosure (CL015-008001-) is located c. 20m to the W, on the W bank of the Knocknaskeagh River. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 13 September 2022

• CL015-008003 Enclosure
  Description

  A souterrain (CL015-008002-) on the E bank of the Knocknskeagh River and named ‘Cave’ is shown on the OS 1836 6-inch map within a hachured enclosure (diam. c. 38m). A similar hachured enclosure (CL015-008001-) is shown hachured immediately across the river on the W bank in Knockaskeagh townland. On inspection in 1998 no above ground remains of an enclosure on the E bank could be seen. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 September 2022

• CL015-114 Enclosure
  Description

  In marshy pasture on a SE-facing slope overlooked by higher ground to the W with good views, c. 45m N of a steam. Depicted only as a curving field boundary on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A partially surviving subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 40-45m) defined along the W by a densely overgrown field boundary containing a curved stretch of stone facing one course high (L 9m; H 0.25m). On inspection in 1998 local people mentioned that a ring of boulders (possibly delineating the E side), was removed within living memory.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 28 October 2025

• CL015-138 Enclosure
  Description

  At the SE corner of a field in pasture. Hachured on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 20m) with a flat summit defined by a scarp. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 November 2025

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrownahooan West, 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 Carrownahooan West.

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

Name

Carrownahooan West

Area

890,092 m² (89.01 ha, 219.95 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshanny, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Killaspuglonane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

309 people lived in 117 households in the Killaspuglonane electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowmanagh North, Carrownahooan East, Knocknaskeagh, Tullamore

Placenames

Carrownahooan West 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.