Maryfort or Lismeehan

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maryfort or Lismeehan, from 20 m² to 632,576 m² (63.26 ha, 156.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Maryfort or Lismeehan 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.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  for an extension to an existing substation

  Permission · Clare County Council, 26246

• 26 Jan 2026Conditional

  of an above ground wastewater balancing tank and a plant building and PERMISSION for an extension to a refrigeration shed, an extension to a compressor room, a water purification plant building, an above ground 5m water storage tank, an above ground 2,700m firewater storage tank with generator enclosure and associated site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2616

• 23 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a 1.0mW PV Solar Farm. The proposed works will consist of a 1.0mW PV Solar Farm located to the north of the existing facility, with an area of approximately 1.91 hectares, comprising of linear arrays of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames (with associated cabling and ducting), a modular substation / inverters, hardcore site access road and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25241

• 3 Oct 2024Conditional

  for the change of use of a section of the existing western warehouse to production, the extension of the 1st floor office into the existing western warehouse, alteration of existing boardroom and associated works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24315

• 1 Dec 2023Conditional

  of 2 No external sheds and planning PERMISSION for a new covered bunded area, new refrigeration shed, a new external shed and associated site works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 23602

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  for provision of additional first floor laboratory and office space, associated circulation space and escape / access stairs and new roof plant area at existing permitted eastern warehouse (PL Ref 16/611)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22497

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 Maryfort or Lismeehan.

Recorded monuments

• CL027-034 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a wooded hillock, overlooking Maryfort Lough and Castle Lough to NE. Views inhibited by enclosing woodland. It is named ‘Mary Fort’ on the 1899 edition of the OS 25-inch map. It is depicted on the 1899 edition of the OS 25-inch map and the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped area (38m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by a single enclosing element. Described by Westropp (1908-9, 391) as measuring, ‘108 feet north and south, and 130 feet over all, falling southward (6 feet in 108 feet along the slope), with a fosse and low inner ring, each 9 feet wide, the latter [up to] 5 feet high. The hill, despite its planting, has a beautiful outlook, the faint blue hills in King’s County being visible beyond Lough Derg; the old castle at Fortane [CL027-036----]…and three lakes showing from the slopes’. The site of the former Maryfort House is located c. 88m to S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 December 2018

• CL035-029 Enclosure
  Description

  On top of a low ridge (long-axis NE-SW), in improved pasture, with good views of gently undulating countryside with hills in the near distance to N and E. An oval area (32m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a levelled bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m; Wth at top 2.5m; overall Wth 8.25m) which is best preserved SW-NE. The scarp is almost levelled NE-SSE and is very low SSE-SW. The entrance (Wth c. 7m) may have been located E-SE where the bank is virtually non-existent. Traces of an outer fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.1m) are evident SSW-NW and NNE-E. The interior is generally level and a rectangular enclosure (CL035-NEW18) is situated within the NE-sector. The following image has been uploaded: CL035-029----_01 From NE. General view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 20 June 2018

• CL035-029001 Enclosure
  Description

  Within the NE-sector of a subcircular enclosure (CL035-029----). A rectangular area (10m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) defined by the barely traceable remains of a levelled scarp (Wth 2m; H 0.05m). The interior is generally level and both this enclosure and the main enclosure (CL035-029----) have been incorporated into the rest of the field as pasture. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-029001-_01.jpg From NW. General view of monument highlighted by a 1m rod in each of the four corners. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 4 July 2018

• CL035-030 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise, in improved pasture, overlooking an undulating landscape. An oval area (28m NE-SW; 24m NW-SE) defined by a well-preserved scarp (Wth 6m; H 1.35m). There is a possible entrance at NE where the scarp is at its lowest. A mature beech tree is located in the NW sector. An ESB pole is situated at the base of the scarp at NNE. There is no obvious trace of a fosse. The interior is generally level. A bungalow is located c. 5m to WNW. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-030----_01.jpg From SSE. General view of monument from distance (no rods). CL035-030----_02.jpg From NE. Cross-sectional view of scarp at SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 July 2018

• CL035-032001 Bawn
  Description

  In undulating, improved pasture and parkland within the former Maryfort Estate, with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape, overlooked by higher ground to WNW. According to Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997, vol. 6, 1), ‘the castle of Lismeehan, also known as Maryfort, was built about 1420 to 1440 by Mahon or Rory MacNamara. It is one of the earlier castles of the county and was built on the site of a fort or earthwork’. A roughly oval bawn rock (overall 24m WNW-ESE; 18m NNW-SSE) which has been modified by the addition of earth to form a steep scarp to WNW (Wth 3.85m; H 1.2m) and steep scarp to ESE (Wth 8.2m H 2.4m), with a more gradual scarp (Wth 8m; H 1.7m) to NNW and SSE. The top of the bawn (c. 12m WNW-ESE; c. 11m NNW-SSE) is small and is occupied by the remains of a castle (CL035-032002-) which are roughly in the centre. The bawn appears to have been quarried at ENE and WSW. Irregular lumps of masonry from the castle are evident within clumps of briars along the SSE side. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-032001-_01.jpg From NNW. Cross sectional view of scarp of bawn at WSW. CL035-032001-_02.jpg From NNE. Cross-sectional view of scarp of bawn at ESE. CL035-032001-_03.jpg From ESE. Cross-sectional view of scarp of bawn at NNE. CL035-032001-_04.jpg From SE. General view of bawn. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 July 2018

• CL035-032002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Located roughly centrally on bawn (CL035-032001-), in undulating, improved pasture and parkland within the former Maryfort Estate. There are reasonable views of the surrounding landscape, albeit overlooked by higher ground to WNW. According to Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997, vol. 6, 1), ‘the castle of Lismeehan, also known as Maryfort, was built about 1420 to 1440 by Mahon or Rory MacNamara. It is one of the earlier castles of the county and was built on the site of a fort or earthwork’. According to Salter (2004, 43), the castle was held by Connor O’ Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond in 1563, had returned to the MacNamara’s ownership by the 1570s and was superseded by Maryfort House c. 1710 which is c. 570m to NE. The remains of a rectangular structure (10.85m NE-SW; 7.5m NW-SE) which is extant to ground-floor level (max. H c. 1.8m) and is defined by a rubble limestone wall (T c. 1.5-1.8m). The walls have been robbed of facing stones along the NE side and on the return of the N and E corners. There is an external base batter (Wth c. 0.12m; min. H 0.65m) which is best seen along the SW wall, where the roughly squared rubble facing stones are best preserved. There are no external features containing cut stone, only the remains of broken out openings including the main entrance in the NE wall, opposing windows in the NW and SE walls and a small garderobe chute off-centre to NE in the NW wall. A large, irregular mass of masonry rests on the S corner and off-centre to NE on the SE wall, with a third chunk adjacent to ESE. The main entrance (Wth c. 1.2m) is broken out and is off-centre to N in the NE wall (max. H 1.5m; T 0.4m-0.7m). A narrow entrance lobby is flanked to NW by a small guardroom (2m NE-SW; 1.95m NW-SE) and to SE leading into a short lobby and several steps of a spiral staircase (Wth 1.18m) which is turning clockwise. The entrance lobby leads straight ahead into the main ground floor living space which is a rectangular area (5.75m NE-SW; 3.8m NW-SE). The remains of two opposing window embrasures (Wth c. 2.1m) having straight in-goings (D c. 1.3m) are centrally located in the NW and SE walls of this room. The window lights no longer survive and the base of both embrasures are covered in loose rubble stone. The ground floor is generally level with much rubble and young thorn tree thickets within the main room. The ground floor walls do not survive to full height and there are no surviving upper floor levels. The tower house ruins are enclosed by thorn trees thickets and clumps of briars, which obscure it from the landscape. The following items have been uploaded: CL035-032002-_01.pdf 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. CL035-032002-_01.jpg From NNW. External view of NNW wall of tower house remains between two 2m rods. CL035-032002-_02.jpg From WSW. Exterior of WSW elevation showing in situ basal stones of base batter (Wth 0.1m; H 0.7m). Stones are quite well squared examples of limestone with a roughly dressed surface. Only lower 3 courses survive. CL035-032002-_03.jpg From NE. Doorway into main living space at ground level. CL035-032002-_04.jpg From SSE. View into guardroom. CL035-032002-_05.jpg From NNW. View into lobby and staircase. CL035-032002-_06.jpg From NNW. View of thick wall dividing main living space and staircase lobby. CL035-032002-_07.jpg From ENE. ENE wall exterior and a view of the main entrance – only basal jambstones survive. Entrance is between 2 1m rods. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 July 2018

• CL035-034 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On top of a small, low rise, in improved pasture and parkland of the former Maryfort Estate. Depicted on the 25-inch OS map as a small oval feature and depicted on the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map and named ‘Cromlech’. This monument appears to be the partially collapsed remains of a wedge tomb (overall dims. 1.9m NE-SW; 2.2m NW-SE; overall max. H 1.2m) now consisting of the NW sidestone (L 1.2m; Wth 1.1m; T 0.2m) and a substantial capstone (L 1.8m; Wth 1.7m; T 0.3m). The corner of a third, irregular-shaped stone (L 0.8m; Wth 0.4m; max. T 0.3m) is evident to the immediate S of the capstone. The monument would have been orientated long-axis NE-SW had the NE sidestone survived in situ. This has collapsed and the capstone has fallen on the NE side. There is a slight ‘mound’ under this end of the capstone and around it suggesting that the missing NE sidestone may be lying prostrate below the sod and vegetation. The visible orthostats are of a weathered limestone. The capstone is fractured and pitted with irregular solution marks upon its surface. The NW sidestone is smoother in comparison, although is cracked across the SW corner. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, No. 102) describe a circular mound (diam. c. 4.5m; H c. 1m) surrounding the tomb, however they acknowledge that most of this mound may not be original as it had been used to dump field clearance stones at the time of their survey. The monument is located within a modern square-plan enclosure (4.5m NE-SW; 4.5m NW-SE) defined by a timber fence, which is set c. 0.8-1.5m from the orthostats. A factory boundary is c. 22m to SE. The following items have been uploaded: CL035-034----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) CL035-034----_01.jpg From SW. General view of monument within fenced area. CL035-034----_02.jpg From NW. General view of monument within fenced area. CL035-034----_03.jpg From NE. General view of monument within fenced area. CL035-034----_04.jpg From SE. General view of monument within fenced area. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 9 July 2018

• CL035-159 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight, low rise which is on a level area at the base of a N-facing slope, in improved gently undulating pasture and parkland of the former Maryfort Estate. This is a large oval area (c. 29m N-S; c. 24m E-W) defined by the remains of a levelled bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m; Wth at top 0.7m; overall Wth 3.5m) W-NE and a levelled bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25m; Wth at top 2m; overall Wth 5.6m) SE-S which are the best preserved portions. The enclosing elements are very faint SW-W, where they are barely traceable and have been disturbed NE-SE, where there is a slight indent. An outer fosse (overall Wth 3.4m; D 0.1m) is evident W-NE and SE-SW. A steeper part of the natural rise falls uniformly from the exterior of the outer fosse NW-NE. This monument is slightly disturbed in places, especially NE-SE where there is an indent and SW-W where it has almost been levelled out. The interior is undulating, probably due to disturbance recorded at WSW and within the E sector. The extant remains are best seen on aerial imagery (Digital Globe). The following images have been uploaded: CL035-159----_01.jpg From S. General view of monument. CL035-159----_02.jpg From WSW. Cross-sectional view of bank and fosse at SSE. CL035-159----_03.jpg From S. Cross-sectional view of scarp at W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 July 2018

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Maryfort or Lismeehan.

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 Maryfort or Lismeehan, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Maryfort or Lismeehan.

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

Name

Maryfort or Lismeehan · Lios Mhiacháin

Area

1,202,940 m² (120.29 ha, 297.25 acres)

Civil parish

Tulla, and its townlands

Barony

Tulla Upper

Electoral division

Tulla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,138 people lived in 437 households in the Tulla electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Craggaunkeel, Cragroe, Fortane Beg, Fortane More, Garruragh, Rosslara

Placenames

Maryfort or Lismeehan 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.