Rannagh

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rannagh, from 151 m² to 220,024 m² (22 ha, 54.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Rannagh 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.

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  for development consisting of demolition of the existing rear kitchen extension to the house and construction of a new single-storey development to the rear, forming a U-shaped courtyard plan and connecting to the existing outbuilding on the site. The new build will comprise of 89m2, containing a new kitchen, dining area, bedroom and utility and associated landscaping works. No changes to the front of the original house are proposed, however a new opening will be made in the original rear wall. Materials and finishes are designed to match and/or complement the original buildings with a new timber frame structure and green roof to be used for the single storey extension

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 24390

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  the development consists of the RETENTION of an extension to the side of the existing cottage together with ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21784

• 24 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, on-site sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20678

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 Rannagh.

Recorded monuments

• CL015-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In scrubby pasture on the S-facing slope of a ridge aligned NE-SW c.135m S of the Owennaranny River. Hachured and named ‘Lisfurnel’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (int. diam. 20–22m N-S) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (ext. H 1-2.15m; int. H 0.25-0.45m; Wth 2.9-3.5m) that has been reduced to a scarp at S, and a steep-sided flat-based fosse (Wth 1.25–7m; ext. H 0.1-0.95m). A gap in the bank (Wth 2m) at NNW aligned with a causeway across the fosse (Wth 7m) indicates the original entrance. The interior is entirely concealed by scrub. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-048 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in pasture. Hachured as a circular enclosure on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1998 a clear rise (c. 40m N-S; 25m E-W) in a reed-covered field was noted but there were no visible remains of any defining features at ground level. The siting was typical of a rath or cashel. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-050 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying marshy pasture overlooked on all sides by higher ground c. 40m N of a stream which forms the townland boundary. Not indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) is visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (1995 and 2005) but on inspection in 1998 was not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-051 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture on a gentle rise on a S-facing slope with good views to the S, overlooked by higher ground to the N and E, c. 70m W of a stream which forms the townland boundary. Hachured and named ‘Caherlassaleehan’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). Noted by Westropp (1905, 361) among the named monuments in Killaspuglonane parish. A circular cashel (int. diam. 19m) defined by a stone wall (Wth 2.45m; int. H 0.35-0.55m; ext. H 0.4m) with inner and outer faces surviving for much of its course, and completely overgrown with brambles to E. Where no wall facing survives the wall is visible as a grass-covered stony mound (Wth 3m; H 0.5m). To the S the wall has been reduced to a scarp (L 7m; ext. H 0.4m). Two gaps (Wth 2.9m) run through the wall at NNW and at SE. The interior slopes gently down to S and is covered in reeds with no visible internal features. The N perimeter abuts a stone field wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rannagh, 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 Rannagh.

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

Name

Rannagh

Area

1,028,651 m² (102.87 ha, 254.19 acres)

Civil parish

Killaspuglonane, 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

Ballycotteen North, Ballycotteen South, Ballyfaudeen, Knocknaraha, Rannagh

Placenames

Rannagh 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.