Tullassa

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullassa, from 62 m² to 199,256 m² (19.93 ha, 49.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Tullassa 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.

• 1 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct an entrance, dwelling house, advanced wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560164

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a sewage treatment system and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460047

• 3 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22396

• 10 Mar 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22220

• 18 Dec 2018Refused

  for development which will consist of; a) Amendment of Condition No. 2 of Planning Reference P13-560 to provide for the permanent use of the existing facility for clay shooting. b) Change of Use of the site to provide for the additional recreational use including Archery, Golf Drive, .17, .22 and Air Rifles ( using low sub-sonic bullets and modifiers ) and compact sport clay shooting. c) To construct an embankment as noise reduction measure, d) Construct an additional hut to facilitate compact sporting clay shooting, e) Change of hours of operation, f) Modify the construction of one of the huts as noise reduction and safety measure from what was previously granted under planning reference P13-560 and P16-1020 including all ancillary site services and works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 181043

• 3 Dec 2018N/a

  for (a) Change of Use at the Tullassa Shooting Range to Activity Centre to include the following activities: Archery, Golf Drive, .17 and .22 and Air Rifles using low sub-sonic bullets and modifiers, clay shooting and compact sporting clay shooting. b) To construct an embankment as noise reduction measure c) Construct an additional Hut to facilitate compact sporting clay shooting d) Change of hours of operation e) Modify the construction of one of the existing huts as noise reduction and safety measure from what was previously granted under planning reference P13/560 and P16/1020 including all ancillary services and works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18991

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 Tullassa.

Recorded monuments

• CL033-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off the crest of the W-facing slope of a slight ENE-WSW ridge. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass-covered area (diam. 22.2m N-S; 19.3m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8-4m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.5m at E to 1.3m at W). There is no visible fosse, and there are many gaps in the bank but the entrance is likely to be at N (Wth 1.6m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the E end of a slight ENE-WSW ridge. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). An oval grass-covered area (dims. 61m E-W; 48.6m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m at SW to 1.4m N-E). There is no visible entrance. There are modern entrances at NNE and SW but an original entrance cannot be identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-050 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a rise on a N-facing slope in pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Named 'Drumline Fort' on the 1842 and 1921 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a slight plateau. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP 1996). A raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 25.7m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.2-4.7m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 1-1.3m) SE-NW which is incorporated into a field bank NE-SW and reduced to a scarp (max. H 2.5m) NW-NE. There is no visbile fosse or original entrance, but there are traces of facing stones on the bank. A souterrain (CL033-051002-) is in the perimeter at W, and another souterrain (CL033-051003-) is towards the centre of the site. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-051002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the W perimeter of a rath (CL033-051----) at the N edge of a plateau. The N end of an undifferentiated passage (Wth 1.4m; L 2.8m; H 1.05m) has four lintels, and an air-vent. Another souterrain (CL033-051003-) is nearby to the E towards the centre of the rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-051003 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated towards the centre of a rath (CL033-051----) at the N edge of a plateau. A length of open passage (dims. 4.8m E-W; 2.1m N-S) turns N at its W end, where it is partly roofed (L c. 1m) before becoming blocked. Another souterrain (CL033-051002-) is in the perimeter of the rath to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off the summit of a hill. Listed as 'Enclosure, possible' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A fragment of a bank is hachured on the 1921 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. An arc of a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.4-0.5m) survives SW-NE (18.7m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) but the perimeter can be traced as a slight scarp (max. H 0.1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-055 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying basin. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured on the 1921 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 25m) and situated in a low-lying basin. It is now bisected by a wide N-S drain and the area is covered in spoil. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 May 2016

• CL033-126 Ringfort - rath
  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 Tullassa.

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 Tullassa, 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 Tullassa.

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

Name

Tullassa · Tulach Leasa

Area

1,945,428 m² (194.54 ha, 480.73 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Kilnamona, the unit of the census

Census 2022

959 people lived in 318 households in the Kilnamona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknock, Cappalea North, Cloonfeagh, Croaghaun, Garrynagry, Gortmore, Islandgar

Placenames

Tullassa 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.