Gragan East

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gragan East, from 135 m² to 724,901 m² (72.49 ha, 179.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Gragan East 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.

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a slatted unit with machinery storage area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25397

• 23 Feb 2022Conditional

  for development, the development consists of the construction of a calving unit with underground slatted effluent tank and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22161

• 13 Sept 2019Conditional

  to carry out the following development at the following Locations: Lough Bunny Car Park in the townland of Poulroe on the Regional Road R460, Corrofin in the townlands of Kilvoydan and Laghtagoona, on the Regional Road R460. Killinaboy in the townland of Killinaboy on the Regional Road R476. Kilfenora in the townland of Kilfenora, on the Regional Road R476 Ennistimon in the townland of Ennistimon on the National Secondary Road N67 Lisdoonvarna in the townland of Rathbaun, on the National Secondary Road N67 Gregans Wood in the townland of Doonyvardan, off the National Secondary Road N67 Corkscrew Hill in the townland of Gragan East, on the National Secondary Road N67 The proposed development includes: The provision of interpretative "Doorway" structures with installation of strategic locations in North Clare as part of the Burren Discovery Trail which is a looped route off the Wild Atlantic Way. The proposed development will include: a)Excavation for and construction of foundations. b) Erection of "doorway" structures. c) Paving works around the structures. d) Reinstatement of existing surface when paving is complete. In accordance with the Habitats Directive, Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out on the project. An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening determination has been made and concludes that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 198011

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC 000054
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain 000054

Recorded monuments

• CL005-089 Field system
  Description

  A number of irregular fields were noted on an oblique black and white Cambridge aerial photograph (CUCAP BDM071; https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com/location/bdm071/) taken in 1970 immediately N of a set of later more regular fields. The irregular fields are at the N extent of a much larger field system (CL005-123002--) extending 3km S from just E of Corkscrew Hill as far S as Poulnbrone. Field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub in certain areas. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 August 2021

• CL005-091 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  At the head of a narrow valley in partially reclaimed pasture but with some scrub cover. Comprehensively recorded by the Megalithic Survey (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1961, 5-6) but unlocated when inspected in 1999. Described by the Megalithic Survey, as a moderately well-preserved, wedge-shaped tomb – in dense overgrowth - comprising a SW-orientated chamber (L 2.25m NE-SW; Wth at rear (NE) 1.25m; Wth at front (SW) c. 1.65m) surrounded by remnants of an outer wall (L c. 5m; Wth at front c. 4m) and a cairn (diam. c. 8m; max. H 0.5m). The chamber consisted of northern and southern sidestones and a backstone. The S-sidestone (L 2.6m; T 0.1-0.3m) stood erect and had a flat top that rose steeply toward its front (H at rear 0.8m; H at front 1.25m). A small packing stone was set in the chamber near its rear end. The N-sidestone (L 2.35m) leaned out at a c. 45-degree angle and was consequently not as high (H at rear 0.75m; H at front 1m). The backstone (L 1.25m; H 0.8m) had both of its top corners removed and sat flush with the N-sidestone but there was a gap (Wth 0.1-0.2m) between it and the S-sidestone. There were two displaced stones, one S of the S-sidestone (L 0.8m) and another (L 1.25m) leaning on the backstone. Three slabs in the chamber (max. L 0.75m) may have been remnants of the capstone. The tomb chamber appears to have been enclosed by a slightly larger, wedge-shaped outer wall (L c. 5m; Wth at front c. 4m). Seven slabs of the outer wall were recorded: a single slab (L 0.9m; H 0.35m) was set c. 1.1m behind the chamber’s backstone. Two slabs (L 0.95m; H 0.5m and L 0.55m; H 0.8m) survived to the N of the chamber’s N-sidestone, two more slabs to the S of the chamber’s S-sidestone (L 1m; H 0.4m and 1.15m; H 0.25m) and two slabs (L 1m; H 0.8m and L 0.8m; H 0.55m), set 0.35m apart, formed part of a flat façade to the front of the tomb. The low, surrounding cairn was roughly circular (diam. c. 8m; max. H 0.5m) and there were some loose slabs (max. L 1m) lying to its W. See attached image: CL005-091----_01 Photo of tomb from the Megalithic Survey. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL005-092 Enclosure
  Description

  Under dense hazel growth at the head of a valley overlooking Ballyvaghan to the N. Indicated on the Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 35m). Obscured by dense overgrowth and unlocated when inspected in 1999. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL005-093 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Near the base of a steep NW-facing rock face under dense hazel scrub, just off the R480. Indicated and named 'Tobergahard' on both the first edition (1842) and later, Cassini edition (1916) of the OS 6-inch map. A small, natural spring emerging from the limestone pavement is surrounded by a rough stone wall. The well is still venerated and devotional objects, including a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, were recorded during a recent research visit by The Clare Holy Wells Project (Kirby 2021). According to local tradition (National Folklore Collection, Schools, UCD, vol. 0616, p 24) the water was used as a cure for eye complaints. References: Kirby, T. 2021 Tobergahard Holy Well, Gragan East. The Clare Holy Wells Project. Accessed 16 January 2023; Available @ https://heritage.clareheritage.org/places/holy-wells/tobargahard-holy-well-gragan-east. The National Folklore collection, UCD: The Schools Collection (A collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s.) Accessed 16 January 2023; Available @ https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922365/4874568 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL005-203 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture in a bank of stone spoil against a field boundary flanking the N67. The monument is depicted as located c. 175m further N on Tim Robinson’s map of the Burren (1999) in an area marked Cnocán an Chrochaire and that may be its original location. A quartzite boulder (L 1.2m; Wth 0.8m; H 0.5m) with an apparent cross following the natural contours. The cross, which may be of natural origin, is formed by two ribs crossing at right angles. One is a plain rib (Wth 0.04-0.05m; H 0.03m, L 1m) while the rib in the other direction is flanked by a groove (Wth 0.06m; D 0.015m). A local informant noted that the cross marked the place where someone had been hanged.    Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell   Date of upload: 14 October 2025

Architectural heritage

• Gregans Castle, house, 1740–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c. 1750, with half-octagonal lower projection. Extended c. 1840, with single-bay two-storey gabled projecting bay and single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to front. Seven-bay two-storey wing with single-storey canted bay windows to ground floor, added c. 1990, to accommodate use as hotel. Hipped and pitched artificial slate roofs with cut-stone and rendered chimneystacks. Flat roofs to various additions. Painted rubble stone walls to left hand side, rendered walls with quoins to right hand side. Timber casement and timber sliding sash windows with render label mouldings. Retaining interior features. Cut-stone piers, c. 1850, with cast-iron gates and railings.

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 Gragan East, 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 high, 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 Gragan East.

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

Name

Gragan East · An Grágán Thoir

Area

2,839,513 m² (283.95 ha, 701.66 acres)

Civil parish

Rathborney, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Rathborney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

97 people lived in 27 households in the Rathborney electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyallaban, Berneens, Croagh North, Doonyvardan, Gragan West

Placenames

Gragan East 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.