Gortgarraun

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortgarraun, from 362 m² to 216,946 m² (21.69 ha, 53.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• N1.1Infrastructure Safeguard (Road)
  Not Applicable, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Ballycannon North Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Nov 2025Conditional

  to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560739

• 29 Jul 2025Conditional

  for alterations to existing dwelling to include an attic conversion with dormer windows, velux rooflights and solar panels, new open entrance porch and stairwell, garage/store, a new boundary wall with splayed vehicular entrance, gates and piers, connection to existing mains water sewer and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560465

• 3 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct 60 no. dwelling houses comprising 4 no. detached houses, 20 no. semi-detached houses and 36 no. duplex units and all associated site works and services including a playground and road re-alignment. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been included in the application

  Permission, 61 homes · Clare County Council, 2560171

• 14 Jun 2024N/a

  to construct 64 no. dwelling houses comprising 3 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses, 35 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses and 26 no. 2 bedroom apartments and all associated site works and services including a playground and road re-alignment. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been included in the application.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460285

• 27 Nov 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a single story extension to the side and rear of an existing dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19930

• 10 Sept 2018Conditional

  to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18718

• 13 Jan 2017Conditional

  for an agricultural entrance

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1714

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockalisheen Marsh 002001

Recorded monuments

• CL063-002 Enclosure
  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 Gortgarraun.

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 Gortgarraun, 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_926 (ZIP).

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

Name

Gortgarraun · Gort Gearráin

Area

1,086,219 m² (108.62 ha, 268.41 acres)

Civil parish

St. Munchins, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Lower

Electoral division

Killeely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

900 people lived in 289 households in the Killeely electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygrennan (Co. Limerick), Clonconane (Co. Limerick), Knockalisheen, Knocknaskeagh, Mountgordon, Pass

Placenames

Gortgarraun 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.