Gortygeeheen
Gortygeeheen is a townland in the civil parish of Clondagad, barony of Islands, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Gort Uí Ghaoithín.
Parcel 1503685
- Area
- 68,924 m² (6.89 ha, 17.03 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 229 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Gortygeeheen
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 691.2 ha
- 1,708 acres
- Land parcels
- 143
- registered freehold, median 5,054 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
143 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortygeeheen, from 24 m² to 478,513 m² (47.85 ha, 118.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 76 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gortygeeheen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Aug 2026N/a
for the construction of a new dwelling house & garage along with a wastewater treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660553
5 Apr 2026Conditional
to construct a livestock slatted unit with underground slurry storage plus a covered manure pit together with all ancillary site works in the farmyard
Permission · Clare County Council, 2660222
10 Apr 2025Conditional
for change of design to the dwelling house granted under planning P24-60266 along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560183
6 Mar 2025N/a
to raise the level of the land by landfill in accordance with the details submitted and carry out associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2560105
6 Jun 2024Conditional
for the refurbishment of and extension to an existing cottage along with all associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460266
21 Sept 2020Conditional
to (a) RETAIN kitchen extension as constructed, (b) RETAIN sunroom extension as constructed, (c) RETAIN garage as constructed, (d) RETAIN shed as constructed
Retention · Clare County Council, 20664
23 May 2019Conditional
to erect slatted unit and yard
Permission · Clare County Council, 19414
3 Dec 2018Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, a new vehicular entrance, a new domestic shed, installation of a treatment unit and percolation area, and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18990
2 Nov 2017Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house, private garage, waste water treatment system and new entrance with all necessary ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17839
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortygeeheen.
Recorded monuments
- CL049-009 Children's burial ground
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.
- CL049-012 Earthwork
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.
- CL049-015 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 Gortygeeheen.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Gortygeeheen, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortygeeheen.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gortygeeheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Gortygeeheen · Gort Uí Ghaoithín
- Area
- 6,911,864 m² (691.19 ha, 1,707.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondagad, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Liscasey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 583 people lived in 204 households in the Liscasey electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bolooghra, Breaghva, Breaghva West, Clooncolman, Cloondrinagh, Crag, Dehomad, Furroor, Lanna, Liscasey, Toberaniddaun
- Placenames
- Gortygeeheen 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.