Cragbrien
Cragbrien is a townland in the civil parish of Clondagad, barony of Islands, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Craig Bhriain.
Parcel 1507405
- Area
- 43,027 m² (4.3 ha, 10.63 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 144 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
- Cragbrien
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 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 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 225.8 ha
- 558 acres
- Land parcels
- 152
- registered freehold, median 3,480 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
152 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cragbrien, from 4 m² to 165,255 m² (16.53 ha, 40.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2Cluster (General)
Drumquin Cluster, Clare · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Jul 2026N/a
for a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660429
4 Mar 2026Conditional
to renovate and change the layout and elevations of the existing dwelling and to construct an extension to the side of the dwelling, all with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2657
12 Mar 2025Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, wastewater treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560124
23 Dec 2024Conditional
of a commercial garage, stores and all ancillary and incidental works
Retention · Clare County Council, 24436
25 Sept 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460461
24 Jul 2024Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460342
3 Jul 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 3 homes · Clare County Council, 2460308
20 May 2024Conditional
of a garage building
Retention · Clare County Council, 2460224
9 Feb 2024Conditional
for the construction of a new dwelling house and garage, complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460045
31 Jan 2024N/a
to RETAIN a garage building
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460030
31 Jan 2024Conditional
to (a)remove existing smoking shelter and toilet block (b) construct new function room, toilet block, smoking area and rear patio / external seating area (c) carry out fenestration changes to existing building together with all associated site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460034
14 Nov 2023N/a
to RETAIN a garage building
Retention · Clare County Council, 2360480
8 Feb 2023Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2364
23 Jun 2021Conditional
- the development will consist of the change of use of our existing convenience shop to include part off-licence use (gross floor area for off-licence use 16 sq.m) and associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 21656
20 May 2021Conditional
(Ref No. P20/554) to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21501
15 Apr 2021Conditional
on Grant of Outline Planning Permission P17/739 to construct a dwelling house, private garage, entrance and wastewater treatment system along with all associated site works and services
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21353
8 Feb 2021Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2177
22 Jan 2021Refused
to RETAIN new farm entrance, access road and bridge for cattle crossing over water course
Retention · Clare County Council, 2132
13 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with a new entrance, sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 20554
12 Jun 2020Conditional
to construct a new dwelling house and garage complete with an access road, sewage treatment system and ancillary works.
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20389
4 Jun 2020Conditional
the development will consist of a private dwelling house c/w a private garage, a sewage treatment plant and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20354
4 Feb 2020N/a
to construct a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 2056
18 Dec 2019Conditional
to replace existing gate lodge in ruins with new 2 bedroom gate lodge, construct treatment system, connect to mains water supply and carry out ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19981
31 Oct 2019Conditional
for the alteration/extension of an existing dwelling house complete with a sewage treatment system and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19839
20 Dec 2018N/a
to replace existing gate lodge in ruins with new two bedroom gate lodge, construct treatment system, connect to mains water supply and carry out ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 181053
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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 Cragbrien.
Recorded monuments
- CL041-135 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.
- CL041-140 Castle - unclassified
Description
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. Date of upload: 12 December 2014
- CL041-174 Fulacht fia
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.
- CL041-175 Burnt mound
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.
- CL041-176001 Burnt mound
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.
- CL041-176002 Burnt mound
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.
- CL041-176003 Burnt mound
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 Cragbrien.
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 Cragbrien, 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 Cragbrien.
- 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 Cragbrien with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Cragbrien · Craig Bhriain
- Area
- 2,258,387 m² (225.84 ha, 558.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondagad, and its townlands
- Barony
- Islands
- Electoral division
- Lisheen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 661 people lived in 222 households in the Lisheen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloonmore, Craggykerrivan, Drumquin, Killerk East, Killerk West, Kilmore, Lisheen, Shannacool, Teermaclane
- Placenames
- Cragbrien 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.