Cahermaclanchy

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermaclanchy, from 75 m² to 342,055 m² (34.21 ha, 84.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cahermaclanchy 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.

• 19 Nov 2025Conditional

  of 1. the alterations and extensions to the dwellinghouse, originally granted permission under reference P13/109, with part use for overnight guest accommodation, 2. the private ancillary residential unit and for PERMISSION to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system all associated and ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25358

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  of barbeque area

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2560096

• 27 Jan 2025N/a

  to retain barbeque area

  Retention · Clare County Council, 2560033

• 27 Sept 2024Conditional

  to extend existing dwelling house

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460465

• 1 Mar 2023N/a

  to build a new private house, install wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23119

• 27 May 2022N/a

  the development will consist of a dwelling house with proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22474

• 3 Dec 2021N/a

  the development which will consist of a dwelling house with proprietary wastewater treatment system an polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211287

• 17 Aug 2021N/a

  to build a new private dwelling house, install a Waste Treatment System and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21867

• 7 Aug 2020Conditional

  to build a new dwelling and install a waste water treatment system and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20543

• 1 Aug 2019Refused

  for development which will consist of a dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19628

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: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020

Recorded monuments

• CL008-016001 Field system
  Description

  An irregular field system associated with Cahermaclanchy cashel (CL008-016004-) and visible on Digital Globe (2011-13) and on OSi Aerial Premium orthophotographs (2012-2018). This lies at the NE extent of a much larger medieval field system (CL008-109001-) extending 4.5km along the coast from Doolin Point at SW to Ballyryan at NE that includes some 34 cashels and 26 enclosures. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 August 2021

• CL008-016004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a natural flat platform at the top of a low but prominent knoll, in an area of rough pastureland and limestone pavement with wide views of the coast to the NW as well as over a local relict field system (CL008-016001-), which lies within a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured and labelled as 'Cahermaclanchy' on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled as 'Cathair Mhic Fhlanchaí' on Robinson's (1977) map. This subcircular cashel (46.6m N-S; 45.4m E-W) is defined by a much-collapsed wall (Wth 2.5-6.5m) consisting of core material with outer wall-facing. The latter survives intermittently and is two to three courses high (H 0.6-0.7m); no trace of it is visible from E to S where a later field wall has been built outside cashel. Some of the material of the cashel wall may have been reused the construction of this wall. The interior rises towards the centre and varies in height from the outer ground level from 2m at SW to 1.1m elsewhere. From E-SE the inner edge of the wall has been quarried away and large slabs and intermittently visible lengths of drystone walling in the ground suggests the presence of a possible collapsed souterrain (CL008-016008-). A roughly NNE-SSW running line of boulders in the SE quadrant may be the remains of an internal division or the field wall shown on the OS 6-inch maps. There is another cashel (CL008-016005-) c. 74m to the N. (Westropp 1905, 355; 1915, 55) The following image has been uploaded: CL008-016004-_01.jpg View from NNW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022

• CL008-016005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in rough pasture and outcropping limestone, within a local relict field system (CL008-016001-) and a larger multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This almost circular cashel (30.9m N-S; 29m E-W) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.3-2.1m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m), which from SW-N survives to five/six courses in height. A spread of collapsed material (Wth 1-2m) is visible at the base of both wall-faces. From N-ENE the wall is reduced to a low overgrown bank, while from ENE-S only the outer wall-face is visible beneath a later field wall. From S-SW the wall is straight (L c. 20m) and here again only the outer wall-face can be traced. There is a house site (CL008-016006-) in the S sector of the undulating rocky interior. Another cashel (CL008-016004-) lies c. 74m to the S. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-016005-_01 View from NNW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022

• CL008-016006 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the S sector of the interior of a cashel (CL008-016005-). A rectangular house site (10.1m N-S; 4.8m E-W) is defined by vague traces of possible wall-facing. The area has been used for dumping field-clearance rubble. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022

• CL008-016008 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the interior of a cashel (CL008-016004-). Westropp (1905, 355) recorded that an old herdsman told him that ‘there was a souterrain in the garth which ended in a deep pit, “down into water”’; the entrance was visible but was filled up with stones. In the SE quadrant of the cashel, where a section of the site had been quarried out, a number of large slabs and intermittent lengths of drystone-walling were visible. They may mark the site of a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 August 2022

• CL008-019 Enclosure
  Description

  In a cleared area in undulating pasture and outcropping limestone, within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Rectangular enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular enclosure (c. 23.5m NE-SW; c. 23m NW-SE) is defined by a scarp (H 0.4-1.1m). The following image has been uploaded: CL008-019----_01 View from SE (centre) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 August 2022

• CL008-020 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a prominent rise in area of outcropping limestone overgrown with scrub and overlooked by higher ground to the SSE, within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 26.6m E-W; 25.4m N-S) is defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 1.75m; H 0.7-1m) with associated tumble (Wth 1.5-2m) visible at its base both internally and externally. A few upright stones may be the remains wall-facing. Numerous cattle gaps cut through the wall. Within the NE quadrant of the interior, two barely visible overgrown banks define a triangular area (4.7m E-W; 4.5m N-S) that may be the remains of an internal division. In the centre, several mainly small upright stones, forming a circle, are stuck in the limestone gykes. One larger stone was visible at S and another at W. Old field walls extend off the cashel at SW and W. The following images have been uploaded: CL008-020----_01.jpg View from NNW CL008-020----_02.jpg View from SSE Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 August 2022

• CL008-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On fairly level ground in an area of partly cleared rough pasture, scrub and karst outcrop, within a large multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 19.75m NNW-SSE; 18.5m NE-SW) is defined by an overgrown bank of limestone rubble (Wth 7m; av. int. H 0.25m; ext. H c. 1m) in which short lengths of the wall-face and rubble core are intermittently traceable at N, NE and SE, surviving to two/three courses in height. At N a second outer wall-face can be seen at intervals, c. 3-4m outside the main outer wall-face. This appears to be a revetment for a terrace, built in order to strengthen or shore up the cashel wall on the sloping ground. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 September 2022

• CL008-123 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground, in rough pasture and karstic limestone, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Partly indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 25.8m NE-SW) is defined at NNE-SW by a low collapsed and grass-covered wall (Wth 1.5-3m; max. int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.25-1.25m) with a crude limestone outer wall-face (two/three courses high) visible at NNE and SE. There are two mounds of rubble along the line of the perimeter at W and NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 8 December 2022

• CL008-124001 Cliff-edge fort
  Description

  At the top of a cliff, with land immediately to NW falling steeply to the sea, at a prominent and widely visible location in an area of karstic outcrop and rough pasture within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). Partly indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This D-shaped cliff-edge fort (int. dims. 38.5m NW-SE; 24m NW-SE) is defined at the NW by the uneven cliff edge. From NE to SW the fort is enclosed by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 2.75-3.1m; Wth including tumble 6.5m; int. H 1.45-2m; ext. H 0.75-2m) with random coursing and a rubble core. At either end of this wall (i.e., where it meets the cliff edge) it peters out into rubble. The entrance (Wth 2.1m) lies at the E, its S jamb comprising a single large upright slab. The entrance is blocked by a later loose stone wall. The interior is level, strewn with rubble and sea-rocks. In the SE interior there is a house site (CL008-124002-), built against the inner wall-face. Further to the S against this wall are two heaps of rubble. Abutting the exterior at the SSW and SSE are several small irregular enclosures lined by grass-covered walls; these may be later sheepfolds. A later rectangular drystone animal pen (5m NW-SE; 2m NW-SE) is built against the outer wall-face at the SE. Grassed-covered field walls extend SE from the fort exterior at the SSW and E. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-124001-_01.jpg View from SE Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of revision: 24 April 2023

• CL008-124002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the SE quadrant of a cliff-edge fort (CL008-124001-). The foundations of a rectangular house (3.5m NE-SW; 2.1m NW-SE) defined by drystone walls (Wth 0.9m; max. H 0.25m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of revision: 25 April 2023

• CL008-125 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground in rough pasture in an area of natural limestone terracing and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL008-109001-). An oval enclosure (int. dims. 22m N-S; 12m E-W) defined from N to S by a row of boulders, and at W by a scarp (H 0.3m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of revision: 25 April 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cahermaclanchy.

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 Cahermaclanchy, 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 Cahermaclanchy.

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

Name

Cahermaclanchy

Area

924,606 m² (92.46 ha, 228.48 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Killilagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

816 people lived in 245 households in the Killilagh electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyryan, Cahermacrusheen, Glasha More, Knockacarn, Lurraga

Placenames

Cahermaclanchy 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.