Moy Beg

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moy Beg, from 55 m² to 153,830 m² (15.38 ha, 38.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Moy Beg 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  The development will consist of alterations of an existing single-storey dwelling including two single-storey extensions, and re-roofing existing bathroom, including the consolidation and integration of the ruins of the original farmhouse, not a protected structure. The application seeks to renovate and a change of use of outbuildings/sheds for ancillary use of the main dwelling to include a home office/studio, bedroom and a utility room. The works include demolition of an existing single-storey boiler house, decommissioning of the existing septic tank, provision of an upgraded on-site wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all associated landscaping. The development site is located within the curtilage of three structures listed under the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP), 1. Moy Castle in Ruins (SMR No: CL023-027002), 2. The Bawn Wall associated with Moy Castle in Ruins (SMR No: CL023-027001) 3. The spring well associated with Moy Castle in Ruins (SMR No: CL023-27003). All buildings on the site are single storey. One dwelling house and associated outbuildings and sheds

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660202

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  for the following development: to constuct 2.5m wide walking track with associated 6m high lighting poles around proposed track, future junior play area including ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 24216

• 11 Feb 2021Refused

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, a proprietary waste water treatment system and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2199

• 7 Dec 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of construction of a single storey extension and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20924

• 14 Aug 2017Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17626

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 the townland of Moy Beg.

Recorded monuments

• CL023-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the N edge of a flat shelf in pasture. Hachured as a ringfort on the 1840 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Only vague undulations in the field remain however the site is visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018) as a subcircular enclosure (max. diam. c. 60m N-S). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 November 2025

• CL023-027001 Bawn
  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.

• CL023-027002 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: 8 December 2014

• CL023-027003 Well
  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.

• CL023-028 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

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, built c. 1870, with five-bay side elevation. Two-bay single-storey sacristy added to rear, c. 1910. Flat roof porch added to entrance gable, c. 1970. Pitched slate roof with render gable copings, cross finial and bellcote. Rendered walls with buttresses and plat bands. Lancet openings with stone sills and timber sliding sash windows having inset quatrefoil to point. Tudor arch door opening with timber glazed double leaf doors. Retaining interior features.

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 Moy Beg, 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 Moy Beg.

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

Name

Moy Beg · Maigh Beag

Area

1,234,494 m² (123.45 ha, 305.05 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfarboy, and its townlands

Barony

Ibrickan

Electoral division

Moy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

765 people lived in 302 households in the Moy electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 35% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowgar, Carrowntedaun, Moy More, Toor, Tullygarvan West

Placenames

Moy Beg 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.