Caherfeenick North
Caherfeenick North is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacduane, barony of Moyarta, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cathair Fínic Thuaidh.
Parcel 1518726
- Area
- 17,229 m² (1.72 ha, 4.26 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Caherfeenick North
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: White Strand/Carrowmore Marsh 001007
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 20 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_219 (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.
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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
- 187.2 ha
- 463 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 5,194 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherfeenick North, from 48 m² to 114,244 m² (11.42 ha, 28.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caherfeenick North 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
28 May 2026N/a
of revised site boundaries (Original Planning Reference P03/2097) at the existing site
Retention · Clare County Council, 2660347
5 Nov 2025Conditional
of domestic gable extension / first floor increase, elevational/fenestration changes including raised ridge/soffit heights etc to existing dwelling and B & B, previously granted under Planning Ref P99-2304, plus all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25343
8 May 2025Conditional
for a) to extend existing dwelling, alterations to internal layout, alterations to external elevations and relocation of existing site entrance along with all associated works at the above address, b) Retain the change of use and alterations of private garage to an office and gym area along with all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560256
25 Apr 2024Conditional
for renovation works and two storey extension to existing dwelling, demolition of existing sheds, new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, all associated site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460176
9 Feb 2024Conditional
for development which will consist of the construction of a new internal access road with drain crossing, formalisation of staff car parking areas and minor alterations to Doughmore House, O’Dea Barn and Healy House and the external areas of each property including fencing and alterations to entrance at O’Dea Barn. The change of use of Doughmore House from Office/Administration use to Leisure/Recreation Use, the change of use of O’Dea Barn from Agricultural use to Operational/Storage Use, the change of use of Healy House from residential to Office/Administration and the Shed at Healy House to Operational/Storage use. The development includes the construction of a new boiler room, pickle ball courts, basketball court, and two soft play areas at Doughmore House and minor alterations. The provision of new windows, doors, screen fencing and minor alterations to O’Dea Barn. The construction and erection of a covered walkway and front porch, minor alterations to the existing storage building, converting an existing door to a window and minor alterations at Healy House and all associated works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460049
11 Nov 2021Conditional
to change the design of the extension previously authorised under planning permission P20/702 with all necessary ancillary services
Permission · Clare County Council, 211197
30 Sept 2020Conditional
the development will consist of demolition of front and rear porch and modifications to existing house; construction of extension to dwelling house incorporating existing outbuilding; associated modifications and re-roofing of outbuilding and garage, all associated site works; use of existing connections to wastewater treatment system and services, and existing entrance from public road
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20702
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: White Strand/Carrowmore Marsh 001007
Recorded monuments
- CL047-022 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 Caherfeenick North.
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 Caherfeenick North, 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_247 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caherfeenick North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Caherfeenick North · Cathair Fínic Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,871,751 m² (187.18 ha, 462.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacduane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyarta
- Electoral division
- Doonbeg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 790 people lived in 277 households in the Doonbeg electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Caherfeenick South, Carrowmore, Cloonmore, Doonbeg, Mountrivers
- Placenames
- Caherfeenick North 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.