Clonroad More

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.

• O2Water Bodies (General)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Buffer Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.2Utilities (Wastewater)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.1Transport Utilities (Road)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.6Car Parks (Other transport/general uses)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Light Industry (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Low Density Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Utilities (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Ennis and Environs, Clare The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Clonroad More 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• CL033-085 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  In the vicinity of Clonroad castle (CL033-085001-). The account of a raid on Clonroad castle in 1553 makes it clear that there was a substantial settlement associated with the castle and by 1703 Moland could still record ‘a few shops’ and the holding of two annual fairs there (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 16; Bradley, Halpin and King 1988, 80). The extent of the settlement is not known. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 April 2014

• CL033-085001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On low-lying ground on the S bank of the River Fergus. The main residence of the O’Brien kings of Thomond from the 13th to the 16th centuries began with an earthen stronghold (CL033-085006-) built by Conchobar Ó Briain c. AD 1267. An earlier earthen fortification (CL033-085005-) had been built on the N bank of the river in AD c. 1210 by Donnachad Cairprech Ó Briain. A tower house was built on the site probably c. 1470 (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 28) and by 1558 a large mansion (CL033-085002-) had been attached. The castle was besieged in 1600 and there is a record of the ‘great ould house’ being covered with slate or shingle in 1658. A sketch by Thomas Dineley in 1681 shows a large residence with a tower house, a six-bay mansion and a bawn surrounded by a curtain wall with an arched opening defended by a machicolation. No remains are visible on the ground although remnants were noted in the OS Letters in 1839 as being ‘indistinctly traceable’. Two adjacent bridges across the river (CL033-085003- and CL033-085004-) are known from the same 1681 sketch. A stone causeway linked the castle to the Franciscan Friary (CL033-082001-) 1km to the W in the centre of the town. In the 19th century a brewery and ‘Clonroad House’ were built on part of the same site. (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 12, 15) Compiled by: Mary Tunney 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: 11 December 2014

• CL033-085002 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  A large mansion known as ‘caisléan caoimh gheal’ or ‘white castle’ was built on to the earlier tower house (CL033-085001-) at Clonroad, Ennis, between 1551 and 1558. The castle was besieged in 1600 and there is a record of the ‘great ould house’ being covered with slate or shingle in 1658. A sketch by Thomas Dineley in 1681 shows a large residence with a tower house, a six-bay mansion and a bawn surrounded by a curtain wall with an arched opening defended by a machicolation. Two adjacent bridges across the river (CL033-085003- and CL033-085004-) are also clearly visible in the sketch. A brewery and ‘Clonroad House’ were built on part of the site in the 19th century. (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 15) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 April 2014

• CL033-085006 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  On low-lying ground on the S bank of the River Fergus. This was the main residence of the O’Brien kings of Thomond from the 13th to the 16th centuries. An earthen stronghold built by Conchobhar Ó Briain c. AD 1267 and burnt in AD 1311 is recorded in the Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh (cited in Ó Dálaigh 1987 and 2012). An earlier earthen stronghold (CL033-085005-) had existed on the N bank of the river built by Donnachad Cairprech Ó Briain c. 1210. A tower house (CL033-085001-) was built on this site S of the river c. 1470 and by 1558 a large mansion (CL033-085002-) had been attached. (Ó Dálaigh 1987, 20-22; 2012, 15) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 April 2014

• CL033-086 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  On a fairly severe SE-facing slope down to the River Fergus, c. 100m to the E and in an area subject to periodic flooding. Listed as Earthwork complex in the SMR (1992) and in the RMP (1996). Due to the proximity of Clonroad Castle some 400m to the NW excavations were undertaken by John Hunt in 1946 during operations to build a sewage treatment plant. No structural features other than a drain were found. Some animal bone, mussel shells and one human skull fragment were found in the lower layers of fill which consisted of ash and charcoal. Fragments of medieval pottery were scattered across the site the most important being a fragment of Polychrome ware. Seven bronze fragments were noted, one being the spout of a vessel. (Hunt 1946, 195-209) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 June 2014

• CL033-117 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.

• CL033-118 Rock scribing
  Description

  On flat low-lying ground beside a high wall at the entrance to Cregaun housing estate, c. 50m W of the public road. A limestone glacial erratic (c. 4m x 3m, H 2.5-3m) with an inscribed face on the lower SE side. The top half of the face is broken off. On inspection in 2000 the broken part lay on the ground nearby. The face had very large ears, a narrow straight nose and pointed eyes. Rynne (1985, 79) cites parallels with carvings dating to the Romanesque and Transitional periods. A small mound (CL033-177----) was noted very close to the erratic in 1996 during clearance in advance of construction of Cregaun estate and a small hut site (CL033-176----) was also noted nearby. (Rynne 1985, 78-80; Coffey 1996, 57-8) CL033-118---_01.jpg attached. Photo: Etienne Rynne 1986. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 June 2014

• CL033-119 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.

• CL033-176 Hut site
  Description

  A small circular hut site was noted in 1996 during clearance by a bulldozer in advance of the construction of Cregaun housing estate in Ennis town. It was close to a large glacial erratic with an inscribed face (CL033-118----) and a small mound (CL033-177----) was also noted almost alongside the boulder. (Coffey 1996, 57) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 July 2014

• CL033-177 Mound
  Description

  A small mound was noted in 1996 during clearance by a bulldozer in advance of the construction of Cregaun housing estate in Ennis town. It was almost alongside a large glacial erratic with an inscribed face (CL033-118----). A small circular hut site (CL033-176----) was also noted in the immediate vicinity. (Coffey 1996, 57) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 July 2014

Architectural heritage

• Saint Flannan's College, school, 1875–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan seventeen-bay three-storey Gothic Revival school, designed 1878; built 1879-89, with five-stage breakfront entrance tower and gabled projecting end bays. Pitched slate roofs with horizontal bands of green slate, red brick chimneystacks, pyramidal tower roof, stone eaves brackets, cut stone copings and finials. Coursed cut limestone walls with string courses. Projecting cut-limestone porch with crenellations, corner buttresses, and pointed arch door opening having hood mouldings, inset plaque above and timber panelled double leaf doors. Cut-stone block-and-start surrounds to pointed arch window openings. Hood mouldings over some breakfront windows. Timber sliding sash windows. Retaining interior features. Fine entrance gates to site. Various extension including four-bay two-storey block, 1952, staff dining room, 1962, fifteen-bay two-storey block, 1968, and six-bay two-storey block, 1980.

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 Clonroad More, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_502 (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.

No address of the register names Clonroad More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Clonroad More · Cluain Ráda Mór

Area

2,680,082 m² (268.01 ha, 662.26 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Islands

Electoral division

Ennis Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

19,353 people lived in 7,011 households in the Ennis Rural electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybeg, Bunnow, Cahircalla Beg, Cahircalla More, Cappahard, Clareabbey, Clonroad Beg, Lifford

Placenames

Clonroad More 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.