Gortbofarna

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortbofarna, from 78 m² to 454,299 m² (45.43 ha, 112.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortbofarna 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.

• 8 May 2026Conditional

  of the renovation of the dwelling including changes made to the layout and elevations of the dwelling, an increase in roof height and the removal of a chimney, all with associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 26127

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  for development to extend existing livestock slatted unit with associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Clare County Council, 25139

• 24 Oct 2024Conditional

  to construct a dwelling with on-site wastewater treatment, a new entrance and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460525

• 6 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling with on-site wastewater treatment, a new entrance and ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19637

• 14 Jan 2019Unconditional

  to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning Permission P13-590 to erect a 225kw. wind turbine with an overall height including rotar blades of 44.15 metres, with connection to existing ESB Network and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 1910

• 2 Aug 2018Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18623

• 8 Aug 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of revision of house plans as granted under planning reference P11-730 and extended under P16-560 together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17609

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 Gortbofarna.

Recorded monuments

• CL024-022 Children's burial ground
  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 Gortbofarna.

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 Gortbofarna, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortbofarna.

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

Name

Gortbofarna · Gort Bhotha Fearna

Area

1,894,662 m² (189.47 ha, 468.18 acres)

Civil parish

Inagh, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Ballyea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

781 people lived in 296 households in the Ballyea electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyea South, Carrowvere, Derry, Drumanure, Drumcarna, Drumnagah, Sileshaun West

Placenames

Gortbofarna 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.