Lisconor
Lisconor is a townland in the civil parish of Clonloghan, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Lios Conchúir.
Parcel 3065759
- Area
- 286,564 m² (28.66 ha, 70.81 acres)
- Buildings
- 9 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,350 m².
- Zoning
- O2 Cluster (Ballinooskey / Liscannor Cluster) The objective
- Townland
- Lisconor
Planning applications on this parcel
30 Mar 2026Conditional
to retain existing portacabin (granted planning under reference number P21/471) which is being used as a pre-school Building on site
Retention · Clare County Council, 2660205
14 Jun 2021Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a 64 square meter single storey freestanding music/exercise space and study to the rear of the existing dwelling house with alterations to site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21619
14 May 2021Conditional
to RETAIN existing portacabin (granted planning under reference number P16/227 which is being used as a pre-school building
Retention · Clare County Council, 21471
3 Dec 2020Conditional
for a one storey dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20918
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- CL051-063 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL051-063001 Souterrain
Description
In a cashel (CL051-063----). In describing the cashel Westropp (1917, 12) notes ‘There are two opes of a souterrain running south-west and north-east’. He also notes ‘an old hut foundation’ at the SW ope and mentions a late house site and enclosures in the garth. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2025
- CL051-065 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 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 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_643 (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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 42 ha
- 104 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisconor, from 34 m² to 286,564 m² (28.66 ha, 70.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2Cluster (General)
Ballinooskey / Liscannor Cluster, Clare · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Mar 2026Conditional
to retain existing portacabin (granted planning under reference number P21/471) which is being used as a pre-school Building on site
Retention · Clare County Council, 2660205
14 Jun 2021Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a 64 square meter single storey freestanding music/exercise space and study to the rear of the existing dwelling house with alterations to site works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 21619
14 May 2021Conditional
to RETAIN existing portacabin (granted planning under reference number P16/227 which is being used as a pre-school building
Retention · Clare County Council, 21471
3 Dec 2020Conditional
for a one storey dwelling house and garage with wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20918
8 Apr 2019Conditional
to construct a dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19260
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisconor.
Recorded monuments
- CL051-063 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- CL051-063001 Souterrain
Description
In a cashel (CL051-063----). In describing the cashel Westropp (1917, 12) notes ‘There are two opes of a souterrain running south-west and north-east’. He also notes ‘an old hut foundation’ at the SW ope and mentions a late house site and enclosures in the garth. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2025
- CL051-065 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 Lisconor.
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 Lisconor, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_643 (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 Lisconor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Lisconor · Lios Conchúir
- Area
- 420,155 m² (42.02 ha, 103.82 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonloghan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Clenagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 10,905 people lived in 4,042 households in the Clenagh electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinooskny, Ballinooskny, Carrow, Clonloghan, Stonehall
- Placenames
- Lisconor 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.