Meelick
Townland in the civil parish of Killeely, barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare; in Irish Míleac
Parcel 3223383
- Area
- 5,831 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 286 m² on the ground
- 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
- Meelick
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_905 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 303.8 ha
- 751 acres
- Land parcels
- 210
- registered freehold, median 3,119 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- Cluster
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
210 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meelick, from 18 m² to 237,677 m² (23.77 ha, 58.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2Cluster (General)
Meelick Cluster, Clare · 68 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Limerick Development Plan 2022-2028, Limerick · 1 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
11 Dec 2025Conditional
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (Planning Ref 24/60199) to construct a detached single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system, connection to necessary services together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560782
26 Aug 2025Unconditional
to Extend the Appropriate Period of Planning for Planning Ref: P20/7 to construct a two-storey dwelling, detached garage, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25273
10 Oct 2024Conditional
for the construction of a first-floor extension, enlargement of existing dormer window, new replacement roof and associated elevational changes to their existing detached dwelling including associated site works.
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460493
4 Oct 2024N/a
for the construction of a first-floor extension, enlargement of existing dormer window, new replacement roof and associated elevational changes to their existing detached dwelling including associated site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 2460482
9 May 2024Conditional
for the construction of a detached single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, onsite wastewater treatment system, connection to necessary services together with all associated ancillary and incidental site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2460199
16 May 2022Conditional
for change of house design and to relocate position of previously approved garage and associated works from previously approved planning permission (ref no. 20/673) for dwelling house, garage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22438
23 Sept 2020Conditional
to construct a dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20673
12 Mar 2020Conditional
for a development that will consist of a proposed change of use from haybarn / storage shed to new abattoir, proposed change of use from agricultural use to fridges, cold store and dispatch area. To RETAIN new offices, lean-to building as part of abattoir and first floor plant room with existing connections to septic tank and ancillary effluent storage tank and provision of additional waste water storage tank
Permission · Clare County Council, 20177
6 Mar 2020Conditional
Permission and Retention permission for minor amendments and additions to permitted planning permission P15-164 with no increase in floor area. Amendments and alterations include a) Removal/exclusion of permitted 203sqm dining room area to rear of the building permitted under pervious planning permission (P15-164 and P17-1002). b) Addition of 118sqm extension to accommodate 4 number bedrooms to the front of the building. c) Retention to existing 85sqm plant and switch room building to rear of site. d) Reconfiguration of internal layout to include the relocation of the treatment rooms, laundry and staff facilities to the rear of the building and relocation of bedrooms to front with an overall increase in bedrooms from 83 to 88. e) Associated elevation changes and modifications associated with the reconfigurations and additional extension f) Ancillary site works associated with the development
Permission · Clare County Council, 20165
14 Jan 2020Conditional
to construct a two-storey dwelling, detached garage, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 207
13 Nov 2019Refused
to RETAIN boundary wall with entrance gates
Retention · Clare County Council, 19887
30 Jan 2019Conditional
for demolition of existing garage and construction of dormer residence, treatment unit, rain water retention system and associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 1945
22 Nov 2018Conditional
for development which will consist of the erection of a new roadside boundary fence including ancillary site works
Permission · Clare County Council, 18936
24 Apr 2018Conditional
to construct a) front porch, b) rear extension and c) fenestration alterations to existing dwelling together with all ancillary site development works and services
Permission · Clare County Council, 18328
22 Dec 2017Conditional
for the following works at Ennis Road Care Facility, Meelick, Co. Clare: minor amendments to permitted planning permission P15-164 with no increase in floor area. All works have been constructed within the footprint of the permitted building works. Amendments/alterations include the following: (a) Modification to elevations to include reduction in window openings sizes, addition of new windows, addition of new exit doors, removal of stone cladding and change from zinc fascia to aluminium profiled fascia; (b) Partial demolition of existing function room and kitchen area and construction of new building within the same footprint to meet fire safety requirements under FA2017/038. Works also include the remodelling of elevations and internal floor layout to include kitchen, launderette, treatment rooms, offices, activity room, dining area, dayroom, internal courtyard and plant room; (c)Changes to roof styles to replace the original flat roof areas over function rooms, kitchen area and day room; (d) Ancillary site works associated with the development
Retention · Clare County Council, 171002
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fergus Estuary And Inner Shannon, North Shore 002048
Recorded monuments
- CL062-023 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.
- CL062-025 Ringfort - unclassified
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.
- CL062-026 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.
- CL062-049 Bridge
Description
Meelick Bridge traverses the Crompaun River or Meelick Creek connecting the townland of Clonconane in County Limerick to Meelick in County Clare. The present 19th-century road bridge may have been built on the site of the medieval bridge that is depicted on the 17th-century Down Survey map of the Barony of North Liberties (Hib. Reg.; BL Add MS 72870/14). Present day road bridge described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a; ‘Single-arched humpback road bridge, built c. 1800, over the River Crompaun or Meelick Creek. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Extended to north elevation. Red brick voussoirs to round-headed arch’ (NIAH Reg. No. 21900501). Cross referenced with LI005-038----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Architectural heritage
- Meelick Bridge, bridge, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arched humpback road bridge, built c. 1800, over the River Crompaun or Meelick Creek. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Extended to north elevation. Red brick voussoirs to round-headed arch.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_905 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Meelick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Meelick · Míleac
- Area
- 3,037,743 m² (303.77 ha, 750.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killeely, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Lower
- Electoral division
- Killeely, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killeely electoral division: 900 people in 289 households; 79% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bullsfarm, Burtonhill, Clonconane (Co. Limerick), Clondrinagh (Co. Limerick), Coonagh East (Co. Limerick), Cratloemoyle, Punchbowl
- Placenames
- Meelick 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.