Madara

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Madara, from 44 m² to 147,758 m² (14.78 ha, 36.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Quin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  to demolish an existing dormer style dwelling constructed with defective concrete blocks, and to construct a replacement storey and a half style dwelling on the original dwelling footprint, with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2698

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct an additional two no. dwelling houses within the existing development, previously authorised under planning permissions ref no’s P22/1039, P24/60359 and P25/60299 along with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 2660194

• 5 Mar 2026N/a

  to construct an additional two no. dwelling houses within the existing development, previously authorised under planning permissions ref no’s P22/1039, P24/60359 and P25/60299 along with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660133

• 9 Jul 2025Conditional

  to demolish the existing house and build a replacement dwelling & all ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560427

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  to construct an additional three no. dwelling houses within the existing development currently under construction, previously authorised under planning permissions ref no’s P22/1039 and P24/60359, along with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2560299

• 10 Mar 2025N/a

  for i) the construction of 4 no. two-storey dwelling houses, ii) the retention and completion of 4 no. dwelling houses (previously approved by planning permission reference no.’s: P22/1039 and P24/60359) in an altered location and iii) ancillary site works within the curtilage of the application site. An Appropriate Assessment Screening and Natura Impact Statement related to the application site is submitted with the planning application.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560115

• 13 Jan 2025N/a

  for i) the construction of 4 no. two-storey dwelling houses, ii) the repositioning of 4 no dwelling houses previously approved for construction – relevant planning permission reference no.’s: P22/1039 and P24/60359 relates and iii) ancillary site works within the curtilage of the application site

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560009

• 19 Dec 2024N/a

  for i) the construction of 4 No. two-storey dwelling houses, ii) the repositioning of 4 No. dwelling houses previously approved for construction – relevant planning permission reference No. P22/1039 and P24/60359 relates and, iii) ancillary site works within the curtilage of the application site

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460656

• 1 Aug 2024Conditional

  to make alterations to the development previously authorised under planning permission ref no. P22/1039, to include: (a) minor amendments to the house positions on site; (b) amendments to the house floor plans and layouts; (c) amendments to fenestration and elevational treatments of dwellings; and (d) all associated site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2460359

• 20 Sept 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house with garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2360384

• 10 May 2023Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to public services

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 23273

• 17 Nov 2022Conditional

  for a) To construct 8 No. semi-detached dwelling houses (16 houses in total) b) To amend access road and ancillary services permitted under planning ref P16/630 c) To provide temporary access road from public only in order to prevent machinery and builder providers accessing the site via the existing Maigh Dara housing estate

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221039

• 7 Nov 2022N/a

  as follows - a) To construct 8 No. semi-detached dwelling houses (16 houses in total) b) To amend access road and ancillary services permitted under planning ref P16/630 c) To provide temporary access road from public road in order to prevent machinery and builder providers accessing the site via the existing Maigh Dara housing estate

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221000

• 14 Sept 2022Conditional

  for (1) PERMISSION for development which will consist of the following (a) demolish existing substandard dwelling house and store (b) the provision of 4 no. serviced sites, including site development works, access road, and connection to public services (2) OUTLINE PERMISSION to construct 4 no. dwelling houses with garages on the above serviced sites

  Permission, 4 homes · Clare County Council, 22816

• 23 Sept 2020Conditional

  will consist of the following: The installation of a new window in the living room on the ground floor. The window will be located on the south east elevation of the dwelling.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20674

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  to RETAIN the conversion of a games room to a granny flat and to RETAIN a timber stud partition in the existing garage

  Retention · Clare County Council, 18887

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 Madara.

Recorded monuments

• CL034-131 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.

• CL034-132002 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.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Madara.

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

About 1 in 5 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_692 (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.

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

Name

Madara · Maigh Dara

Area

240,790 m² (24.08 ha, 59.5 acres)

Civil parish

Quin, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Quin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Quin electoral division: 1,524 people in 533 households; 79% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhannan North, Knocknagoug, Quingardens, Quinville South, Rinneen

Placenames

Madara 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.