Laghtagoona

228 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtagoona, from 1 m² to 163,541 m² (16.35 ha, 40.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 160 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Corrofin Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Utilities (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Corrofin 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.

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Special Protection Area: Corofin Wetlands SPA 004220
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL017-116001 Church
  Description

  Situated on level ground in the village of Corofin. A well-maintained church, built between 1715 and 1720 by Cathleen Keightley and restored in the early 19th century with a grant from the Board of First Fruits when a steeple and vestry were added (Swinfen 1992, 116). A rectangular graveyard (CL017-116002-) surrounds the church which is now used as an interpretative centre. The original Tau Cross (CL017-116003-) from Kilnaboy is housed in the centre. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 June 2016

• CL017-116002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on level ground in Corofin village. A rectangular walled graveyard (36m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) within which is an 18th-century church (CL017-116001-) now used as a heritage centre. Two dressed stones (CL017-116006-) of unknown provenance lie in the S part of the graveyard. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 June 2016

• CL017-116003 Cross - Tau Cross (present location)
  Description

  A T-shaped cross carved from a single piece of limestone. The cross is in the Clare Heritage Museum in Corofin but originally stood on Roughan Hill close to the road from Kilnaboy to Kilfenora and adjacent to a cashel (CL016-052001-) and souterrain (CL016-052003-). A replica now stands in its place at its original location (CL016-052002-). The cross has been the subject of several theories as to its origin and was ‘removed’ and returned a number of times (Harbison 2009). It is named ‘Cross Inneenboy’ (the cross of the daughter of Baoth) on the OS 6-inch maps at its original location in Roughaun townland and may have been a termon cross or boundary marker for Kilnaboy. According to Harbison (2000, 57,59) it may have copied a T-shaped staff or crozier reliquary and he postulates that it was possibly part of an ancient pilgrimage route in North Clare. T-shaped croziers are depicted on a graveslab in Killinaboy (CL017-020014-), on the N side of the base of the Dysert O’Dea high cross (CL025-091004-) and on the E face of the Doorty Cross in Kilfenora (CL016-015006-). In 1937 Dr. Adolf Mahr asserted that the tau cross might be part of a La Tene tradition but Rynne (1967, 162) concluded that given the topographical association with the other representations of tau-croziers in conjuction with affinities of style with other adjacent monuments, it was in fact a Romanesque boundary marker. The cross (H 0.43m; Wth across the arms 0.69m; D 0.18m) was aligned NE-SW in its original location and was set in a large boulder-like outcropping rock. It has a carved head facing upwards on each ‘arm’ with three raised transverse ribs placed centrally between them. MacMahon (2017, 97) postulates that these ribs symbolize a wound of decapitation and that the Christian church modified the pagan Celtic theme of the severed head to its own purpose as a symbol of Christian martyrdom. The heads are identical with hoods and long straight necks and they face the centre. Each arm is slightly raised above horizontal and is curved underneath. The shaft is rectangular (Wth 0.29m; D 0.15m) with three chamfered edges. A photograph taken by Westropp in 1894 (Harbison 2009, 32) when the cross had been returned after 30 years shows a round-ended stone beside the cross which may have formed the bottom of the shaft. This fragment (L 0.48m; Wth 0.28m; T 0.1m)(CL016-052004-) is in the OPW Depot in Athenry where it has the number GA084-151005-. Apparently the fragment does not fit the base of the existing shaft and so another interim portion must have fitted in between. If this is the case the cross would have been more than 1.5m (c. 5ft) high originally. This is a national monument in State care, no. 574. (MacNamara 1900, 22-9; Rynne 1967; Harbison 2000; Harbison 2009) The following images are attached: CL017-116003-_01.jpg The tau cross in its original setting. CL017-116003-_02.jpg The top of the tau cross in its original setting. CL017-116003-_03.jpg The tau cross in its current setting. CL017-116003-_04.jpg The replica at the original location of the tau cross. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 6 May 2015

• CL017-116006 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In the graveyard (CL017-116002-) on the S side of St Catherine’s Church, Corofin, (CL017-116001-) which currently houses the Clare Heritage Centre museum. Two dressed stones that appear to be from an arch or doorway. The original location of the stones is unknown. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 September 2014

Architectural heritage

• Clare Heritage Centre, church/chapel, 1710–1720 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built c. 1715, comprising four-bay double-height nave, with single-bay three-stage entrance tower and spire and single-bay single-storey vestry, added 1829. Two-bay single-storey wing added, 1979-1982, to accommodate use as heritage centre. Pitched slate roof with profile stone copings. Needle spire and pinnacles to tower. Rendered walls, render quoins and render architraves to nave. Snecked limestone walls with corner buttresses, string courses and cut-stone window dressings to tower. Carved memorial stone plaque beside door to extension. Pointed arch door opening with timber doors and carved hood moulding. Lancet windows with timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite lancet chancel window with leaded stained glass. Retaining interior features including marble memorials, timber pulpit, chancel arch and panelled gallery. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers. Cut-stone piers to site.

• Clare Heritage Centre, mausoleum, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-storey part-sunken granite cut-stone Studdert family mausoleum, built c. 1820. Recessed central cast-iron door flanked by engaged columns, approached by flight of steps and with inscribed plaque above. Stepped pyramidal roof.

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 Laghtagoona, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Laghtagoona, Corofin39 sales

Name

Laghtagoona

Area

1,098,308 m² (109.83 ha, 271.4 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Corrofin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,362 people lived in 535 households in the Corrofin electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Anneville, Ballyportry North, Ballyportry South, Baunkyle, Killeen, Kilvoydan

Placenames

Laghtagoona 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.