Knockerry West

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockerry West, from 51 m² to 153,643 m² (15.36 ha, 37.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Knockerra Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Knockerra Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Community (Education)
  Knockerra Settlement Plan, Clare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Knockerra Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Knockerra Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Jun 2026N/a

  to erect 5 No dwellings + foul sewer treatment systems + percolation areas, to connect to ancillary services and to develop service road and new site entrance

  Permission, 5 homes · Clare County Council, 2660412

• 23 Jun 2026N/a

  to retain the sub-division of the existing building which now consists of 2 no. independent houses and was previously granted planning permission under planning reference no. P21/1161 as a single dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for retention of the existing attic conversion associated with dwelling house no. 2 and planning permission to provide a new sewage treatment system to service dwelling house no. 2 with all necessary ancillary services

  Retention, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 2660408

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a Columbarium Wall on the grounds of the existing graveyard with associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2683

• 19 Mar 2026N/a

  to retain the sub-division of the existing building which now consists of 2 no. independent houses and was previously granted planning permission under planning reference no. P21/1161 as a single dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for retention of the existing attic conversion associated with dwelling house no. 2 and planning permission to provide a new sewage treatment system to service dwelling house no. 2 with all necessary ancillary services

  Retention, 2 homes · Clare County Council, 2660170

• 15 Dec 2023Refused

  to erect 5 No dwellings & foul sewer treatment systems & percolation areas, to connect to ancillary services and to develop service road and new site entrance

  Permission, 5 homes · Clare County Council, 2360554

• 23 Jan 2023Conditional

  of extensions and revised elevations to dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2331

• 2 Dec 2022Conditional

  for development which will consist of a loose cattle shed

  Permission · Clare County Council, 221091

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  for the development which will consist of renovating and extending existing dwelling house c/w ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2267

• 4 Nov 2021Conditional

  to modify, convert and extend 2 no existing agricultural buildings to residential accommodation, install a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area and associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 211161

• 4 Jun 2021N/a

  to erect 6 no. dwellings, foul sewer treatment plants, percolation areas and new site entrance

  Outline permission, 6 homes · Clare County Council, 21582

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  to RETAIN a previously constructed extension to the existing dwelling house and PLANNING PERMISSION for an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house along with all associated and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 20293

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  for development which consists of the construction of a hayshed, roofed manure pit and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19134

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 Knockerry West.

Recorded monuments

• CL057-053 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• CL057-054 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• CL057-055 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• CL057-056 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• CL057-068 Fulacht fia
  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.

• CL057-070 Fulacht fia
  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.

• CL058-038 Ringfort - rath
  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

• Saint Senan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1960–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1961, with canopy over entrance, nine-bay side elevations and single-bay single-storey sacristy to right. Pitched slate roof with deep eaves and cross finials. Coloured concrete brick walls with roughcast rendered central panel to entrance. Roughcast rendered side walls with coloured concrete block buttresses. Pointed arch leaded glass windows set in pairs to side elevations, triples flanking door opening, and with timber cross mullion and transom to opening over entrance. Timber matchboard doors. Retaining interior features. Concrete brick boundary wall with concrete copings. Rendered belfry. Graves of parish priests to site.

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 Knockerry West, 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 Knockerry West.

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

Name

Knockerry West · Cnoc Dhoire Thiar

Area

1,874,334 m² (187.43 ha, 463.16 acres)

Civil parish

Kilrush, and its townlands

Barony

Moyarta

Electoral division

Killimer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

425 people lived in 176 households in the Killimer electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowfree, Derrylough, Garraunnatooha, Gortnaskagh, Knockerry East, Tullagower

Placenames

Knockerry West 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.