Clare
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Clár Chlainne Mhuiris
Parcel 5723072
- Area
- 960 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 100 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M2 Town Centre (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective
N6 Infrastructure & Utilities (Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028) The objective - Townland
- Clare
Planning applications on this parcel
19 May 2017Conditional
INSTALL A 3M HIGH "LAMP POST" STYLE RELIEF VENT STACK SERVICING THE EXISTING ABOVE GROUND NATURAL GAS PRESSURE REDUCTION UNIT WITH ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 17389
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 438.4 ha
- 1,083 acres
- Land parcels
- 952
- registered freehold, median 417 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
952 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clare, from 2 m² to 105,412 m² (10.54 ha, 26.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 85 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 500 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 220 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise & Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserver Tier I (Strategic Residential Reserve)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.2Industry (General industry)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community Services/Facilities (Community facilities)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Infrastructure & Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Residential Medium Density (Existing residential)
Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 0 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
25 Aug 2026N/a
Permission for development at Kilcolman (& Ballyhaunis) Road, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, comprising: 1. Construction of a housing development of 52 no. dwellings comprised of 16 no. houses (three-bed & two-storey in 4 no. terraces of four) and 36 no. apartments (24 no. one bed & 12 no. two bed in three buildings ranging from two to three storeys); 2. Pedestrian and vehicular access to Kilcolman Road via (and including construction of extension to) existing access road serving the adjoining Lidl store; 3. Pedestrian / cycle access via access way to Ballyhaunis Road; and, 4. Associated development and works including hard and soft landscaping, internal roads / footpaths / shared spaces, cycle and car parking, public, communal and private amenity and open spaces, communal bin and/or bike stores, boundary treatments, public lighting and all other ancillary works above and below ground including infrastructure for and connections to water supply, surface water, wastewater, electrical and utility services (including provision for substation or cabinetry / equipment as may be required).
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660681
10 Aug 2026N/a
revising layouts of two townhouses to become one dwelling unit, the development will also include raising eaves level to rear of property to provide additional bedroom as required, together with all ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26182
6 Aug 2026N/a
The development consists of the demolition of the existing rear single storey derelict extension (39m2) and the conversion of the ground floor shop (36m2) together with the construction of a new rear extension (39.9m2) into a new two bedroom ground floor apartment together with all associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660629
27 Jul 2026Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and ancillary storage shed as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660601
21 Jul 2026N/a
Planning Permission for retention and completion of a domestic shed, and ancillary site development works.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660583
6 Jul 2026N/a
create access to property together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26150
4 Jul 2026Refused
Planning Permission for change of use of existing vacant commercial buildings to 3no. residential dwelling houses, alter elevations together with car parking spaces and private amenity spaces all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660540
16 Jun 2026Conditional
Change the use of existing vacant dwelling house to form two new apartments including material alterations, elevational changes, and external insulation together with the demolition of the existing two storey rear extension and the existing external shed, the construction of a new two storey rear extension and the provision of external refuse and bicycle storage, all associated site works, and connection into existing services.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660465
11 Jun 2026Conditional
Construct new two-storey rear extensions to two adjoining semi-detached dwelling houses with a new pitched roof and elevational changes to the existing structure including external insulation together with demolition of rear garden sheds, all associated site works and connection into existing services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660458
27 May 2026Refused
Retention Of 3no. First Floor Studio Apartments
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660417
19 May 2026Conditional
THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THE RETENTION OF REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES FOR THE EXISTING HOUSE AND BASEMENT AS GRANTED UNDER P04/3227
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660392
5 Mar 2026N/a
Full Planning Permission for the removal of an existing shed and the installation of 3 no. modular, portable Padel tennis courts (1no. single and 2no. double), complete with artificial grass surface, 4m high fencing around sections of the Padel courts perimeter and 6m high integrated LED lighting and all other ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660177
22 Dec 2025N/a
Planning Permission for change of use of existing vacant commercial buildings to 3no. residential dwelling houses, alter elevations together with car parking spaces and private amenity spaces all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2660022
17 Dec 2025Conditional
construct extension and alterations to existing dwelling house on site together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25511
15 Dec 2025Conditional
EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). The proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Liscromwell Carrowkeel Brees Breandrum or Windsor Prison South Facefield Aghalusky Drumnaslooeen Mossbrook Cloontybaunan Ballinagran Ballynastangford Lower Derrynamraher Rathredmond Birchfield Cappavicar South Dooros Garrywadreen Keelkill Drumadoon Drumneen Ballinvoash Legaun Ballynastangford Upper Gneeve Ballymacloughlin Drumneen (Prendergast) Lisnaran Ballyrourke Ballynew Drumcorrabaun Pollavaddy Eskerlevally Kilmacrade Moat Drumneen South Burris Garhawnagh Castlegar Barrackland Carrowgarve Crantahar Rinnahulty Knocknamoghalaun Drumkeen Carrowmore Rathduff Clare Derreen Heathlawn Kilbeg-Malone Prison North Coolaghbaun The Castlebar - Dalton 110 kV circuit is 27.8 km in length and runs between the existing Castlebar 110 kV substation in the townland of Aghalusky in central County Mayo, to Dalton 110 kV substation located in the townland of Clare, eastern County Mayo. The OHL has a total of 144no. supporting structures. The proposed development will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between Castlebar 110 kV and the Dalton 110 kV substations; ? the replacement of end mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a similar structure; ? the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; ? the strengthening of tower foundations at 4no. locations; ? the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 10no. locations; ? the painting of towers at 10no. locations; ? the replacement of tower bolts at 3no. locations; ? the replacement of polesets at 48no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 24 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m; ? the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structure locations; ? the replacement of earthwire between structure number 132 and structure number 144; ? the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 16no. locations; ? the replacement of crossarms at 58no. locations; ? all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures inclu
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560928
11 Dec 2025Refused
Retention Of 3no. First Floor Studio Apartments
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560918
7 Nov 2025Conditional
Construction of new residential unit and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560788
24 Oct 2025N/a
Section 5 Declaration; internal alterations
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25435
17 Oct 2025N/a
Retention Of 3no. First Floor Studio Apartments
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560727
10 Oct 2025Conditional
We, McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands adjoining Silverbridge Plaza and Shopping Centre, Knock Road, Claremorris, Co. Mayo. The development will consist of the construction of a single storey drive-thru restaurant including the ancillary sale of hot food for consumption off the premises with an associated corral area, elevational signage, car parking including accessible parking spaces, grill bays, EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, a height restrictor, customer order points with associated canopies, totem signage, free-standing signage, banner frames and digital menu boards, plant and PV panels at roof level, ESB substation and kiosk, landscaping including outdoor furniture/seating area with parasols, boundary treatments, lighting, new vehicular access via the Silverbridge Plaza car park and associated reconfiguration of the car park’s circulation route, new footpath and zebra crossing to the Silverbridge Shopping Centre, upgrade works to existing footpath on Knock Road, and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the development.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560711
9 Oct 2025Conditional
EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Cashla - Dalton 110 kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Mayo, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: DALGAN DEMESNE, POLLBAUN, CARROWBEG WEST, GORTEENS, SEEFIN, BROOKHILL, CARROWMORE, BALLYHANKEEN, RUSHBROOK EAST, BALLYCUSHEEN, SCARDAUN WEST, MILLBROOK, MILFORD DEMESNE, CURRAGHADOOEY, LISDUFF, RATHGRANAGHER (MILLER), DRUMMIN WEST, CARROWBEG EAST, RATHGRANAGHER (LINDSAY), CROSSBOYNE, KILBEG-MALONE, DAVROS, DERRY, CLARE, GREAGHANS, COOLROE, ROOS, LEEDAUN The Cashla - Dalton 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Galway and County Mayo. It is 57.7 km in length and travels from Cashla 110 kV substation in Barrettspark in central County Galway and traverses northwest to the Dalton 110 kV substation (County Mayo). The OHL has a total of 271no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Mayo County Council, there is 24.7 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 111no. structures. Within the functional area of Galway County Council there is 33.0 km, with 160no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Galway County Council. The proposed development within Co. Mayo will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure no. 160 and Dalton 110 kV substation; • the replacement of angle masts in-situ at 6no. locations, with similar structures; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 2no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 6no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of a tower at 1no. location; • the replacement of polesets at 83no. locations, with similar structures. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16 m to 23 m along the circuit. The majority of the height increases will be between 0.1 m and 2.0 m (at 70no. structures), with 12no. structure replacements resulting in no change in height. Structure no. 263 will increase in height by 7.0m; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures from structure no. 161 to 271; • the replacement of earthwire between structure no. 261 and structure no. 271; • the replacement of stay wire / anchors and associated fittings at 7no. locations; • the replacement of crossarms at 7
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560709
7 Oct 2025Conditional
The development consists of retention permission for fuel sales in existing office /storage structure, 9no freestanding and wall mounted signage elements, 1no above ground plastic HVO tank & dispenser, and lubricant/fuel forecourt displays.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560706
6 Oct 2025N/a
Retention Of 3no. First Floor Studio Apartments
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2560697
22 Sept 2025Refused
Planning Permission for retention and completion of a domestic shed, and ancillary site development works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560666
9 Sept 2025Conditional
change of use of the ground floor of the existing building from retail use to office use (class 2), alterations to signage on the existing facade and all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 25382
The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.
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 Clare.
Recorded monuments
- MA101-041 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.
- MA101-042 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.
- MA101-089 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.
- MA101-099 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.
- MA101-100 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.
- MA101-105 Crannog
Description
In the SW end of Clare Lough. This possible crannog was first noted c. 1960 when a drop in water levels following drainage works revealed ‘a small island which could be waded out to it on a submerged causeway from the shore’, and in 1985 ‘flooring planks laid out and clearly visible’ were noted here, all now concealed by overgrowth (pers. comm. John Coakley, 2021). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 December 2022
Architectural heritage
- Post box, 1901–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1901-10, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set in rendered, ruled and lined wall.
- House, 1840–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay three-storey house, extant 1894, originally attached with shopfront to ground floor. Refenestrated. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in red brick Running bond (north-west) or cement rendered (south-east) chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (south-west) elevation with rusticated rendered quoins to ends; cement rendered surface finish (remainder). "Sycamore Leaf"-detailed rendered shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds with panelled pilasters supporting chevron- or saw tooth-detailed "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornices framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, extant 1838[?], with shopfront to left ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on rendered chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends supporting indented rendered band to eaves. "Sycamore Leaf"-detailed rendered shopfront to left ground floor. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- House, 1840–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey house, extant 1894, with shopfront to ground floor. Reroofed. For sale, 2010. Now disused. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered quoins to ends. Rendered shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with concrete sills[?], and moulded rendered surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (upper floors): timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- Saint Colman's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1900–1915 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay double-height Catholic Church, designed 1903; built 1904-1911; dedicated 1911; extant 1911, on a cruciform plan comprising five-bay double-height nave opening into five-bay single-storey lean-to side aisles with single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height apse to crossing (west) on a half-octagonal plan; single-bay three-stage tower (south-east) on a square plan. Renovated, ----, with sanctuary reordered. Interior including vestibule (east); square-headed door opening into nave with glazed timber double doors; full-height interior open into roof with trefoil-detailed timber panelled choir gallery (east) supporting Gothic-style timber panelled pipe organ, herring bone-pattern timber parquet central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, pointed-arch arcades on dragged limestone ashlar pillars on drag edged dragged cut-limestone octagonal plinths with hood mouldings over, stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (west) reordered, ----, with Gothic-style reredos (1914) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Windows" (1906), arcaded railings to side altars with Gothic-style altar (south-west) below stained glass "Rose Window" (1906) or Gothic-style memorial altar (north-west) below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (1906; ob. 1904), exposed trefoil arch braced tie beam timber roof construction on corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling on carved timber cornice, Gothic-style timber stations to side aisles between paired stained glass memorial windows (1906; 1931), and exposed strutted timber roof construction on corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling on carved timber cornice. Set in landscaped grounds.
- Claremorris Library, church/chapel, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1828; dated 1828; extant 1838, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height lower chancel to crossing (east) with single-bay three-stage tower to entrance (west) front on a square plan supporting octagonal spire. In use, 1945. Damaged, 1947. Closed, 1963[?]. Derelict, 1976. Repaired, 1983-4, to accommodate alternative use. "Restored", 2003. Replacement pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone "saddleback" coping to gables with "Acanthus"-detailed cast-iron finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on dragged cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on battered base with drag edged tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners and drag edged tooled limestone ashlar stepped piers to corners to transepts supporting "Cavetto"-detailed drag edged tooled cut-limestone octagonal pinnacles; repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone walls to tower on battered base with benchmark-inscribed drag edged tooled limestone ashlar stepped piers to corners supporting "Cavetto"-detailed drag edged tooled cut-limestone octagonal pinnacles centred on battlemented parapets having lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone "saddleback" coping. Lancet window openings, drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Pointed-arch window openings to transepts with timber Y-mullions, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Lancet "Trinity Window" to chancel (east), drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over on "Cavetto"-detailed label stops framing replacement fixed-pane timber fittings. Lancet window opening to tower (first stage), drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals with hood moulding over framing replacement fixed-pane timber fitting. Lancet "arrow loop" opening (second stage) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing louvered fitting. Lancet openings (bell stage), drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing louvered timber fittings. Interior including vestibule (west) with glazed terracotta tiled floor; pointed-arch door opening into nave with glazed timber panelled double doors having overpanel; full-height interior with pointed-arch chancel arch framing encaustic tiled stepped dais to chancel (east) below "Trinity Window". Street fronted with concrete brick cobble footpath to front.
- Post box, 1901–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron "pillar box" post box, between 1901-10, with "ER [Edwardus Rex] VII" royal cipher. Set on concrete brick cobbled footpath.
- Building misc, 1897–1913 · Regional interest
Description
Attached six-bay three-storey "double-fronted" commercial building, extant 1913, on an L-shaped plan with two-bay (north-west) or three-bay (south-west) three-storey elevations. Sold, 2004[?]. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan including half-octagonal slate roofs (south-west) with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, remains of coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes on red brick Running bond bases having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron square-profile downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered band to eaves. Square-headed door openings with step thresholds, and moulded rendered surrounds supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices on panelled friezes framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds with one-over-one timber sash windows now boarded-up behind wrought iron sill guards. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) including square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (north-west) with dragged cut-limestone sill courses, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having one-over-one sidelights. Interior including (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled reveals or shutters. Street fronted on a corner site with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- M. Killeen, house, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838[?], with shopfront to ground floor. Refenestrated. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having rendered rounded capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on indented rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipe. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to ends. Rendered shopfront to ground floor on a symmetrical plan with glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing timber casement windows. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- House, 1700–1838 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, extant 1838[?]. Reroofed. In alternative use, 2010. For sale, 2013. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stack having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves board on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hopper and downpipe. Rusticated rendered wall (ground floor); rendered surface finish (first floor). Square-headed central door opening with moulded rendered surround framing replacement timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills (ground floor) or concrete sill course (first floor), and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having exposed sash boxes. Street fronted with concrete footpath to front.
- Claremorris Railway Station, building misc, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, commissioned 1862[?]; extant 1894, on a square plan. Now disused. Red brick English Garden Wall bond walls on cut-limestone chamfered plinth with yellow brick quoins to corners supporting elevated cast-iron water tank on drag edged tooled cut-limestone base on yellow brick header bond corbelled stepped "cornice". Square-headed door opening with yellow brick block-and-start surround framing timber boarded door. Square-headed openings to "cheeks" with cut-limestone flush sills, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds framing fixed-pane cast-iron fittings having square glazing bars. Set in grounds shared with Claremorris Railway Station.
- Claremorris Railway Station, signal box, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage over raised base signal box, commissioned 1941; extant 1964. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond "wallhead" central chimneystack to rear (south-west) elevation having concrete capping supporting terracotta pot, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on slightly overhanging box eaves. "Pulvinated" ashlar walls (base) with fillet sunk stringcourse; cement rendered surface finish (cabin). Square-headed window openings (base) with concrete sills, and reinforced concrete lintels framing casement windows. Square-headed "monitor window" (cabin) with timber sill, and timber mullions framing fixed-pane fittings. Interior retaining levers. Set in grounds shared with Claremorris Railway Station.
- Claremorris Railway Station, turntable, 1869–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Turntable, extant 1894, on a circular plan. Repositioned, pre-1913. Set in grounds shared with Claremorris Railway Station.
- Claremorris Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay double-height goods shed, commissioned 1862[?]; extant 1894. Reroofed. Now disused[?]. Replacement pitched corrugated-iron roof on King post[?] timber construction with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone corbels retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed tuck pointed snecked limestone wall to front (north-east) elevation with hammered limestone flush quoins to corners; part repointed tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone surface finish (remainder). Series of three square-headed openings with reinforced concrete lintels framing cement rendered infill. Square-headed window opening to platform (south-west) elevation with tooled cut-limestone sill, and rock faced cut-limestone surround framing timber casement window having cast-iron square glazing bars. Set in grounds shared with Claremorris Railway Station.
- Foot bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Single-span footbridge over railway line, installed 1895[?]; extant 1913. Now disused. Set in grounds originally shared with Claremorris South Railway Station spanning unkempt railway line.
- Building misc, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, dated 1893; extant 1913, on a square plan. Decommissioned, 1925[?]. Now disused. Part ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with drag edged rock faced hammered limestone flush quoins to corners supporting embossed cast-iron water tank ("1893") on rock faced cut-limestone corbelled stepped "cornice". Round-headed door opening with overgrown threshold, and drag edged rock faced cut-limestone block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Claremorris South Railway Station.
- Store/warehouse, 1897–1913 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two- or four-bay double-height goods shed, extant 1913, with two-bay double-height platform (south-west) elevation. Decommissioned, 1925[?]. Reroofed. Now disused. Replacement pitched slate roof originally extending into lean-to slate roofs on timber spandrels on drag edged tooled cut-limestone ogee corbels with clay ridge tiles terminating in red brick Running bond chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping supporting terracotta pot, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging exposed timber rafters. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls with rock faced hammered limestone flush quoins to corners. Pair of square-headed central openings between drag edged tooled cut-limestone ogee corbels with reinforced concrete lintels framing concrete block infill. Square-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Claremorris South Railway Station.
- House, 1917–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, post-1917, on a symmetrical plan with two-bay two-storey side elevations. Now disused. Hipped fibre-cement slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having "Cavetto"-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered "bas-relief" strips to corners supporting indented rendered band to eaves. Round-headed central open internal porch with moulded rendered surround. Square-headed door opening into house with timber mullions framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Set back from line of road in unkempt grounds.
- Ardvilla, house, 1897–1913 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey house, extant 1913, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor with single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (north). Reroofed. Replacement hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched slate roof (north) with clay ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining some cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Paired camber-headed central window openings (ground floor) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having horizontal glazing bars. Curvilinear-headed door opening into house with concealed dressings framing glazed timber double doors having sidelights. Camber-headed window openings centred on paired round-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with hood moulding over (first floor) framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set back from street in landscaped grounds with "rock faced" concrete block boundary wall to perimeter centred on "rock faced" concrete block piers supporting wrought iron gate.
- Post box, 1939–1962 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-62, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in "rock faced" concrete block boundary wall.
- Bridge, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch road bridge over railway line, extant 1894; opened 1895. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered abutment walls with rock faced cut-limestone stringcourses supporting parapets having lichen-covered rock faced cut-limestone coping. Single segmental arch with red brick header bond voussoirs. Sited spanning overgrown railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.
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Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clare.
- 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 Clare with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Clare · Clár Chlainne Mhuiris
- Area
- 4,383,567 m² (438.36 ha, 1,083.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmorris
- Electoral division
- Claremorris, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Claremorris electoral division: 4,740 people in 1,786 households; 57% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardroe, Boherduff, Carrowbeg East, Carrownaskeha, Castlegar, Claremount, Drumkeen, Kilbeg-Malone, Lisduff, Lisnaboley, Mayfield, Rooskybeg, Rushbrook East
- Placenames
- Clare 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.