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Title Map
Land Registry Map for Registered Land in County Clare
Quick Answer
A Land Registry Map for a property in County Clare is a copy of the official title plan, showing the registered extent of the land outlined and identified by its plan reference. It is the ordinary, uncertified version - for information rather than proof - delivered electronically. In County Clare, where the Burren's commonage and coast meet better lowland farms, the title plan varies sharply - a commonage share maps as part of a larger parcel, not a fenced field.
Seeing the registered extent of a property in County Clare – where its boundaries run on the title plan – starts with the Land Registry Map. That plan is held against the folio, and this is the ordinary copy of it, delivered electronically.
Send the Clare address or folio number and the registered title map is delivered electronically within 24 hours.
Buy Folio + Map BundleKey Facts
Covers
Clare, County Clare
Delivery
Delivered electronically within 24 hours
Format
Electronic
Local note
Rural Clare is fully registered, and coastal cottages are frequently brought onto folios on their first sale
Watch for
Karst ground in the Burren, where turloughs and seasonal flooding affect land use and appear in land descriptions
Needed to order
An address or Eircode is normally enough
If unregistered
We tell you, and point you to the record that does apply
What Is This Document
A Land Registry Map is a copy of the official title plan for a registered property – the map the official register holds against the folio, showing the registered parcel outlined and identified by its plan reference. It is the ordinary, uncertified version of that plan: an information copy you can order, view and use, delivered electronically rather than issued under seal.
What the map shows is the extent of the registered land as the survey recorded it. The parcel is outlined against the surrounding Ordnance Survey mapping, adjoining registered parcels appear in context, and burdens capable of being shown graphically – a mapped right of way, for instance – appear on it. What it does not do is fix the exact legal boundary: registration in Ireland operates on general boundaries, so the mapped line shows approximately where a division runs rather than settling its precise position.
County Clare puts several kinds of ground onto the title plan within a short distance. The Burren and the western uplands carry commonage, mapped as shares in large parcels rather than fenced fields; the lowlands toward Limerick are better farmland; and the coast brings registered boundaries to the high water mark. A Land Registry Map here shows whichever a property is, and where a holding runs to the shore it maps the registered edge to the tide line, not the water beyond.
The distinction that matters most is between information and proof. A Land Registry Map answers the question of what the register shows as the extent of a property quickly, cheaply and electronically, which makes it the usual first step whenever a boundary or extent has to be understood. Where the same plan then has to be produced under seal – for a planning authority, a lender, a solicitor or a court – the Certified Map is the document that carries that weight, and it is ordered on the strength of what the map shows.
Which Document Do I Need
Different questions need different documents:
- See the registered extent of a property in County Clare for your own use → Land Registry Map – this page
- Establish who owns it → Folio Search
- Prove the registered extent to a planning authority or court → Certified Map
- Prove the register entry itself → Certified Folio
- Read the wording of a mapped right of way or covenant → Instrument Copy
| Need | Product | Price |
|---|---|---|
| See the registered extent of a property in County Clare for your own use | Land Registry Map -> this page | — |
| Establish who owns it | Folio Search | €32.99 |
| Prove the registered extent to a planning authority or court | Certified Map | €149.99 |
| Prove the register entry itself | Certified Folio | €149.99 |
| Read the wording of a mapped right of way or covenant | Instrument Copy | €349.99 |
What Information Is Included
A Land Registry Map order for a property in County Clare returns:
- The registered parcel outlined and identified by its plan reference
- The mapped extent of the registered land at the scale the plan is held
- Adjoining registered parcels shown in context around it
- The folio number and county to which the plan relates
- Burdens capable of being shown graphically, such as a mapped right of way
- The Ordnance Survey framework the title plan is drawn on
What Is Not Included
A Land Registry Map shows the registered extent of a property in County Clare as the register records it, for information. It does not certify the plan under seal, which needs the Certified Map; fix the exact boundary line, which the general boundaries rule places outside the register; show who owns the land or the terms of a burden, which need the folio and the instrument; or cover land that has never been registered. The extent of a commonage share on the hill, the foreshore beyond the high water mark, and whether unregistered ground has any plan all fall outside what the map records.
Why People Order
- Checking the registered extent before buying: Seeing what the title plan records as the extent of County Clare ground, before an offer, is the ordinary first use of the map.
- Seeing a commonage or upland holding: Clare hill ground can map as a share in a larger commonage parcel, and the plan shows that rather than an exclusive field.
- Seeing how a holding sits against its neighbours: The map shows the registered parcel against the adjoining ones, which is where a boundary question usually starts.
- Understanding a mapped right of way: Where a right of way is shown graphically on the plan, the map lets you see where it runs, though its terms are read from the instrument.
- Preparing to sell: Owners view the title plan before listing to confirm the registered extent matches what they believe they are selling.
- Seeing how many parcels a holding occupies: A holding here frequently spans several folios, and the map shows how the registered parcels fit together.
- Deciding whether a certified plan is needed: Seeing the ordinary map first shows whether a certified copy under seal is the document actually required.
- Recording the extent before works or a division: An electronic copy of the plan captures what the register showed before anything changes.
- Confirming the plan reference for a folio: The map ties the folio to the ground by its plan reference, which later orders rely on.
- Deciding whether a certified copy is needed: Seeing what the title plan shows for a property in County Clare first is the cheapest way to decide whether an ordinary map is enough or a certified plan under seal is the document actually required.
- Recording the position before something changes: Where works, a sale or a division are in prospect, an electronic copy of the registered plan shows what the register recorded beforehand, which is frequently worth having later.
Need the extent proved rather than seen? The Certified Map is the sealed version, posted within 15 working days.
Order Folio + Map BundleReal World Use Cases
Home Buyers and Sellers: Buying in County Clare means seeing which register a property belongs to – an upland commonage holding or a lowland farm – before you are committed, since the plan differs completely between the two.
Farmers and Landowners: Holdings here range from Burren commonage to lowland farms, and the map shows how a commonage share sits in a larger parcel and how a lowland holding’s parcels fit together.
Solicitors: Practitioners order the ordinary map to see the registered extent on a County Clare file quickly and electronically, and to judge whether a certified plan is required before one is ordered.
Homeowners and Executors: Where a boundary is in question or an estate is being administered, the map shows the registered extent of County Clare ground, though not the exact legal line, which the general boundaries rule leaves to the instruments and the evidence.
Anyone Checking Before They Commit: Because the Land Registry Map is delivered electronically and needs only an address to start from, it is the quickest way to see the registered extent of a property in County Clare before an offer, a boundary conversation, or a decision to order a certified plan. It answers the extent question for information, and shows whether a certified copy is the next step.
Land Registry Context
County Clare carries title plans as varied as its landscape, from Burren commonage to the lowland farms of the east.
Much of the western and upland ground came onto the register through reform, and commonage over the hills is registered as shares in large parcels rather than as fenced fields, so the plan shows a commonage parcel and the share it relates to rather than an exclusive holding. The better lowland ground toward Limerick maps as ordinary farm parcels, frequently several to a holding. Along the coast the registered extent is mapped to the high water mark, and the foreshore beyond is State ground the plan does not cover.
The framework is national Ordnance Survey mapping generated from a digital record, but on upland and reform-era ground a boundary can follow a feature that has changed, and some ground remains unregistered with no plan to copy.
Running through all of it is the general boundaries rule. However closely the plan appears to be drawn, the register is not conclusive as to where a boundary legally falls, and the title map shows approximately where a division runs rather than fixing it. A Land Registry Map for County Clare is authoritative as to the registered extent, and it is the right document for seeing and understanding that extent – but where the same plan has to be produced under seal to a planning authority, a lender or a court, the Certified Map is what carries that weight. The ordinary map is for information; the certified one is for proof, and knowing which a given situation needs is frequently the most useful thing the map settles. Ordering the ordinary map first, rather than a certified plan by default, keeps the cost proportionate to the question – and where the certified plan does turn out to be needed, the map has already shown exactly what it will contain. Ordered from an address and delivered electronically, it is the quickest and cheapest way to see the registered extent before deciding anything further.
Common Mistakes
Reading the map as a precise boundary survey: The general boundaries rule means the mapped line shows approximately where a division runs, not where it legally falls. A Land Registry Map for a property in County Clare is authoritative as to the registered extent but is not a surveyed boundary, and a dispute is settled by the instruments and physical evidence rather than by measuring the plan.
Ordering a map when a certified copy is required: An ordinary map is for information. Where a planning authority, a lender or a court has asked specifically for a certified plan, an uncertified copy will not be accepted.
Treating the map as permanently current: The map shows the registered plan as at the date it is produced. Dealings lodged afterwards will not appear, so where a matter runs on for months it is normal to take a fresh copy closer to completion.
Assuming a commonage share is a fenced field: On Clare upland ground the plan can show a share in a larger commonage parcel rather than an exclusive field. The map proves the registered extent of the share, not a bounded holding on the hill.
Assuming the plan includes the shore: A Clare coastal holding is mapped only to the high water mark; the foreshore and water beyond are State ground the plan does not cover.
Boundary question? Remember the register works on general boundaries - the line is approximate by design.
Order Folio + Map BundleHow To Order
Send the address and Eircode of a property in County Clare, or the folio number together with its county. You do not need a folio number – locating the title plan is what the order does – but if you have one, its county completes it, since numbers repeat across the country.
For upland or commonage ground, say so and list any townlands, since a holding here is frequently a commonage share plus scattered parcels rather than a single field. Where more than one registered parcel matches what you have described, our team comes back to you before anything is sent so that you receive the right title plan rather than the nearest one.
Turnaround & Delivery
delivered electronically within 24 hours
The Land Registry Map is supplied as an electronic copy, sent to the email address you provide, so nothing waits on the post. Each map is checked against the property you described before it is sent out.
Where a property in County Clare cannot be identified from the details supplied, or the land proves to be unregistered so that no title plan exists, we contact you rather than sending something that does not answer your question.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need the folio number to order a County Clare map?
No. An address and Eircode are enough to locate the title plan, and the folio number is not required. Folio numbers repeat across counties in any event, so an address is frequently the more reliable identifier, and locating the plan is part of what the order does.
How is the map delivered?
As an electronic copy sent to the email address you give us, within 24 hours. Nothing waits on the post, and each map is checked against the property you described before it is sent.
My Clare holding includes commonage - how does that appear on the map?
As part of a larger commonage parcel on the plan, rather than an exclusive fenced field. The map shows the commonage parcel your share relates to; it does not divide the hill into an individual holding.
Does my Clare coastal map include the shore?
No. Registered title stops at the high water mark, so the plan maps the property only to that line. The foreshore and water beyond are State property administered separately, which matters where coastal access is in question.
Will a Land Registry Map satisfy a planning application?
Not on its own. A planning authority normally requires a certified plan under seal, so the ordinary Land Registry Map is for your own use and understanding, while the Certified Map - is the document a planning application actually needs.
Is a Clare map enough for a planning application?
Not on its own. A planning authority normally requires a certified plan under seal, so the ordinary map is for your own use and the Certified Map - is what an application needs.
Is the title map the same as a certified map?
No. The title map shows the registered extent for your own use. The Certified Map is issued under seal for situations where the extent has to be proved to a planning authority, a lender or a court.
Does the map fix where my Irish boundary is?
No. Ireland registers general boundaries, so the mapped line shows approximately where a division runs rather than fixing its exact legal position.
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