Kilmurry McMahon
Kilmurry McMahon Location and Context Kilmurry McMahon is a small village, centred on St. Mary’s Church, and consists of a small cluster of houses and farm buildings. There is a shop and post office at the junction with the R473 to the south of the settlement and a primary school and community centre to the north of the village, which provide services to residents of the village and the wider rural hinterland. Kilmurry McMahon offers a high-quality rural environment for those seeking to live in the countryside and is also a convenient distance from Kilrush. It is a traditional crossroads village situated on the R485, a busy commuter route to Ennis and Shannon. There is an existing public footpath connecting the school and community centre. There is no wastewater treatment infrastructure in the village. Any future residential development including alterations to existing residential developments, commercial or employment generating development will require private treatment subject to suitable sitespecific conditions and must ensure they are in compliance with the EPA Code of Practice for ‘On Site Wastewater Treatment Systems’. General Objectives: • To encourage the incremental and small-scale expansion of the settlement that is relative and appropriate to the scale, size and character of the population and services in the village; • To support the provision of infrastructure to allow for future growth of the village; • To support traffic calming in the village in order to address traffic and pedestrian safety; • To improve the footpath network in the village, in particular linking the national school to the village centre, shop and post office; • To support the Local Link Rural Transport strategy including the development of direct rural bus links from Kilmurry McMahon to larger settlements such as Ennis and Kilrush; and • To support the development of a settlement network along the Shannon Estuary including Kilmurry McMahon along with Ballynacally, Killadysert, Knock, Labasheeda and Killimer, to assist collaborative projects and the sharing of assets and strengths including developing its economic and tourism potential as a stopping point on the Shannon Estuary Way. Employment and Enterprise Agriculture remains an important part of the local economy in the smaller settlements around the County. In order to support economic development, the Council will facilitate and __________________________________________________________________________________ Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029
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