Aghaglassan

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaglassan, from 66 m² to 3,480,253 m² (348.03 ha, 859.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Aghaglassan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 24 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EXTENSION, (2) PROPOSED EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (3) ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661773

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660287

• 27 Sept 2025Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF DWELLING AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561676

• 16 Sept 2025Conditional

  (A) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 99/4913 AND (B) EXISTING SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561596

• 3 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE FOR THE STORAGE OF VINTAGE CARS AND GENERAL DOMESTIC USE, (2) REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DILAPIDATED ROADSIDE BOUNDARY WALL, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT ROADSIDE BOUNDARY WALL, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A WIDER VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING A NEW FREE-DRAINING STONE YARD/HARDSTAND AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561511

• 11 Nov 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE PRODUCT AGGREGATE SHED WITH CONNECTION TO ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, (2) RELOCATION OF 2 NO. GALVANISED STEEL SILOS (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG. REF. NO. 24/60376) AND (3) FACILITATING AND ACCOMMODATING A MOBILE BATCHING PLANT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461802

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH CONNECTION TO ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, (2) ERECTION OF 2 NO. GALVANISED STEEL SILOS, (3) OPENING OF NEW ENTRANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANEWAY TO EXISTING FARMYARD ON SITE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460376

• 11 Mar 2024N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH CONNECTION TO ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, (2) ERECTION OF 2 NO. GALVANISED STEEL SILOS, AND (3) OPENING OF A NEW ENTRANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANEWAY TO FARMYARD

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460303

• 14 Mar 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350323

• 15 Nov 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 01/4481 (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS AND CONSERVATORY WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 01/4481 (3) ERECTION OF A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE OF A MOBILE HOME FOR THE DURATION OF THE WORKS LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE SITE WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152255

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Magheradrumman Bog SAC 000168
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Magheradrumman Bog 000168

Recorded monuments

• DG012-031 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 21.5m. A subcircular area defined by a low bank composed of stones with some earth. The wall no longer survives to the NW and N, and the E side has been obliterated by the road, which is co-tangent to it. There is a possible entrance in the SW quadrant. It is situated on an uncultivated plateau used for pasture, over-looking the N, with higher ground to the S. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG012-037 Burial ground
  Description

  There is no local tradition of 'the roughly circular mound, diameter 50ft edged in places by large stones and bank' (M.R. Colhoun) said to be an old burial ground here. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG012-038 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Nothing at this site now survives to indicate the rough mound about 40ft in diameter, traditionally regarded as a fort (M. R. Colhoun). The site has been quarried for stone, possibly suggesting a cashel. It was situated on the edge of a cliff above the Black River in well cultivated land. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG012-039 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Marked 'Caldragh' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, the site consists of a rectangular area 26.3m NE-SW and 11.6m NW-SE enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone. At the N corner is a subcircular foundation of a single course of large stones c. 3.4m in diameter. Other stones are randomly strewn about, and the ground is rough with rock outcrop. It is situated on the E bank of the Black River. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• All Saints Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding gable-fronted four-bay single-storey Church of Ireland church, built 1856, with stone bellcote to west. Pitched slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, ashlar gable-copings and springers; ashlar limestone bellcote having feathered coping and surmounted by Celtic cross; cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked rough-dressed green rubble limestone walls with tooled ashlar limestone block-and-start quoins, diagonal corner-buttresses to three corners and limestone ashlar plinth course. Pointed-arch window openings with chamfered tooled ashlar surrounds, having diamond-shaped cast-iron quarries and coloured-glass windows. Y-tracery window with hoodmoulding to west gable. Tripartite lancet window flanked by lower lancet windows to east gable. Pointed-arch door opening with chamfered tooled ashlar surround and studded battened timber double doors with decorative cast-iron hinges. Graveyard surrounding with Victorian memorial stones; cast-iron grave-surround on square-plan to rear. Roughcast rendered wall to west with slightly recessed gateway comprising of cast and wrought-iron gates mounted on tooled monolithic green limestone gate posts with pyramidal caps. Gleneely Rectory (40901218) directly to south-east.

• Grouse Hall, country house, 1720–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey over basement house, built 1735, with two-bay two-storey extension on an L-plan to south-east and single-storey returns to rear. Pitched slate roof with smooth rendered corniced chimneystacks, and corbelled rendered brick eaves course. Segmental-arched window openings with three-over-three narrow margin lights timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows to rear elevation. Segmental-arched door opening with timber six-panelled door with steps approaching. Set within own grounds with dry rubble stone walls lining driveway to north-east and to south of house to south-west. Complex of single and two-storey farm outbuildings (40901220) on an L-plan to rear. Walled garden to north-west comprising of dry-stone rubble walls on a square plan.

• Gleneely Church of Ireland Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory, built c. 1860 , with single-bay single-storey gabled entrance porch to front, two-bay two-storey return to rear, and three-bay single-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, and with smooth rendered chimneystacks with rendered sting courses and terracotta pots, overhanging eaves with timber-cladding and timber bargeboards; pitched artificial slate roofs to return and extension; and replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with recessed smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings rendered patent surrounds, with six-over-three and six-over-six horned timber sash windows, ashlar limestone sills. Square-headed door openings to porch with battened timber doors; tooled limestone thresholds. Set within own grounds with courtyard to rear with single-storey outbuildings comprising of pitched slate and corrugated-metal roofs with roughcast rendered walls. Cast-iron gates mounted on tooled monolithic green limestone gate posts with pyramidal caps.

• House, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800 with attached six-bay single-storey outbuilding. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and metal stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped coping. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth and random rubble wall to rear. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surround and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with rendered patent surround and half-glazed timber panelled door. Attached outbuilding comprising of pitched corrugated-cement roof; roughcast rendered walls; square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Further outbuildings to site.

• Grouse Hall, outbuilding, 1740–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single and two-storey outbuildings to Grouse Hall, built between c. 1740 - 1850, arranged on L-plan around yard to south-west of house, with free-standing cylindrical two-storey observatory to centre of yard. Pitched corrugated-metal roof to south, pitched slate roof to central building, pitched corrugated-cement roof to north building and pitched corrugated-metal roofs to north-east buildings. Random rubble walls; integral external stairs to two-storey building. Square-headed window openings with timber framed windows; two-over-two horned timber sash windows to central building. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Integral arch with random rubble voussoirs to south-east elevation of north-east section. Concrete cylindrical walls to observatory with remains of retractable parasol roof; square-headed door opening; timber stairwell internally.

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 Aghaglassan, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Aghaglassan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Aghaglassan

Area

8,590,291 m² (859.03 ha, 2,122.71 acres)

Civil parish

Culdaff, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Gleneely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

859 people lived in 293 households in the Gleneely electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baskill, Carrickmaquigley, Dristernan, Keeranbane, Magheradrumman, Moneydarragh, Oort

Placenames

Aghaglassan 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.