Annagh
Annagh is a townland in the civil parish of Clonmany, barony of Inishowen East, Co. Donegal.
- Area
- 335.1 ha
- 828 acres
- Land parcels
- 284
- registered freehold, median 2,338 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
284 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annagh, from 3 m² to 972,943 m² (97.29 ha, 240.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Annagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Jul 2026Conditional
RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND STORE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661239
10 Mar 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660371
19 Dec 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/51073, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562311
5 Oct 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561730
6 Aug 2025Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561353
24 Feb 2025Conditional
CREATION OF A NEW ENTRANCE ONTO THE COUNTY ROAD
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560249
20 Dec 2024Conditional
INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO SERVICE DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462149
9 Dec 2024Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462028
14 Nov 2024Conditional
(1) POSITION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK ON SITE, (2) FIRST FLOOR CONVERSION WITH GABLE WINDOWS TO THE NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATIONS AND VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN ELEVATIONS AND (3) GROUND FLOOR SUNROOM TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENTS WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461840
4 Nov 2024Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461760
7 Oct 2024Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461571
4 Oct 2024Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461565
19 Aug 2024N/a
(1) FIRST FLOOR CONVERSION WITH GABLE WINDOWS TO THE NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ELEVATIONS, VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN ELEVATIONS, (2) GROUND FLOOR SUNROOM TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461262
30 Jul 2024N/a
(1) FIRST FLOOR CONVERSION WITH GABLE WINDOWS TO THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ELEVATIONS, VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN ELEVATIONS, (2) GROUND FLOOR SUNROOM TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461164
17 May 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE/MICA DWELLING HOUSE, (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450134
6 Feb 2024Conditional
DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460089
19 Dec 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351945
10 Nov 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF (A) 4 NO. EXISTING PARTIALLY COMPLETED DWELLINGS AND (B) FOUNDATIONS AND SUBFLOOR FOR 7 NO. UNCOMPLETED DWELLINGS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/70890 AND (2) ERECTION OF 33 NO. DWELLINGS WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 33 homes · Donegal County Council, 2351711
8 Aug 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS AND (3) CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351169
1 Aug 2023N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE ELEVATIONS AND THE DWELLING WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351139
27 Sept 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A PREFABRICATED UNIT WITH TOILET FACILITIES TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251618
27 Jun 2022Conditional
(1) DORMER WINDOWS TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY (2) DORMER WINDOW AND FIRST FLOOR ACCESS TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY (3) DOMESTIC SHED TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY (4) CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251093
21 Jun 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251073
15 Mar 2022Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF: 01/4068 (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING OF THE SAME FOOTPRINT TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOUL SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250493
31 Jan 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250105
The 25 most recent of 31 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
- Special Area of Conservation: North Inishowen Coast SAC 002012
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast 002012
Recorded monuments
- DG010-007 Souterrain
Description
This filled-in souterrain is now inaccessible. The rock-cut entrance measures 1.3m E-W × 1m N-S and is 1.75m deep at present. It is situated on a slight ridge in a grazing field which slopes to the SE. 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
- House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, with kitchen extension to rear and attached byre with shed to west gable. Pitched thatched roof with latticed restraining ropes and cast-iron stays, chimneystacks to centre and gable ends, flat tar roof to extension. Limewashed rendered walls. Square-headed window openings over painted sills, replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening, replacement timber glazed and panelled door. Single-bay outbuilding with tarred barrel-vaulted roof, concrete gable coping, white-washed rubble stone walls to south. Set within own grounds bounded by timber fence to road.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Annagh, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2007 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Annagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Annagh
- Area
- 3,350,543 m² (335.05 ha, 827.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmany, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen East
- Electoral division
- Straid, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,298 people lived in 452 households in the Straid electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Annagh 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.