Arduns
Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish An tArd Donn
- Area
- 1,177 ha
- 2,908 acres
- Land parcels
- 140
- registered freehold, median 3,835 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
140 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Arduns, from 65 m² to 7,357,317 m² (735.73 ha, 1,818.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 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
No zone of a development plan covers Arduns 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
20 Jan 2026N/a
TEACH CÓNAITHE, CÓRAS CÓIREÁIL FUÍOLLUISCE AGUS OIBREACHA FORBARTHA EILE A BHAINEANN LEIS AN LÁITHREÁN
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660056
27 Oct 2023Conditional
(A) GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR EXTENSIONS BUILT TO ORIGINAL DWELLING HOUSE, (B) DOMESTIC GARAGE BUILT AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM IN LIEU OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVING THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351640
15 Jun 2022Conditional
CONTINUATION OF USE OF EXISTING QUARRY INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCLUDE SETTLEMENT PONDS, LAGOONS, INTERCEPTORS, WHEEL WASH AND SCREENING PLANT, ACCESS ROADWAYS AND ALL ANCILLARY DRAINAGE AND ASSOCIATED QUARRY INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE EXISTING SAND AND GRAVEL QUARRY
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251039
22 Nov 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152328
30 Jul 2021Conditional
10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION (AREA 1.03HA) TO EXISTING QUARRY INCLUDING THE EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL MATERIALS TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151540
30 Apr 2021Conditional
AN FOBAIRT ATÁ BEARTHAITHE AGAINN NÓ: TEACH CÓNAITHE NUA A THÓGÁIL. CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA SÉARACHAIS A THÓGÁIL, CHOM MAITH LE HOIBREACHA SUÍMH A DHÉANAMH
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150804
1 Apr 2021N/a
AN FOBAIRT ATÁ BEARTHAITHE AGAINN NÓ: TEACH CÓNAITHE NUA A THÓGÁIL. CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA SÉARACHAIS A THÓGÁIL, CHOM MAITH LE HOIBREACHA SUÍMH A DHÉANAMH
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150571
24 May 2020Refused
LE TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE, & LÁNCHÓRAS CÓIREÁLA LE HAONAD SCAG-GHLANTA ITHREACH A THÓGÁIL AGUS BEALACH ROCHTANA AN IARRATAIS A CHEANGAL DEN BHEALACH ROCHTANA ATA ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR ÓN N56
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050611
24 May 2020Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERNAL QUARRY HAUL ROUTE ON LANDS OUTSIDE OF THE PERMITTED QUARRY BOUNDARY AT THE NORTH OF THE QUARRY OVER AN AREA OF 0.07 HA (B) EXTENSION OF THE QUARRY FLOOR BY 0.058 HA TO FACILITATE THE INTERNAL QUARRY HAUL ROUTE (C) RELOCATION OF THE PERIMETER EMBANKMENT TO THE NORTH OF (A) AND (B) ABOVE EXTENDING OVER AN AREA OF 0.232 HA ON A TOTAL SITE OF 0.725 HA
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2050639
14 Aug 2018Refused
TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE, AGUS LÁNCHÓRAS CÓIREÁLA LE HAONAD SCAG-GHLANTA ITHREACH A THÓGÁIL AGUS BEALACH ROCHTANA AN IARRATAIS A CHEANGAL DEN BHEALACH ROCHTAN ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR ÓN N56
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851245
3 Apr 2018Refused
LE TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE, DABHACH SÉARACHAIS AGUS BEALACH ROCHTANA A THÓGÁIL AGUS AN BEALACH ROCHTANA A CHEANGAL LEIS AN BHEALACH ROCHTANA ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR ÓN N56
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850480
8 Mar 2018N/a
LE TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE, DABHACH SÉARACHAIS AGUS BEALACH ROCHTANA A THÓGÁIL AGUS AN BEALACH ROCHTANA A CHEANGAL LEIS AN BHEALACH ROCHTANA ATÁ ANN FAOI LÁTHAIR ÓN N56
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850344
13 Apr 2017Refused
TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE, DABHACH SÉARACHAIS AGUS BEALACH ROCHTANA A THÓGAIL
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750552
21 Feb 2017N/a
LE TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE & DABHACH SÉARACHAIS A THÓGÁIL
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750240
17 Jan 2017N/a
LE TEACH CÓNAITHE, GARÁISTE & DABHACH SÉARACHAIS A THÓGÁIL
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750032
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: Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC 002047
- Special Area of Conservation: Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung SAC 000140
- Special Protection Area: Derryveagh And Glendowan Mountains SPA 004039
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung 000140
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloghernagore Bog And Glenveagh National Park 002047
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Arduns.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Arduns.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately high (inferred), moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Arduns.
- 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
- Arduns, Gweedore6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Arduns · An tArd Donn
- Area
- 11,770,174 m² (1,177.02 ha, 2,908.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghobegly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Magheraclogher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Magheraclogher electoral division: 2,841 people in 1,130 households; 78% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Crolly, Dore, Glentornan, Keeldrum Upper, Meenacung, Meenderrygamph
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Arduns 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.