Aughnish
Townland in the civil parish of Aughnish, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
Parcel 1311259
- Area
- 18,481 m² (1.85 ha, 4.57 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Aughnish
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 282.6 ha
- 698 acres
- Land parcels
- 142
- registered freehold, median 3,255 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
142 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aughnish, from 26 m² to 350,409 m² (35.04 ha, 86.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Aughnish 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
18 Aug 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME AND SEPTIC TANK (TO BE USED TO SERVICE PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE) AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW PERCOLATION AREA TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2661535
21 May 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE BLOCKWORK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660924
19 Feb 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART TWO STOREY DWELLING AND SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660248
19 Feb 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART TWO STOREY DWELLING AND SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660249
14 Nov 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN AND ADJOINING GARAGE DESIGN FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50166 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561986
21 Aug 2025Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561450
4 Jul 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561145
24 Jun 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561063
10 May 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL CUBICLE SHED, WITH ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANKS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560738
19 Feb 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560205
18 Nov 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH INTEGRATED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA EXISTING LANEWAY INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461858
9 Oct 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461584
4 Sept 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461366
15 May 2024Conditional
(1) SUN ROOM TO SIDE OF EXISTING COTTAGE, (2) REPOSITIONING OF EXTERNAL PORCH ON FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING COTTAGE DURING RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT WORKS, (3) VELUX ROOFLIGHT TO FRONT ELEVATION, (4) CONVERSION OF SIDE STORAGE SHED INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION, (5) UPGRADING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, (6) EXCAVATION AND REMOVAL OF A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF MATERIAL FROM SITE, TIP AND LEVEL ON LAND ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING COTTAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2450131
12 Apr 2024Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450105
11 Dec 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROVISION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2351898
15 Nov 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351743
10 Oct 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351524
29 Sept 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351472
8 Sept 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351346
8 Feb 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350133
19 Dec 2022Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION (B) A DETACHED GARAGE AND CARPORT (2) INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252026
26 Nov 2021Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE ACCESSED VIA EXISTING LANEWAY (B) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152357
13 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) RENOVATIONS & ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A PART TWO STOREY / PART SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES (3) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED SHED (4) INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151817
14 Jun 2021Conditional
ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE TO SERVE AS A DOMESTIC STORE, ERECTION OF 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARDEN SHED, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS - A NATURAL IMPACT STATEMENT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151159
The 25 most recent of 42 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: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
- Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA 004075
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166
Recorded monuments
- DG046-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal Dimensions 30m E-W and 24m N-S. Although shown on the maps as a circular feature, the site is now a D-shaped platform up to 2.5m above the surrounding land with a long sloping edge except on the N·side where it drops steeply 5m to the sea shore. It appears to have been interfered with in recent times. It has a level top and is set in good undulating land. There are extensive views over Lough Swilly and the adjacent tidal mud-flats. 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, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1880, with two-bay extension to southwest end having single-storey extension to rear. Pitched straw thatched roof, with rendered chimneystack. Pitched artificial slate roof to addition with raised parapets, exposed rafters, replacement rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack. Smooth lime-rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with painted concrete sills and replacement timber casement windows and timber door. Garden to front, laneway to east, having round-plan rendered piers to entrance with timber gate.
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
- The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Aughnish.
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aughnish.
- 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
- Aughnish, Ramelton8 sales
The townland
- Name
- Aughnish
- Area
- 2,825,699 m² (282.57 ha, 698.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aughnish, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Rathmelton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathmelton electoral division: 2,494 people in 938 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Aughnish 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.