Ballyannan

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyannan, from 398 m² to 174,487 m² (17.45 ha, 43.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 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 Ballyannan 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.

• 21 Jul 2026Conditional

  SUNROOM TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661348

• 14 May 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF DWELLING AND GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660875

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND (2) ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660417

• 15 Feb 2026N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND GARAGE 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, 2660203

• 18 Oct 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461659

• 14 May 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460701

• 15 Apr 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460518

• 17 Oct 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351566

• 1 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED CONSISTING OF DRY BEDDED HORSE STABLES, OUTDOOR SAND ARENA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351136

• 20 Apr 2023Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350533

• 13 Sept 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (2) RENOVATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCORPORATE INCREASED GROUND FLOOR AREA, NEW ROOF WITH NEW FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251539

• 20 Jul 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050966

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH INTERNAL HANDLING FACILITIES (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED (3) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050906

• 17 Jun 2020N/a

  1) DEMOLTION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH INTERNAL HANDLING FACILITIES 2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED 3) DEMOLITION OF A DERELICT DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050775

• 24 May 2020N/a

  ERECTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050584

• 7 Nov 2019Refused

  Permission consequent on grant of outline permission for development of land, namely:- for ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT (OUTLINE REF 06/70978)at CASHEL BALLYANNAN LINSFORT in accordance with the plans submitted with the application subject to the 9 conditions set out in the attached Schedule ‘A’ and to GRANT Permission for ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951717

• 7 May 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950665

• 11 Jun 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850938

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 the townland of Ballyannan.

Recorded monuments

• DG018-023 Souterrain
  Description

  The 'cave' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps is now inaccessible and its exact location unknown. It was situated in grazing land sloping S to a river NW of a section of rock outcrop. 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

• DG018-024 Rock art
  Description

  A stone 2ft × 2ft 6in now buried is said to have had 12 large cupmarks one with a concentric circle and several very tiny depressions (M. R. Colhoun). A local informant believed it had the shape of a child's footprint also. It was situated on the roadside in cultivated land overlooking Lough Swilly to the W. 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

• DG019-006 Standing stone
  Description

  The site is in rough bog-grown ground on the SW slope of Aghaweel Hill. The 'Standing Stones' referred to in the heading consist of two stones next to each other. However, there are indications of what may be buried structure extending for c. 10m south-westward from the stones, the nature of which is unclear. It may be part of a pre-bog field fence pattern, traces of which can be recognised closeby to the W. There is also the possibility, however, that the stones are part of some form of megalithic structure. The eastern of the two standing stones is 0.8m long, 0.2m thick and 0.9m high. The western one, which leans against the eastern, is 0.9m long, 0.15m thick and 1.2m high. Approximately 5m to the SW a boulder rests on the ground. A further 2.5m to the SW is another boulder overlying buried stones. Immediately SW of this, the top of what may be a slab set on edge is visible at the surface. Beside and to the W of this another boulder rests on the ground. SMR 1987, 19:6; Colhoun 1995, 57, no. 19/3; RMP 1995, 19:6. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG019-007 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone, 2.8m × 1.2m maximum width × c. .8m thick, may be the 'fallen standing stone' reported as being in this vicinity (M. R. Colhoun). It is situated on open mountain terrain rising to NE. 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

• DG019-008 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The monument is on the S face of Aghaweel Hill on the Inishowen peninsula and just over lkm from the shores of Lough Swilly. It stands on a little spur of grass-grown outcrop and is overlooked by the rising hillslope, which severely restricts the view northward. There is an extensive vista in the opposite direction across the southern half of Inishowen and westward across Lough Swilly to the mountains of the Fanad peninsula. The immediate locale provides rough grazing, but cultivation is practised today in the valley of the Aghaweel River c. 500m to the Sand SE. The tomb, a roofless chamber, faces uphill toward the N. It is 2.2m long and narrows from 1.5m wide at the front to 1.3m at the back. At the front two portal-stones, 0.95m apart, flank a doorstone. Single stones form the E and W sides of the chamber, which is closed by a stone set between their southern ends. A low upright outside the SE corner of the chamber seems to be a deliberate feature and may be a packing-stone. The structure stands toward the northern end of a low mound of subcircular outline measuring 10.5m N-S, 9m E-W and c. 0.3m high. The eastern portal-stone is 1.25m high, and the western is 1.3m high. The top of each stone appears as if it may have been damaged, and it is possible that both were originally taller. The doorstone, the top of which is gabled, stands between the inner ends of the portal-stones. It is 0.85m high and approximately two-thirds of the height of the portal-stones. The eastern sidestone, which overlaps the adjoining portal-stone, is 1.2m high. The western sidestone is 0.8m high. Its top is 0.5m lower than that of the adjacent portal-stone. The backstone, gabled on top, is 0.8m high. The small set stone outside the E end of the backstone measures 0.4m by 0.l5m by 0.4m high. An account of the monument in an OS Revision Name Book (1846-7) indicates that it has been in its present condition since at least the middle of the 19th century. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 19 (1846-7), 12 (identified as Aghaweel); Borlase 1897, 230, Inishowen West, no. 1; de Valera 1960, 134, no. 22; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 295; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 29, no. 47 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 93, Donegal no. 4; SMR 1987, 19:8; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Colhoun 1995, 57-8 (plan); RMP 1995, 19:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballyannan.

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 Ballyannan, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballyannan

Area

5,275,865 m² (527.59 ha, 1,303.69 acres)

Civil parish

Desertegny, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Desertegny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

751 people lived in 252 households in the Desertegny electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonmany Glebe, Drumlough, Glasmullan, Gortleck, Liafin, Sladran

Placenames

Ballyannan 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.