# Ballyara, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Upper Killybegs, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Uí Eára.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,609,178 m² (360.92 ha, 891.85 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,174 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Upper Killybegs, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/upper-killybegs.md
- Barony: Banagh
- Electoral division: Killybegs, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,333 people lived in 880 households in the Killybegs electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14851
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50153
- Centre: latitude 54.656228, longitude -8.476846 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyara, from 91 m² to 1,507,966 m² (150.8 ha, 372.63 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1426516: 1,507,966 m² (150.8 ha, 372.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426516.md
- Parcel 1384249: 284,543 m² (28.45 ha, 70.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384249.md
- Parcel 1418984: 192,381 m² (19.24 ha, 47.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418984.md
- Parcel 2541227: 149,435 m² (14.94 ha, 36.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2541227.md
- Parcel 1384246: 120,647 m² (12.06 ha, 29.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384246.md
- Parcel 1418974: 88,506 m² (8.85 ha, 21.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418974.md
- Parcel 1347012: 87,859 m² (8.79 ha, 21.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347012.md
- Parcel 1384261: 86,147 m² (8.61 ha, 21.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384261.md
- Parcel 1384248: 83,619 m² (8.36 ha, 20.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384248.md
- Parcel 1525098: 70,218 m² (7.02 ha, 17.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525098.md
- Parcel 1384259: 69,287 m² (6.93 ha, 17.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384259.md
- Parcel 1337859: 61,471 m² (6.15 ha, 15.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337859.md
- Parcel 1318620: 60,334 m² (6.03 ha, 14.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318620.md
- Parcel 1418978: 59,584 m² (5.96 ha, 14.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418978.md
- Parcel 1418975: 59,503 m² (5.95 ha, 14.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418975.md
- Parcel 1408846: 48,548 m² (4.85 ha, 12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408846.md
- Parcel 1418981: 46,910 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418981.md
- Parcel 1418976: 33,023 m² (3.3 ha, 8.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418976.md
- Parcel 1418968: 31,663 m² (3.17 ha, 7.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418968.md
- Parcel 1523451: 30,896 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523451.md
- Parcel 1418965: 30,841 m² (3.08 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418965.md
- Parcel 1418971: 25,890 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418971.md
- Parcel 1418967: 24,405 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418967.md
- Parcel 1384257: 19,997 m² (2 ha, 4.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384257.md
- Parcel 1418970: 18,807 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418970.md
- Parcel 1418979: 16,006 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418979.md
- Parcel 1418982: 15,155 m² (1.52 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418982.md
- Parcel 1418985: 14,068 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418985.md
- Parcel 1418988: 13,393 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418988.md
- Parcel 1384256: 13,218 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384256.md
- Parcel 1352953: 13,101 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352953.md
- Parcel 1384255: 12,687 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384255.md
- Parcel 1384245: 12,418 m² (1.24 ha, 3.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384245.md
- Parcel 1384251: 12,273 m² (1.23 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384251.md
- Parcel 4878897: 12,164 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4878897.md
- Parcel 1418983: 11,910 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418983.md
- Parcel 1342542: 11,810 m² (1.18 ha, 2.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342542.md
- Parcel 1384260: 11,599 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384260.md
- Parcel 1418980: 10,364 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418980.md
- Parcel 1418986: 9,416 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418986.md
- Parcel 1384250: 9,174 m² (0.92 ha, 2.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384250.md
- Parcel 1418973: 8,751 m² (0.88 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418973.md
- Parcel 1384254: 8,384 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384254.md
- Parcel 6000270: 8,225 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6000270.md
- Parcel 5670886: 8,024 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5670886.md
- Parcel 1322876: 6,683 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322876.md
- Parcel 1526015: 6,665 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1526015.md
- Parcel 1324611: 5,576 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324611.md
- Parcel 4619704: 5,297 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619704.md
- Parcel 1340594: 4,967 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340594.md
- Parcel 1418972: 4,567 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418972.md
- Parcel 1418966: 4,086 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418966.md
- Parcel 1305232: 3,630 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305232.md
- Parcel 1326992: 3,387 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326992.md
- Parcel 1384247: 3,237 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384247.md
- Parcel 4619703: 2,938 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4619703.md
- Parcel 1418977: 2,571 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418977.md
- Parcel 3657821: 2,548 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657821.md
- Parcel 1331475: 2,491 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331475.md
- Parcel 1402390: 2,452 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402390.md
- Parcel 1341932: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341932.md
- Parcel 1424672: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424672.md
- Parcel 1418969: 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418969.md
- Parcel 1526016: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1526016.md
- Parcel 1380388: 2,145 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380388.md
- Parcel 1384498: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384498.md
- Parcel 1523452: 2,083 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523452.md
- Parcel 1326135: 2,010 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326135.md
- Parcel 3657820: 1,777 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657820.md
- Parcel 1320302: 1,400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320302.md
- Parcel 1301323: 1,365 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301323.md
- Parcel 5958302: 1,246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5958302.md
- Parcel 1393006: 1,246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393006.md
- Parcel 1412654: 1,212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412654.md
- Parcel 3657819: 1,112 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657819.md
- Parcel 1391968: 1,073 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391968.md
- Parcel 1372932: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372932.md
- Parcel 1384253: 573 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384253.md
- Parcel 1300675: 408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300675.md
- Parcel 4645118: 396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4645118.md
- Parcel 1332959: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332959.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 19 May 2026, Donegal County Council 2660893: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660893/0
- 27 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351444: Conditional. Retention. SITEWORKS CARRIED OUT AROUND DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING REPLACING THE DILAPIDATED ROOF STRUCTURE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351444/0
- 20 Jun 2023, Donegal County Council 2350870: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350870/0
- 4 Mar 2021, Donegal County Council 2150388: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150388/0
- 23 Sept 2020, Donegal County Council 2051343: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC CAR SHED, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SECONDARY TREATMENT SYSTEM PLUS ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO SAFELY COMPLETE THE PROJECT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051343/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyara.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballyara.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ballyara, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Ballyara.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyara.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyara.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyara.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cullion: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cullion-50859.md
- Fintragh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fintragh.md
- Largynagreana: https://everytownland.com/donegal/largynagreana.md
- Meenawley: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenawley.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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