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

Townland in the civil parish of Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile Áir.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,852,270 m² (185.23 ha, 457.71 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,796 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tullyfern, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullyfern.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Ballyarr, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 735 people lived in 241 households in the Ballyarr electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15704
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50155
- Centre: latitude 55.026106, longitude -7.706044 (WGS 84)

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

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyarr, from 141 m² to 331,772 m² (33.18 ha, 81.98 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5462301: 331,772 m² (33.18 ha, 81.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5462301.md
- Parcel 1322993: 243,292 m² (24.33 ha, 60.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322993.md
- Parcel 1336725: 238,176 m² (23.82 ha, 58.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336725.md
- Parcel 1336729: 168,558 m² (16.86 ha, 41.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336729.md
- Parcel 5251268: 103,132 m² (10.31 ha, 25.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5251268.md
- Parcel 4832069: 73,378 m² (7.34 ha, 18.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4832069.md
- Parcel 1356273: 71,992 m² (7.2 ha, 17.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356273.md
- Parcel 1336728: 66,747 m² (6.67 ha, 16.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336728.md
- Parcel 1336727: 62,574 m² (6.26 ha, 15.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336727.md
- Parcel 1308718: 52,464 m² (5.25 ha, 12.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308718.md
- Parcel 1324468: 41,529 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324468.md
- Parcel 1354853: 21,833 m² (2.18 ha, 5.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354853.md
- Parcel 1424730: 20,712 m² (2.07 ha, 5.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424730.md
- Parcel 1324467: 19,584 m² (1.96 ha, 4.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324467.md
- Parcel 6070424: 19,188 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6070424.md
- Parcel 1405796: 6,856 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405796.md
- Parcel 5427016: 6,269 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5427016.md
- Parcel 1326396: 6,139 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326396.md
- Parcel 3963771: 6,011 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3963771.md
- Parcel 4811816: 5,484 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4811816.md
- Parcel 1352702: 5,447 m² (0.54 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352702.md
- Parcel 1356554: 4,605 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356554.md
- Parcel 1349329: 4,598 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349329.md
- Parcel 5920636: 4,079 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5920636.md
- Parcel 4869178: 3,914 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4869178.md
- Parcel 1318221: 3,861 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318221.md
- Parcel 4831781: 3,445 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4831781.md
- Parcel 4640345: 3,420 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640345.md
- Parcel 1410789: 3,398 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410789.md
- Parcel 1391454: 3,376 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391454.md
- Parcel 3660646: 3,338 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660646.md
- Parcel 4832004: 3,323 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4832004.md
- Parcel 1364949: 3,142 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364949.md
- Parcel 5920621: 2,801 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5920621.md
- Parcel 5102123: 2,792 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5102123.md
- Parcel 1341801: 2,702 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341801.md
- Parcel 4721132: 2,586 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4721132.md
- Parcel 1417203: 2,533 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417203.md
- Parcel 1359075: 2,517 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1359075.md
- Parcel 1392231: 2,515 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392231.md
- Parcel 4926219: 2,487 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926219.md
- Parcel 1394576: 2,416 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394576.md
- Parcel 1331057: 2,379 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331057.md
- Parcel 1407863: 2,352 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407863.md
- Parcel 1336726: 2,332 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336726.md
- Parcel 4831769: 2,249 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4831769.md
- Parcel 1304427: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304427.md
- Parcel 1313906: 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313906.md
- Parcel 1406735: 2,105 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406735.md
- Parcel 1307417: 2,027 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307417.md
- Parcel 1343964: 1,945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343964.md
- Parcel 5231364: 1,894 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5231364.md
- Parcel 1375100: 1,776 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375100.md
- Parcel 1345037: 1,770 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345037.md
- Parcel 1349744: 1,728 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349744.md
- Parcel 1369934: 1,685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369934.md
- Parcel 4975476: 1,683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4975476.md
- Parcel 1308335: 1,555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308335.md
- Parcel 1389044: 1,504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389044.md
- Parcel 1421943: 1,453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421943.md
- Parcel 1324466: 1,437 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324466.md
- Parcel 3660645: 749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3660645.md
- Parcel 1412979: 669 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412979.md
- Parcel 1314760: 339 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314760.md
- Parcel 6208706: 282 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208706.md
- Parcel 6208652: 253 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208652.md
- Parcel 6208700: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6208700.md
- Parcel 5738102: 141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5738102.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyarr 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 5 Jun 2025, Donegal County Council 2560933: Conditional. Retention. SINGLE STOREY, LEAN-TO ROOFED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560933/0
- 26 Jul 2023, Donegal County Council 2351106: Conditional. Retention. DOMESTIC GARAGE BUILDING TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351106/0
- 12 Apr 2021, Donegal County Council 2150640: Unconditional. Extension of duration. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 12/50990 REFERS). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150640/0
- 9 Jun 2020, Donegal County Council 2050730: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. RE-LOCATION AND RE-POSITIONING ON SITE OF, DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO: 16/50400 AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE TO REAR OF RE-LOCATED AND RE-POSITIONED DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANE ON SITE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050730/0
- 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050617: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050617/0
- 15 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950528: Conditional. Retention. EXTENSIONS TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950528/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Ballyarr Wood SAC, site code 000116, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000116
- Special Area of Conservation: Leannan River SAC, site code 002176, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002176
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyarr Wood, site code 000116
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fern, site code 001162

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

- DG045-020: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG045-020----. Internal diam. 24m. A circular area formerly enclosed by a stone wall 2m wide comprised of two lines of large stones filled in with smaller stones. The NW half of the wall survives in a collapsed state up to .5m in height. The other half has been removed, but can be traced still. The site is overgrown but is apparently even, sloping gently N to S. It is situated on a spur of rough, wooded land sloping steeply N, E and W and gently to the S. 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
- DG045-022: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG045-022----. A 'barrow' levelled here in 1854 is said to have contained an 'urn and kistvaen' (Kinahan 1889, 286). The site today consists of a flat-topped rise, approximately circular, c. 22m across. It is c. 1m high. A slab 1.51m × 1.05m on top is thought to be part of the 'kistvaen'. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Ballyarr House, house, 1770–1930, Regional interest, registry number 40904529, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40904529. Detached three-bay two-storey house with basement, built c.1780, having triple-gabled front (south) elevation, two-bay west elevation, single-bay deep two-storey gabled return of c.1870 to west end of rear (presenting two bays to rear), three-bay two-storey return of c.1910 to east end of rear, eight-bay single-storey addition to east end of latter, and with lean-to conservatory full length of last two additions. Box-bay window to east elevation. Pitched and hipped slate roofs on overhanging eaves course with replacement rainwater goods, rendered chimneystacks with flat roof, projecting cornice to bay window, and glazed roof to conservatory. Rubble stone walls to front elevation, smooth-rendered elsewhere, with buttress detail to gable ends (possibly relating to earlier blocks). Square-headed window openings with stone sills, having red brick voussoirs and surrounds to front elevation, and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to front and west elevations and to addition of c.1870; addition of c.1910 has six-over-three pane windows to first floor and four-over-two pane to ground floor; latest addition has four-over-two pane windows and bay window has triple four-over-four pane windows. Square-headed half-glazed timber panelled door to front elevation with overlight. Rubble stone wall to raised platform to front, with stone steps flanked by red brick walls having vase finials. Lawn and garden to front, mature trees to west, laneway to north, and single-storey outbuilding forming courtyard to rear, with pitched slate roof, replacement rainwater goods and rendered walls. Rubble stone boundary wall to north, with mill building and fish farm to northeast.
- Ballyarr House, mill (water), 1790–1860, Regional interest, registry number 40904560, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40904560. Detached multiple-phase former corn mill, built c.1800-50, with north-south axis, built on sloping ground, and comprising five-bay three-storey over basement middle block with three-bay four-storey block at north end and having two or three-bay three-storey over basement block to south end incorporating mill race. Latter block projects forward to east and west, and to north of this is lean-to five or six-bay three-storey over basement addition that stops short of end of north end of main building, gap being filled by concrete-block addition. Large altered stone-walled building to north gable of whole. Pitched slate roofs, with exposed rafter ends and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls with dressed quoins. External concrete steps to north end of west elevation, giving access to first floor. Round-headed openings to top floor of north gable and square-headed elsewhere, with red brick reveals and voussoirs, remains of cast-iron frames, concrete sills, and with timber battened doors. Pitching doors towards north end of west elevation. Segmental-arch opening over mill race, with red brick voussoirs. Interior has cast-iron and steel water-wheel, machinery, and cast-iron floor beams. Ballyarr House to southwest.

## 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 Ballyarr, about 1 in 10 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: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/ballyarr.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarr.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarr.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyarr 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)

- Ards Big: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ards-big.md
- Ards Little: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ards-little.md
- Ballyarr Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarr-glebe.md
- Barrack: https://everytownland.com/donegal/barrack.md
- Claragh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/claragh.md
- Gortnavern: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortnavern-51443.md
- Mullagheep: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullagheep.md
- Tully Hall: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tully-hall.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyarr
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