Ballycharry

222 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycharry, from 17 m² to 735,645 m² (73.56 ha, 181.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 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 Ballycharry 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.

• 22 Sept 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION INTO A LOFT WITH DORMERS TO THE REAR AND INTERNAL RENOVATIONS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661762

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION INTO A LOFT WITH DORMERS TO THE REAR AND INTERNAL RENOVATIONS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661734

• 17 Oct 2024Refused

  FIRST FLOOR GABLE GLASS DOOR WHICH REPLACED A FORMER WINDOW OPENING AND PERMISSION FOR THE ADDITION OF A FIRST FLOOR METAL BALCONY

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461646

• 17 Jul 2024N/a

  WOODEN HORSE SHELTER (GROUND AREA 8.918691 SQM)

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2450182

• 12 Apr 2023Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED UTILITY ROOM, (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350484

• 27 Jan 2023N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED UTILITY ROOM (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350080

• 23 Mar 2022Refused

  ERECTION OF 3 NO. POLY TUNNELS TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250522

• 31 Jul 2020Refused

  MOBILE UNIT FOR AGRICULTURAL USE AS TACK ROOM, CHANGING ROOM, WET ROOM, OFFICE AND REST AREA, TOGETHER WITH ACCESS LANEWAY AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING COMPRISING A BARN AND STABLES (2) COMPLETION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING SCREENING MEASURES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051034

• 27 Jan 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050054

• 12 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A FORESTRY ROAD ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850202

• 13 Apr 2017Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT OF DILAPIDATED BUILDING TO DWELLING, PROVISION OF EXTENSION TO SIDE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750554

• 13 Mar 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING AND INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWERAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750370

• 3 Feb 2017Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750153

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: North Inishowen Coast SAC 002012
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast 002012

Recorded monuments

• DG012-010 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG012-011 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone, almost square in plan, and c. 1.75m high × 0.69m maximum width × 0.6m thick, at S narrowing to .48m at N; N-S. It is incorporated in a farmyard wall situated on generally level ground. 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

• DG012-012 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone, 2ft 3in × 2ft 3in × 1ft 9in was recorded in this vicinity (M. R. Colhoun). A search was made but the stone was not located. 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

• DG012-013 Standing stone
  Description

  The 'site of a standing stone' was recorded in this vicinity (M. R. Colhoun). The stone was said to be about 3ft high and to have been removed c. 1940. 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

• DG012-014001 Church
  Description

  M. R. Colhoun recorded 'Kilpatrick field with a graveyard (DG012-014002-) nearby' here. No trace of this could be found. The site is located on rough, rocky ground overlooking the N side of Tremone Bay. According to the Donegal Survey there was 'In the 2nd field to the west, an oval shaped piece of raised ground were what appears to be a rectangular foundation, measuring 3.9m N-S x 5.3m E-W, defined by a very slightly raised wll with hollow interior. It is so indistinct that it is not even possible to measure accurately the width of the walls' (DAS field notes, ASI archives). 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

• DG012-014002 Burial ground
  Description

  M. R. Colhoun recorded 'Kilpatrick field with a graveyard (DG012-014002-) nearby' here. No trace of this could be found. The site is located on rough, rocky ground overlooking the N side of Tremone Bay. According to the Donegal Survey there was 'At the W end of the raised ground is a pile of small stones/cairn/field clearance or possibly the graveyard nearby mentioned by M. Colhoun' (DAS field notes, ASI archives). 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

• DG012-015001 Burial ground
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 27.5m N-S. A subcircular area (DG012-015001-) enclosed on the N by a modern wall, on the W by a natural drop, on the S by a curving stone wall, 1m high, and on the E by a natural drop. There is an 'entrance' 2.2m wide through the curving wall to the SSW. In the centre of the enclosed area is a cairn (DG012-015002-) 1.2m high, 14m E-W x 7.5m. It is situated on a platform overlooking the sea and is known as na reiligi (the graves). 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

• DG012-015002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 27.5m N-S. A subcircular area (DG012-015001-) enclosed on the N by a modern wall, on the W by a natural drop, on the S by a curving stone wall, 1m high, and on the E by a natural drop. There is an 'entrance' 2.2m wide through the curving wall to the SSW. In the centre of the enclosed area is a cairn (DG012-015002-) 1.2m high, 14m E-W x 7.5m. It is situated on a platform overlooking the sea and is known as na reiligi (the graves). 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, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with two-bay single-storey outbuilding extension to north-east, and two single-bay single-storey extensions to rear. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped cornices and terracotta pots. Pitched corrugated-metal roof to outbuilding extension. Flat felt, and pitched fibre-cement tiled roofs to rear extensions. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement half-glazed timber panelled door. Battened timber door to outbuilding extension. Building located in Ballycharry Irish within cluster of buildings formerly a clachan settlement. Numerous ruinous single-storey formerly thatched rubble-stone dwellings and outbuildings to north and north-east.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with windbreak porch to front, and two-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding to north-east. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped cornices. Flat concrete roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered margins and plinth. Random rubble walls to thatched outbuilding. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surround, timber casement windows, and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement half-glazed timber panelled door. Detached single-storey outbuilding to north-east comprising of pitched corrugated-metal roof, roughcast rendered random rubble walls, and battened timber double-doors. Detached two-storey outbuilding to north comprising of pitched slate roof and roughcast rendered walls. Building set to roadside, within cluster of buildings formerly constituting a clachan settlement

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1820, with windbreak porch to front, and modern single-storey extension to rear. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, smooth rendered chimneystacks to gables with rendered coping; flat stone roof to porch. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement two-over-two horned timber sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with replacement battened timber door, and stone threshold. Set within own grounds with smooth rendered boundary wall. Detached ruined, formerly thatched single-storey rubble outbuilding to north.

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 Ballycharry, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ballycharry

Area

4,060,371 m² (406.04 ha, 1,003.34 acres)

Civil parish

Culdaff, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Turmone, the unit of the census

Census 2022

316 people lived in 120 households in the Turmone electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymagaraghy, Carrowbeg, Carrowblagh, Drumaville, Kindroghed, Knockergrana, Leitrim, Redford Glebe, Tirmacroragh

Placenames

Ballycharry 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.