Ballyhanna

128 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhanna, from 4 m² to 220,452 m² (22.05 ha, 54.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhanna 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.

• 25 Jun 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF 6 NO. DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 24/60206 REFERS)

  Permission, 6 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561066

• 4 Jun 2025Conditional

  (1) CAR SALES COMMERCIAL YARD, (2) STORAGE YARD, BOUNDARY WALLS AND LIGHTING AND (3) ENTRANCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS MENTIONED ABOVE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONTINUOUS USE AS CAR SALES COMMERCIAL YARD AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 16/51387 AND (2) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY CAR DISPLAY/SHOWROOM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560918

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  (1) CAR SALES COMMERCIAL YARD AND (2) STORAGE YARD, BOUNDARY WALLS AND LIGHTING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONTINUOUS USE AS CAR SALES COMMERCIAL YARD AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 16/51387 AND (2) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY CAR DISPLAY/SHOWROOM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462110

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUSIVE OF ROCK REMOVAL BY MECHANICAL MEANS AND RE-PROFILE SITE LEVELS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460206

• 13 Sept 2023N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM HEALTH CENTRE TO GUESTHOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351372

• 23 Jun 2023Conditional

  (1) A 38KV UNDERGROUND CABLE GRID CONNECTION APPROXIMATELY 9KM IN LENGTH FROM THE CONSENTED DERRYKILLEW COMMUNITY WIND FARM (AN BORD PLEANÁLA REF. NO. 307520, DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL REF. NO. 19/51750) TO LANDS AT TOWNPARKS, NORTH OF THE EXISTING CATHALEEN'S FALL 110KV SUBSTATION IN BALLYSHANNON, (2) A PARTIAL SECTION OF A 38KV OVERHEAD LINE GRID CONNECTION CROSSING 130M OVER THE RIVER ERNE AT CATHALEEN'S FALL, BALLYSHANNON, AND (3) THE DERRYKILLEW COMMUNITY WIND FARM 38KV SUBSTATION AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350892

• 3 Aug 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF 5 NO. DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND STORM SYSTEM, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUSIVE OF ROCK REMOVAL BY MECHANICAL MEANS

  Permission, 5 homes · Donegal County Council, 2251326

• 1 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250561

• 28 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A CANOPY/RAIN SHELTER AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING (2) FORMATION OF A CORNER WINDOW ON PART OF THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN ELEVATIONS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250517

• 5 Nov 2021Conditional

  (1) CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW POSITION AND SIZES (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED GARAGE (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY FLAT FLOOR EXTENSION PROVIDING LIVING ACCOMMODATION IN LIEU OF THE GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152184

• 10 Sept 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A 14.72 KWP PV (PHOTO VOLTAIC) AND SOLAR HOT WATER DIVERTER SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL HARNESS THE ENERGY FROM THE SUN AND HELP CUT DOWN ON ENERGY DEMAND FROM THE GRID TO POWER THE BUILDING AND HEAT THE WATER. THE PANELS WILL BE PLACED ON THE BACK SHED POINTING IN A SOUTH WESTERLY DIRECTION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151808

• 16 Aug 2021N/a

  INSTALLATION OF 14.72KWp PV (PHOTO VOLTAIC) AND SOLAR HOT WATER DIVERTER SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151636

• 1 Jul 2021Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF A UTILITY AND WET ROOM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GARDEN OFFICE AND STORE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151313

• 18 Jan 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150036

• 15 Jan 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150030

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  (1) THE ENCLOSURE WITH GLAZING OF OPEN PORCH STRUCTURE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 96/67+2) AND; (2) RED BRICK EXTERNAL FINISH TO FRONT EXTENSION (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 96/672) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051228

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF 192SQM EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING BOAT SHED AT THE INLAND FISHERIES IRELAND PREMISES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851937

• 23 Apr 2018Conditional

  AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850615

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 Ballyhanna.

Recorded monuments

• DG107-062001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Stonewold Castle: This small tower-house stood on the S bank overlooking a shallow stretch of the River Erne, which was fordable when the water level was low. It was rectangular in plan, 361/2 ft by 281/2 ft with walls 61/2 ft thick, averaging 6 ft in height. It stood on a small mound (DG107-062002-) which was surrounded on the land-ward side by a fosse which was, in part, artificial. The castle was set in the mound, the interior ground level being 5 ft below the exterior top of the mound; a gap in the E wall was probably the site of a doorway (Ua Danachair and MacAdam 1946, NMI Topographical Files). This site was subsequently submerged by the River Erne hydro-electric scheme. 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

• DG107-062002 Castle - motte
  Description

  Stonewold Castle (DG107-062----/DG107-062001-): This small tower-house stood on the S bank overlooking a shallow stretch of the River Erne, which was fordable when the water level was low. It was rectangular in plan, 36 1/2 ft by 28 1/2 ft with walls 6 1/2 ft thick, averaging 6 ft in height. It stood on a small mound (DG107-062002-) which was surrounded on the land-ward side by a fosse which was, in part, artificial. The castle was set in the mound, the interior ground level being 5 ft below the exterior top of the mound; a gap in the E wall was probably the site of a doorway (Ua Danachair and MacAdam 1946, NMI Topographical Files). This site was subsequently submerged by the River Erne hydro-electric scheme. 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

• DG107-119001 Church
  Description

  Medieval church and graveyard (DG017-119002-) that was discovered as the result of an excavation carried out in the townland of Ballyhanna in the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N15 Bundoran-Ballyshannon bypass. Archaeological excavation was directed by Brian O Donnchada for Irish Archaeological Consultancy (IAC) Ltd. Under excavation licence no. 03E1384. The project was funded by Donegal County Council and the National Roads Authority. The site was discovered during the course of a test trenching exercise undertaken by IAC Ltd. In July 2003 (test excavation licence no. 03E1012-). The site was located in an area primarily used for the growing of silage and which had not been subject to heavy agricultural use recently. The southernmost third of the field is on a raised platform, overlooking the town of Ballyshannon and the River Erne to the NW and W respectively. The field slopes down towards the river valley, the graveyard is located at the base of the hill. The low foundations of a building measuring c. 14m E-W x 7m N-S was uncovered along the edge of the East Port road. The presence of adjacent burials and the structure's E-W orientation suggested it was the remains of a church. While the northern and western walls of the building had been removed through later orad building, the other two walls of the structure were clear. This church appears to represent an early phase of the medieval occupation of the site. The majority of the subsequent burials respected the foundations of the building implying that the building was already standing when these burials were placed in the ground. A test-trench placed inside the church revealed a layer of building collapse. Some 12th/13th century pottery was also uncovered from this test-trench. Medieval pottery was also recovered from the fill of a ditch which ran along the N wall of the church. The above details were derived from the unpublished excavation report by O Donnchada, B. 2006, 'N15 Bundoran to Ballyshannon Bypass, Ballyhanna'. IAC Ltd. Date of upload: 15 October 2014

• DG107-119002 Graveyard
  Description

  Medieval church (DG107-119001-) and graveyard that was discovered as the result of an excavation carried out in the townland of Ballyhanna in the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N15 Bundoran-Ballyshannon bypass. Archaeological excavation was directed by Brian O Donnchada for Irish Archaeological Consultancy (IAC) Ltd. Under excavation licence no. 03E1384. The project was funded by Donegal County Council and the National Roads Authority. The site was discovered during the course of a test trenching exercise undertaken by IAC Ltd. In July 2003 (test excavation licence no. 03E1012-). The site was located in an area primarily used for the growing of silage and which had not been subject to heavy agricultural use recently. The southernmost third of the field is on a raised platform, overlooking the town of Ballyshannon and the River Erne to the NW and W respectively. The field slopes down towards the river valley, the graveyard is located at the base of the hill. The low foundations of a building measuring c. 14m E-W x 7m N-S was uncovered along the edge of the East Port road. The presence of adjacent burials and the structure's E-W orientation suggested it was the remains of a church. Over 1,276 skeletons together with a large amount of disarticulate and loose bones were found in a small area (30 x 40m), gives some indication to the intensive use , and reuse of what appears to have been a fairly small graveyard in proportion to the number of graves. A phasing sequence of 11 phases of burial activity was identified in the excavation of the graveyard. Phase 1 represented the deepes and oldest layer with phase 11 representing the final stage of burial within the graveyard. Over 1,200 skeletons were excavated - men, women and children. The burials were mainly oriented with their heads to the west, looking eastwards. Many of them had pieces of stone quartz clasped in their hands. All of the burials except one respected the foundations of the church indicating that the main period of burial in the cemetery took place after the construction of the stone church. Many of the burials were disturbed and truncated by later interments, indicating that the area had been intensively used and re-used over time. In some places, as many as seven skeletons were found to be lying one on top of the other. The level of disturbance meant that most of the grave cuts were destroyed. Eleven phases of burial were identified, with the earliest in the west of the graveyard. Subsequent burials were placed at the feet of the previous inhumation until a line stretched from the west to the eastern limit of the site. It appears that when the eastern limit was reached the process started over again to the west, cutting through the original graves. The principal dating evidence for the graveyard came in the form of three silver long cross pennies and halfpennies dating from the reign of King Henry III (AD 1251-1276) and King Edward I (AD 1280-1302). Everted-rim ware pottery found in the church also dates to the 13th century. The above details were taken from unpublished excavation report by O Donnchada, B. 2006, 'N15 Bundoran to Ballyshannon Bypass, Ballyhanna'. IAC Ltd. Date of upload: 15 October 2010

• DG107-119003 Shrine
  Description

  A medieval church (DG017-119001-) and graveyard (DG017-119002-) was discovered as the result of an excavation carried out in the townland of Ballyhanna in the town of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, as part of an archaeological mitigation programme associated with the N15 Bundoran-Ballyshannon bypass (licence no. 03E1384). The low foundations of a church measuring c. 14m E-W x 7m N-S was uncovered along the edge of the East Port road. A stone lined box consisting of three flat rectangular stones that were placed into the ground to form a three-sided box, open to the W, was located outside the SW corner of the church. The internal floor surface of the box was lined by a fourth stone placed down flat. 76 pieces of quartz crystals was contained within the box and these stones were sealed by a layer of loose sandy clay which in turn was found below a fifth flat stone, now out of place that may once have served as a cap stone for the reliquary or shrine (O'Donnchada 2006, 12). The above details were derived from an unpublished excavation report by O Donnchada, B. 2006, 'N15 Bundoran to Ballyshannon Bypass, Ballyhanna'. IAC Ltd. Date of upload: 15 October 2010

Architectural heritage

• Cathaleen's Fall Hydroelectric Power Station, hydroelectric power station, 1945–1960
  Description

  Hydroelectric power station complex, built 1946-55, comprising a reinforced concrete dam to the east with associated sluices and overflows/spillways to the north, and having multi-storey flat-roofed generating building and associated structures to the west and south. Generating hall constructed of steel and reinforced concrete having flat steel-framed roof structure. Liner strip lighting and full-height vertical window openings to main generating hall having metal-framed windows with horizontal glazing pattern; square-headed window and door openings elsewhere. Cement and/or roughcast rendered walls to buildings. Glass block glazing to roof over entrance hall. Interesting interior to generating hall having curved cantilevered concrete stairs. Located to the east of Ballyshannon, spanning River Erne. Lake to east created by damming the Erne.

• Post box, 1910–1920
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c. 1915, with ' G.R.' royal cipher and raised crown motif. Raised 'Post Office' lettering to letter flap and foundry name to the base (not read). Set into rubble stone wall to the south-east of Ballyshannon town centre.

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Ballyhanna.

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Ballyhanna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ballyhanna · Baile Sheanaidh

Area

883,009 m² (88.3 ha, 218.2 acres)

Civil parish

Inishmacsaint, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Carrickboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickboy electoral division: 389 people in 156 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacarrick, Carrickboy, Cherrymount, Killeen, Knader, Raheen, Sminver, Townparks, Tully

Placenames

Ballyhanna 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.