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

Townland in the civil parish of Clondavaddog, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,001,084 m² (100.11 ha, 247.37 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,384 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clondavaddog, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clondavaddog.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Fanad West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 398 people lived in 155 households in the Fanad West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 35% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15812
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50214
- Centre: latitude 55.210595, longitude -7.735344 (WGS 84)

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

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyhork, from 36 m² to 202,954 m² (20.3 ha, 50.15 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1405893: 202,954 m² (20.3 ha, 50.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405893.md
- Parcel 1321787: 78,743 m² (7.87 ha, 19.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321787.md
- Parcel 1394213: 72,195 m² (7.22 ha, 17.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394213.md
- Parcel 1391625: 58,068 m² (5.81 ha, 14.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391625.md
- Parcel 1315569: 56,064 m² (5.61 ha, 13.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315569.md
- Parcel 1382813: 52,889 m² (5.29 ha, 13.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382813.md
- Parcel 1417643: 50,755 m² (5.08 ha, 12.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417643.md
- Parcel 1352561: 36,869 m² (3.69 ha, 9.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352561.md
- Parcel 1361552: 36,305 m² (3.63 ha, 8.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361552.md
- Parcel 1403180: 35,548 m² (3.55 ha, 8.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403180.md
- Parcel 1422471: 32,005 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422471.md
- Parcel 1419563: 26,829 m² (2.68 ha, 6.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419563.md
- Parcel 1422308: 20,200 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422308.md
- Parcel 1324894: 18,907 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324894.md
- Parcel 4836800: 18,633 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4836800.md
- Parcel 1301892: 12,199 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301892.md
- Parcel 1356826: 11,608 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356826.md
- Parcel 1380718: 9,600 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380718.md
- Parcel 4747515: 9,434 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4747515.md
- Parcel 1369993: 7,884 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369993.md
- Parcel 1379203: 7,282 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379203.md
- Parcel 5756425: 6,553 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5756425.md
- Parcel 1419881: 5,993 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419881.md
- Parcel 1422359: 5,887 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422359.md
- Parcel 1369625: 5,715 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369625.md
- Parcel 1332142: 5,053 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332142.md
- Parcel 1336902: 4,764 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336902.md
- Parcel 1369713: 4,194 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369713.md
- Parcel 1417771: 4,130 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417771.md
- Parcel 1419524: 3,737 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419524.md
- Parcel 1335306: 3,156 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335306.md
- Parcel 1419496: 2,810 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419496.md
- Parcel 1334482: 2,666 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334482.md
- Parcel 5756449: 2,665 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5756449.md
- Parcel 1369812: 2,649 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369812.md
- Parcel 5947092: 2,365 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947092.md
- Parcel 5819282: 2,014 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5819282.md
- Parcel 1413066: 1,862 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413066.md
- Parcel 5819264: 1,763 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5819264.md
- Parcel 4836805: 1,701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4836805.md
- Parcel 4685798: 1,692 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4685798.md
- Parcel 1419704: 866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419704.md
- Parcel 1407967: 805 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407967.md
- Parcel 5947108: 697 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947108.md
- Parcel 5947094: 680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5947094.md
- Parcel 1417615: 584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417615.md
- Parcel 1323561: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323561.md
- Parcel 1376833: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376833.md
- Parcel 5756442: 51 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5756442.md
- Parcel 5756466: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5756466.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballyhork 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 3 Jun 2026, Donegal County Council 2650083: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION ONTO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2650083/0
- 21 Jan 2019, Donegal County Council 1950047: Conditional. Retention. AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AS BUILT AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950047/0

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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 Ballyhork.

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

- DG017-007: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG017-007----. According to the OS Memoir (1835), there was a 'Giant's Grave' in this townland. A description and accompanying sketch show an upright stone 31/2 feet (c. 1.05m) long and 5 feet (c. 1.5m) high beside a prostrate one of similar size. The precise location of the site is not recorded. However, it may be the feature named 'Standing Stones' on the original OS 6-inch map (1835) and 'Standing Stone' on the 1846-8 and 1905 editions, no trace of which now survives (Lacy 1983). This stone was located at NGR C 172 401. The available evidence indicates that it is unlikely that the feature referred to was a megalithic tomb. OS Memoirs, Clondavaddog parish (1835), 31 (sketch); Lacy 1983, 89, no. 515; SMR 1987, 17:7 may refer; RMP 1995, 17:7 may refer. 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). Pre-development testing was carried out Richard Crumlish under licence No. 08E0319 on 8 May 2008 at a site at Ballyhork townland on the Fanad peninsula in Co. Donegal. The site was located within the constraint for a standing stone site (DG017–007). The first edition of the OS six-inch sheet noted two standing stones here, while the second and third editions noted one. No surface trace of the monument survived. It would have been located a short distance (less than 20m) west of the proposed development, possibly on a prominent height across the road. The proposed development consisted of the construction of a slatted cattle shed with associated siteworks. The testing consisted of the excavation (by machine) of two trenches which measured 13m and 13.1m long respectively, 1.1–1.7m wide and 0.1–1.2m deep. The testing revealed concrete, modern fill and a rubble wall foundation associated with the recently demolished outhouses, above topsoil, natural subsoil and bedrock. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2011

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)

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

## 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 Ballyhork, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballyhork.
- 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/ballyhork.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyhork.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyhork.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballyhork 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)

- Ballyheerin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyheerin.md
- Clooney and Gortnamona: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clooney-and-gortnamona.md
- Faltybanes: https://everytownland.com/donegal/faltybanes.md
- Lurgacloghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lurgacloghan.md
- Tullyconnell: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullyconnell.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/ballyhork
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