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

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

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 614,646 m² (61.46 ha, 151.88 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,986 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tullyfern, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullyfern.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Glenalla, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Glenalla electoral division: 530 people in 178 households; 92% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% 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/15855
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50218
- Centre: latitude 55.063782, longitude -7.60268 (WGS 84)

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

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballykenny, from 610 m² to 256,078 m² (25.61 ha, 63.28 acres); 5 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1326843: 256,078 m² (25.61 ha, 63.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326843.md
- Parcel 1326948: 165,828 m² (16.58 ha, 40.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326948.md
- Parcel 1333854: 142,867 m² (14.29 ha, 35.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333854.md
- Parcel 3664456: 24,863 m² (2.49 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664456.md
- Parcel 1326946: 8,986 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326946.md
- Parcel 1326842: 8,534 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326842.md
- Parcel 1326947: 3,657 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326947.md
- Parcel 1365076: 2,551 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365076.md
- Parcel 1310038: 610 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310038.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballykenny 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 14 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560770: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FAMILY HOME THAT HAS DEFECTIVE BLOCK WORK AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560770/0
- 4 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461367: N/a. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTHOUSES, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DRY STORAGE SHED AND (3) PLACEMENT OF A MOBILE HOME ON THE SITE (TO BE REMOVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF NEARBY DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 20/51268). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461367/0
- 9 Sept 2020, Donegal County Council 2051268: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND PROVISION OF A SEPTIC TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051268/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC, site code 002287, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002287
- Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA, site code 004075, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004075
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake, site code 000166

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

- DG037-017001: Stone circle, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG037-017001-. A previous account (Kinahan 1889, 283) notes, on Ballykenny Point, a mound with a circle of standing stones. Another account (Boyle-Somerville 1909, 226-7) notes an 'oval of stones up to 3ft high' and two alignments of stones. None of these features could be found but the area is heavily overgrown and they may remain concealed. 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
- DG037-017002: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG037-017002-. 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.
- DG037-017003: Stone row, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG037-017003-. 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.

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 Ballykenny.

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

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballykenny.
- 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/ballykenny-50218.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballykenny-50218.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballykenny-50218.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ballykenny 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)

- Drumherrive: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumherrive.md
- Tirroddy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tirroddy-52524.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/ballykenny-50218
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballykenny-50218