Ballymacarthur
Ballymacarthur is a townland in the civil parish of Lower Moville, barony of Inishowen East, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Baile Mhic Artúir.
- Area
- 312.6 ha
- 772 acres
- Land parcels
- 251
- registered freehold, median 1,642 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
251 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymacarthur, from 11 m² to 164,143 m² (16.41 ha, 40.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballymacarthur 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Aug 2026N/a
FORMATION OF A NEW ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS ONTO PUBLIC ROAD
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661544
24 Jun 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED 1.5 STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 1.5 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661164
10 May 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660830
30 Apr 2026N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED 1.5 STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 1.5 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660759
27 Apr 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660736
18 Dec 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING FOR DEFECTIVE BLOCK AFFECTED HOME, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562267
19 May 2025Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST-FLOOR PITCHED ROOF EXTENSION ON THE NORTH-EAST FACING SIDE AND FRONT OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WHICH SHALL INCORPORATE FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM AND W.C. FACILITIES, (B) RENOVATIONS TO THE REMAINDER OF DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO THE ROOF PITCH AND EXISTING GROUND FLOOR FENESTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WINDOW ON THE SOUTH-WEST FACING GABLE WALL AND (C) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560802
27 Mar 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560452
25 Mar 2025N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560435
26 Feb 2025Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 96/1034, (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM ATTACHED GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM AND (3) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560266
25 Nov 2024Conditional
(1) PROVISION OF A FLAT ROOFED EXTENSION ON TO THE SOUTH-EAST FACING GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE FOR ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION FOR DEPENDENT RELATIVES COMPRISING OF KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM FACILITIES AND (2) ALL NECESSARY INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461923
8 Nov 2024N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461793
9 May 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING & DETACHED GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND DETACHED GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460682
22 Apr 2024Conditional
1.5 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE 1.5 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450113
27 Nov 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPARATE GARDEN ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351817
4 Sept 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PACKAGE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351311
24 Jul 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PACKAGE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2351086
19 Jan 2023Conditional
EXISTING GROUNDWORKS INCLUDING RETAINING WALL AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SIDE/REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350041
6 Jan 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE DUE TO MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCKWORK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350008
18 Nov 2022N/a
EXISTING GROUNDWORKS INCLUDING RETAINING WALL AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SIDE/REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251868
10 Oct 2022Conditional
MINOR ORIENTATION OF DWELLING GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF 99/3407 AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251697
29 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251637
26 Sept 2022Conditional
MOBILE HOME WITH A TEMPORARY CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A DOMESTIC GARAGE (B) A SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (C) NEW ROOF FOR THE DWELLING
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251595
11 Jul 2022Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE SUNROOM ALONG WITH 2 NO. DEFECTIVE CHIMNEYS (2) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH WEST FACING SIDE OF DWELLING (B) A SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH EAST FACING FRONT OF DWELLING TO PROVIDE FOR A LARGER ENTRANCE PORCH AND ADDITIONAL DINING ROOM SPACE, TOGETHER WITH AN OUTSIDE COVERED SITTING AREA (C) A SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE NORTH EAST FACING SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE A DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORAGE AREA AND LIVING ROOM ACCOMMODATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251186
19 Aug 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF 16/51145 & ENTENSION OF DURATION 21/51180
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151661
The 25 most recent of 36 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymacarthur.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballymacarthur.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with single-bay single-storey entrance porch to front, extensions to both gables and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to rear. Rounded pitched thatched roof with netting restraint and metal rope stays to eaves, smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped coping and terracotta pots. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render to porch, rear elevation and extension. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surrounds and timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement battened timber stable-door. Three-bay single-storey extension to south-west comprising of pitched corrugated-metal roof and whitewashed rubble walls. Modern three-bay single-storey extension to north-east comprising of pitched artificial slate roof and smooth rendered walls. Set within own grounds.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ballymacarthur, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2274 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ballymacarthur, Greencastle9 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballymacarthur · Baile Mhic Artúir
- Area
- 3,125,998 m² (312.6 ha, 772.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lower Moville, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen East
- Electoral division
- Greencastle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,140 people lived in 417 households in the Greencastle electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 33% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balleeghan, Drumaweer, Eleven Ballyboes, Glennagiveny
- Placenames
- Ballymacarthur 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.