# Ballymonaster, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 584,015 m² (58.4 ha, 144.31 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,796 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clonleigh, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clonleigh.md - Barony: Raphoe North - Electoral division: Clonleigh North, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,429 people lived in 520 households in the Clonleigh North electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16208 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50255 - Centre: latitude 54.840664, longitude -7.577817 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymonaster, from 50 m² to 134,465 m² (13.45 ha, 33.23 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1391299: 134,465 m² (13.45 ha, 33.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391299.md - Parcel 1414935: 90,644 m² (9.06 ha, 22.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414935.md - Parcel 1412760: 80,990 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412760.md - Parcel 1410690: 64,994 m² (6.5 ha, 16.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410690.md - Parcel 1324748: 60,429 m² (6.04 ha, 14.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324748.md - Parcel 1371952: 47,248 m² (4.72 ha, 11.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371952.md - Parcel 1402596: 40,311 m² (4.03 ha, 9.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402596.md - Parcel 1393825: 18,995 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393825.md - Parcel 1326277: 13,127 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326277.md - Parcel 1315159: 6,912 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315159.md - Parcel 1333824: 5,978 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333824.md - Parcel 1395262: 3,459 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395262.md - Parcel 1373977: 2,799 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373977.md - Parcel 1328818: 2,792 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328818.md - Parcel 1325439: 2,628 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325439.md - Parcel 1332878: 2,209 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332878.md - Parcel 1386818: 2,014 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386818.md - Parcel 1305339: 1,125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305339.md - Parcel 1338933: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338933.md - Parcel 1417097: 640 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417097.md - Parcel 1352862: 521 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352862.md - Parcel 1321407: 375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321407.md - Parcel 1388857: 218 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388857.md - Parcel 1523199: 133 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523199.md - Parcel 1406599: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406599.md - Parcel 1375007: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375007.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballymonaster 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 24 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561858: Conditional. Retention. EXISTING FRONT PORCH AND PERMISSION FOR (1) EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING PROPERTY AND RAISING THE ROOF RIDGE HEIGHT TO INCORPORATE BEDROOMS WITHIN THE ROOFSPACE (2) ERECTION OF A GARAGE/STORE FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561858/0 - 6 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461376: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE, (3) DOMESTIC WASTE WATER SEPTIC TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461376/0 - 27 Nov 2023, Donegal County Council 2351814: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) ERECTION OF A SINGLE TWO STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC DWELLING & DETACHED GARAGE/STORE AND (2) INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351814/0 - 21 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250697: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC BUNGALOW TYPE DWELLING, DETACHED GARAGE/STORE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA & ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250697/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Ballymonaster. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG070-042: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG070-042----. A standing stone 2.16m high × 1.74m wide × 0.68m thick; NE-SW. Situated in good land on the level summit of a low hill. 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 - DG070-077: Water mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG070-077----. 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) - Ballymonaster Bridge, bridge, 1790–1830, Regional interest, registry number 40907047, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40907047. Double-arched bridge carrying road over the Deele River, built c. 1801, having V-profile coursed rubble stone cutwater to the central pier to both the upstream and downstream elevations (east and west). Segmental-headed arches having dressed cut stone voussoirs; coursed rubble stone construction to the arch barrel. Coursed rubble stone construction to pier and spandrels. Rubble stone parapets with field stone coping over. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Modern concrete underpinning to central pier and to abutments. Located in the rural countryside to the south-east of Raphoe. ## 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 Ballymonaster, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1866, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1866.zip (ZIP). - 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/ballymonaster.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballymonaster.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballymonaster.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballymonaster 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) - Bogagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/bogagh.md - Cloghfin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cloghfin-50642.md - Cottown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cottown.md - Kilmonaster Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilmonaster-lower.md - Lisnabert: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lisnabert.md - Magherashanvally: https://everytownland.com/donegal/magherashanvally.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. --- 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/ballymonaster - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballymonaster