# Ballynacraig, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Baile na Creige. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,399,224 m² (139.92 ha, 345.76 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,423 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tullaghobegly, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullaghobegly.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Gortahork, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Gortahork electoral division: 1,693 people in 667 households; 83% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% 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/14441 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50266 - Centre: latitude 55.104988, longitude -8.159807 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacraig, from 541 m² to 818,861 m² (81.89 ha, 202.34 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1315443: 818,861 m² (81.89 ha, 202.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315443.md - Parcel 1305051: 75,109 m² (7.51 ha, 18.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305051.md - Parcel 1327177: 45,234 m² (4.52 ha, 11.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327177.md - Parcel 1325622: 44,417 m² (4.44 ha, 10.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325622.md - Parcel 1410846: 41,882 m² (4.19 ha, 10.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410846.md - Parcel 1373198: 29,443 m² (2.94 ha, 7.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373198.md - Parcel 1328086: 29,409 m² (2.94 ha, 7.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328086.md - Parcel 5130283: 25,974 m² (2.6 ha, 6.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5130283.md - Parcel 1374207: 25,955 m² (2.6 ha, 6.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374207.md - Parcel 1337464: 25,895 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337464.md - Parcel 1371286: 23,548 m² (2.35 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371286.md - Parcel 1339592: 21,009 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339592.md - Parcel 1324909: 20,872 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324909.md - Parcel 1326431: 19,015 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326431.md - Parcel 1420711: 18,885 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420711.md - Parcel 1312256: 15,713 m² (1.57 ha, 3.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312256.md - Parcel 1332027: 14,528 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332027.md - Parcel 5130312: 13,831 m² (1.38 ha, 3.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5130312.md - Parcel 1385612: 13,714 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385612.md - Parcel 1300896: 13,676 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300896.md - Parcel 1371754: 11,160 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371754.md - Parcel 1321018: 9,827 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321018.md - Parcel 1324166: 8,257 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324166.md - Parcel 1350607: 6,709 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350607.md - Parcel 1371048: 6,349 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371048.md - Parcel 1330656: 5,645 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330656.md - Parcel 1341095: 5,265 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341095.md - Parcel 2755918: 5,100 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2755918.md - Parcel 1374240: 4,739 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374240.md - Parcel 1312686: 4,588 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312686.md - Parcel 1304127: 4,442 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304127.md - Parcel 1420015: 4,403 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420015.md - Parcel 1366962: 4,331 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366962.md - Parcel 1375496: 3,442 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375496.md - Parcel 1370837: 3,300 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370837.md - Parcel 1372543: 3,269 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372543.md - Parcel 1348800: 3,023 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348800.md - Parcel 1404935: 2,775 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404935.md - Parcel 1314801: 2,641 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314801.md - Parcel 1311476: 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311476.md - Parcel 6060818: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6060818.md - Parcel 1407203: 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407203.md - Parcel 2635499: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2635499.md - Parcel 1333425: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333425.md - Parcel 1421203: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421203.md - Parcel 4538148: 2,081 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4538148.md - Parcel 1524291: 2,068 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1524291.md - Parcel 1366435: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366435.md - Parcel 1309487: 1,940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309487.md - Parcel 1307974: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307974.md - Parcel 1524292: 1,647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1524292.md - Parcel 2945233: 1,570 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945233.md - Parcel 1329955: 1,554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329955.md - Parcel 2945273: 1,396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945273.md - Parcel 2945223: 1,359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2945223.md - Parcel 1319912: 1,163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319912.md - Parcel 1404481: 898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404481.md - Parcel 1355158: 822 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355158.md - Parcel 5104044: 813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5104044.md - Parcel 1327338: 810 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327338.md - Parcel 1407028: 724 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407028.md - Parcel 5782079: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5782079.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacraig 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. - 17 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562261: Conditional. Retention. SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND ERECTION OF A 5 BAY AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562261/0 - 2 Jul 2025, Donegal County Council 2561118: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A REDESIGNED COMMERCIAL GARAGE WITH OFFICE AND STORAGE AREA GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50456 AND INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561118/0 - 15 Mar 2021, Donegal County Council 2150456: Conditional. Retention. (1) ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROAD AND YARD AREA (2) COMMERCIAL GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL GARAGE WITH CANOPY FOR STORAGE, WEIGHBRIDGE, ONSITE CARPARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150456/0 - 11 Jul 2018, Donegal County Council 1851067: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851067/0 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 Ballynacraig. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ballynacraig. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballynacraig. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballynacraig. - 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/ballynacraig.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynacraig.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynacraig.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballynacraig 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) - Ards Beg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ards-beg.md - Ardsmore Mountain: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardsmore-mountain.md - Beltany Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany-lower.md - Cashel: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashel-50543.md - Keeldrum Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-lower.md - Keeldrum Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-upper.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/ballynacraig - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballynacraig