# Ballynakeeloge, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lower Fahan, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,046,256 m² (104.63 ha, 258.54 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 36,870 m² (3.69 ha, 9.11 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lower Fahan, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/lower-fahan.md - Barony: Inishowen West - Electoral division: Illies, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 945 people lived in 304 households in the Illies electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15236 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50270 - Centre: latitude 55.160304, longitude -7.37638 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynakeeloge, from 1,858 m² to 238,974 m² (23.9 ha, 59.05 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1416476: 238,974 m² (23.9 ha, 59.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416476.md - Parcel 1376319: 204,902 m² (20.49 ha, 50.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376319.md - Parcel 1416479: 194,602 m² (19.46 ha, 48.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416479.md - Parcel 1377168: 82,775 m² (8.28 ha, 20.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377168.md - Parcel 1416478: 63,349 m² (6.33 ha, 15.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416478.md - Parcel 1381143: 61,014 m² (6.1 ha, 15.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381143.md - Parcel 1381968: 54,605 m² (5.46 ha, 13.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381968.md - Parcel 1395594: 50,535 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395594.md - Parcel 1381967: 36,870 m² (3.69 ha, 9.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381967.md - Parcel 1381969: 31,341 m² (3.13 ha, 7.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381969.md - Parcel 1321762: 8,755 m² (0.88 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321762.md - Parcel 3662455: 4,588 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662455.md - Parcel 3662456: 3,955 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662456.md - Parcel 5099504: 2,997 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099504.md - Parcel 5099519: 2,485 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099519.md - Parcel 1416480: 2,216 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416480.md - Parcel 1416477: 1,858 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416477.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ballynakeeloge 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. - 10 Aug 2018, Donegal County Council 1851230: Refused. Permission. 10 YEAR DURATION FOR A PROPOSED WIND ENERGY AND GRID CONNECTION PROJECT WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, QUIGLEY'S POINT, INISHOWEN, CO DONEGAL. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL CONSIST OF 6 NO. THREE BLADED WIND TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM BASE TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 124.9 METRES AND WILL INCLUDE TURBINE TRANSFORMERS; TURBINE BASES AND FOUNDATIONS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS AND TEMPORARY SET-DOWN AREAS; 1 NO. PERMANENT LATTICE ANEMOMETER "MET" MAST OF 80 METRES HEIGHT WITH FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREA; WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOATED AND EXCAVATED ACCESS TRACKS, JUNCTIONS AND TURNING AREAS; 1 NO. ELECTRICAL 38KV SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL BUILDING, CAR PARKING AND COMPOUND AREA WITH RELATED COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT/PLANT WITH UNDERGROUNDED ELECTRICAL FEEDER CABLES AND COMMUNICATIONS LINES CONNECTING WIND TURBINES TO THE SWITCH ROOM CONTROL BUILDING; 2 NO. SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS; DEDICATED HABITATE MANAGEMENT AREA; ON-SITE DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT WORKS; UPGRADE OF 3 NO. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCES; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BORROW PITS AND WITH ALL OTHER ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING GENERAL AND EXACAVATION WORKS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUNDED GRID CONNECTION ROUTE WILL FACILITATE CONNECTION TO THE NATIONAL GRID AND WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF A 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, UP-GRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS, DRAINAGE, EXCAVATIONS, JOINT BAYS, JUNCTION BOXES/CHAMBERS, MARKER POSTS/PLATES AND ALL RELATED ACCOMMODATION WORKS, EXTENDING CIRCA. 17,620 METRES IN LENGTH, FROM THE WIND ENERGY SITE CONTROL BUILDING/ELECTRICAL COMPOUND TO THE EXISTING ESB OWNED 110KV TRILLICK SUBSTATION, IN BALLYNAHONE TOWNLAND, BUNCRANA. THE GRID ROUTE WILL PASS ALONG EXISTING PUBLIC ROADS AND PRIVATE ACCESS TRACKS WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, ILLIES, CONNAGHKINNAGOE, BALLYNAKEELOGE, FOFFENAGH, MEENAMULLAGAN, STRANACLEA, MEENKEERAGH, SORNE, OWENAKILLEW AND BARNAHONE, TULLYDUSH UPPER, ANNASLEE AND BALLYNAHONE ALL INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851230/0 - 26 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850432: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850432/0 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 Ballynakeeloge. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG019-025: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-025----. A cairn consisting of large random stones 1.5m high and 8.4m in diameter. It is situated on the summit of Crocknamaddy, in open rough mountain terrain, on a natural exposed rock outcrop. 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 - DG029-015: Clochan, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG029-015----. 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. - DG029-016: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG029-016----. 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 Ballynakeeloge. ## 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 Ballynakeeloge, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2038, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2038.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/ballynakeeloge.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynakeeloge.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynakeeloge.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ballynakeeloge 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) - Connaghkinnagoe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/connaghkinnagoe.md - Fallask: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fallask.md - Foffanagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/foffanagh.md - Meenamullaghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenamullaghan.md - Stranaclea: https://everytownland.com/donegal/stranaclea.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/ballynakeeloge - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/ballynakeeloge