Ballynarry

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynarry, from 26 m² to 255,108 m² (25.51 ha, 63.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballynarry 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.

• 18 Feb 2026Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650022

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 02/5392 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562232

• 16 Sept 2025Conditional

  (A) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING, (B) REAR 2 STOREY EXTENSION FOR WHICH CLASS 1 EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT APPLIES AND (C) ATTIC CONVERSION AND PERMISSION FOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WHICH CONSISTS OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561592

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561434

• 13 Aug 2025N/a

  (1) MINOR ELEVATION CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING, REAR 2 STOREY EXTENSION FOR WHICH CLASS 1 EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT APPLIES, ATTIC CONVERSION AND PLANNING PERMISSION FOR (2) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WHICH CONSISTS OF DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561392

• 8 Aug 2025Conditional

  (1) DWELLING HOUSE WITH PATIO AREA AND PERMISSION FOR (2) RAISING THE EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561363

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561148

• 24 Jun 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561061

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM ATTACHED GARAGE TO HABITABLE ROOM UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 92/45, (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND (3) ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560674

• 23 Sept 2024N/a

  STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461499

• 10 Sept 2024Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461398

• 2 Sept 2024N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461339

• 2 Jul 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOLIDAY HOME TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461001

• 29 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK, (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460606

• 20 Feb 2024Refused

  ERECTION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH PATIO AREA INCLUDING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460171

• 13 Feb 2024Conditional

  RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460145

• 6 Feb 2024Conditional

  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, 2460085

• 11 Apr 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO AN ONSITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350476

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE AND RELOCATION OF GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 21/51973 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252041

• 9 Aug 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251349

• 7 Jul 2022Conditional

  ALTERATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING CONSISTING OF (1) ERECTION OF (A) EXTENSION AND CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE INTO HABITABLE ROOMS INCLUDING ADDITION OF WINDOWS AND ROOFLIGHTS (B) SINGLE STOREY GLAZED EXTENSION TO GROUND FLOOR ON WESTERN FACADE (C) SIDE EXTENSION TO NORTH FACADE TO PROVIDE COVERED EXTERNAL AMENITY SPACES AND FIREPLACE (2) AMENDMENTS TO ALL FACADES TO ENLARGE OR ADD WINDOWS / GLAZED DOORS (3) NEW EXTERNAL FINISHES (4) REPLACEMENT OF TWO WINDOWS IN EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE WITH 2 GLAZED DOUBLE DOORS (5) INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251163

• 27 Jun 2022N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING LANE AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251086

• 10 May 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250806

• 31 Jan 2022Conditional

  (1) HARDSURFACE ROADWAY (2) SHED AND STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DWELLING, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250100

• 23 Dec 2021N/a

  (1) HARD SURFACE ROADWAY (2) SHED AND STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152622

The 25 most recent of 52 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166

Recorded monuments

• DG019-021 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967), following Somerville (1929), claimed that there is a 'ruinous prehistoric chamber tomb' on Crockacashel in this townland. There is here, on the overgrown hillslope overlooking the E shore of Lough Swilly, a long and narrow oval pile of large stones c. 30m long and 12m wide. In the middle of this heap there is a cavity under a large block resting unevenly on two opposed blocks. Whatever the origin of this great heap of stones, the so-called chamber appears to be a fortuitous occurrence. Somerville 1929, 160-62 (plan, photograph); Anon. 1951, 350; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 113; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 127. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG028-039 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  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.

• DG029-001 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument lies c. 4km NW of Buncrana and stands on level arable land c. 450m from Stragill Strand on the E side of Lough Swilly. There is an extensive outlook westward across the lough, but rising ground to the E restricts the view inland. Little of the structure now survives. At the E are four courtstones, two representing the inner end of its northern arm and the other two the inner end of the southern arm. Approximately 2m W of these there are two opposed orthostats, the last remains of the gallery. Beyond these is a large displaced slab. The surviving stones rise above the surface of a grass-grown, flat-topped, round mound that measures 9.5m E-W by 9.3m N-S. It is 0.7m high and has a well-defined, steep-faced perimeter. Stones gathered from the field have been dumped on it. The inner ends of the court are 1.2m apart. The inner one of the two stones of the northern arm is 0.95m high. It rises 0.6m above the top of the adjoining courtstone. The inner courtstone at the S is pitched outward and would stand 0.45m high if upright. It may also have served as an entrance jamb. The adjoining courtstone is 0.6m high. The surviving stone at the N side of the gallery is 0.35m high. The stone on the S side is 0.15m high. The displaced slab W of these is partly concealed. It measures 1.2m by at least 0.8m and is 0.25m thick. It may have served as backstone to the gallery. If so, a gallery length of c. 4m is indicated. Colhoun 1949, 116 ('Ballinarry'); de Valera 1960, 104-5, DG. 4; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 16, no. 6; SMR 1987, 29:1; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; Colhoun 1995, 69, no. 29/16; RMP 1995, 29:1. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

• DG029-017001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal Dimensions 53m N-S, 37m E-W. A roughly triangular area around the summit of Crockacashel Hill enclosed by a much collapsed stone wall. The wall is barely perceptible on the W and S sides where there is a steep drop. The slope is less steep on the E side and here the wall spread is at its greatest. The wall at no point exceeds .75m in height. There is an external fosse on the NE side and what is possibly a roadway approaches the site from the NW. There is a cairn in the SE sector at the highest point of the interior, which seems to have been a trigonometrical station (Boyle-Somerville 1909, 232-3). The remainder of the interior is uneven and slopes from W to E. A small subcircular feature 5m × 2.5m consisting of a single course of stones abuts the internal side of the enclosing wall at the N. Four small circles of stones (DG029-017002-) about 3m in diameter were noticed to the E of the enclosure between it and the second summit on this hill (Boyle-Somerville, 1909, 233, recorded six of these circles). The hill rises directly from the rocky shore of Lough Swilly to the W. 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

• DG029-017002 Hut site
  Description

  Located immediately to E of a cashel (DG029-017001-) on top of Crockacashel Hill, which rises directly from the rocky shore of Lough Swilly to the W. Boyle-Somerville (1909, 232-233) recorded that ‘In the saddle between the two tops of the hill and close outside the wall of the cashel there are six small stone circles, each perfect or nearly so, but low, and composed of comparatively small stones, all untrimmed.’ Lacy (1983, 116, no. 707) noted four small circles of stones, about 3m in diameter, to the E of the cashel, between it and the second summit on this hill. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2017

• DG029-023 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Porthaw holy well is covered by a large boulder on the N face of which is a wheeled cross carved in relief. It is situated at the foot of Crockacashel on the foreshore. 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

• DG029-046 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  An oval cairn largely composed of small stones but with larger stones defining the edge. It is 12m long NE-SW × 5.5m wide and 1.25m high at its W end falling away towards the E. It is situated on the highest point in a grazing field sloping W to Lough Swilly. 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

• DG029-047 Burial
  Description

  This site, described by Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) as a possible 'prehistoric chamber tomb', is the supposed burial place of a priest killed during the era of the Penal laws (OS Revision Name Book, 1848). A modern memorial slab marks the spot. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 29 (1848), 29; Anon. 1951, 350; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 113; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 127; Colhoun 1995, 68, no. 29/12; RMP 1995, 29:47. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG029-064 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  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.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, having single-bay windbreak porch to the centre of the front elevation (east), ruinous and roofless two-bay single-storey extension to the north gable, added c. 1880, and with single-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to the south gable end. Now out of use. Pitched/domed thatched roof having ropes and wire mesh\chicken wire over secured on horizontal metal bar(s) below eaves level, and with two rendered chimneystacks and raised rendered verges to the gable ends (north and south). Whitewashed and limewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch with replacement glazed timber door. Attached outbuilding to the south and attached extension to the north having collapsed pitched roofs (rendered rubble stone chimneystack to the north gable end of extension to the north), partially rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings (fittings now gone). Detached two-bay single-storey house to the north having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised rendered verge and rendered chimneystack to the north gable end, rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings. Vernacular gateway to the south of site having rubble stone gate-piers (on circular-plan) and wrought-iron flat-bar gate, now collapsed.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ballynarry, about 1 in 5 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_1950 (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.

No address of the register names Ballynarry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ballynarry

Area

2,640,173 m² (264.02 ha, 652.4 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Fahan, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Buncrana Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,039 people lived in 1,386 households in the Buncrana Rural electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gortyarrigan, Linsfort, Tullyarvan

Placenames

Ballynarry 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.