Boyoughter
Boyoughter is a townland in the civil parish of Lettermacaward, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Bá Uachtair.
- Area
- 436.6 ha
- 1,079 acres
- Land parcels
- 175
- registered freehold, median 6,374 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
175 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boyoughter, from 26 m² to 442,203 m² (44.22 ha, 109.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 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 Boyoughter 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
23 Jul 2026Conditional
(1) SUN ROOM BUILT TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, (2) MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE FENESTRATIONS TO THE DWELLING, (3) THE PRIVATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661375
8 May 2026Conditional
(1) DOMESTIC EXTENSION BUILT TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, (2) DETACHED FUEL STORE AND STUDIO ROOM BUILT TO THE SIDE OF HOUSE AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660826
6 Dec 2024Conditional
REFURBISHMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH INSTALLATION OF PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462011
16 Mar 2024Conditional
(1) 2 NO. EXISTING CABIN BUILDINGS ON SITE WITH DEMOLITION / REMOVAL OF SAME ON GRANT OF PERMISSION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING TIMBER / MACHINERY STORE TO A NEW FILM STUDIO BUILDING INCORPORATING TWO SEPARATE STUDIO AREAS WITH A VP WALL, RECEPTION / OFFICE AREAS AND PROP STORAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING SHED BUILDING, (2) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CAR AND BUS PARKING AREAS WITH ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS AND STREET LIGHTING, (3) ERECTION OF SIGNAGE LOCATED ON SITE WITH DIRECTIONAL BOARDING AND (4) INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460347
16 Mar 2024Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING TIMBER/MACHINERY STORE TO A NEW DISTILLERY BUILDING WITH (A) VISITOR EXPERIENCE, (B) RECEPTION AREA, (C) SHOP DISPLAY, (D) CANTEEN, (E) DISTILLERY VIEWING AREA, (F) BONDED WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION WITH ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS, (3) INSTALLATION OF SILO UNITS TO THE REAR OF BUILDING, (4) DEMOLITION OF PART OF EXISTING SHED BUILDING, (5) RAISING OF THE ROOF OF EXISTING STORAGE SHED TO DEVELOP FIRST FLOOR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION, (6) ERECTION OF SIGNAGE LOCATED ON SITE WITH DIRECTIONAL BOARDING, (7) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. BORE LINED WELLS WITH FENCING TO PERIMETER OF DISTILLERY BUILDING, (8) CONSTRUCTION OF A HOLDING POND, (9) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CAR AND BUS PARKING AREA WITH ASSOCIATED PATHS AND STREET LIGHTING, (10) ERECTION OF 4 NO. GLAMPING PODS ON SITE WITH ASSOCIATED PATHWAYS AND ACCESS ROUTES, (11) INSTALLATION OF A NEW COMBINED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH DECOMMISSIONING OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON SITE TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460346
6 Nov 2023Conditional
EXTENSION BUILT TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351676
28 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351125
16 Jun 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350858
5 Aug 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251331
21 Feb 2022Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS (2) TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ON SITE WHILE DWELLING HOUSE IS BEING BUILT
Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2250290
29 Oct 2021N/a
(1) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS (2) TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ON SITE WHILE DWELLING HOUSE IS BEING BUILT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152144
6 Aug 2021Conditional
(1) 3 NO. CABIN TYPE GLAMPING UNITS WITH TIMBER DECKING (2) 1 NO. OPEN HOT TUB AREA (3) 1 NO. RELAXATION HUT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING COMMUNAL SEPTIC TANK SERVING THE EXISTING DWELLING AND THE GLAMPING UNITS AND REPLACING WITH SUITABLE PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151569
22 May 2019Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS & ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE & INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950756
25 Oct 2017Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751621
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Gannivegil Bog SAC 000142
- Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Boyoughter.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Boyoughter.
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 Boyoughter, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Boyoughter.
- 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
- Boyoughter, Doochary7 sales
- Boyoughter, Lettermacaward5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Boyoughter · Bá Uachtair
- Area
- 4,365,707 m² (436.57 ha, 1,078.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lettermacaward, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Lettermacaward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 727 people lived in 301 households in the Lettermacaward electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Boyoughter 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.