# Breen, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Convoy, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 467,842 m² (46.78 ha, 115.61 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,343 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Convoy, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/convoy.md
- Barony: Raphoe South
- Electoral division: Convoy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Convoy electoral division: 2,559 people in 926 households; 72% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/16300
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50381
- Centre: latitude 54.879499, longitude -7.758813 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Breen, from 8,022 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres) to 172,765 m² (17.28 ha, 42.69 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1402571: 172,765 m² (17.28 ha, 42.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402571.md
- Parcel 1346854: 129,476 m² (12.95 ha, 31.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346854.md
- Parcel 1331805: 125,561 m² (12.56 ha, 31.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331805.md
- Parcel 1339866: 13,343 m² (1.33 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339866.md
- Parcel 5628817: 9,457 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628817.md
- Parcel 1301591: 9,440 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301591.md
- Parcel 3830621: 8,022 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3830621.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Breen 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)

10 applications, newest first.

- 20 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660682: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660682/0
- 13 Jun 2025, Donegal County Council 2560996: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60035 REFERS) AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560996/0
- 6 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560714: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 25/60035 REFERS) AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560714/0
- 16 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560035: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCK DWELLING GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/60323 AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH STORM AND FOUL DRAINAGE TO BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING STORM AND FOUL SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/60323 WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560035/0
- 11 Nov 2020, Donegal County Council 2051705: Conditional. Permission. REVISION OF GARAGE DESIGN AND REVISED LOCATION OF GARAGE TO WHAT WAS APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 20/50351. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051705/0
- 19 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050351: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT AND DETACHED GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050351/0
- 27 Jan 2020, Donegal County Council 2050077: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050077/0
- 16 Dec 2019, Donegal County Council 1951954: N/a. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951954/0
- 21 Nov 2019, Donegal County Council 1951805: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DETACHED GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951805/0
- 8 Mar 2017, Donegal County Council 1750354: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750354/0

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## 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 Breen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG061-020: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG061-020----. Internal diam. c. 18m. A much destroyed monument probably originally a double-banked ringfort. An arc (22m) of an earthen bank survives up to 1.25m in height on the W side. A possible outer bank and fosse may be discerned on this side also. The surviving remains suggest an internal diameter of roughly 18m. Situated on top of a grass-covered hill with good views on all sides. 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

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 Breen.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Breen.
- 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/breen.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/breen.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/breen.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Breen 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)

- Drumkeen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumkeen.md
- Farragans: https://everytownland.com/donegal/farragans-51225.md
- Legland: https://everytownland.com/donegal/legland-51696.md
- Stralongford: https://everytownland.com/donegal/stralongford.md
- Treantaboy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/treantaboy.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.

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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/breen
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/breen