Cappry
Townland in the civil parish of Stranorlar, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Cabraigh
- Area
- 300.8 ha
- 743 acres
- Land parcels
- 631
- registered freehold, median 755 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 49
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
631 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cappry, from 0 m² to 124,135 m² (12.41 ha, 30.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 64 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cappry 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
28 Jun 2026Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661186
28 May 2026N/a
INSTALLATION OF 3 NO. (CIRCA) 20M HIGH FLOODLIGHTS TO THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF EXISTING FOOTBALL PITCH AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660982
23 Dec 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING TO PROVIDE A WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562331
22 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (B) A DETACHED CAR PORT AND ANCILLARY STORAGE STRUCTURE AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562321
18 Dec 2025N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED CAR PORT AND ANCILLARY STORAGE STRUCTURE AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562270
15 Oct 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561800
4 Oct 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561728
27 Sept 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561674
18 Sept 2025Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION WORKS RELATING TO THE CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO USE AS A DOG GROOMING STUDIO AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561617
25 Aug 2025Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561461
21 Jul 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE & CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE & CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES.
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561240
20 Mar 2025Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560400
14 Mar 2025Conditional
DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560367
21 Feb 2025N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560225
11 Feb 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560163
10 Oct 2024Conditional
WORKS ADDITIONAL PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (REG. REF. NO.: 24/50008 REFERS) CONSISTING OF CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461602
28 Jun 2024Conditional
DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460976
10 Jan 2024Conditional
EXTENSION AND ALTERATION OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING (1) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO REAR OF DWELLING, (2) CONVERSION OF EXISTING INTEGRATED GARAGE/DOMESTIC STORE TO BE USED AS PART OF THE DWELLING, (3) ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING CONSISTING OF REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS, FASCIA, GUTTERS AND DOWNPIPES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450008
17 Nov 2023N/a
EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING: (1) 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO REAR OF DWELLING, (2) CONVERSION OF EXISTING INTEGRATED GARAGE / DOMESTIC STORE TO BE USED AS PART OF DWELLING, (3) ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING CONSISTING OF REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS, FASCIA, GUTTERS AND DOWNPIPES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351757
13 Jun 2023Conditional
(A) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING FLAT ROOF WITH NEW PITCHED ROOF AT THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, (B) BUILDING UP A WINDOW AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND (C) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO INCLUDE A NEW EN-SUITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350834
2 Jun 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SUNROOM TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350787
22 May 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350708
19 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251567
2 Feb 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250131
26 Oct 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR-BAY SERVICE BUILDING, WITH CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING STORM DRAINAGE, ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152095
The 25 most recent of 49 applications.
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: River Finn SAC 002301
Recorded monuments
- DG077-033 Souterrain
Description
Depicted on the current edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map in gothic script as 'Duggan's Cellar'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010
Architectural heritage
- Outbuilding, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding associated with altered two-storey house, built c. 1820, having external flight of cut stone steps giving access to doorway at first floor entrance to west gable end. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Uncoursed limewashed rubble stone walls, smooth cement rendered walls to the west gable end. Square-headed window openings at ground floor level to both main elevations (north and south) having cast-iron fixed-framed diamond and squared paned windows. Square-headed door openings having battened timber and replacement doors, square-headed loading bay to centre of north elevation at first floor level. Set in yard to rear (west) of three-bay two-storey house (altered) to the west of Ballybofey. Modern outbuildings to site.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Cappry.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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
- Cappry, Ballybofey16 sales
The townland
- Name
- Cappry · Cabraigh
- Area
- 3,007,574 m² (300.76 ha, 743.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Stranorlar, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Dooish, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dooish electoral division: 1,170 people in 425 households; 79% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybofey, Cappry (Graham), Creggan, Dooish, Drumboe Lower, Goland, Ironworks, Mullanachose
- Placenames
- Cappry 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.