Carn

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carn, from 381 m² to 394,155 m² (39.42 ha, 97.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carn 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.

• 9 Apr 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, COMPLETE WITH A NEW UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660603

• 5 Nov 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED, WITH ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561921

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK /SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561317

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOUBLE GARAGE WITH ATTIC STORAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251115

• 12 May 2021Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150895

• 9 Dec 2019Conditional

  DEVELOPMENT OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE INTO AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951911

• 13 Nov 2018Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE-STOREY ANNEX TO REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF THE HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PROVISION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851735

• 10 Feb 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750184

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: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

• DG078-027 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone c. 0.6m high × c. 1m wide; E-W. Situated on rich fertile land sloping down to the River Finn. 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

• DG078-040 Standing stone
  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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carn.

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

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 Carn.

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.

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

Name

Carn · An Carn

Area

3,648,161 m² (364.82 ha, 901.48 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Gleneely, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gleneely electoral division: 1,672 people in 557 households; 89% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickshandrum, Cavan Lower, Corcam, Corraffrin, Drumavish, Edenmore, Glencovet, Meenreagh, Sallywood, Treanamullin

Placenames

Carn 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.