# Carn Low, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tullyfern, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 968,965 m² (96.9 ha, 239.44 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,503 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tullyfern, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullyfern.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Rathmelton, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Rathmelton electoral division: 2,494 people in 938 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16008 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50437 - Centre: latitude 55.049625, longitude -7.640495 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carn Low, from 145 m² to 173,248 m² (17.32 ha, 42.81 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1404836: 173,248 m² (17.32 ha, 42.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404836.md - Parcel 3663598: 148,390 m² (14.84 ha, 36.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663598.md - Parcel 5098559: 82,281 m² (8.23 ha, 20.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5098559.md - Parcel 1301654: 71,591 m² (7.16 ha, 17.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301654.md - Parcel 1315311: 67,165 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315311.md - Parcel 1415042: 50,007 m² (5 ha, 12.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1415042.md - Parcel 1366048: 47,074 m² (4.71 ha, 11.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366048.md - Parcel 1389049: 31,422 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389049.md - Parcel 1371326: 28,396 m² (2.84 ha, 7.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371326.md - Parcel 1404831: 26,277 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404831.md - Parcel 1404834: 23,718 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404834.md - Parcel 5046113: 21,418 m² (2.14 ha, 5.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5046113.md - Parcel 1309975: 14,420 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309975.md - Parcel 5071334: 13,638 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5071334.md - Parcel 1404638: 12,780 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404638.md - Parcel 5165003: 12,056 m² (1.21 ha, 2.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5165003.md - Parcel 1382626: 10,737 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382626.md - Parcel 6206036: 10,503 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6206036.md - Parcel 1421949: 10,181 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421949.md - Parcel 1310923: 4,333 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310923.md - Parcel 1391459: 3,737 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391459.md - Parcel 2681375: 3,712 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2681375.md - Parcel 4730156: 3,175 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4730156.md - Parcel 1404830: 3,011 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404830.md - Parcel 1412984: 2,882 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412984.md - Parcel 1371328: 2,547 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371328.md - Parcel 6182496: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6182496.md - Parcel 1366049: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366049.md - Parcel 5795511: 2,357 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5795511.md - Parcel 2681361: 2,304 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2681361.md - Parcel 4730188: 2,098 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4730188.md - Parcel 1399172: 1,397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399172.md - Parcel 1369389: 849 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369389.md - Parcel 5805198: 426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5805198.md - Parcel 1399176: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399176.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Carn Low 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 1 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660544: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING COTTAGE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660544/0 - 6 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560706: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONVERSION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION TO FACILITATE OCCUPANCY FOR THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CURRENT ON SITE DWELLING, DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKS, MAKING USE OF EXISTING SEWAGE SYSTEM, SITE SERVICES AND INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560706/0 - 14 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560560: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DEFECTIVE PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY REPLACEMENT, REPOSITIONED DWELLING TO MAKE USE OF ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560560/0 - 25 Aug 2020, Donegal County Council 2051157: Conditional. Permission. 1)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN THE TOWNLAND OF TIRRODDY WITH ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, INLET WORKS, WWTP PROCESS TANKS, SLUDGE STORAGE TANKS, CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, ANCILLARY TREATMENT UNITS, ADMINISTRATION & ESB SUB-STATION BUILDING, SLUDGE PRESS BUILDING, INTERNAL PUMPING STATIONS, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION POND, 2.4M HIGH BOUNDARY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMITER OF THE WWTP WORKS, 1.2M FENCING AROUND THE SITE BOUNDARY, ENTRANCE VIA AN EXISTING COILLTE ROADWAY AND ENTRANCE ONTO L-5612-1 AND WIDENING AND STRENGHTENING OF L-5612-1 2)CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,590M OF TREATED EFFLUENT OUTFALL PIPELINE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF TIRRODDY AND BROWNKNOE, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 160M MARINE SECTION & OUTFALL DIFFUSER LOCATED IN LOUGH SWILLY3) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RAMELTON IN THE TOWNLAND OF RAMELTON INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, RUBBLE STONE PERIMITER WALLS, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO CASTLE STREET, RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING STONE BOUNDARY WALL APPROXIMATELY 15M LONG ALONg CASTLE STREET AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 4)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW TURNING HAMMERHEAD AT THE END OF THE EXISTING TURNING CIRCLE AT ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, NEW ENTRANCE TO ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 5)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. NETWORK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND PUMPING STATION, STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, LOW-LEVEL CONTROL KIOSK, 7.6M HIGH ORNATE VENTILATION STACK, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION, TEMPORARY ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET DURING CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING STORM DRAIN AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALL....... File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051157/0 - 27 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951308: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951308/0 - 15 Jul 2019, Donegal County Council 1951071: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951071/0 - 5 Apr 2018, Donegal County Council 1850518: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMIITED WITH THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850518/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC, site code 002287, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002287 - Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA, site code 004075, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004075 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake, site code 000166 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carn Low. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carn Low. ## 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1809, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1809.zip (ZIP). - 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/carn-low.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-low.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-low.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Carn Low 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) - Ballyboe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyboe-50170.md - Bridge End or Drummonaghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/bridge-end-or-drummonaghan.md - Carn High: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-high.md - Clooney: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clooney-50668.md - Rossreagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rossreagh.md - Roughan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/roughan-52329.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. --- 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/carn-low - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/carn-low