Carnagarve

171 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnagarve, from 77 m² to 249,606 m² (24.96 ha, 61.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carnagarve 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.

• 11 Aug 2026Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO. 06/72440) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661497

• 14 Apr 2026N/a

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR 4 NO. DWELLINGS AND COMPLETION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO EXISTING PARTIALLY COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT SITE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/70103

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660640

• 29 Sept 2025Refused

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR 4 NO. DWELLINGS AND COMPLETION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO EXISTING PARTIALLY COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT SITE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/70103

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561682

• 23 Jun 2025Conditional

  TWO-STOREY DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE WITH SINGLE STOREY SOUTHWEST FACING SUNROOM

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550091

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  CAR PARK AND SITE ENTRANCE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED GAA TRAINING PITCH, INCLUDING GOALPOSTS AND GOAL STOPS WITH NETTING, PROPOSED LEVEL CUT AND FILL, DRAINAGE, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560523

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION AND (2) RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462033

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND GATES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2450090

• 13 Feb 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460142

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  (1) RETENTION, COMPLETION AND UPGRADING OF A TEMPORARY ACCESS ROAD CURRENTLY USING AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL GATED ENTRANCE AND (2) UPGRADING WORKS TO THE ENTRANCE CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PILLARS, WALL, RAILINGS, PAVING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AT CARNAGARVE HOUSE, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS40902209 & 40902223)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350919

• 22 Jun 2023N/a

  (1) RETENTION, COMPLETION AND UPGRADING OF A TEMPORARY ACCESS ROAD CURRENTLY USING AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL GATED ENTRANCE AND (2) UPGRADING WORKS TO THE ENTRANCE CONSISTING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PILLARS, WALL, RAILINGS, PAVING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AT CARNAGARVE HOUSE, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS40902209 & 40902223)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350888

• 6 Sept 2022Conditional

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A GROUND FLOOR STORE (7.9M2) AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL STEPS FROM FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO THE REAR (NORTHWEST) OF THE DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A BALCONY AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL ON A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FLAT ROOF TO THE REAR (NORTHWEST) OF THE DWELLING (B) A NEW FIRST FLOOR BALCONY TO THE SIDE (SOUTHWEST) OF THE EXISTING DWELLING. CARNAGARVE HOUSE IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS40902209 & 40902223)

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251489

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ONSITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251255

• 19 Jul 2022Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (CONSISTING OF TERTIARY & SECONDARY TREATMENT PLANS) WITH OFFSET TERTIARY INFILTRATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. CARNAGARVE HOUSE IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS40902209 & 40902223)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251230

• 19 Apr 2021Unconditional

  REFURBISHMENT AND RESTORATION OF THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FABRIC OF ALL THE RETAINED STRUCTURES OF THE HOUSE; TO INCLUDE RE-ROOFING WORKS, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROUGHCAST WITH SMOOTH LIME RENDER, UPVC RAINWATER GOODS AND WASTE PIPES WITH CAST IRON, RESTORATION OF ALL DOORS, WINDOWS, GLAZING, 2nd FIX JOINERY, CEILINGS WALLS AND FLOORS AND REDECORATION OF SAME; INSTALLATION OF A NEW CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM; ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY SUN ROOM WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL LANDING AND STEPS TO GARDEN AND CONSEQUENT ALTERATIONS OF 2NO. EXISTING WINDOWS TO DOORS WITH INTERNAL BASEMENT STAIRCASE ACCESSING EXISTING CELLAR ALL ATTACHED TO THE SOUTH WESTERN GABLE OF MAIN BUILDING; ERECTION OF A NEW GROUND FLOOR WC, PLANT ROOM, LINK CORRIDOR WITH PORCH AND EXTERNAL PAINTED METAL GLAZED CANOPY TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR LINK LANDING AND SHOWER ROOM ALL CONNECTED TO REAR OF MAIN HOUSE AND CONSEQUENT INTERNAL CHANGES; DEMOLITION OF REAR SINGLE STOREY ANCILLARY BUILDING ATTACHED TO NORTH WEST SIDE OF MAIN HOUSE AND TWO STOREY LINK STRUCTURE CONNECTING MAIN HOUSE TO 2NO. STOREY REAR RETURN BUILDINGS AND THE DEMOLITION OF SINGLE STOREY COTTAGE ATTACHED TO NORTH EAST SIDE OF MAIN HOUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REAR ELEVATION RETAINING WALL TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY OF EXISTING COURTYARD; CONVERSION OF EXISTING MASTER BEDROOM DRESSING ROOM TO EN-SUITE AND FORMATION OF DOORWAY FROM MASTER BEDROOM TO ADJACENT BEDROOM; CONVERSION OF EXISTING REAR BATHROOM TO WALK-IN-WARDROBE AND EN-SUITE BATHROOM; RESTORATION OF THE EXISTING GLASS AND WROUGHT IRON CONSERVATORY TO FRONT ELEVATION; TWO STOREY REAR BUILDING TO BE RESTORED, GROUND FLOOR TO BE CONVERTED TO PANTRY, 1ST FLOOR TO BE REFURBISHED AND RETAINED AS BED/KITCHEN SITTING ROOM ACCOMMODATION AND EXISTING EXTERNAL WALKWAY AND STEPS TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW STEPS; RESTORATION OF 2NO. FORMERLY EXISTING WINDOWS TO THE FIRST FLOOR ROOMS ON THE SOUTH WEST GABLES AND 1NO. ON THE NORTH EAST GABLE AND 2NO. ORIGINAL DOORWAYS FROM THE PRINCIPAL RECEPTION ROOMS TO THE EXISTING CONSERVATORY; FORMATION OF A NEW GROUND FLOOR WC WINDOW TO THE FRONT ELEVATION AND A NEW WINDOW TO THE UTILITY ROOM ON THE NORTH EAST GABLE; IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO EXISTNG AND OVERGROWN DRIVEWAYS INCLUDING RE-SURFACING, FORMATION OF SAFETY BARRIERS AND INSTALLATION OF ROADSIDE LIGHTING; CONVERSION OF REAR OUTBUILDING TO BOILER HOUSE, FUEL STORE AND RESTORATION OF ALL EXTERNAL FINISHES; PROVISION OF NEW PUMPING STATION, SEPTIC TANK, REED BED AND PERCOLATION AR

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2150688

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING & INTEGRATED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE (BUILD TO SUBFLOOR LEVEL)

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150638

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING INCLUDING CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE GARDEN ROOM AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150403

• 28 Jan 2021N/a

  DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING INCLUDING CHANGE OF USE TO PROVIDE GARDEN ROOM AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150103

• 19 Mar 2019Conditional

  (1) REAR NORTH WEST FACING DWELLING HOUSE EXTENSION COMPRISING OF KITCHEN/DINING AREA, PORCH AND W.C, (2) SEPTIC TANK SITUATED TOWARDS THE REAR NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE SITE AND (3) SMALL SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC SHED

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1950375

• 9 Mar 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND COMPLETION OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT EXISTING PARTIALLY COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT SITE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF NO: 07/70103

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850347

• 10 May 2017Conditional

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750709

• 13 Apr 2017N/a

  COMPLETION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750561

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carnagarve.

Recorded monuments

• DG022-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 25m. A circular area enclosed at present by a massive earthen bank and a fosse up to 4m deep, surviving on the N side only. A few remnants of the outer bank shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map survive on the NW side. It is possible that it never existed on the S side which drops steeply c. 10m to the River Finn. Two test-trenches were opened by Mary Henry of Mary Henry Archaeological Services Ltd under licence No. 06E0207 on the site of a single house development. A ringfort survives to the south-west of the house site. At the time of testing the interior of the site was very rough and had been partly infilled by dumping of building material brought from elsewhere. One trench was positioned on the imprint of the house site and another opening located on the driveway (across an existing lawn). Nothing was found in either trench that could be associated with the nearby ringfort (Bennett 2009, 96). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 14 November 2011

• DG022-015 Hillfort
  Description

  On the SE side of the Inishowen peninsula, on a terrace/hill with a steep fall of ground on the E and S sides, located at the SE edge of heather-covered, boggy uplands. To W ground rises gradually to higher slopes and peaks. To E there are panoramic views along the length of Lough Foyle, with a strategic sight line across its narrow mouth, as well as views over the fertile lowland pastures which border it. This unusual enclosure is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, but is visible in current aerial views. It was identified and surveyed in 2015 by the Bernician Studies Group (O’Brien and Adams 2016, 16-20). Two roughly concentric banks, set 15-20m apart, curve in a broad arc SW−NNE and appear to represent the NW half of a subcircular or broadly oval enclosure; the SE half of the enclosure cannot be traced at ground level or in aerial views. The banks have a broad, low gently rounded profile and feel firm and compact under foot; they are visible at ground level as bands of thicker, higher heather growth. The inner bank (Wth c. 4m; H 0.3m) describes a shallow arc (cord L c. 70m) which curves SSW−N, ending abruptly at N; it is highest (ext. H 0.8-1m) at SW where it merges with a natural slope. The outer bank (Wth 3.5-4m; H 0.3-0.4m) can be traced in a deeper semicircle (cord L c. 130m) which curves SW−NNE, petering out gradually at NE beyond which it may have been truncated by a modern trackway to E of which is a forestry plantation. At SW both banks disappear into an impenetrable thicket of gorse and brambles which blankets the steep SE−SW side of the hill, and it is unclear to what extent they may survive beneath the overgrowth. In parts the ground immediately outside the banks is soft and wet, suggestive of a fosse, but the evidence is insufficient to confirm this. Both banks are gapped in parts; a gap (Wth 3m) at NW in the in the inner bank, with a corresponding break outer bank, may mark an original entrance. The twin banks cut across the broad W arc of the terrace/hill, with the outer bank coinciding with a rising slope at NW−N and curving downslope across the contour of the hill at NE, and the inner bank encompassing the SW arc of a slightly raised relatively level area on the summit of the hill, with a stretch of exposed rock face (H c. 2m) at the break of slope at it S edge. The unenclosed E−SE arc of the hill is defined by a steeply falling slope. Assuming that the banks did originally follow a full circular or oval circuit around the hill, the inner bank would have enclosed a central space with a maximum dimension of 70-80m, and the outer bank would have enclosed a space with maximum dimension of c. 130 NE−SW by c. 115 NW−SE. One possibility is that the banks never fully enclosed the hill, which is naturally defensive on its E arc due to its steep slope. A roughly circular hollow (max. dim. 5-7m; D 1m) and a number of smaller hollows (D 0.5-0.7m) are located close to the inner face of the inner bank at W. These are engulfed in gorse and difficult to examine. Their significance is uncertain; they might, for instance, be quarry pits. A few meters to E is an oblong water-filled hollow (2.5m E-W; 2m N-S; D 0.3m). (O’Brien and Adams 2016). Attached images: DG022-015----_01.JPG Ranging rod stands at W arc of the outer bank, viewed from NW DG022-015----_02.JPG Ranging rod and red arrows show arc of outer bank, viewed from NW DG022-015----_03.JPG Ranging rod lies on inner bank; yellow arrows indicate outer bank DG022-015----_04.JPG Ranging rod on outer bank at N; mouth of Lough Foyle visible in the distance at Left DG022-015----_05.JPG The steep gorse-covered S-SW slope of the hill, viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 November 2021

Architectural heritage

• Carnagarve House, gate lodge, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey with attic level gate lodge on L-shaped plan serving Carnagarve House (see 40902209), built c. 1903, having three-bay single-storey with attic level block to the north, single-bay single-storey with attic level return to the rear, and with single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to the west elevation. Now in use as a private house. Pitched natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles and finials, red brick chimneystack to north end of return, decorative timber bargeboards to gable ends and entrance porch, paired timber brackets to projecting eaves, and with replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course with raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to margins. Square-headed window opening with stone sills, six-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows, and with hoodmouldings over. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch with replacement battened timber door. Set at roadside entrance to north-west of Carnagarve House, and to the east of Moville. Gateway to the west of gate lodge comprising a pair of moulded cut stone gate posts (on polygonal-plan) having pyramidal caps. Gateway flanked to either side by quadrant sections of roughcast rendered walling. Modern timber fence to northern boundary of site.

• Carnagarve House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1825, with two-storey canted bay windows, curvilinear cast-iron conservatory, and gabled two-bay two-storey recessed annex to north-east with dentilated pediment. Multiple-bay two-and single-storey extensions to rear. Half-hipped slate roof with painted smooth rendered chimneystacks with polygonal pots. Conservatory with lapped glazing to curvilinear cast-iron ribs with cast-iron acanthi at eaves level. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered walls to south-west elevation. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surrounds and painted stone sills with eight-over-eight and eight-over-two timber sash windows. Round-arch headed windows with timber framed windows to south-east and north-west elevations. Six-over-six, two-over-two and eight-over-four timber sash windows to rear. Segmental-arched door opening with Tuscan doorcase having pilaster and entablature surrounds, sidelights, spoked fanlight and timber panelled door. Set within own grounds. Single-and two-storey stable yard to north. Walled garden to rear. Stone gate piers to road entrance beside gate lodge to the north-east of house.

• Carnagarve House, outbuilding, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single-and two-storey outbuildings and stables associated with Carnagarve House (see 40902209), built c. 1830, arranged around yard. Single-storey building to west of yard with hipped slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, chamfered to north-west corner, square-headed window opening with two-over-two horned timber sash window, square-headed door openings with metal-sheet clad sliding doors. Three-bay two-storey building to south with pitched slate roof, roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth, square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Further range of later single-storey outbuildings with pitched and monopitch slate and corrugated-cement roofs with smooth rendered and roughcast rendered walls. Strap-iron gates mounted on roughcast rendered piers with pyramidal coping within yard and to north and west of yard. Set within grounds of Carnagarve House.

• Carnagarve House, walled garden, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden (on rectangular-plan) to rear of Carnagarve House (see 40902209), built c. 1830. Enclosed by high random rubble walls with red brick lining on stretcher-bond to the south-east face with lean-to timber glasshouse. Orchard with mature trees to the south-west section.

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

At the centre of the townland of Carnagarve, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2274 (ZIP).

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.

• Carnagarve, Moville5 sales

Name

Carnagarve

Area

3,011,783 m² (301.18 ha, 744.23 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Moville, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Moville, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,293 people lived in 955 households in the Moville electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrack, Ballynally, Meenletterbale, Mossy Glen

Placenames

Carnagarve 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.