Carnaghan

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnaghan, from 104 m² to 392,677 m² (39.27 ha, 97.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carnaghan 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.

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251661

• 4 Apr 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA EXISTING ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250568

• 28 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250332

• 28 Feb 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250331

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 Carnaghan.

Recorded monuments

• DG037-018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 30m-35m. Marked 'Dunfinn' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map the site consists of a subcircular area situated on the E end of an E-W ridge. At the W end is a bank of earth and stones 2m high and 21m N-S. This joins a curving stone wall at the SW side. The S is defined by the natural drop as is the E but there is tentative evidence of a bank along the E edge. To the N is a collapsed stone wall which curves around to join the W bank. It is situated on open mountain terrain with marshy land to the N and SE. 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

• DG037-019001 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This monument is on Inch Island in Lough Swilly. It stands on a terrace on the S-facing slope of Inch Top and overlooks the inner reaches of the lough. Fair pasture in the vicinity of the site gives way, closeby to the N, to rougher ground broken by occasional rock outcrops. The tomb now consists of two tall portal-stones at the NE and, 2.5m to the SW, a low backstone. Approximately 0.7m NW of the backstone is a cist covered by two superimposed slabs, and 0.5m E of the cist a slab rests in a horizontal position on four low stones. These features stand in a low grassy mound, subrectangular in outline, measuring 10.4m N-S by 10m E-W. A hedge-grown wall runs along the western edge of the mound. There is a facing of dry-walling along the southern half of the eastern edge of the mound. The wall and facing are relatively modern features. The mound is 0.7m high at the dry-walling and 0.4m high elsewhere. There were three mature trees at the northern edge of the mound and two at the S in 1982 when the tomb was surveyed. The portal-stones are c. 0.6m inside the NE edge of the mound. They are set longitudinally and stand 0.8m apart at their outer ends. These are well-matched stones, both with top edges sloping down toward the backstone. The northern one is 2.9m high, and the southern one is 2.6m high. The base of the latter is partially exposed. The backstone is 1.1m high. Its top is uneven and may be broken. The raised slab just beyond the N side of the tomb measures 1.5m by 1.45m and is 0.25m thick. The four supporting stones are not deeply set in the ground, if they are at all. These are 0.2m to 0.6m in maximum horizontal dimension, and none exceeds 0.2m in height. There is a pad-stone, 0.2m in maximum dimension, between the northernmost support and the covering slab. The nature and origin of this deliberate feature are uncertain. The upper covering slab of the cist measures 2.3m by 2.15m and is 0.3m thick, and the lower one is 2.3m by 1.25m and 0.25m thick. There are two very small pad-stones (not on plan) between the two slabs. The cist measures 1.2m NE-SW by 0.7m NW-SE and is 0.75m deep. The longer sides are each formed by two stones; the NE end is closed by a single stone; and the SW end is open at present. A largely concealed stone is set outside the two stones forming the western side. Just 0.5m beyond the pointed N end of the upper covering slab there is a low upright stone, 0.15m high. This is firmly set in the ground, but its function is unknown. Fagan (1845-8) recorded that 'two crocks of bones' were dug up 'near' the site some years before his visit in 1846. Bronze Age funerary ware consisting of a vase, sherds of a vase urn and a small plain accessory vessel were found in 1880 at this site, but there is some uncertainty about whether they came from the portal tomb or the cist (Waddell 1990; B. Ó Ríordáin and J. Waddell 1993). The surviving portal-stones and backstone are clearly the remains of a portal tomb. The cist and the raised slab are secondary features. This secondary activity and the planting of trees in the modern era account for the present outline and form of the mound. This monument, said to be known locally as the 'King's Grave', is the same as that marked 'Standing Stones' on the various editions of the OS 6-inch maps. They are not, as stated by Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967), separate sites. Fagan 1845-8, book 11, 26; Somerville 1929, 166-8 (plan and photograph); Swan and Davies 1938, 46-7; S.P. O'Riordan 1947, 42-3 (photograph); Colhoun 1949, 115; Swan 1949, 34; de Valera 1960, 134-5, no. 28; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 114; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 127; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 296, no. 9; ApSimon 1969, 62; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 30, no. 49; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 94, Donegal no. 9; SMR 1987, 37:19; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Waddell 1990, 71; B. Ó Ríordáin and J. Waddell 1993, 99; Colhoun 1995, 81; RMP 1995, 37:19. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG037-019002 Cist
  Description

  This monument is on Inch Island in Lough Swilly. It stands on a terrace on the S-facing slope of Inch Top and overlooks the inner reaches of the lough. Fair pasture in the vicinity of the site gives way, closeby to the N, to rougher ground broken by occasional rock outcrops. The tomb now consists of two tall portal-stones at the NE and, 2.5m to the SW, a low backstone. Approximately 0.7m NW of the backstone is a cist covered by two superimposed slabs, and 0.5m E of the cist a slab rests in a horizontal position on four low stones. These features stand in a low grassy mound, subrectangular in outline, measuring 10.4m N-S by 10m E-W. A hedge-grown wall runs along the western edge of the mound. There is a facing of dry-walling along the southern half of the eastern edge of the mound. The wall and facing are relatively modern features. The mound is 0.7m high at the dry-walling and 0.4m high elsewhere. There were three mature trees at the northern edge of the mound and two at the S in 1982 when the tomb was surveyed.

• DG038-032 Souterrain
  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.

• DG038-033 Souterrain
  Description

  A souterrain now inaccessible said to have consisted of two chambers. The first was 10 ft long × 4 ft high. A second chamber, to the N connected by a low passage, was said to be 6 ft long. The souterrain was of drystone construction with a flagstone roof. Further N in the same field a small passage was discovered. They are situated in good land sloping to the SE. 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

• DG038-035 Bullaun 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.

• DG038-036 Souterrain
  Description

  This locally known 'cave' is now inaccessible. It is situated on a small low hill. 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

• DG038-037001 Souterrain
  Description

  There is no sign of 'The souterrain with a flagged roof' found here (M. R. Colhoun). Situated in well cultivated land. 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

• DG038-037002 Cist
  Description

  A cist 1ft × 2ft 6in now covered by a field bank was found here. It contained 2 foodvessels and fragments of bone (M. R. Colhoun) and was situated in well cultivated land on Inch Island. 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

Architectural heritage

• Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, church/chapel, 1912–1932 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-storey Catholic church, built c. 1922 with entrance porch to west and sacristy to north-east corner. Pitched slate roofs, blue-black roll clay ridge tiles, projecting rendered arcade to eaves on moulded modillions, cast-iron rainwater goods with ornamented cast-iron hopper-heads; sacristy with moulded rendered eaves and rectangular rendered chimneystack with plinth carried on rendered arcade on moulded modillions. Roughcast rendered walls, moulded verges, with round-headed flush moulded flat panel verge-ends on moulded skew-corbels to gable ends; Celtic cross finials to both gables; painted statue of Our lady of Lourdes set into round-headed niche on moulded corbel with rendered hoodmoulding and label-stops to east gable; rendered quoins, stepped chamfered rendered plinth. Round-headed window openings, paired to west gable and porch, with leaded stained glass, rendered reveals, block-and-start surrounds and splayed sills, hoodmoulding and label-stops; round-headed window openings to sacristy with timber five-over-six sash windows with roughcast rendered reveals, rendered sill, hoodmoulding and label-stops; triple lancet stained glass windows with stained glass roundels to east gable, set in recessed round-headed arch with block-and-start rendered surrounds, splayed sill, hoodmoulding and label-stops. Round-headed entrance door openings, with projecting gabled doorcase with moulded rendered verges and skew-corbels, Norman-headed columns supporting round-headed arch with moulded archivolt with chevrons, and rendered cross set into oculus with flushed rendered surrounds; timber double doors with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges, moulded rendered corners to reveals with chamfer-stops. Interior with plastered walls, timber framed plaster panelled canted ceiling with timber knee-braces on carved stone corbels, gallery to west on cast-iron columns; carved marble altar; carved stone and marble font. Set in graveyard with gravemarkers from 1909 to present; modern railings and rendered boundary wall to site with wrought and cast-iron gates on chamfered rendered piers with round-headed valley caps on moulded dentilated cornice.

• Inch Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1835–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay Presbyterian church, built c. 1860, with two-bay two-storey vestry and Sunday school to east. Pitched slate roofs, with decorative blue-black clay ridge cresting, acorn finial to gables of church, rectangular rendered chimneystack to vestry gable and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast and pebbledash rendered walls, recessed rendered plinth to front elevation. Square-headed window openings, with one-over-one timber horned sashes with coloured margin lights; round-headed to west gable, fixed timber frames with coloured margin lights; square-headed to vestry with replacement timber casement windows; all with smooth rendered reveals and painted stone sills. Square-headed entrance door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted door, smooth rendered reveals, rendered stone plinth-blocks, door addressed by polychromic geometrically-laid tiled doorstep. Church set back to road, graveyard to north and east with gravemarkers from 1852 to 2006; rubble stone boundary wall with crenellated rubble stone coping, cast-iron pedestrian gate with fleur-de-lys finials on octagonal cast-iron piers with spire finial, and wrought and cast-iron hoop railings double gates with spear finials and decorative handle on rectangular rubble stone piers with projecting ashlar stone diamond-headed cap.

• House, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1800 with outbuildings on a linear plan to south gable. Pitched corrugated-metal and metal clad roofs with cement verges, rectangular rendered chimneystacks to gables. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings, with four and six pane timber casement windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, with timber vertically-sheeted stable door.

• Farm house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with attic level farm house, built c. 1850. Pitched slate roof, artificial slate to north pitch, blue-black clay ridge tiles, rectangular brick chimneystacks with cornice to cap, deeply projecting rendered eaves with decorative timber perforated fascia, decorative timber bargeboards to gables, replacement and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered to front, pebbledash rendered to other sides. Square-headed window openings, with paired timber six-over-six horned sashes to south; north elevation with timber two-over-two horned sashes and timber four pane fixed window to first floor; segmental-headed window openings to gables, with timber six-over-three sash windows, hornless to east, one replacement timber casement to west; all with painted stone sills. Three-centred-headed entrance door opening to front, replacement timber door with plain glass fanlight over, with rendered reveals and painted stone plinth-blocks; square-headed entrance door opening to north with timber vertically-sheeted door, rendered reveals and painted stone plinth-blocks. House set back from road with garden to front enclosed by rendered rubble stone boundary wall with crenellated rubble stone coping, decorative wrought and cast-iron gate on angled rendered rubble stone piers with concrete diamond-headed cap. Yard to north with ranges of single and two-storey outbuildings with pitched slate and corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone and white-washed rubble stone walls, square-headed window and door openings.

• Water pump, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding water pump, erected c. 1910, no longer in use. Circular ringed cast-iron shaft with larger diameter top third fluted, on rectangular cast-iron plinth, cylindrical decorative cast-iron faucet to front, cast-iron cow-tail handle, decorative fluted domed cap with finial. Water pump set on side of the road.

• Kiln, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding lime kiln, built c. 1880, no longer in use and overgrown. Rubble stone walls. Elliptical arch to east side with dressed rubble stone voussoirs and recessed round-headed racking-out opening. Round-headed rubble stone vaulted room to south part of kiln with round-headed arched entrance opening to east side. Cylindrical brick chimney flue opened to top of kiln. Fronts directly onto road, set into natural slope. Former limestone quarry to the south-west.

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 Carnaghan, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carnaghan.

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.

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

Name

Carnaghan · Baile Mhic Cearnacháin

Area

1,243,140 m² (124.31 ha, 307.19 acres)

Civil parish

Inch, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Inch Island, the unit of the census

Census 2022

396 people lived in 140 households in the Inch Island electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baylet, Carrickanee, Castlequarter, Glack or Bohullion, Moress

Placenames

Carnaghan 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.