Carnamoyle
Carnamoyle is a townland in the civil parish of Muff, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.
- Area
- 1,188.2 ha
- 2,936 acres
- Land parcels
- 197
- registered freehold, median 4,851 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
197 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnamoyle, from 32 m² to 842,437 m² (84.24 ha, 208.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carnamoyle 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
25 Sept 2026N/a
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY DETACHED DWELLING WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY DETACHED DWELLING AND CONNECTION OF WASTE WATER INTO EXISTING ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661778
1 May 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660779
23 Jan 2026Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF ROOF OVER EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR INCORPORATING NEW ROOF SECTION WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING ROOF AND DISPOSAL OF PARLOUR WASHINGS TO EXISTING UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660074
16 Nov 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561997
27 Jun 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561084
2 May 2025Conditional
MACHINERY STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF NEW UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560699
17 Apr 2025Conditional
(1) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 02/5280 REFERS), (2) SHED AND (3) RELOCATION OF HOUSE, SHED, DRIVEWAY AND SEPTIC TANK, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560597
5 Dec 2024Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED 2 STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED CAR PORT AND GAMES ROOM OVER, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462009
24 Jun 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK, (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460953
27 May 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460766
27 Nov 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351815
26 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTERS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251608
19 Sept 2022Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251558
25 Aug 2022N/a
DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251429
16 Nov 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING WITH AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152258
11 Oct 2021Conditional
DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152008
9 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK, INTERMITTENT SAND FILTER WITH UNDERLYING SOIL POLISHING FILTER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151594
12 May 2021Conditional
(1) DOMESTIC GARAGE, (2) DOMESTIC ENTRANCE TO SERVE EXISTING DWELLING (3) AMENDMENTS TO PERMITTED DWELLING (08/70344) CONSISTING OF: ADDITIONAL WINDOWS AT GROUND LEVEL AND FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AS WELL AS AMENDMENTS TO PERMITTED WINDOW & AN ADDITIONAL APEX ROOF FEATURE TO FRONT ELEVATION, OMISSION OF BOTH A WINDOW TO THE CONSERVATORY & AN EXTERNAL REAR DOOR, FITTING OF SOLAR PANELS TO FRONT ELEVATION ROOF AREA (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150906
14 Apr 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150667
21 Jan 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF (A) A SLATTED CUBICLE SHED WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK TO ABUT EXISTING CUBICLE SHED AND (B) AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING SLATTED CUBICLE SHED WITH CONNECTION TO NEW UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150062
2 Dec 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951865
19 Nov 2019N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951798
23 Sept 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, PRIVATE WELL WATER SUPPLY, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ACCESS VIA EXISTING PRIVATE ACCESS ROAD TO BE UPGRADED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951452
23 Apr 2018Conditional
(A) EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, (B) FRONT ELEVATION WINDOWS IN LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BAY WINDOWS, (C) WINDOWS TO ALL ELEVATIONS, (D) RELOCATION OF CHIMNEY ON ROOF, (E) SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA TO REAR OF DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850628
16 Mar 2018Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE TOGETHER WITH A WASTE TREATMENT PLANT
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850379
The 25 most recent of 26 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carnamoyle.
Recorded monuments
- DG039-001 Standing stone
Description
A standing stone 2.27m high × 0.65m wide at base × 0.35m thick; E-W. Situated on poor pasture land on the S slope of Eskaheen mountain. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carnamoyle.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Carnamoyle, about 1 in 5 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carnamoyle.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Carnamoyle, Muff6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Carnamoyle
- Area
- 11,882,249 m² (1,188.22 ha, 2,936.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Muff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen West
- Electoral division
- Kilderry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,151 people lived in 783 households in the Kilderry electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmore, Drumhaggart, Eskaheen, Gortcormacan, Gortnaskea, Meenyanly, Muff, Owenkillew and Barnahone, Soppog, Sorne
- Placenames
- Carnamoyle 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.