Carnashannagh
Carnashannagh is a townland in the civil parish of Upper Fahan, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.
- Area
- 110.5 ha
- 273 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 1,617 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnashannagh, from 44 m² to 439,121 m² (43.91 ha, 108.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Carnashannagh 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
13 Aug 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561390
18 Jun 2025Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF PORCH TO SOUTH ELEVATION AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUN ROOM TO EAST ELEVATION AND 2 NO. DORMER WINDOWS TO SOUTH ELEVATION, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561024
3 Jun 2025N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560909
14 May 2025N/a
DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF PORCH TO SOUTH ELEVATION, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SUNROOM TO EAST ELEVATION AND 2 NO. DORMER WINDOWS TO SOUTH ELEVATION; ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560769
9 Aug 2024Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING CAFE/TAKEAWAY KNOWN AS LEO`S CAFE TO A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461226
24 Jun 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450163
9 Mar 2023Conditional
(1) CAR DISMANTLING BUSINESS (2) CHANGE OF USE OF SHED TO CAR WORKSHOP, AND (3) ERECTION OF NEW 2.4M HIGH WALL WITH CLOSE BOARD FENCE ON TOP, INSTALLATION OF INTERCEPTOR, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350291
9 Feb 2023N/a
(1) CAR DISMANTLING BUSINESS, (2) CHANGE OF USE OF SHED TO CAR WORKSHOP & (3) ERECTION OF NEW 2.4M HIGH WALL WITH CLOSE BOARD FENCE ON TOP, INSTALLATION OF INTERCEPTOR, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350149
12 Jan 2023N/a
(1) CAR DISMANTLING BUSINESS (2) CHANGE OF USE OF SHED TO CAR WORKSHOP, AND (3) ERECTION OF NEW 2.4M HIGH WALL WITH CLOSE BOARD FENCE ON TOP, INSTALLATION OF INTERCEPTOR, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350021
23 Dec 2022N/a
(1) CAR DISMANTLING BUSINESS (2) ERECTION OF NEW 2.4M HIGH WALL WITH CLOSE BOARD FENCE ON TOP, INSTALLATION OF INTERCEPTOR, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2252089
28 Jul 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A 5 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH ADJOINING DOUBLE GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251294
13 Jul 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A 5 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH ADJOINING DOUBLE GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251200
26 Oct 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152126
17 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY BEDROOM EXTENSION (11.31M) TO THE FRONT (SOUTH) OF THE EXISTING DWELLING (2) INSTALLATION OF NEW EN-SUITE WINDOW TO EAST ELEVATION ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED INTERNAL REFURBISHMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151848
6 Apr 2021Conditional
EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE & SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA (B) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCK-WORK AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO ERECT A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150590
22 Mar 2021N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF: 02/4324 AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, ALL SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF:02/4324
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150499
24 Jul 2020Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A 5 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050993
23 Dec 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1952033
12 May 2017Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750725
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166
Recorded monuments
- DG0380059 Burnt spread
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.
- DG038-059 Burnt spread
Description
Located in the N bank of the Burnfoot River, c. 100m W of a bridge on the NW outskirts of Burnfoot village. A layer of burnt material is exposed in section in the riverbank at a depth of c. 0.25-0.3m below ground surface. A metal object and metal slag were retrieved from the layer. It was identified during an archaeological assessment in advance of a proposed flood relief scheme. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 April 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carnashannagh.
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 Carnashannagh, 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_2016 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carnashannagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Carnashannagh
- Area
- 1,105,470 m² (110.55 ha, 273.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upper Fahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen West
- Electoral division
- Fahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,634 people lived in 546 households in the Fahan electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyederowen, Crislaghmore, Inch Level, Inch Level, Monreagh or Barr of Kilmackilvenny, Tievebane
- Placenames
- Carnashannagh 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.