Carrowmullin
Carrowmullin is a townland in the civil parish of Upper Fahan, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.
- Area
- 136 ha
- 336 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 1,529 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmullin, from 33 m² to 229,945 m² (22.99 ha, 56.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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 Carrowmullin 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
27 Jun 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF BOAT SLIPWAY AND CONCRETE SLAB, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE SHED OVER CONCRETE SLAB AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661185
11 May 2026Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660841
4 May 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660793
1 Apr 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660546
10 Feb 2026Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF SHED, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 03/4347 REFERS) AND (3) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660165
11 Dec 2025Conditional
A TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE EXISTING BUNCRANA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) LOCATED AT RAILWAY ROAD, BALLYMACARRY LOWER, CO. DONEGAL; THE EXISTING FAHAN WWTP LOCATED AT CARRONTLIEVE, FAHAN, CO. DONEGAL; AND ALONG THE R238 REGIONAL ROAD WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARRONTLIEVE, CARROWMULLIN, FIGARY, LISFANNAN, LUDDAN, AND BALLYMACARRY LOWER. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: (1) UPGRADE WORKS TO THE EXISTING BUNCRANA WWTP REQUIRING AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING SITE TO INCREASE ITS DESIGN POPULATION EQUIVALENT (PE) FROM 13,200PE TO 17,700PE COMPRISING (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A SECONDARY TREATMENT TANK, BLOWERS AND SOUND ATTENUATION BARRIER, PUMP SUMP AND VENT STACK, FLOW METER CHAMBER, VALVE CHAMBER, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, FLOOD PROTECTION WALL, 2 NO. PICKET FENCE THICKENER TANKS, A SITE DRAINAGE PUMPING STATION, INTERNAL SITE ACCESS ROAD, INTERCONNECTING PIPEWORK AND MANHOLES AND 4 NO. PARKING SPACES, (B) INTERNAL UPGRADES TO THE INLET WORKS BUILDING, INTERNAL UPGRADES TO THE CONTROL AND SLUDGE DEWATERING BUILDING, INTERNAL UPGRADES TO THE OUTFALL PUMPING STATION, REPURPOSING OF THE PRIMARY SETTLEMENT TANKS AS FINAL EFFLUENT BALANCING TANKS, RECONFIGURATION OF THE FLOW DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER AND INTERNAL UPGRADES TO THE SLUDGE HOLDING TANK, (C) REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING SITE ACCESS GATE WITH A PALISADE SECURITY GATE, (D) INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) PANELS ON SOUTH FACING ROOFS OF THE EXISTING INLET WORKS, CONTROL AND SLUDGE DEWATERING AND PROPOSED ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, (E) DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING SITE DRAINAGE PUMPING STATION, GAS HOLDING TANK, PICKET FENCE THICKENER AND SLUDGE DIGESTION TANK AND (F) ALL HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING WORKS INCLUDING SCREEN PLANTING AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS INCLUDING SITE WORKS AND TEMPORARY WORKING AREAS, (2) UPGRADE WORKS TO THE EXISTING FAHAN WWTP TO CONVERT IT INTO A WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION (WWPS) COMPRISING (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A STORMWATER HOLDING TANK, PUMP SUMP AND VENT STACK, VALVE CHAMBER, INLET FLUME, SURGE VESSEL, WET KIOSK, 2 NO. CONTROL KIOSKS, CHEMICAL SKID, BUNDED CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK, EMERGENCY SHOWER, WELFARE UNIT, FLOOD PROTECTION WALL WITH GATE, INTERCONNECTING PIPEWORK AND MANHOLES, (B) DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION OF THE SITE GATE AND WING WALLS, SEPTIC TANK AND PRELIMINARY EQUIPMENT, (C) MATERIAL ALTERATION OF THE EXISTING SITE ACCESS TO INCORPORATE A NEW AND REALIGNED SECURITY MESH SITE GATE AND WINGWALLS AN
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562206
9 Dec 2025N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562171
22 May 2025Conditional
(1) EXTENSIONS TO KITCHEN, STORE AND DINING AREA, (2) OUTDOOR PATIO AREA, (3) ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING AREA AND (4) BYPASS SEPARATOR, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560822
19 May 2025Conditional
ELEVATIONAL AND INTERNAL FLOOR PLAN CHANGES TO DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 97/1708 AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550072
11 Sept 2024Conditional
COVERED STORAGE AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS ON THE SITE OF PROTECTED STRUCTURE (NIAH REG. NO. 40903809)
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461404
4 Sept 2024N/a
COVERED STORAGE AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461363
29 Feb 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY ANNEX TO EXISTING DWELLING, (2) REPLACEMENT WITH NEW TWO STOREY SAUNA AND YOGA ANNEX AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COVERED LOG STORAGE/CARPORT TO EXISTING BOATHOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460242
16 Aug 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, ALTERATIONS TO ROOF, CREATION OF NEW ACCESS RAMP AND EXTENSION TO HARD STANDING FOR IMPROVED PARKING AND CIRCULATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351210
25 May 2022Conditional
EXISTING GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING PLANNING REFERENCE: 02/4868 (2) ERECTION OF (A) A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE (B) A GARDEN ROOM (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250906
3 Nov 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A ONE AND THREE QUARTER STOREY DWELLING, ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152166
1 Nov 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152156
28 Sept 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151942
14 Jul 2021Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/50284 WITH MINOR RELOCATION APPROX 6M SOUTH-WEST ON SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151410
13 Jul 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A ONE AND THREE QUARTER- STOREY DWELLING, ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151406
1 Jul 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A ONE AND THREE QUARTER- STOREY DWELLING, ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151317
1 Jul 2021N/a
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/50284
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151316
13 Jan 2021Conditional
(A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE AND CARPORT WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND (C) UNDERGROUND STORAGE AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150024
24 May 2020Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE AND CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050556
3 Mar 2020Conditional
A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050284
30 Oct 2019N/a
RE-SITED REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951673
The 25 most recent of 32 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
- Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA 004075
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166
Recorded monuments
- DG038-004 Rock art
Description
A large stone, uncovered when digging for a well. It is triangular in elevation, 1.47 × 1.16m × 1.1m, and 0.25m thick. There are 6 cup-marks, 2 with circles, one of which has a tail. It is situated now in the yard of a new bungalow, at the top of the cultivation level, on W sloping ground. 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
- DG038-007 Ringfort - cashel
Description
No trace seems to survive of the oval stone enclosure recorded in 1929. It was said to be 35 ft × 25 ft with a second enclosing 'ring of stones' at the SW side, 10 ft outside the inner wall of 'rough stones'. It was somewhat ruined at the N and S ends and the discov-erer believed it to be a burial site or a hut circle. The outer ring might suggest, however, a destroyed cashel. It was situated c. 700 yards below the summit on the E slope of Gollan Hill. The area is now (though possibly reclaimed) good pasture. (Boyle-Somerville 1929, 166). 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
- DG038-011 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
This monument is not shown on any edition of the as 6-inch maps. It stands on sloping pasture near the village of Fahan and c. 50m from the E shore of Lough Swilly. The sharply rising ground to the E of Fahan restricts the outlook in that direction. The megalithic remains at the site consist of four slabs: three in a line at the N, orientated NE-SW, and one at the S. These stones rise above the surface of a long grass-grown mound 12.3m long, 6.8m in maximum width and 1m high. Excavation would be required to determine how the orthostats relate to original ground level. The eastern of the three stones at the N side of the structure is 0.25m high, and the stone next to it is 0.5m high. The third stone here is 2.1m to the W of the last and is 0.7m high. The lone orthostat at the S is 0.5m high. There is a tree, shown on plan, 0.2m from its outer face. A smaller tree, close to the SW edge of the mound, is not shown. The nature of the remains is somewhat uncertain, but they may be those of a megalithic gallery at least 4m long and c. 1.3m wide, the northern side of which increased in height toward the W. It seems that the site was traditionally associated with St Mura, at least in the 19th century, when it appears to have served as a penitential station where an annual turas, or pattern, took place (Doherty 1891, 41-2). The rather neat outline of the mound might owe something to activity related to this aspect of the site. Doherty 1891, 41-2; SMR 1987, 38:11; Ó Nualláin 1989, 142; RMP 1995, 38:11. 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 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002) See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)
- DG038-012 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'St. Mura's Holy Well is at Fahan. A turus is made there on the 12th March, St. Mura's festival; it is called Turus Fathana. St. Mura died 645 A.D. His crozier is in the National Museum, Dublin, and his bell in the Wallace collection, London. The well and "station are contiguous to each other; the former close to the Lough Swilly Railway near St. John's, the residence of Mr. Olphert; D.L.; the latter is in a field belonging to the same gentleman, and adjoins his garden; both are easily distinguished. Many miracles are spoken of traditionally as the result of the pilgrimages, but the record of miracles mentioned by Colgan is lost. It should be mentioned that the Holy Well of Fahan owes its preservation at the present day to the large-hearted reverence of a native of Inishowen, a gentleman, who, by the way, does not share the religious belief of the pilgrims who crowd the spot; it was he who prevailed upon the engineers of the Lough Swilly Railway to respect the Holy Well in fixing the curvature of the line. Consequently, to the former owner of St. John's, Major Marshall, J.P., aided by the active intervention of the worthy and venerated parish priest of Fahan, the late Rev. Bernard M'Eldowney, we owe the saving of the well from destruction. Major Marshall caused an ornate brick covering to be built over the well; but the vandalism, which had formerly, as Colgan says, effaced the remains of antiquity from the place, was still sufficiently rampant to tear down even the arched covering; and the fallen debris remains a monument to the ' rabidness of their fury.' " A fine photograph of St. Mura's Well appears in the " Ulster Journal of Archaeology" for 1908 or 1909' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 156-7). (Ó Muirgheasa no. 89). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien date of upload/revision: 02 November 2011
Architectural heritage
- St. John's, gates/railings/walls, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway serving St. John’s (house not in survey), erected c. 1880, comprising decorative cast-iron gate posts with chamfered corners, torus mouldings, chamfer stops, surmounted by finials over (pine cones?), and with decorative cast-iron double-gates with fleur-de-lys finials over. Central vehicular gateway flanked to either side (east and west) by pedestrian gateways having cast-iron gate posts and gates of the same design. Roughcast rendered boundary walls to either side having painted coping over. Located to the west of associated house, and towards the centre of the Fahan.
- House, 1910–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1925, having single-storey extension to the north-east. Possible originally associated with Fahan House (see 40820013) located adjacent to the south-west. Pitched natural slate roof with red clay ridge tiles brick chimneystacks to gable ends (north-west and south-east) to roof ridge and to north pitch of roof, overhanging eaves, and with replacement rainwater goods. Four square-headed dormer openings to the south-west pitch of roof, one gable-fronted dormer to the north-east pitch. Randomly coursed rubble sandstone walls. Shallow segmental-headed window openings to the south elevation having brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs, and with tripartite window comprising central pair of multi-pane timber casement windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed openings to the north-east elevation with flush red brick block-and-start surrounds and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window opening to the north-east elevation with three multi-pane timber casement windows. Timber casement windows to dormer openings, paired to the south-west elevation. Camber-headed door opening to the north-east elevation having flush red brick block-and-start surrounds, and timber panelled door. Set back from road in mature grounds to the centre of the village of Fahan. House overlooks Lough Swilly to the south-west. Gateway to the east comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with wrought-iron gate.
- Fahan House, country house, 1730–1750 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1740 or c. 1764 and extended c. 1800 and c. 1860, having single-storey block to the north-west with modern conservatory extension to the south-west, and with six-bay two-storey return, built or extended c. 1860, to the rear to the south-east corner having modern single-storey open porch\garage to the south-east. House originally a five-bay two-storey structure, later extended to the south-east by two bays, c. 1800. House renovated c. 2007. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having overhanging rendered eaves to front pitch (south-west), two roughcast rendered chimneystacks (one to the north-west gable end, and one offset to the south-east side of centre), clay ridge tiles, and replacement rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roofs to single-storey block to the north-west and to rear return. Roughcast walls with cement rendered walls at basement level. Square-headed window openings with shallow projecting rendered reveals, stone sills, and replacement windows. Central square-headed doorway to the original house having smooth rendered reveals, timber panelled door with fielded panels and bolection mouldings, and surmounted by tripartite overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds overlooking Lough Swilly to the south-west. Six-bay two-storey outbuilding attached to the north-east end of rear return (aligned along with main house) having pitched natural slate roof, partially rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds, some stone sills, and with replacement timber casement windows, square-headed doorways with red brick surrounds and battened timber doors, and with round-headed recesses to either end (north-west and south-east) of the north-east elevation having square-headed carriage-arches having battened timber double-doors. Detached four-bay two-storey former outbuilding (now in use as a dwelling) to the north-east, built c. 1860, having pitched artificial slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Remains of former walled garden (on rectangular-plan) to the south-east having remains of stone walls and stone platforms (formerly foundations of structures, possibly greenhouses or potting sheds). Gateway to the east comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal rubble stone capping, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates.
- St. Mura’s Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1815–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1820 and extended 1858 and 1897, comprising three-bay nave with three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the south-west gable end having crenellated parapet over with cut stone corner pinnacles, single-bay single-storey vestry, added 1858, with mono-pitched roof over attached to the north-east end of the north-west side of nave, and with shallow single-bay chancel to the north-east, added 1897. Pitched artificial slate roof to nave with clay ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystack to north-east gable end of nave, projecting cut stone eaves course brought across gable ends as stringcourse, replacement rainwater goods, and with raised coping to the gable ends. Pitched artificial slate roof to chancel having projecting eaves course, and with raised cut stone verge to the north-east gable end having cut stone finial over gable apex and kneeler stones at eaves level. Mono-pitched artificial slate roof to vestry having cut stone eaves course and with raised verges to either end. Randomly coursed rubble stone walls with flush ashlar limestone block-and-start quoins to north-east gable end of chancel. Cut stone stringcourses to tower delineating stages, Irish-style rubble stone crenellations to parapet having cut stone coping over, cut stone stringcourse to base of parapet supported on cut stone corbels, and with cut stone corner pinnacles. Cut stone date plaque to first stage, over doorway, reading ‘Built A.D. 1820 Revd. Wm Knox Rector’. Pointed-arch window openings to side elevations of nave having foliate\cusped plate tracery, cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, stone sills, and with cut stone hoodmouldings over. Triple-light wind opening to the north-east gable end of chancel (added 1897) having cusped intersecting tracery cut stone sill, leaded stained glass windows (added 1900), and cut stone hoodmoulding over; pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of chancel having chamfered ashlar surround, cut stone sill, cast-iron quarry-glazed windows with coloured glass margin lights, and with cut stone hoodmoulding. Pointed-arched window openings to south-west face of tower at first stage level having cut stone sills, cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, and with hoodmoulding over; square-headed window openings to tower at second stage level having timber windows with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, stone sills, and cut stone hoodmouldings over; pointed-arched openings to tower at belfry\third stage level having cut stone sills, timber louvered fittings, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Square-headed window opening to north-west face of vestry having chamfered ashlar stone reveals, stone sill, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window. Pointed-headed entrance door opening to the south-east side of tower having chamfered reveals, battened timber double-doors, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Square-headed doorway to the south-west face of vestry having battened timber door. Gallery with timber balustrade to the south-west end of nave to interior, circular vestibule to tower, pointed-arched chancel arch having cut stone half-colonnettes on brackets, marble wall memorials, and with timber pews. Cut stone font (on octagonal-plan) next to entrance door. Set back from road in corner site to the south-east end of Fahan. Graveyard to site with collection of cut stone gravemarkers of nineteenth and twentieth century date, including number of Commonwealth graves. Celtic cross memorial to the dead of H.M.S. Laurentic (1917) to site. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding or possible sexton’s house to the south-east of site having pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walls, square-headed window opening with cast-iron quarry-glazed window, and square-headed doorway with battened timber door. Gateway to the south corner of site comprising a pair of cut stone gate posts with wrought-iron double-gates; pedestrian gateway to the south-east of site having wrought-iron gate. Rubble stone boundary walls to site. Associated rectory (see 40820017) located 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Carrowmullin, 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1984 (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 Carrowmullin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Carrowmullin
- Area
- 1,359,581 m² (135.96 ha, 335.96 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
- Carrontlieve, Figary, Lisfannan, Roosky
- Placenames
- Carrowmullin 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.