Carrowreagh

172 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowreagh, from 43 m² to 1,827,464 m² (182.75 ha, 451.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 80 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrowreagh 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.

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52317 REFERS), TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE ALTERATIONS AND WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661061

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  FIRST FLOOR ATTIC CONVERSION TO DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660961

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660914

• 13 Apr 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF (1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660614

• 10 Nov 2025Refused

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING OUTHOUSE TO A DOMESTIC DWELLING AND RENOVATION OF SAME, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE SITE, CONNECTION TO AN EXISTING DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVING THE ADJACENT DWELLING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561959

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  (1) ENTRANCE, (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO SHED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 02/4347 AND (3) PARTIAL CONVERSION OF SHED TO TEMPORARY LIVING ACCOMMODATION WITH THE PROVISION OF FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 02/4347 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2561790

• 25 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) RELOCATION AND MIRRORING OF EXISTING SHED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 00/4447 AND (2) GARDEN STORAGE SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NOS. 95/1529 & 97/1180 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561659

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  SKYLIGHTS ADDED TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 98/2181 AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED GAMES ROOM AND HOME OFFICE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560593

• 4 Apr 2025N/a

  SKYLIGHTS ADDED TO EXISTING DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 98/2182 AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED GAMES ROOM AND HOME OFFICE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560499

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560279

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461917

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461720

• 1 Jul 2024Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460988

• 1 Feb 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) DWELLING HOUSE, (B) GARDEN HOUSE COMPRISING GAMES ROOM, GYM AND FACILITIES AND (C) DETACHED GARAGE AND (2) INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460072

• 12 Jan 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH A 1.5 STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450011

• 3 Nov 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF 23 NO. DWELLINGS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF: 07/71796, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 19 homes · Donegal County Council, 2351671

• 2 Oct 2023Conditional

  DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351480

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252072

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) DWELLING HOUSE (2) DOMESTIC GARAGE (3) ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT & PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251548

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250260

• 4 Feb 2022Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTNG DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS ON THIS SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250158

• 19 Nov 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152317

• 9 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, 2152224

• 13 Aug 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151629

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151333

The 25 most recent of 36 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Magheradrumman Bog SAC 000168
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Magheradrumman Bog 000168

Recorded monuments

• DG011-056 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Largest Dimension 55m. 'Castleduff' consists of a subrectangular area surrounded by a collapsed stone wall. The wall follows the edge of a rock outcrop on which it is situated, exploiting the fall-away in lieu of a fosse. There is a possible entrance to the S and outside the SW a large freestanding slab of rock 1.25m high. It is a prominent site with wide views. 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

• DG011-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Very little survives of 'Venables Fort' except the SW quadrant of a fosse. Destroyed by laying out new fields and turf cutting. It is situated on top of Crocknageena Hill in bogland. 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

• DG011-058 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 20m. This heavily overgrown site seems to consist of a stone-built subcircular enclosure with a possible entrance in the SE. It is situated amid the ruins of old buildings, gardens and small fields on a small plateau on the E slope of Grocknageeha Hill. Pre-development testing was carried out by Caitríona Gleeson under licence No. 07E0946 of a site at Falduff, Carndonagh, Co. Donegal. The proposed development comprises the erection of a farmyard shed and all associated works. The proposed development is located c. 50m south of DG011–058----, a cashel. Four trenches of varying lengths were excavated across the footprint of proposed construction. No evidence for archaeological material or cultural layers pre-dating the 20th century was observed in any area of the proposed development site (Bennett 2010, 78). 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: 18 November 2011

• DG020-003 Stone circle
  Description

  An arc of 6 stones, revealed by turf cutting, which may represent the E through S to SW sectors of a stone circle. The largest stone is 1m high × 0.9m wide × 0.2m thick. The smallest stone is .3m high × 0.8m wide × 0.15m thick. There appears to be another stone below the ground surface in the W sector and further stones may exist in the uncut section of the bog. The site is situated on open mountain terrain which slopes NE down to Meenahonor Burn. Approximately 125m E of it is a Wedge-tomb (99) also partially exposed in the bog. 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

• DG020-004 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This monument, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is situated at the northern end of the Inishowen peninsula, c. 5km SSE of Carndonagh. It stands in a large tract of bog, where it was uncovered, along with the remains of a stone circle (Lacy 1983, 69, no. 325) c. 100m to the W, during turf-cutting in around 1980. The site is on a gentle slope c. 30m W of the Meenahonor Bum, a tributary of the Glennagannon River, which flows to the sea at Trawbreaga Bay c. 9km to the NNW. There is a good outlook from the site over the surrounding area, except to the S, where it is restricted by gently rising ground. The plan published here was made in 1982, when the N side of the monument was still partly covered by peat that rose 0.6m above it. The site was revisited in 1991, when it was found that further turf-cutting had fully exposed a tall orthostat at the NW and had uncovered another stone beside it that had not been visible in 1982. This has been added to the plan. By 1991 much of the monument was concealed by discarded sods. The structure appears to have been in a ruinous condition before it was enveloped by the peat. The monument consists of a gallery, at least 4.5m long, now open at both ends, and flanked at either side by outer-walling. It lies more or less W-E. The gallery is 1.5m wide at the W end; it narrows and decreases in height toward the E. A single roofstone is in place at around midway along the gallery. Two orthostats stand at the W end of the S side of the gallery. The western one, which leans inward, is 0.7m in exposed height, and the eastern one is 0.2m lower. Approximately 0.8m beyond the last the line of this side of the gallery is continued to the E by two small stones, only the tops of which are visible. These may well be sidestones. Four orthostats are exposed along the N side of the gallery. That at the W end is a good match for its counterpart on the S side. It is 0.8m high. The second, largely concealed by the roofstone, is 0.2m high. The third orthostat on this side, its western end concealed, is only 0.05m in exposed height. A displaced slab, c. 1m in maximum dimension, rests on this. The fourth orthostat is 0.05m in exposed height. The roofstone measures 1.45m N-S by 1.1m E-W and is 0.2m thick. At the N it rests on the second sidestone of the gallery, and originally it would have rested on the corresponding sidestone on the S side but has slipped and now lies on a buried stone that overlaps the inner face of that sidestone. The buried stone is c. 0.8m long, and its top is flush with the surface here. It is of uncertain status and is not shown on the plan. Beneath the southern half of the roofstone is a separate piece broken from its underside. Three outer-wall stones are exposed at intervals beyond the front half of the S side of the gallery. The stone at the W is 0.2m high; the second is 0.1m high; and the third is only 0.05m in exposed height. An outer-wall stone beyond the E end of the N side of the gallery is 0.5m high. It rises 0.25m above the top of a small set stone at its inner face. At the W end of the N side of the monument and just outside the inner end of the large orthostat at the front of the gallery is a set stone, 0.35m in exposed height. This may be an outer-wall stone or may represent a doubling of the gallery side. Stones of various sizes are scattered at the site, but there is no recognisable trace of a cairn or mound. A stone protruding from the peat beyond the SW comer of the gallery is of uncertain status. It is 1.2m long, 0.2m thick and 0.4m in sloping height. Ó Nualláin 1983a, 41, no. 99; SMR 1987, 20:4; Ó Nualláin 1989, 136; RMP 1995, 20:4. 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)

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with bed outshot to rear, two-bay single-storey extension to north-west and single-bay single-storey extension to south-east. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped cornices to gables. Pitched corrugated-metal roof to north-west extension and pitched artificial slate roof to south-east extension. Smooth rendered walls with plinth. Square-headed window openings with uPVC windows and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with uPVC door. Set within own grounds with single-storey outbuilding comprising pitched corrugated-metal roof and whitewashed rubble walls to north-east of site. Further single-storey outbuildings immediately to south-east of house. Located to south-east of Carndonagh.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, with single-bay single-storey extension to south-east. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber and metal rope stays to eaves, and smooth rendered chimneystacks with stepped cornices to gables. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with uPVC rainwater-goods to extension. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with uPVC windows and painted concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Set within own grounds with gravel-path, grassed area and single-cell corrugated-metal lavatory outbuilding to south of property. Located in Cashelgragan, to south-east of Carndonagh.

• Hollymount House, outbuilding, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding associated with Hollymount (see 40901131), built c. 1850. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with timber louvered fittings. Square-headed doorways with battened timber doors. Central segmental-headed carriage-arch. Additional outbuildings to site, one with rubble stone bellcote to gable end. Set back from road to the rear of Hollymount, and to the south-east of Carndonagh. Gateway to site having roughcast rendered gate piers and wrought-iron gates with cast-iron finials.

• Hollymount House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Hollymount (see 40901131), erected c. 1850, comprising a pair of moulded cast-iron gate posts on polygonal plan having a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron detailing. Pedestrian gateway to the south of main vehicular gateway comprising a pair of moulded cast-iron gate posts on polygonal plan having a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron detailing. Gateway flanked to either side by quadrant sections of rendered rubble stone walling with wrought-iron railings over having cast-iron finials. Located to the north-east of Hollymount, and to the south-east of Carndonagh. Attendant gate lodge (see 40901132) adjacent to the south.

• House, 1835–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1855, with windbreak porch to front and outbuildings to both gables. Pitched rounded thatched roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks to gables with coping and terracotta pots. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with uPVC windows, with painted rendered sills. Square-headed door opening with uPVC door unit. Single-storey outbuildings to gables comprising pitched corrugated-metal roofs and roughcast rendered walls; rubble stone open-fronted outbuilding to north. Further single-storey rubble outbuildings to grounds. Set within own grounds surrounded by fields and moor land.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2157 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Carrowreagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Carrowreagh

Area

7,309,042 m² (730.9 ha, 1,806.1 acres)

Civil parish

Donagh, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Gleneganon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gleneganon electoral division: 791 people in 259 households; 91% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylosky, Carrowmore or Glentogher, Cashel, Churchland Quarters(Carrowtemple Moneyshandoney and Carrick), Keeranbane, Magheradrumman, Meenaleavin, Tullanree

Placenames

Carrowreagh 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.