# Cavan Lower, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,758,674 m² (175.87 ha, 434.58 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,589 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donaghmore.md
- Barony: Raphoe South
- Electoral division: Killygordon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,146 people lived in 451 households in the Killygordon electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16431
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50590
- Centre: latitude 54.805409, longitude -7.719369 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cavan Lower, from 34 m² to 179,231 m² (17.92 ha, 44.29 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1419938: 179,231 m² (17.92 ha, 44.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419938.md
- Parcel 1385150: 118,460 m² (11.85 ha, 29.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385150.md
- Parcel 1391229: 100,556 m² (10.06 ha, 24.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391229.md
- Parcel 1419935: 95,329 m² (9.53 ha, 23.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419935.md
- Parcel 1385148: 85,989 m² (8.6 ha, 21.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385148.md
- Parcel 1385155: 55,718 m² (5.57 ha, 13.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385155.md
- Parcel 1419936: 55,619 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419936.md
- Parcel 1419934: 54,635 m² (5.46 ha, 13.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419934.md
- Parcel 1419932: 50,426 m² (5.04 ha, 12.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419932.md
- Parcel 1370555: 49,347 m² (4.93 ha, 12.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370555.md
- Parcel 1428822: 49,221 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428822.md
- Parcel 1525001: 44,196 m² (4.42 ha, 10.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525001.md
- Parcel 1385146: 41,502 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385146.md
- Parcel 1419933: 40,224 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419933.md
- Parcel 1313763: 39,879 m² (3.99 ha, 9.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313763.md
- Parcel 1419944: 35,454 m² (3.55 ha, 8.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419944.md
- Parcel 1385158: 34,401 m² (3.44 ha, 8.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385158.md
- Parcel 1324344: 30,775 m² (3.08 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324344.md
- Parcel 1419945: 30,284 m² (3.03 ha, 7.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419945.md
- Parcel 1385149: 28,163 m² (2.82 ha, 6.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385149.md
- Parcel 1395201: 26,484 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395201.md
- Parcel 1419937: 22,595 m² (2.26 ha, 5.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419937.md
- Parcel 1524282: 22,012 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1524282.md
- Parcel 1419947: 18,638 m² (1.86 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419947.md
- Parcel 4645826: 18,346 m² (1.83 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4645826.md
- Parcel 1386843: 18,079 m² (1.81 ha, 4.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386843.md
- Parcel 1418459: 17,873 m² (1.79 ha, 4.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418459.md
- Parcel 1385147: 16,249 m² (1.62 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385147.md
- Parcel 1385154: 15,879 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385154.md
- Parcel 1419946: 15,598 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419946.md
- Parcel 1419942: 15,426 m² (1.54 ha, 3.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419942.md
- Parcel 1524353: 15,156 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1524353.md
- Parcel 1350683: 13,286 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350683.md
- Parcel 1367157: 13,258 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367157.md
- Parcel 3664661: 12,930 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664661.md
- Parcel 1412803: 12,087 m² (1.21 ha, 2.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412803.md
- Parcel 1524283: 10,649 m² (1.06 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1524283.md
- Parcel 1419943: 10,595 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419943.md
- Parcel 1364689: 10,479 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364689.md
- Parcel 1393757: 9,339 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393757.md
- Parcel 1397708: 9,291 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397708.md
- Parcel 5527771: 9,069 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5527771.md
- Parcel 1388774: 8,749 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388774.md
- Parcel 1385875: 7,903 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385875.md
- Parcel 1419949: 7,849 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419949.md
- Parcel 1397402: 7,462 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397402.md
- Parcel 1385157: 6,932 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385157.md
- Parcel 1419950: 6,743 m² (0.67 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419950.md
- Parcel 5940632: 6,607 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5940632.md
- Parcel 1385156: 6,589 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385156.md
- Parcel 1385153: 5,607 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385153.md
- Parcel 5956706: 5,560 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5956706.md
- Parcel 1321445: 4,973 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321445.md
- Parcel 1348891: 4,022 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348891.md
- Parcel 1419948: 3,516 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419948.md
- Parcel 1360851: 3,056 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360851.md
- Parcel 1355657: 2,995 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355657.md
- Parcel 5210199: 2,982 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5210199.md
- Parcel 1383772: 2,969 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383772.md
- Parcel 5956697: 2,836 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5956697.md
- Parcel 1302930: 2,828 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302930.md
- Parcel 1303469: 2,745 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1303469.md
- Parcel 1315095: 2,734 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315095.md
- Parcel 1421467: 2,707 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421467.md
- Parcel 1418458: 2,638 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418458.md
- Parcel 1308669: 2,626 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308669.md
- Parcel 1323423: 2,579 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323423.md
- Parcel 1385704: 2,404 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385704.md
- Parcel 1365265: 2,349 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365265.md
- Parcel 1371313: 2,197 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371313.md
- Parcel 1347381: 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347381.md
- Parcel 1308541: 2,068 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308541.md
- Parcel 1358102: 1,969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358102.md
- Parcel 3664663: 1,890 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664663.md
- Parcel 1361947: 1,888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361947.md
- Parcel 1344114: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344114.md
- Parcel 1317286: 1,783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317286.md
- Parcel 3664662: 1,671 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664662.md
- Parcel 1385266: 1,449 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385266.md
- Parcel 1342514: 1,440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342514.md
- Parcel 1371711: 1,427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371711.md
- Parcel 1385542: 1,419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385542.md
- Parcel 3765818: 1,140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3765818.md
- Parcel 1343550: 936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343550.md
- Parcel 1420238: 861 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420238.md
- Parcel 1312129: 836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312129.md
- Parcel 4645822: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4645822.md
- Parcel 5940626: 458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5940626.md
- Parcel 1340548: 447 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340548.md
- Parcel 1341320: 340 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341320.md
- Parcel 5956729: 334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5956729.md
- Parcel 1300830: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300830.md
- Parcel 1369146: 308 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369146.md
- Parcel 1399739: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399739.md
- Parcel 1322858: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322858.md
- Parcel 1359440: 160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1359440.md
- Parcel 5956699: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5956699.md
- Parcel 1348021: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348021.md
- Parcel 1358872: 34 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358872.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Cavan Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

10 applications, newest first.

- 17 Jun 2025, Donegal County Council 2561020: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A PURPOSE-BUILT SINGLE STOREY 345.4M2 COMMUNITY DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) ALL ASSOCIATED HARD LANDSCAPING WORKS AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561020/0
- 26 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560443: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING TEAGASC BALLYBOFEY OFFICE PREMISES CONTAINING NEW ENTRANCE, RECEPTION AREA AND MEETING SPACE, (2) BUILDING SIGNAGE AND (3) RECONFIGURATION OF CAR PARKING AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560443/0
- 25 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461516: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461516/0
- 8 Feb 2022, Donegal County Council 2250187: Conditional. Retention. (1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) REVISED POSITION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE (3) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHEDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250187/0
- 17 Dec 2021, Donegal County Council 2152546: N/a. Retention. (1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) REVISED POSITION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE (3) DOMESTIC SHEDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152546/0
- 18 Nov 2021, Donegal County Council 2152303: N/a. Retention, 1 home. (1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) REVISED POSITION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE (3) DOMESTIC SHEDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152303/0
- 18 Aug 2021, Donegal County Council 2151659: N/a. Retention. (1) EXTENSION TO SIDE & REAR OF DWELLING, (2) REVISED POSITION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND (3) DOMESTIC SHEDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151659/0
- 29 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151519: N/a. Retention. (1) EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) REVISED POSITION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) DOMESTIC SHEDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151519/0
- 13 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050324: Conditional. Retention. DETACHED STRUCTURE FOR THE STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCANNING EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050324/0
- 6 Feb 2019, Donegal County Council 1950158: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950158/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC, site code 002301, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002301

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG078-008: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-008----. No visible features survive of the 'site of Kilbobbin Burial Ground' shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was located on a small, circular hill c. 20m-30m in diameter in good land with extensive views S towards the Finn Valley. 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
- DG078-019: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-019----. Castle (site of): In 1846, Fagan recorded the tradition that this castle was built by an Earl Baldwin of Co. Galway and subsequently came into the possession of Squire Hamilton, who died there in 1710. There was then no trace of this castle (Bk. 13, 15-16) and no visible remains survive today. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cavan Lower.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Cavan Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Cavan Lower.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavan-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavan-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavan-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Cavan Lower, Killygordon: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavan-lower-killygordon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Carn: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-50433.md
- Carricknamanna: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carricknamanna.md
- Carrickshandrum: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carrickshandrum.md
- Cavan Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cavan-upper.md
- Cooladawson: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cooladawson.md
- Corcam: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corcam.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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