Cloghore

131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghore, from 35 m² to 154,879 m² (15.49 ha, 38.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloghore 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.

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCORPORATING 3 NO. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINTS AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING RETAIL UNIT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351042

• 8 Sept 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CHANGE OF USE FROM DOMESTIC GARAGE TO ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151784

• 2 Dec 2020Conditional

  (1) INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH SYSTEM (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A CAR VALETING BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051840

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF EXISTING SHOP FROM RETAIL USE TO USE AS RETAIL/OFF-LICENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050948

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghore.

Recorded monuments

• DG107-073 Church
  Description

  This record relates to the name 'Tetunny Church (Site of)' first recorded on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1902). The source for the location of this OS representation has not been identified. No traces of an antiquity have been observed here and it seems more likely that such a church would have stood within the present circular enclosure, Tetunny Burial Ground (DG107-073001-), c. 100m to the S. It is most probable that this was an early ecclesiastical site although, apart from the shape, no remains are visible. To the SE was located Tetunny holy well now gone. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 10) 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: 13 September 2017

• DG107-073001 Burial ground
  Description

  A circular masonry wall encloses Tetunny Burial Ground (DG107-073001-), in use until recently. It is most probable that this is an early ecclesiastical site although, apart from the shape, no remains are visible. It is located on the higher ground overlooking the Erne to the N. About 100m S on lower ground the site of Tetunny Church (DG107-073) is marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No traces of an antiquity have been observed here and it seems more likely that such a church would have stood within the present circular enclosure. To the SE was located Tetunny holy well (DG108-002-) now gone. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 10) 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

• DG107-122 Battlefield
  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.

• DG107-129 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on the narrow top of an E−W ridge providing good views over the surrounding undulating grassland, which tends to be damp and poorly drained. The ridge has steep N and S slopes, and more gradual slopes to E and W. At E the slope drops to a strip of lowlying ground bordering the banks of the River Erne. There is a burial ground (DG107-073001-) 470m to NNE on the banks of the river. This enclosure has been levelled, but the outline of a slightly raised circular area (c. 20m E−W; c. 17m N−S) defined on its perimeter by a slight scarp/undulation (H 0.4) can still be discerned. The enclosure spans almost the full N−S width of the ridge top. Notified to NMS by Jean-Charles Caillère Attached image: DG107-129----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 November 2021

• DG108-002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Described in 1946 as 'This is a hollow in a shelf of rock, filled by a small spring. It is on the south bank of the river, in the gorge above Cliff House, and close to Tetunny Graveyard (DG107-073001-). It is seldom visited now, but on the occasion of our visit there were a few strips of cloth tied to the bushes about the well, tokens of "rounds" paid there. The well is dedicated to St. Brighid. All the surroundings are entirely natural; there is no masonry or any artificial object there. The well is about twelve feet over the present level of the river; thus it will be completely covered by the new water level' (Corlett 2006, 67).

Architectural heritage

• Cliff Generating Station, hydroelectric power station, 1945–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Hydroelectric power station complex, built 1946 – c. 55, comprising a reinforced concrete dam to the east with associated sluices and overflows/spillways to the north and south, and having multi-storey flat-roofed generating building and associated structures to the west. Generating hall constructed of steel and reinforced concrete having flat steel-framed roof structure. Liner strip lighting at eaves level and full-height square-headed window openings to main generating hall having metal-framed windows with horizontal glazing pattern. Five grouped square-headed window openings to the end elevations of generating hall (north-east and south-west) having horizontal glazing pattern. Cement and/or roughcast rendered walls to buildings. Single-storey entrance building to the south-west of generating hall (on circular-plan) having square-headed window openings that curve along with elevation. Square-headed doors and carriage-arches having metal doors. Located to the north-west of Belleek, and to the south-east of Ballyshannon, spanning River Erne. Lake to west created by damming the Erne. Additional hydroelectric power station to the far end of lake adjacent to Ballyshannon (see 40852084).

• The Battery, battery, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of former battery, built c. 1798, having projecting bastions to the east elevation creating star-shaped plan. Remains of bastion, on semi-circular plan, to the west elevation. Possibly containing earlier fabric. Later in use as a garrison fort and then as a military barracks. Now partially demolished and partially incorporated into modern dwelling; modern building constructed using stone salvaged to site. Coursed squared and random rubble stone walls, battered to the east elevations, having projecting rubble stone plinth course to interior faces, and with roughly squared and dressed stone quoins to the corners. Evidence of increase in height to the east elevation at some stage with additional courses of squared and coursed rubble stone walling. Square-headed artillery embrasures to the east elevation, splayed to interior faces, having roughly dressed voussoirs to interior. Square-headed gun loops at intervals along length. Segmental-headed doorway to the north having roughly dressed voussoirs over, and with stone steps. Single-storey section of former battery to the south-west, now converted for use as outbuilding with modern roof over, having shallow segmental-headed carriage-arch to the south-east/east side having roughly dressed voussoirs and modern timber doors; shallow segmental-headed window openings to the west/south-east side having red brick surrounds and modern window fittings; modern segmental-headed carriage-arch to the east face having modern brick voussoirs over. Rubble stone well surround, on circular-plan to the interior of site. Evidence over former brick vaulting to interior, now demolished. Located on an elevated site overlooking the River Erne and bridge, and the town of Belleek, to the east. Located adjacent to the border with County Fermanagh and subsequently Northern Ireland.

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

At the centre of the townland of Cloghore, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloghore.

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.

No address of the register names Cloghore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Cloghore · Cloich Óir

Area

1,941,306 m² (194.13 ha, 479.71 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Carrickboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

389 people lived in 156 households in the Carrickboy electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corlea, Edenagor, Knocknashangan, Mullans

Placenames

Cloghore 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.