Coneyburrow

137 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coneyburrow, from 15 m² to 74,016 m² (7.4 ha, 18.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Coneyburrow 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 Jan 2026Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF AN ACOUSTIC FENCE ON TOP OF EXISTING 2-METER-HIGH CONCRETE BLOCK WALL, MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 3.6 METERS ON WESTERN BOUNDARY OF EXISTING PETROL FILLING STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERIES NG 300 – FENCING AND ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE BARRIERS (TII PUBLICATIONS) AND (2) EXTENSION OF OPENING TIME TO 24 HOURS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FUEL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660030

• 21 Nov 2025N/a

  (1) ERECTION OF AN ACOUSTIC FENCE ON TOP OF EXISTING 2-METER-HIGH CONCRETE BLOCK WALL WITH MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 3.6 METERS ON WESTERN BOUNDARY OF EXISTING PETROL FILLING STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERIES NG 300-FENCING AND ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE BARRIERS (TII PUBLICATIONS) AND (2) EXTENSION OF OPENING TIME TO 24 HOURS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FUEL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562041

• 23 May 2025Refused

  (1) ERECTION OF AN ACOUSTIC FENCE ON TOP OF EXISTING 2-METER-HIGH CONCRETE BLOCK WALL, MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 3.6 METERS ON WESTERN BOUNDARY OF EXISTING PETROL FILLING STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SERIES NG 300 - FENCING AND ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE BARRIERS (TII PUBLICATIONS) AND (2) EXTENSION OF OPENING TIME TO 24 HOURS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FUEL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560828

• 6 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2550061

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461936

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351787

• 8 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) AMENDMENTS TO CONDITION NO'S. 5(A), 6(A), 6(B) AND 6(C) OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO. 19/50881, (2) AMENDMENTS TO CONDITION NO. 4(B), 4(C) AND 8(A) OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO. 20/52024, AND (3) ERECTION OF A CAR WASH FACILITY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351704

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A PORCH EXTENSION TO FRONT AND A KITCHEN/SUN ROOM EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH FRONT FACADE ALTERATIONS (2) RELOCATION OF SITE ENTRANCE (3) RAISING THE HEIGHT OF THE SHARED SOUTHERN BOUNDARY WALL TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL WALLS TO FORM A PRIVATE PATIO AREA (4) ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150763

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  (1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING TEMPORARY SHOP UNIT (2) ERECTION OF BUILDING CONTAINING SHOP, DELICATESSEN, DINING AREA, STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED USES (3) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL PUMP ISLAND FOR H.G.V'S (4) UPGRADING OF EXISTING ONSITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM PRIOR TO CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2052024

• 7 Jun 2019Unconditional

  REMOVAL OF PITCHED ROOF OVER EXISTING GROUND FLOOR LOUNGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT ROOF WITH RAISED RIDGE TO MATCH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, INCORPRATING ADDITIONAL BEDROOM SPACE TO FIRST FLOOR OF DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1950860

• 16 Nov 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PROPERTY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851747

• 5 Nov 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING PROPERTY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851687

• 18 Jun 2018N/a

  (1) ERECTION OF A RAILWAY STYLE DINER/CAFÉ CARRAIGE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES AND (2) ERECTION OF A CARWASH FACILITY CONNECTED TO EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES & ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PETROL FILLING STATION CONSISTING OF A PREFABRICATED SHOP & ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING TOILETS, DRY FUEL STORES, PARKING AREA, CANOPY & PUMPS, LORRY FILLING POINT, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850951

• 28 Dec 2017N/a

  (1) ERECTION OF A RAILWAY STYLE DINER/CAFÉ CARRIAGE INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES AND (2) ERECTION OF A CARWASH FACILITY CONNECTED TO EXISTING ONSITE SERVICES & ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND RETENTION PERMISSION FOR (1) TWO-STOREY STORAGE/OFFICE BLOCK (COMPRISING OF TWO METAL CONTAINERS) TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING SHOP APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 16/51232, (2) EXTERNAL TOILET BLOCK, (3) MODIFICATIONS TO FORECOURT LAYOUT & PARKING AREA APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 16/50280 AND (4) BOUNDARY FENCING IN-LIEU OF BLOCK WALL TO THE SOUTH-WESTERN BOUNDARY AND ALSO SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH PETROL FILLING STATION & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751993

• 18 Oct 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751589

• 25 Jan 2017Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. CAR WASHING BAYS INCLUDING DRAINAGE WORKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750099

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: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Coneyburrow.

Architectural heritage

• Coneyburrow House, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1910, having projecting two-storey gable-fronted bay to the south-east end of the front elevation (south-west) having single-storey canted bay window at ground floor level, projecting gable-fronted bay to the north-west end of the front elevation, and with central open porch having decorative cast-iron spandrels and panel to front. Two-storey return and extensions to the rear (north-east). Possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building to site, c. 1810. Pitched natural slate roof with overhanging eaves on corbelled brackets with stringcourse, decorative terracotta ridge cresting, decorative terracotta ball finials to gable ends and to gable-fronted bays, decorative timber bargeboards to gable ends and to gable-fronted bays, and with central pair of stepped two-stage red brick chimneystacks having cornice coping and clay ware pots. Hipped slate roof to canted bay with decorative cast-iron railings to parapet. Mono-pitched natural slate roof to open porch with decorative cast-iron spandrels and cast-iron panel with guilloche motifs. Smooth rendered walls with over projecting smooth rendered plinth, and with raised smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to corners of main body of front elevation, and to corners of gable-fronted projection to the south-east end of the front elevation. Continuous sill course at first floor level and to canted bay. Square-headed window openings to ground floor and segmental-headed window openings over at first floor level having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. , timber panelled entrance door with top-light and sidelights. Central square-headed doorway, recessed behind porch, having timber panelled door, and with leaded overlights and sidelights with coloured glass. Aligned parallel to road with driveway to front (south-west) and mature trees to site. Ruinous outbuilding to rear. Located in the south-western suburbs of Lifford. Bounded on road-frontage by rendered boundary wall. Gateway to the south-west having rendered gate piers (on square-plan) and metal gates.

• Russborough House, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house on complex irregular-plan, built c. 1910, having central projecting bay to front elevation (north), single-storey box bay window to the east elevation, and open timber porch to the east end of advanced bay having single-storey canted bay window behind. Later in use as hotel and guest house with large extension to the rear (south). Now out of use. Hipped natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered eaves course, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and a central pair of yellow brick chimneystacks having cornice coping and clay ware pots over. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to canted bay and box bay windows. Square-headed window openings, some paired, having painted sills, stucco architraved surrounds, and with two-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Open timber porch to the east end of the front elevation having pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles supported on timber posts with curved timber spandrels, decorative latticed timber panels to eaves, and with decorative latticed timber parapet walls. Set back from road in own grounds to the south of the centre of Lifford.

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 Coneyburrow, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1960 (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.

• Coneyburrow, Lifford6 sales

Name

Coneyburrow

Area

515,490 m² (51.55 ha, 127.38 acres)

Civil parish

Clonleigh, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

Clonleigh South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,156 people lived in 853 households in the Clonleigh South electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carricknaslate, Curraghalane, Townparks

Placenames

Coneyburrow 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.