# Corraffrin, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Corr Aifrinn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,154,046 m² (315.4 ha, 779.38 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,652 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/donaghmore.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Knock, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,922 people lived in 665 households in the Knock electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/16445 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50739 - Centre: latitude 54.762485, longitude -7.771222 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corraffrin, from 126 m² to 1,168,602 m² (116.86 ha, 288.77 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1329687: 1,168,602 m² (116.86 ha, 288.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329687.md - Parcel 1392495: 527,036 m² (52.7 ha, 130.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392495.md - Parcel 1369143: 261,740 m² (26.17 ha, 64.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369143.md - Parcel 1382442: 105,156 m² (10.52 ha, 25.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382442.md - Parcel 1305376: 99,907 m² (9.99 ha, 24.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305376.md - Parcel 1358874: 77,244 m² (7.72 ha, 19.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358874.md - Parcel 1426581: 75,582 m² (7.56 ha, 18.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426581.md - Parcel 1303840: 72,973 m² (7.3 ha, 18.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1303840.md - Parcel 3751674: 58,650 m² (5.87 ha, 14.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3751674.md - Parcel 1410602: 51,240 m² (5.12 ha, 12.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410602.md - Parcel 1393764: 45,988 m² (4.6 ha, 11.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393764.md - Parcel 1339964: 42,932 m² (4.29 ha, 10.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339964.md - Parcel 1374928: 40,238 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374928.md - Parcel 1386751: 39,011 m² (3.9 ha, 9.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386751.md - Parcel 1337166: 37,961 m² (3.8 ha, 9.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337166.md - Parcel 1407649: 34,326 m² (3.43 ha, 8.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407649.md - Parcel 1378598: 34,285 m² (3.43 ha, 8.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378598.md - Parcel 1335586: 30,363 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335586.md - Parcel 1345104: 29,829 m² (2.98 ha, 7.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345104.md - Parcel 1345507: 29,033 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345507.md - Parcel 1344133: 26,447 m² (2.64 ha, 6.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344133.md - Parcel 5409925: 26,080 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5409925.md - Parcel 1352887: 24,830 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352887.md - Parcel 1386558: 24,244 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386558.md - Parcel 1421162: 22,590 m² (2.26 ha, 5.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421162.md - Parcel 1351073: 20,508 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351073.md - Parcel 1413411: 14,406 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413411.md - Parcel 1301373: 8,634 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301373.md - Parcel 1428266: 8,233 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428266.md - Parcel 1428457: 7,401 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428457.md - Parcel 1360382: 7,277 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360382.md - Parcel 5706071: 6,830 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5706071.md - Parcel 4651365: 6,084 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4651365.md - Parcel 1313768: 4,674 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313768.md - Parcel 3751594: 3,703 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3751594.md - Parcel 5916628: 3,658 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916628.md - Parcel 1353373: 3,647 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353373.md - Parcel 4934575: 3,489 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934575.md - Parcel 4651370: 3,429 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4651370.md - Parcel 1386132: 3,363 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386132.md - Parcel 1309066: 3,260 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309066.md - Parcel 5308311: 3,260 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5308311.md - Parcel 3751678: 3,234 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3751678.md - Parcel 1354138: 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354138.md - Parcel 4858449: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858449.md - Parcel 5434356: 3,013 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5434356.md - Parcel 1420241: 2,997 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420241.md - Parcel 1420718: 2,840 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420718.md - Parcel 1360852: 2,663 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360852.md - Parcel 2919170: 2,633 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2919170.md - Parcel 1385164: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385164.md - Parcel 1388785: 2,428 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388785.md - Parcel 2470746: 2,408 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2470746.md - Parcel 1385548: 2,399 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385548.md - Parcel 1303193: 2,389 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1303193.md - Parcel 1399698: 2,301 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399698.md - Parcel 3051049: 2,129 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3051049.md - Parcel 4855062: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4855062.md - Parcel 5888365: 1,978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888365.md - Parcel 1315098: 1,972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315098.md - Parcel 1312131: 1,931 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312131.md - Parcel 5888374: 1,888 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888374.md - Parcel 5367036: 1,708 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5367036.md - Parcel 1395002: 1,464 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395002.md - Parcel 5789031: 1,292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5789031.md - Parcel 1349384: 1,210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349384.md - Parcel 5730042: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5730042.md - Parcel 5803977: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5803977.md - Parcel 5797068: 196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5797068.md - Parcel 5706074: 146 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5706074.md - Parcel 5797060: 143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5797060.md - Parcel 1351427: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351427.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Corraffrin 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 24 Sept 2026, Donegal County Council 2661775: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE, SINGLE DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT PACKAGE SYSTEM, WITH SAND /GRAVEL POLISHING FILTER, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661775/0 - 13 Mar 2023, Donegal County Council 2350314: Conditional. Permission. REPOSITIONING OF DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/50801 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350314/0 - 2 Mar 2022, Donegal County Council 2250354: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE AND STORAGE BUILDING, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250354/0 - 2 Mar 2022, Donegal County Council 2250355: Conditional. Permission. RENOVATIONS AND ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE; WORKS INCLUDING PROVISION OF A NEW RAISED ROOF STRUCTURE, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250355/0 - 30 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051618: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051618/0 - 19 Jun 2020, Donegal County Council 2050801: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050801/0 - 29 May 2019, Donegal County Council 1950796: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950796/0 - 22 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950389: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950389/0 - 13 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950329: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950329/0 - 2 Jan 2019, Donegal County Council 1950005: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950005/0 - 2 Jan 2019, Donegal County Council 1950003: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950003/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Corraffrin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG078-035: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-035----. There is no sign of the irregularly shaped 'Fort' shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The area is known as a 'fairy fort' and consists of ridges of rock outcrop in rough pasture. This topography would suggest a stone-built enclosure. 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 - DG078-036: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-036----. There is no trace of the 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on rough level pasture on the edge of bogland with extensive 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 - DG078-037: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-037----. There is no trace of the single-banked 'Fort' shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site is a rock outcrop on the edge of bog and pasture with extensive views over the Finn Valley. The topography would suggest a stone-built structure. 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 Corraffrin. ## 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 Corraffrin, 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 Corraffrin. - 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/corraffrin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corraffrin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corraffrin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Corraffrin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carn: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carn-50433.md - Glencovet: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glencovet.md - Kinletter: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kinletter.md - Knock: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knock-51626.md - Meenreagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenreagh-52013.md - Tievecloghoge: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tievecloghoge.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corraffrin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/corraffrin