Craig

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Craig, from 18 m² to 249,001 m² (24.9 ha, 61.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Craig 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.

• 27 Aug 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS INCLUDING UPGRADING THE EXISTING ENTRANCE AND FORMING A NEW ENTRANCE FOR THE EXISTING DWELLING (OUTLINE PLANNING REF. NO. 25/50170 REFERS)

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650108

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660988

• 28 Nov 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A BUNGALOW AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS INCLUDING USING THE EXISTING ENTRANCE AND FORMING A NEW ENTRANCE FOR THE EXISTING DWELLING

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550170

• 10 Oct 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING SEMI-DETACHED DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461600

• 5 Oct 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351499

• 16 Jun 2020Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO MAIN FOUL SEWER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS INCLUDING THE TEMPORARY PLACING OF A MOBILE HOME FOR USE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT DWELLING

  Extension of duration, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2050773

• 17 Jul 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING PREMISES. THE EXTENSION WILL CONSIST OF ADDITIONAL SHOP FLOOR SPACE TOGETHER WITH OFFICE AND ARCADE STORAGE/WORKSHOP AREAS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751127

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 Craig.

Recorded monuments

• DG039-014 Cist
  Description

  A cist 3ft 3in × 1ft 9in and 1ft 10in deep containing skeletal remains and an urn was found here in 1909 (Gosselin). There are now no surface remains. The area which is level cultivated land has been quarried. 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

Architectural heritage

• The Manse, manse, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Presbyterian manse associated with Knowhead\Knowehead Presbyterian church (see 40821002), built c. 1870, having single-storey canted bay windows to either end of the front elevation (north-east) and with two-storey return to rear (south-west). Now in use as a private house with modern sunroom\conservatory extension to the south-east elevation, and single-storey extensions to rear. Pitched natural and artificial slate roofs having projecting eaves supported on moulded brackets, clay ridge tiles, and with red brick chimneystacks to gable end (north-west and south-west) having terracotta pots over. Hipped roofs to canted bays with moulded eaves courses. Channelled rusticated smooth rendered walls at ground floor level with smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls at first floor level above sill level, and with projecting smooth rendered plinth; pebbledash rendered walls elsewhere. Smooth rendered walls to canted bays over projecting smooth rendered plinth with rendered stringcourse above window openings. Round-headed window openings at first floor level, paired to outer bays, having continuous moulded stringcourse, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window openings to canted bays with continuous sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round- and square-headed window openings to ancillary elevations having mainly stone sills and a variety of timber sliding sash windows; central square-headed window opening to the rear elevation at first floor level having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars with coloured glass to outer panes. Central round-headed entrance door opening to the main elevation having timber panelled door with timber bolection mouldings, overlight and sidelights over moulded timber panels, and with doorcase comprising pilasters with architraved surround to overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the west\south-west of Muff, and adjacent to the south-east of associated Presbyterian church (see 40821002) with hall (see 40821003) adjacent to the east side of church. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south-west having pitched slate roof, pebbledashed walls, square-headed window openings with replacement fittings, and square-headed doorways and loading bays with battened timber doors. Gateway to the north\north-east comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over; gates now removed. Tree-lined approach avenue to house from gateway.

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland rectory on complex irregular-plan, built 1888, having advanced gable-fronted bay to the south-end of the main elevation (east) with single-storey canted bay window at ground floor level having decorative cast-iron balustrade\railing over,, gabled half-dormer to the north end of the front elevation, gablet and single-storey canted bay window to the south elevation, and with two-storey returns and single-storey extensions to rear (west). Now in use as a private house. Half-hipped and pitched natural slate roofs with ridge tiles, brick chimneystacks with brick stringcourse and cement rendered chamfered caps, overhanging eaves supported on exposed timber rafter ends, decorative timber bargeboards to gablets, decorative timber bracing to advanced gable-fronted bay to the front elevation (east), and with some surviving sections of cast-iron and rainwater goods. Cement rendered walls with red brick block-and-start quoins to corners and red brick construction to canted bays. Square-headed window openings having red brick block-and-start surrounds, painted stone sills, and with four-over-two, eight-over-two and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed segmental-headed window openings over canted bays at first floor level and to gablets having red brick block-and-start surrounds, painted stone sills, and with eight-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; red brick hoodmoulding with diamond-shaped brick label stops over window opening to advanced bay to front elevation at first floor level. Paired squared-headed window opening to the north end of the front elevation at ground floor level. Square-headed door opening, set in pointed-segmental-headed recess to the centre of the front elevation (east) with red brick surround and hoodmoulding, having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings and with fielded panels to head and base, chamfered timber jambs with chamfer stops, flanking sidelights over timer panels with bolection mouldings, and with tripartite overlight over. Set back from road in mature grounds to the west of Muff. Associated Church of Ireland church (see 40821005) located a short distance to the north-east. Enclosed yard to the west (with rendered boundary walls with red brick coping over having detached two-storey former stables to the west end with pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystack to the north end and decorative stepped brick eaves course to the gable ends, cement rendered walls, square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber sliding sash windows, and square-headed doorways and carriage-arches having red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber fittings. Gateway to the north side of gateway to the rear having two tall red brick gate piers (on square-plan) with chamfered brick plinths and pyramidal capstones over, and with timber double-gates. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the west, adjacent to road, having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, cement rendered walls with red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with square-headed openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Rubble stone walls to the west boundary; gateway to the west comprising rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having red brick block-and-start quoins, and with modern sheet metal gates. Long approach avenue to house over stream to the north-east of site.

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.

Terrain model

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

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 Craig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Craig

Area

1,963,532 m² (196.35 ha, 485.2 acres)

Civil parish

Muff, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Kilderry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilderry electoral division: 2,151 people in 783 households; 80% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derryvane, Muff, Soppog

Placenames

Craig 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.