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

Townland in the civil parish of Inver, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Chrannaigh Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,129,963 m² (113 ha, 279.22 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 149 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Inver, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/inver.md
- Barony: Banagh
- Electoral division: Bonnyglen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 387 people lived in 142 households in the Bonnyglen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13943
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50766
- Centre: latitude 54.65495, longitude -8.269664 (WGS 84)

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

149 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cranny Lower, from 4 m² to 71,183 m² (7.12 ha, 17.59 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1362102: 71,183 m² (7.12 ha, 17.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362102.md
- Parcel 1319126: 61,024 m² (6.1 ha, 15.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319126.md
- Parcel 1393626: 49,826 m² (4.98 ha, 12.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393626.md
- Parcel 1338967: 45,914 m² (4.59 ha, 11.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338967.md
- Parcel 1314659: 45,093 m² (4.51 ha, 11.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314659.md
- Parcel 1362840: 44,343 m² (4.43 ha, 10.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362840.md
- Parcel 1335703: 43,475 m² (4.35 ha, 10.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335703.md
- Parcel 5628536: 38,952 m² (3.9 ha, 9.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628536.md
- Parcel 1312968: 37,949 m² (3.79 ha, 9.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312968.md
- Parcel 1318114: 37,403 m² (3.74 ha, 9.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318114.md
- Parcel 1322881: 33,697 m² (3.37 ha, 8.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322881.md
- Parcel 1340141: 31,164 m² (3.12 ha, 7.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340141.md
- Parcel 1357897: 29,330 m² (2.93 ha, 7.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357897.md
- Parcel 1318622: 26,564 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318622.md
- Parcel 1314231: 26,512 m² (2.65 ha, 6.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314231.md
- Parcel 1340567: 22,671 m² (2.27 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340567.md
- Parcel 1401147: 20,987 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401147.md
- Parcel 1323343: 18,350 m² (1.84 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323343.md
- Parcel 1403154: 16,269 m² (1.63 ha, 4.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403154.md
- Parcel 4970868: 15,505 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4970868.md
- Parcel 1313332: 14,912 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313332.md
- Parcel 1425071: 13,714 m² (1.37 ha, 3.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425071.md
- Parcel 1424861: 12,261 m² (1.23 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424861.md
- Parcel 1326970: 12,216 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326970.md
- Parcel 1367714: 11,217 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367714.md
- Parcel 1427613: 10,963 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427613.md
- Parcel 4970822: 10,362 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4970822.md
- Parcel 1350321: 10,306 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350321.md
- Parcel 1398304: 10,124 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398304.md
- Parcel 1316363: 9,240 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316363.md
- Parcel 1423832: 8,357 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423832.md
- Parcel 5052408: 8,310 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5052408.md
- Parcel 1356326: 8,025 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356326.md
- Parcel 1304108: 7,166 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304108.md
- Parcel 1376509: 7,058 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376509.md
- Parcel 1329598: 6,997 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329598.md
- Parcel 1346043: 6,915 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346043.md
- Parcel 5518157: 6,891 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5518157.md
- Parcel 1325025: 6,772 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325025.md
- Parcel 1402478: 6,241 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402478.md
- Parcel 1309634: 6,047 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309634.md
- Parcel 1308292: 6,020 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308292.md
- Parcel 1403284: 5,653 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403284.md
- Parcel 1312500: 5,564 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312500.md
- Parcel 4641443: 5,469 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4641443.md
- Parcel 4542288: 5,252 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4542288.md
- Parcel 1421479: 5,227 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421479.md
- Parcel 1367440: 5,039 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367440.md
- Parcel 1337181: 4,438 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337181.md
- Parcel 1401555: 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401555.md
- Parcel 1368426: 4,215 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368426.md
- Parcel 1374975: 4,004 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374975.md
- Parcel 4998387: 3,843 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998387.md
- Parcel 1420368: 3,801 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420368.md
- Parcel 1351442: 3,586 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351442.md
- Parcel 1344844: 3,554 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344844.md
- Parcel 1307271: 3,501 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307271.md
- Parcel 1398181: 3,492 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398181.md
- Parcel 1384884: 3,420 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384884.md
- Parcel 1388544: 3,411 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388544.md
- Parcel 1390281: 3,349 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390281.md
- Parcel 1400664: 3,307 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400664.md
- Parcel 1324999: 3,225 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324999.md
- Parcel 1403974: 3,066 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403974.md
- Parcel 4735550: 3,041 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4735550.md
- Parcel 1426003: 2,938 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426003.md
- Parcel 4827139: 2,806 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4827139.md
- Parcel 1325081: 2,714 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325081.md
- Parcel 1391029: 2,702 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391029.md
- Parcel 1392974: 2,686 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392974.md
- Parcel 1371850: 2,668 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371850.md
- Parcel 3704539: 2,610 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3704539.md
- Parcel 1403649: 2,599 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403649.md
- Parcel 1368861: 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368861.md
- Parcel 1387558: 2,489 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387558.md
- Parcel 1403809: 2,452 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403809.md
- Parcel 4020631: 2,447 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4020631.md
- Parcel 1325032: 2,413 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325032.md
- Parcel 1341908: 2,364 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341908.md
- Parcel 4019611: 2,345 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4019611.md
- Parcel 5628555: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628555.md
- Parcel 1421622: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421622.md
- Parcel 1416950: 2,273 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416950.md
- Parcel 3662327: 2,203 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662327.md
- Parcel 1358194: 2,181 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358194.md
- Parcel 1387953: 2,162 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387953.md
- Parcel 4724903: 2,136 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724903.md
- Parcel 1423163: 2,105 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423163.md
- Parcel 1329459: 2,010 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329459.md
- Parcel 1388345: 1,900 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388345.md
- Parcel 1386039: 1,809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386039.md
- Parcel 1401642: 1,750 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401642.md
- Parcel 1308576: 1,727 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308576.md
- Parcel 4724857: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724857.md
- Parcel 1387757: 1,683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387757.md
- Parcel 1304373: 1,676 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304373.md
- Parcel 1324930: 1,547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324930.md
- Parcel 1303483: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1303483.md
- Parcel 1336112: 1,535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336112.md
- Parcel 4724899: 1,359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724899.md
- Parcel 5603257: 1,350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5603257.md
- Parcel 5316828: 1,305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5316828.md
- Parcel 1386283: 1,272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386283.md
- Parcel 1422665: 1,265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422665.md
- Parcel 1329384: 1,192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329384.md
- Parcel 1304719: 1,191 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304719.md
- Parcel 1394377: 1,181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394377.md
- Parcel 5593532: 1,059 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5593532.md
- Parcel 1423077: 1,057 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423077.md
- Parcel 1368062: 1,009 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368062.md
- Parcel 1390435: 993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390435.md
- Parcel 5267135: 972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5267135.md
- Parcel 1427640: 916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427640.md
- Parcel 1355337: 891 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355337.md
- Parcel 1372911: 847 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372911.md
- Parcel 2997392: 753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2997392.md
- Parcel 4921358: 752 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4921358.md
- Parcel 1330881: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330881.md
- Parcel 1425460: 685 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425460.md
- Parcel 4963580: 667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4963580.md
- Parcel 1390859: 625 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390859.md
- Parcel 1394378: 593 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394378.md
- Parcel 1396027: 509 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1396027.md
- Parcel 1428062: 507 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428062.md
- Parcel 1330867: 489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330867.md
- Parcel 4898163: 474 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898163.md
- Parcel 5267151: 352 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5267151.md
- Parcel 1307869: 342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307869.md
- Parcel 4921356: 338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4921356.md
- Parcel 4735522: 334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4735522.md
- Parcel 1330868: 315 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330868.md
- Parcel 1378543: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378543.md
- Parcel 5267131: 193 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5267131.md
- Parcel 1380859: 176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380859.md
- Parcel 1324689: 155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324689.md
- Parcel 4949530: 154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949530.md
- Parcel 4998386: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998386.md
- Parcel 4884220: 119 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4884220.md
- Parcel 1415287: 114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1415287.md
- Parcel 4998388: 113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998388.md
- Parcel 1353853: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353853.md
- Parcel 4941975: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4941975.md
- Parcel 1423768: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423768.md
- Parcel 4970867: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4970867.md
- Parcel 5341575: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5341575.md
- Parcel 5529026: 22 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5529026.md
- Parcel 1388232: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388232.md
- Parcel 5031809: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5031809.md
- Parcel 5267149: 4 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5267149.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cranny 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)

13 applications, newest first.

- 10 Aug 2026, Donegal County Council 2661491: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, AND (2) INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661491/0
- 23 Mar 2026, Donegal County Council 2660478: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (1) ALTERATION WORKS AND REORIENTATION OF DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/921 AND (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660478/0
- 20 Mar 2026, Donegal County Council 2660459: N/a. Retention. (1) ALTERATION WORKS AND REORIENTATION OF DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/921 AND (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660459/0
- 5 Oct 2022, Donegal County Council 2251663: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PROVISION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251663/0
- 19 Jan 2022, Donegal County Council 2250041: Conditional. Permission. (1) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (2) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND CONSTRUCTION ACCESS ROAD AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250041/0
- 21 May 2021, Donegal County Council 2150989: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS TO THE SIDE FACADE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150989/0
- 24 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050404: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A GARAGE SHED FOR STORAGE OF MACHINERY AND VEHICLES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050404/0
- 11 Nov 2019, Donegal County Council 1951730: Refused. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FOUL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951730/0
- 1 Jul 2019, Donegal County Council 1951003: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AN FOUL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951003/0
- 1 Jul 2019, Donegal County Council 1951013: N/a. Outline permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FOUL SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951013/0
- 6 Jul 2018, Donegal County Council 1851039: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF SCHOOL BUILDING COMPRISING OF 1 NO. RESOURCE ROOM WITH LOBBY AND ALTTERATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE SAME. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851039/0
- 10 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750706: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING FOR CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750706/0
- 28 Apr 2017, Donegal County Council 1750641: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING FOR CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750641/0

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## 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 Cranny Lower.

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

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cranny Lower.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Inver Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1800–1865, Regional interest, registry number 40909203, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40909203. Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1807 and altered in 1861 and 1917, comprising three-bay nave to the south (built 1807 and altered 1861), single-bay chancel to the north (added 1917) and with three-stage tower (on square-plan) to the south having pyramidal ashlar corner pinnacles and ashlar spire over (on octagonal-plan) with wrought-iron finial over. Single-bay single bay vestibules to either side of tower having pedestals to the outer corners. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building with projecting ashlar eaves course, and with chimneystack to the north gable end/chancel gable having chimneypot over; pitched natural slate roof to chancel. Mono-pitched artificial slate roofs to side vestibules. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth to nave; snecked squared rubble stone masonry to chancel with dressed flush quoins to the corners; coursed squared rubble stone walls to the tower having slightly raised ashlar block-and-start surrounds to the corners and projecting leaded cut stone stringcourses differentiating the stages; coursed squared rubble sandstone walls to side vestibules. Circular clockface to west elevation of tower above openings at third stage/belfry level. Pointed-arch window openings to the side elevations of nave (east and west) having smooth rendered reveals, cut stone Decorated Gothic tracery, dressed ashlar sills, and leaded diamond-pane windows. Tripartite pointed-arch window opening to the chancel gable (north) having chamfered ashlar surround and sill, cut stone Perpendicular Gothic tracery, cut stone hoodmoulding over, and with stained glass windows. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of vestibules having ogee-headed cut stone surrounds, ashlar sills, and leaded diamond-pane windows. Round window openings to the tower at second stage level having plain raised ashlar surrounds and with timber spoked windows; pointed-arch window openings over at belfry level having raised ashlar surrounds and timber louvered fittings. Pointed arched doorway to the front face of tower (south) having plain raised ashlar surround, timber double-doors, and with fanlight over having intersecting glazing bars. Flat timber boarded ceiling and timber wainscoted walls to interior; timber pews and pulpit with cut stone chancel arch. Set back from road to the west of Mountcharles. Graveyard to site having collection of mainly nineteenth-century gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent and table monuments), some with cast- and/or wrought-iron railed enclosures. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary walls. Main gateway to the north comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron fittings.
- Bridge, 1890–1900, Regional interest, registry number 40909225, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40909225. Single-arch former railway bridge, built c. 1893, carrying former Donegal Town to Killybegs narrow gauge railway line over small country road. Railway lines now out of use with tracks removed (c. 1960). Squared rock-faced stone construction to spandrels and to parapets with rock-faced coping over parapets; rock-faced buttresses to north and south elevations flanking arch. Segmental-headed arch with mildly rock-faced voussoirs to arch and squared coursed masonry to arch barrel. Squared rock-faced retaining walls to either side of arch and railway embankment having rock-faced coping over. Deck/former railway line now covered in vegetation. Located a short distance to the east/south-east of Inver Station (see 40909218) and to the north-west of Mountcharles.
- House, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 40909226, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40909226. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, having two-bay single-storey extension attached to the west gable end and with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed addition attached to the east gable end. Pitched natural slate roof having projecting eaves course, and with rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west). Pitched corrugated-metal roof to single-storey extension to the west having raised rendered verge and rendered chimneystack to the west gable end. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Replacement timber casement windows to rear (south). Square-headed door opening, offset slightly to the west side of centre, having battened timber door, plinth blocks to base, and with small overlight. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the east of Inver and to the west/north-west of Mountcharles. Single-storey gable-fronted outbuilding adjacent to the east of house. Small yard to the north of house with yard and garden to the rear (south). Bounded on road-frontage to the north by rendered boundary wall. Pedestrian gateway serving doorway comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having metal gate.

## 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 Cranny Lower, about 1 in 20 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cranny 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/cranny-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cranny-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cranny-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cranny Lower 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)

- Bonnyglen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/bonnyglen.md
- Cloverhill or Drumbeg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cloverhill-or-drumbeg.md
- Drumatumpher: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumatumpher.md
- Drumduff: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumduff.md
- Drummacacullen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drummacacullen.md
- Keeloges: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeloges-51530.md
- Mullanboys: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullanboys.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cranny-lower
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/cranny-lower