Creggan

141 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggan, from 55 m² to 352,141 m² (35.21 ha, 87.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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 Creggan 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.

• 30 Jul 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF 2 STOREY DERELICT DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 STOREY DWELLING ACCESSED VIA EXISTING LANEWAY, (3) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW REPLACEMENT SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM TO INCLUDE ALL NECESSARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661425

• 26 Jan 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO. PIG HOUSES WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT TANKS, 1 NO. FEED SILO AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660085

• 13 Oct 2025N/a

  COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/8642

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561783

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 94/1649 & 00/8249

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561519

• 16 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560590

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461757

• 17 Jun 2024Conditional

  (1) DOMESTIC STORAGE AND PLANT ROOM TO THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL OF DWELLING HOUSE (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF AN ATTACHED CAR PORT WITH GROUND LEVEL ACCESS OVER AND MINOR ALTERATION TO WINDOW ARRANGEMENT ON PERMITTED ELEVATION

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460906

• 2 May 2024Conditional

  (1) REMOVAL OF BLOCKWORK AND FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SITE UNDER PLANNING REF. 94/1649 AND 00/8249, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460634

• 29 Nov 2023Conditional

  A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND OPEN STORAGE YARD AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY BED CALVING SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351830

• 28 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351277

• 28 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351278

• 5 Apr 2023Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350454

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251673

• 25 Aug 2021Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2151688

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  CHANGE OF DESIGN OF HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ORIENTATION OF SAME TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 11/60298

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151547

• 28 May 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH USEABLE ATTIC AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151053

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, DOMESTIC STORE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150681

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150644

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150431

• 7 Sept 2020N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, 1 NO. AGRICULTURAL DRY BEDDED SHED, A SILAGE PIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051245

• 24 May 2020Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK /SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050513

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951851

• 6 Nov 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951703

• 29 Nov 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751797

• 30 Jan 2017Unconditional

  ERECTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750102

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

• DG068-011 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  There is no trace of the circular enclosure marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map. It was very close, and in similar wet rushy land, to a cashel (DG068-025). This together with the unusual massive stone field walls and loose scattered stones at this point suggest that the monument was a cashel. It was situated on the flat bottom of a shallow valley. 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

• DG068-022001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  There is no surface indication (other than a preservation sign) of the 'Fort' and souterrain (DG068-022002-) marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The souterrain was inspected in recent years [1972], however. The 'Fort' was situated on a slight rise in a cultivated field sloping S and E to the Finn Valley. The size of the rise probably indicates the dimensions of the 'Fort' to have been c. 20m-30m. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1973).

• DG068-022002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a ringfort (DG068-022001-) which was levelled in the past. This souterrain is indicated as ‘Cave’ on the 1837 OS 6-inch map, but is not indicated on later editions. It consists of three interconnected chambers, each constructed with drystone walls and roofed with large slabs. In parts, it is built on bedrock. The souterrain as a whole extends for c. 14m in a gentle arc from SW−N−SE. A collapsed section of roof allows access into the SE chamber (L 2.7m; Wth 2.1m; H 1.6m), which is subrectangular in plan. In this chamber there are two short transverse lengths of roughly built walling, constructed to support the roof. A short creepway at the W end opens into the E end of the second chamber or passage (5.5m; Wth 0.75m; H 1.6m), which is noticeably narrower and longer. At the W end of this chamber, a short creepway leads to the E end of the third chamber (L 4.6m; Wth 1m; H 1.6m), which is oblong in plan. The floor of this chamber is covered with a layer of large stones topped with a thin layer of smaller stones. Over twenty circular depressions/cupmarks were noted on a roof slab (c. 2m by c. 1.3m) in the SE chamber, and three similar, but faint, depressions on a roof slab in the middle chamber; it is unclear whether the depressions are natural or artificial in nature. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 20 September 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1973).

• DG077-009 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  The S half of what appears to have been a single ringed enclosure is marked here on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. There is no sign of it now. It was situated c. 150m W of a ringfort on a small hillock in grazing land with excellent views over the Finn Valley. 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

• DG077-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 32m. A subcircular area known as 'Black Fort' enclosed by an earthen bank 1.5m high surviving only in the W and N sectors. There are traces of a fosse in the W sector and a concentric field fence might indicate an original outer bank. It is situated on a small hillock in rolling pasture land with good views of the Finn Valley. 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

• DG077-011 Enclosure
  Description

  No trace of the single-ringed enclosure, shown on the second edition of the OS 6-inch map, is now visible. The site which was a rocky knoll on the S side of Troopers Hill is now afforested. 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

• DG077-017 Standing stone
  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.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Creggan.

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 Creggan.

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.

• Creggan, Ballybofey7 sales

Name

Creggan · An Creagán

Area

4,753,119 m² (475.31 ha, 1,174.52 acres)

Civil parish

Stranorlar, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Stranorlar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stranorlar electoral division: 4,706 people in 1,787 households; 61% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghasheil, Ballynaglack, Cappry, Curraghomongan, Dooish, Drumboe Lower, Ironworks, Lettermakenny, Liskeran, Meenagrauv, Meenanilta, Meenbane

Placenames

Creggan 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.