Crevary Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Killygarvan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Craobhaire Íochtarach
- Area
- 64.9 ha
- 160 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 4,321 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crevary Lower, from 605 m² to 79,837 m² (7.98 ha, 19.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Crevary Lower 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Apr 2026Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2660542
31 Mar 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660530
26 Nov 2025Refused
ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562080
26 Nov 2025Refused
ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562079
19 Sept 2025Refused
ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561621
10 Sept 2025N/a
ERECTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561549
24 Feb 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SPLIT LEVEL PART SINGLE STOREY PART TWO STOREY STYLE DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560246
2 Feb 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO-STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTACHED SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460081
25 Aug 2020Conditional
1)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN THE TOWNLAND OF TIRRODDY WITH ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, INLET WORKS, WWTP PROCESS TANKS, SLUDGE STORAGE TANKS, CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, ANCILLARY TREATMENT UNITS, ADMINISTRATION & ESB SUB-STATION BUILDING, SLUDGE PRESS BUILDING, INTERNAL PUMPING STATIONS, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION POND, 2.4M HIGH BOUNDARY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMITER OF THE WWTP WORKS, 1.2M FENCING AROUND THE SITE BOUNDARY, ENTRANCE VIA AN EXISTING COILLTE ROADWAY AND ENTRANCE ONTO L-5612-1 AND WIDENING AND STRENGHTENING OF L-5612-1 2)CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,590M OF TREATED EFFLUENT OUTFALL PIPELINE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF TIRRODDY AND BROWNKNOE, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 160M MARINE SECTION & OUTFALL DIFFUSER LOCATED IN LOUGH SWILLY3) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RAMELTON IN THE TOWNLAND OF RAMELTON INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, RUBBLE STONE PERIMITER WALLS, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO CASTLE STREET, RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING STONE BOUNDARY WALL APPROXIMATELY 15M LONG ALONg CASTLE STREET AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 4)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW TURNING HAMMERHEAD AT THE END OF THE EXISTING TURNING CIRCLE AT ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, NEW ENTRANCE TO ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 5)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. NETWORK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND PUMPING STATION, STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, LOW-LEVEL CONTROL KIOSK, 7.6M HIGH ORNATE VENTILATION STACK, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION, TEMPORARY ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET DURING CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING STORM DRAIN AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALL......
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051157
29 Jul 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051019
27 Aug 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY DWELLING, DETACHED GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851335
10 Jan 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH APPROVED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850010
29 Sept 2017Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SPLIT LEVEL 2 STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) PROVISION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM/PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751502
20 Sept 2017N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SPLIT LEVEL 2 STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) PROVISION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM/PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751436
27 Jan 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750118
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
- Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA 004075
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Crevary Lower.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Crevary Lower.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1863 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Crevary Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Crevary Lower · Craobhaire Íochtarach
- Area
- 649,093 m² (64.91 ha, 160.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killygarvan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Rathmullan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathmullan electoral division: 965 people in 357 households; 75% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 47% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Craigmaddyroe Near, Crevary Upper, Rathmullan and Ballyboe
- Placenames
- Crevary Lower 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.