Culdaff

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Culdaff, from 54 m² to 384,338 m² (38.43 ha, 94.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Culdaff 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.

• 9 Jun 2026Conditional

  EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF EXISTING SHED

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661048

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF AN 18M HIGH STEEL MONOPOLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE CARRYING 3 NO. MULTIBAND ANTENNAS, 2. NO DISHES, REMOTE RADIO UNITS (RRUS), GPS, EQUIPMENT CABINETS, ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT, ASSOCIATED FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO PROVIDE FOR HIGH SPEED WIRELESS DATA AND BROADBAND SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660958

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF 00/4291 AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTNG EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561333

• 2 May 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF 23 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF 3 NO. GROUND FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 3 NO. FIRST FLOOR TWO BED APARTMENTS, 5 NO. TWO STOREY TWO BED HOUSES, 10 NO. TWO STORY THREE BED HOUSES, 2 NO. ONE AND A HALF STOREY FOUR BED HOUSES AND CONNECTION TO AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 06/72022 & 12/50110 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (19 NO. HOUSES WERE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 06/72022)

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560697

• 31 Mar 2025Refused

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT SHED TO INCORPORATE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560468

• 25 Oct 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED WALKWAY AND CYCLEWAY (BOARDWALK) ALONG THE CULDAFF RIVER ESTUARY INCLUDING STREAM CROSSING, INTERPRETATION BOARDS AND SEATING AREAS, ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD AT MAIN STREET AND SHORE ROAD, CULDAFF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS, AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PA. REG. REF. NO. 19/51535. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461716

• 23 Mar 2024N/a

  EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH EFFLUENT STORAGE UNDER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460380

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE IN-LIEU OF DOMESTIC GARAGE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/50871 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152123

• 11 Oct 2021Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT TO A CAFÉ (78.0M2) AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (14.1M2) TO REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE NEW ACCESSIBLE WC & CIRCULATION SPACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAFÉ

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2152025

• 10 Aug 2021N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT TO A CAFÉ ALONG WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (14.1M2) TO REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING TO ACCOMODATE NEW ACCESSIBLE WC & CIRCULATION SPACE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151601

• 27 Jan 2021Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION AND 1 1/2 STOREY REAR EXTENSION (2) REMOVAL OF 2 NO. FRONT DORMERS TO BE REPLACED WITH ROOFLIGHTS (3) ERECTION OF A 1 1/2 STOREY DETACHED GARAGE WITH HOME OFFICE (4) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150092

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050871

• 17 Feb 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF 5 NO. GLAMPING PODS, ERECTION OF A KEY LOCATION & STORAGE HUT, UPGRADING OF EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, CAR AND BICYCLE PARKING FACILITIES, ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050179

• 10 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED WALKWAY\CYCLEWAY (BOARDWALK) ALONG THE CULDAFF RIVER ESTUARY INCLUDING STREAM CROSSING, INTERPRETATION BOARDS AND SEATING AREAS, ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD AT MAIN STREET & SHORE ROAD, CULDAFF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951535

• 23 Sept 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBINED WALKWAY\CYCLEWAY (BOARDWALK) ALONG THE CULDAFF RIVER ESTUARY INCLUDING STREAM CROSSING, INTERPRETATION BOARDS AND SEATING AREAS, ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD AT MAIN STREET & SHORE ROAD, CULDAFF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS & ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENTS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951454

• 22 Jul 2019Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF 2 NO. EXISTING SEPTIC TANKS SERVING EXISTING RETAIL UNIT / DWELLING HOUSE & EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSE ("THE CULDAFF ARMS") WITH A NEW SINGLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951124

• 8 Oct 2018Conditional

  ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING CLUBHOUSE INCLUDING BUILDING UP AND RELOCATING WINDOWS AND DOORS AND CLADDING PART OF FACADE WITH STONEWORK, PROPOSED EXTENSION TO EXISTING CLUBHOUSE CONSISTING OF ACCESSIBLE TOILET, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND STORE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851541

• 20 Jun 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A MUSIC/ART STUDIO

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850959

• 12 Jun 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A MUSICAL/ART STUDIO

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850911

• 1 Jun 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A MUSICAL/ART STUDIO

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850851

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: North Inishowen Coast SAC 002012
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast 002012

Recorded monuments

• DG005-011 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  A holy well known as Turas Boden no longer survives. It was situated beside the Culdaff River. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 103) There are now three steps to the "well" where it had once been. There is a tank built there now. This well dedicated to St. Buadan was once the site of a turas which no longer takes place. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'At Culdaff there is a Holy Well to St. Buadan. His feast day is locally remembered as 22nd July. He is mentioned in all the martyrologies under this date as Mo Biu, or Biteus, and the glosses state that he was Abbot of Inis Cuscraigh, " in Ferann Duin," adds the Feilire of Aengus, and also that he was " son of Comgall" ' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 159). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 15 May 2009

• DG005-012 Burial ground
  Description

  Marked 'Ardmore Graveyard' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps the site is said (Bonner 1972, 72) to mark the site of an early ecclesiastical foundation but there is no archaeological evidence to confirm this. There is no evidence of a church site wihtin this graveyard which may once have been part of the graveyard attached to the nearby Church of Ireland church located 75m to the NNW. The Church of Ireland church appears to have been built on the site of an earlier church (DG005-012001-) with graveyard to S and W of church which may originally have joined up with Ardmore Graveyard located 60m to the S of this graveyard. The earliest headstones in the graveyard around the Church of Ireland church date from the early 1700's. According to Bonner 'The original graveyard extended from Ardmore where there are the remains of the old burial ground. Across the road running through the village to where the church now stands. Road workers found human bones in the soil while road widening.' (Bonner 1972, 72). 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 Excavation licence number 99E0083 Pre-development testing was carried out on 23 February 1999 in response to a condition of planning for a house extension to the north-east of an existing building at the south-east end of Culdaff village, on the Inishowen peninsula, Co. Donegal. On arrival on site, it was discovered that the foundations for the proposed development had already been excavated but were still open. Culdaff is the site of an early ecclesiastical site founded by St Buadan. No extant remains survive; however, a small graveyard called 'Ardmore graveyard', a short distance west-north-west of the development, may be part of the ecclesiastical site. The buildings adjacent to the development were constructed during the 20th century. Eleven foundation trenches were excavated by machine before this writer's arrival on site. They were 1.83-12.19m long, 0.9-1.4m wide and 1-1.4m deep. The stratigraphy revealed was the same over the entire area: topsoil mixed with fill, lying directly above bedrock. The bedrock was located at 0.9-1.4m below the surface. The only exception was the presence of the foundation of a recently demolished one-storey building in two of the trenches. This foundation was 0.3-0.4m wide and 0.5m thick. The trenches revealed nothing of archaeological significance. The topsoil/fill contained large quantities of ashes, modern pottery sherds including whiteware, and modern bottles. This site consisted of a backyard/garden that had been backfilled over the past 60-70 years with modern rubbish. (Excavations Bulletin 1999) Richard Crumlish, Archaeological Services Unit Ltd, Purcell House, Oranmore, Co. Galway.

• DG005-012001 Church
  Description

  According to local tradition this is the site of an early Christian church founded by St. Buadan which fell into disuse when taken over by Protestants in the 17th century. A new church was built in 1739 with a tower added in 1828, presumably this church was built on or near to the site of the medieval church(Bonner 1972, 72). The original graveyard around the current church extended from Ardmore where there are the remains of the old burial gd.(DG005-012-). Across the rd. running through the village to where the church now stands, road workers found human bones in the soil while road widening. St. Buadan's Bell a 9th century bell is kept in the village of Culdaff.

• DG005-012002 Graveyard
  Description

  According to local tradition this is the site of an early Christian church founded by St. Buadan which fell into disuse when taken over by Protestants in the 17th century. A new church was built in 1739 with a tower added in 1828, presumably this church was built on or near to the site of the medieval church(Bonner 1972, 72). The original graveyard around the current church may have extended from Ardmore (DG005-012-) where there are the remains of the old burial gd.(DG005-012002-). Across the road running through the village to where the church now stands, road workers found human bones in the soil while road widening. St. Buadan's Bell a 9th century bell is kept in the village of Culdaff. The oldest part of the graveyard is to the south and east of the C of I church with a later extension to the graveyard on the northern side. Some of the earliest headstones date from the early 1700's.

• DG005-013 Enclosure
  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.

• DG005-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  An oval platform c. 2m above surrounding land, 40m E-W and 28m N-S. There is slight evidence for a bank at the E end and a very tentative suggestion of a fosse and outer bank at this end also. The top is generally level. It is situated on a rocky wooded knoll which drops steeply on the N side. 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

• DG005-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Oval-shaped enclosure, of ringfort size, marked on current (1903) OS 6-inch map. There are no tree-rings marked on the map within the demesne lands, within which this potential monument is located, indicating that this may be an antiquity rather than a landscape feature. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010

Architectural heritage

• Outbuilding, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey four-bay outbuilding, built c. 1880, having external flight of steps to the east end of the front elevation (north) giving access to doorway at first floor level, and with single-storey whitewashed rubble stone shed attached to the west side of the front elevation. Modern extensions to the rear (south). Pitched natural slate roof with clayware ridge tiles, raised rendered gable copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered and whitewashed rubble stone walls. Rendered finish to flight of external steps to front elevation. Square-headed window openings with three-over-three and one-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors at ground floor level, and double-leaf battened timber doors at first floor level. Sited to the rear of altered two-storey house to the west end of Culdaff. Site bounded to the east and west by concrete block and stone walls and to the south by a wire fence. Gateway to the north of site comprising a pair of rendered gate piers with wrought-iron flat-bar gates.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached mid-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, having two-storey and single-storey extensions to the rear (rear). Possibly originally two dwellings, now amalgamated to form a single property (possibly along with building adjoining to east (see 40802004). Now altered at ground floor level with shop added, c. 1970. Pitched natural slate roof with clayware ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with smooth rendered chimneystack to the east end shared with adjacent property (see 40802004). Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, and with six-over-six timber sash windows; enlarged window opening to the west end of main elevation (north) having fixed-pane display window. Two central square-headed door openings with smooth rendered reveals, and with timber and glazed timber doors. Fronting onto the south side of Main Street, Culdaff.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached end-of-terrace seven-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820. Later in use as a constabulary barracks c. 1890. Possibly a terrace of two or three houses, later combined. Now also in use as a public house (east end), with two-storey extension, single-storey shed and temporary smoking room to rear (south). Possibly formerly in use as a constabulary barracks, c. 1900. Pitched natural slate roof with clayware ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, three smooth rendered chimneystacks (one to either end and one offset to the west side of centre), and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Modern hipped slate canopy roof to public house front. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corner at the east end. Square-headed window openings with painted sills, smooth rendered reveals, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; enlarged square-headed window openings to public house to the east end having fixed-pane display windows. Central segmental-headed doorway having smooth rendered reveal, plinth blocks, timber panelled door with two round-headed panels, plain overlight and with timber pilasters with moulded console brackets supporting moulded timber lintel over. Square-headed doorway to pub having timber panelled double-doors. Road-fronted to the south side of Main Street, Culdaff. Laneway to the east gable end giving access to the rear.

• Miller's house, mill (water), 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former miller’s house, built c. 1780, having remains of ruinous roofless two-storey former corn mill and later as a corn\flax threshing mill with waterwheel, adjoining to the west. Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks and raised rendered verges to the gable ends (east and west), projecting eaves course, and with surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater-goods. Roughcast rendered and whitewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and with eight-over-eight and three-over-three pane horned timber sliding sash windows to first floor level, and eight-over-eight and four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor level; assortment of timber sash and casement windows to rear. Square-headed door openings with replacement battened timber doors with plain overlights. Attached six-bay two-storey former mill building to west, now roofless, having whitewashed random rubble walls, and square-headed window and door openings having random rubble stones relieving arches over timber lintels. Two single-bay single-storey gabled projections to the north elevation of former mill having pitched natural slate (east) and pitched corrugated-metal (west) roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings. Metal breasts hot waterwheel to the west elevation of mill formerly with timber paddles, now gone. Waterwheel set in rubble stone wheel pit with round-headed arched opening to the south allowing headrace in. Former mill pond to the south, now silted up. Remains of head race to the south and tailrace to the north (flowing in and out of the Culdaff River to the west). Located at end of long approach avenue from the north-east. Located to the south of the centre of Culdaff and adjacent to the east of the Culdaff River. Possible remains of ancillary building to the south-east (not investigated).

• Saint Buadan's Church (Culdaff), church/chapel, 1735–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1739 or 1747 and extended in 1828, comprising a two-bay nave and chancel to the east, four-stage\storey tower (on square-plan) to the west gable end (added c. 1828) having crenellated parapet and cut stone corner pinnacles, and with single-bay single-storey vestry attached to the north elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, projecting cut stone eaves course, and with raised cut stone verges to the gable ends; slate roof to vestry. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of building over rubble stone construction with projecting plinth to base; roughcast rendered walls to tower with cut stone stringcourses delineating stages, and with cut stone cavetto cornice\moulding to parapet. Slate sundial on the south elevation, dated 1820. Squared snecked rubble stone masonry with tooled quoins to vestry. Shallow pointed-arch\Tudor-headed window openings to nave having chamfered ashlar surrounds and sills, timber Y-tracery, and with cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, shallow pointed-arch\Tudor-headed window openings to chancel having chamfered ashlar surrounds and sills, and with stained glass windows; shallow pointed-arch\Tudor-headed triple-light window opening to the chancel gable (east) having chamfered ashlar surrounds and sills, cast-iron quarry-glazed windows, and with timber intersecting tracery; square-headed window openings to tower at second stage level having cast-iron quarry-glazed windows; pointed-arch openings to tower at third-stage\belfry level having timber louvers; roundel openings to tower at fourth stage level. Pointed-arch door opening to south and north elevations of tower having timber panelled and with overlight with diamond-shaped timber lattice work. Timber pews, gallery supported on cast-iron columns, marble wall memorials, and plain ceiling with groin vaults to window heads. Set back from road in own grounds to the north side of the centre of Culdaff village. Graveyard to site with collection of mainly nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century gravemarkers of mainly upstanding type; cast-iron and wrought-iron railed enclosures to some grave plots. Commonwealth graves to site. Graveyard is bounded to the north, west and east by rubble stone boundary walls having rendered coping over. Gateway to north of graveyard comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of wrought-iron flat-bar gates. Roughcast rendered boundary walls to the road-frontage to the south having smooth rendered plinth course and smooth rendered coping over. Gateway to the south-west of site comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gate.

• Ardmore Graveyard, graveyard/cemetery, 1650–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard on sub-rectangular plan, c. 1650 to 1750, containing mainly recumbent gravemarkers. Possibly containing earlier fabric. Inscriptions to gravemarkers now illegible. Modern rubble stone grotto with Virgin Mary located to the south-west corner of site. Site bounded by hedge to the south and by rubble stone walls with rubble coping over to other boundaries; wall to the north whitewashed to exterior face. Gateway to the north-east corner of site comprising a pair of rendered and whitewashed gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with modern metal gate. Located to the south-east end of Culdaff.

• Water pump, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected 1908, comprising cylindrical shaft with horizontal banding, fluted spout, flat cap, and slender curved ‘cow-tail’ handle. Possibly originally with domed fluted cap with finial over, now removed. No longer in use. Set on a stone plinth with a cut stone runoff duct draining into a basin to the north. Pump covered by a slated pyramidal canopy supported on four metal posts. Metal plaque to site reading ‘Presented to the village of Culdaff by Mr and Mrs Young as a memorial of their golden wedding 1908’. Decorative spandrels to sign. Located on village Green to the east end of Culdaff.

• Culdaff House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Culdaff House (see 40802011), erected c. 1840, comprising a pair of roughcast rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having projecting smooth rendered plinths and cut stone coping over surmounted by rubble stone capping, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates with spear finials over. Metal plaque to exterior of pier to the north. Pedestrian gateway adjacent to the north comprising roughcast rendered rubble stone gate pier (on square-plan) having cut stone coping over, and with wrought-iron gate; cut stone lintel over pedestrian gateway. Substantial sections of roughcast rendered demesne walls having projecting coping over to the north. Rendered boundary wall aligns south side of approach avenue of Culdaff House to the east, low rubble stone wall with gate piers aligning avenue to the north. Altered single-storey gate lodge (not in survey), built c. 1900, located adjacent to the north of gateway. Located to the east of Culdaff and to the west of Culdaff House. Secondary gateway (see 40802016) and attendant gate lodge (see 40802015) to the south-east of house.

• Culdaff House, country house, 1770–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gable-fronted two-bay three–storey over basement former country house, built 1779, destroyed by in 1922 and rebuilt in 1926. Remodelled c. 1950 with the removal of the original frontage. Tripartite Tuscan entrance porch to east gable; single-storey lean-to to west elevation, and two-bay single-storey extension to south elevation having hipped roof. Pitched slate roof with flat-roof to front porch, fixed half-dormer window and numerous cast-iron framed rooflights to south pitch; smooth rendered gable coping to east gable; roughcast rendered chimneystacks with smooth rendered cornice coping, one stack centrally placed to roof crest and one to either pitch of the roof; some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered articulated block-and-start quoins to corners, and with ashlar sandstone plat band at ground floor level to remnants of original house. Full-height projecting screen walls to north and south ends of east elevation; entrance porch with smooth rendered walls crowned by moulded entablature, bolection moulded flat panel with scrolled consoles supporting projecting moulded cornice. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered lintel with six-over-six pane horned timber sash windows and concrete sills; moulded architrave surrounds with keystone motif to window over door case on east elevation; replacement windows to west bays of first floor south elevation; two-over-two pane horned timber sash windows to central bays of south elevation; margin light to split level window to east bay of south elevation; six-over-six pane horned timber sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sidelights to ground floor of north elevation. Square-headed door opening to front porch having timber panelled double-leaf door flanked by smooth rendered columns with tapered shafts on plinths supporting rendered entablature surmounted by moulded triangular pediment; doo case flanked by painted timber margin lights with central diamond-shaped panel fixed-frame windows; door addressed by flight of smooth rendered steps flanked by roughcast rendered strings with rendered saddle-back coping and flat panelled piers with moulded chamfered caps. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the east of Culdaff village with complex of outbuildings (see 40802012) to south, gate lodge and gateway (see 40802009) to west, gate lodge (see 40802015) and gateway (see 40802016) to the south-east, walled garden (see 40802014) to east, and summerhouse (40802013) to the north-east.

• Culdaff House, outbuilding, 1780–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of multi-period single- and two-storey outbuildings associated with Culdaff House (see 40802011), built c. 1779 and extended c. 1820 and c. 1860. Detached coach house, built c. 1780, comprising two-bay single-storey with loft; pitched natural slate roof with bellcote to east elevation, roughcast rendered walls with cogging stringcourse. Square-headed loft door\loading bay at first floor level; integral segmental-headed carriage arch having red brick voussoirs to east elevation; modern flat-roof extension to rear. Detached multiple-bay single-storey over basement level outbuilding to south of coach house having pitched natural slate roof, hipped to east end; roughcast rendered random rubble stone walls; square-headed window openings with multi-paned timber windows; square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding to centre of yard having pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods; squared rubble walls with tooled ashlar limestone block-and-start quoins to the corners, roughcast rendered to west end of side elevations. Square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds and six-over-six and six-over-three pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening\loading bay with red brick block-and-start surround and battened timber door to east elevation at first floor level. Two segmental-headed arches to east gable having red brick surrounds and voussoirs; three-bay two-storey extension to rear having pitched corrugated-cement roof. Chimneystack and boiler-house to north of central outbuilding; smooth rendered tapered chimneystack having stepped coping over. Detached multiple-bay two-storey stable block with gabled bays and integral carriageway to west elevation. Pitched roofs with slate to south end, fibre-cement tiles to central section, and corrugated-cement to north section; red brick eaves course and red brick chimneystack; random rubble stone walls with roughcast render to north section. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the east of Culdaff village with additional contemporary sheds and outbuilding interspersed throughout site. Located to the south of Culdaff House (see 40802011). Gateway to the south of house comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gates. Cast-iron water pump to the east of site.

• Culdaff House, summerhouse, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey former summer house associated with Culdaff House (see 40802011), built c. 1800, having canted front elevation (north). Now out of use with roof collapsed\removed. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Round-headed window openings with cut stone sills, fittings now removed. Round-headed doorways to the centre of the front elevation (north) and the rear elevation (south) having cut stone thresholds, fittings now removed. Set back from road in an elevated site in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the north-east of Culdaff House (see 40802011) with extensive views over Culdaff Bay and the estuary of the Culdaff River to the north and to the north-east.

• Culdaff House, walled garden, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden complex associated with The Culdaff House (see 40802011), erected c. 1800, enclosed by rubble stone boundary walls. Trapezoidal in plan, with main entrance in the south-east corner, opening onto a driveway leading west toward Culdaff House. Now out of use or in use as pastureland. Most extant to the north and west where it survives up to three meters in height. Single-storey uncoursed rubble stone sheds built inside the wall to the north of the entrance. Several apple and fruit trees survive to interior. Located to the east of Culdaff House, in extensive mature demesne parkland grounds, and to the east of Culdaff. Surrounded by woodlands and with mature hardwood trees planted around the perimeter.

• Culdaff House, gate lodge, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge associated with Culdaff House (see 40802011), dated 1826, having central projecting pedimented entrance porch to the main elevation (north-east) and single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (south-west). Now out of use. Hipped natural slate roof having overhanging projecting eaves with exposed rafter ends, central smooth rendered chimneystack with moulded rendered coping and terracotta pot, and with replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with chamfered tooled ashlar limestone block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with tooled ashlar limestone surrounds and cambered lintels, and with remains of multi-paned timber casement windows. Central square-headed door opening to porch having tooled ashlar limestone surround surmounted by ashlar pediment with painted tympanum reading ‘ANNODOMINI 1826’, and with replacement battened timber door. Set back from road to the south-east of Culdaff House and to the south-east of Culdaff. Low concrete block wall and gate piers to front of lodge (north-east). Demesne gates (see 40902016) to south-east.

• Culdaff House, gates/railings/walls, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway originally serving Culdaff House (see 40802011), erected c. 1826, comprising a pair of tooled ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over. Originally served a secondary entrance into Culdaff Demesne, now out of use. Pedestrian entrances adjacent to either side (east and west) comprising tooled ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over; wrought-iron gate to pedestrian entrance to the west having spear finials. Flanking tooled and squared limestone wall to the south-west having sloping stone coping over. Attendant single-storey gate lodge see (40902015), dated 1826, adjacent to the north-west. Located to the south-east of Culdaff House (40902011). Main gateway (see 40902009) and gate lodge to west entrance to demesne.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with porch to front and two-bay two-storey house with single-storey lean-to porch to west gable. Pitched slate roof with clayware ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks with coping and replacement rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with plinth course. Square-headed window openings with six-over-three timber sash windows and uPVC windows to two western bays and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with timber door and tripartite glazed overlight. Fronts directly onto road, attached to (40900513) to east.

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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 Culdaff.

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.

• Culdaff, Lifford5 sales

Name

Culdaff · Cúil Dabhcha

Area

1,211,669 m² (121.17 ha, 299.41 acres)

Civil parish

Culdaff, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Culdaff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Culdaff electoral division: 1,027 people in 366 households; 76% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunross, Glackadrumman, Gort, Knock, Muff

Placenames

Culdaff 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.