Cullion
Townland in the civil parish of Lettermacaward, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Coillín
- Area
- 34.6 ha
- 86 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 2,623 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cullion, from 140 m² to 62,843 m² (6.28 ha, 15.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Cullion 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
17 Jul 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561220
19 May 2025Conditional
PLACEMENT OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH CONNECTION TO AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ADJACENT TO DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560801
2 May 2025Conditional
GARAGE FOR DOMESTIC USE AND THE STORAGE OF VINTAGE CARS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORK
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560700
2 Dec 2024Conditional
REVISIONS TO STORAGE SHED PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51796 REFERS) AT THE REAR OF PROPERTY WITH PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461968
30 Sept 2024Conditional
INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY IN APPLICATION IN-LIEU OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM PRESENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461534
3 Sept 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461354
6 Mar 2024Conditional
ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460286
23 Nov 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW STORAGE SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING PROPERTY WITH PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351796
11 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PRORIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351013
26 Apr 2022Conditional
DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250727
15 Dec 2017Refused
DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW INTERMITTENT SAND POLISHING FILTER FOR THE RECEPTION OF SEPTIC TANK WASTE WATER FROM THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751900
21 Jun 2017Conditional
STABLE STRUCTURE FOR HOUSING OF HORSES OR PONIES AND POULTRY AND STORAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750996
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: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197
Recorded monuments
- DG065-008 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
No trace of this single-ringed 'Fort' now survives. It was originally situated on a slope to the N of the Gweebarra river in what is now mainly pasture land. 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
- DG065-009 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
No trace of this single-ringed 'Fort' now survives. It was originally sited on a slope N of the Gweebarra river mainly pasture land. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cullion.
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 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 Cullion.
- 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 Cullion with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Cullion · An Coillín
- Area
- 346,113 m² (34.61 ha, 85.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lettermacaward, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Lettermacaward, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lettermacaward electoral division: 727 people in 301 households; 83% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cor, Glebe, Longfield, Meenagowan
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Cullion 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.