# Cullion, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lettermacaward, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Coillín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 346,113 m² (34.61 ha, 85.53 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,623 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lettermacaward, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/lettermacaward.md - Barony: Boylagh - Electoral division: Lettermacaward, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14903 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50860 - Centre: latitude 54.844197, longitude -8.334387 (WGS 84) ## 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); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1408986: 62,843 m² (6.28 ha, 15.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408986.md - Parcel 1372025: 50,984 m² (5.1 ha, 12.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372025.md - Parcel 1373957: 31,131 m² (3.11 ha, 7.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373957.md - Parcel 1379829: 26,808 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379829.md - Parcel 1379836: 16,956 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379836.md - Parcel 1525940: 13,300 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525940.md - Parcel 1423197: 12,573 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423197.md - Parcel 1341852: 11,307 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341852.md - Parcel 1379830: 10,821 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379830.md - Parcel 4845050: 9,459 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845050.md - Parcel 1421830: 9,251 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421830.md - Parcel 1329706: 9,004 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329706.md - Parcel 1349283: 6,594 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349283.md - Parcel 1327108: 5,895 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327108.md - Parcel 2752281: 5,277 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2752281.md - Parcel 1351509: 4,174 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351509.md - Parcel 5230988: 4,158 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5230988.md - Parcel 1353736: 3,687 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353736.md - Parcel 1344107: 3,648 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344107.md - Parcel 1379832: 3,350 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379832.md - Parcel 3027109: 3,195 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3027109.md - Parcel 1316815: 3,161 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316815.md - Parcel 1397692: 2,728 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397692.md - Parcel 2445273: 2,623 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2445273.md - Parcel 3969063: 2,425 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3969063.md - Parcel 1398929: 2,272 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398929.md - Parcel 1348863: 2,210 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348863.md - Parcel 1365822: 2,176 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365822.md - Parcel 1340424: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340424.md - Parcel 4805402: 1,892 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4805402.md - Parcel 1344659: 1,879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344659.md - Parcel 4571324: 1,687 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4571324.md - Parcel 1398927: 1,598 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398927.md - Parcel 3658761: 1,383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658761.md - Parcel 3658758: 1,348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658758.md - Parcel 1347444: 1,338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347444.md - Parcel 1328799: 1,175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328799.md - Parcel 6071819: 677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6071819.md - Parcel 1347913: 580 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347913.md - Parcel 3658760: 577 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658760.md - Parcel 4571284: 563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4571284.md - Parcel 3658762: 500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658762.md - Parcel 1427777: 463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427777.md - Parcel 5099631: 456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099631.md - Parcel 1525941: 442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525941.md - Parcel 3658759: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658759.md - Parcel 5099636: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099636.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 12 applications, newest first. - 17 Jul 2025, Donegal County Council 2561220: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561220/0 - 19 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560801: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. PLACEMENT OF A TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH CONNECTION TO AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ADJACENT TO DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560801/0 - 2 May 2025, Donegal County Council 2560700: Conditional. Retention. GARAGE FOR DOMESTIC USE AND THE STORAGE OF VINTAGE CARS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560700/0 - 2 Dec 2024, Donegal County Council 2461968: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461968/0 - 30 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461534: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461534/0 - 3 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461354: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461354/0 - 6 Mar 2024, Donegal County Council 2460286: Conditional. Permission. ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460286/0 - 23 Nov 2023, Donegal County Council 2351796: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A NEW STORAGE SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING PROPERTY WITH PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351796/0 - 11 Jul 2023, Donegal County Council 2351013: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PRORIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351013/0 - 26 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250727: Conditional. Retention. DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250727/0 - 15 Dec 2017, Donegal County Council 1751900: Refused. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751900/0 - 21 Jun 2017, Donegal County Council 1750996: Conditional. Retention. STABLE STRUCTURE FOR HOUSING OF HORSES OR PONIES AND POULTRY AND STORAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750996/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, site code 000197, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000197 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road, site code 000197 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG065-008: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-009----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cullion. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, 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/cullion-50860.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cullion-50860.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cullion-50860.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cor: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cor.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glebe-51318.md - Longfield: https://everytownland.com/donegal/longfield-51774.md - Meenagowan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenagowan.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. --- 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/cullion-50860 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/cullion-50860