Derk Beg
Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Deirc Bheag
- Area
- 192.1 ha
- 475 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 341 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derk Beg, from 53 m² to 1,475,084 m² (147.51 ha, 364.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Derk Beg 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
29 Jul 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661411
24 Oct 2017Conditional
TEN YEAR DURATION FOR A NEW IMPOUNDMENT COMPRISING OF CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION AND WILL INCREASE THE NORMAL TOP WATER LEVEL OF DERK MORE LOUGH BY 1.5M. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A STAGE 1 SCREENING REPORT FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751605
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Derk Beg.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derk Beg.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derk Beg.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Derk Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Derk Beg · An Deirc Bheag
- Area
- 1,921,112 m² (192.11 ha, 474.72 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishkeel, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Glenties, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cleengort, Derk More, Derryloaghan, Meenalargan, Mulnamin Beg, Mulnamin More, Straboy
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Derk Beg on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.