Derryleconnell Near
Townland in the civil parish of Lettermacaward, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Doire Leac Chonaill Theas
- Area
- 554 ha
- 1,369 acres
- Land parcels
- 106
- registered freehold, median 4,432 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryleconnell Near, from 100 m² to 3,928,407 m² (392.84 ha, 970.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Derryleconnell Near 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
2 May 2023Conditional
(1) GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) DORMER ROOF CONSISTING OF TWO BEDROOMS TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, (3) UPGRADING OF SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A PERCOLATION BED AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350589
6 Apr 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350460
3 May 2019Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SEPARATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950651
17 Jan 2017Unconditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750031
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: Gannivegil Bog SAC 000142
- Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gannivegil Bog 000142
Recorded monuments
- DG058-002001 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On the SW of the mound surrounding the well is a small portable basin-stone (DG058-002002-) with a depression .23m in diameter and 0.09m deep. The well was described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'St. Conall's Holy Well at Derryleacconnell, not far from Doochary, is still remembered by the pious people around there, and has stations performed at it' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 151). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 41) 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: 03 November 2011
- DG058-002002 Bullaun stone
Description
On the SW of the mound surrounding the well (DG058-02001-) is a small portable basin-stone (DG058-002002-) with a depression .23m in diameter and 0.09m deep. (Ó Muirgheasa No. 41) 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 Derryleconnell Near.
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 20 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derryleconnell Near.
- 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 Derryleconnell Near with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Derryleconnell Near · Doire Leac Chonaill Theas
- Area
- 5,540,423 m² (554.04 ha, 1,369.07 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
- Cloghbolie, Derryleconnell Far, Galwolie, Tangaveane
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Derryleconnell Near 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.