Derryreel
Townland in the civil parish of Clondahorky, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Doire Uí Fhríl
- Area
- 619.8 ha
- 1,532 acres
- Land parcels
- 197
- registered freehold, median 4,376 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 49
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
197 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryreel, from 5 m² to 1,475,774 m² (147.58 ha, 364.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Derryreel 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
30 Jul 2026N/a
ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661431
3 Jun 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661014
27 May 2026N/a
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED CATTLE SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660970
16 Feb 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660205
22 Dec 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562325
15 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) RELOCATION OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVING EXISTING DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING OUTHOUSES TO CREATE A DWELLING AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVE THE PROPOSED DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562227
14 Oct 2025Unconditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550141
29 May 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SUITABLE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560885
17 Apr 2025Conditional
SUBFLOOR AS BUILT FOR A PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE STARTED ON SITE, (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE UTILISING THE EXISTING BASE, (3) PROVISION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560602
2 Apr 2025N/a
(1) EXISTING SUBFLOOR AS BUILT FOR A PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE STARTED ON SITE (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE UTILISING THE EXISTING BASE AND (3) PROVISION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560477
4 Mar 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED (PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51488 REFERS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560301
19 Dec 2024Conditional
REFURBISHMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462136
16 Aug 2024Conditional
EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461259
8 Aug 2024N/a
EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING BEDROOM ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461221
24 May 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460760
25 Oct 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351623
4 Oct 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351494
3 Oct 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND A NEW PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351488
19 Jul 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT, RIGHT SIDE AND TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFURBISHMENTS WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITH EXTERNAL COVERED AREA FOR SAUNA AND HOTTUB
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351057
28 Jun 2023N/a
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT, RIGHT SIDE AND TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFURBISHMENTS WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITH EXTERNAL COVER AREA FOR SAUNA AND HOT TUB
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350922
29 Mar 2023Conditional
EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350409
25 Jan 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350060
25 Jan 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350059
10 Jan 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350015
30 Nov 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251922
The 25 most recent of 49 applications.
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 Derryreel.
Recorded monuments
- DG025-036 Crannog
Description
A circular area of reeds growing in the middle of Derryreel Lake might suggest a submerged crannog. It was not possible to inspect it more closely. 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
- DG025-045 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
Description
This feature was first shown on the 1847-9 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no visible remains of it now. In an account in an OS Revision Name Book (1847-9) it is described as a 'grave', only two stones of which then survived. One was an upright slab c. 12 feet (c. 3.65m) long and 11/2 feet (c. 0.45m) high. The other, of similar dimensions, lay over the grave. It is also recorded that the site had been dug at the behest of the proprietor, Mr Hart, and that some human bones were found. There may have been a megalithic tomb here, but more reliable evidence would be required to establish that such was the case. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 25 (1847-9), 23; Borlase 1897, 230-31, Kilmacrenan no. 2: Ó Nualláin 1983a, 47, no. 157; SMR 1987, 25:45; RMP 1995, 25:45. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Derryreel.
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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derryreel.
- 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
- Derryreel, Falcarragh7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Derryreel · Doire Uí Fhríl
- Area
- 6,197,923 m² (619.79 ha, 1,531.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondahorky, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Cross Roads, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cross Roads electoral division: 2,071 people in 867 households; 74% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyboe, Fawnmore, Kildarragh, Magheramenagh, Murroe, Ray, Roshin
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Derryreel 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.