Donaghmore Glebe

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donaghmore Glebe, from 402 m² to 512,344 m² (51.23 ha, 126.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Donaghmore Glebe 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.

• 8 Nov 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSIBLE WC AND RAMP PROVIDING LEVEL ACCESS, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251816

• 24 Oct 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESSIBLE WC AND RAMP PROVIDING LEVEL ACCESS, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251756

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250993

• 2 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850134

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301

Recorded monuments

• DG079-017001 Church
  Description

  The site is now occupied by a Church of Ireland church and graveyard (DG079-017002-). It is believed to be the site of Domnach Mor Maige Itha, an early foundation (DG079-017002-), associated with St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 33). There are no early remains visible now. The site is located on a low knoll c. 100m N of the River Finn. 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

• DG079-017002 Graveyard
  Description

  The site is now occupied by a Church of Ireland church and graveyard (DG079-017002-). It is believed to be the site of Domnach Mor Maige Itha, an early foundation (DG079-017002-), associated with St. Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 33). There are no early remains visible now. The site is located on a low knoll c. 100m N of the River Finn. 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

• St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1720–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, built c. 1724, rebuilt c. 1765, and altered c. 1861, comprising four-bay nave (two windows to north elevation) with single-bay single-storey porch to the west elevation, bellcote to the west gable end, apsidal chancel to the east (added c. 1861), and with single-bay single-storey vestry attached to the north-east corner. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building with cut stone cavetto eaves course, raised cut stone verges to the gable ends (east and west), smooth rendered gable-fronted bellcote to the west gable apex having round-headed opening bell metal bell and cut stone coping over, rendered brick feature to the east gable apex, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to porch having cut stone eaves course brought across west gable as stringcourse forming pediment feature, and with raised cut stone coping to the west gable end. Pitched natural slate roof to the vestry having cut stone eaves course brought across the north gable as stringcourse. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Round-headed blind recess to gable end of vestry. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave (north and south) having flush cut stone block-and-start surround, cut stone sills, cut stone tracery with cusped heads, cut stone hoodmouldings, and with leaded windows having coloured glass to upper panels. Triple-light pointed-arch window opening to the chancel gable having flush cut stone block-and-start surround, cut stone sill, cut stone Gothic Perpendicular-type tracery, cut stone hoodmoulding, and with leaded windows having coloured glass to upper panels. Pointed-arched window opening to west face of porch, set in round-headed recess, having flush ashlar block-and-start surround, stone sill, and leaded windows. Square-headed window opening to the east face of vestry having timber sliding sash window. Pointed-arch door opening to the north face of porch having render surround, timber door with decorative wrought-iron hinges, and with hoodmoulding over. Blocked pointed-arch opening with hoodmoulding over to the south elevation of porch. Open queen post timber roof structure to interior supported on stone brackets; pointed chancel arch; carved timber pulpit, memorial dated 1696 to floor. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of Castlefinn. Graveyard to site with collection of mainly nineteenth and twentieth century gravemarkers of upstanding, recumbent and table-types. Vault to the south end of graveyard (not investigated, marked on Ordnance Survey maps) Wrought- and\or cast-iron railed enclosures to some graves; obelisk-type grave to the west of graveyard. High rubble stone boundary walls to site with cement coping over; gateway to the west having a pair of rendered rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone coping and a pair of wrought-iron gates. Detached single-storey church hall (see 40840003) adjacent to the east and sexton’s house (see 40840039) built onto the boundary wall of site to the west.

• Donaghmore Parochial Hall, school, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey former first level school, built c. 1860, having projecting single-bay gable-fronted porches to either end of the front elevation (north), stepped chimneystack to centre rising over front wall of building, and with cut stone bellcote to the east gable end. Now in use as a parochial hall (since c. 1960) associated with the adjacent Church of Ireland church (see 40840002) to the west. Pitched natural slate roofs with projecting rafter ends, clayware ridge tiles, decorative pierced timber bargeboards to the gable ends of the main body of the building (east and west) and to the front faces of porches, gable-fronted cut stone bellcote to the east gable end having cut stone coping with finial to gable apex, and with stepped squared rubble stone chimneystack to the centre (aligned with front wall of building) having ashlar quoins to the corners and ashlar skews and coping, and with terracotta chimneypot over. Squared and coursed\snecked rubble stone masonry over chamfered cut stone plinth course, and with flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners of main body of building and to porches. Clasping ashlar sandstone buttresses to side elevations of porches having cut stone coping over. Tripartite square-headed window openings to the front elevation (north) having flush ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered sandstone sills and mullions, ashlar sandstone lintel, and with cast-iron lattice\diamond-pane windows with battened timber shutters over. Pointed-arched window openings to the gable ends (east and west) having cut stone surround, cut stone Y-tracery, cut stone sills, and with cast-iron lattice\diamond-pane windows. Blank rear elevation (south). Tudor-arched/pointed segmental-headed doorway to the front face of each porch (north) having cut sandstone plinth blocks to base, chamfered ashlar sandstone surround, and with battened timber door. Rectangular recess over doorway to each porch with modern timber sign to porch to the east, sign to porch to the west now missing. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the west of Castlefinn and adjacent to the east of St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland church (see 40840002). Bounded on road-frontage to the north by rubble stone boundary wall having rendered coping and wrought-iron railings over. Rubble stone walls to other site boundaries. Pedestrian gateway serving porch to the east having a pair of cast-iron gate posts supporting wrought-iron gate. Wrought-iron flat-bar field gates to the east end of boundary wall. Overgrown yard to the rear (south).

• Donaghmore House, walled garden, 1740–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of walled gardens, boundary walls, gates and railings associated with Donaghmore House (see 40840007), built c. 1750, c. 1820, and c. 1870. Walled garden (on square-plan) to the west of the main house, built c. 1750, now in use as pasture, having rubble stone walls with cut stone coping to sections, integral square-headed doorway with timber lintel, foundations of former garden building to the north-west corner of site, and integral segmental-headed carriage-arch having rubble stone voussoirs and modern metal gate. Walled garden (on sub rectangular-plan) to the north of house, built c. 1820 and altered or rebuilt c. 1870, and now in use as pasture, having rubble stone walls with cut stone coping over in places. Red brick footings to walls in places; ornamental trees surviving to site. Terraced former garden to the west side of outbuildings (see 40840006) having rubble stone walls with flagstones over. Sections of wrought-iron railings (on curved-plan) to the west of house having cast-iron finials over; gateway to the centre of one section of railings having a pair of cast-iron gate posts (on octagonal-plan) and a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron finials. Gateway to the east of house comprising a pair of decorative cast-iron gate posts and a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates. Additional wrought-iron gates to site. Located to the west and to the north of Donaghmore House in extensive mature landscape grounds, and to the west of Castlefinn.

• Donaghmore House, outbuilding, 1740–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of mainly two-storey outbuildings arranged around a courtyard to the rear (north-east) of Donaghmore House (see 40840007), built c. 1750 and c. 1870. Attached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north end of the west range, built c. 1750 and altered on at least one occasion, having pitched natural slate roof with cut stone eaves course, raised verge and bellcote to the south gable end, and chimneystack to the west pitch; roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, cut stone sills, and with timber sliding sash windows, timber shutters and louvered vents (east); and square-headed doorways with cut stone plinth blocks to bases, red brick voussoirs, and with timber battened doors. Attached four-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south end of range to west, built c. 1750 and altered on at least one occasion, having hipped natural slate roof (pitched to north; graded slates to east pitch) having cast-iron rainwater goods, and with brick chimneystack to the east pitch; roughcast rendered rubble stone walls; square-headed window openings at ground floor level having cut stone sill, red brick surrounds, and replacement timber windows; loop hole/slit window openings at first floor level; square-headed door openings with plinth blocks, battened timber doors and double-doors, and overlights; and with modern square-headed carriage-arch/garage entrance to the north end of the west elevation; single-storey pigsty attached to the east elevation having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings. Attached six-bay two-storey former stable block to the north of complex, built c. 1870, having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised modern blockwork course to eaves; rubble stone walls; square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, stone sills, and remains of timber windows and shutters, and square-headed doorway with plinth blocks to base, red brick voussoirs, and with battened timber doors. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south of yard, built c. 1870, having shallow hipped corrugated-metal roof (over natural slate) with cast-iron rainwater goods and projecting stone eaves course; rubble stone walls; square-headed window openings with flush red brick surrounds, stone sills and timber sliding sash windows (some paired); square-headed door and loading bay openings with red brick surrounds, stone plinth blocks, and battened timber doors (some salvaged timber shutters); segmental-headed carriage-arches with red brick voussoirs and metal gates; external flight of rubble stone steps gives access to doorway at first floor level; and with single-storey building abutting the centre of the north elevation. Concrete covering to central courtyard. Gateway to the south-east corner of yard having a pair of roughcast rendered rubble stone gate piers and wrought-iron flat-bar gate. Integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to boundary wall to the north-east of site having red brick voussoirs and wrought-iron gate salvaged from former Finn Valley Railway line to the south. High rubble stone boundary walls to the east boundary having integral square-headed doorways with timber doors. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north-east of the rear (north) Donaghmore House (see 40840007) with complex of walled gardens (see 40840005) and terraced gardens adjacent to the west and to the north-west. Located to the west of Castlefinn.

• Donaghmore House, country house, 1865–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1870, having projecting single-bay single-storey porch (on square-plan) to the centre of the main elevation (south) rising to canted bay over at first floor level, and single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to either end of the main elevation. Attached single-storey service block to the rear at the north-west corner, and single-bay canted bay window to the north-east corner of the rear elevation. Hipped natural slate roofs (with central valley) having overhanging eaves supported on paired moulded brackets, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, gable-fronted dormer openings, and with three rendered chimneystacks to the central valley aligned parallel to the front elevation (south) having moulded coping over supported on paired moulded sandstone(?) brackets. Flat roofs to canted bay windows to either end of front elevation (south) having raised cut stone parapets over with cast-iron medallions (on circular-plan) and with cut stone coping. Raised cut stone parapet to central porch with cast-iron medallions (on circular-plan) and with cut stone coping over; hipped natural slate roof to canted bay window over porch having decorative wrought-iron railings over to dormer opening. Pitched natural slate roofs to dormer openings with moulded timber brackets to front faces, and with slate hung side elevations having decorative courses of scalloped slates. Smooth-rendered ruled-and lined walls with moulded smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered rusticated block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with smooth rendered stringcourses forming architraves to heads of window openings; continuous sill course at first floor level and moulded stringcourse to front elevation at roof level to canted bay windows. Shallow segmental-headed and square-headed window openings, tripartite arrangement to outer bays to main elevation at first floor level, having stone sills, rendered architraves to heads with keystone detail to central windows and to front elevation of canted bays, and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Shallow segmental-headed doorway to the front face of front porch (south) having timber panelled door, plain overlight, rendered surround with moulded architrave to head, and with square-headed sidelights with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Flight of cut stone steps to entrance having wrought-iron bootscrapers, and flanked by cut stone plinth walls. Attached single-storey service wing to the north-west having hipped natural slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows, and square-headed doorway with glazed timber door. Set back from road in elevated position in extensive mature grounds to the west of Castlefinn, and overlooking River Finn to the south. Complex of walled gardens (see 40840005) to the west and north-west, outbuildings (see 40840006) to the north-east, cast-iron conservatory (see 40840008) to the east, and the altered gate lodges to the west and east entrances (see 40840004 and 40840009). Gateway adjacent to the east comprising a pair of cast-iron gate posts having hooped wrought-iron gate.

• Donaghmore House, conservatory, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-storey glazed conservatory associated with Donaghmore House (see 40840007), built c. 1880, having bowed end elevations (east and west). Now out of use and dilapidated. Shallow pitched glazed wrought-iron roof structure, supported on four cast-iron posts (resting on granite plinths) rising to form decorative cast-iron finials over roof structure, having bowed ends to east and west ends, and with ornamental cast-iron ridge cresting with anthemion-type motifs/lotus-and-papyrus motifs. Undulating fan-like crest cast-iron frieze/shallow parapet/ring beam to eaves, doubling as gutter, having anthemion, foliate, and pedimented motifs. Window mechanisms to apex of roof opened using series of pulleys. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined rubble stone wall to base having continuous rendered sill/coping, and with cast-iron supports over with foliate console brackets beneath eaves. Wrought-iron glazing bars, glazing now deteriorating. Pivoting fixed-pane window openings. Square-headed doorways to the centre of either long elevation (north and south) having cast-iron double-doors with glazed round-headed panels to upper sections, cast-iron supports with foliate consoles brackets, and with stone thresholds and cast-iron grills to base. Open wrought- and cast-iron roof structure to interior, octagonal and key terracotta tiled floor, raised plant beds, cast-iron cisterns, and remains of pipe system attached to base of walls. Set well back from road to the east of Donaghmore House (see 40840007), and to the west of Castlefinn.

• St. Patrick's Church of Ireland Church, sexton's house, house, 1740–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former sexton’s house associated with the graveyard at St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland church, Donaghmore (see 40840002), built c. 1770, having single-bay single-storey porch to the west end. Formerly probably two separate two-storey houses, now in single ownership. Steeply pitched natural slate roof having three rendered chimneystacks (one to either gable end and one offset to the west side of centre), raised rendered verge to the east gable end, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Modern half-dormer to the west end of the front elevation (north). Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed window and door openings with replacement fittings. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of associated church (see 4084002), and to the west of Castlefinn. East elevation is built into the boundary wall of graveyard, and located adjacent to the gateway into church site. Garden and approach laneway to house from main road to the north.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Donaghmore Glebe.

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.

No address of the register names Donaghmore Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Donaghmore Glebe

Area

893,788 m² (89.38 ha, 220.86 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe South

Electoral division

Castlefinn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlefinn electoral division: 1,252 people in 488 households; 67% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrick, Dooghan, Grahamsland, Tirinisk

Placenames

Donaghmore Glebe 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.