# Doobally, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,023,179 m² (202.32 ha, 499.94 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 25,814 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbarron, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilbarron.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,738 people lived in 624 households in the Ballyshannon Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13816 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50932 - Centre: latitude 54.505438, longitude -8.120185 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doobally, from 729 m² to 176,227 m² (17.62 ha, 43.55 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1345708: 176,227 m² (17.62 ha, 43.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345708.md - Parcel 1345706: 84,090 m² (8.41 ha, 20.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345706.md - Parcel 1345722: 82,955 m² (8.3 ha, 20.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345722.md - Parcel 1316290: 82,194 m² (8.22 ha, 20.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316290.md - Parcel 1316278: 80,833 m² (8.08 ha, 19.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316278.md - Parcel 1316285: 77,954 m² (7.8 ha, 19.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316285.md - Parcel 1316280: 69,264 m² (6.93 ha, 17.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316280.md - Parcel 1345710: 67,402 m² (6.74 ha, 16.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345710.md - Parcel 1316279: 65,809 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316279.md - Parcel 1314603: 54,497 m² (5.45 ha, 13.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314603.md - Parcel 1416914: 53,103 m² (5.31 ha, 13.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416914.md - Parcel 1314602: 50,320 m² (5.03 ha, 12.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314602.md - Parcel 1345718: 49,101 m² (4.91 ha, 12.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345718.md - Parcel 1345707: 41,665 m² (4.17 ha, 10.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345707.md - Parcel 1314604: 36,369 m² (3.64 ha, 8.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314604.md - Parcel 1316286: 35,551 m² (3.56 ha, 8.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316286.md - Parcel 1358066: 30,412 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358066.md - Parcel 1345723: 29,931 m² (2.99 ha, 7.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345723.md - Parcel 1316289: 29,682 m² (2.97 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316289.md - Parcel 1407520: 29,030 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407520.md - Parcel 1345705: 27,899 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345705.md - Parcel 1423805: 26,261 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423805.md - Parcel 1345719: 26,214 m² (2.62 ha, 6.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345719.md - Parcel 1384452: 25,413 m² (2.54 ha, 6.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384452.md - Parcel 1376473: 25,207 m² (2.52 ha, 6.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376473.md - Parcel 1426390: 24,416 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426390.md - Parcel 1380365: 24,289 m² (2.43 ha, 6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380365.md - Parcel 1316288: 22,746 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316288.md - Parcel 1316287: 22,719 m² (2.27 ha, 5.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316287.md - Parcel 1345725: 21,754 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345725.md - Parcel 3657863: 20,151 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657863.md - Parcel 1347533: 19,780 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347533.md - Parcel 1309615: 18,019 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309615.md - Parcel 3963463: 17,404 m² (1.74 ha, 4.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3963463.md - Parcel 1347534: 14,071 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347534.md - Parcel 3963379: 12,037 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3963379.md - Parcel 1412580: 5,145 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412580.md - Parcel 1374829: 4,605 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374829.md - Parcel 3657861: 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657861.md - Parcel 3657860: 2,821 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657860.md - Parcel 1345721: 2,812 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345721.md - Parcel 3657859: 2,808 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657859.md - Parcel 1418433: 2,803 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418433.md - Parcel 3657858: 2,072 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3657858.md - Parcel 1345724: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345724.md - Parcel 1314949: 729 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314949.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Doobally 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 23 Jun 2023, Donegal County Council 2350892: Conditional. Permission. (1) A 38KV UNDERGROUND CABLE GRID CONNECTION APPROXIMATELY 9KM IN LENGTH FROM THE CONSENTED DERRYKILLEW COMMUNITY WIND FARM (AN BORD PLEANÁLA REF. NO. 307520, DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL REF. NO. 19/51750) TO LANDS AT TOWNPARKS, NORTH OF THE EXISTING CATHALEEN'S FALL 110KV SUBSTATION IN BALLYSHANNON, (2) A PARTIAL SECTION OF A 38KV OVERHEAD LINE GRID CONNECTION CROSSING 130M OVER THE RIVER ERNE AT CATHALEEN'S FALL, BALLYSHANNON, AND (3) THE DERRYKILLEW COMMUNITY WIND FARM 38KV SUBSTATION AND A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350892/0 - 27 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951309: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FOOTINGS AND FOUNDATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE & FOR CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE ON PORTION OF EXISTING FOOTPRINT (B) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DISCHARGE TO A DISPOSAL/DISTRIBUTION PAD AND ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951309/0 - 12 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951221: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FOOTINGS AND FOUNDATIONS OF DWELLING HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE AND FOR A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE ON PORTION OF EXISTING FOOTPRINT (B) ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE (C) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND PERMISSION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DISCHARGE TO A DISPOSAL/DISTRIBUTION PAD (D) TO ALTER AND WIDEN THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951221/0 - 15 Nov 2018, Donegal County Council 1851741: Refused. Permission. A TEN-YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR A WIND FARM WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE (FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING) CONSISTING OF (A) UP TO 7 NO. WIND TURBINES WITH A TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 150 METRES AND ALL ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREAS, (B) 1 NO. ON-SITE ELECTRICAL SUB-STATION, (C) 1 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, (D) 1 NO. ANEMOMETRY MAST WITH A HEIGHT OF UP TO 100 METRES, (E) RECREATIONAL AMENITY TRAIL AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, PARKING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, (F) ALL ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES TO THE PROPOSED ON-SITE SUBSTATION, (G) UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND PROVISION OF ANY NEW SITE ACCESS ROADS REQUIRED INCLUDING NEW SITE ACCESS ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD NETWORK IN THE TOWNLAND OF TULLYHORKY AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE, (H) EXCAVATION OF 1 NO. BORROW PIT AND (I) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS (INCLUDING TREE FEELING). AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851741/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Doobally. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Doobally. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doobally. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Doobally, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Doobally. - 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/doobally.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/doobally.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/doobally.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Doobally 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) - Behy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/behy.md - Cashelard: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashelard.md - Corlea: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corlea-50722.md - Knader: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knader.md - Mullans: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullans-52126.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/doobally - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/doobally