Dundrean
Townland in the civil parish of Burt, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal
- Area
- 241.5 ha
- 597 acres
- Land parcels
- 118
- registered freehold, median 1,950 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dundrean, from 7 m² to 233,653 m² (23.37 ha, 57.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Dundrean 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
21 Jul 2026Conditional
CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO.03/4506, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661345
11 Apr 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS VIA EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560547
24 Feb 2025Refused
ALL ANCILLARY WORKS DONE TO DATE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) 20 MOTORHOME / CARAVAN BERTHS INCLUDING CHARGING POINTS AND OTHER SERVICES AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF RECEPTION AND TOILET FACILITIES WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560247
29 Oct 2024Conditional
INCREASING AREAS OF EXISTING WILDLIFE ANIMAL ENCLOSURES WITH NEW CONTAINING FENCING AND NEW PEDESTRIAN LINK WALKWAYS AND VIEWING AREA AT EXISTING WILDLIFE HABITAT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461728
28 Feb 2023Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE/SHED INCORPORATING USEABLE FIRST FLOOR SPACE; EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR THE DURATION OF THE REPLACEMENT DEVELOPMENT WORKS AS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, (3) UPGRADE OF EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA INCORPORATING A SAND POLISHING FILTER AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BOUNDARY WALL TO REPLACE EXISTING FRONT BOUNDARY FENCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350241
22 Aug 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251397
11 May 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250816
28 Mar 2022Conditional
SEPTIC TANK IN LIEU OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 09/70034 ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250528
26 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151484
22 Dec 2020Conditional
EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND STABLE BUILDING AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2052032
20 Feb 2018Unconditional
ERECTION OF A TWO-STOREY DATA CENTRE BUILDING WITH ANCILLARY OFFICES AND ROOF LEVEL PLANT AREA AND SCREEN FENCE, NEW ACCESS ROAD, CARPARKING, LANDSCAPING, TWO NO. OPEN AIR PLANT COMPOUNDS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED WORKS AT KEVLIN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1850236
1 Feb 2018Conditional
RELOCATION OF AN EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REINFORCED CAST IN SITU CONCRETE WALL ALONG PART OF THE ROADSIDE BOUNDARY
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850123
6 Oct 2017Refused
CONVERSION OF 3 NO. EXISTING DETACHED AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDINGS TO PROVIDE NEW SELF-CONTAINED GUEST ACCOMMODATION ( 1NO. 39.1M2 CONVERTED BUILDING WITH KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM & EN-SUITE; 1 NO. 27.3M2 CONVERTED BUILDING WITH 1 KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM & EN-SUITE; AND 1 NO. 110.9M2 PARTIALLY CONVERTED BUILDING WITH 3 SELF-CONTAINED UNITS WITH (i) KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM & BATHROOM (ii) KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM & BATHROOM, & (iii) KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM, 3 NO. BEDROOMS & BATHROOM; ALONG WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751530
16 May 2017Conditional
A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INCORPORATING RECEPTION BUILDING, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE WITH CAR PARK, WILDLIFE SHELTERS/REHABILITATION UNITS, FEED SHELTERS/PIG HOUSE/OWL BARN, OPEN VIEWING AREAS, CONSTRUCTION OF 3M HIGH ROCK PILE AT GOAT ENCLOSURE, DUCK POND/OTTER POND/NEWT & FROGS POND, OTTER ABOVE AND BELOW WATER VIEWING AREA, SALMON POOL WITH ADJACENT FILTRATION UNIT, 2.5M HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCES TO BADGER, FOX, RED DEER AND GOAT AREAS, 1.8M HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCE TO FALLOW DEER, SQUIRREL AND OTTER AREAS, 1.5 HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCE TO POT BELLY PIGS AREA WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY INCORPORATING SEPTIC TANK, REED BED, WETLANDS AND PONDS AND PLANTING TO ENHANCE EXISTING WILDLIFE HABITAT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750750
13 Apr 2017N/a
A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INCORPORATING RECEPTION BUILDING, VEHICULAR ENTRANCE WITH CAR PARK, WILDLIFE SHELTERS/REHABILITATION UNITS, FEED SHELTERS/PIG HOUSE/OWL BARN, OPEN VIEWING AREAS, CONSTRUCTION OF 3M HIGH ROCK PILE AT GOAT ENCLOSURE, DUCK POND/OTTER POND/NEWT & FROGS POND, OTTER ABOVE AND BELOW WATER VIEWING AREA, SALMON POOL WITH ADJACENT FILTRATION UNIT, 2.5M HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCES TO BADGER, FOX, RED DEER AND GOAT AREAS, 1.8M HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCE TO FALLOW DEER, SQUIRREL AND OTTER AREAS, 1.5 HIGH ENCLOSURE FENCE TO POT BELLY PIGS AREA WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY INCORPORATING SEPTIC TANK, REED BED, WETLANDS AND PONDS AND PLANTING TO ENHANCE EXISTING WILDLIFE HABITAT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750568
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 Dundrean.
Recorded monuments
- DG047-001 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
There is no trace of the single-ringed 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated in pasture on a hill to the NE of and overlooking Dundrean Fort (DG047-002-). 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
- DG047-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. 31.7m. A subcircular platform enclosed by an earthen bank surviving up to .75m in height but which has disappeared in places. The drop from the top of the bank to the ground level is c. 4m and seems to result from the scarping and infilling of a natural hillock. There is a possible entrance on the E side. There is no evidence for the outer bank shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The interior is level. It is situated in good pasture land with good views, overlooking the former channel of marshland which isolated the Inishowen peninsula. McNeill (1975, 52 No. 72) suggests this site as a 'probable' motte. 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 Dundrean.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2065 (ZIP).
- 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 Dundrean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Dundrean
- Area
- 2,414,795 m² (241.48 ha, 596.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Burt, and its townlands
- Barony
- Inishowen West
- Electoral division
- Birdstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Birdstown electoral division: 1,324 people in 437 households; 81% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bunnamayne, Derryvane, Drumadooey, Drumhaggart, Elaghbeg
- Placenames
- Dundrean 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.