Dunfanaghy

234 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunfanaghy, from 11 m² to 23,672 m² (2.37 ha, 5.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dunfanaghy 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.

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) ERECTION OF 16 NO. HOUSING UNITS, (2) INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER PRIMARY TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH CONNECTION TO THE MAIN SEWER, (3) INSTALLATION OF AN ATTENUATION TANK AND (4) ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 16 homes · Donegal County Council, 2661634

• 3 Jul 2026N/a

  (1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE OF HOUSE NO. 1 AND RELOCATION OF PRIMARY TREATMENT SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS 24/61532 & 25/61444, (2) ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661232

• 30 Jun 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661204

• 22 May 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660939

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A BEDROOM WITH EN-SUITE AND A BATHROOM, (2) MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING KITCHEN-DINING ROOM AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660926

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A PERMANENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH MACHINATION WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SUBSEQUENT CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660920

• 19 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSISTING OF A BEDROOM WITH EN-SUITE AND A BATHROOM, (2) MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING KITCHEN-DINING ROOM AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660452

• 16 Mar 2026Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52036

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660423

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING STABLES TO A TAPROOM, (2) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING STABLE BUILDING, (3) DEMOLITION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT BUILDING TO BE USED AS A MICRO BREWERY, (4) INSTALLATION OF A PRIMARY TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (5) ALL ADDITIONAL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660302

• 27 Jan 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660100

• 19 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, ACCESS LANE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561622

• 20 Aug 2025Conditional

  (1) RELOCATION OF DWELLING HOUSE TYPE A AND PRIMARY TREATMENT SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61532, (2) ERECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL DWELLING HOUSE WITH PRIMARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561444

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM FIRST FLOOR RETAIL/STORAGE TO TWO NO. APARTMENTS WITH REVISED ENCLOSED ACCESS STAIR AND REVISED EXTERNAL ESCAPE STAIR TO REAR OF BUILDING, (2) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING TWO STOREY REAR SECTION OF THE BUILDING CONTAINING STORAGE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY STORAGE TO REAR OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT WITH FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM AND BALCONY AREA ABOVE SECTION OF NEW GROUND FLOOR STORAGE AREA, ATTACHED TO NEW REAR APARTMENT, (3) NEW OFF-LICENCE WITHIN EXISTING SHOP AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (4) REMOVAL OF EXISTING WINDOWS WITHIN COURTYARD ELEVATION, (5) AMENDMENTS TO SHOP FRONT, AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561016

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560892

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF PART OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE ON THE SAME SITE WITH CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550053

• 2 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560478

• 5 Feb 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF TWO TOWN HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER VIA THE EXISTING ON-SITE PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560138

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  2 NO. DWELLING HOUSES AND A GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560011

• 4 Nov 2024N/a

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461762

• 25 Oct 2024N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF THE COAL SHED (PLANNING REG. REF. NO. 23/50048 REFERS) TO CAFÉ / RESTAURANT PREMISES ON THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461717

• 21 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF 44 NO. DWELLINGS AND 12 NO. APARTMENTS (TOTAL NO. OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS = 56) IN LIEU OF 51 NO. UNITS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/2843 (EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 10/30338) AND PLANNING REF. NO. 06/31696, (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED CARPARKING, LANDSCAPED AMENITY SPACES, SURFACE PLAY AREAS AND SEATING AREAS AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING ON SITE SERVICES INCLUDING EXISTING FOUL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PROPOSED ACCESS TO SITE VIA 2 NO. EXISTING ENTRANCES ALL PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED UNDER PLANNING REF.NO. 04/2843 (EXTENDED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 10/30338) AND PLANNING REF. NO. 06/31696

  Permission, 44 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461665

• 9 Oct 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF 3 NO. DWELLING HOUSES INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING PARTIALLY BUILT HOUSES WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER VIA THE EXISTING ONSITE PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 3 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461591

• 30 Sept 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF 2 NO. DWELLING HOUSES WITH INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461532

• 21 Aug 2024N/a

  EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING APARTMENT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50115 INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461275

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING “WILLOWS” B&B BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF DUPLEX UNITS CONTAINING 2NO. APARTMENTS ON GROUND FLOOR AND 2NO. DWELLINGS ON FIRST & SECOND FLOORS (4 NO. UNITS IN TOTAL) FOR SELF-CATERING ACCOMMODATION, (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE REVISED CAR PARKING, STEPPED AND RAMPED ACCESS FROM PARKING AREA TO PROPOSED BUILDING, AND (3) NEW CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES INCLUDING ON-SITE PRE-TREATMENT WASTE WATER SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460806

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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: Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC 000147
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Horn Head And Rinclevan 000147

Recorded monuments

• DG015-016 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The site of the castle as marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map is a flat platform of rock measuring about 26m N-S and 18m E-W. There is no trace of a castle here. Clay has been piled on the rock to make a garden. The town of Dunfanaghy stands on the flat ground to the S of the site. 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 Excavation licence number 02E0782 Testing was undertaken to the rear of the Carrig Rua Hotel in the centre of Dunfanaghy on 13 June 2002. The work was carried out as a condition of planning permission for the refurbishment of the hotel and the construction of a function room and two apartment blocks. The area is close to the site of Dunfanaghy Castle, of which there is now no trace. The development is to be supported on piles. Eight test-trenches were excavated by machine in the footprint of these buildings. Three trenches to the west were within a small concrete courtyard that overlay bright orange boulder clay overlying schist bedrock. Four trenches to the east revealed a modern fill material and beach sand probably imported to create level ground for a beer garden. A foundation crossing Trench 7, the southernmost trench, comprising rough stone and brick in a concrete matrix, was identified from a cartographic source as the remains of a 19th-century outhouse demolished in the 1980s. Trench 8, closest to the hotel, revealed some areas of burning and considerable disturbance by services dug into natural sand and probably represented a former hotel yard. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Tom Rogers, Moore Ltd, Unit 6, Riveroaks, Claregalway, Co. Galway.

Architectural heritage

• Dunfanaghy Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height gable-fronted Presbyterian Church, built 1875-8 and altered c. 1910, having five-bay side elevations (north-west and south-east), tower (on square-plan) attached to the north-east corner of the entrance front (north-east) having ashlar belfry (on octagonal-plan) over surmounted by ashlar spire (on octagonal-plan), and with minister's room\vestry to the rear (south). Formerly detached two-bay single-storey hall to the south-east; now connected to main body of building by modern extension, c. 2005. Detached two-bay single bay hall or Sexton's house Sunday school to the south-west. Pitched natural slate roof with decorative clay ridge tiles, exposed rafter ends, ashlar copings to gable ends with cut stone finials to gable apexes and decorative kneeler stones at eaves level with gable-fronted finials over, and with replacement rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to vestry with decorative ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with cut stone coping with cut stone finial to gable apex. Ashlar construction to spire with gabled lucarnes to alternating faces with hoodmouldings over, and with decorative banding with fish scale motifs, and with decorative copper finial weather vane with globe. Snecked rubble stone walls over projecting chamfered ashlar plinth course, flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to corners, ashlar buttresses with flush ashlar block-and-start quoins and feathered ashlar coping over. Trefoil-headed window openings with cut-stone surrounds, hoodmouldings, integral chamfered cut stone sills and leaded stained glass windows. Two trefoil-headed window openings to entrance front (north-east) with rose window over (on round-headed recess) having central octofoil motif surrounded by eight quatrefoil openings having cut stone surrounds, cut stone plate tracery, leaded stained glass windows, flanking colonnettes with carved stone capitals, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over with decorative label stops; inscription ‘Erected 1878’ to hoodmoulding. Trefoil-headed openings to second stage of tower having chamfered cut stone surround with hoodmoulding over, and with metal louvers inset and flanked by pilasters. Round-headed entrance door to the north-east side of bell tower having replacement battened timber door, flanking colonnettes with moulded bases and capitals, and with gable-fronted hoodmoulding over with decorative finial to gable apex; flight of stone steps to entrance with modern railings; modern wheelchair ramp adjacent to the south-west. Set back from road in own grounds to the east of the centre of Dunfanaghy with formal lawn to north, and with rubble stone boundary walls to site. Gateway to the north-east having a pair of snecked rubble stone gate piers (on circular plan) having projecting ashlar plinths, conical ashlar coping over, and with a pair of wrought- and cast-iron gates; gateway flanking by curved sections of dwarf stone walling with cut stone coping and wrought-and cast-iron railings over, and terminated by snecked gate piers (on square-plan) having ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners, and pyramidal ashlar coping over.

• Market house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former market house, dated 1845, having segmental-headed former carriage-arch openings to the front elevation (south) at ground floor level, now blocked, and with recessed single-bay two-storey extension to the east gable end, and four-bay single-storey extension to the rear (north). Altered c. 1950, and altered in use as a hall and a crèche. Now disused. Hipped natural slate roof with moulded clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered eaves course, and with replacement rainwater goods. Hipped and mono-pitched slate roof to rear and side extensions. Pebbledashed rendered walls having dressed ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners of the main block, projecting plinth course, and with projecting stringcourse at arch springing point to former carriage-arch openings to the front elevation (south). Cut stone plaque to the front elevation (south) inscribed ‘This Building was erected by Alexr Robt Stewart Esqr of Ards House A.D. 1845’. Square-headed window openings to the front elevation at ground floor level, set within segmental-headed former carriage-arches, now blocked; square-headed window openings over at first floor level having dressed ashlar lintels, smooth rendered reveals, replacement sills, and with replacement windows. Square-0headed doorways to the front (in infilled carriage-arches) and rear (north), now blocked. Segmental-headed former carriage-arches to the front elevation (south) having ashlar block-and-start voussoirs. Set to the north side of former market square to the centre of Dunfanaghy, on reclaimed land, with pier (see 40807022) and Sheephaven Bay to north.

• Holy Cross Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height gable-fronted Catholic church, built 1898, comprising six-bay nave elevation to the north-east, polygonal apse to the south-west, and with modern single-storey sacristy, toilet block, meeting and offices attached to the south end of the south-east elevation, and with modern single-storey entrance block attached to the north-east end of the south-east side elevation, both added c. 2005. Pitched artificial slate roof to main body of building having replacement profiled rainwater goods on corbelled brackets to the side elevations, raised verges to the gable ends (north-east and south-west) having feather cut stone coping, cut stone Celtic cross finials to gable apexes, and with moulded kneeler stone at eaves level. Coursed squared rubble stone walls to the front elevation (north-east) having projecting plinth course with chamfered ashlar coping over, and with flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to the south-east and north-west side elevations having chamfered ashlar plinth course, and with flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners; smooth rendered walls to apse having projecting cut stone stringcourse course under openings, and with moulded cut stone hoodmouldings over openings forming continuous stringcourse. Pointed-arched window openings to the entrance gable (north-east) having chamfered cut stone block-and-start surrounds, chamfered cut stone sill, hoodmouldings over, and with leaded coloured glass windows; octofoil rose window over having petal-like cut stone tracery, chamfered cut stone surround, leaded coloured or stained glass windows, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over with square label stops; round window opening over to gable apex (to both south-west and north-east elevations) having chamfered cut stone surround, hoodmoulding, and with louvered fittings. Pointed-arched windows openings to the side elevation of nave (north-west and south-east), to the polygonal apse to the south-west, and to the south-west side of nave\chancel having flush ashlar block and start surrounds, chamfered cut stone sills, and leaded stained glass windows; hoodmouldings over openings to the apse and to the openings to the south-west side of nave\chancel. Pointed-arched doorway to the centre of the north-east elevation having chamfered staged ashlar block-and-start surround, hoodmoulding over, cut stone threshold, and with replacement battened timber doors; flight of concrete steps to the north-east of entrance having flanking plinth walls with dwarf piers with ball finials over. Attached modern single-storey additions to the south-east elevation having modern artificial slate roofs, smooth rendered walls with chamfered plinths to base and block-and-0start quoins to the corners, and square-headed openings with block-and-start surrounds and modern fittings. Set well back from road in corner site in the rural countryside to the south-west of Dunfanaghy. Freestanding belfry to the east if site having decorative cast-iron posts (fluted to base) supporting cast-iron bell mechanism over with bell metal bell; belfry set on stepped concrete plinth. Priests’ graveyard to the north-east of site having collection of cut stone Celtic cross memorials. Site bounded by concrete wall to the west and with timber fence to the north. Gateways to the north and west having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on octagonal-plan) having projecting plinths and moulded capping with ball finials over, and with decorative metal gates; gateway flanked to the either side by balustraded sections of quadrant walling and terminated by moulded rendered gate piers (on square-plan). Associated parochial house (see 40807002).

• Holy Trinity Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1873, having two-bay nave to the west, single-bay gable-fronted transept to the south, shallow gable-fronted transept to the north, projecting single-bay single-storey porch to the north-west corner of nave, two-bay single-storey vestry to the east of transept to the south, and with single-storey plant room attached to the west end of nave. Pitched natural slate roofs to nave, transepts, and porch having raised parapets to gable ends with raised cut stone coping over, cut stone finials to gable apexes, corbelled eaves courses with cast-iron rainwater goods, and cut stone chimneystacks. Mono-pitched natural slate roof to vestry and to plant room. Squared and snecked sandstone walls with diagonal buttress to corners with ashlar skews and drafted quoins, and with projecting canted plinth course. Pointed-arched window openings to the side elevations of nave and to the west side of south transept having chamfered ashlar surrounds, integral chamfered sills, and with leaded stained glass windows. Three graded\tripartite pointed-arched window openings to gable ends of transepts, and to the nave and chancel gables having chamfered ashlar surrounds with ocular insets, cut stone mullions, leaded stained glass windows, and with rusticated relieving arches over. Concave corbelled shouldered arched door opening to entrance porch having chamfered ashlar surround and timber sheeted door with wrought-iron ironmongery, tympanum over, set within lancet-headed relief arch with rusticated relieving arch over. Square-headed openings to vestry with ashlar surrounds, stained glass windows, and battened timber door. Timber boarded panelled coved ceiling to interior with timber arched trusses supported on ashlar corbel stones, exposed rubble stone walls, timber pews and carved reredos and pulpit. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of the centre of Dunfanaghy. Associated rectory (see 40807011) adjacent to the south. Modern bell tower (on square-plan) to the south. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall with rubble stone coping over. Gateway to the north having a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone coping, and a pair of wrought-iron gates.

• Dunfanaghy Church of Ireland Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Church of Ireland rectory (on complex-plan), built c. 1880, having projecting gables to the north-east, south-west and north-west elevations, advanced gabled-fronted bay to the north-west end of the front elevation (north) having main doorway to the east elevation and with two-bay single-storey flat-roofed box bay window to the north, single-bay canted bay window to the east side elevation, two-storey return to the south-west, and with later single-storey additions to the south-west. Pitched artificial slate roof (clipped gables\half-hipped roofs to north-west and south-east) having exposed rafter ends, replacement rainwater goods, painted decorative timber bargeboards, and with two rendered chimneystacks with flat copings and decorative clay-ware pots. Decorative timber detailing to some gables. Half-dormer openings to the west and to the north elevations having pitched artificial slate roofs over. Flat roof to box bay window having moulded parapet; hipped artificial slate roof to canted bay. Roughcast rendered walls having chamfered red brick plinth course, flush red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners, and with flush red brick stringcourses. Plain roughcast rendered walls to the west. Red brick quoins to box bay entrance porch; smooth rendered finish to canted bay. Segmental-headed window openings having red brick block-and-start surrounds, red brick voussoirs, red brick hoodmouldings over some first floor openings, concrete sills, and with replacement windows. Shallow segmental-headed doorway to the east side of advanced gable-fronted bay to the north having red brick surrounds and voussoirs, and with timber panelled door with bolection mouldings. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the west of the centre of Dunfanaghy, and adjacent to the south of associated Church of Ireland church (see 40807010). Gardens to the north and east of site. Enclosed courtyard to the rear (west) having roughcast rendered boundary wall with red brick coping over; gateway to the north of yard having a pair of red brick gate piers (on square-plan), and with battened timber gates. Detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding to the west side of yard having pitched artificial slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls to the east with red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners, exposed coursed rubble stone walls to the north gable end with red brick block-and-start quoins to the corners, square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber louvered fittings, square-headed doorways to the west elevation having red brick surrounds and battened timber fittings, shallow segmental-headed loading bay to the north elevation at first floor level having red brick block-and-start surround with hoodmoulding and battened timber door, and with square-headed carriage-arch at ground floor level to the north elevation having battened timber double-doors. Site bounded along road-frontage to the north by rubble stone boundary wall with rubble stone coping over. Gateway to the north-east of site comprising a pair of decorative cast-iron gate posts (on circular-plan), and with a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates.

• Dunfanaghy Garda Station, RIC barracks, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey former Royal Irish Constabulary barracks, built c. 1870, having single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (south), single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the east elevation, , and with single-storey block to the west. Now in use as a Garda Station. Replacement hipped artificial slate roof with projecting rendered eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods with three stepped two-stage rendered chimneystacks (on to either end and one to the rear pitch). Hipped artificial roofs to porch and single-storey blocks. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed windows openings having painted stone sills, smooth rendered reveals, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground and first floor level with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at second floor level. Square-headed window openings to the south elevation of central porch having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorways to the east elevation of front porch, and to the south elevation of later porch to the east elevation, having replacement timber doors. Set back from road to the west end of the Main Street, Dunfanaghy. Coursed and squared rubble stone boundary wall to the south having chamfered ashlar(?) and smooth rendered coping over. Gateways to site having squared and coursed rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with chamfered coping over. Gravel forecourt to the south-east of site. Modern radio mast to the north. Rendered and rubble stone walls to the east and north-east.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1910, having single-storey canted bay windows to either end of the front elevation (south), and with two-storey returns and extensions to the rear (north). Artificial pitched slate roof with projecting eaves course, and having smooth rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west). Hipped slate roofs to canted bays with hipped slate roof and flat roof to rear return and extensions. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills, and replacement two-over-two timber sliding sash windows; one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to the side elevation of canted bays; moulded sill course at first floor level. Central square-headed door opening having replacement timber panelled door and plain overlight. Set slightly back from road to the west end of Main Street, Dunfanaghy. Small enclosed garden to the front (south). Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined boundary wall to the south having moulded rendered coping over. Pedestrian gateway serving doorway comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having moulded coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate. Modern vehicular entrance to the south-east of site.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having central gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (south), and with two storey return and extension to the rear (north). Hipped natural slate roof with overhanging eaves, projecting eaves course, and with two central stepped rendered chimneystacks with flat copings over. Rendered chimneystack to the rear return. Pitched natural slate roof to porch with timber bargeboards and eaves course mimicking open bed pediment. Flat roof to rear extension. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with raised smooth rendered block quoins to the corners of front elevation (south) of main body of building, and to porch. Square-headed window openings to pain body of building having painted stone sills and three-over-three pane\one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal margin glazing bars. Round-headed window opening to front face of porch (south) having porch having timber casement window with radial glazing bars to head. Square-headed doorway to the east face of porch having battened timber door. Set slightly back from road to the west end of Main Street, Dunfanaghy. Small enclosed garden to the front (south). Rebuilt rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the south having decorative cast-iron railings over with fleur-de-lys finials over. Pedestrian gateway to the east of porch having cast-iron gate. Gateway to the east side of main body of building (giving access to rear) having modern timber gates. Rubble stone boundary wall to the east and north-east boundary of site. Single-storey outbuilding to rear (north).

• Water pump, 1900–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1915, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base and surmounted by fluted domed capping with acorn finial over, and having lion's head motif to spout. Pull lever to side. Foundry mark to base now obscured. Sited on footpath to the west end of Main Street, Dunfanaghy. Built into modern kerb.

• House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached corner-sited three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having two-storey return and single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (south). Pitched artificial slate roof with some surviving sections of profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (east and west). Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Some two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to the rear (south). Central round-headed door opening having replacement timber panelled door and plain overlight. Road-fronted at corner site to the centre of Dunfanaghy. Two-storey outbuilding to the rear (south) having pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings. Possibly former dovecote to the east gable end of outbuilding.

• Water pump, 1900–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1915, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base surmounted by fluted domed capping (acorn finial over now removed), and having lion's head motif to spout. Pull lever to side. Foundry mark 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock' to shaft. Set on rubble stone plinth adjacent to rubble stone wall to the south of the centre of Dunfanaghy.

• Dunfanaghy Pier, pier/jetty, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pier\jetty, erected c. 1831. Constructed of coursed squared sandstone masonry with squared rubble sandstone coping to the west edge. Three flights of cut sandstone steps to the west side. Tarmacadam deck. Slipway to the north-east. Single-bay single-storey boathouse to pier having pitched corrugated-metal roof with raised rendered verges to the gable ends, rubble stone walls, and segmental-headed carriage-arch to the south elevation having red voussoirs, and with modern door. Two cast-iron lamps to south and slipway to north. Juts out into Sheephaven Bay a short distance to the north of the centre of Dunfanaghy.

• Camary Cottages, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached mid-terrace six-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1820 and altered c. 1880. Single-storey addition to the rear (west). Originally two (or possibly three) adjoining houses late combined to form a single property. One of a terrace of three with the buildings to either end (north and south). Pitched natural slate roof with rendered verges to the gable ends, and with three smooth rendered chimneystacks with flat copings over. Painted limewashed rubble stone walls over smooth painted plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Two square-headed doorways with battened timber doors. Set back from road with laneway and garden to the east. Located to the south of the centre of Dunfanaghy. Rubble stone boundary wall to road-frontage to the east.

• Watch tower, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-storey turret (on square plan), built c. 1840. Crenellated parapet with machicolations. Rubble stone walls, now partially cement rendered. Pointed-arched opening to west having timber sheeted door and square-headed window opening to north, now blocked. Infilled opening to the south. Set on raised rubble stone plinth having cement rendered bollards and two cannon to the north. Located on the top of Patrick’s Hill to the south-west of the centre of Dunfanaghy overlooking Sheephaven Bay to the north and north-east. Site (on sub triangular-plan) surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall. Pedestrian gateway to the west. Gable-fronted single-bay single-storey structure to the south having square-headed opening to the north elevation.

• Edmund Murphy Memorial, monument, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding memorial monument, erected c. 1900, comprising tapering red marble or polished red granite pedestal (on square-plan) set on moulded ashlar plinth, and with ashlar capping over with cornice. Monument set on cut stone steps, and surrounded by modern metal posts with metal chain. Located to the south end of the former Market Square to the centre of Dunfanaghy, and to the south of former market house (see 40907006).

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 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_1539 (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.

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

Name

Dunfanaghy · Dún Fionnachaidh

Area

591,049 m² (59.1 ha, 146.05 acres)

Civil parish

Clondahorky, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Dunfanaghy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfanaghy electoral division: 1,015 people in 376 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Figart, Kill, Rinclevan

Placenames

Dunfanaghy 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.