Dunglow

718 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunglow, from 0 m² to 64,219 m² (6.42 ha, 15.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Dunglow 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.

• 17 Aug 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661529

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING STORAGE FACILITY OVER RETAIL SHOP TO 3 NO. SINGLE-BED APARTMENTS, DEVELOPMENT OF CAR PARKING FACILITIES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWERS SERVING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661387

• 17 Jun 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661123

• 29 May 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE WITH INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660999

• 21 Apr 2026N/a

  10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND A 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF FIVE (5) WIND TURBINES, EACH WITH A MAXIMUM TIP HEIGHT OF 86M AND A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 4.9 MW, CONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS, CRANE BASES, AND HARDSTANDING AREAS (TOTAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 2,625 M²), ON-SITE MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) SUBSTATION TO ESB NETWORKS SPECIFICATIONS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.5KM OF UNDERGROUND 20KV CABLE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING ESB DUNGLOE 38KV SUBSTATION, CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2KM OF INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS, LAYDOWN AREAS, AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INCLUDING WELFARE FACILITIES AND MATERIALS STORAGE, PROVISION OF SERVICE ACCESS FOR LIGHT VEHICLES VIA THE EXISTING DIAMOND ROAD, PROVISION OF TEMPORARY DELIVERY ACCESS VIA THE EXISTING N56, INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2KM OF UNDERGROUND CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES AND ERECTION OF SITE SIGNAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS A TOTAL AREA OF C.25.24 HECTARES. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413). A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660692

• 16 Apr 2026N/a

  10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND A 35 YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF FIVE (5) WIND TURBINES, EACH WITH A MAXIMUM TIP HEIGHT OF 86M AND A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 4.9 MW, CONSTRUCTION OF ASSOCIATED FOUNDATIONS, CRANE BASES, AND HARDSTANDING AREAS (TOTAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 2,625 M²), ON-SITE MEDIUM VOLTAGE (MV) SUBSTATION TO ESB NETWORKS SPECIFICATIONS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.5KM OF UNDERGROUND 20KV CABLE CONNECTING TO THE EXISTING ESB DUNGLOE 38KV SUBSTATION, CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 2KM OF INTERNAL ACCESS TRACKS, INSTALLATION OF ON-SITE SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS, LAYDOWN AREAS, AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND, INCLUDING WELFARE FACILITIES AND MATERIALS STORAGE, PROVISION OF SERVICE ACCESS FOR LIGHT VEHICLES VIA THE EXISTING DIAMOND ROAD, PROVISION OF TEMPORARY DELIVERY ACCESS VIA THE EXISTING N56, INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1.2KM OF UNDERGROUND CABLING CONNECTING THE TURBINES AND ERECTION OF SITE SIGNAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS A TOTAL AREA OF C.25.24 HECTARES. THE DEVELOPMENT IS COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE (RED III) RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE III (DIRECTIVE (EU) 2023/2413). A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660660

• 23 Mar 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STORAGE SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660479

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

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

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562268

• 6 Nov 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561938

• 17 Oct 2025N/a

  DRIVEWAY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2550144

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF FLAT ROOF PORCH TO THE REAR (7SQM), (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A PITCHED ROOF DOUBLE HEIGHT KITCHEN / DINING / LIVING ROOM TO REPLACE THE PORCH AT THE REAR, AND FIRST FLOOR MASTER BEDROOM ENSUITE WITH DORMER WINDOWS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2550125

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2550127

• 17 Sept 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SUNROOM TO THE WEST SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2550126

• 12 Sept 2025Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT, EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561573

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional

  GARAGE AND STUDY AND THE REDUCTION IN SCALE OF THE FOOTPRINT

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561153

• 3 Jul 2025N/a

  GARAGE AND STUDY AND PERMISSION FOR THE REDUCTION IN SCALE OF THE FOOTPRINT

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561128

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 31 NO. DWELLINGS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, STORM WATER ATTENUATION SYSTEM, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ACCESS ROAD

  Permission, 31 homes · Donegal County Council, 2560890

• 10 May 2025Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560740

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560695

• 28 Mar 2025N/a

  GARAGE AND STUDY AND PERMISSION FOR THE REDUCTION IN SCALE OF THE FOOTPRINT

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560460

• 13 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION TO LIVING ROOM TO FRONT OF DWELLING HOUSE, (2) EXTENSION TO KITCHEN TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, (3) AS-CONSTRUCTED HIPPED-ROOFS TO DWELLING HOUSE, (4) DOMESTIC GARAGE ANCILLARY TO DWELLING HOUSE AND (5) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462067

• 22 Oct 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A 10 X 6M STEEL MODULAR STORE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2450228

• 8 Sept 2024Conditional

  COMPLETION OF FOOTBALL PITCH CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION (PLANNING REF. NO. 18/51595), WITH BALLSTOP, DUGOUTS, PERIMETER FENCING AND SCOREBOARD INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461381

• 23 Jul 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 2 STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING FROM RESTAURANT AND SHOWROOM/OFFICE USE TO HOLIDAY HOSTEL USE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461116

• 17 Jul 2024Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM CURRENT USE OF BANK / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AT SECTION OF GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO A CAFÉ AND (2) CHANGE OF USE FROM BANK / FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO A BED & BREAKFAST AT GROUND, 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS, ALONG WITH CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461096

The 25 most recent of 92 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dunglow.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dunglow.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch bridge crossing Abhainn an Chlocháin Léith [Dunglow River], built c.1760 and altered c.1860, having V-profile rubble stone cutwaters to central piers to both upstream and downstream elevations. Widened to the east side, c.1860. Segmental-headed arches having roughly dressed and squared rubble granite voussoirs; rubble granite construction to arch barrels. Rubble granite construction to piers, abutments, spandrels and parapets; mildly rock-faced granite coping to parapets. Cement capping over cutwaters to the west elevation. Tarmacadam deck with footpath to the west side. Water pipe to the west elevation with cast-iron mechanism built into west parapet. Located to the north end of An tSráid Mhór [Main Street] to the centre of An Clochán Liath [Dunglow].

• Ionad Teampeall Chróine, church/chapel, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height former Catholic church on cruciform-plan, built c.1855-6 and altered c.1895, comprising three-bay nave to south having single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to the gable end, two-bay transepts to the east and west having single-bay single-storey entrance porches to the gable ends, and with projecting single-bay two-storey porch and sacristy(?) to the north. Now in use as a heritage centre, library and tourist office. Pitched slate roofs with raised concrete verges to gable ends having cross finials to gable apexes and kneeler stone detailing at eaves level with gable-fronted finials over, Celtic cross finials on pedestals to gable apexes of transepts, nave and projecting block to north, cut stone and rendered eaves courses, and with surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Pointed-arched window openings with cut stone sills, raised smooth rendered surrounds, exposed squared rubble stone voussoirs, and replacement windows. Pointed-arched doorway to the north elevation of projecting to the north having smooth rendered surround, replacement glazed timber doors, and with overlight with modern Gothic tracery. Timber boarded tongue and groove ceiling exposed timber roof structure to interior; interior modified c.2000 to accommodate change of use. Set back from road on an elevated site. Graveyard to site (on rectangular) having collection of gravemarkers of mainly late-nineteenth and twentieth century date. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall with rubble stone coping over. Gateway to the north with smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having cross finials over.

• 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 moulded spout. Modern metal faucet to north side. Foundry mark to base reading "Ham Baker & Co. Ltd.". Sited on footpath in centre of An Clochán Liath [Dunglow].

• House, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay two-storey house with half-dormer attic level, built c.1870 and altered c.1930. Pitched slate roof with raised parapet to the front (west) having square-headed perforations and smooth rendered coping over, broad cement rendered chimneystack to the north gable end, and with three cast-iron downpipes from eaves gutter behind parapet discharging into moulded gutter above ground floor openings. Two slightly projecting gable-fronted half-dormer openings to the front elevation (west) having smooth rendered panels to gable apexes with inset roughcast rendered panels, and with smooth rendered coping over. Smooth cement rendered walls with square-headed roughcast rendered panels at first floor level and camber-headed roughcast rendered panels at ground floor level. Projecting smooth rendered stringcourse at first floor level. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered surrounds, painted sills, and with three-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Window openings at first floor level project slightly from façade. Central square-headed doorway with smooth rendered surround, replacement door and overlight. Street fronted.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey bank building with bank manager's accommodation over having half-dormer attic level, built c.1910, with single-bay single-storey canted bay windows to either end of the front elevation (east). Two-storey over basement return to the rear (west). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves, and with smooth rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (north and south). Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Three pedimented half-dormer openings to the front pitch of roof (east), segmental pediments to outer bays, having pitched slate roofs, moulded rendered cornice coping over, and with flanking fluted smooth rendered pilasters on moulded brackets. Hipped smooth rendered roofs to canted bays with moulded cornice at eaves level. Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings to canted bay windows having continuous sills, stringcourse over openings, and with replacement fittings; square-headed window openings at first floor level (paired to outer bays) having smooth rendered sill course, replacement fittings, and with moulded stucco hoodmouldings over with pediment detail to centres and decorative label stops; paired square-headed window openings at half-dormer level having smooth rendered sill course, and with replacement fittings. Two central square-headed doorways (doorway to the south now infilled with ATM machine) having overlight, replacement timber door, and with stepped moulded stucco hoodmouldings over having decorative label stops, and with stucco shield motifs over. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the centre of An Clochán Liath [Dunglow]. Low smooth rendered walls to front (east) having modern metal railings over. Gateway to the north giving access to rear having modern metal gates; laneway to the south giving access to rear (west).

• Public house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey with dormer attic level public house and house, built c.1880. Modified and extended c.2000 with modern extension to the rear (west). Pitched natural slate roof with roughcast rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (north and south), clay ridge tiles, and with three gable-fronted dormers to the front pitch (east). Rubble granite walls with flush roughly dressed and squared quoins to the corners, formerly rendered; cement rendered walls to the north and south side elevations. Square-headed window openings to the main body of building at ground and first floor level having stone sills, roughly squared granite lintels over, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window opening to the north end of the front elevation at ground floor level having stone sill, and with paired one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with central timber mullion; fascia over reading "Patrick, Johnny, Sally". Round-headed window openings to dormer openings having timber sliding sash windows with intersecting glazing bars to head, and with timber drop finials to gable apexes. Two central square-headed doorways having replacement timber double-doors. Street fronted.

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

At the centre of the townland of Dunglow, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1198 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Dunglow with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Dunglow · An Clochán Liath

Area

1,653,544 m² (165.35 ha, 408.6 acres)

Civil parish

Templecrone, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Dunglow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,919 people lived in 798 households in the Dunglow electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Craghy, Croaghnashallog, Crocknageeragh, Meenmore, Sheskinarone

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Dunglow 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.