# Dunree, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Desertegny, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Dún Riabhach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 883,655 m² (88.37 ha, 218.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Desertegny, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/desertegny.md
- Barony: Inishowen West
- Electoral division: Desertegny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 751 people lived in 252 households in the Desertegny electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15168
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51178
- Centre: latitude 55.197855, longitude -7.542728 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunree, from 16 m² to 235,257 m² (23.53 ha, 58.13 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1366788: 235,257 m² (23.53 ha, 58.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366788.md
- Parcel 1321807: 138,971 m² (13.9 ha, 34.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321807.md
- Parcel 5936401: 100,201 m² (10.02 ha, 24.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5936401.md
- Parcel 1325675: 60,104 m² (6.01 ha, 14.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325675.md
- Parcel 1380322: 35,497 m² (3.55 ha, 8.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380322.md
- Parcel 1346186: 30,736 m² (3.07 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346186.md
- Parcel 1428722: 23,414 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428722.md
- Parcel 1414703: 20,999 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414703.md
- Parcel 1417949: 20,560 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417949.md
- Parcel 1417948: 20,515 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417948.md
- Parcel 1383213: 18,458 m² (1.85 ha, 4.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383213.md
- Parcel 1417428: 17,629 m² (1.76 ha, 4.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417428.md
- Parcel 1336908: 17,587 m² (1.76 ha, 4.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336908.md
- Parcel 1377177: 13,240 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377177.md
- Parcel 1380320: 10,329 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380320.md
- Parcel 1383307: 9,543 m² (0.95 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383307.md
- Parcel 5165434: 9,252 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5165434.md
- Parcel 1417947: 6,481 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417947.md
- Parcel 1332054: 4,919 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332054.md
- Parcel 1417953: 4,834 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417953.md
- Parcel 1377176: 4,053 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1377176.md
- Parcel 1375308: 4,019 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375308.md
- Parcel 4746028: 3,980 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4746028.md
- Parcel 1414704: 3,956 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414704.md
- Parcel 1427028: 3,499 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427028.md
- Parcel 1305755: 3,472 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305755.md
- Parcel 4638494: 3,404 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4638494.md
- Parcel 1323036: 3,059 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323036.md
- Parcel 5875416: 2,710 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5875416.md
- Parcel 3664333: 2,706 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664333.md
- Parcel 4746002: 2,639 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4746002.md
- Parcel 1394235: 2,574 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394235.md
- Parcel 4896091: 2,534 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4896091.md
- Parcel 1411249: 2,477 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411249.md
- Parcel 1383310: 2,419 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383310.md
- Parcel 1341745: 2,387 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341745.md
- Parcel 3664334: 2,320 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664334.md
- Parcel 1410889: 2,249 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410889.md
- Parcel 1301758: 2,165 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301758.md
- Parcel 1380213: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380213.md
- Parcel 4426479: 2,085 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4426479.md
- Parcel 1327268: 1,995 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327268.md
- Parcel 5592812: 1,959 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5592812.md
- Parcel 1407973: 1,902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407973.md
- Parcel 5122629: 1,839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5122629.md
- Parcel 1365724: 1,800 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365724.md
- Parcel 1413074: 1,708 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413074.md
- Parcel 4846146: 1,670 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4846146.md
- Parcel 1320520: 1,380 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320520.md
- Parcel 4846138: 1,336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4846138.md
- Parcel 1417952: 1,299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417952.md
- Parcel 1380321: 1,280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380321.md
- Parcel 1321177: 1,188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321177.md
- Parcel 5888649: 1,091 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888649.md
- Parcel 1329937: 1,035 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329937.md
- Parcel 5122631: 993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5122631.md
- Parcel 1387080: 668 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387080.md
- Parcel 1417951: 424 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417951.md
- Parcel 4707815: 326 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4707815.md
- Parcel 1367253: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367253.md
- Parcel 5122628: 227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5122628.md
- Parcel 1414705: 204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414705.md
- Parcel 4846144: 66 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4846144.md
- Parcel 6183485: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6183485.md
- Parcel 4638493: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4638493.md
- Parcel 6183474: 16 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6183474.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Dunree 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)

18 applications, newest first.

- 7 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660586: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660586/0
- 26 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460966: Conditional. Permission. (1) MINOR AMENDMENTS TO DWELLING GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE: 21/51863, (2) ERECTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460966/0
- 7 Mar 2023, Donegal County Council 2350277: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350277/0
- 13 Feb 2023, Donegal County Council 2350156: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH A GYM ON FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350156/0
- 12 Jan 2023, Donegal County Council 2350019: Conditional. Permission. EXTENSION TO DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350019/0
- 24 Nov 2022, Donegal County Council 2251894: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251894/0
- 17 Jun 2022, Donegal County Council 2251052: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251052/0
- 28 Feb 2022, Donegal County Council 2250338: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING ESTABLISHED LANEWAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250338/0
- 31 Jan 2022, Donegal County Council 2250106: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250106/0
- 21 Sept 2021, Donegal County Council 2151863: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING & ATTACHED GARAGE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151863/0
- 15 Feb 2021, Donegal County Council 2150242: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING ESTABLISHED LANE WAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150242/0
- 13 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051501: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051501/0
- 27 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2051009: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A GARDEN ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051009/0
- 17 May 2019, Donegal County Council 1950680: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE AND GARAGE TYPE, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBERS 11/70102 AND 15/51661 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950680/0
- 5 Sept 2018, Donegal County Council 1851385: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851385/0
- 27 Aug 2018, Donegal County Council 1851348: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE AND GARAGE TYPE, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBERS 11/70102 AND 15/51661 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851348/0
- 2 Jul 2018, Donegal County Council 1851025: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851025/0
- 16 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850399: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF DWELLINGHOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850399/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: North Inishowen Coast SAC, site code 002012, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002012
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast, site code 002012

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG018-007: Midden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG018-007----. Local reports indicate the finding of very many 'Brass Pins' and slag in the sand here on the S side of Portbane. 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
- DG018-008: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG018-008----. A slightly raised area is said to be the site of Cill Ard graveyard, buried under the shifting sand. It is believed locally that the graveyard was circular in plan. The site is located on the E side of Dunree Hill overlooking Crummies Bay. 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
- DG018-013: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG018-013----. A long cist similar to that at Lederg (314) was said to have been found near here. It contained 'cremated bone and three white stones about the size of a fist' (local information). 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Dunree Fort, battery, 1805–1815, Regional interest, registry number 40901813, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901813. Military battery, built c. 1812-3, on complex irregular-plan having entrance over drawbridge to the east, defensive bastions (on circular-plan) to the south-east, south-west and north-west corners. Modified c. 1847 and c. 1889. Now in use as museum with modern museum building to the north end of the interior. Site enclosed by rubble stone curtain walls with cut stone coping over, partially roughcast rendered. Recessed segmental-headed door opening to the east with cut stone surround, set in canted projection to curtain wall having square-headed recess with tooled ashlar block-and-start surrounds; gun loops over door and in places along adjoining curtain walls. Square-headed window openings, some with surviving three-over-three pain timber sliding sash windows. Located on a natural rock outcrop jutting out into Lough Swilly with cliff faces to three sides (south, north, and west). Later battery (see 40901826) on hilltop to the east, complex of single-storey corrugated-metal buildings (see 40901824) to the east, dispersed pillboxes and assorted single-storey watch huts (see 40901825) etc. to site
- Dunree Fort, barracks, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40901824, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901824. Complex of c. thirty single-storey barrack buildings and ancillary structures associated with Fort Dunree (see 40901813 to the west; see 40901826 for later fort to the east) built c. 1900 and greatly extended c. 1920, comprising former billets, stores, workshops, canteens, messes, indoor squash court, chapel etc. Now mostly out of use and derelict, part of site to the west now in use as a heritage centre and art gallery; café to site. Pitched corrugated-metal roofs with red brick chimneystacks and some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Corrugated-metal clad walls, generally mounted on concrete plinths; moulded red brick plinths to some buildings. Concrete block and red brick construction to the gable ends of some buildings. Roughcast rendered walls to some buildings. Square-headed window openings with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, and timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings, generally with battened timber doors. Metal water-tanks mounted on red brick piers\plinths to former billets and canteens. Single-storey shower block to centre of complex comprising pitched (originally natural slate) roof with red brick chimneystacks and timber bargeboards to gable ends, red brick walls (running bond) over sloping concrete plinth, square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, and square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Lavatory building to site comprising open-roofed block (arranged on rectangular-plan) having red brick walls (running bond) with rounded red brick coping on stepped red brick stringcourse. Mess building to centre of yard comprising nine-bay single-storey block with projecting gable-fronted entrance porch to central bay; hipped natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, timber bargeboards to gables, roughcast rendered chimneystacks with moulded coping and terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods; roughcast rendered walls with moulded projecting red brick plinth; square-headed window openings, now blocked-up with corrugated-metal sheets; square-headed door opening, blocked-up with corrugated-metal sheeting, and four-paned timber-framed overlight. Single-storey engine-room to north of complex comprising hipped tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles and hipped metal air vent, and with cast-iron profile guttering and downpipes; roughcast rendered walls; square-headed window openings with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Two-storey store building to south-west of complex comprising pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles; concrete and brick walls; and square-headed window and door openings, now void of fittings. Cast-iron water-hydrants (water and fire) positioned strategically around complex comprising moulded base surmounted by fluted shaft with domed cap; foundry-stamp ‘Baker and Company Ltd. Westminster’ to shaft. Located to the east of the old Fort Dunree (see 40901813) and to the west of the later fort (see 40901826) located on Dunree Hill. Pillboxes and ancillary structures to site (see 40901825). Tarmacadam roads and pathways, and rubble stone walls to site.
- Dunree Fort, pill box, watch tower, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40901825, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901825. Complex former single-storey pillboxes and single-storey lookout positions associated with Fort Dunree (see 40901813 and 40901826), built c. 1920 and c. 1940. Now disused. Flat concrete roofs, some gently sloping from front to rear creating larger field of vision. Reinforced concrete and cement rendered walls; red brick construction in places to a number of the former watch huts\stations. Square-headed window and door openings with remains of metal fittings. Pillboxes\watch posts (on canted-plan) located along perimeter of later fort (see 40901826), c. 1897, to the summit of Dunree Hill. Two former pillboxes and\or look-out posts located on an island to the south-west of site, connected to mainland by timber footbridge with timber safety railings. Single-bay single-storey structure located on highest point to north-east of original Fort Dunree (see 40901813), probably originally in use as a communications\radio hut, having flat concrete roof, reinforced concrete walls, and square-headed window opening with remains of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window, square-headed doorway with remains of timber door, and with radio aerial\antennae adjacent. Buildings located throughout site, strategically positioned to afford viewing\field of fire in majority of directions. Located on cliff-edge and slopes of Dunree Hill at Dunree Head peninsula to east bank of Lough Swilly.
- Dunree Fort, battery, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 40901826, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901826. Military coastal battery and redoubt complex on polygonal seven sided-plan, built c. 1895-97, now out of use; part of military museum. Battered reinforced concrete curtain\scarp walls with external ditch surrounding summit of Dunree Hill. Metal railings to curtain wall in places. External section of boundary wall to the west and north of inner fort \redoubt having gun emplacements (on circular-plan) on raised concrete terrepleins. Vaulted subterranean chambers to site; including sunken magazines with pulley mechanisms adjacent to former gun emplacements. Chambers built into side of boundary walls to west and north of site having vaulted roofs covered in earth. Redoubt entered from north-west through two-storey blockhouse having brick walls to internal face at ground floor level and cement rendered brick walls, square-headed window and door openings to interior face at first floor level, square-headed window openings with remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and with iron security bars to ground floor (external) and square-headed door opening with heavy metal double-doors; concrete stairways within giving access to redoubt having metal railings. Single-storey concrete lookout points\pillboxes (on canted-plan) to angles of curtain wall of redoubt having flat concrete roofs with remains of metal railings and parapet walls, reinforced concrete walls, square-headed window and door openings to interior face, and small square-headed gun embrasures and look-outs to external faces; sloping concrete coping to external faces beneath openings. Ruinous single-storey corrugated-metal clad buildings to north of site; ruinous single-storey building to site having flat concrete roof, cement rendered walls, and square-headed openings; now derelict. Single-storey store to site having flat concrete roof, red brick walls, and square-headed openings. Sunken water tanks to site. Pathways with intermittent flights of concrete steps approaches site from former barracks complexes (see 40901824) to the west of site. Located on Dunree Hill at Dunree Head peninsula to east bank of Lough Swilly. Earlier fort (see 40901813) to the west.
- Dunree Fort, 1900–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40901827, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901827. Detached five-bay single-storey former guard house on wedge-shaped plan positioned at to east side of main gateway to Dunree coastal defence battery (see 40901813 for Napoleonic fortification; see 40801826 for later battery, built c. 1910. Now out of use. Flat concrete roof, slightly overhanging walls. Squared and coursed rock-faced section to lower section of wall surmounted by reinforced concrete upper-section, projecting chamfered plinth course. Square-headed recessed gun loop openings to three sides with stepped concrete-block reveals and sheet-metal inner guard with central gun opening. Central square-headed door opening to main elevation with plate metal door. Single-storey corrugated-metal sentry hut to west side of main gateway to Fort Dunree having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, corrugated-metal clad walls, and having square-headed window and door openings. Detached three-bay single-storey former guard house to north of barrack complex having flat concrete roof; red brick walls (running bond), square-headed window openings with metal shutters, blocked square headed openings at plinth level to either side of doorway, and central square-headed doorway with metal double-doors. Main guard house located to the south of the old Fort Dunree (see 40901813) and to the south-west of the later fort (see 40901826). Pillboxes and ancillary structures to site (see 40901825), and complex of single-storey former barracks buildings to the north and north-east of site.
- Dunree Fort, barracks, hospital/infirmary, latrine, 1870–1920, Regional interest, registry number 40901828, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901828. Complex of detached and formerly detached single-storey buildings associated with Dunree coastal defence battery (see 40901813 for Napoleonic fortification; see 40801826 for later battery, built 1895 - 97), built c. 1860 and extended c. 1910. Three formerly detached buildings to east now modified for use as café, shop, and as gallery and museum, with modern single-storey glazed sections linking the buildings to the rear. Formerly detached five-bay single-storey building over partially raised basement level to the south-west end of complex having pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystack to the north-east pitch, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, painted flush roughly squared stone block-and-start surrounds and six-over-six-pane timber sliding windows, and central doorway to front elevation having replacement timber panelled door with plain overlight; doorway reached by flight of steps from the west end having cement rendered wall south. Modern glazed section to the rear (north-east) of five-bay single-storey building (see above) linking building with five-bay single-storey structure having pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystack to the rear pitch, rubble stone walls with roughly dressed and squared stone quoins to the corners, square-headed window openings with stone sills, roughly dressed flush roughly squared stone block-and-start surrounds and six-over-six-pane timber sliding windows, and with square-headed doorway to the north-east end of the rear elevation (north-east) having flush roughly squared stone or concrete block-and-start surrounds and replacement timber door. Formerly detached single-storey building to the north-east end of complex of three buildings, now attached to central building to south by modern glazed linking structure, having pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed window openings with stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Detached four-bay single-storey building with attic level to the rear of group of three buildings linked by modern glass sections, possibly formerly a toilet or shower block, having pitched natural slate roof with raised rendered verges to the gable ends, rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings to the north-west gable end with wrought-iron security bars and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, and with square-headed doorways to the front elevation (south-west) having concrete block-and-start surrounds and battened timber doors; concrete steps to each doorway. Rubble stone boundary walls to site. Altered single-storey buildings to the south-east of site having pitched slate and artificial slate roof, rendered walls, and square-headed openings; building to south-west of this complex now in use as a café. Detached six-bay single-storey building to the west of complex, built c. 1910, having two single-bay flat-roofed porch extensions to the east\south-east elevation, single-bay flat-roofed porch extension to the north-east gable end, and with single-storey extension to the centre of the rear elevation (west). Pitched artificial slate roof with two cement rendered chimneystacks with clay pots over. Roughcast rendered walls over moulded red brick plinth course; cement rendered finish to porches to the north-east end of the main elevation and to the north-east gable end, red brick construction to porch to the south-west end of the main elevation. Square-headed window openings with moulded timber surrounds, timber sills, and timber casement windows (some with fixed-pan timber windows over), metal security meshes to openings. Square-headed doorways to porches having replacement battened timber doors and double doors, concrete lintel over doorway to the south-west end of front elevation. Square-headed doorway to the centre of the front elevation (east) having timber battened double-doors with multiple-pane timber overlight. Detached red brick toilet block to the south-east of building to the west having moulded red brick coping over; rubble stone boundary walls to site having random rubble stone coping over. Buildings set within larger complex of structures associated with fort Dunree, located to the east of the Napoleonic fort (see 40901801); to the west of the later fort (see 40901826) on the summit of Dunree Hill, and to the west of the substantial complex of corrugated-metal clad buildings (see 40901824).
- Dunree Lighthouse, lighthouse, 1870–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40901829, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901829. Attached polygonal lighthouse, established 1876. Polygonal multi-paned lights set in cast-iron frame, mounted on smooth rendered base with projecting tooled ashlar plinth. Canted conical ridged sheet-metal roof surmounted by cylindrical pipe-shaft, with wrought-iron weathervane, cornice-profile guttering to eaves. Accessed through attached lighthouse keeper's house (see 40901802). Set within own grounds with whitewashed rubble stone boundary walls.
- Dunree Lighthouse, lighthouse keeper's house, 1870–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40901830, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901830. Attached three-bay single-storey lighthouse keeper’s house, built 1875, with single-bay lean-to wings to both gables, single-bay entrance porch to front, canted bay to west with polygonal lighthouse (40901801). Pitched slate roof with whitewashed brick chimneystacks with stepped ashlar coping and terracotta pots to gables, ashlar gable copings, ashlar projecting skew-putts and cast-iron guttering on ashlar corbels; flat-roofs with ashlar coping to entrance porch and canted bay. Whitewashed squared rubble walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins, and projecting ashlar plinth. Square-headed window openings with ashlar surrounds and six-over-six and six-over-one horned timber sash windows, three-over-three horned timber sash windows to canted bay, painted stone sills. Square-headed door openings with battened timber doors. Detached outbuilding to north with lean-to slate roof, ashlar gable-coping and cast-iron rainwater goods. Whitewashed squared rubble walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins and projecting ashlar plinth. Square-headed door opening with brick surround and battened timber doors. Whitewashed rubble stone boundary wall.
- Dunree Fort, officer's house, 1900–1930, Regional interest, registry number 40901831, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901831. Detached and semi-detached single-storey probable former officer’s houses associated with the later fortification at Fort Dunree (see 40901826), built c. 1910. Now out of use and derelict. Pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey houses to south of complex, possibly originally officer’s quarters, having projecting single-bay flat-roofed entrance porches to centre of the front elevation (west) of each house; hipped slate roofs with grey clayware ridge tiles, three smooth rendered chimneystacks (one to either end and one central shared chimneystack to party wall); smooth cement rendered walls; shallow segmental-headed window openings with remains of eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to outer bays of main elevation and to side elevations, and with tripartite windows to inner bay to front elevation having central eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows flanked to either side by two-over-two pane windows; shallow segmental-headed door openings to inner side elevations of porches, doorway now blocked; remains of wrought-iron lamp standard hanging to centre of front elevation (west). Detached three-bay single-storey house to site, possibly originally an officer’s house, now disused, having hipped red tiled roof with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered red brick and red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods; smooth rendered walls; segmental-headed window openings with remnants of timber sash windows, including six-over-six pane windows, tripartite to outer bays; recessed segmental arch headed door opening to south side elevation with remnants of timber panelled door with glazed tripartite overlight; wrought-iron lamp standards to corners of building; and with single-storey outbuilding to the rear having mono-pitched roof. Located to the south\south-east of the old Fort Dunree (see 40901813) and to the south-west of the later fort (see 40901826). Pillboxes and ancillary structures to site (see 40901825), and complex of single-storey former barracks buildings (see 40901824) to the north and north-east of site.

## 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 Dunree, 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunree.
- 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/dunree.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunree.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunree.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Dunree 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)

- Lederg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lederg.md
- Muineagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/muineagh-52101.md
- Tonduff: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tonduff-52537.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.

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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/dunree
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/dunree