# Dunwiley, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Stranorlar, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Dún Mhaoile. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,834,163 m² (183.42 ha, 453.23 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,189 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Stranorlar, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/stranorlar.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Stranorlar, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Stranorlar electoral division: 4,706 people in 1,787 households; 61% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16544 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51181 - Centre: latitude 54.820304, longitude -7.765649 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunwiley, from 100 m² to 204,028 m² (20.4 ha, 50.42 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1360715: 204,028 m² (20.4 ha, 50.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360715.md - Parcel 1302683: 148,323 m² (14.83 ha, 36.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302683.md - Parcel 1315136: 86,488 m² (8.65 ha, 21.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315136.md - Parcel 4747840: 79,211 m² (7.92 ha, 19.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4747840.md - Parcel 1393799: 78,839 m² (7.88 ha, 19.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393799.md - Parcel 1427224: 77,283 m² (7.73 ha, 19.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427224.md - Parcel 1302681: 74,389 m² (7.44 ha, 18.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302681.md - Parcel 1360728: 69,691 m² (6.97 ha, 17.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360728.md - Parcel 1361941: 66,081 m² (6.61 ha, 16.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361941.md - Parcel 1360727: 65,659 m² (6.57 ha, 16.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360727.md - Parcel 1367994: 62,025 m² (6.2 ha, 15.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367994.md - Parcel 1401274: 57,365 m² (5.74 ha, 14.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401274.md - Parcel 1367998: 56,559 m² (5.66 ha, 13.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367998.md - Parcel 1360724: 51,955 m² (5.2 ha, 12.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360724.md - Parcel 1395232: 45,370 m² (4.54 ha, 11.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395232.md - Parcel 1307610: 37,817 m² (3.78 ha, 9.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307610.md - Parcel 1341867: 33,677 m² (3.37 ha, 8.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341867.md - Parcel 1360911: 31,912 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360911.md - Parcel 1367997: 24,907 m² (2.49 ha, 6.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367997.md - Parcel 1360726: 23,757 m² (2.38 ha, 5.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360726.md - Parcel 5044064: 23,454 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5044064.md - Parcel 1321488: 19,779 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321488.md - Parcel 1312120: 15,797 m² (1.58 ha, 3.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312120.md - Parcel 1349377: 14,904 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349377.md - Parcel 1358101: 13,551 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1358101.md - Parcel 1302680: 12,740 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302680.md - Parcel 1356308: 12,521 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356308.md - Parcel 1360725: 11,208 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360725.md - Parcel 1360635: 11,103 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360635.md - Parcel 1360736: 10,252 m² (1.03 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360736.md - Parcel 1302470: 9,865 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302470.md - Parcel 1308277: 8,762 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308277.md - Parcel 1302674: 8,655 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302674.md - Parcel 1320260: 8,073 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320260.md - Parcel 1360717: 7,959 m² (0.8 ha, 1.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360717.md - Parcel 1360730: 6,379 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360730.md - Parcel 1302689: 5,480 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302689.md - Parcel 1360716: 4,684 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360716.md - Parcel 1401273: 4,206 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401273.md - Parcel 5626083: 4,172 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5626083.md - Parcel 1307014: 3,934 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307014.md - Parcel 1307958: 3,760 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307958.md - Parcel 1319203: 3,244 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319203.md - Parcel 5787459: 2,909 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5787459.md - Parcel 1360910: 2,849 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360910.md - Parcel 1302675: 2,738 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302675.md - Parcel 1402583: 2,527 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402583.md - Parcel 1314716: 2,375 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314716.md - Parcel 1378591: 2,341 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378591.md - Parcel 1317284: 2,336 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317284.md - Parcel 1309760: 2,324 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309760.md - Parcel 1318196: 2,243 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318196.md - Parcel 1382446: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382446.md - Parcel 1367977: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367977.md - Parcel 1342985: 2,016 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342985.md - Parcel 1365238: 2,016 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365238.md - Parcel 1386734: 1,844 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386734.md - Parcel 3664629: 1,812 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664629.md - Parcel 1302682: 1,758 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302682.md - Parcel 1392009: 1,534 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392009.md - Parcel 5963422: 1,456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5963422.md - Parcel 1380453: 1,367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380453.md - Parcel 5322750: 1,338 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5322750.md - Parcel 5757298: 1,299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5757298.md - Parcel 6017340: 1,262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6017340.md - Parcel 1353367: 1,169 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353367.md - Parcel 5491894: 1,132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5491894.md - Parcel 1351423: 1,104 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351423.md - Parcel 1327868: 958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327868.md - Parcel 5982184: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5982184.md - Parcel 1336427: 730 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336427.md - Parcel 1350681: 700 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350681.md - Parcel 1326185: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326185.md - Parcel 1367978: 591 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367978.md - Parcel 1309064: 486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309064.md - Parcel 1311440: 283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311440.md - Parcel 1333849: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333849.md - Parcel 1367979: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367979.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Dunwiley 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) 12 applications, newest first. - 19 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562297: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED STORAGE SHED INCORPORATING HOME OFFICE AND GYM, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562297/0 - 29 Nov 2024, Donegal County Council 2461954: Conditional. Retention. (1) EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONVERSION OF ATTIC ROOF SPACE AND (2) DETACHED GARAGE AND STORAGE SHEDS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461954/0 - 16 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461449: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED STORAGE SHED, CONNECTION TO MAIN SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461449/0 - 23 Aug 2023, Donegal County Council 2351252: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. PLACING OF A MOBILE HOME AS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE FOR THE DURATION OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS APPROVED HEREIN AND PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF DESIGN TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/51615 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351252/0 - 23 Jun 2023, Donegal County Council 2350896: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 20/51615 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350896/0 - 9 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151367: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. (A) COMPLETION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151367/0 - 30 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051615: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051615/0 - 31 Aug 2020, Donegal County Council 2051208: N/a. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051208/0 - 6 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950301: Conditional. Retention. A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, DETACHED STORE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950301/0 - 13 Sept 2017, Donegal County Council 1751396: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE TO AMALGAMATE GRANNY FLAT APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 01/8022 AND USE AS PART OF MAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND CEASE USE OF GRANNY FLAT AS A SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL UNIT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751396/0 - 31 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750833: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE & DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON THE SUBJECT SITE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY TYPE DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC GARAGE (3) PROVISION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM/PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750833/0 - 7 Apr 2017, Donegal County Council 1750524: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) COMPLETION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750524/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dunwiley. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG078-003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-003----. Internal diam. 12.5m N-S, 17m E-W. A massive fortification consisting of an oval area enclosed by an inner earthen bank up to 1m high. Below this is a terrace and below this again a fosse and second outer bank. The inner bank has gone on the SE sector and the outer bank in the S sector. The outer bank is revetted by a stone wall on the N side which is probably modern. There is an entrance consisting of breaks in the banks and a causeway across the fosse at the E side where the approaching slope is more gradual. Rock outcrop breaks through in several places particularly along the middle terrace. It is situated on the summit of a hill commanding the neighbouring area of excellent farming land. 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 - DG078-004: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG078-004----. Internal diam. c. 16.5m-20m. A very damaged site comprising a scatter of small boulders in a roughly circular line. This also incorporates some rock outcrop on the N side. The outcrop drops away 2m on the W side but is level with the field on the E, situated in good land sloping NW to a small stream. 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) - Dunwiley House, house, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40907835, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40907835. Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1860, having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (south), and with central single-bay single-storey return to the rear (north) having single-storey addition attached to the west side. Pitched natural slate roof (purple slates\Bangor blue) having cast-iron rainwater goods, clay ridge tiles, and with a central pair of rendered chimneystacks with corbelled heads and terracotta pots over. Mono-pitched natural slate roof to return and extension. Channelled smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course to main elevation (south) and to porch with cut stone (?) block-and-start quoins to the corners of the main body of building. Cut stone or render cornice to porch. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to the side elevations (east and west) and to rear return, smooth rendered walls to extension. Square-headed window openings having moulded render architraved surrounds, cut stone sills on decorative corbels, and with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to the rear and side elevations with six-over-six, two-over-two, and three-over six (attic level) pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the east face of porch having timber panelled double-doors with decorative metal door knocker and keyhole, and with decorative render door surround comprising Doric pilasters over plinth blocks, and with moulded entablature over. Set back from road in mature grounds to the north of Stranorlar with garden to front and yard to rear. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuilding arranged around a courtyard to the north. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding with pitched natural slate roof, projecting eaves course, and remaining cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered rubble stone walls (render now failing). Square-headed window openings with red brick voussoirs, cut stone sills, and remains of timber windows and shutters; oculus window openings at ground floor level with red brick surrounds and cast-iron framed fixed windows with radial glazing bars. Square-headed door openings having voussoirs, cut stone plinth blocks, and timber framed matchboard doors and half-doors, one with louvered vents over. Collection of single-storey outbuildings to site having mainly replacement pitched-corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings with timber fittings. Oculus window openings at ground floor level to one outbuilding having red brick surrounds and cast-iron framed fixed windows with radial glazing bars. Single-storey byre to site having mono-pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings or carriage-arches. Main gateway to site to the south-west of house comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers and a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates. Sandstone mill wheel built into wall to rear of site. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunwiley. - 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/dunwiley.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunwiley.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunwiley.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) - Dunwiley, Stranorlar: 16 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunwiley-stranorlar.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Admiran: https://everytownland.com/donegal/admiran.md - Backlees: https://everytownland.com/donegal/backlees.md - Drumboe Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumboe-upper.md - Greenhills: https://everytownland.com/donegal/greenhills.md - Knockfair: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knockfair.md - Lettermakenny: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lettermakenny.md - Teevickmoy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/teevickmoy.md - Tircallan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tircallan.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/dunwiley - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/dunwiley