Edenacarnan South
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Éadan an Charnáin Theas
- Area
- 112 ha
- 277 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 50,566 m² (5.06 ha, 12.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Edenacarnan South, from 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) to 225,669 m² (22.57 ha, 55.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Edenacarnan South in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Aug 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, (2) EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, (3) REPLACEMENT OF ROOF STRUCTURE TO EXISTING SILAGE PIT 4 AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE FARM YARD COMPLEX
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661465
30 Jul 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, (2) EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED, (3) REPLACEMENT OF ROOF STRUCTURE TO EXISTING SILAGE PIT AND (4) TO INCLUDE FOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN THE FARM YARD COMPLEX
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661432
14 Apr 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING SILAGE PIT AND PROVISION OF A NEW ROOF STRUCTURE OVER EXISTING AND EXTENDED SILAGE PIT WITHIN EXISTING FARMYARD COMPLEX
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560561
26 Jul 2023Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351105
10 Aug 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251355
27 Nov 2019Conditional
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHEDS WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951845
20 Apr 2017Conditional
EXISTING GARAGE/SHED FOR DOMESTIC USE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750587
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Edenacarnan South.
Recorded monuments
- DG053-002 Standing stone
Description
Marked as 'Standing Stone' on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map and as 'Gallan (site of)' on the 3rd edition. There are no visible remains. Situated on a gentle slope on the E side of a hillock. 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
- DG053-003 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Marked as an antiquity and described as Marcagh's (the rider's?) Knowe or hill on the OS 6-inch maps. The site consists of a much levelled natural hillock. It is possible that a monument was located here but its existence or nature could not be established. It is situated in good land with excellent views. (Kinahan 1885-86, 426). 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
- DG053-050 Enclosure
Description
Depicted on the current edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map in gothic script as 'Marcagh's Stable' where it is outlined as a oval-shaped grove of trees. This potential monument has not been visited, it could be the remains of a natural feature rather than an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 17 November 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Edenacarnan South.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately 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 Edenacarnan South.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Edenacarnan South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Edenacarnan South · Éadan an Charnáin Theas
- Area
- 1,119,765 m² (111.98 ha, 276.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacrenan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Edenacarnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Edenacarnan electoral division: 1,824 people in 586 households; 69% of households own their home; 70% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellanascaddan, Gortalaban, Gortnacorrib, Killyclug, Killydesert, Killylastin
- Placenames
- Edenacarnan South 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.