Eleven Ballyboes

204 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Eleven Ballyboes, from 40 m² to 109,918 m² (10.99 ha, 27.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Eleven Ballyboes 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  FORMATION OF A NEW ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS ONTO PUBLIC ROAD

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661544

• 3 Aug 2026N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO STOREY REAR RETURN AND SHED, (2) CHANGE OF USE, REFURBISHMENT AND ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT AND GABLE ELEVATIONS OF AN EXISTING VACANT THREE STOREY BUILDING (FORMERLY COMPRISING OF A GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNIT WITH RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS), (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR EXTENSION TO PROVIDE A THREE STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING CONTAINING 3NO. APARTMENTS (1NO. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND 2NO. 3-BEDROOM APARTMENTS AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVELS) INCLUDING GROUND FLOOR STORAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661449

• 25 May 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY EAST FACING SIDE EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING SHOP PREMISES WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR CAFÉ SEATING SPACE, TOGETHER WITH FIRST FLOOR ANCILLARY OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING SHOP

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650077

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  REAR EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660634

• 10 Apr 2026N/a

  REAR EXTENSION

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660608

• 30 Mar 2026N/a

  (1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING BUILDING ON SITE AND (2) ERECTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP ANCILLARY TO EXISTING ADJACENT PREMISES WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660521

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  REMOVAL OF EXISTING BUILDING ON SITE AND ERECTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO BE USED AS A MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP ANCILLARY TO EXISTING ADJACENT PREMISES WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660475

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  REAR NORTH FACING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING SHOP, FINISHED WITH WHITE DASH RENDER AND BLUE/BLACK MONO PITCHED ROOF, TO MATCH EXISTING FINISHES AND COMPRISING COLD-ROOMS, KITCHEN AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2650033

• 11 Feb 2026N/a

  REAR NORTH FACING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING SHOP, FINISHED WITH WHITE DASH RENDER AND BLUE/BLACK MONO PITCHED ROOF, TO MATCH EXISTING FINISHES AND COMPRISING COLD-ROOMS, KITCHEN AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2650017

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY PORCH TO FRONT ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561376

• 25 Jul 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY PORCH TO FRONT ELEVATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561279

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SPLIT LEVEL DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561036

• 25 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560431

• 10 May 2024Conditional

  (1) RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF TWO DERELICT ADJOINING HOUSES TO CREATE A SINGLE HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEPTIC TANK AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT WORKS AND (2) INSTALLATION OF A SEPARATE SEPTIC TANK AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT WORKS TO SERVE THE ADJACENT 'KEALY'S SEASFOOD BAR' INCLUDING ALL OTHER RELEVANT SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460688

• 24 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OVER PROPOSED DINING ROOM, (2) INCREASE IN WINDOW AT DINING ROOM TO FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460573

• 27 Mar 2024N/a

  ERECTION OF A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OVER PROPOSED DINING ROOM, INCREASE IN WINDOW AT DINING ROOM TO FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460402

• 24 Jan 2024Conditional

  (1) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA AFFECTED HOUSE, AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450020

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP ANCILLARY TO EXISTING ADJACENT PREMISES WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351920

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPARATE GARDEN ROOM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351817

• 24 Oct 2023Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SPLIT LEVEL DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING BOTH TWO STOREY AND DORMER FEATURES WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TOGETHER WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND POLISHING FILTER SYSTEM

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351620

• 22 Aug 2023N/a

  EXISTING IMPORTED FILL ON SITE AND PERMISSION FOR IMPORTING ADDITIONAL FILL MATERIAL FORMING RAISED GROUND LEVELS WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351249

• 22 Aug 2023Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A MOTORHOME PARK TO PROVIDE 5 NO. BERTHS WITH CONNECTION TO PRIVATE ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351250

• 17 Jul 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A MOTORHOME PARK TO PROVIDE 5 NO. BERTHS WITH CONNECTION TO PRIVATE ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351047

• 5 Jul 2023N/a

  IMPORTATION OF FILL MATERIAL FORMING RAISED GROUND LEVELS WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO REAR OF EXISTING YARD

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350970

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING TO REPLACE EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ALSO THREE DORMER WINDOWS TO FRONT ELEVATION AND ANY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350674

The 25 most recent of 70 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 Eleven Ballyboes.

Recorded monuments

• DG022-003 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Greencastle: Greencastle was the principal Norman castle in NW Ulster and was built by the 'Red' Earl of Ulster, Richard de Burgo, in 1305. The castle, then known as Northburgh or Newcastle, was captured by the Scots in 1316 during the invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce. On the defeat of Bruce two years later, the castle reverted to the Earl and on his death passed to his grandson, the 'Brown' Earl. When he was murdered in 1333, the de Burgo influence in Ireland collapsed. The lordship of Inishowen finally passed to the O'Donnells in the early 15th century, and their dependants, the O'Dohertys, established themselves at Greencastle. It was considerably damaged in 1555 as a result of an internecine war among the O'Donnells, but was still wardable in 1586. Granted to Chichester, the Lord Deputy, at the time of the Plantation, it is recorded in 1611 that 'There was one hundred men's worke 20 wicks bestowede in cleeringe the ruynes of Green Castle'. Chichester maintained a small garrison there and in 1623, in a report on the repair of forts, Greencastle was described as 'fitter for a ward than Culmore'. It subsequently went into decline and was abandoned and allowed to decay (Waterman 1958, 74-5; Hunter 1975, 82). Situated on the W shore of Lough Foyle, the site encompasses a massive platform of cropping rock whose cliffs and fissured slopes on the SE and S afforded protection on these sides. The upper ward (DG022-003001-) of the castle with its massive NE polygonal tower was accommodated to this outcrop and immediately to the W is a sunken lower court and vaulted chambers; the gatehouse proper projects from the latter on the W. The castle is typically English in style and character, and in plan can be compared with the great Edwardian castle at Caernarvon in Wales. The three-storey gatehouse comprised twin polygonal gate-towers, the walls of which rise from a battered base; only the S tower is intact and is fitted with loops set in polygonal embrasures. The quoins are turned in wrought sandstone and are in sharp contrast to the dark tones of the rubble wall faces. The very weathered sandstone remains of figure carving project from the quoins at first-floor level. A vaulted passage between these towers gives access to the ground-floor chambers on the N and S, and leads to the lower court on the E. Projecting beyond the N gate-tower is a square turret of equal height, which is fitted with a spiral stairs, and latrines on the upper floors. There may have been a similar turret projecting from the S tower, and it would help explain how access was gained to the vaulted basement below the S chamber (McNeill 1980, 74); no evidence for this survives. The S chamber was considerably altered, probably c. 1611, and converted for use as a kitchen; two brick-lined ovens were built into the thickness of its E wall. The upper floors of the gatehouse were of timber carried on internal offsets. There are two embrasures with loops on the first floor of the S tower and three survive on the floor above; the S loop on this floor has a trefoil-pointed head. There was probably a similar arrangement on the upper floors of the N tower. To the rear of the gatehouse were further vaulted chambers; a secondary doorway has been broken through on the N. Due to the height of the rock outcrop the upper ward of the castle is at first-floor level of the gate-house, and the N curtain is a continuation of the N wall of the gatehouse. Only a short stretch of the S curtain remains. There is a latrine-tower on the W and another on the E; the former probably served the first floor, gatehouse apartments, and the latter the ground floor of the upper ward. There is a large polygonal tower at the NE. It is built on a subcircular battered drum which might be the remains of an earlier work. Evidence for five loops, set in polygonal embrasures, survive in the NE tower, though there was undoubtedly a sixth, now fallen away. Beside the tower on the SW are the remains of a latrine, which served the first floor of the tower. The great hall of the castle was probably along the E end of the N curtain abutting the NE tower; its position is indicated by the surviving windows in the ground and first floors of the N wall (McNeill 1980, 73). A large square, two-storey tower projects from about midway along the N wall of the castle and is clearly an addition to the curtain. The basement is unlighted and occupied by a central square pier. The first-floor chamber is entered through a small ante-chamber from the upper ward. It is lighted on three sides by loops set in narrow embrasures. There is a small mural latrine entered through the N ingoing of the embrasure in the E wall, and a blocked, circular shaft, in the floor of the W embrasure, is presumably the remains of a well. The opening for a latrine-shaft above that at first-floor level indicates that the tower may have had a third storey. The erection of this tower may be attributed to the O'Doherty occupation of the site and it probably dates to the 15th century. (For a detailed account see Waterman 1958, 74-88; McNeill 1980, 73-6). 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1971). Excavation Number 96E051 Archaeological Development Services Ltd undertook three phases of work in 1996 close to the fourteenth-century castle at Greencastle, Co. Donegal. This work was carried out in advance of a proposed chalet development and comprised (i) an archaeological site assessment, (ii) an excavation, and (iii) a watching brief. The site assessment The site assessment was carried out in March 1996 and took the form of nine long, narrow trenches located north and west of the castle. These were excavated both by machine and by hand, down either to the depth of proposed disturbance, undisturbed natural or archaeological layers, whichever was most appropriate. Only Trenches 3 and 7 produced significant archaeology. Trench 3, approximately 15m north-west of the castle, yielded a layer of cobbles and medieval pottery, possibly representing a formalised routeway into the castle. The findings from this trench suggest that the castle gatehouse was approached from the north. Trench 7, approximately 50m west of the castle, had evidence of a disturbed linear feature cutinto the subsoil. It was the recommendation of the assessment, in consultation with the OPW, that development in the area of Trench 3, close to the castle, be rerouted to avoid ground disturbance, and that the area of Trench 7, further away, be archaeologically tested prior to the chalet development proceeding. The excavation The excavation around what had been Trench 7 took place during April/ May 1996. An area of roughly 150m2 was investigated. The linear feature encountered during the site assessment turned out to be the remains of a medieval ditch, which survived in a severely truncated and disturbed condition. The ditch was tracked for a distance of 10m, running north-east/south-west across the site. It had a maximum width of 8.4m across the top and 7.2m across the base. Within the ditch, undisturbed stratigraphy survived to a maximum depth of 0.74m. The ditch cut survived most completely to the north-west, but no evidence of an internal bank or associated features survived modern damage. The ditch fills were mostly silty organic gravels, out of which were recovered sherds of both glazed and unglazed, locally produced medieval pottery, along with fragments of tile, iron, work

• DG022-003001 Bawn
  Description

  Greencastle (DG022-003-): Greencastle was the principal Norman castle in NW Ulster and was built by the 'Red' Earl of Ulster, Richard de Burgo, in 1305. The castle, then known as Northburgh or Newcastle, was captured by the Scots in 1316 during the invasion of Ireland by Edward Bruce. On the defeat of Bruce two years later, the castle reverted to the Earl and on his death passed to his grandson, the 'Brown' Earl. When he was murdered in 1333, the de Burgo influence in Ireland collapsed. The lordship of Inishowen finally passed to the O'Donnells in the early 15th century, and their dependants, the O'Dohertys, established themselves at Greencastle. It was considerably damaged in 1555 as a result of an internecine war among the O'Donnells, but was still wardable in 1586. Granted to Chichester, the Lord Deputy, at the time of the Plantation, it is recorded in 1611 that 'There was one hundred men's worke 20 wicks bestowede in cleeringe the ruynes of Green Castle'. Chichester maintained a small garrison there and in 1623, in a report on the repair of forts, Greencastle was described as 'fitter for a ward than Culmore'. It subsequently went into decline and was abandoned and allowed to decay (Waterman 1958, 74-5; Hunter 1975, 82). Situated on the W shore of Lough Foyle, the site encompasses a massive platform of cropping rock whose cliffs and fissured slopes on the SE and S afforded protection on these sides. The upper ward (DG022-003001-) of the castle with its massive NE polygonal tower was accommodated to this outcrop and immediately to the W is a sunken lower court and vaulted chambers; the gatehouse proper projects from the latter on the W. The castle is typically English in style and character, and in plan can be compared with the great Edwardian castle at Caernarvon in Wales. The three-storey gatehouse comprised twin polygonal gate-towers, the walls of which rise from a battered base; only the S tower is intact and is fitted with loops set in polygonal embrasures. 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

• DG022-004 Church
  Description

  The ruins of this church, called Templemoyle, are densely overgrown with ivy causing the walls to bulge in places. Built of rubble and split stone, the surviving N, E and S walls are 3.5m high. There are angle buttresses at the SE and NE corners, and two other buttresses midway along the N and S walls. No visible trace of the W gable and adjoining buttresses survive. The upper section of the E gable has fallen away, and the E window is reduced to a featureless gap. There are the remains of a single window in the N wall and two others in the S wall. The heads, jambs and most of the splayed ingoings are either obscured by vegetation or missing. An opening in the S wall between the windows is possibly the site of a door, the jambs and ingoings of which have fallen away. It has a segment-headed rear-arch and is partly blocked-up with a modern drystone wall. There is a segment-headed recess in ruins at the E end of the S wall, .92m by .32m deep by 1.1m high; possibly a large wall press or small sedilia. The church stands isolated in a field in good land close to Greencastle (DG022-003-). 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 Adjacent to church As part of the planning conditions for the proposed construction of six houses in Greencastle, Co. Donegal, by Donegal County Council, an area 65m by 30m was topsoil-stripped under archaeological supervision. Because the site is adjacent to a field containing the ruins of Templemoyle Church, it was possible that burial remains and other significant archaeological deposits would be encountered. Topsoil immediately overlay the undisturbed, natural, orange/brown, slaty, gravelly subsoil, and it was clear that nothing of archaeological significance lay within the development area. (Excavations Bulletin 1999) Dermot G. Moore, ADS Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast, BT12 5BJ.

• DG022-009 Souterrain
  Description

  Excavation licence number 99E138. Pre-development testing was carried out between 22 and 24 March 1999 following a report of the discovery of a souterrain on a development site during clearance works at Eleven Ballyboes, Greencastle, Co. Donegal. The development consisted of the construction of a single dwelling-house and septic tank. The testing was carried out with the assistance of a mechanical digger and had two aims: to better define the location of the souterrain and to test those areas of the development site that would be further disturbed as proposed locations for water and sewerage services. The removal of a large spoilheap north-west of the dwelling was also monitored. The site lay on a steep south-east-facing slope, less than one mile north-east of Greencastle village, with a panoramic view of Lough Foyle to the east and south. The souterrain was 1.4-1.7m north-west of the north-west wall of the dwelling that was under construction. A section of the roof of the souterrain had collapsed close to its south-east end. This section was 2.7m long and 0.8-1.2m wide. It revealed a feature constructed of uncoursed rubble and capped by flat stone lintels, orientated north-west/south-east. The souterrain was accessible for a short distance to the north-west of the collapsed section before more collapse blocked access. No excavation was carried out at this location. Seven trenches were excavated, four to the north-west of the dwelling under construction and three to the south-east. Two of the four trenches to the north-west of the development produced undisturbed natural stratigraphy, while the remaining two produced further evidence of the souterrain. Finds were one sherd of pottery (yet to be analysed) recovered from the souterrain interior, three flints from the topsoil, one of which was possibly worked, occasional fragments of bone and several tiny fragments of burnt bone. The two sections of souterrain that were uncovered appeared to represent the main passage, orientated west-north-west/east-south-east, with the original exposed section being a chamber located south, off the passage. Two of the three trenches excavated to the south-east of the development produced undisturbed natural stratigraphy, while the remaining trench contained backfill (recently dumped during construction of the dwelling) above undisturbed natural stratigraphy. The monitoring of the removal of a large spoilheap to the north-west of the development revealed topsoil only. No artefacts were recovered. The test-trenches achieved their aim of better defining the extent of the souterrain. The test-trenching also cleared the area of the proposed sewerage service. Because a section of the souterrain was on the proposed line of the water main, it was recommended that the water main be repositioned along the north-east site boundary. Richard Crumlish, Archaeological Services Unit Ltd, Purcell House, Oranmore, Co. Galway.

• DG022-012 Midden
  Description

  At the W end of a small rocky cove on the NW shoreline of Lough Foyle. A large amount of worked flint was found lying in the sands and gravel of the intertidal zone, only accessible during low tides (McNaught 1998; SMR File; NMI Report 23 September 1999). This material may have been washed out of a midden/settlement site located above the beach. Alternatively, it is possible that it was washed out of a palaeo-landscape which has since been inundated by the sea and now lies beneath the waters of Lough Foyle (Costa et al. 2001, 1; Westley 2015, 243-257). Similar lithics were recovered nearby (DG022-010----; DG022-013) and at the adjacent cove c. 90m to E (DG022-011----). The flints, which include flakes, blades and cores, have been typologically dated to the Earlier Mesolithic period (Costa et al. 2001, 1-8). Another concentration of flints (DG022-014----) was recovered in 2019 c. 100m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 27 October 2021

• DG022-013 Midden
  Description

  At the W end of a small rocky cove on the NW shoreline of Lough Foyle. A large amount of worked flint was found lying on sands and gravels of in the intertidal zone, only accessible during low tides (McNaught 1998; SMR File; NMI Report 23 September 1999). This material may have been washed out of a midden/settlement site located above the beach. Alternatively, it is possible that it was washed out of a palaeo-landscape which has since been inundated by the sea and now lies beneath the waters of Lough Foyle (Costa et al. 2001, 1; Westley 2015, 243-257). Similar lithics were recovered nearby (DG022-010----; DG022-012) and at the adjacent cove (DG022-011----) c. 90m to E. The flints, which include flakes, blades and cores, have been typologically dated to the Earlier Mesolithic period (Costa et al. 2001, 1-8). Another concentration of flints (DG022-014----) was recovered in 2019 c. 100m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 27 October 2021

• DG022-014 Habitation site
  Description

  At the W end of Greencastle golf course. Situated on level ground c. 80m from a rocky shoreline indented with a small sandy coves, on the NW side of the narrow entrance into Lough Foyle. This assemblage of 24 worked flints, including cores, flakes and debitage, was recovered in 2019. The bulk of the lithics were found in situ in a narrow, shallow trench which was dug to lay an irrigation water pipe for the golf course. A few displaced flints were found scattered on the surface nearby. The discovery was reported to the National Monuments Service and the National Museum of Ireland, and the lithics were subsequently transferred to the Museum. A large assemblage of lithics (DG022-010----; DG022-011; DG022-012----; DG022-013----), dating to the Earlier Mesolithic period, was recovered in the late 1990’s from the intertidal zone at the two small sandy coves which lie 100m and 250m to E. Notified to NMS by Brian McNaught. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 27 October 2021

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1820 and extended c. 1860, having single-bay windbreak porch to the front elevation (south), and with multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding(s) attached to the east gable end. Pitched/domed thatched roof having ropes and wire mesh over secured on metal bar below eaves level, and with rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends. Roughcast limewashed rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with no sills and with replacement fittings. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch having battened timber half-doors, and with battened timber gate to exterior. Set back from road, aligned at a right-angle to the road-alignment, to the north-east end of Greencastle. Tarmacadam yard to site. Single-storey outbuilding attached to the east, possibly formerly a dwelling, having pitched corrugated-metal roof, limewashed rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings.

• House, 1855–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1870, having full-height semi-circular bowed bay to the west end of the main elevation (south), and with two-storey return to rear (north). Now disused. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building and bowed natural slate roof (now covered in sheeted metal) to bowed projection having projecting eaves supported on paired corbelled brackets, terracotta ridge cresting to main body of building and cast-iron cresting over bowed bay, yellow brick chimneystacks with stepped coping and terracotta pots to the gable ends (east and west), raised rendered verges to gable ends, profiled cast-iron water goods, and with two gable-fronted dormer windows to the front elevation and one to the rear elevation having round-headed window openings with remains of timber windows, pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, and with remains of timber finials over. Smooth rendered walls having raised channelled block quoins to the corners of the main body of the building, decorative render stringcourse below eaves, and with decorative stringcourse and decorative rectangular panels to bowed projection above ground floor openings. Square-headed window openings having stone sills, remains of one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and with timber shutters; remoulded architraved surrounds with keystone detailing to openings to bowed projection; square-headed window openings to return and rear elevation with remains of six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening to centre of front elevation having stepped reveal, square-headed timber door, flanking narrow sidelights, moulded timber lintel, and with overlight. Set back from road in own grounds to the east\north-east of Greencastle. Detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to rear having pitched natural slate roof with rendered brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, square-headed loading bays with battened timber doors, square-headed doorways with battened timber doors and overlights, and with two square-headed integral carriage-arches to the north end of the front elevation (east) having battened timber double-doors.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having two-storey bay with blind round-headed niches to the east end of the front elevation (south-east), and with three-bay two-storey return to rear (north-west). One of a pair with the building (see 40810006) adjoining to the north-east. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, smooth rendered chimneystack to the south-west gable end, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble walls with some sections of red brick, formerly rendered, and with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the south-west corner, and with smooth rendered plinth course; roughcast rendered walls to rear and to the south-west gable end. Square-headed window openings with flush red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed door opening having red brick block-and-start surround, decorative terracotta mask keystone, timber panelled door, overlight, moulded timber lintel, and with flanking Doric columns. Set back from road in own grounds north-east of Greencastle.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having two-storey bay with blind round-headed niches to the west end of the front elevation (south-east), and with three-bay two-storey return to rear (north-west). One of a pair with the building (see 40810005) adjoining to the south-west. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, smooth rendered chimneystack to the north-east gable end, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble walls with some sections of red brick, formerly rendered, and with raised rendered block-and-start quoins to the north-east corner, and with smooth rendered plinth course; roughcast rendered walls to rear and to the north-east gable end. Square-headed window openings with flush red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed door opening having red brick block-and-start surround, decorative terracotta mask keystone, original timber panelled door, overlight, moulded timber lintel, and with flanking timber Doric columns. Set back from road in own grounds north-east of Greencastle.

• Greencastle Fort, battery, barracks, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding multiple-bay defensive battery on complex irregular-plan, built 1811-14, comprising two-storey tower (on ovoid-plan) having tapered walls and with mountings for two guns to platform over, multiple-bay two-storey barracks buildings arranged around a courtyard to the north, lower courtyard to the south having former battery with flanking walls to the east and west with gun loop openings, and with sunken magazine to the centre of yard with earthen mound over. Main entrance to the south-west corner through integral round-headed carriage-arch, now blocked. Later in use as a hotel and visitor centre, now disused. Roof of corbelled ashlar limestone with inset cast-iron pivots and runners, ashlar sandstone parapet with sloped coping and segmental arched recesses. Pitched natural slate and flat felted roofs to former barracks with ashlar gable copings, skew blocks and cut stone eaves course. Battered ashlar sandstone walls to tower; painted roughcast rendered rubble stone walls to barracks and ancillary structures. Rubble stone defensive walls with gun loops to parapets and circular stair tower between upper and lower courtyard levels. Magazine to centre of yard. Timber fixed-pane window with stone reveals internally with brick elliptical vault with ‘murder hole’ over; timber sliding sash windows to barracks. Round-headed carriage-arch to the south-west, now blocked, having ashlar surround with projecting keystone dated ‘1812’. Set within own grounds on an elevated site overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Located to the east end of Greencastle with remains of former fourteenth century Northburg Castle (see RMP DDG022-003----) adjacent to the south-west. Former defensive glacis to the north.

• Manor House, house, country house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey over raised basement country house, built c. 1853, having full-height two-bay bowed projection to the centre of the main elevation, south-east, six-bay two-storey over basement return to the rear (north-west), and with single-bay gable-fronted timber entrance porch to the south-east end of the north-east elevation of return. Single-storey additions to the north-west elevation of rear return. Pitched artificial slate roof to main block to the south-east having projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and with three smooth rendered or brick chimneystacks having decorative clayware pots over; pitched artificial slate roof to return having projecting eaves course and smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over; decorative pierced timber bargeboards to entrance porch with timber finial over gable apex. Roughcast rendered walls with ashlar stringcourse at ground floor level. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, cut stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level to front elevation, six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level, and with three-over-three pane timber sash windows at basement level; square-headed window openings to north-east elevation with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level, and six-over-three pane timber sash windows at first floor level; square-headed timber sliding windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening to front face of porch to the north-east elevation having timber panelled door flanked by timber pilasters, and with sidelights and overlight. Set well back from road in extensive mature landscape grounds in an elevated site overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Detached two-bay two-storey former coach house to north-west (see 40810022) and former gate lodge (see 40810016) to the north-east. Gateways to the north-east of site having smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) and with roughcast rendered boundary walls.

• Tardrum House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, having advanced gable-fronted bay to the east end of the front elevation (south-east) having two-storey canted bay window, and with multiple-bay two-storey return to rear (north-west. Modern glazed single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (south-east). Single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the north-east side of rear return. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roofs with overhanging eaves, grey clayware ridge cresting, smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over, cast-iron rainwater goods, and clay finial over gable apex to advanced bay. Hipped natural slate roof over canted bay with moulded eaves cornice. Smooth rendered walls with raised render block quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered plinth to base of canted bay with inset rectangular panels beneath window openings to both the ground floor and first floor levels. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered, painted stone sills, and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and continuous sill courses to canted bay. Square-headed door opening (behind modern porch) having timber door with coloured glass panelling, and with sidelights and overlight. Set back from road in own grounds to the north-east of Greencastle, close to the shores of Lough Foyle to the south. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north-east of site having pitched natural slate roof with red brick eaves course, limewashed rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with remains of three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows and cut stone sills, and with square-headed doorways having battened timber doors. Rubble stone boundary wall adjoining the north-east end of house having gateway to the north-east end with rendered gate piers (on square-plan) and with wrought-iron gate.

• Porta Villa, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having central single-bay single-storey entrance porch to front elevation (south) flanked to either side (east and west) by single-bay single-storey flat-roofed canted bay windows, and with two-storey return to the rear (north). Shallow hipped natural slate roof with wide overhanging eaves, grey clayware ridge tiles, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods; hipped slate roof to porch and catslide slate roof to return. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, surrounds and with two-over-two and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to canted bays and replacement fittings at first floor level. Mainly timber sliding sash windows (six-over-six, one-over-one, and six-over-three) to the rear elevation (north). Square-headed door opening to east face of porch having smooth rendered reveals, plinth blocks, timber panelled door, and overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the east of Greencastle overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Detached four-bay two-storey outbuilding to the rear having pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth, square-headed window openings with variety of sash windows and with timber louvered fittings to opening at first floor level, square-headed doorways with battened timber doors, and central square-headed carriage-arch with battened timber double-doors. Rubble stone walls to the west boundary of site. Gateway to the south-west comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gate.

• Manor House, gate lodge, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge with attic level serving Manor House (see 4081008), built c. 1870, having central gable-fronted porch to the front elevation. Single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (east). Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, projecting eaves with timber brackets, smooth rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south) with terracotta pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched natural slate roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, and with two-over-two horned timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to the south elevation of porch having plinth blocks, smooth rendered reveals, and timber panelled door. Set slightly back from road in own grounds to the north-east of Manor House and to the east of Greencastle. Bounded to north, south and west by lime rendered random rubble stone walls. Pedestrian gateway to site comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate.

• Ordnance stone/marker, milestone/milepost, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding limestone milestone/boundary marker\ordnance stone (on rectangular-plan) having pyramidal top, erected c. 1810. Now built into modern boundary wall. Located adjacent to entrance to Greencastle Fort (see 40810007), to the north of the fort, and located along the south side of the main road into Greencastle from the north-east.

• Manor House, coach house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey former coach house associated with Manor House (see 40810008), built c. 1853. Possible also formerly in use as a worker’s house. Now in use as an outbuilding. Pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with rendered chimneystacks and raised rendered verges to the gable ends (north-east and south-west). Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and with four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level, and with eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor level. Set well back from road in extensive mature landscape grounds in an elevated site overlooking Lough Foyle to the south, and to the north-west of Manor House.

• Warren Lighthouse, lighthouse, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Lighthouse on circular plan, erected c. 1861, comprising two-storey cylindrical tower, with circular plinth capped with polygonal light, with narrow walkway to upper level, now disused. Painted brick walls with smooth rendered rim to walkway level, and with tooled and chamfered rock-faced ashlar plinth. Square-headed window openings with painted stone lintels, now blocked. Square-headed door opening with painted stone lintel, sheet-metal door and painted stone steps. Located on east coast of Inishowen Peninsula at mouth of Lough Foyle.

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Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Eleven Ballyboes.

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 Eleven Ballyboes with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Eleven Ballyboes · Baile Bó Déag

Area

1,694,907 m² (169.49 ha, 418.82 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Moville, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Greencastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Greencastle electoral division: 1,140 people in 417 households; 80% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 33% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balleeghan, Ballymacarthur, Carrowhugh, Drumaweer

Placenames

Eleven Ballyboes 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.