Errarooey Beg

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Errarooey Beg, from 1,080 m² to 97,839 m² (9.78 ha, 24.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Errarooey Beg 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.

• 4 Mar 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660333

• 19 Nov 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562019

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561375

• 2 Jul 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561115

• 31 Mar 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED SHEDS AND (B) A GARDEN HOUSE AND (2) INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560467

• 4 Mar 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560299

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OLD HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350657

• 8 Aug 2017N/a

  (i) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CARRYING OUT ALTERATIONS TO ACCOMODATE SAME (ii) CONSTRUCTION OF PORCH TO FRONT ELEVATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751237

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 Errarooey Beg.

Recorded monuments

• DG025-005 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The name 'Dermot and Grania's Bed', intended to identify this monument on the OS 6-inch map, was mistakenly applied to a spot c. 100m to the W (see Appendix 2, No. 23). The tomb stands at the edge of a flat tract of heather-grown bog c. 4km NE of Falcarragh on the coastal strip between Ballyness Bay and Horn Head and overlooks lower ground to the S. Further to the S the mountains of NW Donegal form the skyline. The tomb, which lacks a court, consists of an unroofed gallery, c. 5m long, entered between a doubled pair of jambs, the remains of an antechamber, at the SE. It stands toward the SE end of a slight, heather-grown mound, 19.5m long and up to 0.5m high. A stone wall, running E-W, marks the N side of the mound, which narrows from c. 12m wide at the SE to c. 6m wide at the NW, where its outline is rather indefinite. A stone wall runs up to the N side of the front of the gallery. The outer two of the four jambs at the SE are both set transversely and stand 0.9m apart. The southern one is now 0.4m high. It is clear that a piece has been broken from the top of this stone. The northern jamb, a substantial stone, stands slightly forward of this. It is 1.1m high. A loose slab, 1m by 0.6m by 0.4m, lies against the inner face of the last. The inner jambs are 0.55m apart. The southern one is transversely set and stands 0.6m from the outer jamb at that side. The top of this too has been broken. The surviving part is 0.65m high. The northern jamb is a small stone. It is longitudinally set and measures 0.2m high. The top of this may also have been broken. The antechamber represented by the four jambs appears to have been c. 1m long. That part of the gallery beyond the antechamber is 4m long and c. 2m wide, narrowing to 1.25m at the back. Two orthostats survive on the northern side. That to the front is 1.05m high, and that to the back is 0.7m high. Two orthostats and a small stone form the southern side. The front orthostat on this side is 0.8m high. Between it and the adjacent jamb is a thin set stone, 0.3m high. The second orthostat on this side, skewed so as to narrow the back of the gallery, is 0.55m high. A fine gabled backstone closes the gallery. It is 1.3m high and rises 0.6-0.75m above the tops of the adjacent sidestones. The antechamber identifies the front of the gallery, which may have been divided into two small main chambers, but the possibility that a single long chamber existed here beyond the antechamber cannot be ruled out. OS documents of the mid-19th century indicate that this tomb was then in much the same condition as now. However, Fagan (1845-8) claimed that in addition to the existing gallery there were a number of 'disfigured' smaller graves in the mound and that nearby there were 'the ruins of other graves'. There is now no trace of any of these. Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 10; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 25 (1847-9), 46; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 299, fn. 4; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 22, no. 24 (plan); SMR 1987, 25:5; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 25:5. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG025-006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  A much-ruined arc of a cashel wall, measuring c. 25m survives on the E. The wall was built of large blocks contiguously placed on the inner and outer edge and was about 1.2m wide. A modern stone field wall crosses the cashel wall running N-S, either side of which there is a small gap. There is another gap, due to disturbance, close to the S end of the surviving arc. A heap of stones further to the S seems to be on the line of the cashel wall. The site is on a rise from which there are excellent views and good grazing. 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

• DG025-015 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  The 'Fort', marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. 25-30m), is no longer visible. It stood in low-lying, slightly wettish level land where good grazing is available. 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

• DG025-016 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  A cairn marked on all three editions of the OS 6-inch map is now gone. It stood at the top of a gentle W facing slope in grazing 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

• DG025-017 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The monument lies 650m SW of the court tomb (Dg. 52) in the same townland and 1.1km SE of the extensive beach stretching eastward from Ballyness Bay. The site is at the end of a low ridge in pasture and overlooks an extensive level tract of farmland to the W. Muckish Mountain dominates the outlook to the S. The tomb is greatly ruined, and only the portal-stones, both aligned E-W, and the doorstone survive in situ. A dislodged roofstone leans against the portal-stones. A low stone, 0.15m outside the southern portal-stone, though upright, is not firmly set and is of uncertain status. The structure stands toward the northern end of a grass-grown mound measuring 4.8m N-S by 3.6m E-W and 0.2m high. The portal-stones are 0.5-0.6m apart. That to the N leans inward slightly, and its sloping top decreases in height from 1.2m at the E to 0.9m at the W. Its higher end rises 0.15m above the top of the southern portal-stone. This is 0.4m thick at the base and narrows toward the top. Its western end overlaps the doorstone, which, in turn, slightly overlaps the western end of the northern portal-stone. The doorstone, which leans slightly to the W, is 0.6m high, around half the height of the portal-stones. The stone outside the southern portal-stone is 0.75m long, 0.2m thick and 0.35m high. The top of this seems broken, and it may have been taller. The displaced roofstone measures 1.85m by 1.7m and is 0.25m thick. There are numerous small depressions, none greater than 0.06m in diameter and 0.02m deep, on the upper surface of this slab. Some of these are stepped in section and appear to be of natural origin. Descriptions of the monument in OS records from before 1850 show it to have been then much as it is now. The monument is clearly the remains of a small portal tomb chamber. The juxtaposition of the stones still in situ indicates that the chamber lay to the W of these and that the tomb thus faced uphill and to the E. Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 13; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 25 (1847-9), 48; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 293 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 30, no. 52 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 93, Donegal no. 6; SMR 1987, 25:17; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; RMP 1995, 25:17. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E0456 Testing was undertaken on 29 and 30 April 2002 at a proposed sand-and-gravel pit at Errarooey Beg, Falcarragh. The site is near a court tomb and two destroyed enclosures (SMR 25:17 and 25:19). The area, which measures c. 200m by 300m, consists of marshy ground with rock outcrops and gorse, crossed by the remains of several stone walls. Seventeen test-trenches, each 2m wide, with a total length of 780m, were opened across the site. Topsoil and sod overlay a layer of rounded natural cobbles, beneath which was boulder clay. Beneath this, iron pan was present in places. The lowest context was a bright yellow sand with gravel inclusions. Nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Tom Rogers, Moore Ltd, Unit 6, Riveroaks, Claregalway, Co. Galway. See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Errarooey Beg.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Errarooey Beg, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Errarooey Beg.

Flooding

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

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Errarooey Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Errarooey Beg · Oirear Dhumhaí Beag

Area

786,226 m² (78.62 ha, 194.28 acres)

Civil parish

Raymunterdoney, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Dunfanaghy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,015 people lived in 376 households in the Dunfanaghy electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboe, Carrowcanon, Errarooey More, Fawnmore

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Errarooey Beg 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.