Errarooey More

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Errarooey More, from 75 m² to 181,958 m² (18.2 ha, 44.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Errarooey More 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.

• 3 Mar 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW FENESTRATION AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660318

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660150

• 11 Aug 2025Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561375

• 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

• 10 Dec 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE INCORPORATING THE EXISTING SUN-ROOM AND (2) DETACHED ONE AND HALF STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE AND HOME-OFFICE INCIDENTAL TO THE ENJOYMENT OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2462029

• 13 Nov 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351716

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051460

• 20 Aug 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK & DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951279

• 8 Jul 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951057

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONTRUCTION OF A DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851020

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750423

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ballyness Bay SAC 001090
• Special Area of Conservation: Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC 000147
• Special Protection Area: Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA 004194
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Horn Head And Rinclevan 000147
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyness Bay 001090

Recorded monuments

• DG015-019 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  This well dedicated to St. Finan is a natural feature formed by water, dripping onto a shelf of rock halfway down a cliff face and falling to the beach. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'Turus Fionnain, in Er-ruaidh at Murroe south of Dunfanaghy, is made at a Holy Well on the very edge of the sea, where a fountain of fresh water flows from the living rock. Stations are made on the first Monday of every quarter, and also on the 15th August. Pilgrims make ten rounds of this well. According to Manus O'Donnell, Columcille caused the water to flow from the rock to quench St. Fionnan's thirst. It is called, however, Eas Fionnain, that is, Fionnan's cascade' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 153). (Ó Muirgheasa no. 57). 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 02 November 2011

• DG015-019001 Penitential station
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG025-001 Burial ground
  Description

  There is no visible trace of the burial ground marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. The site is on low-lying level ground where good grazing is available today and about 500m S of the coast. 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

• DG025-002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  The 'Fort', which the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show as an oval enclosure (c. 20-25m E-W; c. 15m N-S), is not now visible. A modern, stone, field wall curves gently on the S which suggests it may follow the line of the 'Fort'. The site is on a level plain of light-soiled land, overlooking the sea to the N suggesting the likelihood of a stone enclosure. 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

• DG025-003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  The 'Fort', shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 25m N-S; c. 15m E-W), now survives on its W half as a 14m stretch of outer wall facing. Modern field fences now obscure the rest of the site. It is situated on level wet grazing land with rising ground to the NE. 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

• DG025-007 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In Errarooey More townland, located in a narrow stream valley with steep rocky sides. This fulacht fia was discovered in the early 1980’s by the Archaeological Survey of Co. Donegal, who recorded it as follows: ‘A grassed-over mound approximately oval in plan 14m NW-SE and c. 10m NE-SW, it is about 1m at its greatest height. The edge of the mound along its S and W sides has been removed and a field wall built there. A U-shaped depression, its open mouth 3m wide, faces onto this field wall. Around the base of the mound apparently fire-shattered stone is visible. The site is located on a steep-sided narrow valley c. 3m W of a N-S running stream in wettish ground but there is drier pasture on the higher ground E and W.’ (Lacy 1983, no. 670, 102). In 2016 ground works and quarrying resulted in damage to the fulacht fia; part of the N, E and S sides of the mound were dug away, and the W side was buried beneath a heap of displaced soil which rose to a height of over 3m above the mound and extended for several meters to W. A fragmentary wickerwork feature (L 0.7-0.8m N-S; H c. 0.3m) was exposed on the damaged E face of the mound. A rescue excavation (16E0573) and conservation works were conducted on behalf of NMS over a two week period between 24th October and 8th November 2016 (Hawkes 2016). The aim of the excavation was to record and remove the wicker structure which was exposed to weathering and in a fragile condition, and to carry out conservation measures to preserve in situ the surviving portion of the burnt stone mound. The excavation confirmed that the wicker structure consisted of the W side of a wattle-lined trough. The E part of the trough had been destroyed. In its original form, the trough consisted of a circular or oval pit cut into underlying natural peat, and internally lined with vertical stakes and horizontal wicker sails. Remnants of a moss-lining were found packed between the wicker-work and the walls of the pit. The wicker lining allowed ground water from the underlying peat layer to seep into the self-filling trough, and the moss lining may have served to filter the water. Though damaged, a substantial portion of the crescent-shaped, mound (c. 10.3m N−S; 6.2m E−W; H 0.85-1m) of burnt stones survives, including the U-shaped depression noted on the W side in the 1980’s which may conceal a second trough. The mound was not excavated; the exposed layers of heat-shattered granite and quartz stones were recorded, and samples were taken for purposes of environmental and dating analysis. The fulacht fia remains in situ, covered by a protective geotextile membrane and an overlying layer of topsoil. Post-excavation analysis is ongoing. (Hawkes 2016) Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 May 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 More, about 1 in 5 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 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 Errarooey More.

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

Name

Errarooey More · Oirear Dhumhaí Mór

Area

2,256,706 m² (225.67 ha, 557.64 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

Ballyconnell, Carrowcanon, Drumnatinny, Errarooey Beg, Fawnmore, Murroe

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Errarooey More 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.