# Fearn, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Fearna. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,676,411 m² (367.64 ha, 908.46 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 82,450 m² (8.24 ha, 20.37 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Urney, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/urney.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Urney West, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 640 people lived in 217 households in the Urney West electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16593 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51236 - Centre: latitude 54.750357, longitude -7.557856 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fearn, from 783 m² to 350,718 m² (35.07 ha, 86.66 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4969873: 350,718 m² (35.07 ha, 86.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969873.md - Parcel 1417052: 337,109 m² (33.71 ha, 83.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417052.md - Parcel 5090578: 219,018 m² (21.9 ha, 54.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5090578.md - Parcel 5090570: 206,005 m² (20.6 ha, 50.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5090570.md - Parcel 1309711: 158,327 m² (15.83 ha, 39.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309711.md - Parcel 1388818: 134,270 m² (13.43 ha, 33.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388818.md - Parcel 1315045: 131,708 m² (13.17 ha, 32.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315045.md - Parcel 1361982: 128,489 m² (12.85 ha, 31.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361982.md - Parcel 1330146: 114,182 m² (11.42 ha, 28.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330146.md - Parcel 1321297: 105,682 m² (10.57 ha, 26.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321297.md - Parcel 1336705: 97,564 m² (9.76 ha, 24.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336705.md - Parcel 1378528: 90,908 m² (9.09 ha, 22.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378528.md - Parcel 1391167: 82,493 m² (8.25 ha, 20.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391167.md - Parcel 1371928: 82,406 m² (8.24 ha, 20.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371928.md - Parcel 1300659: 78,040 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300659.md - Parcel 1356938: 78,031 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356938.md - Parcel 1376493: 68,444 m² (6.84 ha, 16.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376493.md - Parcel 1386788: 64,070 m² (6.41 ha, 15.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386788.md - Parcel 1305323: 59,275 m² (5.93 ha, 14.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305323.md - Parcel 1374960: 58,630 m² (5.86 ha, 14.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374960.md - Parcel 1369088: 58,247 m² (5.82 ha, 14.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369088.md - Parcel 1373921: 19,691 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373921.md - Parcel 1414881: 18,360 m² (1.84 ha, 4.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414881.md - Parcel 1393079: 10,410 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393079.md - Parcel 5018075: 3,820 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5018075.md - Parcel 1392048: 783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392048.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Fearn 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 19 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562305: Conditional. Permission. DEVELOPMENT OF AN EQUINE ACADEMY TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) CONSTRUCTION OF INDOOR HORSE ARENA BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES STABLES, FEED ROOM, WC AND OFFICE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A CLASSROOM AND ACCOMMODATION BLOCK, (3) DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUL EFFLUENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (4) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, PARKING AREAS, PERIMETER WALKING TRAIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562305/0 - 19 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251564: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOG KENNELS (DOG ACCOMMODATION) INCLUDING EXERCISE AREA, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251564/0 - 7 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051454: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF INDOOR HORSE ARENA BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES STABLES, FEED ROOM, WC AND OFFICE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A CLASSROOM AND ACCOMMODATION BLOCK (3) INSTALLATION OF FOUL EFFLUENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA (4) INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, PARKING AREAS, PERIMETER WALKING TRAIL AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051454/0 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 Fearn. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG088-003: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG088-003----. Internal diam. c. 13m. A roughly circular area enclosed by a random scatter of stones surviving to a height of .2m. It appears that an outer wall existed, suggested only by a discolouration in the heather. A 2m break in the NE quadrant may indicate an entrance but there is also a causeway through the walls in the NW quadrant. A subcircular foundation of stones, 2m in diameter, inside the enclosure may be the remains of a trigonometrical station while a horseshoe shaped depression in the SE quadrant may be natural. It is situated on the summit of Fearn Hill on a rocky platform and commands extensive views. 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 - DG088-004: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG088-004----. There is no trace of the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in marshy pasture 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 - DG088-005: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG088-005----. A slight rise in the field indicates the former location of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. It was located on the S slope of Fearn Hill. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fearn. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Fearn, about 1 in 5 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: 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 Fearn. - 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/fearn.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fearn.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/fearn.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Fearn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Drumdoit: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumdoit.md - Skelpy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skelpy.md - Tullyard: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tullyard-52600.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/fearn - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/fearn