Fintragh

460 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fintragh, from 1 m² to 3,133,844 m² (313.38 ha, 774.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 101 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Fintragh 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.

• 22 Sept 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661759

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION AREAS WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALL FACADES, CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661545

• 18 Mar 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING USE AS HOLIDAY HOME TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2650045

• 11 Apr 2025Conditional

  ATTIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING HOUSE WITH AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORK

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560552

• 2 Oct 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING HOUSE FOR USE AS SHORT TERM LETTING AND AN ANCILLARY BUILDING USED FOR OVERFLOW FOR SHORT TERM LETTING AND PERMISSION FOR A PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO REPLACE THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461546

• 27 Feb 2024Refused

  CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING HOUSE FOR USE AS SHORT TERM LETTING AND AN ANCILLARY BUILDING USED FOR OVERFLOW FOR SHORT TERM LETTING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460231

• 20 Feb 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF THE FRONT SECTION OF THE DWELLING INCLUDING THE LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN AND 2 NO. BEDROOMS AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT FRONT SECTION INCLUDING RAISING OF RIDGE HEIGHT, (3) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO INCLUDE 2 NO. BEDROOMS, KITCHEN UTILITY AND LIVING ROOM, AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460178

• 9 Feb 2024Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460127

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351244

• 12 Jul 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INTEGRAL GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351033

• 30 Jan 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350085

• 2 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250364

• 30 Aug 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151718

• 28 Jul 2021Conditional

  EXISTING SUNROOM TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF (1) AN EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151512

• 24 May 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150995

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150907

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150871

• 20 Apr 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150708

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF (1) A SPECTATOR STAND OVER EXISTING TERRACE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST OF EXISTING DRESSING ROOMS (2) A TICKET BOOTH/SHOP TO REAR OF EXISTING SPECTATOR STAND (3) 8 NO. 15M HIGH FLOOD LIGHTS TO THE PERIMETER OF EXISTING TRAINING PITCH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150311

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150228

• 8 Jul 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050892

• 19 Feb 2020Conditional

  PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH MINOR MODIFICATION OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT & THE LAYOUT OF ROOMS AT GROUND & FIRST FLOOR TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED CHANGES TO THE EXTERNAL FENESTRATION, ROOF PROFILE AND FINISHES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050193

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE & REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951856

• 16 Jul 2019Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 24NO. INDIVIDUAL SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY AMENITY BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SINGLE STOREY AMENITY BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING, SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 1951076

• 21 Jan 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS, RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950040

The 25 most recent of 33 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 Fintragh.

Recorded monuments

• DG097-004001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank with evidence for an external fosse. A stretch of souterrain (DG097-004002-), collapsed at both ends is evident on the N side of the interior. Access can be gained through a break in the roof halfway along the passage. The site is located on fairly good land sloping S to the sea. 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

• DG097-004002 Souterrain
  Description

  A subcircular area (DG097-004001-) enclosed by an earthen bank with evidence for an external fosse. A stretch of souterrain, collapsed at both ends is evident on the N side of the interior. Access can be gained through a break in the roof halfway along the passage. The site is located on fairly good land sloping S to the sea. 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

• DG097-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 18.1m ENE WSE, 15.6m NNW SSE. A subcircural area enclosed on the N side by a largely destroyed stone wall of original width c. 2.2m. Most of the S side of the monument is defined by a bank of earth and stone and on the SE by rock outcrop, on the inside, and the outer edge marked by an earthen bank up against the outcrop. Part of the edge has been quarried away on the S side. The interior is flat. The site is located on a knoll of land sloping S to the sea. The surrounding land is poor to fair pasture. 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

• DG097-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Platform Diam. 21.4m N-S, 23.1m E-W. Known locally as Dunmurney. A cliff edge bounds this site on the northerly side. An earthen platform up to 1.2m in height lies S of the cliff edge. An earthen bank surrounds the platform on all sides except the N at a distance from 6m to 10m. On the NW and NE this bank runs to the cliff edge. The bank varies from .2m to .4m in height and in width from 2.3m to 4.7m. There is some evidence for a possible fosse on the S side of the site outside the bank. The site is located on a prominent rise in undulating terrain of poor to fair pasture land. It overlooks an old roadway from Killybegs to Bavan to the N. 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

• DG097-010001 Enclosure
  Description

  Fagan (Bk. 19, 15) recorded a 'Fort' of about 30yds in diameter with a clay and stone parapet. Under this was a 'cave' (DG097-010002-) of considerable length. A 30ft stretch, 3ft to 5ft wide and 2ft to 3ft high was then visible. This site could not be located during the course of the survey. The area consists of rough 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

• DG097-010002 Souterrain
  Description

  Fagan (Bk. 19, 15) recorded a 'Fort' (DG097-010001-) of about 30yds in diameter with a clay and stone parapet. Under this was a 'cave' of considerable length. A 30ft stretch, 3ft to 5ft wide and 2ft to 3ft high was then visible. This site could not be located during the course of the survey. The area consists of rough 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

Architectural heritage

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house built c. 1820 and extended to the north-east end. Pitched/domed thatched roof having ropes over ridge secured on pegs at eaves level. Three rendered chimneystacks. Limewashed rubble stone construction, slightly battered to the south-west corner of front elevation (south-east); modern blockwork construction to the rear elevation (north-west) at the north-east end. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having battened timber door. Set well back from road on sloping site in own grounds to the west of Killybegs. Long approach avenue to house from the south-east. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-west, having replacement pitched corrugated-metal roof, limewashed rubble stone walls with recent blockwork repairs, square-headed window opening with battened timber shutter and square-headed door opening with replacement timber battened door. Ruins of earlier dry stone house to rear of main building.

• Fintragh Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arched bridge carrying road over tributary of the Fintragh River, built or rebuilt c. 1820, having V-profile ashlar cutwater to central pier. Segmental-headed arches having roughly dressed ashlar voussoirs; cement rendered coating to arch barrels with projecting stones at arch springing point. Rubble stone construction to spandrels, abutments and to parapets; concrete coping over parapets. Parapets rebuilt/repaired in places. Tarmacadam deck. Located to west of Killybegs, and close to the point where the Fintragh River discharges into Fintragh Bay. Bridge curves around in plan following natural topography.

• The Cottages, house, worker's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached two-bay two storey houses, built c. 1895, having adjoining projecting single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porches to the central bays. Possibly originally built as worker’s houses associated with Fintragh or Fintra House to the south-west, now demolished. Pitched natural slate roof having dressed stone chimneystacks to the gable ends with terracotta pots over, and having cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hoppers. Cut stone coping/raised verges to the porches having ashlar finials over the gable apexes and with cut stone kneeler stones at eaves level having cut stone pyramidal finials over. Rubble stone construction to the main elevation (south-east); render to the other elevations. Rock-faced block-and-start surrounds to the corners of the main body of the building, and to the projecting porches. Square-headed window openings having cut stone lintels, cut stone sills, and paired timber casement windows. Rock-faced block-and-start surrounds to window openings to the rear; segmental-head window opening to the rear at ground floor level. Shallow segmental-headed openings to front faces of porches having recessed square-headed doorways having timber panelled doors with glazed upper panels and with overlights. Flights of cut stone steps to each doorway. Set slightly back from road in well-maintained grounds to the north-east of the site of Fintragh or Fintra House, and to the west of Killybegs. Single-storey outbuilding to the rear (north-west) having pitched natural slate roof with raised ashlar verges to the gable ends, rubble stone walls with rock-faced block-and-start surrounds to the corners, and square-headed openings with stone lintels over. Two-bay single-storey shed attached to the north-east gable end of outbuilding having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof, rubble stone walls with rock-faced block-and-start surrounds to the corners, square-headed window opening with stone sill, timber lintel and timber casement window, and with square-headed doorway having timber sheeted door. Modern single-storey addition links original dwellings with outbuildings to the rear. Rubble stone boundary walls to site. Related single-storey with attic level house(s)/former outbuilding located to the north-east (see 40909725).

• Gates/railings/walls, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway serving Corrin Lodge, erected c. 1880, comprising a pair of rock-faced ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having dressed margins, and with rock-faced capstones over, and having a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates having cast-iron spear finials. Set slightly back from road at the start of long approach avenue to Corrin Lodge to the north-east (not investigated), and located in the rural countryside to the west of Killybegs.

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 Fintragh, 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 Fintragh.

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

Name

Fintragh · Fionntrá

Area

12,807,495 m² (1,280.75 ha, 3,164.8 acres)

Civil parish

Upper Killybegs, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Crownarad, the unit of the census

Census 2022

347 people lived in 131 households in the Crownarad electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyara, Cashelcummin, Crowanrudda, Crowbane, Crowdoo, Crownasillagh, Drumbeagh, Glenlee, Killybegs, Largynagreana, Largysillagh, Meenaroshin, Meenawley, Meenreagh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Fintragh 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.