Foffanagh

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foffanagh, from 67 m² to 211,450 m² (21.14 ha, 52.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Foffanagh 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 Jul 2025Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/11004 REFERS) AND (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561133

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461922

• 29 Jul 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH A SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051020

• 10 Aug 2018Refused

  10 YEAR DURATION FOR A PROPOSED WIND ENERGY AND GRID CONNECTION PROJECT WITH A 30-YEAR OPERATIONAL LIFE FROM THE DATE OF COMMISSIONING. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNLAND OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, QUIGLEY'S POINT, INISHOWEN, CO DONEGAL. THE PROPOSED WIND ENERGY SITE WILL CONSIST OF 6 NO. THREE BLADED WIND TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM BASE TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 124.9 METRES AND WILL INCLUDE TURBINE TRANSFORMERS; TURBINE BASES AND FOUNDATIONS, TURBINE HARDSTANDS AND TEMPORARY SET-DOWN AREAS; 1 NO. PERMANENT LATTICE ANEMOMETER "MET" MAST OF 80 METRES HEIGHT WITH FOUNDATIONS AND HARDSTANDING AREA; WIDENING AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FLOATED AND EXCAVATED ACCESS TRACKS, JUNCTIONS AND TURNING AREAS; 1 NO. ELECTRICAL 38KV SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL BUILDING, CAR PARKING AND COMPOUND AREA WITH RELATED COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT/PLANT WITH UNDERGROUNDED ELECTRICAL FEEDER CABLES AND COMMUNICATIONS LINES CONNECTING WIND TURBINES TO THE SWITCH ROOM CONTROL BUILDING; 2 NO. SPOIL DEPOSITION AREAS; DEDICATED HABITATE MANAGEMENT AREA; ON-SITE DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT WORKS; UPGRADE OF 3 NO. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCES; 2 NO. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUNDS; 2 NO. TEMPORARY BORROW PITS AND WITH ALL OTHER ANCILLARY AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING GENERAL AND EXACAVATION WORKS. THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUNDED GRID CONNECTION ROUTE WILL FACILITATE CONNECTION TO THE NATIONAL GRID AND WILL CONSIST OF THE LAYING OF A 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL CABLE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, UP-GRADING OF EXISTING TRACKS, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS, DRAINAGE, EXCAVATIONS, JOINT BAYS, JUNCTION BOXES/CHAMBERS, MARKER POSTS/PLATES AND ALL RELATED ACCOMMODATION WORKS, EXTENDING CIRCA. 17,620 METRES IN LENGTH, FROM THE WIND ENERGY SITE CONTROL BUILDING/ELECTRICAL COMPOUND TO THE EXISTING ESB OWNED 110KV TRILLICK SUBSTATION, IN BALLYNAHONE TOWNLAND, BUNCRANA. THE GRID ROUTE WILL PASS ALONG EXISTING PUBLIC ROADS AND PRIVATE ACCESS TRACKS WITHIN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARROWMORE OR GLENTOGHER, ILLIES, CONNAGHKINNAGOE, BALLYNAKEELOGE, FOFFENAGH, MEENAMULLAGAN, STRANACLEA, MEENKEERAGH, SORNE, OWENAKILLEW AND BARNAHONE, TULLYDUSH UPPER, ANNASLEE AND BALLYNAHONE ALL INISHOWEN, CO. DONEGAL. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS).

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851230

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 Foffanagh.

Recorded monuments

• DG029-048 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a flat poorly-drained E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill with high ridge of rock outcrop immediately to the N and good panoramic views of Lough Swilly to the W and SW. Possible field clearance cairns and field system located 100m to the E. A circular area (int. diam. 6.1m x 6.4m) with a flat level interior which is defined by the remains of a low partially sod-covered drystone wall (T 1.4m; H 0.4m). Possible entrance gap (Wth 0.4m) at SW. There are traces of a possible filled in fosse (Wth c. 0.7m) enclosing the external face of the drystone wall which is best visible on the N side. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 23 November 2010

• DG029-058001 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  A group of three small possible field clearance cairns (DG029-058002-/003-) situated on an E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill. A hut site (DG029-048) is located 80m to the SW and a second cairn (DG029-058002-) is located 10m to the N. These small cairns may be associated with a field system (DG029-059002-). The heather covered field walls of this field system can be seen to the N and S of the cairns. This heather covered cairn (diam. 5m ; H 1m) may be the result of field clearance of the terrace on which the cairn is situated and may be associated with the hut site located 80m to the SW. A second possible hut site (DG029-059001-) is located 28m to the W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-058002 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  A group of three small possible field clearance cairns (DG029-058002-/003-) situated on an E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill. A hut site (DG029-048) is located 80m to the SW and a second cairn (DG029-058001-) is located 10m to the S. These small cairns may be associated with a field system (DG029-059002-). The heather covered field walls of this field system can be seen to the N and S of the cairns. This heather covered cairn (diam. 3.5m; H 0.9m) may be the result of field clearance of the terrace on which the cairn is situated. A second possible hut site (DG029-059001-) is located 32m to the SW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-058003 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  A group of three small possible field clearance cairns (DG029-058002/003-) situated on an E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill. A hut site (DG029-048) is located 75m to the SW, a second cairn (DG029-058001-) is located 15m to the SE and a third cairn (DG029-058002-) is 10m to the E. These small cairns may be associated with a field system (DG029-059002-). The heather covered field walls of this field system can be seen to the N and S of the cairns. This heather covered cairn (diam. 3m; H 0.6m) may be the result of field clearance of the terrace on which the cairn is situated. A second possible hut site (DG029-059001-) is located 15m to the SW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-059001 Hut site
  Description

  The poorly preserved remains of a possible circular-shaped hut site (int. dims. 1.85m x 1.85m) defined by a low drystone wall (H 0.5m; T 0.9m) situated on an E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill. A hut site (DG029-048) is located 60m to the SW and possible field clearance cairns (DG029-058001/002/003-) are located 30m to the NE and E. A partially heather covered field wall runs onto the external face of the N wall of this possible hut site. This field wall runs off to the E along the base of the ridge running parallel to the terrace on which the hut site is located. The remains of several other heather covered field walls appear to run onto off this field wall forming a small field system which appears to be associated with the two hut sites and the small field clearance cairns (DG029-058001/002/003-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-059002 Field system
  Description

  The poorly preserved remains of a field system situated on an E-W terrace on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill. A partially heather covered field wall runs onto the external face of the N wall of a possible hut site (DG029-059001-). This field wall runs off to the E along the base of the ridge running parallel to the terrace on which the hut site is located. The remains of several other heather covered field walls appear to run onto off this field wall forming a small field system which appears to be associated with the two hut sites (DG029-048) and the small field clearance cairns (DG029-058001/002/003-). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-060 Enclosure
  Description

  The poorly presevred remains of a possible enclosure situated on a low rise of rock outcrop on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill with panoramic views of Lough Swilly to the SW and W. Hut site (DG029-048) located 200m to the WNW. Possible enclosure (DG029-061) 35m to the SW and possible radial stone enclosure (DG029-062) 39m to the S. Present remains consist of a much denuded oval-shaped area (ext. diam. 17.7m E-W x 13.7m N-S) defined by a series of low upright stones with the remains of a collapsed stone structure in the E quadrant. The remains of a possible passage (Wth 0.5m; H 0.2m) defined by a single lintel stone resting on a drystone wall mcan still be seen amongst the collpased debris of a stone structure or chamber. This pasage appears to widen out into the remains of a possible collapsed chamber located in the E quadrant of the enclosure. The poor state of preservation makes classification of this monument problematical but it could be the remains of a robbed out cairn with possible chamber of a tomb in the E quadrant. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-061 Enclosure
  Description

  The poorly presevred remains of a possible enclosure situated on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill with panoramic views of Lough Swilly to the SW and W. Possible enclosure (DG029-060) 35m to the NE and possible radial stone enclosure (DG029-062) 39m to the SE. Present remains consist of a semi-circular arc of low upright stones (H 0.6m) running off the W face of rock outcrop which forms the back wall of a small enclosure (int. dims. 4.3m x 3.5m). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

• DG029-062 Hut site
  Description

  The poorly presevred remains of a small enclosure situated on the S facing slope of Kinnagoe Hill with panoramic views of Lough Swilly to the SW and W. Possible enclosure (DG029-061) 30m to the NW and possible enclosure (DG029-060) 39m to the N. Present remains consist of a level circular-shaped area (int. dims. 3.9m x 3.4m) defined by a single line of contiguous stones (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) set on edge with their long axis facing towards the centre of the interior. There is no gap in these stones for an entrance feature and the hut site wall is constructed differently to the wall of a larger hut stie (DG029-048) located 215m to the NW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision : 24 November 2010

Architectural heritage

• Druminderry Bridge, bridge, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch bridge road over Crana River, built c. 1800. Elliptical-headed arches, dressed squared stone voussoirs, V-shaped rubble stone cutwaters to both sides with domed cap. Modern square-headed overflow passageway with cement rendered surrounds to east abutment. Modern concrete underpinning. Random rubble stone spandrel and parapets, metal bracing plates to spandrels, cement rendered coping to parapets. Tarmac double carriageway.

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 Foffanagh, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2038 (ZIP).

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

Name

Foffanagh

Area

1,879,645 m² (187.96 ha, 464.47 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Fahan, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Illies, the unit of the census

Census 2022

945 people lived in 304 households in the Illies electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynakeeloge, Cleenagh, Druminderry Upper and Lower, Fallask, Kinnagoe, Meenamullaghan

Placenames

Foffanagh 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.