Glashagh
Glashagh is a townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is An Ghlaisigh.
- Area
- 775.1 ha
- 1,915 acres
- Land parcels
- 448
- registered freehold, median 2,295 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
448 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glashagh, from 4 m² to 330,998 m² (33.1 ha, 81.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 80 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glashagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Jun 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661100
11 Jun 2026Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661071
10 Jun 2026Conditional
(1) GARÁISTE NUA 73M² A THÓGÁIL AGUS (2) BAIN NA COIMEÁDÁIN STÓRÁLA SEALADACHA ATÁ ANN CHEANA
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661057
13 Apr 2026Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND OFFICE, AND ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660621
25 Mar 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS UNDER EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660499
20 Mar 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH OFFICE INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660463
19 Mar 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS UNDER EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT AND ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660448
22 Dec 2025Conditional
(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING SUN ROOM, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH WESTERN ELEVATION PLUS ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO WINDOWS AND DOORS, (3) INSTALLATION OF DORMER WINDOWS, (4) INSTALLATION OF A COVERED CANOPY TO THE NORTH EASTERN ELEVATION AND (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562319
19 Dec 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562296
10 Nov 2025Conditional
TEACH CÓNAITHE A CHRÍOCHNÚ FAOIN TAGAIRT PHLEANÁLA 08/30800 LE CÓRAS COIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE DÍLSEÁNAIGH LENA N-ÁIRÍTEAR NA HOIBREACHA LÁITHREÁIN GHAOLMHARA GO LÉIR A BHAINEANN LEIS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561958
3 Oct 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561722
30 Jul 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED AND ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561301
14 May 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560774
14 May 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF NO. 97/515 TO A SELF CONTAINED GRANNY FLAT AND ALTERATIONS AS OUTLINED, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560776
28 Nov 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461950
19 Jun 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460920
24 Apr 2024Conditional
(1) ALTERATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING HOUSE INCLUDING FACADE CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN (REF. 09/30045) AND PERMISSION FOR (2) ERECTION OF A 1.5 STOREY EXTENSION AND DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC GARAGE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460582
27 Nov 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351809
9 Sept 2022Conditional
(1) LEAN-TO TIMBER STORAGE AREA TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) EXISTING DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251513
5 Sept 2022Conditional
(1) ERECTION OF (A) A PART TWO-STOREY AND PART SINGLE-STOREY HOUSE (B) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EXTERNAL CAR PORT LINK TO HOUSE (2) PROVISION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA (3) DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251484
31 Aug 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251469
20 Apr 2022Conditional
BASEMENT AT EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A PROPOSED EXTENSION AT THE REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250687
15 Feb 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE (2) 3 NO. DORMER WINDOWS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150239
27 Aug 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE & INSTALLATION OF AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051186
30 Oct 2019Conditional
TAITNEAMHACHT A DHEANAMH AR LOCH AN INBHIR, LE SIÚLÓID AGUS CASÁIN COISE A FHORBAIRT THART AR AN LOCH LE DROICHEAD COSA, ARDAN IASCAIREACHT A CHUIR TIMPEALL AN LOCH, ÁIT SUÍ AGUS COMHARTHAÍ EOLAIS AGUS FORBAIRT A DHÉANAMH AR AN SUÍOMH SEO
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951663
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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Gweedore Bay and Islands SAC 001141
- Special Protection Area: West Donegal Coast SPA 004150
- Natural Heritage Area: Corveen Bog NHA 001108
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gweedore Bay And Islands 001141
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glashagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glashagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Glashagh, about 1 in 20 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glashagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glashagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Glashagh · An Ghlaisigh
- Area
- 7,750,636 m² (775.06 ha, 1,915.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghobegly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Meenaclady, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,408 people lived in 526 households in the Meenaclady electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Brinlack, Carrick, Corveen, Magheraroarty Mountain, Meenaclady
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Glashagh 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.