# Glengesh, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Lower Killybegs, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Gleann Gheis.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 6,581,868 m² (658.19 ha, 1,626.42 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,483 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Lower Killybegs, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/lower-killybegs.md
- Barony: Banagh
- Electoral division: Glengesh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Glengesh electoral division: 694 people in 263 households; 82% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14692
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51347
- Centre: latitude 54.731445, longitude -8.465669 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glengesh, from 35 m² to 880,705 m² (88.07 ha, 217.63 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1364526: 880,705 m² (88.07 ha, 217.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364526.md
- Parcel 1387675: 863,651 m² (86.37 ha, 213.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387675.md
- Parcel 1402551: 309,023 m² (30.9 ha, 76.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402551.md
- Parcel 1383564: 308,145 m² (30.81 ha, 76.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383564.md
- Parcel 1422675: 226,398 m² (22.64 ha, 55.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422675.md
- Parcel 1391253: 210,870 m² (21.09 ha, 52.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391253.md
- Parcel 1422676: 180,837 m² (18.08 ha, 44.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422676.md
- Parcel 1387709: 177,278 m² (17.73 ha, 43.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387709.md
- Parcel 1364531: 175,643 m² (17.56 ha, 43.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1364531.md
- Parcel 1383565: 169,521 m² (16.95 ha, 41.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383565.md
- Parcel 1320275: 141,547 m² (14.15 ha, 34.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320275.md
- Parcel 1387715: 128,634 m² (12.86 ha, 31.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387715.md
- Parcel 1387723: 123,453 m² (12.35 ha, 30.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387723.md
- Parcel 1418222: 123,308 m² (12.33 ha, 30.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418222.md
- Parcel 1387722: 118,485 m² (11.85 ha, 29.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387722.md
- Parcel 1311830: 112,560 m² (11.26 ha, 27.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311830.md
- Parcel 1387711: 111,970 m² (11.2 ha, 27.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387711.md
- Parcel 1362689: 105,822 m² (10.58 ha, 26.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362689.md
- Parcel 1383562: 95,486 m² (9.55 ha, 23.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383562.md
- Parcel 1422709: 92,510 m² (9.25 ha, 22.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422709.md
- Parcel 1418224: 91,647 m² (9.16 ha, 22.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418224.md
- Parcel 1422707: 80,682 m² (8.07 ha, 19.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422707.md
- Parcel 1387712: 79,360 m² (7.94 ha, 19.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387712.md
- Parcel 1387720: 78,587 m² (7.86 ha, 19.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387720.md
- Parcel 1418223: 76,177 m² (7.62 ha, 18.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418223.md
- Parcel 1418265: 75,973 m² (7.6 ha, 18.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418265.md
- Parcel 1387721: 72,716 m² (7.27 ha, 17.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387721.md
- Parcel 1387714: 72,657 m² (7.27 ha, 17.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387714.md
- Parcel 1525616: 69,174 m² (6.92 ha, 17.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525616.md
- Parcel 1422717: 65,637 m² (6.56 ha, 16.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422717.md
- Parcel 1387718: 63,537 m² (6.35 ha, 15.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387718.md
- Parcel 1311449: 63,247 m² (6.32 ha, 15.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311449.md
- Parcel 1422705: 61,911 m² (6.19 ha, 15.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422705.md
- Parcel 1324673: 58,508 m² (5.85 ha, 14.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324673.md
- Parcel 1422712: 56,702 m² (5.67 ha, 14.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422712.md
- Parcel 1397544: 53,453 m² (5.35 ha, 13.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397544.md
- Parcel 1387724: 52,790 m² (5.28 ha, 13.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387724.md
- Parcel 1422704: 52,493 m² (5.25 ha, 12.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422704.md
- Parcel 1422718: 51,176 m² (5.12 ha, 12.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422718.md
- Parcel 1422706: 49,820 m² (4.98 ha, 12.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422706.md
- Parcel 1387713: 29,581 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387713.md
- Parcel 1525816: 28,522 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525816.md
- Parcel 1525617: 27,732 m² (2.77 ha, 6.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525617.md
- Parcel 1422715: 27,554 m² (2.76 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422715.md
- Parcel 1378009: 26,046 m² (2.6 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378009.md
- Parcel 1422711: 26,020 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422711.md
- Parcel 1387719: 24,170 m² (2.42 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387719.md
- Parcel 1412706: 23,837 m² (2.38 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412706.md
- Parcel 1383563: 22,092 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383563.md
- Parcel 4749625: 16,664 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4749625.md
- Parcel 3661296: 15,794 m² (1.58 ha, 3.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661296.md
- Parcel 1422722: 14,665 m² (1.47 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422722.md
- Parcel 1422615: 13,417 m² (1.34 ha, 3.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422615.md
- Parcel 1383558: 12,852 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383558.md
- Parcel 1378008: 11,844 m² (1.18 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378008.md
- Parcel 1321383: 10,497 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321383.md
- Parcel 1383566: 8,445 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383566.md
- Parcel 1353379: 8,186 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353379.md
- Parcel 1306757: 8,029 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306757.md
- Parcel 1422716: 7,856 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422716.md
- Parcel 1387710: 7,674 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387710.md
- Parcel 1387674: 7,483 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387674.md
- Parcel 1525815: 7,459 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525815.md
- Parcel 1383567: 7,415 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383567.md
- Parcel 1383598: 7,050 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383598.md
- Parcel 1422719: 6,946 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422719.md
- Parcel 1525818: 6,835 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525818.md
- Parcel 1351432: 6,763 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351432.md
- Parcel 1422677: 6,576 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422677.md
- Parcel 1525042: 6,567 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525042.md
- Parcel 1422720: 6,444 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422720.md
- Parcel 1422721: 6,363 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422721.md
- Parcel 3661309: 6,356 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661309.md
- Parcel 1397717: 6,260 m² (0.63 ha, 1.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397717.md
- Parcel 3661300: 6,109 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661300.md
- Parcel 1525817: 5,931 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525817.md
- Parcel 3661303: 5,677 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661303.md
- Parcel 1422713: 5,180 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422713.md
- Parcel 1422714: 4,739 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422714.md
- Parcel 1428771: 4,509 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428771.md
- Parcel 1525043: 4,382 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525043.md
- Parcel 1387717: 4,297 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387717.md
- Parcel 3661302: 4,143 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661302.md
- Parcel 3661301: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661301.md
- Parcel 1304952: 4,053 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304952.md
- Parcel 1525045: 4,040 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525045.md
- Parcel 3661307: 4,036 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661307.md
- Parcel 4897964: 3,707 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897964.md
- Parcel 3661304: 3,664 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661304.md
- Parcel 1387716: 3,300 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387716.md
- Parcel 4407126: 3,149 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4407126.md
- Parcel 3661297: 3,116 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661297.md
- Parcel 1525044: 3,070 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525044.md
- Parcel 1312594: 3,044 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312594.md
- Parcel 1378007: 3,028 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378007.md
- Parcel 4928013: 2,887 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928013.md
- Parcel 1318207: 2,825 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318207.md
- Parcel 1423683: 2,672 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423683.md
- Parcel 4879652: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4879652.md
- Parcel 1309692: 2,458 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309692.md
- Parcel 1397491: 2,437 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397491.md
- Parcel 1309070: 2,386 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309070.md
- Parcel 4722470: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722470.md
- Parcel 1355325: 2,042 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355325.md
- Parcel 1397536: 1,938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397536.md
- Parcel 1312959: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312959.md
- Parcel 1314647: 1,797 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314647.md
- Parcel 3661298: 1,518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661298.md
- Parcel 3661299: 1,312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661299.md
- Parcel 1312137: 1,228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312137.md
- Parcel 3661295: 1,200 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661295.md
- Parcel 1376115: 1,113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376115.md
- Parcel 4906789: 839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4906789.md
- Parcel 5542109: 807 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5542109.md
- Parcel 1302242: 622 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302242.md
- Parcel 1393064: 615 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393064.md
- Parcel 4928017: 357 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928017.md
- Parcel 5187075: 351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5187075.md
- Parcel 3661308: 331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661308.md
- Parcel 3661305: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661305.md
- Parcel 3661306: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661306.md
- Parcel 1347930: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347930.md
- Parcel 4928016: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928016.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Glengesh 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)

8 applications, newest first.

- 23 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560638: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO WEST OF EXISTING DWELLING (2) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION & (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (WEST) OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WOKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560638/0
- 14 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2550043: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH INFILTRATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2550043/0
- 25 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560436: N/a. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO THE WEST OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE (WEST) OF EXISTING DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING ON-SITE SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560436/0
- 29 Mar 2023, Donegal County Council 2350412: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE MAKING USE OF BASE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350412/0
- 21 Feb 2022, Donegal County Council 2250287: N/a. Retention, 1 home. DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE MAKING USE OF BASE AND RETAINING WALL ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250287/0
- 20 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050962: Conditional. Retention. SUB-STRUCTURE OF SHED AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050962/0
- 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050603: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050603/0
- 14 Aug 2018, Donegal County Council 1851243: Unconditional. Retention. AN ATTIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851243/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC, site code 000190, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000190
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay, site code 000190

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Glengesh.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- House, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40908207, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40908207. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1860, with slightly lower single-bay addition to southwest end. Pitched thatched roof with mesh over, thatch tied to stone and metal pegs built into walls, and having rendered chimneystacks. Slate roof to addition with render coping and replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with raised render reveals, window openings possibly enlarged and having replacement six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows with painted concrete sills, and replacement timber door. Timber casement window to addition. Surrounded by mature trees.
- House, 1850–1870, Regional interest, registry number 40908208, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40908208. Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1860, with extension to rear. Pitched thatched roof with mesh over, roped to stone pegs built into gable walls and with metal rod to front and rear, and having two rendered chimneystacks; flat felt roof to extension. Rendered walls with square-headed openings, windows enlarged and having painted concrete sills, with replacement uPVC windows and door.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glengesh.
- 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/glengesh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glengesh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glengesh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Glengesh 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)

- Aighe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/aighe.md
- Common: https://everytownland.com/donegal/common-50679.md
- Common Mountain: https://everytownland.com/donegal/common-mountain.md
- Garrowchuill: https://everytownland.com/donegal/garrowchuill.md
- Leamagowra: https://everytownland.com/donegal/leamagowra.md
- Meenagolan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenagolan-51924.md
- Roechrow: https://everytownland.com/donegal/roechrow-52286.md
- Roechrow: https://everytownland.com/donegal/roechrow-52287.md
- Scaddaman: https://everytownland.com/donegal/scaddaman.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/glengesh
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/glengesh