Gola
Gola is a townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Gabhla.
- Area
- 172.1 ha
- 425 acres
- Land parcels
- 448
- registered freehold, median 1,092 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
448 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gola, from 34 m² to 52,088 m² (5.21 ha, 12.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 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 Gola 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
2 Apr 2026Conditional
(1) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING VACANT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660554
26 Sept 2024Conditional
OBAIR A DHÉANAMH AR SEAN SCOIL GABHLA: (1) OBAIR ATHCHÓIRITHE A DHÉANAMH LEIS AN SCOIL, DION NUA A CHUR AR AN FHOIRGNIMH AGUS OBAIR INMHEÁNACHA A DHÉANAMH LE ÁIT CÓNAITHE AMHÁIN A SHOLÁTHAR LAISTIGH DE MHÉID AN ÁITRIBH ATÁ ANN CHEANA FÉIN, LENA N-ÁIRÍTEAR CÓIRÍOCHT CHÓNAITHE A SHOLÁTHAR AR LEIBHÉAL NUA AN CHÉAD URLÁIR AGUS GACH RUD EILE A BHAINEANN LEIS, (2) SOLARTHAR IONAD CÓIREÁLA EISILTEACH AGUS SCAGAIRE SNASAIREACHT ITHREACH AGUS OBAIR LEIS AR AN LÁTHAIR AG CUIR SAN ÁIREAMH ATH-INSEALBHÚ ROCHTAIN CHLADAIGH AGUS AN BALLA IMLÍNEACHAR AR AN SUÍOMH. TÁ RÁITEAS TIONCHARA NATURA (N.I.S) LEIS AN T-IARRATAS SEO
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461524
29 Aug 2024Conditional
(1) ATHCHÓIRIÚ AR FHOTHRACH ATÁ ANN CHEANA FÉIN, (2) SEID ATA ANSIN LE LEAGAN, (3) CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA EISILTIGH/LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE A SHOLÁTHAR, AGUS GACH OBAIR LÁITHREÁIN EILE BAINTE LEIS SEO. AIRÍONN AN T-IARRATAS RÁITEAS TIONCHAIR NATURA (NIS)
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461315
10 Jun 2024Refused
(1) ATHCHÓIRIÚ AR FHOTHRACH ATÁ ANN CHEANA FÉIN, (2) SEID ATÁ ANSIN LE LEAGAN, (3) CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA EISILTIGH/LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE A SHOLÁTHAR, AGUS GACH OBAIR LÁITHREÁIN EILE BAINTE LEIS SEO. ÁIRÍONN AN T-IARRATAS RÁITEAS TIONCHAIR NATURA (NIS)
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460858
16 Apr 2024Conditional
CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA FUIALLUISCE CHOMH MAITH LE LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE A THÓGAILL
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460525
3 Feb 2023Refused
REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2350119
18 Nov 2022Conditional
TEACH CÓNAITHE ATÁ TRÉIGHTE A CHOIRIÚ AGUS A MHEADÚ AGUS CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE LE LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE A THÓGAIL
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251871
30 Jun 2022N/a
TEACH CÓNAITHE ATÁ TRÉIGHTE A CHOIRIÚ AGUS A MHEADÚ AGUS CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE LE LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE A THÓGAILL I AR AN SUÍOMH SEO. TA RÁITEAS TIONCHARA NATURA LEIS AN T-IARRATAS SEO
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251132
30 Jun 2022Conditional
PÁIRT DEN TEACH ATÁ TRÉIGHTE A LEAGAINT AGUS TEACH CÓNAITHE ÚR A THÓGAIL AR AN LORG TÍ CÉANNA AGUS CÓAS CÓIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE LE LIMISTÉAR SÍTHLAITHE A THÓGAIL. TÁ RÁITEAS TIONCHARA NATURA LEIS AN T-IARRATAS SEO
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251131
4 Feb 2022N/a
DWELLING HOUSE AS BUILT WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM ON THE FOOT PRINT OF A HISTORIC COTTAGE THAT WAS A BROWN FIELD SITE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250157
5 Nov 2021N/a
DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM ON THE FOOTPRINT OF A HISTORIC COTTAGE THAT WAS A BROWN FIELD SITE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152194
18 May 2021Conditional
LE OBAIR ATHCHÓIRITHE A DHÉANAMH, CHUN AN SCOIL A ATHCHOIRIÚ MAR IARSMALANN SCOILE, MEADÚ A SHOLATHAR LE LOISTÍN A CHUIR AR FÁIL LE COIS ÚSAID NA SCOILE MAR LÁTHAIR OIDHREACHTA. BEIDH AN SOLATHAR LÓISTÍN AR AN CHÉAD URLÁR OS CIONN NA SCOILE AGUS SÍNEADH LE LOISTÍN A CHUIR AR FÁIL THARR AN RUD CÉANNA AGUS GACH RUD EILE A BHAINEANN LEIS, SOLARTHAR IONAD CÓIREÁLA EISILTEACH AGUS SCAGAIRE SNASAIREACHT ITHREACH AGUS OBAIR LEIS AR AN LÁTHAIR AG CUIR SAN ÁIREAMH ATH-INSEALBHÚ ROCHTAIN CHLADAIGH AGUS AN BALLA IMLÍNEACHAR AR AN SUÍOMH. TÁ RÁITEAS TIONCHARA NATURA (NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT) LEIS AN T-IARRATAS SEO
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150947
12 May 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150902
13 May 2019Conditional
(I) RETENTION OF MINOR CHANGES TO DWELLING PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/2151 AND (II) THE COMPLETION OF THE DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950717
10 Sept 2018N/a
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY, THREE BEDROOM DWELLING WITH A SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851389
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 Islands SPA 004230
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gweedore Bay And Islands 001141
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gola.
Architectural heritage
- Farmyard complex, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey vernacular farmhouse, built c.1935, having single-bay single-storey addition to one end, porch to front elevation and single-bay single-storey lean-to extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with concrete copings, eaves brackets and four rendered chimneystacks; flat concrete roof to porch, and slate roof to rear extension. Rendered walls. Square-headed door and window openings, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Two-storey outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls, external steps to gable, and square-headed doorways to ground floor and to first floor at head of steps. Second building to rear of house is multiple-bay single-storey with mono-pitch roofs and rubble stone walls with square-headed doorways.
- House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1900, having further roofless bay to one end. Pitched slate roof with concrete copings and two rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed door and window openings with six-over-six pane and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows.
- House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house with attic storey, built c.1900, having lean-to porch to front elevation. Pitched Blue Bangor slate roof with recent skylights, and having three rendered chimneystacks; slate roof to porch. Rendered walls. Replacement timber sliding sash windows. Retains interior features.
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
- The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Gola.
- 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 Gola.
- 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 Gola with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Gola · Gabhla
- Area
- 1,721,495 m² (172.15 ha, 425.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tullaghobegly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Magheraclogher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,841 people lived in 1,130 households in the Magheraclogher electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Gola 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.