Gortnamucklagh

368 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnamucklagh, from 3 m² to 116,200 m² (11.62 ha, 28.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortnamucklagh 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 Sept 2026N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING AN AMENDED DESIGN TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/2597, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661645

• 18 Aug 2026N/a

  DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661530

• 19 May 2026N/a

  (1) RETENTION OF FILL MATERIAL TO CREATE HARD STANDING AREA AND STONED ACCESS ROADS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660896

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SITE SERVICES & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660587

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DERELICT TERRACED PROPERTY, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY PITCHED ROOF BUILDING WITH GALLERY SHOP AND ARTIST’S STUDIO ON GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR LEVELS AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660293

• 19 Feb 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) NEW ASTROTURF PITCH WITH ASSOCIATED FENCING AND FLOODLIGHTING, (2) EQUIPMENT SHED AS A LEAN-TO ON THE NEW BALL WALL AND (3) KICKING / BALL REBOUND WALL, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660246

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN AMENDED DESIGN TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/2597 AND AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN TO INCLUDE A GRANNY FLAT AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660195

• 11 Feb 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A NEW ASTROTURF PITCH WITH ASSOCIATED FENCING AND FLOODLIGHTING, (2) EQUIPMENT SHED AS A LEAN-TO ON THE NEW BALL WALL AND (3) A KICKING / BALL REBOUND WALL, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660178

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR EXTENSION TO DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561880

• 31 Jan 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE R250 REGIONAL ROAD TO DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560110

• 27 Nov 2024Refused

  FILL MATERIAL TO CREATE HARD STANDING AREA AND STONED ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461937

• 10 Sept 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE/STORE, CONNECTION TO MAIN SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461395

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT THE LAURELS, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REG. NO. 409097430)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461150

• 21 Jun 2024Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460937

• 20 Jun 2024N/a

  INSTALLATION OF A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. (PROTECTED STRUCTURE REG. NO. 40907430)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460932

• 7 Nov 2023Conditional

  COMPLETION OF 22 NO. DWELLING HOUSES, PUMPING STATION, CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWERAGE SYSTEM, ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 06/31487

  Permission, 22 homes · Donegal County Council, 2351690

• 29 May 2023Conditional

  CHANGE OF DESIGN OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 21/50716

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350750

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350506

• 14 Dec 2022Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF AN 18M HIGH LATTICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (TO INCLUDE A 1M RAISED FOUNDATION GIVING AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 19M) TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (2) REMOVAL OF EXISTING 12.5M HIGH LATTICE STRUCTURE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251989

• 29 Jul 2022Conditional

  RELOCATION OF A SECTION OF THE EXISTING 38KV LINE KNOWN AS THE DUNGLOE - GLENTIES 38KV LINE. THE ALTERATION CONSISTS OF REPLACING TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES AND INSTALLING THREE NEW STRUCTURES. THE AFFECTED LINE SECTION IS 260M. THE RELOCATION IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD-LIGHTING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LINE AT GLENTIES GAA PITCH

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251301

• 17 Feb 2022N/a

  RELOCATION OF A SECTION OF THE EXISTING 38KV LINE KNOWN AS THE DUNGLOE GLENTIES 38KV LINE REQUIRED DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLOODLIGHTING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LINE AT GLENTIES GAA PITCH AND CONSISTING OF (1) REPLACEMENT OF TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES AND INSTALLING THREE NEW STRUCTURES (THE AFFECTED LINE SECTION IS 550M)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250274

• 2 Feb 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A CONTAINERISED BIOMASS PLANT ROOM AND A WOOD PELLET FUEL STOVE TO SERVE THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250116

• 20 May 2021Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW TEMPORARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM IN LIEU OF CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 18/51241 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150981

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF 8 NO. 21M HIGH LIGHTING COLUMNS WITH A MAXIMUM LIGHTING LEVELS OF 500 LUX PER COLUMN LOCATED TO THE PERIMETER OF THE EXISTING GAA FOOTBALL PITCH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150885

• 21 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150716

The 25 most recent of 47 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortnamucklagh.

Architectural heritage

• Glenties Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland chapel of ease, built c. 1855 and altered c. 1890, comprising four-bay double-height hall with shallow projecting chancel to the east having two-bay single-storey vestry attached to the south elevation, and with two-stage tower to the east having crenellated parapet over. Pitched natural purple slate roof on nave having projecting cut stone eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with clay ridge tiles. Pitched natural slate roof to chancel having clay ridge tiles, cut stone bracketed eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with raised smooth rendered or ashlar verge to the east gable end. Mono-pitched natural slate roof to vestry. Crenellated ashlar parapet to tower with feathered ashlar coping over, and with bracketed stringcourse at eaves level. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting chamfered ashlar plinth course, and with flush ashlar block-and-start quoins to corners of nave and to tower. Cut stone cavetto stringcourse to bell tower, delineating stages. Blind quatrefoil motif over doorway to the south face of tower having cut stone surround. Pointed-arched window openings to side elevations of nave (north and south) and to south and east faces of tower at first stage level having plain ashlar surrounds, cut stone sills, and multi-pane timber sliding sash windows with intersecting glazing bars to heads. Pointed-arched openings to tower at second stage\belfry level having plain ashlar surrounds, integral chamfered cut stone sills, and with timber louvered fittings. Tripartite window opening to the chancel gable having chamfered ashlar sandstone block-and-start surround, ashlar Reticulated\Geometric tracery, chamfered ashlar sill, leaded coloured glass windows, and with cut stone hoodmoulding over. Pointed-arched openings to the south face of vestry having smooth rendered surround, battened timber door, and leaded coloured glass window. Pointed-arched doorway to the south elevation of tower having tooled ashlar sandstone surround, cut stone plinth blocks, battened timber double-doors, and with timber panel over; stone steps to doorway. Exposed queen post trussed roof (supported on stone corbels) to interior, sandstone flagged floor to nave, encaustic tiled floor to chancel, timber pews and carved timber pulpit. Set back from road in own grounds a short distance to the west of the centre of Glenties. Site surrounded by rubble stone boundary wall with field stone coping over. Gateway to the north comprising a pair of ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone coping and decorative cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials over. Graveyard to site with collection of memorials dating from c. 1860 to present.

• Water tower, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay double-height former railway water tower (on rectangular-plan) associated with Glenties Railway Station (see 40837030), built c. 1895. Formerly surmounted by water tank, now removed. Now disused, in use as outbuilding. Flat concrete roof with remains of base of steel water tank with twisted remains of steel superstructure. Remains of cast-iron pipe to the south-east elevation. Roughly coursed and squared rubble limestone construction, mildly rock-faced in places, having flush dressed ashlar quoins (granite) to the corners. Modern cement rendered repairs in places. Brick-lined walls to interior. Square-headed doorway to the north-east elevation having dressed ashlar (granite) surrounds. Remains of former engine house adjacent to the south-west having rubble stone walls. Located adjacent to the south-west of former Glenties Railway Station (see 40837030), now a private house, and to the north\north-west of the centre of Glenties.

• Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey bank, built c. 1880, having two-storey return to rear (south-west). Originally a branch of the Ulster Bank (Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map of c. 1905), now in use as a branch of the Bank of Ireland. Pitched artificial slate roof having projecting rendered eaves course, stone or clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with smooth rendered chimneystack to the north-west gable end having cornice coping and clay ware pots over. Pitched slate roof to return. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with painted dressed ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings having stucco architraved surrounds, stone sills and replacement fittings at ground floor level, and with stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars at first floor level. Central square-headed door opening with timber panelled entrance door, and with plain overlight. Road-fronted to the centre of Main Street, Glenties, adjacent to the north of Glenties Bridge (see 40837017).

• Workhouse, 1840–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former union workhouse graveyard on sub rectangular-plan, in use c. 1845-1955, containing unmarked graves of victims of the Great Famine (1845-51), workhouse deaths from c. 1852- 1921 and later internments associated with St. Patrick's District Hospital from c. 1923-55. Now out of use with . Field stone boundary walls to site with rubble stone coping. Modern carved limestone Celtic high cross-type memorial to site (1997) having canted plinth with shaft and cross head over with Celtic interlacing motifs. Inscription in old Gaelic script to base. Cross set in modern rubble stone enclosure. Located in sloping site to the north of the site of Glenties Union Workhouse (demolished) and St. Columba’s Comprehensive School, and to the north-west of the centre of Glenties.

• Stranakivilin House, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having central projecting single-bay single-storey entrance porch to front elevation (south-west), and with single-storey return to rear (north-east). Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves having exposed rafters with decorative ends, replacement rainwater goods, and with three smooth rendered chimneystacks with cornice copings and clay ware pots over. Flat roof to porch with rendered or stone coping over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with projecting smooth rendered plinth course to the west side, and with flush dressed ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners of main body of building, and to porch. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars. Paired round-headed window openings to centre of the north-east elevation at first floor level having stone sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars having coloured glass to margins. Square-headed door opening to the north-east side of porch having timber panelled door with plain overlight. Set back from road in mature grounds in the countryside to the north of the centre of Glenties. Mature trees to site. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings arranged around two courtyards to the rear (north-east) having pitched slate roofs, rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Gateway to the west of site comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of decorative wrought-iron gates; gateway flanked to either side by quadrant sections of smooth rendered boundary wall having chamfered coping over, and terminated by smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over. Pedestrian gateway to the south-west having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate.

• Station House, railway station, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built c. 1895, having four-bay single-storey block attached to the south-west, and with single-bay single-storey lean-to addition to the north-east gable end. Originally built as the terminus of the Stranorlar to Glenties Railway, established 1895 and closed 1952. Restored, c. 2004, and now in use as a private house and bed and breakfast. Hipped natural slate roof to main body of building having overhanging eaves, timber cross-bracing\bargeboards to the gable ends (north-east and south-west) with timber spear finials over to gable apex, red clay ridge tiles, and with smooth rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends. Pitched natural slate roof to single-storey block having timber cross-bracing with spear finial over to the gable apex to the south-west, red clay ridge tiles, and with smooth rendered chimneystack (offset to the north-east side of centre). Smooth rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered eaves course, and with moulded stucco stringcourses brought over openings as hoodmouldings. Square-headed window openings with some stone sills, and with replacement fittings. Central square-headed doorway to main two-storey block having replacement timber panelled door and plain overlight. Set back from road in own grounds to the north\north-west of the centre of Glenties. Former water tower (see 40837014) and remains of former engine house to the south-west. Remains of rubble stone walls to site. Former railway line ran north-east to south-west to the west.

• The Laurels, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay vernacular house, built c.1870, with half-dormer storey to east end, also having external steps to gable of latter, and two-bay outshot to rear. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with three rendered chimneystacks with projecting brick cappings and fire-clay flues, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls on projecting plinth with decorative block-and-start quoins to each end of front facade. Square-headed doorway with painted reveals and glazec timber door. Square-headed window openings with painted reveals and two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sashes with exposed sash boxes. Set within own grounds, surrounded by trees.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1262 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Gortnamucklagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Gortnamucklagh · Gort na Muclach

Area

1,755,853 m² (175.59 ha, 433.88 acres)

Civil parish

Inishkeel, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Glenties, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glenties electoral division: 1,475 people in 593 households; 74% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumnasillagh, Letterilly, Meenachallow, Mullantiboyle, Stranaglogh, Tullyard

Placenames

Gortnamucklagh 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.